Poster: Finished!

Poster 1:

 Poster 2:

These are the final posters we have designed to go alongside our music video and album cover.

We took our inspiration from existing posters within magazines, identifying the key conventions and embedding them onto our background. Firstly, we added the image and played around with the positioning a bit. Then once we were happy with the layout, we added the tour dates alongside John Newman's web address and social network links. At the bottom, we added a small promotion for the 'Love Me Again' album, below which we put the ticket offices website and contact details in small print. 

We ended up drafting two album covers to demonstrate that you don't always have to use the exact image for both articles, which is something we noticed in our research. Within both posters, you can still recognise that they are for the dance genre due to the use of bold, vibrant colours and contrasts. However, I do prefer the first poster to the second one personally. I like the way it fades into the background and makes eye contact with the audience; it just seems like a stronger, more powerful image to me. 

We are really pleased with the result of our posters; it is a huge relief to see all of our hard work come together. 

Ancillary Photoshoot: Review

Today we did the photo shoot for our digipak with the intention of taking a wide range of photos so as we could narrow it down to four final images to be used on the CD cover, insides and back cover.

First we had to get the actor/model ready for the shoot, so we applied normal make up (as most of it wouldn't be seen!) and backcombed her hair which gave it more volume and energy. We then lightly splatted paint at her face. We were aiming to spread it diagonally from one side to the other - like a gradient - and use it sparingly, as less was definitely more in this case.

We shot this in the dark room which had black walls. We set up a tripod, mounted the camera and then attached the LED spotlight we would be using as our light source.

We turned off the lights and got started, asking the actor to do a variety of different poses so that we would have a large choice to choose from. The shot angles ranged from a head and shoulders close up to extreme close ups of her eye.

Overall, the photo shoot was very successful and we took more photos than we needed which enabled us to have a wide range of choice when choosing the four images. We now have one week to edit all of our photos as our deadline is in a week's time.

Ancillary Photoshoot: Research

GENERAL LOGISTICS
We will have to clear up any paint that doesn't go on the actors' face, however we will be doing this in the art block, so it should be relatively straightforward to clear. 

LOCATION
Again we need dark, black surroundings so we are going to use the dark room in the photography suite. 

COSTUME
Costume is not necessarily needed, however we have asked our actor to wear a plain black, strapless top and bottoms which she doesn't mind getting messy. 

ACTORS
We will be using the same female actor from our music video.

HAIR/MAKE UP
We are going to keep the make-up relatively simple, as by the time we have thrown the paint, it won't be entirely visible anyway, so isn't too much of a concern. We want the hair to be messy, backcombed and loud, again to highlight the volume and confidence which comes across in the songs. 

PROPS
We will only need powder paint for this shoot. 

LIGHTING
We will use the LED light that attaches to our camera on full brightness to light the shots.