Feedback on Digipak and Poster;

After being given the feedback from my first draft of the digipak and Poster I now know what things I need to improve on, and what things will help me to get a better grade and make my digipak and poster look more that the genre "pop'.

For the digipak, the plectrum motif didn't fit my genre, which means I needed to dress and style my artist to look like a popstar and fit my genre of music. To improve this popstar/homely look, my artist needed to dress in skinny jeans, leggings, baggy top and/or a knitted jumper. Also EYE CONTACT is a must for any cover. I think something which let me down when doing my digipak was the photos, and the lighting and position of them weren't good enough for a pop digipak.
To help improve this, I started by taking pictures of Izzy against the white screen in the ideal clothing with Sir suggested, and I also had a look at the type of clothes Nina Nesbitt wears on her front covers. We went with the baggy knitted green jumper, polka dot blouse, red tshirt, and a pink/red baggy jump. Just by taking good photos, and styling her hair and make up make her look like a popstar, and with the lighting and white screen as well, we had the ideal photos for our digipak and poster. I also think I need to have a better lay out, and position the photos and writing more in line.

Improvements for the poster is to make it an advert for the album in a magazine, rather than a poster for a tour. I'm going to research into some magazine posters, so I can get ideas from them for my own.

As pop is a hard genre to do, I just need to make sure I'm sticking to the genre, and making sure I do more research into the genre so that I fully understand the difference between the genre pop and another genre.

Feedback from draft Digipack and poster

After the feedback I have been given regarding my digipak and poster, sir has identified the improvements I need to undertake to make them both look professional and fit in with my genre of pop.

* One of the improvements I need to do to improve my digipak are the pictures. To do this I will reshoot them in front of a white screen in the AVS studio. This will make the pictures look more professional with a plain background and it will also mean the lighting of the pictures will be much brighter because I have access to the professional lightening equipment.
I will also need to change Izzy's outfit to a more relaxed look. This will include dressing her in skinny jeans/leggings, big baggy jumpers or blouses. I will choose colours that stand out so then it will look better from a distance and look more professional on the front of a digipak. I will then make sure the pictures I take will be of our model looking straight at the camera as eye contact is important on pop cover.

*The first improvement I need to make on my poster is to change the information on it. This is because on my draft version I did a poster promoting the tour. However the poster should be promoting the upcoming album of the artist. This will mean I will get rid of the tour dates on my draft poster and replace it with details on the album launch. I will use the pictures I am going to take in the AVS studio on my poster as well to make it look as professional as I can. I will therefore need to treat it as if I am making an magazine cover in terms of the new layout to achieve the look I am after.

Further research I could undertake is to look at exciting pop CD'S to see what features they include and how I can incorporate some of their ideas into my own digipak.

Second Location for filming;

Sweet Shop (retail store)

Digipack Photoshoot;

fayekathryn's photostream on Flickr.

Ideal photos for digipack;

As our artist wasn't available to take pictures to put on our first draft we used photos from when we did our first day of filming for our video. There were a few things I noticed which needed improving for when we take our photos for the final thing. The lighting needed to be a lot brighter, her hair and makeup needs to be more visible and 'perfect'.
For the final digipack we will be taking photos against the white screen at school to make it look more professional and like something you'd see in stores.

To achieve this look on my digipack i'm going to take some pictures of our artist in front of the white screen at school. I will ensure that her hair and make up are done to perfection and that on the photos she looks the part. I'm going for the complete Nina Nesbitt look on my digipack.
I will have her with either red/pink lipstick, depending on what outfit she is wearing. Eyeliner drawn like on previous photos, and her hair backcombed and slightly wavy. Outfit wise, i'm thinking off either some shorts or another dress. As I want her playing the guitar in one on her photos, i'm hoping to position her in a way in looks like she knows what she's doing.

Hopefully once we've taken these photos our digipacks will look appealing and stand out for our target audience. I'm trying to achieve the 'popstar' yet 'girl next door' look on the digipack.

Draft digipak and poster

Draft Digipack and Poster;