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Album Back cover

After deciding on my final album cover I have created a back cover for the album.

Final Album Cover

Preliminary Task

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Album Cover Design

^^^ I have used the above image to create two different album covers. I thought this image could be quite fun because of the distortion in shape change. It also works as it relates back to my AS coursework with having the same 'band member,' people would have already heard about them and releasing a CD with him on the front would appeal to the audience who enjoyed the article in the magazine.



^^^ This was my first cover i designed using the image above. I decided to use images of everyone featured in the video to give a visual idea of what the video is all about. I stuck to the colour scheme of the magazine, red/black and white. I think the way i have placed all the images together it seems very busy and 'exciting,' which would attract people and make them want to get involved. The only thing i would say i don't like about the design of this cover is the quality of images, none of them apart from the center image seem strong enough to look professional.



^^^ This was my final design i came up with for an album cover. I think it is alot stronger than the others as there is a main focal point which relates to the AS coursework and the main character in the video. I really like the way it looks as if the subject is jumping out of the image, it invites people in. The band name and song name is clearly seen, which makes a wider audience get an attraction to it with it being easier to identify who and what its about.

Second Album Cover Idea

^^^ This was another sign post i had found when looking for ideas for my album cover and i thought it could be quite fun to use. I don't think this cover will work as well as it will only attract a younger audience. It also doesn't promote the band very well as there are no visuals of them, to attract the viewer.

Album Covers and ideas

^^^ This was the original image. I found it when searching 'road signs' on google images. I though it could represent the words 'wont you take me to funkytown' in the way of the sign showing which direction funky town is.



I then cut out the outline of the people in the above image to make both the images fit together. I decided to use this images as everyone looks so excited/happy and would attract people. I then changed the sign to say 'Lipps Inc' on one side and 'FunkyTown' on the other.



I don't think the final outcome of this CD cover is strong enough to be a final as it doesn't look very professional which would not attract to many people.

Initial photos for album cover

Preliminary Task

For my preliminary task i am creating a CD cover to promote my new video for Lipps Inc - FunkyTown. I want my album cover to relate to my coursework from last year using the band leader as the main focus and also using the same colour themes of black, red and white. I also want my CD cover to have a look which will relate to its audience so they feel as if they are part of 'all the fun.'
For my second preliminary task i am going to create a web page to promote the video. I will create this web page on Myspace as recently people use Myspace to find music as its easy available, free and they can find bands they love and listen to their music and find out what they do. So i think this site will be really reliable for gaining fans which will promote the video more as people would tell their friends about the new video.
I think doing the preliminary task will be really helpful as if you want to promote something you need to promote it in more than one way, being the product itself. Music video channels aren't going to put your video on their channel if they know you have no 'fans' as the channel would loose 'fans' if it was something the public hadn't come across before. So doing the preliminary tasks will help the video have success in all areas as it will be seen by a wider public audience.

Plans for the video

Location: I want to set my video in a place where people could make an intertextual reference so i decided I'm going to film the video at my house - living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom, hall way and front garden. I am also going to use part of the road i live down.

Shot list: My video is going to mainly contain point of view shots, with panning shots at the party. I will have hand held shots to create a more approachable feel to the audience with some shots using a tripod. I will have a few close ups but mainly mid-shits and also some wide-angle shots with some zooming in to focus on something.

Character list: Amanda Corless, Tom Corless, Louise Corless, Andre Nombreuse, Gemma Mills and Tom Purchase.