my first draft album poster

Album Poster (house style)

This is the album cover and album poster for the band 'Noah and the Whale', as we can see they have a house style sharing the same image, color and font. this is very important as it makes consumers familiar with both of them- as it is also logical to have element of the album cover in the advertisement of the album cover.

I will be using this a housed style for my poster by using the same image fonts and colours as my album cover.

The album poster.

the Album cover.

album poster research

These are example of album advertisements that may been seen in magazines, websites fighters, on walls, or new papers. they are used to promote the album.

Main convention and features of an album poster/advertisement.

1-Name of album/artist (mostly in larger font- bigger impact).

2- Of the band/artist or the image of the album itself.

3- Date of release.

4- Description of digipak (not all)

5. Eebsite or fan page

6. Production company logo/sponsoring company logos.

The before and after

This is my original art art piece before i manipulated  it on Photoshop, I aged and washed out the bright colors making it look vintage with a aged background.

End result.

First Draft - igipak (CD 4 panel)

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my art work that I may use for digipak

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template

rock/pop/indie album cover (examples)

These are examples of indie covers, the artist element is defiantly the shared feature between them, the artist face so not appear on these album, as graphical art abstract and modern art pieces are on the covers of these albums. Independent bands and musician focus on the portrayal and image of the music more then the artist.
I will incorporate these abstract styles in my own album using work from my art alevel, however as my artist is a rock/pop/indie, and pop albums feature the artist face in the album cover so people familiarise with the artist face as an image. Therefore i may incorporate both my artist face and abstract art work into my final digipak front cover.

End result would be similar to this album cover.

Just to get an idea

CoverArts.com is a new site that lets visitors vote up cd and book cover designs. You can view covers by most recent additions or by highest rated. At least one new cover design is added every day. CD cover design has it's own unique design challenges - sometimes conceptual, other times it's creating a style for an artist photo or photos.

Each cover is tagged with genre or type, so you can search for just Rock or Hip/Hop covers with a simple click. Cool.

Rolling Stone best twenty-five album covers

I thought it would be interesting to see the best titled album and singles covers in the music industry. There are taken from different music genre, each with its individual style and creativity.

digipack research

A digipak has the size and look of a CD jewel case but it is made of paper stock with a plastic tray glued to hold the CD. With a typical clear tray, a digipak has 4-panels for putting the artwork on. One advantage of digipak over jewel case is that it has better shock absorption than jewel case. When a jewel case is dropped it breaks. But a digipak will still be in one piece even it is dropped. 

first draft ... music video

A-Level Media Music Video Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

Still has got of editing to do, a few errors but this is just a first draft.

Lip Synching Activity (glee style)

we this this at the beginning of term just to get an idea and a practice on the art of lip syncing - we got in groups ,learnt a the lyrics of a song then performed it while lip syncing - then we edited it to the movement of our mouths went with the words in the song. it was loads of fun and we look abit lame but it was definitely good practice and gave us all an idea on lip syncing.
I'm the awkard, tall one on the right :D
Glee Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.