Jay - Final Digipak and Magazine Advert Products

Final Digipak and Poster

Digipak Design Feedback Questionaire

Photo Shoot

Here are the best images taken from our photo shoot. It was a good success as it was planned well in terms of the types of poses, framing and clothing required for the photos to look good. The quality of the pictures are excellent, and that is down to setting up the correct equipment properly, getting the lighting right and using a high quality camera.

In terms of the styling, we looked to Slaves for inspiration. They are shown to wear casual clothing which is the intention we went for in one set of clothing. But then they also liked to look punk which was why we decided to have a punk artist on the lead singers top and we all wore black. The glasses are also symbolic of Slaves, and we were able to borrow similar glasses to them off a classmate which was really helpful. We felt this would give the photo the edge needed to make the band look more punk and different. Hair styles were also changed so that artists suited the genre better.

Jay - Magazine Advert and CD Digipak Improvements

Improved Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts - Max Sunnar

After gaining feedback, I have made some improvements to my Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts. I have made some appropriate changes in order to apply a number of appropriate conventions that appear on a Digipak and Magazine Advert.

Reviewing Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts Feedback

These are the comments made by my teacher in regards to my Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts.  The majority of the targets simply require a few tweaks to make a better Digipak and Magazine Advert. For the most part, they make sense. The bottom one: 'Why a Chinese proverb?' is difficult to answer. I knew I wanted to include a quote on my digipak and therefore went looking for one. The quote needed to relate to my album's name and the song choice and therefore i went looking for meaningful quotes that were about vengeance. The one that i found which related extremely closely to our song choice just happened to be a Chinese proverb. Other pieces of criticism such as 'Release date must be a Friday' had surprised me, however it taught me about media conventions that had to be met (In this case Albums typically being released on a Friday). These targets will be fairly simple to complete and could be met soon. I will upload improved Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts that meet this feedback's constructive criticisms. 

Magazine Advert and CD Digipak Drafts

Here is the draft for my Poster and my CD digipak. A band shot is required for my final version for the digipak, a temporary shot of Slaves has been used as this is the framing of the shot that will be similar to my final version. This shot will be taken when the whole band film for the music video, as it is the only time when all members are available together. 

Draft Digipak and Magazine Adverts - Max

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: For an unknown reason, some of the images below may NOT appear on certain browsers (Typically Google Chrome). If the images do not appear, try a different web browser. Internet Explorer usually works. 

 This was my initial Magazine Advert design. After gain feedback, I was asked to try to implement  photography into my design and from here I created a number of alternative designs that used photography in some aspect. I created four magazine adverts in total.

This is the design that I have decided to submit as my draft Magazine Advert. 

The Labyrinth Story - Ideas and Inspiration

After researching about Mazes previously, I looked for ways in which the maze could link to our video. This is when I thought of the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a story from Greek mythology. was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus.