Digipack -- Pictures

When creating my Digipack i had to choose three pictures that would represent my artist . These pictures we took ourselves in a photo shoot we organised . The reason why i chose my front cover photo is because is shows the artist in performance mode , while emphasising her bright red lips , this brings the attraction to her lips using voyeurism to appeal to the audience . The picture is also a mid shot of the artist so you are able to see the artist in a surrounding and not just a close up .  In this photo the artist is looking down this has connotations of reflection of the artist looking back on the memories and events behind the lyrics of the album . 

I chose my second picture for the inside as it  looks good double the size of the width , as the image inside is cover two sections . The artist is laying down so cover two section of the inside makes the Digipack flow more and connect the images . This image is more natural then the other photos and represents the artist in a different view to the audience , which helps show the artist in a vulnerable and open up more to the fans . 

My final photo i chose relates back to the first image of the artist looking down , but also because the way the artist is posing in this picture relates back to voyeurism , the leg is arched over her other leg showing skin , placing her hands on her legs immediately brings the audiences attention to her in a sexual way . 

These three images all show the artist in different views , this opens the artist up to the audience as well as crating a variation of images . 

inspirational music videos

A influential music video that has contributed key ideas to help create and develop our music video is by Marina and the diamonds - Primadonna . This music video gave us inspirations due to the key themes of a vintage feel as well as the bright and bold colours on her make up and clothing . Marina is a very unique artist , so by listening to her music and certainly watching a music video you can tell it is her . This music video specifically captures a vintage theme of old props , e.g. chandeliers , old grand beds , silk and her locations (which is set in a big old mansion ) . The use of editing in this music video represents a more of a rough view , as though some of the footage is being filmed by the camera , by doing this the music video creates a ‘homemade’ idea and makes the video seem less Hollywood , contradicting to the mise en scene. Marina’s image in this music video is very ‘cartoonish’ , bright lipstick , thick eyelashes , hard placed hair , all of these factors help capture her star image and promote her music . Our group music video aspire to this because of how we want to represent our artist , the bright lips , colourful clothes and a vintage and down to earth feel . As well as this the music video is still very glamorous but in a subtle and fashionable way . Another inspirations from this music video was Marinas persona , she gives off a innocence and cute vibe but as the music changes she gives off a lot more attitude and becomes a lot more sassy , which we will include in our music video because it relates to the lyrics as well as the star image .

Katy Perry Album Art

Rihanna -- DigiPack

I chose to analyse Rihanna's Digipack because the main focus is the artist , the close up of her face and the stretched full body image of her captures the voyeurism of her persona that the label is trying to give of the artist . The bold bright colours really stand out , especially the bright red lipstick which is a key element in my music video as it attracts the audience to her lips , which shows connotations of seduction , as thought the artist is seducing the audience into listening . The colour red is not only on Rhianna's lips but also on her hair and roses used in the background. The colour red has connotations of love and lust , this appeals more to the audience as it shows the affectionate side of Rihanna.

The CD has a picture of rose petals on it which links back to the main themes of the digipack using the roses . Roses have connotations of fragile and love which relates to the image of Rihanna and her persona she is trying to give off.

Katy Perry -- Digipack

Katy Perry's Digipack is an inspiration to my ideas for my Digipack as the use of colours and bold images really captures the audiences attention especially the fans of Katy Perry . The use of images of the artist represent the artist in different captions , for example the image of Katy Perry looking out to the audience holding her chest uses voyeurism to capture the audiences attention , while the other images are not as close but still capture Katy Perry's full image and sexual attraction . The bright bold colours link to Katy Perry' persona yet it also links to many idea to how i have chosen to represent my artist . We tried to use many bright bold colours on our artist not only in images and in our music video but also on the website creating a happy unique artist.

Lip Sync

This is our Lip Sync , we created this to test out lip syncing the footage to the music . By doing this we have learnt that to make it sync you have to actually sing , this is key especially to make it look real. We came across a few difficulties witht he camera but that was technical fault . Other than that we have learnt how to lip sync correctly.

update on progress

We have just finished our storyboards and shooting schedule , so we are organised and ready to start filming for our music video . We need to contact certain places to make sure we can use their property , this will be sorted out this week to prevent last minute problems.