Evaluation Q4

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? 

I have created a Pinterest board in order to answer this question.

In this board I have highlighted the technologies which I used in my research, planning and evaluation stages.

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Evaluation Q3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation Q2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? 

Evaluation Q2

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Evaluation Q1

In what ways does your media products use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 

A2 Media Evaluation Q1

Poster final

My final poster design which I chose involved four photos of the artist in the stages of throwing the bunch of petals. I preferred that the album and the number of pictures all being four, in order to create a slight connection. I needed to create a blur between the white an red backgrounds, so that it looked as though they were not one layer on top of the other. I think the text is clear, by adding a shadow behind both 'Beyonce' and the '4', which drew attention towards the centre of the poster, which is what needed to be advertised. 

Poster choices

My first choice to make was between which text I preferred to have 'Beyoncé' written in and the number '4' to be written in. The text needed to be readable, but also fit with the style of the artist and the genre. The final text which I chose was park lane, which was the first text of these 3.

I then decided to remove the lines I had inserted, and instead use guides to evenly position the four artist photos at a bigger size. The text I kept the same but changed the colours to white with a black shadow for the Beyoncé, and gold with a black shadow for the 4. I also moved the text to the middle in order to fill unnecessary space, against putting the text at the bottom of the page. The text was then made larger in order to fill the space.

An alternative option I looked at was using just 1 image of Stefi blown up. I picked my favourite image from the four throwing flowers shoot and then blew this up to fill the whole page. This image was backed by a silk piece, in order to keep it plain and simple, but not just be a plain white background. 

As I preferred to have 4 of the artist shown in order to create a link between the album being named '4', I decided to further add to the background of this poster draft. To the background I again added the silk texture, but I then added a curtain type effect in the middle to draw attention to the name and the album title. As the artist is considered to be simplistic in the way she presents her music, I decided to keep writing and information at a minimum for the poster. I just included: the name, album, release date and available to pre order on iTunes.  

Magazine poster research

Jessie J's album advert featured a close up photo of the artist, with her name, album name and songs featured below. She used the colour scheme of black, gold and white in order to follow the conventions of the R&B genre. For her background it is plain white, but for my poster this may not work as well as the pictures I will use are not quite big enough.

Ellie Goulding's album advert featured the singer, her name, album name and some reviews of the album below. As part of the pop genre, she follows the conventions of fun and playful colours, by using the sparkles.

The Rihanna 'Loud' album features an close up of the artist face, in order to highlight the colour red which appears to be a theme throughout the album cover also. As part of the R&B genre, this fits well with generic conventions of colour.

A further Rihanna album is advertised by showing an alternative image of the artist, featuring the front cover of the album and the release date. This is simple, yet gives the message about the album without having much text or any ratings of the album. This simplistic look is what I want to use for my poster.

Digipak final

This is my final digipak with the top photo being the inside page where the CD would fit over the artists body. My colour scheme followed conventions of the R&B genre; using red, white, black and gold, as the rest of Beyonce's album fits the R&B genre. For the spine I used the same text as on the front cover, although on the back page of text, I changed the font and colour in order to make it clearer and stand out. As Beyonce belongs to 'Columbia Records' I featured the companies logo in the top right hand corner of the back page, which was not too noticeable given that is was also red. My final choice of backgrounds was the red, old fashioned style wallpaper, with a light feature in the centre, and the back page was the bed of rose petals.

Editing digipak

I began the front cover by selecting the best photo of Stefi posing straight on. I then cut the background and shadow of her out before copying this image to the front cover.

I copied the photo four times and spaced them evenly across the cover. I then changed the opacity of each Stefi, with the first being 100%, the second being 90%, the third being 85% and the fourth being 80%.

For the back cover, I chose to use a picture where Stefi's hair was shaped in a heart shape, to highlight the song style, with most being about love. I cut out the background, and especially the inside parts of the hair.

I then copied this image onto the back cover, but due to her outfit being black, it became difficult to see the text, thus this would need to change colour to white.

For the entire middle spread, I wanted Stefi to be lying along the floor on a bed of rose petals. However, when it came to cutting Stefi's body from the background, some of the flowers were cut too, as I had photographed her on a white background and there was several cream petals. For this reason, I had to use the pure photos of the rose petals:

I had taken a photo of the bunched rose petals and so I copied these 7/8 times behind Stefi in order to fill any remaining gaps. By using real petal photos, rather than just google images, it gave a more realistic shot that she was physically laying on a bed of rose petals.

Choosing background:

I have cut out the photos of Stefi which left a blank background to fill.

The final choice of background is the red on either side for the '4' feature:

However, the back cover I need to choose between the songs at the side and the photo of the artist facing back, or the songs at the bottom and the photo of the hair in love hearts.

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