Ancillary tasks

Now that I have completed the ancillary tasks I feel that they both look really good and the simplistic look to both the album and the poster work well with my genre. I also feel that the song that i have chosen also works well with the ancillary tasks, the song has quite a slow and calm tempo and I feel that the poster and the Digi-pack reflect this.

The Poster that I am going to use is the following:

The reason for this is that from my research I have found that this one appeals to the audience more and that it fits with the whole Paul Weller ideology better than the other two. I am pleased with the final outcome of the poster as it has a strong link to the album cover, and this is very important as if they looked different then three would be no point in promoting it.

Poster

I have created a few different posters and at the time of writing this post I am undecided which one to use.

Below are the posters that I have created

As you can see they all have the same theme and I just need to decide which one I am going to use. To help me decide I will ask my teacher and I will also ask my target audience which one would work better with my genre.

Album cover

I have created the album cover and I think that it has turned out really well.

Here are the images.

Front

Inside front

 Inside back

Back

Spine

Here is the cover laid out on a single image:

The reason that I have chosen this theme of black and white is that I feel that it fits with the genre of my track and on a shelf it think that it would be eye catching as it is unconventional. I am particularly pleased with the inside font of the album, the lyrics are clear and the image of the guitar makes it more interesting than just having lyrics.

The overall simplistic effect of the digi-pack works well as the track is slow and calm and the album cover reflects this.

Digi-pack -Album cover

From looking at other album covers and from my own ideas I have decided to have a black and white stamp effect of my actors face in black and white then have the words 'Paul Weller' in one colour and a font that looks like it has been signed and then another line of text that says 'brand new start', this will be in a different from from the previous line to emphasis the name of the track and to make the album cover stand out.

Print media research- Digi-pack

For the printed media I have also done some research, the way in which I went about this is that I looked at some Paul Weller album covers and tried to identify any running themes. I have identified one thing, almost all of the album covers have the artist on on them. Another thing that stands out is the colours used on the cover; the use of black and white has a nice effect however it is not as eye catching as some of the others such as the forth one down.

Here are some album covers that I have drawn inspiration from:

 

I have a rough idea of how I want the album cover to look and then I stumbled across the image below and it is very similar to it. The effect that I am going to use is the black and white 'stamp' effect. The reason that I am going to use this is not only does it look good but it fits with the genre of my track.

Here is the album cover in question:

The use of the black and white on this poster is effective as it is appealing and the reason for this is that it is different from what you come to expect form album covers.

Props

The props that I have used in my music video are the following:

Guitar for the performance
Pen for the opeining when the actor is composing the song
Paper same as the above
Clothing Bag when the actor is leaving home to 'make a brand new start'
CD's also to be put in the bag but I an undecided weather to include this or not.