This is the final product of our DigiPak. We have taken and edited all of the photos ourselves and are very please with the outcome. All of the images have been taken in different locations and I will explain all below:
This image would be the back panel of the Digipak. We took this photo ourselves in our school Drama Hall using a green screen. When it came to editing, we cut out the background of the green screen and placed the image of the artist on a plain white background. Originally it was to be used for the website, however when it came to editing, we were playing around with the effects tools and discovered how to place the black smoke over the top of the image to create a black and white/colour effect. We were amazed with this effect as we had never seen it used before therefore we felt that this was very creative and decided to use it on our digipak. We found a font that we both really liked called 'Creatif' and we used this on our website to connect them both together and keep it consistent. We both together made up the song names and this was very easy. We included a bar code and some copy right regulations to make it look more professional and believable.
I really like this image mainly because it defines our artist exactly how she is. The seductive bright red lipstick mixed with the mysterious black smoke creates a really dark and edgy look. The background is in fact black ink being dropped into water but we thought that it looks like smothering black smoke, symbolising that she is being suffocated in the relationship. The bright red lips are a running theme throughout our music video and website therefore to keep it consistent, we chose to use it in our digipak. By wearing bright red lipstick, it shows that although our artist is gloomy and deep, she is still very confident. We had to cut out the face so that we were left with just the lips. This was quite tricky as we wanted to ensure that we kept the plump shape of the lips. We grouped the two photos together on Fireworks to create one whole image. This was very easy to do as we had already learnt this skill in the first year of our Media course.
I really like the edit on this image because it is unique and symbolises our artist as being two people - one when she is with her boyfriend, the other when she is on her own. The finger on her lips shows a secretive and mysterious side to her. We used a free app on my phone called 'Cam Wow' to create the mirror effect. We then edited the photo on Fotor, using beauty effects such as brighter red lipstick and airbrushing. We added a funky effect called 'Aurora' which added light beams over the photo. I really liked this effect but I felt that it would look better if they were more red than pink or even black so that it followed our theme. Unfortunately this could not be changed. The font used is different to the font on the back of the digipak, this is because we wanted to mix it up a bit. The font on the back cover is also used on our website therefore we felt that by using the same font on the front cover it was too repetitive and took away the 'limelight' from the front cover.
I think that this photo is really effective as it defines our artist really well. Poppy took this photo herself on her iPhone 5 using the front camera. In the original photo, Poppy did have a flower in her mouth but it was pink. We was unsure on using this flower as the stereotypes of the colour pink is very girly. This is something that we did not want to portray about our artist. Therefore we edited a rose onto the photo, overlapping the original flower. We chose this rose because the two colours are following the theme in our productions - red and black. On the outside of the rose the petals are turning black and the inside of the rose is still a bright red. This symbolises that on the outside she is hurt and scared of everything but on the inside she still has hope and is confident within herself to do the right thing for example get out of the relationship. We added a black and white filter to photo before adding the flower so that the rose would stand out more.
This is the CD panel for our digipak. We were please with the outcome of this as we felt that it portrays our artist in a way that we aimed for. We placed a picture we had of Poppy from a photo shoot as the background. We added a black and white filter to the image on Fotor. We then found a CD template on the internet and opened it up in Fireworks. We played around with different styles as you can see in my post 'CD Digipak Plans'. When we finally came to a decision, we we grouped the two photos together. Our artist's face is hidden and she remains in the background which symbolises her life. The smoke on the CD is a running theme throughout our music video, website and another photo on the digipak.
This is my favourite photo from the digipak and our most recent one. Due to some feedback, we had to change a photo from our digipak meaning that we needed to go out and re-take photos again! We used our school Drama Hall, against a plain black wall to shoot. It was a spontaneous shoot and was not planned therefore Poppy did not have an outfit with her - other than her sixth form clothes. Fortunately I was wearing a leather jacket and we decided that as long as you couldn't see the bottom half of Poppy, it would be fine. We thought that it worked well with a dark jacket and a dark top in contrast to a light skin/light hair and bright lips. Lana Del Ray took a similar photo in the same pose and with a leather jacket. We edited it on Fotor, adding beauty effects such as smoothing and adding bright red lipstick. After that we added a funky smoke effect which added whispers on smoke on the photo. We thought that this looked good as it is only on one side of her, again symbolising the two sides to her.
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