Drafting for magazine advert and digipak

Medicine First Draft

Rough Cut: Medicine

Digipak Second Draft

 

This is the second draft of my digipak, like my magazine advert I have used my own images, however I still feel that the arrangement of some of the pictures could be better and that the design lacks something such as colour. I also think I want to change the layout of the back cover in terms of moving the song list to the bottom of the page to make it look more realistic compared to current digipaks. 

Digipack Draft

 

 

This is the first draft for my digipak. I have used images from the internet to create a template for where my own images will be after I have taken them. However i have chosen images that I like and I am going to use these to help with my own photoshoot, so I have gained some inspiration from them. I have decided that I want my digipak to be in black and white so that it can relate to the song as the song isn't very cheerful or happy, therefore colours wouldn't really be seen as appropriate to the song. I might add another page/sqaure to the digipak depending on how many photos I like from my photoshoot. However so far I have included the main information needed on a digipak. This includes the bands name, the albums name, the songs on the album and important copyright information and a barcode.   

 

Magazine Advert Draft

This is the first draft of my magazine advert for my CD. I have used an image from google as an exmaple of the kind of image that I want to be included on my magazine advert. I would like to use a similar image such as a smashing bottle as I think it resembles my music video theme of alcohol and how some people may see this as a form of 'medicine' to help with pain and troubles. I decided to have a black and white colour scheme for my advert as I think this makes the advert more visually appealing. The fact that the image of a smashing bottle is quite unusual and captures the eye, I think the use of colour would not be highly neccesary. The white font on the black background also makes the font easy to read. I have decided to use minimal font on my advert so that the reader can quickly gain the vital information they need. In this case the band name, the album name, and the fact that the album is now available to buy, which can be identified at the bottom of the advert in large letters.  I included a quick rating from two music magazines as this would entice people to buy the CD because other people would recommend it. Music magazines are reliable sources to give quotes as they have a lot of experience with working in music and therefore people would believe the qoutes to be justified.  At the bottom of the advert I included a website to the bands page and a link to the album page. This is not a real website, however I used it in my magazine advert to make sure it looked realistic as many magazine adverts have the band/artists website on the adverts so that audiences can find out more information. I have also included the advert draft in a landscape format.