DP Photo manipulation ideas
Here are some links for background ideas for the DP? Why not push yourself? Backgrounds x 30? Grunge effect? Splatters? Funky fonts?
Drafts 1, 2 and 3
KEY TERMS: BRAND, STAR IMAGE, CONVENTIONS, COLOUR PALETTE, PHOTO MANIPULATION, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATIONS, FONT/TYPEFACE. Draft 1 needs to be assessed in relation to the assessment criteria in the powerpoint in the blog – you need to award yourself a grade once you have assessed it. You can simply cut and paste the analysis and thenContinue reading Drafts 1, 2 and 3
Understanding the Marking – DP self assessment Draft 1
KEY TERMS: assessment criteria, star image, brand, package, integrated advertising. TASK Now that you have Draft 1 of your digipack – the front and back panes, you need to understand how it will be assessed and whether your project is on the right lines. Does it contain the necessary elements to get a good grade?Continue reading Understanding the Marking – DP self assessment Draft 1
Copywrite and Template
Copyright Info © & Ⓟ Your name/band name, year. All rights of the produced and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. You can use the publisher logo and barcode from the web. Use the digipak template in indesign or Mr Gregson’s in the P Drive. P:\DigipackContinue reading Copywrite and Template
DP Production Meeting Agenda and Risk Assessment
This week you should be planning, executing and producing your Digipak. Make sure your planning is precise and comprehensive. All planning documents should be uploaded to the blog. You will have to organise your group, models and performers. Remember you have fewer lessons this week so you need to work in a focused manner. Attached toContinue reading DP Production Meeting Agenda and Risk Assessment
Montage and Lip Sync – IMPORTANT BEFORE HALF TERM
We have been through the D drives of the computers in Room 71 to try and find your Lip Syncs and Montages. Here is a file with as many as we could trace. You need to upload them to the relevant posts to replace the ‘lost’ you tube videos. UPDATE THE BLOG LEAGUE ACCORDINGLY. ThisContinue reading Montage and Lip Sync – IMPORTANT BEFORE HALF TERM
Photographic Inspiration
This website has lots of ideas from artists and media makers around the world. It might just offer you some inspiration for your MES – remember simple but meaningful use of MES could make all the difference: some broken plates, antique books, a bright red balloon, tattered armchair, sleek hair do, interesting window frame, bright redContinue reading Photographic Inspiration
Hand Drawn or Photographic mock up
Key Terms: genre, star image, encoding, decoding, preferred readings (Hall’s theory), REPERTOIRE OF ELEMENTS (Altman’s theory), NARRATIVE, the same but different – developing, using conventions. Please use the next lesson(s) to produce a hand drawn mock up of the digipack you are going to make in the next 2 weeks. Collate the best ideas fromContinue reading Hand Drawn or Photographic mock up
Textual Analysis of Genre, Star Image and Formal / Technical Conventions of a digipak
KEY TERMS: repertoire of elements, blueprint, convey, suggest, represent, show, highlight, infers, highlights, technical conventions/forms (barcode, copywrite, tracks etc) etc, denotations, connotations, star image, genre. Explore how digipacks are designed to work as part of a multimedia package to support the launch of a new album. Media Form & Conventions Key questions to consider onContinue reading Textual Analysis of Genre, Star Image and Formal / Technical Conventions of a digipak
A Look Book – Branding
Key Terms: style, brand, inspiration, integrated advertising, genre, repertoire of elements, blueprint, audience. Task: As a group, contribute to the overall moodboard for all the ideas, styles, fonts, images, colours that could and should be appropriate to your ‘package’. You should all contribute @ 10 images each so that the tablet moodboard has about 20Continue reading A Look Book – Branding