Final cut

Since our last rough cut of the video we have made the changes that needed to be changed so that it would be more successful and eye catching. A lot of the changes that we have made all contribute to making the Mise en scene and overall image of our video more edgy and youthful, like we initially planned. We also filmed the barbie roof scenes and worked along until it was at a stage where it was more successful and didn't look out of place to the rest of our video.

Final spine

Draft spine

 

 After creating the spine we were pleased with the design and colour plan of it but decided that it needed something extra to make it more unique. We decided to draw a signature and put it at the top of the spine in black writing. This would give a more personal touch to the whole CD case and would make it stand out more if it were to be placed amongst other CD's.

 

Final disc

 

After creating our Cd dusc we decided that it was not really ideal having the 'A' covered, therefore we decided that it would be a better idea to put the '#HARD' at the top and ISLA at the bottom. This would then mean that it would be easier to read and woukdnt look strange. 

 After doing this we decided that we actuallu didn't like the way it was really spaced out and looked too seperated. Therefore we decided to reconstruct it further by putting them together at the top half of the disc and making the '#HARD' smaller and 'ISLA' bigger and stretched so there was less of a divide between the two texts.

 Final disc

CD disc and spine

CD disc

  For our CD disc we decided to have it quite plain and simple because the background is so detailed and eye catching. We had the initial idea of having #HARD going through the middle of the disc with the centre whole covering the A. Then underneath there would be ISLA in smaller black writing. For the Cd to look proffessional we added all of the small print information that we found to be on other CD's. We then decided that this CD disc was not as successful as it could be so we decided to make some alterations to our original design. 

• Moving the #HARD from the centre to slightly above the centre point.
• Placing the 'ISLA' directly underneath but still above the centre.

Spine

The spine is a very small part of our digipak that will still need to match the rest of the CD case. Which is red white and black. The key information that needs to be included on our spine is the name of the albbum and the artist. 

 

An idea that we came up with after this was to have the artist's signature at the top end of the spine in black writing. 

 

Final inside left

The inside left image has been further changed so that it is more successful. The brightness has been toned down so that the image matches the rest of the ancillary pieces and as not orange. Her hand has been made less red to match the colour of the skin. The red lipstick has been edited so that it matches the colour of the lipstick on the front CD image. 

Front of CD construction final

Above is the draft and the final front of CD that has some visible changes made to it so that it is more crisp and appealing.

This is Lucy's prof of tools that shows how she changed the image by using tools such as the 'clone stamp' for the lips. The changes that she made to he image are very successful and the final one looks much neater than the draft one. 

Comparing our own image to an actual lady gaga album cover allows the progress from the draft to the final image to be shown clearer. In Lady gaga's the red lipstick is very neat and tidy which is something that Lucy changed in order for it to look better. The skin tone was also made less orange so that it looked neater and a bit more natural. Altogether the transition was completed so that it looked more like a professional piece of work like the lady gaga one.

Back of CD cover

Draft

Final

We made some changes to our back cover to make it a more successful piece of work. The changes we made are...

• Changing the text to all black so that it stood out more and was easier to read .
• Lightened and airbrushed the skin so that it was more appealing and looked crisp.
• Made the small print small so it took up less room and added the RCA logo.
• Neatened the hair line so it was more symmetrical and tidy.