Short List Of Fonts

This is a mix of fonts and colours that I liked and think work well with my idea. The reason I put the fonts on a grey background is because of my digipack the photos that I will use will be in black and white so I wanted to get a sense of which shade of blue would look better. The fonts with the arrows next to are the ones I like the most.Im not quite sure which shade of the blue to use yet as I want to try it out with my photos. 

Dan Davids is my artists name.

Dos And Dont's

Dos And Dont's

Dos:

• Stick to two clear fonts as a maximum. Watch the sizing of the fonts carefully.
• Stick to three colours as a maximum, make sure they go together well.
• Make sure to use clear photos that are in focus.
• Follow the rule of thirds for composition.
• Remember to include barcode , date , copyright information , title of the album , artist name , record company logo name , website , and artist website. 

Dont's

• Use unnecessary effects.
• Dont go made using photoshop
• Stretch images to fit the panel, Stretched images lose marks.
• Place text across the artists face
• Use fonts simply because you like them 
• Feel you need to have photos on every panel.

I have taken aboard all of these dos and dont's and I am going to make sure I follow them carefully as I want to get the best great I can possibly get and make this work to the best I can.

Importance Of Digipaks

Digipaks are vitally important as they allow a new dimension of creativity focused on the artist and their music. A digipak is essential in the music industry, as it offers more to the fans than the audio alone. Album covers allow a visual to be put along with the songs and album name, usually including a booklet for the fan to read.

The example above shows the lyrics for one of the songs on the album, along with artwork of the artist herself, Ellie Goulding. Fans would be able to connect directly with the song as they are given the lyrics, hand in hand with a picture of her.

Websites, as well as album covers, may be commonly used within digipaks, too. A website would be seen as a hub for interaction between the fan and the artist themselves. 

Above shows Sam Smith's website. Immediately, we're given content to watch/listen to, showing that websites are also a strong promotional tool for the artists. For this case, the splash page is used to promote his most recent content, however:



After you enter the site, it gives several links to click on, whilst giving updates on the homepage. This allows the typical fan to know what he's up to immediately, whilst being able to click onto the different links for anything related to him.

Digipaks are seen as 'power players' in terms of promoting content made by different artists, allowing them to shift people's attention on their promoted projects, then maintaining it as they listen to the project itself. 

Digital Mock up 1

http://tyga-official.weebly.com

This is my digital mock up of ancillary task one of a website , where I designed it around the artist Tyga. I tried to match colour scheme with the pictures that I used. For example in the first picture Tyga has a pair of red headphones so I thought it would be affective to make some of the websites font and layout to be red to make it all work together.

Pitch-7 Costume (chyna)

In our music video, we plan to have 3 costume changes. We don't want to have too many, but we feel that if we have 3 really good costumes than it will still represent our artist in the right way and reflect to song.

Do's and Don'ts' of design work

There are many different things that you should and should not do, when designing work, and when I complete my ancillary, there are things that I am going to make sure I don't do, as well as things that I should include in order to get good marks.

DO's

• I need to make sure that I stick to two clear fonts as a maximum. I need to make sure that they complement each other and link well to my artist. They also need to be appropriate to the genre, and the sizing needs to be appropriate.
• The colours on my ancillary work should be a maximum of three colours, and make sure they go well together and fit the genre correctly. So I wouldn't pick a bright pink colour for my work as it would not match my artist or the genre correctly.
• I need to ensure that the photos I use are clear and in focus and that they are an appropriate shot-size for the panel. Also that they are generically appropriate.
• I need to follow the rule of thirds composition.
• I need to include all the other details, such as the barcode, date, copyright information, title of the album, artist name, record company logo, website and artist website.

DONT's

• I need to make sure I don't include any unnecessary effects. If I do use any text or image effects they must suit the genre.
• I must not stretch mages to fit the panels, if the image is not the right image to start with, then don't use it. Stretched images will lose me marks.
• I must not place text across the face of the artist.
• I should not just use fonts because I like them.
• I must not feel that I need to include images on every panel. I need to do my research carefully and follow the conventions of the genre closely. Too many photos will lose marks.