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digipak
I created a digipak, which is something special for a fan to have as it includes
special features lyrics, posters and even pictures therefore I tried to make it as
visually pleasing and drum and bass related as possible whilst trying to make it
fit in and look similar to my video. I began doing this by researching current
drum and bass digipak‟s, after doing so I realised there was no specific
generalisation‟s with drum and bass unlike other genre‟s as most digipak‟s
included a surreal graphically designed image on the front or a heavily
manipulated image. Therefore this gave me no boundaries when designing my
digipak, I therefore decided to choose a surreal and abstract image of graffiti on
a street wall enhancing the urban street feel I wanted anyway making it relate
and look very similar to my music video. I edited the image through photoshop
making it more colourful and distorted in relation to my music video and to
make it as eye catching as possible, so that my audience could notice it as
something they like. The rest of my digipak I left rather simplistic as I didn‟t
want to go over the top and make it look too busy or pop genre like, after
finishing my digipak I was pleased with the connections I had made with my
music video and genre itself and believe it could stand and look like an existing
product in shops today.
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poster
I created a poster to further the advertising of my music video
and digipak, in terms of drum and bass posters they are very
similar to digipaks in that they feature something surreal and
very different to any other genre of music, so I decided to carry
on the surreal effect and create an image that has my model
from my music video however I manipulated the eyes and
mouth out of the image to reinforce the surreal image aswell as
the lyrics and themes of my song being „black and blue‟ in
which is an emotional song therefore by having no eyes or
mouth cannot show emotion, enhancing my confused and
emotional themes.
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Overall
I believe the combination of my texts work very well together as
they all successfully relate to my intended audience and fit in
with my genre as well as music video. After receiving feedback
from an audience I would class as my intended I received
comments such as “Overall George‟s work perfectly fits in with
the drum and bass culture and demonstrates a very well
though out music video which is complimented by his ancilliary
texts” leaving me pleased with my final products.
