This document discusses pre-production planning for a hip-hop album cover, including font and color choices to convey different meanings, potential layouts, necessary props and locations, health and safety considerations, and an 8-day schedule for designing the cover in Photoshop. Fonts and colors discussed include bold red to represent passion, green suggesting wealth, and black adding mystery. A low-angle shot is proposed for the main image to look powerful.

1. Pre-Production

2. Style sheet
This font is bold so that it catches the
audiences attention and it looks quite
masculine so that it gives an element on
power. The colour red represents the
passion for the music and it represents
excitement for the new album and it is a
lively colour which suggests the energy
and could represent the strength and
power that the artist
The font that I’ve used is Berlin Sans
FB Demi I'm not too keen on this
font because I don’t think it would
go well and be taken seriously on a
hip-hop album however the colour
could suggest wealth as green is
“the colour of money” for the us
currency which is why it suggests
wealth

3. This text I have used is Ariel and it bold
and this is a good font because its simple
however it also stands out to the
audience. It would also look good on a
hip-hop album cover because it isn’t too
fancy and you don’t want all the
attention on the font and this just gets
straight to the point. The colour black
could adds a mysterious element to the
album and it represents luxury and
power
The colour purple could suggest royalty
and it also represents luxury I don’t think
this would be a good colour to use as its
used to mainly target females and my
main target audience are males. I also
don’t think the text would work great on
my album cover because its too fancy
and its hard to read

4. Layout 1
This is my main image
that I have gone out and
taken and it’s a low angle
shot as it makes him look
more powerful
The text will be here t
the top so it catches
the audience
attention and I've
chosen red as it
suggests his passion
for music
Parental advisory
explicit content logo

5. Layout 2
Simple black bold text
at the top of the page
so it catches the
audiences attention
My main image for the
album cover and it’s a
close up shot so you
can see the image in
detail
Parental advisory
explicit content logo

6. Props & Locations
Props/Costume needed Locations needed
Clout goggles Pickering
Gold watch
Gold chain

7. Contingency Planning
Potential Issue Solution
Camera might break Use another camera and make sure it works or
use a phone with a camera
SD card is corrupt Take the photos again and save them to a USB
stick, online etc.
Computer breaks Use another computer that works
Work gets deleted Make sure you back up your work
Might not know how to something in a specific
programme
Google or watch a tutorial on how to do it
Might loose your work Make back ups as you go along so you don’t
loose everything

8. Health and Safety
Potential Issue How will the issue be
avoided?
Eye strain Keep having brakes so your eyes can get a rest
back pain Keep going for walks and do some back
exercises as well as tilting the computer screen
so your not sat in an awkward
repetitive strain injury make sure you position your wrists correctly
and keep having breaks from typing every so
often
headache Have a break and drink some water
carpal tunnel syndrome Keep your hands and wrists in line with your
forearms, hold elbows close to side and do
stretching exercises
spill food and drink Don’t eat food or drink drinks around the
computers

9. Schedule
Day Plan of Action Resources Required
Day 1  chose a photo to use as the main image on
my album cover
 Photoshop
Day 2  edit the photo and change the contrast
exposure etc.
 Photoshop
Day 3  chose the text that goes best with the cover  Photoshop
Day 4  design the character as a cartoon  Photoshop
Day 5  find a background image to add to the photo  Photoshop
Day 6  add the parental advisory explicit content
label to the cover
 Photoshop
Day 7  position everything to into the right place  Photoshop
Day 8  Save and export image in a suitable format  Photoshop