A2 Media Magazine/ Poster final design

Above we have our final Magazine design for our music video. this consists of showing off the design which was created on Photoshop. to create this front page from a magazine we have  used the same concept as our ancillary task with the mind of both being able to correlate our music video Living in a box as you can see the page design has the element of cardboard. Which was one strong element we wanted to portray in our Ancillary tasks, so that element is consistent throughout each design. looking more into detail you can see our main lead singer on the poster. we decided that having him in the centre of the page was key to the narrative of the song but also the video as you would be able to link him to the song which is the most important part. Coming out of the box seen here is the storyline behind the whole project the story follows Steven on his travels to a happier time in his life and the video shows that with his journey being the main element in the video. so we had time to think of how we could incorporate that into the page design and the CD cover. The picture of him coming out of the box. So this is seen on both the Magazine and also he cover of the CD , this helps you link the two together.


Having Steven on the magazine page was a decision that we took as looking at other examples of poster/Magazine pages they all include the artist giving off the impression that this is new by that artist will sell. so for us having that link of narrative with the front cover including our main headliner was important to us.



Overall I would say the subject of the poster was a successful one as it carries all the key features that we set out to create and also link the poster and the CD cover to our music video I feel that they follow the narrative of the song with the element of cardboard being used in both as the main element.       

A2 Media Digipak CD cover final

Above is our final design for our Cd cover, for the design of our cover we decided on a theme of the box within the whole task that is why this and the poster look very similar that was our intention from the start of the planning. this is my area of design as I created this CD cover with a photo shoot of our main man within the video. The whole task is focused in on him and I feel that the CD cover portrays that with the cover showing him living within this book and his journey of escape to find the one place that means a lot to him.

so the cardboard box design being used was planned and used in the first initial design. using the inside of a box was key to setting the frame and the whole frame looks likes a box. the back cover consist of a list of songs from the best hits of the band living in a box the six over sings are the bands most recognizable songs I feel that the back cover looks good and more professional than I aimed for.

Looking over this album cover I would say that what I created was successful and correlated with the task in hand and created a cover relating to my design, story and poster.  


 

A2 Media Poster/ Magazine Analysis

A2 Poster Analysis

Poster's are now a huge selling point when it comes to music video promotion as they are eye catching, almost everywhere and have huge backing from investors. Most poster designs follow the conventions of the album cover or the Artist's colours. They usually confine hidden messages from the artist, where that's something that represents them or a link to one of the songs on the album , usually the most popular.

below is a presentation on my analysis of poster designs and magazine , and there importance to the artist when promoting there music. all of the below were used within Magazines for the Promotion of theree music.