Diary Entry: 12th November

As we have no more footage to edit we decided to start our print artifacts so that we could organise our time properly. We decided we would focus on the back cover of the CD in today's lesson. Thankfully the photo shoot was done near the start of the production so we did not have the worry of filming as well as getting images for the album covers.

To start the back cover we chose our image very carefully however since the photo shoot we had the perfect image for the back and we were happy that the image came out clearly and was very effective. Originally the image was colour however Lauren felt it would look better if the image was black and white, doing this made the image better but I suggested to change the contrast and brightness so the face and entire image was white and the black eyes stood out. This image looked extremely effective but was more visually appealing when the text was placed on. The titles used the font- courier and coloured in black to contrast against the white background. A bar-code and logo of the record label was also imported so the CD cover would respect the codes and conventions. However one unconventional thing that was done was not having the song times next to the song titles. We felt this did not look appealing and it was not a major concern as most CD cases do not state the times on the back cover.  

To import the Interscope records label was a struggle due to the outline being white and as our main image background was a faded white we had t edit the image in fireworks. This still proved to be a problem as the shades changed depending on the position. To solve this we used the ink generator and clicked the area nearest to the text and then used a paintbrush to go around the lining of the text. In the end this worked and was not noticeable.






Author: Kiran Paul