Ancillary Task 2 - Looking at existing album advertisements

Today whilst browsing through music magazines I looked at how other artist's promote their albums. I found that most advertisements feature the name of the artist, name of the album, the date it is released, the artist's website, websites you can buy it off, ratings and quotes about the album. Advertisements don't usually contain all of these elements so when it comes to making my own I won't be including everything listed.

Ancillary Task 2 - Finding a magazine to advertise my digipack

Today I browsed through several music magazines such as NME, Kerrang and Q to see which type of music they generally advertised. I found that Q promotes the most diverse range of music so I will be using Q magazine to advertise my album. The music advertised in NME and Kerrang is quite 'grungy' and Israel's music does not fit into this genre.

Ancillary Task 2 - Choosing an image for my magazine article

After much thought I decided to use an image from the same holiday as the album image for my magazine advertisement. This is because they will then link together which is key for magazine advertisments and the albums o that the audience recognises whose advertisement it is. I will now create my magazine advertisement when I return to school.

Ancillary Task 1 - Finished Digipack

Today I completed my digipack. I added the copyright quote to the back and moved around the track list so it fits round the image better. I chose not to add a colour to the inside as it made it look cartoon like; it looks more like a real digipack with a plain inside.

Ancillary Task 1 - Finishing The Inside Of My Digipack

Today I completed the inside of my digipack. I added an 'IZ' to the image as I felt it was a bit empty. Also the 'IZ' is very important to Israel's albums I kept the font and the colourings the same so that the front, back and inside all link together.

All I need to do now is add a colour around the cd part and add the record company name to the back of my album.

Ancillary Task 1 - Starting The Inside Of My Digipack

Today I chose another image from my family holiday to use in the inside of my digipack. However, I did not want to use all of the image so using Adobe Photoshop Elements I cut out the part I wanted to use. This program also enabled me to put a sky blue background behind the part of the image I kept. I will now put this into my digipack.

Ancillary Task 1 - Finishing The Back Cover Of My Digipack

Today I completed the back of my digipack. I kept the font the same as the font on the front cover so that the two sides link together. I chose to write the track list horizontally rather than the traditional vertically as I feel this gave it a laid back feel which is typical of Israel's style of music. I made sure that I included a bar code as bar codes are generally always found on the back.

I will now move on to the inside of my digipack.

Ancillary Task 1 - Starting Work On My Digipack

Today I created the front cover of my digipack and also started work on the back of my digipack.

On the front cover is the image from my family holiday. I then have the album title and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole typed across the top. The font this is written in is called 'Herculanum' I chose this font because I believe it has an ethnic, native feel to it which links in to Israel's strong Hawaiian roots. The font is white as I believe it gives the album a tranquil feel which once again is typical of Israel and his music. The front cover also features the trademark 'IZ'. This is in the same font as the album name but is in red as I wanted it to stand out.

The back cover is not yet complete but I did start on it today. I copied part of the front cover image on to the back so that the front and back cover links together. The rest of the back cover is a sky blue which ties in with the nature theme of Israel's album covers. Next time I will add the song list to the back of my digipack.

Ancillary Task 1 - Finding An Image For My Digipack

Today I decided on the image for my digipack. I chose a picture I had taken on a family holiday in the previous year. I chose this image because the seaside location and the warm weather looks typical of the Israel Kamakawiwo'ole album cover style. The colours in the image are also vibrant which is another key feature of Israel's albums.