Pleminiary Task - Construction

After I had completed the planning for both my poster and cd cover I then started to create them. I used Adobe Photoshop to create my poster and CD cover as I used this last year for my media production I was familiar with the software and was able to use it to create professional looking productions.
 I am still keeping with my original ideas from my plan as I the features I am using are typical conventions of many other CD covers from the same genre. It also keeps with my audience research after asking what they like to find on a CD cover and what would attract them to buy it.


Construction of CD cover 
Before starting to put everything together I had to take and choose images that I wanted to use. I took several pictures of wooded areas that i planned to use as the background image of the CD cover.

 I decided to choose the first picture because I wanted it to look like an enchanted forest with the artist looking all dressed up. This was a way of attracting the right audience of teenage girls. I also thought it gave the right image that suited the genre of music as I wanted the background to look soft and suited to the type of pop music that would be on this album.
I also had to choose a photo of my artist. I took several of Emily wearing a long pink dress.

I chose to use the first picture of these 3 as it has the best angle shot to use and also the best lighting of all three pictures. this is important as I want the audience to be able to see the picture of the artist clearly as the main focus of most album covers is the picture of the artist I found this an important factor when choosing which photo to use

This is my final CD cover. I have made few adjustments to my original plan. I used a black outline for the title text as without it it was blending in to much with the background and pink swirls. By using a black outline the text stood out more and it was easier for the artist to read. 

I also changed the original colour of the back cover. Originally i was going to use a lilac block coloured background however when I did his I found that the back cover did not really look right against the front cover and looked as though they were from different albums so I changed the colour to a light yellow/cream colour which matched the forest colours used on the front; I then used a flower brush along the side to match the pinks also used on the front cover. 

Front Cover

Back Cover

Construction of Poster

To construct my poster again I used Adobe Photoshop as I am already familiar with it and I am able to use it to create professional looking productions. 

I kept to my original plan as this involved using typical conventions of many other promotional posters.

Again like when creating my CD cover I used layers and brushes as well as editing text to create my poster.