24th November 2010

Today we have printed our group photos onto assitate paper to use in the dark room. We then thought of some poems or quotes we could use to put with the photos, i chose the words ' strength in numbers'. We then added them to our photos to give an album cover effect which we used as a practice guide for our final album cover design.

Album cover research

I researched different album covers and picked the ones i liked the most to add to my blog. I like these particular because they are photographs that have been edited on photoshop to make them look individual and interesting. The first one i like because it seems more like a drawing than a photograph, so it keeps you wondering how it was created. The second cover is a black and white outlined photo but the added yellow makes the photo vibrant and stand out. The third has a black and white effect which looks interesting. The fourth and final album cover has a really good effect, its a photograph with a sort of paper effect which i feel is very effective and original.

Flyer and Poster Design Research

I like these because they are all different layouts. Firstly the 'daft punk' flyer is using a black background and a white image to make it stand out.
Also the 'social distortion' poster is has been drawn and edited to give a cartoon effect and i think the band chose this idea because they felt it portrays them.
The great nusa camp out is using block colours and a simple design using the silhuette of a man, which i think is very effective.
The still talking poster is my favorite because its simple and tells the audience what its about its simple, bold and to the point.

Cd cover design (1st attempt)

The Pretty Reckless - Miss Nothing

Evaluation

Firstly i picked a band for my research 'The Pretty Reckless' i found some information about the band and the lead singer. Then i added fashion photos of the lead singer 'Taylor Momsen' onto my blog. These are good because her clothes show her attitude and in some way describes her music style, i like this because it does all of this in a photograph.

 I then added a blog about a music photographer 'Paul Harries' because i liked his style of portrait photography. He has photographed many famous bands such as Slipknot, Lacuna Coil and Fall out boy.
The Next photographer i looked was 'Jake Garn' he is also a portrait photographer, however uses unusual props which is why i feel his photography is inspiring.

 I then decided to look at the background i would use for my own photography, so i looked at landscape photography and i found some dark photos of trees and water that i feel would make a good background.

The last photography i have looked at is 'The Seven Deadly Sins' which i found really interesting because the photos are simple portraits however, have been edited using some kind of photo shop. This kind of photography is the most inspiring to me and what i would enjoy doing.

However my research could have been added to and more information given about the band i have chosen. More example photos could have been added to my blog to show a wider range of ideas i found interesting.

7 deadly sins

The Seven Deadly Sins is quite a great concept in Photography and Design. Many photographers, designers are using the seven deadly sins for scary and gothic theme.

The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of the most objectionable vices which has been used since early Catholic times to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man’s tendency to sin. The final version of the list consists of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

The Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: “Venial sins”, which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any Sacramentals or Sacraments of the church, and the more severe “Capital” or Mortal sins. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of Confession, or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent.

Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Catholic culture and Catholic consciousness in general throughout the world. One means of such ingraining was the creation of the mnemonic “SALIGIA” based on the first letters in Latin of the seven deadly sins: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia