Credits

On one of the pages of my digipak I am including the credits. I know that some digipaks do not include this but I though it would be effective and proffesional if I did. I have therefore used other credits by different artists as a guide for mine as shown below.

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY MILLY EVANS EXEPT ‘SACRIFICE’ WRITTEN BY MELANIE WOOD BY RIBBON MUSIC CO.LTD/PRODUCED BY MILLY EVANS AND JASON DEACON/ ENGINEERED BY JASON DEACON AND DAN ROME/ASSISTANT ENGINEER HARRY COOPER ON ‘USA’ AND ‘PRETTY BOY’/RECORDED AT PIZZAZZ STUDIOS BALTIMORE, SILVER SPRING, HOUSE O’MEARA, ANNEX/MIXED BY JASON DEACON AND MILLY EVANS AT MISTLETONE STUDIOS, MELBOURNE/MASTERED BY JAMES HEYWORTH AUDIO MASTERING, UK/ PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMANTHA JAMES/DESIGN BY SAMANTHA JAMES

MY SINCEREST THANKS TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION

Change of Idea

Beforehand my inspiration was Yasmin's album with the coloured paintbrush effect. However I spent a lot of time trying to find a font and realised that none worked well against the pictures I had taken of my artist. I have therefore researched into a similar artist, Jessie Ware, and have found that her style is much more appealing and fits with the same genre as mine. She has used only black and white throughout the digipak which gives off a professional look. I like how the cover is quite simplistic by just stating the name of the artist and the name of the album and the fact that the image of Jessie has been edited to show that there is light up towards her face. The image makes her look very sophisticated, and would even work well standing alone on the cover. The back of the album follows the same theme of simplicity as the track list is listed centrally in a clear bold font with a thick white border around it. This makes her album look well-structured which gives a good impression of her as an artist.

 After searching through the fonts on Microsoft Word I found a similar font to Jessie Ware's called 'Letter Gothic Std' as shown below. I think this works well with the name Milly Evans and could be used as a running theme throughout the digipak.

MILLY EVANS

 
After finding this font I thought it would be appropriate to make a draft album cover to see if the font and the image work well together. It has proved to be successful and I will therefore use this in my digipak.

Black and White

After researching Yamin's album I thought it would be appropriate to edit my photos in black and white so I can get a clear view of how my pictures would turn out. Here I have chosen four photos of my artist Milly Evans that I would work well on the cover of the album and for the other pages of my digipak.

Now my photos have been edited in black and white I have researched more black and white album covers and have decided to use black and white as a my colour theme throughout my digipak and advert. The album covers below show how these pop artists can become more eye catching once the photo is edited in black and white. This is because the colours contrast each other which makes every detail become bolder.

Milly Evans - Photos

Milly Evans, a set on Flickr.

Filming Update

Today we have filmed the majority of our music video. We had filmed everything that was required on our story board along with additional shots just in case certain shots don’t work out when editing due to our limited skills of filming. Despite this I feel that we have progressed and have developed our skills using the equipment and producing the correct shots that were necessary.   However there are a few shots of the puppet dancing that will need shooting ASAP so that we can start editing.  

Plan for Friday

 On Friday our aim is to film the majority of the shots that are required from our story board. As the video is of a single artist is shouldn’t be too difficult to film everything in the same day. But to make sure the filming runs smoothly we need to ensure that everything that we need is sorted and planned in advanced such as costumes, the puppet arriving on time, props and making sure we have all our filming equipment. We know that there’s nothing stopping us to get the majority of our filming done as the filming which means we don’t have to worry about the weather or lighting. We will need to be constantly referring back to our shot list to make sure we do not miss any shots and to make sure we have everything we need to edit our video. It doesn’t matter as such if we don’t get all our shots of the puppet as we can do that another day but as its difficult to plan another day with our artist, Milly Evans, we need to make sure all her shots are filmed.    

Track List

I have chosen the album name to be called 'Wake up Darling' as it follows the same style as similar artists such as Lily Allen, Lenka and Pink.  For the back cover of my digipak it will follow a conventual style displaying the track list, barcode, music label and copyrights. Here I have chosen the track list by researching artist's songs with the same genre and then using similar words as theres.

MILLY EVANS____WAKE UP DARLING

DON’T BE SHY

ALFIE

LITTLE THINGS

WAKE UP DARLING

ON MY OWN

SECRET DOOR

EVERYTHING YOUR NOT

SACRIFICE