Magazine Advert...

This the image i have used in my Magazine Advert task in order to promote the album. I will have the image on the center on the advert widened with two black rectangular boxes going along the bottom and the top.

Top: On the top, i will have written the original artist name, Chris Brown and underneath that I will have the album name, Lottery, adding some affects.

Bottom: On the bottom of the Advert, I will have OUT NOW written on the center in capital letter and besides that, I will have a little image of the album cover.

Because of the lack of good quality images, my cover will look blury when it is printed out as i will have to stretch it.

Finalizing the Digipak

Upon finishing my cover, i made some final amendments so it catches the users eyes. I played around with some affect and added it onto the inside covers. I done double layers for his name so they stand out more..

Editing the Digipak..

Front Cover: During editing the front cover, i used Photoshop tools to cut out a pictures of Cordell. I had to make sure it was smooth, but did have problems around some edges. I placed the picture on top of the established city picture. To make the picture blend in with the background, I used the fade in tool so the picture of Cordell seems like its really there. I then titled the cover Chris Brown Lottery and placed it on top of the cover, which i also blended in with the sky.

Back Cover: On the back, I had a different idea with a framed picture of cordell in black and white affect. This is also made faded so some edges look sharper then others. I then placed a black rectangle box at the bottom where the barcode will go. I also placed the Title Lottery into the black rectangle in a white font and placed the barcode on the right.


This is a sample of how the back cover may look like when it is finished...

Inside Covers: Because the digipak goes from a light colour to a darker color, i needed to make sure it goes consistantly through the album cover. On the first inside cover, I contrasted some colors on photoshop so it goes from white, then gradually into black. Instead of having pictures, which may bore the covers, i instead had 'Chris' on the first inside cover and 'Brown' on the second.

Final Idea for Album Cover

Below I have explained how our 4-Panel Album Cover will look like:

Front: On the front of the cover, we are going to have two pictures of Cordell with a established background of London city which we acquired from stills frames of the video. We are going to use Photoshop to merge both pictures together to make it stand out from the background.

1st Inside Cover: On the inside cover, on the first side, we are going to put more pictures of Cordell, from the stills frames, to make the artist stand out and sell himself.

2nd Inside Cover: On the second side of the inside cover, due to lack of images, we are going to put an autographed signature of Cordell along, which will be covered by the CD disc.

Back Cover: On the back cover, we are going to have a massive picture of Cordell faded out which will be covered with writing, such as the name of the track etc..along the bottom, we are going to have the music company's name and the bar code.

Ideas for digipak cover

The album cover for our digipak will consist of (as agreed by all group members) a photo of Chris Brown. In our case we will have a photo of Cordell who played Chris Brown in our video. For the album cover we have to decide the variety of body positions and stance of Cordell along with the type of shot.

Our layout choice for the Digipak will be the Four-Panel Digipak. This is because it is the most simplest to do, we also do not need many info in the digipak, and we have some rough ideas for it.



This is a sample of how a four panel digipak looks like. it has four sides, two inside and two outside. The front is where cordells pictures is going to be and the back will be where the track name is going to go, along with the company name. In the inside we will have more pictures of cordell...

Posted by Saifur, Riaj and Cordell

Digipak Research Homework

During this research, I am going to be looking at Album Artworks of the artists similar to the one we have used for our music video. I am going to be comparing and talking about the features,and any typical conventions (if there are any)


This is the album cover for Chris Brown Exclusive Edition, which also features the track lottery which was the song we chose as our music video. The cover features him, looking smart and attractive. The cover also shows the name of the album, the artist name and a bold background. As you can see, the artist stands out the most as they try and sell their album and themselves to the audience.


This is how the back cover looks like of Chris Browns Graffiti album. As usual, the cover shows a picture of him, dressed and looking attractive like the front cover. The back cover however gives information of all the tracks on the album, such as the name of the tracks. The font also goes with the name of the album, Graffiti. The cover also holds information of the record company which produced the album, which is sony.


This is the album cover of another RnB Artist, Beyonce. This album is recent and is named Shasha Feirce. This is very similar to Chris Browns album cover, as it shows the artist on the front cover. However, this cover has a light background, and makes the artist stand out even more then Chris Brown Cover. The cover also gives the title of the album on the side.


This is the back cover of the album from Cheryl Cole. Unlike Chris Browns cover, she does not show her self but more of the track list. This cover also has a light background, so the audience can read the track clearly. Similarly, the back cover holds information about the record company which produced the album.

In conclusion, most of the albums i have researched on have the artist on the front cover, and the tracklist of the back.

Posted by Mohammed Saifur Rahman

Finishing and Editing video-11,12,14 of January 2010

During the 3 days of editing, we have stayed after college to make sure we will be able to hand the video in on the 15th. We have organised our clips in i movie and arranged the order. We have made sure that there are alot of rapid cuts involved, at different locations. Unfortunately, because we were sooo focused on our lypsynching, we have not managed to make a story out of the video. However, we have made shots of when the male is thinking about the girl..dreaming of him having her number.

We have also added some match on action shots, medium, closeup, long shots. Because we had some long clips, we had to break the clips down and added some cutaway shots. This way it will not bore the audience. Finally to make the video stand out, we have added some transitions, including fade in, fade out. Finally we were able to hand in our film on the 15th.

Posted by Saifur, Cordell and Riaj