CD Cover Evaluation

CD cover evaluation 

We was given the task of making a cd cover of a artist, band, play list or song of our choice.

I went with making a playlist base on my favorite songs I listen to when I go on car or bus trips to places that i haven't been to before, so it end up with the name of adventure playlist after me and my ex sat there and watch all the hobbit movies.

I am a guy who loves to travel and my life goal to travel around the world with friends and a DSLR camera and good music and the ones on this playlist/album are mine, my ex and friends favorite songs from our camping trip and other meetings. 

i chose theirs photos from my hard drive because they all have meaning to me: 

-the classic vw camper van is one of mine and my ex favorite vehicle to own.

-the photo of people walking from behind is a photo of me, Ethan, Josh and Raih. The photo was took by Robyn on my camera as we was walking to the shops to get food for our camping trip.

-the photos of inside a long dark hall ways are me and my friends brad going exploring in some abandon buildings.

-the photo of the tower with ladder and the building with the fire escape is supposed to represent the fact if you climbing it you will be able to see the world from a new angle.

-the photo of the allay is something i took on one of my adventure and i thort it would look nice.

i chose the style of writing because sort of classic and i love this style of writing because it not use that much now days because of modern day youth slang and you can still read it and it also sort of a lost art to be able write like that.

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My cd cover making process

this is the step by step process on how i made my adventure album art work.

this is the front covet.

the original photo was take on the a47 on the way home we was following a classic vw camper van.

i took the photo on my phone and then play around with it on photoshop on my phone

i decide that it would make a good album cover for my adventure because vw camper van because they are always about exploring and traviling

the back and front on the template 

the original back i move to be the inside back cover.

this photo is taken on campus the tower and the ladder are near the engineering department .

 this in the front inside

they are mixture of photo from my travles  and adventure with my friends

one is from our mid year camping trip as we walk to go get food from the shops

the other are from UEBEX with my friend brad.

slowly putting it all together 














the new back cover with full track list 

i change the back to this photo so it was easier to read the song list and also the photo is pretty nice in how my camera fouse more on foreground than background.

the song list can be found on my youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnl-NJbzNcdpEoJLTLryd6HJaRLZK2Gi4

My first attempt at putting writing behind a photo in Photoshop

My first attempt at putting writing behind a photo in Photoshop

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/image-in-text-photoshop-cs6/

CD moodboard

wander- rest
the album is label under rock in itunes but it sort of mix genres.

the album cover is sort of a fantasy digital sketch.
my honest opinions on the cover is that the guy who is siting on the mountain is high by the fact he is sitting suronde by mushrooms.
another little thing is that he is playing a is a wood wind instrument which could mean that the album is claiming.

the woodwind could also him to calling the wolfs to him as a form of howling


anywhere- https://youtu.be/8Jvj8dD3sto
thanks a lot- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOmGurXXjaA
counterparts- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8MbSGFtOk

To make a CD album art work

so we was task with making album of our own chose (like any band, artist or our own songs)
my first idea was to do a album of music the you tube channel the proper people use behind there exploring videos.

there soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theproperpeople/tracks
there youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/TheProperPeople

but i thourt it would be stupid to do because it would only be a clash of 4 songs by them and 6 songs by other artists so there for it woundnt be just a album for just there music.

so i sat and span around on the wheelie chair thinking of interspersion and a bit of my ex work caught my eye and then i remember how we met was because i upload a short 30 second video of where i was standing on top of this tall tower i climb up on a little adventure i went on after i mover to explorer there area, shortly after that we stared planing little adventures, and the second thing after where we was planing where to go was the music we was going to listen to  as we travel and a we stared to make a playlist.

i thought because i want to do a adventure style album i should do that playlist because it has some meaning to me so it worth actually doing it because i some time listen to it in the car, bus or walking when i go out to a place i never been before because it our adventure playlist and it was a grate memory to keep alive and happy.

i still been adding songs to the list so i am doing a twin CD case to fit the full play list on.

1. greek fire- top of the world (from big hero 6)
2. jonst- where no one goes (how to train your dragons 2)
3. 30 seconds to mars- closer to the edge
4. avcii- the nights
5. stay up late- leave this town
6. fall out boy- centuries
7. fall out boy- immortals
8. as it is- map & compass
9. 30 seconds to mars- do or die
10. rudilmental- free
11. john martin- anywhere for you
12. matchbox twenty- how far we've come
13. red- lost
14. mt wolf- burgs
15. wander- anywhere
16. mt wolf- hamburg
17. mt wolf- starliner
18. mt wolf- midnight shallows
19. mt wolf- life size ghosts
20. lauren aquilina- king
21. mindy glenhill- whole wide world.
22. amber run- just my soul responding
23. racing glaciers- first light
23. hollow coves- the woods
24. the eden project- xo
25. the eden project- drowning
26. falling with style- the day the earth stood still
27. breathing in the silence- forget the light
28. wander- thanks a lot
29. wander- counterpart
30. wolf alice- bros
31. one ok rock- the beginning
32. four letter lie- nothing but a ghost
33. dream on dreamer- don't lose your heart
34. tycho- plains
35. light you up- all we've ever known.
36. a day to remember- right back at it again
37. a day to rememder- all signs point to lauderdale
38. a day to remember- NJ legion iced tea
39. the proper people- explorers
40. the proper people- equinox

To make a CD album art work (notes)

http://www.newenglandcd.com/templates/2_cd_sleeve/2%20CD%20Sleeve.jpg

https://soundcloud.com/theproperpeople/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/alaskantapes/then-suddenly-everything-changed
https://soundcloud.com/theproperpeople/sets/featured-music
https://soundcloud.com/theproperpeople/sets/jaxtrip-music

mix track between there work and other songs they use in there videos.
12 tracks

target audience- anyone who likes the songs in the background of there videos.


or
my advencer play list which me and kathryn made together

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnl-NJbzNcdrKXZWfTz-TZRvb2_2HuGz6

We was planing to make this disk, but we never got around to making it before we broke up so here my chances to make it.

different styles of album covers.

Fantasy/illustration

The Wander- Rest












The album is post hardcore style, the cover sorts of reflex on the style of music.
I love the album cover becose it looks very calming and it has wolfs!
My favourite song out the EP is call anywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLCXWIQmGCc

Photographic

Mt Wolf -Life size ghost

The album is ambient style of music, the album cover is manly base on the name of the band and the band logo are dead centre on the album.
Again my favourite thing about this album cover is that the photo is a close up shot off a wolf ear, to me that sort make me think it easy listening on your ear, becose a wolf has really sensitive hearing.

I have a few favourite songs out of this album and I have use one of there songs in a video in at home (Mt wolf -burg)

link to my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2-x9sNKsdY

Band photo

Drowned Saviour

my friends band first track art work so it not really album art but it is a band photo.

it is sort of the classic band style photo where they are stand about not doing anything that interesting with a pretty plan background.

Favorite CD

I have hundreds of favourite CD and bands so i am just going to type about a Mt wolf album.

Mt wolf - life size ghost.            













Well I like the album artwork because i love wolfs and the songs in the album are calming and very relaxing. some of the song get very deep about question our exist on this planet and how easy it is to be happy.
https://soundcloud.com/mtwolf/burgs

I haven't got this album yet because it rare to find it for sale in the UK so the mostly likelihood i am going to have to buy it online

Digital curation table  

Evaluation of my blog

this project was to crate a media portfolio/blog.
the initial blog i set up didn't work properly. so when got home i started working on a second one which i am happier with. it was accessible now and i could add posted photos ( but not on the macs')

i have been taking photos and using them as primary evidence linked to the topic. i am trying to write in more detail this helps me remember the work.

i found quite a lot of information using primary research. we created a questionnaire about the different types of social media people use and why we asked a mixture of questions both open and closed. the results we got were qualialive for the open questions e.g. what do like about Facebook? and quantitive for the closed questions e.g. are you male?

for the secondary research we struggled to find a reliable source of information. we would of liked to have more time to research these topics (EDP, mustard TV and BBC radio norfolk)

i don't get a lot of time at home to look at other work between college and home but i am interested in others work. recently looked into theCGI thy used in the hobbit. i try to keep up with a few peoples videos when i get the time e.g. devinsupertramp (youtube), big head media (vimo and there website) and some of my close friends channels.

my skills have developed by be able to use a different editing software then the one i use at home. also being able to transfer the skills i use at college to my own videos at home. i am already familiar with a lot of the camera equipment so that aspect was not new to me.

i would like to look camera angles and cinematic in more depth. i would also like some training on how to use photoshop.

we could physically upload videos to my blog but the tutor uploaded all the videos to veto and sent us the links so we could embed it into our blogs. i have used images in my blog from my camera (primary evidence). the photos were hard to upload depending on which computer was being used the PC was easier

my target audience was people of my age group. it is appealing for this age group because it is easy access more visually appealing and has a variety of media

i am not happy with my my final piece (blog) i feel i can do better. i have information and photos missing. the background photo cannot be changed and the font is too small because of the background, it disappears.

the three key elements that were particularly successful are the photographs i shot myself during lessons and challenges we have been given on the course these are unique and appealing to students in the class as they are featured in them.

i embedded links to videos that we made, showing the project we were working on in class. agein this will appeal to people in the class and anyone else that is interested in the course. the clips showed comical sketch with a sense of humor the relates to this age group.

my background photograph is unique because it is more relevant to my personal life and other interests. however, it will appeal to my target audience as it is attention grabbing and has a dark, twisted sense of humor

we as give the task of making a short video on explain what types of media the college use to contact students and way they also use to advices events and info to students and members of the public.

we wrote up a ruff story board of what we was planing to film and to say before we was given the camera (canon xf-100), our camera was alit bit broken because it won't play audio throw the headset i was using.

we went out and the first shot we took was walking down the corridor along pass the advice shop with the members of staff sit there on email and the phones.

the other shots we took where off the social media side like Facebook and twitter so i film one of the macs screens as Adam when throw there social media sites.

something i found interesting

https://youtu.be/l3xc3b5taDg?list=LLmd0zIY5-CxSF3an9M_ICOQ

i found this alit bit interesting.
it about how they did the CGI and film and edit the second hobbit film, yeah i am that sad i watch nearly the full 5 hours of it on my phone in bed instead of sleeping.

why is everyone so dark?....

i am so colorful.
i am the only one who has coloring penile on a media course..... everyone else was using black pen....
the cross word was a little morning quiz to find stuff to do with media productions.
i found it easy and fun to do