ARTWORK

The image is rather bad quality, most probably due to the screen-shotting. But here's the artwork in all its 6-sided glory!

     For the front cover, I decided to stick with a simple image of two band members standing on either side of the tree from the music video we made. The overall tone is sepia, with the intention to make the whole artwork seem old or vintage. However, the deletion of the eyes of every band member on this digi-pack was intended to imply that music isn't a feast for the eyes, but for the ears, emanating from the mouth and the instruments. This is why I shot a photo of the guitar in the tree; to direct the consumer's attention to the instrument's odd positioning to emphasise this message; It's not visual material, it's audio material. It's supposed to generate a feeling of confusion because it looks so eccentric in a normal background.

      I named the band The Project because that's what the whole media coursework is; a project. It's a monosyllabic title, like The Killers, because the band doesn't need a creative name if the music is the creative factor of the coursework as well as the artwork and the rest of the ancillary products.

   I titled it Days Out In Sepia because of the superficial reason; the sepia tone, and also the reason that every image in the digi-pack is outside, and in particular the 'Public Footpath' sign, the Ferris Wheel and the Castle being synonymous with going on a day out. The three squares of artwork that aren't there to serve any purpose other than to present and promote the album have been accompanied with lyrics from certain songs: the castle background is presented with the lyrics from the 9th track Castle; the band member without any eyes leaning against the tree is accompanied with lyrics from track 1, Sound Without Sight; and the footpath sign is shown along with lyrics from track 3 Human. 

    I named the record label Out of School Records because I had used the same title for a previous short film that I made as an extra-curricular activity, named Out of School Productions. It is intended to be sort of a running trademark with the labelling. The barcode adds a sense of authenticity to the album as well.

   The track names were all thought up on the spot as I inserted text boxes onto the back artwork. I had, the vast majority of the time, since revisiting the image that was took 2 years ago, been heavily considering this photo for the track-list background because of the space that the sky gives beside the ferris wheel. Enough to place the 10 songs of the track list in. I named a few particular songs from certain images in front of me: the song title Sound Without Sight was named that because of every band member being eyeless, with the intention to emphasise sound, not sight. Human was named that because we made the music video to the original song by The Killers, so a connection was prioritised. Lunar Park was named because of the theme park background to the track list, which is also called Lunar Park, so it suggests that this song will be made into a video, because of the visual representation of it, the same with the lyrics to songs accompanying other artwork. I also named track 5 Braggadocio because it was simply the title of the font I was using for almost the entire artwork. And finally, Castle was named that because of the inner square of artwork consisting of a castle in the distance, protruding from a post-modern, yet slightly pastoral setting.

   The vignette style of the artwork for the disc-holder was intended to match the subsequent insertion of the blank disc-holder image, eventually making it more transparent so that the background image can be seen, as well as the circular match between the background and the disc-holder.

     

    

10 Chosen Images for Album Art

Here are the images I have chosen for the artwork for the album digi-pack. They have been altered through iPhoto.

This was taken very recently. I blurred out the eyes with the intention of indirectly saying that it's not an album of pictures, but of voices, music and sound. The sepia effect, as is the same with most of the other pictures, is intended to express a sort of antique-y feel, as Gabrielle Aplin's single artwork for 'Home' has the same look; a countryside background.

This is also a new image taken recently. It's an image of me looking at the guitar in the tree (I don't know why. Viva la obscurity!!), with the intention to fill in the space left by Ryan's (the singer) departure from the project. The vignette effect is just to say that this is the image that will be the artwork for the disc-holder.

This image was chosen because, after I thought of the subtitle of 'The Project' being 'Days Out,' the photo of the coastal park was a very useful image because it was synonymous with the title. This will most likely be intended to be the back cover, where the track list will be placed over the sky to the right of the ferris wheel.

I chose this image because the words are fully conventional to the music industry. And the sepia effect gives an indie feel to it, as well as an antique look.

Again, 'Days Out' and this image connect well. Also, as I said in the previous post, the rusting of the sign  could imply idiosyncrasy, as people aren't following the directions; instead going their own ways and doing what they want. Going your own way, or 'choosing your own path' is frequently considered as a factor of life. 

This is a person finding their own way in the world after a long time of following others. They don't know what to expect, but they'll never find out until they go through the 'door' and see. This image could be symbolic of a few meanings, which is why I'm possibly choosing it as the artwork for a square.

As I said previously, this is a still of the roundabout that Nicole jumps off of in the 'Human' video. However, it is the 'Days Out' connection along with this that drives me to use this image for a square of artwork.

Connected to a song I'm thinking of calling 'Fog Lamp,' this image would fit well with it. But it's also the artistic style of it that creates an atmospheric image that makes me consider this for part of the artwork.

As mentioned previously, the castle overlooking the modern housing was a very useful image because of how out of place it seemed. But, like other images, it connects to the 'Days Out' title and the antique-y look fits well with how old the castle is. This image is also considered to be the back cover art because the track list would look well and fitting in the sky. 

This is an image I'm considering for the front cover because of how perfectly well Josh is framed, as well as the intended focus on the eccentricity of the photo: no eyes, for the same reason as mentioned in the top image. Also, the flagging and facial expressions looked rebellious, and the field background  looked nice and rustic. Apart from the goalpost...

Jack is very most likely going to be used for the artwork because he's part of the band, and also because the tree appears in every shot of the band members. I blurred out his eyes again, like I did with the other photos of the members, and the countryside look was very useful as well as the 'Days Out' connection. 

These images will be narrowed down to six for the digi-pack artwork, so I will present the 6 chosen images on a design template for the album art.