Images for Print Production - Digipak

I borrowed the mask from Katy that featured in the music video. I decided to put the mask on a piece of black paper so it would be easier to see the curves and form of the mask against the light/reflections. I tested with taking images with a flash on, but as seen in the contact sheet this did not work brilliantly. I took the photographs on my iPhone as the quality did not need to be outstanding because I only needed an image to reference the shape from. Whilst I was taking the pictures, none of them fittest to my satisfaction so I decided to hold the mask and paper whilst shooting. This made the pictures look better because the mask was positioned from a direct front view, as well as blocking out the light that reflected from the black paper and top surfaces. The composition of the images is an important factor to be considered as it was important that the photos were not taken/the mask was not off centre. However, the best photographs could be re-aligned by using the photo editing options encrypted into iPhones.

This is the best photograph I took out of the ones on the contact sheet. I think this because it contains the most suitable amount of brightness to distinguish the depth of the mask, and it looks like the light is shining directly on it. The other images are either off centre, too bright, too dark or blurry.

How will this photo be used in my print productions? I am going to use this photo as reference for my illustrations that will feature on my CD cover. I will trace the photograph onto paper then use a fine liner to draw over the traced image as well as the lines going through and out of it, then add refinements in Adobe Photoshop CC.

Images for Print Production – Magazine Advert

For my magazine advert, I chose parts of the footage to base the drawing from. I decided not to take photos because it would have saved storage and time to use screenshots of the clips. As well as this, we had tight deadlines and it would have been difficult to find availability for Katy to make the shoot. For my magazine advert I only needed the shape of her face and the form of her hair and shoulders to create outlines from. Therefore, contact sheets and deciding between which photos to use was not needed in order to bring my design to life.

Shown on the left is the clip I used to screenshot from. This is the origins of the image I ill be using for my design, show above. Cropping an image weakens its quality hence why it looks blurry/pixelated, but this will not matter too much when I can still notice the basic outlines of the features.

I chose to use this clip than the other two, because MVI_7629 (top far left) does not include any stable shots of Katy where her face/body/hair is not in motion. The other clip, MVI_7629 (top left) only beholds Katy with the mask on her face, which is not suitable to the motif of my advert. I particularly like the screenshot I took because the structure of her face has a sharp outline and it displays the ripples in her hair (a link to a lyric in the song) clearly. Her looking seriously at the camera means that the image does not depict an expressive emotion that would not link into the pitch of the advert’s design – it has to look normal and realistic to showcase ‘the loss of identity’.

How will the cropped image be used in my print productions?I will print this image out (either from my home or school computer), then trace over it. I will not draw the facial features as I am planning on leaving the face blank for my advert. Then, I will use the tracing on a sheet of paper with the titles already printed out, draw in fine liner, then scan it onto a computer to add the text.