IMAGE AND TEXT

MANIPULATION

THE IMAGES

WE CARRIED OUT A PHOTOSHOOT WITH THE ARTIST SO WE COULD TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR OUR WORK. HEATHER AND I TOOK NUMEROUS PICTURES OF THE ARTIST. WE THEN UPLOADED ALL OF THE PICTURES ON TO THE COMPUTER USING A USB CABLE. ONCE THEY WERE UPLOADED WE VIEWED THE PICTURES AND SELECTED THE ONES THAT WE PREFERRED.

REPRESENTATION OF THE SONGWE WERE HAPPY WITH THE IMAGES THAT WE HAD CHOSEN. WE THOUGHT THAT THE IMAGES WE HAD CHOSEN REPRESENTED THE MEANING OF THE SONG AND LYRICS AND SHOWED THE ARTIST’S STAR IMAGE WELL. HOWEVER WE NEEDED TO EDIT THE IMAGES TO GET THE FULL IMPACT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

WE THOUGHT THAT THE SONG REPRESENTED BEING HURT AND BROKEN AT THE BEGINNING THEN HAVING THE STRENGTH TO MOVE ON AND BE HAPPY. HEATHER AND I WANTED TO PORTRAY THIS MESSAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE IMAGES.

EDITING THE IMAGESFOR THE FRONT COVER WE HAD SELECTED AN IMAGE OF THE ARTIST FROM A LOW ANGLE. THE ARTIST HAS A SERIOUS FACIAL EXPRESSION AND IS LOOKING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS IMAGE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT SHE IS SERIOUS ABOUT THE MUSIC BUT IT CAN ALSO SHOW THAT SHE IS HURT AND SERIOUS ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP THAT SHE LOST DUE TO THE LIES.

WE WANTED TO PORTRAY THE MESSAGE OF THE ARTIST BEING HURT MORE AND SO WE EDITED THE IMAGE. WE ADDED A BLACK AND WHITE FILTER WHICH MADE THE IMAGE SEEM MORE SERIOUS AND DARK. DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE CAMERA AND THE WAY THE ARTIST IS LOOKING INTO THE DISTANCE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE IS LOOKING INTO THE SKY, THUS LOOKING FOR HOPE AND BRIGHTNESS TO HELP HER GET OVER THE PAIN SHE IS FEELING FROM BEING BETRAYED BY HER FRIEND WHO LIED TO HER.

EDITING THE IMAGESFOR THE BACK COVER HEATHER AND I HAD SELECTED AN IMAGE OF THE CANOPY OF THE TREES IN THE WOODS. THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN ASSOCIATE BEING LOST WITH THE WOODS. WE THOUGHT THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG THE ARTIST WOULD FEEL LOST BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE COULD TRUST, SHE CAN’T AS SHE WAS LYING TO HER.

WE WANTED TO PORTRAY THE MESSAGE OF THE ARTIST BEING LOST MORE AND SO WE EDITED THE IMAGE. WE ADDED A BLACK AND WHITE FILTER WHICH MADE THE IMAGE SEEM MORE SERIOUS AND DARK. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HELP PORTRAY THE MESSAGE OF FEELING DARK AND DOWN.

HEATHER AND I THEN THOUGHT THAT AT THE END OF THE SONG THE ARTIST IS GOING TO GET OVER HER SADNESS AND MOVE ON FROM HER FRIEND WHO HAD LIED TO HER. THEREFORE THE ARTIST WOULD BE HAPPIER. TO HELP GET THIS MESSAGE ACROSS WE RUBBED OUT SOME OF THE BLACK AND WHITE FILTER IN PHOTOSHOP THUS ALLOWING THE TRUE AND NATURAL COLOURS OF THE IMAGE TO SHOW THROUGH. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HELP THE AUDIENCE TO SEE THAT THERE IS HOPE THAT SHINES THROUGH THE DARK TIMES AND YOU WILL BE HAPPIER AGAIN.

EDITING THE IMAGESFOR THE DISC WE SELECTED A PICTURE OF THE CANOPY OF THE TREES IN THE WOODS – THE SAME PICTURE AS THE BACK COVER. LIKE THE BACK COVER WE PUT A BLACK AND WHITE FILTER ON THE IMAGE AND RUBBED AWAY A SECTION SO THAT THE NATURAL COLOUR OF THE IMAGE SHOWED. WE THEN FITTED THE IMAGE TO THE DISC SHAPE WHICH WE HAD MADE IN PHOTOSHOP. HIS WAS TO GET THE MESSAGE OF THE HAPPINESS AND HOPE BEING ABLE TO SHINE THROUGH THE HURT AND DARKNESS TO THE AUDIENCE.

BY DOING THIS, WE THOUGHT THAT THEME OF THE DIGIPAK WOULD BE CONTINUED AND FLUENT THROUGHOUT WHICH WOULD EMPHASIS THE MESSAGE OF THE SONG AND LYRICS TO THE AUDIENCE MORE.

THE TEXT

CREATING THE TEXTHEATHER AND I WANTED THE TEXT TO TELL THE AUDIENCE MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST. WE THOUGHT THAT THE ARTIST WOULD BE A GIRLY-GIRL FIGURE. WE FOUND A SITE CALLED ‘FLAMING TEXT’. THE WEBSITE ALLOWED US TO CREATE A FONT AND EDIT IT SO WE CAN MAKE IT HOW WE WANT. WE FOUND A FONT CALLED ‘GLOW’ WHICH WAS WHITE WITH A PINK GLOW. WE THOUGHT THAT THE PINK GLOW WOULD HELP TO SHOW THAT THE ARTIST IS A VERY GIRLY. WE TYPED THE TEXT THAT WE WANTED INTO THE BOX AND CHANGED THE FONT TO ‘FREEBOOTER SCRIPT’. AFTER CHANGING THE BACKGROUND TO TRANSPARENT WE SAVED THE TEXT WHICH WE WERE THEN ABLE TO USE ON THE DIGIPAK.