Digi Pack Images

As a group we decided to do a 'photoshoot' in order to attain a professional looking image for our front cover for our album. We also plan on using some of the images in the later stages of creating our digi-pack, for example when we make our tour posters.

We asked Millie (Our artist) to bring a selection of outfits so that we could gather a range of different images. Similarly, we also styled her hair differently in a few of the shots for a sense of variety. We were fairly critical when whittling down the images to our final few as we had lots that either were just unsuccessful or that looked almost identical. Below are 4 images we disregarded and the image we have selected to be on our front cover.

Option 1)

 This is the first image that we considered using. Although we liked Millie's hair up, exposing her face and emphasising her sombre facial expression, we felt as though her posture looked a little awkward and un-natural, which is something we were trying to avoid. We want Nova to appear relaxed and comfortable, showing her belief in her album and a sense of familiarity with her fan base.


Option 2)


 This was the second image that came under the spotlight. Although this image was a strong contender due to its sense of maturity and status, Millie's posture again made us decide against it. We felt that her head was positioned oddly and we were not certain that it would look effective upon our front cover, for this sole reason, we rejected it.





Option 3)

This was our third option. It most certainly was one that took strong consideration. We liked that her shoulders were exposed as it connoted a sense of vulnerability, In addition we liked that her facial expression was fairly natural and not over posed. However, we did feel that her expression was a little vague and gave no indication as to what the 'theme' was for our album.
This was the third option. It was one of the first images we took portrait rather than landscape

                                                                       Option 4)

Out of all the images apparent in this blog post, this image is our least favourite. We had tried a different style and took the photo portrait instead of landscape. Although we liked the style of portrait and continued to use it whilst taking our other images, we just didn't feel that this photo was our most successful. The reasoning behind this is that a lot of Millie's body is visible yet she is not posing, she is just stood there which may appear unprofessional. Similarly, it takes the focus away from her face which is of course, one of the most important features in trying to get 'Nova' well known within the music industry.






Chosen Image)

This is the image we chose to use on our album cover. As mentioned before, we thought taking the photo portrait was the most successful and we feel it looks particularly effective within this image. The reasoning behind selecting this image as our favourite is mainly down to the natural vibes it gives off. It's clear to see that Millie is posing however she is not over doing it and instead looks subtly photogenic. Her relaxed stance enforces this idea of a relaxed state of mind, suggesting her collecting all of the pieces of herself after her break-up, she has collected her 'fragments' and finally feels content with herself. However, her vague facial expression leaves the option open for her fans to decipher the true meanings of the songs - she isn't giving too much away.

Now that we have selected this image we plan on editing it in order to give it that 'finished' touch.

Photoshoot for album cover

After agreeing on the sort of imagery we would like on our album cover, we went to the studio to start shooting.

We went with the plan to take a range of different shots so that we would end up with a mass variety of different looking images knowing that this would give us more of a selection to choose from during the editing process. Another reason behind taking a wide range of images is that we also still had to consider whether we would use these photographs on our back cover too and so needed a selection of images that all looked slightly different.

We made full use of the studio lighting available to us so that our photos were able to look as professional as possible with a high definition finish. We feel that the use of these lights were successful as the final images appeared clear and crisp. Shooting in the studio also meant that we were able to use the white backdrop. We felt that this was a good idea as it gave us a minimalistic background for us to work off of when it comes to editing. 

In conclusion I feel that the photoshoot was a success as we were able to gather a large quantity of images that we thoroughly liked and even if they don't make the digipak, they will definitely make it onto other means of artist promotion such as the tour poster.

Above is an image of our star getting her makeup done. We opted for a bold look with statement eyes and a nude lip. Our reasoning behind this was that we wanted her eyes to stand out in order to capture the audiences' attention straight away.

Album design

It became apparent when discussing our potential ideas that we seemed to already have a clear vision as to what we wanted almost immediately. Therefore, we drew up a basic sketch of what we hoped our overall album to look like. Below are the said sketches surrounded by annotations as to why we made some of the decisions that we did....

Album name ideas

Within the prezi attached below is our thought processes whilst selecting the names we came up with for our album and our reasoning as to why we liked them. We also discussed why we chose 'Fragments' as our album title...