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| INITIAL IDEA |
As you can see, my initial idea is quite different from my
final piece of my completed CD cover. I sent time getting feedback and opinions
from friends and teachers as to which idea they liked best out of my 4 initial
ideas which lead me to choose the idea that contained the picture of the mask
in the idea.
As my planning of my print productions went on, the idea of
getting the mask in the sea and being able to take effective images of it in
the early months of the year became almost impossible so I decided to try to
improvise.
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| FINAL IDEA |
The image below is the picture I took in my improvised
location. This was essentially in my bath tub at home. This in my opinion, and
from feedback I received, looks far more effective than taking a picture of a
masking in murky water that I had no control over would have.
When I was taking the images in the bath tub, it allowed me
to have control over the lighting, the angles and the movement of the water in
the bath tub, of which I
would not have had if I was to do his at the beach.
I took almost 20 photos that day of the mask in the bath and
the picture above is my favourite by far as it has much more attention to
detail.
When I started to edit my picture in Photoshop, there were
some elements I wanted to remove straight away. For example, there were some
elements of lens glare and the string that was part of the mask was still
present and I wanted to remove that so that the mask looked more as though it
could be part of a human face rather than an actual mask floating in water.
After removing the string and the lens flare I still wasn’t happy
as I felt there were an overwhelming amount of bubbles in the image and it just
looked messy so I took to Photoshop again and removed the majority of the small
insignificant bubbles away.
I decided that at this point I would get feedback from my
peers and this time it was much more positive with many people telling me it
looked much more professional than the original image. This gave me the idea to
use a pack shot. I felt that if people thought that my CD cover was that
effective then I should consider using it as part of y advert alongside bold
text that would make both the image and the text stand out without over
whelming each other.
At first, I had the idea of including the image that I had
taken for my initial print production portrait so that the mask was at the top
of the poster and there was water below, similar to the above image. This to me
was too crowded so I decided to use the exact image I had made for my CD cover
and place it on a white background with a black border and black bold text. This
looked much more effective as it was a much more minimalistic picture which I thought
was more eye catching than the original idea.
The inside and back panels for my CD cover were quite simple
for me as I used the same image for all 3 elements. I again used a mixture of
text and imagery to create a minimalistic design that would be effective. I wanted
to create 3 images that weren’t overwhelming with text so I chose to keep it as
minimal as possible and add a few extras where it was needed.
Overall, from my initial idea to my final idea, I believe
that without feedback I would have struggled to make something that looks as
effective as my work does and I am extremely happy with what I have achieved
considering my initial sketch.
