Year 9 Media Studies

CD Cover Activity Now that you've completed research into existing CD Album covers, choose a music artist that you like and create the CD cover artwork for a new release. Even though most people stream music the artwork is still very important. You need to invent the title of the album and decide on the style of CD cover you are going to make.    TASK 1 - Create a mood-board of at least 30 images which reflect your chosen artist. Use word or publisher to do this. TASK 2 - Think about how you want your artist to be represented. Underneath your mood-board, explain how and why you will represent your artist. What did you find from your mood-board that you will include in your work and how will you do this? TASK 3 - Begin designing your CD cover using the checklist below  Choose THREE colours. One for the background, one for the name of your artist and one for the name of your album. Put these onto a word document and explain why you have chosen th...

Your task is to research CD cover/ album (vinyl) cover art. Pick three or four music artists that you like and research the artwork (only album cover art is permitted) that accompanies their musical releases.  Google the artists name and look for their discography on wikipedia. Save examples of their work and make a document that displays them effectively. Answer the following questions for each piece of artwork: What works best about the image that has been selected? Why has that particular image been selected and what is effective about it? How is the artist being represented in the artwork? What colours (colour palette) have been used? What effect do the colours have on the overall piece of artwork? What type of font has been used?  What is so effective about the fonts chosen? How would you make the cover better? Artwork for Tyler, The Creator's solo albums

Make two CD covers (follow the instructions below).  Save as a jpeg and email to me:  fordn@lutterworthcollege.com CD Cover Activity Choose two different music artists and make two CD covers.  These can be for existing albums or for ones you have invented yourself.  One must include an artistic image that you feel links to the artist (see example above for American alternative band Sonic Youth). One must include an image of the artist (see example below for American rapper Kanye West). PHOTOSHOP FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Where do I find it? In the start menu, select - all programmes - common programmes - Adobe Production Premium - PhotoShop (64bit) How do I get started? In the upper left select - file - new (In the Preset drop down menu select Custom) What page size do I need? CD covers are SQUARE, alter the height and width to 120mm . Ensure the colour mode is 8bit, the resolution is 300...

Choose five areas of the Media that you like ( see my attempt for help ) . Within each area pick your five favourites.  Add a description/explanation/justification. Add images to illustrate. Print work out and stick in your exercise books.

TV Dramas Halt and Catch Fire (Amazon) - the early 80s, the advent of personal computers and hard core punk on the soundtrack. What more could you want? Stranger Things (Netflix) - a sci-fi series that borrows heavily from films of the 80s. Brilliant acting, a great script and an ominous synth soundtrack. Daredevil (Netflix) -  a intelligent, adult and bone-crushingly violent reboot of the Marvel comic book character. Makes recent cinematic Marvel efforts look pathetic. Mr Robot (Amazon) - computers again - this time hackers plotting the downfall of 'The Man'. A brilliantly unreliable main character who is a delusional drug addict. Compelling and at times awkward watching. Preacher (Amazon) - a version of a little known comic book character. Lots of crazy characters, bizarre situations and bleak settings. Great soundtrack too. Favourite albums 2016 Frank Ocean - Blonde - 17 songs of postmodern r 'n' b. One of the best songwriters in t...