Our narrative

We have come to a conclusion, that if we were to further our project it would be a sequel for example R kelly trapped in the closet part 1-22 the series tells the story of a one-night stand that sets off a chain of events, which gradually reveals a greater web of lies, sex and deceit. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFosUj6A22c










Another example is Neyo song one in a million where it ended with him arguing with a woman the continuing video is "Beautiful monster" where we see the woman Neyo was arguing tuning into a "beautiful monster".

Garage Band

We decided to end our opening scene with a voice over, we created a answer machine on Garage band of Ria ex lover calling her to apologies, it the scene then ends with Ria leaving.

Ancillary Task

As a group, we thought it was important to intertexualise with artists. our idea of having Ria facing the camera, facing us came from Beyonce's CD Album 'Sasha Fierce' we thought it ticked all the boxes you would find for a RnB female single, and it was very effective doing so.














By: Idowu Kukoyi

Before

I have tried to recreate the Beyonce look on our artist using photoshop. Before editing the footage the photo looked like this:  

                                                                                

After

I used the adjustment curve on photoshop to make the image brighter. Our song title is 'So Invisible' I tried to show this on our CD cover by making some parts of her body look invisible. 

By: Haddi Jallow

              

Before


The idea was to re- create the cover of Beyonce's album.

After


I used a range of image effects such as adjustment curve, auto tone, contrast and colour. I think this was very effective playing around with photoshop gives you a chance to see that there is so much that can be done and it does make a difference to the whole photo. I thought it was significant for Ria's tattoo to stand out because the song is about her not being appreciated by her boyfriend 'Terrell'. Also, because the song is titled 'So Invisible' I wanted Ria to be centre of attention but also slightly invisible.


















Practice Cd covers

 

Font ideas for Digipack

These were all the fonts we thought would best suit the digipack, we wanted a sophisticated look, but also clear enough so that you can see what the title is.

CD and music advert

 

Makeover- We realised that we had to put on more makeup on our artist for our CD cover. From previous research we found that we had to put a lot of makeup on, as in studios makeovers they put a lot on so that it looks good in the camera and hides any blemishes.  






This is how Ria looked before make up was applied.

Here is what she looked like during the process..

And this Ria finished with complete make up on.

Magazine Research/Music Adverts

By: Idowu Kukoyi

Essence magazine mainly aimed at Afro caribbean women. The woman on the cover is an actor and shows evidence of voyeuristic qualities.

This issue in particular is about making an individuals life better or how one can improve upon thier life. I will use this magazine to help develop our magazine by making our artist the centre of attention and stories that will benefit readers lives.

By: Meena Divine


Ebony is a monthly issued magazine, aimed at the African-American audiences. Producers usually publish images of successful black individuals on the front covers. On this specific magazine, Jennifer Hudson is the star    

By: Haddi Jallow


Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. Jennifer Lopez is a worldwide icon, and I have noticed well-known people end up on cover magazine like Elle. J- Lo clearly uses voyeurism to grab readers attention.


Elle magazine focuses on style and personal issues, it is clear that  the main target audience are women, which explains why role model type actors and singers appear on the cover. This magazine will help when producing a magazine cover for our artist as it shows the individual should always be the main focus and voyeurism should be used as it grabs readers attention.

Q magazine is the UK's biggest music magazine where the likes of John Lennon and Bob Dylan have been on the cover of.


Cheryl Cole is the main focus of attention on this magazine cover. She's wearing bright red lipstick, which is nicely colour co- ordinated with the colour scheme of the magazine. Cole is wet and that can be seen as very seductive, as well as, licking her ring. In the magazine Cheryl Cole's name is bigger than the album name, which is very effective. This magazine cover will help when producing a magazine cover because it shows me the importance of the artist being the centre of attention in order to engage readers.








Music Advert
Whilst undertaking this research I have found that their is not many magazine music adverts, I have found adverts produced by A2 students specifically on the RnB genre, however we have found little adverts for RnB female artist.

By Idowu 
Rihanna is the centre of attention in the advert and it is identical to her album cover. From this I will consider when making my own practice task to make sure I recreate the theme of our CD cover onto our music advert. 

This however is promoting Madonna tour, however also has a her album in the left side corner of the advert. The advert is very colourful with where to buy the album stated clearly.













Our Music Advert

We had to change our advert, although the images fits our genre, we would be marked down as we didn't use a creative font or include our CD cover which is common in female Rnb covers.



















Here is our New and improved music advert: