DIGIPAK - PHOTOSHOOT

 

Test Shoot

Initially, Clementine and I created a padlet to map out ideas of what we wanted our digipak to look like. We started with brainstorming for the front cover, as this is the most important in terms of representing our artist.


In order to coordinate our ideas, Clementine and I did a test shoot to experiment with what worked and what didn't, and to get an idea of what background we wanted to use. This also meant we knew what we wanted to accomplish going into the photoshoot, so we didn't waste Lucy's time.

We used these test photographs to also do a mock-up of our digipak. Clementine and I sat down and discussed what we wanted to include, and how we should format our text and other features. This really helped us as it also gave us some ideas for adjustments to make when taking the official photographs. 


We used the initial planning stage to come up with a name for our artist and album. For the artist's name we wanted it to be short and simple and to keep focus on the star. We used our actress's name, Lucy, but decided to replace the 'y' to an 'i'. This was intentionally done as a nod to Lucifer, referencing the fact that Lucy is demonized in the music video by her partner, and to the red projection that appears towards the end of the music video (seen in clip below). We named the album projection as a reference to the imagery we included throughout all our products, but also because our character projects a false image of herself to conform to her environments. We thought this title would be fitting as it matches our music video, digipak, and our interpretation of the lyrics to the song we chose.


Photoshoot

We completed the photoshoot in under an hour, due to our prior planning. Clementine and I had already chosen the backgrounds that we wanted, and Lucy was very cooperative with our instructions. We were very happy with our end results, and after we exported them onto a computer we flagged our favourite shots so that they would be easy to find later. We also imported them onto google drive so that we could both access the photos from any device. This would make the creation of the digipak easier, and also helped us cooperate.



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