Rough Cut

I think that my rough cut is a good start and is a good foundation to build on.
It needs a lot of work, particularly the parts with the white background. They need something more, to make them different and not just plain. I am hoping to re-film a lot of the footage, perhaps adding effects to some of the footage to improve it.
Audience feedback on my rough cut has helped me massively in planning what I need to do to make my final cut better. The comments I've had back include:
- It needs something more.
- Good start, improvements are needed.
- Enjoyable, happy-feeling.

Out of all the feedback, many people have pointed out that it needs some big improvements, but that it has the potential to be good once improved. I think that this is a good challenge I need to work on and I need to improve my skills on the editing software 'Final Cut' so that my final cut will be able to reach its full potential.

Development of Magazine Advert

I have kept the theme throughout the digipak and the magazine advert so that they all link together. I started with a background fill and inserted a screen shot of a clip from my music video. I then used the magnetic lasso tool and cut out the background of the photo, turned it back and white,and then moved it back to its original position, leaving the image of me in colour.



Then I added the 'Connie Francis' title and after that I then added shapes surrounding the picture, because I was influenced by the Seasick Steve poster I analyzed and I feel that the shapes match the writing theme which I have also used on the digipak.



After the shapes, I added hearts along the top just to complete the whole look of the poster and the hearts link with the music video for 'stupid cupid' and the digipak theme. I also added two big hearts at the bottom for any text.



Finally, I added the text into the hearts which advertises the album and 'the new hit track Stupid Cupid'. Telling the readers of the poster that the album is 'out now!'