Software and Difficulties.

To ensure that i make both minor tasks succefully, i had to learn how to use and edit with various different software.
The two most important ones being Photoshop and Adobe Indesgihn.
I used photoshop to edit my original photos, fading out backgrounds, and highlighting photos to ensure the photos standed out as much as possible.
I also used Adobe Indesighn to take the actual edited photograph and

The First Minor Task

After deciding on a desighn breif i decided to begin working on my first minor task. This was the Magzine advertisement. I did some research in magazines and over the internet to gather ideas and inspiration that i could use for my own desighn .
I began my visiting my school library as they offer music magazines just like the one i was planning on creating such as ` Kerrang ` and NME . I paid attention to the differene types of adverts within the magazine, for both single arrtists and Bands, i scanned the magazines to see how they were laid out and what type of things were included - e.g headlines, adverts, photos.I noticed, in all of the magazines the band that the magazine was featuring took up about 50% of the front cover and had a large Title and often a subtitle , they were then surrounded by other logos and tour dates , all things linked with the band. i also did research on the internet , where i looked up other band magzines, jus to ensure i had a good idea and understanding of their layout and had lots of models to follow.

Summer Descions. ( August/ September)

My Chosen brief - A promotion package for the release of an album , to include a music promo video , together with two of the following options:

• A website homepage for the band
• A cover for its release on DVD
• A magazine advertisement for the DVD

Out of the three possible minor tasks i have chosen to do the cover for its release on DVD and a magazine advertisement for the DVD and a magazine advertisement. I chose these two as i enjoy working on both paintshop pro and Indesign and have experience in both programs through GCSE photography so i figured these were both tasks i would enjoy doing and would be most successful in.

Initially i chose to do a promotion package for a new film including a teaser trailer as for my AS coursework i put together a horror trailer and enjoyed doing it , therefore i began in the summer putting together ideas for a horror trailer, however flaws began to show in this plan as i realised i didn't have the right equipment or skills to create the trailer with the special effects needed to the standard i wanted therfore i changed my idea to The Music Video, which i beleived i could make more successfully.