SH: Print work overview

As a group, we have decided that it is most appropriate to use an image of the artist staring into the camera and also that we want the background of the digipak to be fairly minimalistic in order for us to put the focus on the artist in the fore ground and also the titles. What we have not yet decided however is how to frame the picture and where exactly to shoot it. In my opinion a good location to take this picture would be in the council estate location that we filmed at, there is a brick wall there with some graffiti but not very much and I think we should shoot the main digipak picture there, possibly from a low angle at a mid shot or maybe MLS.

in much of the other print work of Mikill Pane we see him with a similar idea for the shots, although sometimes the angles and framing can vary slightly from image to image so we should consider what framing would best suit are themes. In some ways a high angle may look better for this image as the portrayal of this would be that the audience is looking down with sympathy on the artist. This is shown in the album cover for Mikill Panes recent album 'Blame Miss Barclay' shown below.

However, as I said, angles and framing would be used differently depending on what connotations we want for the over all digipak and album cover image. the example picture below which was not used in an album cover but an EP artwork uses an eye line shot and if framed much closer than the one above, this gives the audience a more intimate feel with the artist and according to Dyers two paradoxes portrays the artist in a present way.

This image was not shot in full colour, the one above seems to have the greens and yellows being more prominent and the image to the left has a more vintage brown/ black and white was to it. In my opinion I think we should consider having our image in black and white as it would link to connotations of the song in its heart break and break up theme.