Choosing The Composition

Today we have had more time to think about what we are going to do with our poster and digipak and we have tried to simulate what it will look like in terms of composition. To do this, we have visualised our ideas into some diagrams to see what works best aesthetically and kept working with different ideas.

From doing this, we have found that it would be best to have Jamie and Annabelle closer to the camera than Alex which will make everyone seem at a similar height as it would not work as well with Alex if he seemed bigger than the rest of the band as he will stick out massively. We also thought of the idea to use a neon triangle to go around the band.

In terms of how we're going to create this triangle, there are a few different ways in which we could do this. For example, we could obtain an actual neon triangle, this would be the most difficult and expensive to get a hold of. It would give us the desired effect but there are certainly other ways of getting that effect.

Secondly, we could try to Slow down the shutter speed of the camera use a light source to draw a bright triangle around the band. Although this is a lot less costly than buying a  neon triangle it would be extremely difficult and time consuming to make a perfect triangle with a free-hand light source. This still seems quite viable however should we choose to do it.

Thirdly, we could use some software such as Photoshop to create a neon effect. However, the only drawback of this is making it appear realistic and not like something which has been added in afterwards. This means that our only limitation really is our ability to use such software, this also means that what could be produced could be either extremely poor as a final product or give us our desired effect. Especially if when taking the photos of the band we use red lights to illuminate them as though it were the triangle which will make it look realistic. 

As it stands, the third option will be the most likely as it will produce are more clean and professional effect as well as being less time consuming than the second option.