Our photos before being photoshopped

These are the photos we took as ideas for what we could use when we visit CLC and use photo shop to create our CD cover and back, 4 inserts and our advert.

We took this picture as it portrays 2 key elements of the music genre we have focused on. Two main objects that are linked directly to the punk/rock genre, they are two of the defining factors of the genre we have chosen. This is why one of our photo ideas was to portray this, so that the consumer would make the direct link with this music genre and therefore know what exactly they are buying.

We also took a photo of just the guitar, without the amp, in case we decided to just use one, and use the space on the side to put something else in, for example a photo of the band or another link to our video, such as the myspace logo.

This photo shows our main character, the 'nerd' playing on his laptop in his bedroom. If we used this picture, it would link directly to our music video, as he is the character from it. It is also a very realistic picture, and I'm sure a lot of people, especially those within our target audience would be able to identify with it and what is being portrayed.

This picture shows our main character looking at Splutter's, (our band) Myspace page, through an over the shoulder shot. By using this photo, we would be connecting the main character from our music video, the band itself and the song our music video has focused on, by showing Myspace, as this is a postmodern reference within our music video and the song lyrics.

This photo shows Splutter, on YouTube. This would make it clear who our target audience is, because the reference to YouTube is not very widely known. Showing this picture of the band also gives an indication of what music genre they are in, showing them playing in a dark basement, and the amp and guitars can also be seen, this makes direct references to the punk/rock genre, and finally the use of this picture would prove to our audience that they are just regular people, not a rich, Hollywood band, as they are playing in a basement, rather than on some extravagant stage. This would mean that our audience could relate to them and would have a lot of respect for them as they worked hard to get themselves first noticed i.e. by broadcasting themselves on YouTube.