This is our digipak as a whole, we have chosen the rock chic look for our artist, the black and white and red is the main colours throughout our whole 3 pieces, our website and video as well as this, these three main colours are the base of our idea throughout planning for our music video and the meaning in the lyrics and what the song is about, obviously our song focuses on being trapped in a psychological abusive relationship this is made clear through the first verse 'you so easily can make me cry'. The mood of the song is very sinister and sad so that is why we focused on these colours as they all have connotations of sinister things or sad things.
This is our front cover image, we originally took this on a app on our iPhone called 'Camwow' this allows us to mirror the object we were taking it of in all directions and how many times we wanted it to, this was the first choice that we made because we wanted it to look like i was looking back on myself, this whole concept is used throughout the video of Piper moving backwards or slowing down that we edited on the video, this was because she is delirious and is slowly becoming insane so time isn't an element in her life any more, this is shown through this image because she is looking back on herself taking the picture, the fact she is placing her finger over her lip of the gesture of being quiet and keeping a secret is a huge foreshadow of the fact that she is keeping the massive burden of trying to be brave and happy when really she is deeply hurt and actually going insane in keeping this secret, although her make-up is done and and she has red lipstick this being the first colour that we base this whole idea on being in an abusive relationship, because the connotation of red is lust,love and also anger and blood, which all four of the emotions will of course be emerged into one massive confusion which is what we wanted to go for and i think achieved.
This is obviously the second image in our digipak, but is the back cover of our digipak, the shading the colour black and white is again the main basis of the abusive relationship, this shows the black smoke covering her this could represent the boyfriend in her life, he is trying to cover her up however, she is trying to break free and that is why the colour is being introduced slowly and almost carefully because she is scared of what the outcome could be, the black smoke is used all over the website that we have produced and used in this digipak, we used this not only because it symbols the boyfriend and his controlling nature and the fact that there is no smoke without fire, and that kills which foreshadows what could happen if she stays with this boyfriend, but because the whole look of the artist is rock chic the black and white is a very rock colour. Although our genre is alternative pop, the fact it is alternative means that it is different and unique therefore is a sub genre through pop and that is why we have introduced the rocky look as we wanted it to be unique. The pose with the hand over the head is used to make it look like she is being controlled, just imagine being held like the string puppets and the controller is making you do all different poses and flinging you about this is why i am posed like that because the 'boyfriend' is taking control of me and it symbols how the relationship is and what happens in it.
This is our third image in our digipak, we had to cut the rest of my face out and move the lips around and over the black smoke again, we used fireworks to do this, it was the most difficult to do as we had to make the lips bigger than they were and the fact that the teeth remained immaculate and paper white with perfect lips, this meaning we made the lips bigger on fotor, a online website that allows you to put make-up on and smooth things over and all things that makes it a Photoshop finish. After making them more plump and bigger we placed it on the black smoke and left it as that, the extreme close-up of the lips allow it to have the most intensity, having the bright red lips contrasting the black smoke creates mystery and lust as lips of course represents love lust and kissing but still has the black smoke (boyfriend) hanging over her and lurking around her because he wants to know what and where she is. Also the fact the smoke is sneaking in from the corner shows the sneaky and snidey ways that he may works and does to her.
This again black and white colouring and with the contrast of the blood red rose slowly turning black e.g. dying, symbols everything that she is going through again with the connotations of the colours that we have used throughout, the rose symbols love and lust as something you buy for someone you love and therefore is used to contrast the fact that she clearly isn't experiencing love. The fact she is biting the flower is a very aggressive action to do because she is obviously angry and destroying anything that portrays innocence and love.
This image is obviously the cd that we created ourself by repeating the black smoke on a plain cd cover by cutting and rubbing things out we got it to the right shape for the cd, in the background is the picture of me in a fur coat the black and white colouring again for the same theme again to stick to. The image in the background has been edited on the website fotor to make it look more like a Photoshop finish shot. Of course its the norm to have a background picture to the cd panel but again she is always being hidden so that the reasoning why we used a picture of me.
This is the last picture we have used and taken, the red lips are still a key feature and is used throughout the ancillary tasks and so is the smoke that is used, this has also been edited on fotor to do the smoothing affects and the make up in fact. Although the colour is being introduced again and rock chic is still very much there with the leather jacket and the makeup, this is the last image and the smoke has become lighter and clearer, resembling the boyfriend becoming easier to get rid of and the fact that it is getting clearer and is going away which shows that she is getting stronger and getting away from him, that is why there is clench fists involved to show she is getting stronger. We was inspired by Lana Del Rey as she took a similar picture with the leather jacket and strong eye makeup that is where we had the idea as she is in the same genre as us and did fit with the same look we wanted to go for.
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