2. Promotional Material
The Brief:
In this unit I was instructed to design 2
promotional materials (ranging from
CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer, games
cover and poster, Website, book covers)
for a client. In this case, seeing that I
have finished creating my designs, I will
now discuss the stages of its production.
3. Production Stages:
Initial Idea
Research
Design process: thumbnails
sketches, final designs and specification
sheet.
4. Initial Idea:
Promotional Material: CD/DVD cover and
poster/flyer
Material promotion genre: Martial Arts
On June 16th 2011, my initial idea came to me as a
result of my deep interest in Martial Art films. In many
ways, martial arts films are unique because they
project interesting storylines, solid
Chinese/Japanese setting, characters, fight
scene's, costumes e.t.c. Furthermore, from my
personal view, watching martial arts films have
profoundly captivated and inspired me. And so for
this reason alone, I decided to take on the task of
designing a Martial Arts CD/DVD cover and
poster/flyer.
5. Research:
I used the internet to search for some
existing promotional material and annotate
examples of martial arts films.
While using the internet, I also browsed
www.google.com to look for interesting
drawn sketches in order to brain storm
some ideas for my design.
And lastly after gathering some
promotional material and annotate
examples, I identified the genre’s and
gave brief details of the product CD/DVD
cover and poster/flyer.
9. Design process:
1. I searched for similar DVD cover and
poster of my material promotion.
2. I searched for some sketches and pictures
on Google images.
3. I drew some sketches and decided on the
colour to be used in my design (red, black
and white)
4. After finishing my sketches, I hand picked
two of my best drawings and edited them
on Adobe Photoshop CS5 (which included
adjusting the levels, unsharpened and
colour balance).
10. Thumbnail sketches:
Before starting my design. I searched the
internet for interesting sketches ( of ninjas and
samurai’s) done by other people. Now, the
reason I took some of those sketches is
because of the following reasons:
I’m not very good with imaginative drawing.
Seeing the sketches where free and legal
from Google images, I decided to save them.
To grab some idea’s on how to design my
CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer. I also
searched for pictures I can use as the
background colour for my design.
14. Reasons I selected this
sketches:
1. The subjects are well sketched and
composed.
2. The sketches has a martial art theme.
3. The sketches are visually action.
4. The subjects are well posed.
5. The sketches show facial expression
and weapons.
18. Reasons I selected this Final Design
and Specification :
1. It is simple and straight forward.
2. It grabs the attention of its target
audiences (age 18).
3. The designs meets the criteria set I was
aiming for.
4. It has legal permission for producing
(websites, sketches, existing promotional
material, soft ware programme).
5. It covers all the aspects of effective
design.
Notes de l'éditeur
Film: Jet li Fist of LegendGenre: Action/Martial ArtsReleased date: 22 December1994 (Hong Kong)Jet Li Fist of legend is a 1994 Martial art film produced by and starring Jet Li himself. The film reflects on the 1972 film Fist of fury starring Bruce Lee. Similarities between theCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer:It shows Jet li doing his fist pose.It shows Jet li wearing the same outfit.Difference between theCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer:The title text is in different fonts.The CD/DVD cover cover has an age rating, while the poster/flyer clearly displays none.The background colour of the poster is reddish-orange while the CD/DVDis coded in black/grey colours.Critical analysis on martial arts films: CD/DVD cover and poster/flyerThe ideology and genre of most martial art films are action, adventure and martial arts.Martial art films evolves around kung fu and choreography.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs can show fight scenes, poses, facial expression, and weapons.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs can show Chinese/Japanese symbols or fonts.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs uses colours such as red, blue, black, orange, grey, and white.
Film: Jet li FearlessGenre: Action/Martial ArtsReleased date: 22 September 2006 (United Kingdom and The United States), 26 January 2006 (Hong Kong)Jet Li Fearlessis a 2006Martial art film produced by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li. The film reflects on the life of a famous martial artist Huo Yanjia. Similarities between theCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer:It shows Jet li holding a sword.Difference between theCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer:The title text is in different fonts.The background colour and design between them are different.TheCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer shows Jet li wearing a different outfit.Jet li facial expression between the CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer are different.Critical analysis on martial arts films: CD/DVD cover and poster/flyerThe ideology and genre of most martial art films are action and adventure.Martial art films evolves around kung fu as well as and choreography.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs can show fight scenes, poses, facial expression, and weapons.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs can show Chinese/Japanese symbols or fonts.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer designs uses colours such as red, blue, black, orange, grey, and white.
Film: Jet li FearlessGenre: Action/Martial Arts/semi biographyReleased date: 19 December 2008(Hong Kong)IP man is a 2008Martial art film produced by Raymond Wong and starring Donnie Yen as IP Man. The film reflects on the life of a the grand master of the martial art Wing Chun and master of the late Bruce lee.Similarities between the film poster and DVD cover:TheCD/DVD cover and poster/flyer shows Jet li wearing the same outfit.Difference between the film poster and DVDThe title text is in different colours.The poster has a imperial font symbol while the DVD doesn’t have any symbol.The background colour and design between them are different.Donnie Yen fighting pose between the CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer are different.Critical analysis on martial arts films: CD/DVD cover and poster/flyerThe ideology and genre of most martial art films are action and adventure.Martial art films evolves around kung fu as well as and choreography.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer design can show fight scenes, poses, facial expression, and weapons.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer design can show Chinese/Japanese symbols or fonts.Observing martial art CD/DVD cover and poster/flyer design use colours such as red, blue, black, orange, grey, and white.
Reasons I selected this backgrounds:The colour represent a form of violence.The background display’s form of intense texture.The background goes well with sketches.
Summary analysis:It shows a ninja standing.His body expression is in a stand pose.The poster is a wide shot.The poster is in back view.The depiction of light and shade can be seen.The angle facing him is eye-level.The colour of the background is red.The title text (Blood ninja) is followed by a imperial font.Poster Specification:Programme name: Adobe Photoshop CS4Date created:16 June 2011, 12:33:52Date modified:16 June 2011, 12:33:58Date taken: 09/06/2011 3:15Type of file: JPEG imageSize:1.72 MBColour: Red, white and blackLocation: F:\\Documents\\Assignments\\Photograhpy & Digital Graphics\\AssignmentsAuthor: Kunmi OriyomiFonts: Imperial Guard and KarateImage ID: Dimension:1535*2126 Width: 1535 pixels Height: 2126 pixels Horizontal resolution: 300 dpi Vertical resolution: 300 dpi Resolution unit: 2 Colour representation: sRBG
Summary analysis:DVD cover: AnalysisIt shows a ninja crouching.His body position is in a kneeling pose.The cover is a wide shot.The cover is in front view.The depiction of light and shade can be seen.The angle facing him is eye-level.The colour of the background is red.The Title text is red and the font hand writing used is Karate.CD/DVD Cover Specification:Programme name: Adobe Photoshop CS4Date created: 16 June 2011, 12:33:29Date modified: 16 June 2011, 12:33:29Date taken:16/06/2011 15:29Type of file:JPEG imageSize: 942 KBColour: Red and blackLocation: F:\\Documents\\Assignments\\Photograhpy & Digital Graphics\\AssignmentsAuthor: Kunmi OriyomiFonts: KarateImage ID: Dimension:980*999 Width: 980 pixels Height: 999 pixels Horizontal resolution: 72 dpi Vertical resolution:72 dpi Resolution unit: 2 Colour representation: sRBG