In this assignment, you will have your choice to do a CD cover for  an emerging artist (Jewel Case) or a DVD cover for a first run movie that is using minimal packaging.

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Your CD can be in any musical genre you choose and the names you can choose from are:

• RattSnaik

• Rainbow Tiger

• Flames of Purple

• LaBouché

• Particles of Light

• MOODOOM

• Quinosha

• Zasquatch

• Lords of No Mercy

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Your DVD can be from any movie genre you choose and the names you can choose from are:

• The Day Your Mom Stood Still

• Dial "M" for Monkey

• South by North West

• It Never Rains in Northern Idaho

• Rockwell

• Attack of the 4 Foot Man

• Swamp

• The House in the Valley

• Triggered

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DON'T FORGET TO DO THE CD/DVD PRINTED PIECE THAT IS APPLIED TO THE CD/DVD ITSELF!

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Assignment

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1) 10 initial thumbnail sketches - not architectural renderings or scientific drawings, quick thumbnail sketches of your potential layout for the piece of your choosing plus your CD/DVD.

Worth 40 points - due in class on date assigned

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2) Design comps - you will pick your top 3 sketches from each and implement them ROUGHLY on the computer to give a general idea of the direction you are headed.

Not a finished piece. Not in color. A rough comp x3 each.

Worth 60 points - due on day 2 of this assignment.

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3) Peer critique. Once you have completed your design comps, you will get 3 peer critiques. There is a list of who critiques whom. It is to be adhered to. Remember that critiques are not opinions. Your peer critiques will have 3 positives and 3 negatives per comp. YOU will keep this, follow the advice and I will observe it for credit for you.

Worth: 120 points - due on day 3 at the latest

(considered late after day 3's class session)

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4) Logo. The record label that endorses your musician OR the film studio that's produced your movie needs an original logo too. (Can't be an existing company)

10 thumbnails - 20 points

3 comps - 30 points

Peer critique - 60 points -- All due on day 4

 

5) The case. Work on either your jewel case or your self-contained DVD case. Use either Photoshop or Illustrator or a combination of both to achieve the look you desire.

• Nothing that already exists - no parodies, inspiration is fine but plagiarism is not.

You will have 3 class sessions to work on this. Only.

Worth: 200 points

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6) The CD/DVD itself. The likelihood of it needing to be thematic or potentially even match your jewel case/cover is high. This shouldn't take a lot of extra work once your case is finished. You will have 2 class sessions to work on this.

Worth: 170 points

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ENTIRE PROJECT WORTH 700 POINTS