11 Colour CD Cover Project

Florence and the Machine

Rolling Stones

Photo Series: Take a series of high contrast B/W photos for a CD cover inspired by music. Your images should be distinctly inspired by a musical genre or style of music. The music is up to you- could be a remake of an already existing CD for your favourite band, or a CD cover for an independent band, or for an imaginary band. Your series will be photographed with black & white film, but printed monochromatically using the colour printer.

Part 1- Colour Test. Try printing 2 monochromatic colour prints 5 X 7 one primary and one secondary colour print.

Part 2- Planning
Select your music and plan out how you are going to represent it visually. Select 6 songs to inspire your CD cover. Either choose one song for each of the images, or make a booklet representing the overall style of music.

Journal:
Elements of Design- Find one photo for each element of design line, shape, texture, form, colour.  or

Principles of Design- rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement. 

Cold Play

Colour Wheel of Photos- Organize a series of photos in a sequence relating to the colour wheel. see colour wheel below.
Find 5 Colour CD Covers

 
Part 3 Photographing Elements of Design: Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Colour. You can also explore the Principles of Design: rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement.

Each of your images should purposefully include at least one of the Elements of Design (but colour is hard to do in BW film, that will happen in the darkroom), or Principle of Design in each photo.  

Part 4 Colour Darkroom:
Print a BW contact sheet, make sure you have included all of the elements of design. Then print six 5 x 5 prints (red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple). They are square to fit the proportions of a CD cover, so consider the format when you are shooting, you will have to crop off part of your photo. You are to print your photos on colour paper with the colour processor. You are to use colour filters to create mono-chromatic (one colour) colour. Remember that the colour on the enlarger will make the opposite effect on your print. Adding a yellow filter creates a purple print.