Design for Distribution - Adam Buxton, Initial photos

After deciding on the design directions for the 3 chosen radio shows, I started work on Adam's Big Mixtape. These photos are working really well against the light box, I even quite like the scratches in the back ground, adds to that 'hand crafted in my bedroom' feel I'm going for. The lit background gives the whole composition a slightly clinical or technical feel as well.. which I'm not sure on, but I like how it brings out all the inner workings of the tape.

After experimenting with the actual tape inside the cassette, it soon became evident that it was a lot harder to manipulate than I'd hoped.. So the idea of using it as type suddenly becomes unlikely. There are ways round this however, like using sticky tape and pasting the two elements together digitally.
Anyway, I put together this .gif to show how the piece of stop frame might work. I thought about touching up the photos first - but as I said earlier, I really do like the amateur look of the whole thing. It relates back to what a mixtape originally was - something lovingly hand crafted for the recipient, though typically imperfect. Beautiful.