Thursday, 25 February 2010
Monday, 22 February 2010
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Artists Original CD Cover
This album presents tracks such as "Cosmic Love", "Rabbit Heart" and "Howl".
The entire background of the cover is black, and the artists name is presented directly at the top in white, flowing font. in a calligraphy style. There is a deep gold border around the entire cover breaking off at the beginning and end of the artists name. This helps the artists name to directly stand out from the cover, so it is easily recognised by the audience.
The album features the main image of Florence Welsh herself, presented on a side angle facing the right hand side of the cover. She is wearing a chiffon/chain mail style dress and a pair of plastic lungs are presented just beneath the top layer. This particular feature represents both Florence herself and the album name.
The image background is a tree, with flowers presented in random positions across it. These show Florence's personality, and the images in which a number of her songs present, which are featured on the album.
Friday, 19 February 2010
CD Cover analysis 3
This is the cover from "Snow Patrol"s album "Eyes Open".
The background of the image is a mixture of white/grey. There are a number of different features presented within this one CD cover, which have been over lapped and blended to form a number of different effects for the audience. The mottled effect presented on the background makes the cover seem like an old piece of material, or stained. This could represent the images that the creator is wanting to represent within the songs themselves.
One features is the presentation of barbed wire. This has been layered above and below the main image, and in some parts has been faded out, This feature presents a genre that could represent both imprisonment and feelings of being trapped.
The main image is of two characters, one male and one female, seeming to be in an embrace. They are presented directly in the centre of the cover. They have no distinct features, and their silhouette is filled with a number of indistinct images with a negative theme.
The artists name is presented in the left hand corner of the cover, and the album title on the right. They are both presented in upper case letters, in an easy to read bold font. They are both black which helps them to stand out from the background of the cover itself.
Friday, 12 February 2010
CD Cover analysis 2
This is the front album cover of "Paolo Nutini's" debut album.
The background of the cover has been separated into four different colours which split the cover into four different section. The colours vary from white to yellow to orange then finally to red. Within each separate colour section there is an image of Paulo Nutini. Each image is facing a different direction. Each of the images that are presented on the sides of the cover are presented with a guitar, whilst the center images are without. This shows a slight representation to the genre of the music presented by the artist himself.
The images could be seen as representing a group rather that just a single artist. However the artists name,which is presented in the top left hand corner of the cover itself, which shows the audience that the product is one of a single artist. The font used for the artists name is representative of Paolo Nutini himself, and a representation of his personality. The album title is presented below the name of the artist, in a bold but basic font, and in lower case letters.
The images are presented in black and clear, the clear sections of the image reflect the coloured section through them. Each image both blends and stands out form the coloured sections. The use of colour reflects a number of moods, through happiness, sadness and romance. And this gives the audience incite into the types of songs presented within the CD.
Friday, 5 February 2010
CD Cover analysis 1
This is the front album cover of "Lily Allen"s new album "The Fear".
The main image is a situation of large, life size letters that seem to be Lily Allen's name but presented in a random and jumbled order. Lily Allen herself is perched on the top of the letter "A" which distinctly represents herself. She is wearing a long pink dress, which looks like a type of ball gown/party dress. She has got a fasinator on the top of her head which reveals to the audience her personality as a happy, party girl.
The life size letters are a number of different colours which are jumbled together which presents a rainbow effect. This makes the audience think that the songs presented within the album are fun and exciting, with a number of different moods. The image is situated directly in the centre of the cover. Which shows that it is the dominant part of the cover. Lily Allen has been placed quite high up, presenting herself in a flourishing pose which too shows her personality.
The artists name is presented in the top left hand corner of the cover, in an easy to read, basic font. "The Fear" has been presented in lower case letters in italics which show it is not a specifically dominant part of the cover but the information it provides is important to the audience.
The background of the cover is just plain white, which helps both the image and the titles to stand out. Shadowing is used on the over sized lettering which shows them to be 3D and as though they are standing out form the cover themselves.