ALBUM COVERS

In order to help us with the production of our digipak we decided to look at different album artwork covers to give us inspiration. After looking at the different digipaks it would be a good idea to look at album covers that focused on star image as well as finding links so that it there is a sense of continuity.

This album cover focuses on the star image as well as iconography as it gives a suggestion to the genre; which could be acoustic or alternative as the artist is carrying a guitar. The use of black and white gives a sense of sadness. Also the artist is alone in a field adds to the idea of isolation. This links with title of the album which is called “Lonesome Tunes” and so this maybe gives an idea to the genre and style of music that the artist plays.

 

Elvis Costello’s album focuses on mood and atmosphere as well as star image. The kerb and fence act as leading lines which guides the viewer’s eyes towards the artist and so this makes him more prominent within the frame. The rain forms part of pathetic fallacy and so it creates a dark and sad atmosphere, this could give a suggestion to the style of music that the artist performs. Soft lighting or a reflector has been used to create a ‘glamorous’ effect and highlight the artist’s face.

We really liked this image as the image is very simple and gives quite a subtle star image. The artist is positioned so that the image uses the rule of thirds; it is balanced by the large and bold text. The large text really emphasises the artist and the album and so viewers and consumers will know who the artist is. The use of soft lighting creates a ‘glamorous’ appearance and highlights the artist’s face. It also displays iconography with the use of a guitar and so this gives a suggestion to the genre of the artist.

Adele’s album cover for ‘21’ provides a ‘glamorous’ appearance for the star image on through the use of soft lighting. There is a gradient of tone as well as more prominent shadows that frame her face. The black and white effect helps to make her image appear subtle and more ‘glamorous’. The use of a close up also adds to the star image as viewers and consumers will be able to recognise her image.

 

 

Lucy Rose’s album cover also presents a subtle image as the album uses both the black and white effect and also neutral colours. The use of soft lighting creates a ‘glamorous’ appearance which promotes the artist through the star image. The flowers that are on the front cover also links with the flowers that are layered on top of the image on the inside of the album, this gives suggestion the genre as it could be either pop or acoustic as simple album covers with a star image and also flowers are stereotypically linked with these genres.

 

 

We thought that the album artwork for Phoenix Street’s album ‘Living in the Dark’ was really interesting and it has inspired us as the song in our music video is called ‘Photographs’ and so we thought that we would be able to do something similar to this for our digipak as it relates to our chosen song. We liked that only one of the Polaroids are in the spotlight and more prominent as it creates a focal point. We thought that we could create Polaroids of Shqipdon for our digipak.

 

 

 

Looking at different album artwork covers has allowed me to look at how star images have been constructed on album covers and how iconography is also incorporated to suggest the genre of the music as well as seeing how we can include photographs within our digipak.