1. Designs look like they have been drawn by hand by a child
which makes it stand out to the target audience even more. I
Looks like an explosion has
3D font looks more effective and think children would be more attracted to this album than
happened from the clouds,
attracts the target audience than most other album from big artists. This is because it the bright
bursting with bright colours. This
standard 2D font that is mostly colour makes it stand out to children rather than adults.
makes the album cover look
used for album covers.
exciting and fun.
‘Life in Cartoon Motion’ is written
Bold and bright font that will catch
in a spiral font which looks
the viewers’ attention if they were to
childlike and relates to the age
see this CD in a store.This is the
range of Mika’s music. This writing
largest image on the cover so as soon
looks more effective and looks
as you see this CD you know straight
more like handwriting than normal
away who it is.
font.
The star is shown on the front but is very Fun and colourful designs on the
small and hardly noticeable. Also the front gives use a clue about the
picture of the star is quite dark. This genre of the music. This links to
could represent Mika as a care free his songs as they are fun and
artist, because normally the main image happy songs.
would be of the artist. Also the artist
might be self-conscious and may not
want a big picture of him spread across There are different people scattered around
the front. the cover. They all like to the songs in the
album. For example the lady links with the
Random objects that look like they are video ‘Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)’. Also the
from a living room: sofa, television and All the colours on this Looks like rainbows man lying on the sofa links to the video ‘Relax
lamps. These objects are also from the album are said in Mika’s which are very known to (Take It Easy)’. Mostly of this ideology fits in
songs on the album. So there is a song ‘Grace Kelly’ be colourful so it fits into with the video’s such as ‘Lollipop’ as we can
strong relationship between the music the colour and genre of see a little girl sucking on a lollipop. So we can
and the visuals just from the CD cover the music. say the CD cover has a strong relationship
with what’s on the album.

2. Conventions of the back of a CD Image of clouds carrying on from the The use of colour on the back of this
cover include: track names, front cover suggesting a day dream. CD is very similar to the front. The
brand names, running order of So perhaps Mika wants his album to colours that are mainly used are
the tracks, images and colour come across as unrealistic? brown and blue. The colour blue is
from the front of the CD cover used for the sky and brown is maybe
and production details (Website) used for the ground. These colours
also feature in Mika’s song Grace
Kelly. The lyric ‘I could be brown, I
Track titles are the same font as could be blue’ features on both the
the writing from the front cover. front and back cover of this CD. This
The album title ‘Life in a Cartoon could suggest that the music has a
Motion’ is also written in this child strong relationship with the visuals.
like font. The font looks like it has
been written by hand which
reflects the power pop genre, as it Using the same colours and
fun and no a standard font. images will make it easy for the
target audience to establish the
genre and the artist of this album.
Back cover corporates the same You could probably tell whose
idea as the front cover, but with album it is even if you saw the
a little less detail. So we can still back before the font. It would be
see the different objects in the very hard to miss this CD because
sky but there is a lot less pattern. it is most likely to be the brightest
cover on a shelf!
The production details are in very small font, which you can Patterns which are carried on from
hardly read. It’s because this information isn’t important to Images of random objects: sofas, television the front of the cover contain a lot
the fans. The productions details include information about and lamps have been copied from the less variety and only take up the
copyright, production team, record labels etc. These things front cover. This is carrying on with the corner of the back cover. It may be
are not important. But if you were a big fan of Mika is may theme and the genre of Mika’s music. because the back is more to do with
include his twitter name or website which is what we can the track titles and not the genre.
clearly see as it is in a bigger and bolder font.

3. A big image of the main artist would usually
You would have thought that the background be on the front cover of the album. Instead CD and CD holder carry on
behind Mika would carry on with the theme of the image is on the inside of the album from the front and back
colourful and fun. This is not the case as the where it is hardly seen. The artist may not covers. Colours images and
background is plain with Palm trees. It makes it want to portray the typical front of a CD font are all still the same. Give
look like the photo has been taken in his house? cover so by doing it this ways makes him the CD the same happy
different. atmosphere.
You know you are looking at
the same CD because they are
linked closely to the effect it
gives on the front as well as
the back covers.
Very plain image of artist inside the CD cover Production details are the
holding a cup of tea. This suggests that he is a same as the back of the album
One small pattern of a colourful clock
normal person? cover. This may be done in
work mechanism from the front cover
It looks like it has been taken as a mug shot has been enlarged used as the case the audience missed them
hence that he is in the middle of drinking tea. background for the CD holder. on the back.