The document discusses an artist researching various album covers for inspiration in creating their own ancillary texts. The artist looked specifically at album covers from indie rock bands The 1975, Arctic Monkeys, Feeder, Beck, and Sia to analyze conventions and editing techniques. Key influences included the use of black and white photography, filters, typography, and unconventional or minimal designs that don't feature the artist's face.

1. When beginning to create my ancillary texts, I began researching
album covers for inspiration. This also helped a lot as it allowed me to
analyse common album cover conventions and choose which would be
the most effective to incorporate into my own product.
When researching, I looked strictly at Indie Rock artists as this is
my chosen genre. I chose to do this as this allowed me to find common
conventions strictly to this genre which would be engaging to the Indie
Rock audience as it specifically targets them.
I chose to look at three band’s album artworks (The 1975, Arctic
Monkeys and Feeder) who are all male. I also chose to look at two single
artists’ album artwork, one male (Beck) and one female (Sia).
I did this as it allowed me to further my research and choose
which conventions to incorporate into my own work.

2. IV & Settle Down by The 1975
I am inspired by these two album artworks as I appreciate the use of black and white,
photography and editing. As I have chosen for my music video to be in black and white,
having my album artwork in black and white too would be very conventional. It is also
a common theme in the indie rock genre for the artist to not feature on the front
cover.

3. Humbug & Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What
I’m Not – Artic Monkeys
These two album covers have influenced me as I like the use of editing. For the album
cover of Humbug, they have used an effect which influences the appearance of the
image, called a filter. I would like to experiment with filters when creating my album
cover. For the album cover of WPSIATWIN, they have used black and white which I
would also like to use.

4. Golden Feelings & Sea Change - Beck
For the album cover of Golden Feelings, they have used a filter which makes the image
appear to be older than it actually is. The mise-en-scene of the image is also used
effectively to place the photo in an earlier period (such as the rag doll (arguably the
Annabelle doll) which are usually associated with a much earlier period). For the
album cover of Sea Change, I am inspired by the use of filters and editing to give the
image a pink hue. I am also influenced as they have chosen to feature the artist’s face.

5. Polythene and Yesterday Went Too Soon - Feeder
The album cover for Polythene uses various editing techniques and filters to create a
very unique cover. This can be viewed as unconventional as it is hard to understand
what is happening in the image (which is probably a stylistic choice). I am influenced
by this as I appreciate the uniqueness and the fact that it goes against common album
cover conventions. It has also influenced me to be more experimental when editing my
ancillary texts. I appreciate the second cover as it is simple and to the point.

6. Colour The Small One & 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia
The album cover for Colour The Small One uses simple typography and flowers. I am
influenced by this as it is very simply yet engaging for my audience. It is easy to read
and will not confuse audiences. The album cover for 1000 Forms Of Fear uses a simple
wig against a black background and the album title/artist name in a font similar to
hand writing. I am inspired by this as I am considering not using my artist’s face on the
cover and this is a unique way of avoiding doing this.

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Album Position
IV
Settle Down
WPSIATWIN
Humbug
Golden Feelings
Sea Change
Polythene
YWTS
CTSO
1000 FOF