Analysing existing album back covers
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This document analyzes and compares the back covers of albums by Rihanna and Jessie J. For Rihanna's album, the summary notes that a pale red color is used with her whole body visible in a medium close-up shot, conveying a soft yet girly side. Song titles are in bold red capital letters. For Jessie J's album, the background is white with black font for song titles and information, showing the importance of continuity. However, it is criticized for lacking color and missing typical details like copyright and barcode.
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Digipak Research
The document summarizes the design elements used on the album packaging, or digipak, of three different albums:
1) Britney Spears' "Femme Fatale" album uses bold makeup and hair on the front cover to portray her as a sex symbol. Gold is prominently featured to portray her as strong. Images of Spears draw attention to her popularity and the tracklisting.
2) Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" uses dark, earthy colors on the cover to match the album's mysterious theme. An unusual font builds recognition of their name. The inside is plain to focus on the cover.
3) The Fray's "How to Save a Life" uses symbolic
Generic conventions of r&b digipaks
The document discusses conventions of R&B album digipak covers. It provides examples from several albums and analyzes aspects like the use of the artist's image, colors, fonts, and inclusion of track lists or lyrics. Common conventions highlighted include prominent display of the artist's name or image, bold colors like black, gold and red, minimal or revealing clothing on the cover, and consistency in design elements across the front and back covers.
Front cover of digi pack analysis
The document summarizes the design elements of an album cover, including the font chosen for the artist's name to match the target audience, the inclusion of a common "Parental Advisory" logo implying some songs should only be listened to by adults. It also describes positioning the artist's image in a wide shot looking directly at the camera to catch the audience's eye, and choosing a green, black, and white color scheme for the cover and advertisements that matches the background and clothing.
Digipak analysis
The document provides an analysis of several album digipaks and magazine advertisements. It summarizes key aspects of the designs that the author likes and wants to incorporate into their own digipak and advertisements. These include using colorful designs on the front with simpler designs on the back, including photos of the band, and ensuring track listings and release dates are prominently displayed. The author also notes preferences around font styles, color schemes, and inclusion of additional materials like posters or photos.
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Digipack Presentation
The document analyzes and summarizes the design elements of digipak album covers from four different artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, and Emineh. For each album cover, key design elements like colors, images, text styles and placements are described. Comparisons are made between how the designs fit or diverge from conventions within their respective genres of rock or rap music. Overall impressions and opinions on what design aspects work well or could be improved are also provided.
Digipak and magazine advert
The document provides analyses of album covers, digipaks, and advertisements for albums by Lana Del Rey, Florence and the Machine, and Marina and the Diamonds.
For Lana Del Rey's album, the digipak and cover art have a minimalist design with a clear image of the artist against a blue sky. Florence and the Machine's cover stands out with a vintage filter over an image of the artist among flowers and leaves, representing the album title. Marina and the Diamond's design gives the artist a cartoon-like appearance against a green floral background in the style of old vinyl records.
The advertisements analyzed effectively promote the albums by featuring the same artwork and key details like release dates, singles,
Cd digipak anaylsis
Beyoncé looks directly at the camera with parted lips on a greyscaled cover, representing a personal connection with fans. Rihanna's red lips and closed eyes look sexy for the male gaze alongside warnings of her rebellious music. Jhene Aiko wears white and chains, suggesting a balance of innocence and independence, over a backdrop connecting to her mixtape's title of sailing souls. Common conventions include the female gaze, use of gold, barcodes in back right corners, and back covers listing songs and details.
Digipack analysis
This digipak features an eye-catching central image of a spotlight on a square, which is a trademark symbol for the band. While it does not include photos of the band members, the font used for the band name is unique and iconic. Additional information on the back includes social media links, the record label, and a list of the songs on the CD.
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- 2. Rihanna She has no interaction with the audience as there is no eye contact. There isn’t much colour used, the bold vibrant red colour has is a lot more paler which indicates her soft but very girly side. We are able to easily define this album’s target audience (females) from the artist and colours used. It shows the use of a medium close up shot used as we can see her whole body compared to an extreme close up. The baby tint covers her body and face which connotes that she is hiding away her true colours. The list of songs which are written on the right hand side of the back cover are in dark, red capitals and as a result boldly emphasises them.
- 3. Jessie J The background is white with black font which is used for the song names and other information presented. This shows that continuity and synergy is important in a digipak. This back cover also shows that a barcode, the record label details and copyright are key features which should be included on a digipak back cover. Personally, I think this is a simple and basic layout lacking colour to make it more alluring and engaging with the target audience. Name of songs Copyright information Barcode
- 4. Jessie J continued… The image used for the back cover of this digipak is directly in the centre of the page. The font used for the name of the songs is black and bold which contrasts really well with the white because it makes it easy to read. The image is positioned well using the rule of thirds. However, one thing I noticed about this digipak from comparing it to the previous one is that it does not have any copyright information or even a barcode which is an imperative convention placed on the majority, if not all album back covers. Image of artist Clear black font in capital letters used to make it more visible to the target audience