The document discusses different album covers and interviews conducted about preferences. It finds that males generally preferred the close-up shot of an attractive female on the Natalie Imbruglia album cover, while the female interviewee preferred the mysterious atmosphere of the Linkin Park cover. Gender roles are seen as emotive and sensitive for females versus mysterious for males. Memorable album covers mentioned include colorful and surreal designs over simple or realistic styles. Preferences for genres also emerged, with hip hop seen as featuring money, cars and attractive people. The conclusion is that a close-up shot in simple colors would work best.

2. 3. From experience, can you state any album covers that you particularly like? If yes, why did you like them? Paolo Nutini- Colourful- the image is in drawings rather than a realistic image- unusual and different from typical images- can be easily remembered. Beyonce’s album- Realistic- Close up shot of artist in black and white is very natural and symbolises innocence. Not afraid to show her true self without hiding her identity through makeup. B.o.B’s album- Surreal- the tecnology used appeals to me most as its interesting and not simple. It’s a very ‘busy’ mise-en-scene as the artist is almost portrayed as a ‘hero’ kneeling in front of an explosion. What makes this even more appealing is also the bright colours such as blues, yellows and orange. The audience seem to have remembered the album covers due to the use of colour schemes and image shots. A brightly coloured image, added to the surrealism, bringing the audience away from reality. This made it easier to remember as it lacked in realism making the album ‘unique’ and ‘stand out’ from following artists. On the other hand, the black and white colour scheme that was used for Beyonce’s album cover was also easily remembered as it was very natural and portrayed realism throughout. 4. Are then any specific genres that you prefer? If yes please state. What would you expect to see featured on the album cover of this genre? Hip Hop/ R’n’b/Soul- Young, attractive females, cars, males, objects which signify money Indie/ alternative- Black and white colour scheme, simple and basic image R’n’b/ Soul- Artist surrounded with objects that symbolise money. The audience seemed to orientate the genre of r’n’b around the object of money, attractive females and males. Males may find a woman featured on an album cover more appealing as they feel physically attracted towards them rather than the artist themseleves. They may also share a common interest with the artist as cars signify money which can attract females. On the other hand, the genre of indie lacks in these props and usually conclude of album covers with just the artist featured. This is very simplistic, as the audience have mentionned and the basic image, adds to the basic colours (black and white) and [possibly basic font.

3. Studying Image Shots- I was unsure still on the type of shot I was going to use for the album cover so have decided to anaylse the different types of shots. Using my questionnaire results, the audience, ranked theses album covers from the most voted to the least voted, most appealing: I also found that, while interviewing, the audience preffered the close up shot followed by the long/wide shot and the long shot. The reasons for this included the amount of attention this type of image received as it drew the audience in, creating the main focal point to be on the artist. I have now come to the conclusion that I would like to do a close up image, possibly with quite simplistic colours to add to the theme of realism. Simple colours-Unisex-Black/white/red. Artists featured- no added extras such as technology used. A simple layout- well structured and not ‘busy’.