1. - INITIAL IDEAS FOR MY ALBUM COVER AND MY POSTER PRODUCTIONS -
2. IDEA 1:
THIS IS MY FIRST INITIAL IDEA FOR MY PRINT PRODUCTION. THE
MAIN CONNOTATION TO MY DESIGN FOR THESE PRINT
PRODUCTIONS IS THIS IDEA OF LUMINOSITY. THE PLACEMENT OF
THE ARTIST LOGO IN THE STARS INFERS THIS IDEA OF THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARTIST. LOOKING AT THE STARS IS OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS A ‘NUMINOUS’ EXPERIENCE; OF WHICH MEANS
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING
GREATER THAN YOURSELF. THIS COULD SUGGEST TO THE AUDIENCE
THAT BY LISTENING TO THE ALBUM, WILL MAKE THEM FEEL AS IF
THEY ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEM.
THIS DESIGN HAS TAKEN INFLUENCE FROM THE MINIMALISM ART
MOVEMENT. THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS IS TO REPLICATE THIS
IDEA THAT THE ALBUM ITSELF IS SIMPLE, LIKE THE DESIGN OF IT. THIS
MAKES THE ALBUM MORE ATTRACTIVE IN TERMS OF ADVERTISING
ON THE POSTER, AS WELL AS THE ALBUM IN STORES.
3. IDEA 2:
THIS IS MY SECOND INITIAL IDEA FOR MY PRINT PRODUCTION. THIS
ABUNDANCE OF COLOUR AIMS TO INFER TO THE AUDIENCE THAT,
LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. THIS IS
ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INSPIRATION OF THE PSYCHEDELIC ART
MOVEMENT. THE CONNOTATIONS TO THIS ART MOVEMENT ARE THE
IDEAS OF DRUGS AND ENHANCED EXPERIENCE, THIS IDEA OD
EXPERIENCE IS A KEY IDEA IN TERMS OF ENTICING MY AUDIENCE.
ANOTHER SIMPLE IDEA BEHIND THE DESIGN OF THIS PRINT
PRODUCTION IS THE IDEA OF THE BRIGHT COLOURS BEING EYE-
CATCHING, IT’S AS SIMPLE AS WHEN A POTENTIAL CONSUMER SEES
THE ALBUM COVER OR MAGAZINE ADVERT, THEY WILL NATURALLY
BE DRAWN TO THE PRINT PRODUCTION.
4. IDEA 3:
THIS IS MY FINAL INITIAL IDEA FOR MY PRINT PRODUCTION. THIS
IDEA TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE MINIMALIST ART MOVEMENT.
MUCH LIKE MY FIRST IDEA, I WANTED THIS INSPIRATION TO INFER
THIS IDEA OF SIMPLICITY WITHIN THE ALBUM. NOT ONLY THIS BUT
THE GENERAL IDEA THAT I WANTED TO PROJECT, IS THIS IDEA OF
CONTINUITY. THIS IDEA FURTHER CREATES THIS INFERENCE OF A
CONTINUOUS JOURNEY, LISTENING TO THE ALBUM IS A
CONTINUOUS JOURNEY. I ACHIEVED THIS CONNOTATION THROUGH
USING THE ‘PRISMA’ FONT, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED OF PARALLEL
LINES, THUS CREATING THIS CONNOTATION OF AN EVERLASTING,
CONTINUOUS JOURNEY. NOT ONLY DOES THE FONT CONNOTE THIS,
BUT THE NEWTON’S CRADLE ALSO DOES SO. A NEWTON’S CRADLE,
ONCE USED, CONTINUOUSLY MOVE, AS WELL AS THE
CONNOTATION; IT ALSO HAS A DIRECT LINK TO THE MUSIC VIDEO
FOR THE SINGLE OF THE ALBUM, CREATING THIS BRAND IDENTITY
TYPE IDEA.