1. How effective is the combination of your media product and ancillary texts?
In the music video, there are very clear themes throughout of voyeurism, destruction,
love and confusion. When creating the album cover, I tried to adapt some of the visual
images from the music video for example blurriness, dark light, heavy contrast and
grain. I selected an image that I thought would convey the intention of the song and
grab the attention of the audience or onlooker to want to buy the product.
I believe the selected image is very effective in combination with the music video as it
illustrates the exact themes, moods and feelings envisaged such as confusion, decay
and love. For instance, the use of the blue dress not only creates a striking contrast
between the dark and light of the photo but also reflects the mood of the girl in the
video. The dress was an original 1950’s lustrous taffeta party dress which creates a
sense of hedonism as well as movement. The angle of the shot is tilted to create
disorientation and support the theme of confusion. The birdcage represents
entrapment and repression. She sits on the cage as if containing something or keeping
something hidden. The bricks in the background also contribute to the feeling of
imprisonment. The use of dead leaves on the ground represents age and decay
enhancing the state of the girl’s mind.
When designing the inside and backs of the album I decided to use colours that
clashed to create an odd look to the album. I experimented with layout and fonts and

2. finally decided to use different fonts for each track list and scatter them around in
order to make it more eye-catching. It is important to create a distinctive style and
image for everything connecting to the artist in order to create an identifiable brand.
So I have constantly used a lot of brightness and contrast and grain. I have also used
images from the music video which not only promotes the song itself but also the
artist. The genre and target audience are very clear in the work I’ve produced as the
costumes and layout represent indie culture.
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Front
1 -Mysterons
2Su tim
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3- St range rs
4- It c o u ld be sw eet
5 adr gt r
-W ne sa
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6-It’s a fire
7-Num b
8-R oads
9-
Pedest al
10-B iscuit
11-G lory box
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w. r Back
Inside (disc)
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Inside