album cover draft

This is the first draft of our album cover that we had done as part of our digipack. To be honest, whilst creating this album cover i wasnt entirely sure about how this effect would turn out, but seeing the first draft of it really blew us away and we were really proud of ourselves of the fact that this actually looked really good and also was given praise by other students and media teaching staff. This first draft is more or less how we wanted the cover to look like, but with a bit ofediting it will be a good part of our project.

Faheem.

magazine pull out first draft

This is the first draft of the magazine pull out advertisement which i am pleased to say we were both quite happy with and so were the media helping staff and teachers. The whole concept of this advert had to be all about the artist and the album, and i think personally by creating a unique style which i havent seen before at A level, with the different styles of boxes and poses the model took, and also the boxes placed in the shape of a 1, it is really what we all wanted this to turn out like. Hopefully with a few tweaks and editing this should be finished easily.

luqy

album covers

This album cover can be seen as very dark and interesting and mysterious, as it is plain black and white, but also because of 'the roc' sign, which is surrounded by quite a lot of rumours and brings attention to that itself.
The audience of the artists new album would be strong followers of hip hop as jay-z is seen as the king of hip hop, and so would definately be a success.
Target audience would aim to be aspirers because of the chains and money and status, hence the word dynasty written all over the album. They would also be around sicio economic status C-E.

One thing we do want is for our album cover to attract attention, but not the wrong sort of attention, like this album cover does. We wouldnt want our album getting the wrong publicity and bad rumours, so we will have to think about this long and hard, to not make any indecent signs or signals that could spark a row or argument or could cause offence to anybody.

luqy

album covers

This album cover is quite interesting because it shows a kind of conflict, between light and dark, good and bad etc. because all around the artist is all wasteland and rubbish, whereas she is dressed in white overalls and can be seen to stand out from the background. Also, the album title, 'a little deeper' suggests a struggle or something along those lines, or something she is striving to want or needs. Target audience would be quite decently sized, would be targeted at the younger generation as it is a young artist with fresh new music, so 16-26 yr olds, probably socio economic class of about C-E. It is actually a quite good efecct and narrative that the artist has used for the album cover, and this is something we hope to achieve when creating ours.

Faheem.

album covers research : tinie tempah

This album cover is a personal favourite of mine and appeals to a large number of people, especially in particular age ranges, e.g. 16-25 both males and females, but could be seen as more masculine as tinie style of music is quite masculine. This drew a lot of attention at first glance because of the colour palette used, but also of the narrative behind the pictures. Tinie is almost seen as 'god like', with firm control and grasp of the city/country, and is quite happy with wht he has achieved and has acquired over the years. There is a lot of narrative in this album cover, but it works as he is a very fresh, hot young artist at the moment. His target audience ranges from males to females, young to middle aged people and also different ethnicities and religions as it is seen as more westernised so appeals to consumers.

The effects and lighting go almost hand in hand on this album cover, and this is what we think is going to either make or break our album cover for our artist and track.

Faheem.

album covers research

This album cover really caught my attention because it doesnt only show insecurity, but also humour, but very serious humour. At first i was quite disgusted about what nirvana put as their album cover as it clearly shows a baby who cant swim, which is quite shocking and gives a person the same feeling of shock and disgust, but after a while i looked at it again and i actually found it quite funny, that they had the narrative of the baby being like a fish and the dollar being like bait, so the baby is trying to swim after the dollar. other people who saw this whilst i was researching reacted in the same way, but also found it absolutely hilarious at the end.

This is what we are trying to achieve when creating our album cover, but we have to be careful we dont discriminate against any religion or ethnicity.

luqy

music advert research..

This music advert pullout really caught my eye instantly because firstly of the beauty and attractiveness of the artist, Gwen Stefani, but also because of the use of vibrant colours, and also because of the propps used in this advert.
People who would love this advert would definately be aspirers because majority of people can only dream about having lots of money or status, and Gwen shows both these through this pullout.
The target audience for this would be socio economic status of A-E, so i think it applies to everyone, and also both males and females, but would appeal to males because the artist is very very attractive, but also females, because they would want the status that Gwen Stefani has achieved.
Needs (maslows hierarchy) that would be fulfilled would be love belonging, safety, and self esteem, as these are alll portrayed through this advert, through the wealth, and facial expressions of status and confidence and rule.
These are exactly the signs and indications we need to think about to put into our music advert pullout, and i think it would contribute a lot to the brand image and identity.

Faheem.

music magazine ad research..

This magazine pullout ad is quite eye catching because it is so unusual to have scenery and background pictures such as clouds and small mountains, so breaks the conventions of typical music genres, but also this maybe because this music genre could be a niche market to the audience, so could only appeall to them. From this advert, the target audience seem to be around socio economic groups of B- lower C, because the way the product is put across to the audience, it has a hint of class and exquisiteness, so connotates calmness, peace and tranquility, so the audience can be seen as rich and upper class.

however, from a personal viewpoint i think that the use of colour is very poor when this was created, so it doesnt appeal to me as well as it would have done for other people.

Because our music track and genre are so completely different to this, we have to be careful not to make any mistakes or change the typical convetions and stereotypes of our genre as then people will be confused as to what they would be looking at.

luqy

music magazine ad research

This is an example of a music advert as a pullout in a magazine. As you can see, it would catch the eye of the audience as there is a rather enlarged shot of a very attractive woman on the front, and also big bold letters and words so they stand out. This would especially hook men into discovering more about this artist and the single.

It would also appeal to the target audience as there is a contrast of colours used which makes it stand out even more.
The target audience that this artist would have wanted to aim at would be around socio economic class B-lower C, as there is a touch of class about this music advert.

this advert would make the music genre seem to be classical, so the audience would be quite wealthy stereotypically, but also include both males and females.

The factors we need to consider when creating our music advert pullout would be our target audience, socio economic class, if they seem to be aspirers etc, which needs are met to them ( maslow) and if they are provided by a sense of security ( young and rubicam).

luqy