Vickii's A2 Blog - ThroughMyEyesAndEars: February 2012

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Planning for Print Productions - Possible Ideas

This is a sketch of some possible ideas that I could use for my digi-pack. The idea of the windmill behind where the CD will sit almost imitates the spinning action that will happen to the disk when it is played. Also, on the first inside cover there will be a nice contrast between the dark background and the white font which will stand out, this will hopefully draw the audience in and make them want to read the text inside the digi-pack. The sunset on the back kind of symbolizes the closure of finishing making the album, like its all finished and over and done with. Where as on the front cover its like the name of the band is emerging from the trees just like they are emerging as a new band on the music scene.

Planning for Print Productions - Possible Fonts

Here are some fonts that I have found on dafont.com. They are all very similar to the fonts that I have looked at on albums in the same genre. My favourite is 'Jump Start' as it is clear to read but also as a sort of grunge effect to it which will contrast against the organic photos of the trees/plants.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Researching Other Similar Bands Artwork

These are some album covers from band's CDs that are similar to The Hype Theory. Each one is highly edited which gives an unrealistic looks to the covers. For example, All Time Low's cover for Nothing Personal and You Me At Six's cover for Take Off Your Colours contain no photos at all, they are made up of completely computer generated and edited images. Nothing Personal looks as though it is almost a collage of lots of different bits and pieces which represent the band, such as the casette and the admission ticket. Where as Take Off Your Colours is like a colour chart which has been mixed together to create a rainbow effect.

The colours included on the covers range from being brightly coloured, like Guaranteed To Disagree, to just black and white, like Sinners Never Sleep. This reflects the personalities of the band and can be to do with a marketing scheme which covers all areas, such as their webiste, their social media pages and their CD album artwork.

Of the album artworks below my favourite is Best Intentions, as it shows the band on the front cover by using lots of little photos which look as though they have been taken on an old polaroid camera and then stuck in a scrapbook. Also, I like the cover for Riot! as you can look at the album cover from any angle and identify which album it is straight away.

The main thing that stands out about each of the album covers is the significance of the bands logos, apart from on Paramore's albums. The logo is what identifies the band, on All Time Low's last 2 albums the logo has been the same and also it ha been the same across their merchandise, website and social network sites, this means that it is easy for the fans to identify the band's products, also it is very unique and looks as though it has been sketched by hand. There has been no flow between the two albums from Paramore they are very different stylistically which reflects the change in musical sound too. On Riot! there is no actually band logo or name but it's such an iconic cover and name that its easy to identify from any other album available in the genre.