CD Ideas

Once we'd got our idea for the video itself I started to look at ideas for the cd cover. Initially I started with the artists previous album art to get a sense of what they usually have on their covers;

I like the top left and bottom right covers as they have a depth with the different images 'layered' on top of one another. Also the images we see relate to the song(s) on the cd itself. The top left one is the album cover whereas the other three are for singles. The album cover features little things that feature in their songs; like the minutare Statue of Liberty on the top relating to the track 'Moving to New York'. One all four of the covers they have same font - making it easier to identify the artist. I personally like the font as it's a casual type of font - as if someone has written it with a pen.

After looking at these cd covers I thought I'd look at similar artists to see if there were any similarites between them and see what the differences where.

The artists I looked at were; One Night Only , Artic Monkeys, The Pigeon Detectives and The View.

I chose these because they are all of the same type of genre - indie/indie rock but also because they are all british to see if that affects there cd cover art.

One Night Only (top left) - the cover shows all of the band with a low key lighting affect on the picture. The font for the writing is just capitalised and bold to make it stand out. I do like the fact they put the band on the cover to show the audience this is who they are but it doesn't seem to stand out all that much - it looks a bit dull.

Artic Monkeys (top right) - The band's logo is on the top left of the cover - showing the artists name, there is no picture refference to the band on the album cover. The only image on the cover is that of a man smoking. I like the black and white effect giving and edgy look but yet again this doesn't seem to make it stand out in my eyes.

The Pigeon Detectives (bottom left) - The white space of the cover makes it seem brighter and contrasts well with the red images. The font of the writing seems very simple and easy to read and the colours of red and black give a clear distinction between artist name and album name. The images of the deer in red make it very bold and stands out quite well - I do like the cover but it seems to simple to me.

The View (bottom right) - I like the use of colours and difference images on the cover. The text stands out against the background despite it being brightly coloured. The image in the corner I feel reflects the target audience of the band and how they look. Like the Pigeon Detectives the text is very simple but has been placed on seperate blocks of white helping you to recognise the bands name and the album name. Out of all four of these designs I feel this is my favourite as it stands out better then the rest of them - it's eye catching and would get people's notice easier. I like the use of the simple objects ( the hearts) to make it an interesting background in which to build a cd cover around.

posted by Steph