Wednesday 3 November 2010

Album cover art- research

The cover design is extremely important for marketing our band as it establishes the genre of the music. It also establishes the identity of the artist, it further establishes credibility of the artist and the album itself.

The hole point of the front cover is that it seeks to attract the audiences attention though the use of striking imagery this is seen such albums as Nirvana's never mind. this acts as an persuasive devise which draws the audience in. The images used in the album cover can be original , inventive , unique or depending what is sough, these codes and conventions are how they communicate with the audience though the album cover . The album front cover also needs the obvious to such as artist name, album title, and central image (artists).

Front cover analysis of SGT.Peppers Lonely club band- The Beatles

This front cover uses pop art and was the first to do so, pop art is the emerging of poplar culture and high art, The person who created this front cover was peter blake who was the first to create pop art and famous for establishing the british pop art. The pop art revolutionary to album, braking boundaries, and creating works of art.

The flower on the cover of the album, are code for a trip-pee lifestyle, peace and love , this was the atmosphere which surrounded the beatles music, and the ideology which there audience had. The drums code for music and the use of circus type font codes for the fun atmosphere which the music creates. The vibrant military defies and undermines the military ways which codes for rebellion as it is going against conformity which the army represents. They also establish there , cult significance, as they have positioned central infant of many famous faces collaged behind them. they have also put a blue sky in the front cover which codes for happiness, freedom, summer of love , exotic, peaceful heavenly and hope which are call characteristics seen in the bands ideology. Finally in the front cover there are palm trees which code for exotic which is completely the opposite of england yet is what most people in england desire to get away to.

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