Research into album covers highlighted a key aspect that we would use in our CD cover. Most of the great album covers advertised the band in an unusual way such as the Kings of Leon cover (3rd down). ACDC also does this (2nd down), but in a different way and shows the whole band, making the focus point the main singer. Nirvana's album cover is different and does not advertise the band, this is mainly due to the bands massive popularity. This is something we are obviously not working towards and will have to advertise the band, we are hoping to come up with an interesting idea to try and make our album cover individual. Kings of Leon's CD is very unusual and different which is a big selling point. The audience will be attracted to something a little odd and we are hoping to incorporate something like that in our album cover. ACDC's album cover has an element of extraordinary as the lead singer was horns and a tail suggesting the devil. These conventions are common in a lot or rock albums; dark colours, suggestions of violence or anger etc. We will be sticking to conventions and will probably use dark colours, but assuring it complies with the themes of our music video. However, Queens album cover is different from the other rock CDs. It seems very subdued with the band members quite conservative with no expression. The album cover, although still using darker colours sells the band in an odd way. There is nothing else of interest on the album cover.
After evaluating album covers, we have decided that our aim will be to advertise the band, staying consistent with the themes of the album but still using conventions of the rock genre. This will enable the audience to realise what genre it is quickly. We will also aim to make it a little odd or different. This will hopefully make it stand out more in a shop and hopefully get more people interested in it.
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