Album Cover Research and development

 

Album Cover Research by Amelie Finlay on Scribd

Music video feedback

• Stronger openeing - possibly front facing lip syncing 
• "knock on door" - physically knock on door 
• 0.52 - "coming around" - text message - charlie waiting/texting him 
• 1.11 - replace shot 
• Face to camera with white background - add sunflowers - cross platform branding 
• 1.41 - replace shot 
• Include more dancing shots 
• intricate below the knees shots 
• Crop the dancing shots - why are the rail lines in the back - distracting 
• 2.10 - repeated shot 

• Add flowers 
• More dancing shots 
• More use of the ip syncing 
• Could add animated lines around dancing shots or wall shots

Cross platform convergence and brand identity

 How will I keep a consistent brand identity across media products?

• Title cards
• Fonts and texts used 
• A consistent feel of a bright, sunshine summer
• A logo  
• A signature - seal of approval

- Clear and consistent logo and colour scheme - The sun and the bright colours clearly follow the branding of the artist as bright and lively.

- The font can be used on multiple products

- A signature can act as a mark of quality as seal of approval from the artist as to the quality of their work.

- Need to clearly state the record label the artist is signed too 

- To add another link between the music video and the website I will experiment with different graphics. The sunflower is a large feature of the music video and a graphic of it can be used as easter eggs on the website. 

Album Cover Experimentation

All the possible album covers below were created on the software Procreate 

- I wanted to experiment with colour through the use of sunshine yellows and oranges 

- I experimented with the line between the cover being drawn and more 'free' compared to more formal 

- The cover needed to be clear and visible 

    - The title should be clear

    - The artist should be clearly visible 

- Looking at other Sony produced album covers, the Sony logo/brand name can be visible 

Website Flatplan

Home page

Needs to:

• Introduce artist 
• Set a house style 
• Promote new music 
• Create income 
• Merchandise 
• Other music releases 
• Audience interaction and creation of a fandom/community 

About page

• Elaborate, more detail than the home page 
• Can be very personal to the artist 
• Promote any cause or collaboration they're involved in
• More promotion 
• Promote any corse values of the artist 

Photoshoot Contact Sheets

 The contact sheets below contain images for the website, the gallery and the album cover:

Album cover development

The cover for the single needs to be bright and happy. It should include motifs that are followed throughout the artists media such as the use of sunflowers.

The cover should follow the theme of the single - bright, happy, sunshine.

Key focus of the artist.