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CD Design Idea (Front Cover)

This is the first draft of my CD cover, this was to see if the idea of having both illustrative and real life photographs together in one image would look good for the product. I think it has gone well as it is both well thought out in the technical aspect as it is a process that it easy to do and the fact that it reflects the ideology of the album name and the music video itself. Confusing the audience by having the potential to have multiple realities. This is a ideology that refers to post-modernism in the sense that it uses multiple realities to refer to the text (the music video). 

The fact that this is a draft shows through as the location that is used for the main image isn't the main location within the music video. Also the type face that is used is supposed to reflect that of the one used for the Bastille album covers, this is something that I am unsure whether or not has worked with the cover. I shall be going through with this idea as I think it is inventive and works well with the music video I am producing. 

From gathering the appropriate fonts from Dafont.com, I have then  put these into Photoshop to edit them. This draft was done as to see whether or not I was capable of producing what I intended. And through these images, this was the outcome that I was left with. 

The image that I gathered for the draft was taken and made smaller to the appropriate size of a CD, I had to make sure that it was a perfect square in order to make sure that I achieved the correct framing.

After editing the images I put them into the same document in order to correctly edit both of the images. Due to the Font being difficult to edit and getting rid of the white background was impossible without making it look unprofessional I decided to leave it and shall go back to deciding on a different font for the final cover. 

When looking at the image that I had for this mock up front cover, I decided that the name should follow the contours of the ceiling. Todothis I went to edit the text and then transforming it to then distorting the text. This allowed me to change the dimensions of the text and create the illusion of it being on the ceiling. The size was then changed the size of the text as to fit the framing of the ceiling.

Next I would have to alter the other text that would feature on the front cover as the name of the album. Just like the first text, I had to delete the white background to ensure that it didn't show on the cover. For this specific text was an easy task as it allowed me to do so without any complications since it was such a simple text. This shall be a text that is considered for my final draft. It was cropped, then the background was selected with the wand tool and the background was then deleted. 

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This Album design has taken inspiration from the vinyl covers that would have come out when the album was first published. This is due to the fact that it is celebrating the 25th anniversary since it had first come out. This means that it took it upon itself to use detail to perhaps allow younger generations to experience the original novelty but in accordance to the fact that it has to accommodate for the CD. Still referring back to modern day technology. 

These are examples of CD's which I own. 


When looking at these covers, I can see that as 'The Kinks' album covers are in relation to the time in which they are made and is the the fashion of that specific time. 
From the 'Bowling for Soup' album cover we can see that they are trying to re create an era through he costume design even though the album itself holds no relevance to the cover.   

Illustrated Album Covers

When looking at Illustrated covers, they are always extremely inventive and always related back to the album name or the contents that are on it. In relation to my idea I feel that an illustrative piece would work best with the albums ideology. When you think of an album cover and what is on it in relation to the band that you are focusing on. Most of the time, there isn't a true relation between the genre which is focused on compared to the band itself and the cover that it is featuring. Especially when focusing on covers which feature illustration. 



For example, the iconic cover for blurs best of album is only really relevant due tot he fact that it features all of the band members on the cover. It doesn't link to any of the songs that feature or fits a theme that the album has established. 

Due to the fact that I have discussed the idea of having an illustrated cover. I have been told to take into consideration the consistency of the cover and if it would actually be relevant to the album it self. 

Filming Organisation

This Facebook group that I created was very effective as there was no complications in getting into contact with these people through the use of Web 2.0. This group accounts for both of the days in which we were filming. 

Magazine Promotion Advertisements

These are posters which are from popular bands which are promoting their albums.

My CD Research

As the song which my music video shall be based on is The Kinks, I typing into the search engine 'the kinks cd cover' and these are the first things that it came up with.

When looking at the album covers for The Kinks we can see that there is a distinctive difference in terms of style and media. This first one features my chosen song and this was produced in 1966. There may be a distinctive difference in term of the style and media that is used to create these covers but when you consider the time all of them were produced you don't see a difference since they come in no specific order to indicate any progression in their style. An example of this in any other bands cases would be The Beatles. You are able to see clear differences from when they started, taking the HELP album for example and the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. 

When you look at the time in which these were produced you can see clearly that some bands had larger budgets compared to others. Again taking The Beatles as an example. The Kinks are very basic in the terms of their style and ideology and this reflects in the covers of their album. Another factor that you may look at when considering the time in which they were made, fashion and ideologies were a lot different as well as the fact that technology didn't allow much creative outlet in the terms of graphic design. This is what gives these album covers novelty today, and if we look at the ideology of today's society and the alternative identities that some people carry, it would bring them much joy to look upon something in its former glory and disdain away from how things look today almost wishing for a time that they didn't experience, a time which they have only experience through media. The fact that some people would want to experience the original album and would like to enjoy the authenticity.  

Dependant on what value you may place upon a cultural artefact may have an impact on how you see and what opinion you have on your experience compared to theirs. The novelty of having a physical copy compared to the digital copies that you may have today no longer have that value as they aren't necessarily real.  

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