IN MY RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNT ABOUT STEREOTYPES, CONVENTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF ALBUM COVERS. I HAVE RESEARCHED, AND ANALYSED ALBUMS AND MUSIC COVERS.I HAVE SEEN THAT GENDER ARE REPRESENTED QUITE DIFFERENTLY IN MUSIC VIDEOS AND ALBUM COVERS.PART OF MY RESEARCH ABOUT GENDER REPRESENTATION IS THAT IN HIP HOP CULTURE, THEY PRESENTS WOMAN AS HAVING NO IDENTITY EXCEPT AS SEXUAL PLAYTHINGS AND 'EYE CANDY'. VIDEO GIRLS HELP THE SONG GET MORE ATTENTION AND VIEWS, EVEN IF THE SONG IS BAD. IF MUSIC IS BAD AND THE VIDEO PRESENTS A GIRL DANCING HALF NAKED OR SHAKING THEIR BUMS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA , THE VIDEO WILL MAKE THE MUSIC MORE POPULAR. I ALSO LEARNT ABOUT VOYEURISM IN POP VIDEOS. POP MUSIC VIDEOS NOWADAYS SHOW MORE SEXUAL APPEALS TO AUDIENCE, EXAMPLE IS ROBIN THICKE'S VIDEO BLURREDLINES. ON THE OTHER HAND JESSIE J'S MUSIC VIDEO 'DO IT LIKE A DUDE' PRESENT HERSELF AS A NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE OF A MAN.
I FOUND CONVENTIONS OF POP IN ALBUM COVERS: IT MUST HAVE BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL IMAGES, HAPPY THEME AND BOLD TYPOGRAPHY. I HAVE RESEARCHED DIFFERENT ALBUM COVERS AND ANALYSED THEM. I HAVE ALSO MADE A MOOD BOARD TO FIND LINKS IN ALBUM COVERS THAT MAKES THEM 'POP'. THE MAIN THINGS THAT I HAVE LINKED TO EACH ALBUM WAS THAT IT HAD BRIGHT BOLD COLOURS. THEY ALSO HAD TO DO WITH CURRENT TRENDS. I LEARNT THE CONVENTIONS OF AN ALBUM COVER MUST INCLUDE: TRACK/SONG NAMES, AMOUNT OF TRACKS ON THE CD, RUNNING ORDER OF TRACKS, IMAGE, COLOUR, LOGO AND PRODUCTION DETAILS. BARCODES ARE ALSO MAINLY AT THE BACK OF THE COVER AND COPYRIGHT LAW WITH THE ARTISTS EMAIL SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE BACK. THE BACK COVER MUST ALWAYS BE LINKED TO THE FRONT COVER.ON THE SIDE OF THE ALBUM COVER, IT SHOWS THE ALBUM NAME AND THE ARTISTS/BAND. THIS IS DONE AS THEY ARE DISPLAYED ON SHELVES AND THIS WOULD HELP THEM TO SEE IT MORE CLEARLY. | I FOUND CONVENTIONS OF POP IN ALBUM COVERS: IT MUST HAVE BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL IMAGES, HAPPY THEME AND BOLD TYPOGRAPHY. I HAVE RESEARCHED DIFFERENT ALBUM COVERS AND ANALYSED THEM. I HAVE ALSO MADE A MOOD BOARD TO FIND LINKS IN ALBUM COVERS THAT MAKES THEM 'POP'. THE MAIN THINGS THAT I HAVE LINKED TO EACH ALBUM WAS THAT IT HAD BRIGHT BOLD COLOURS. THEY ALSO HAD TO DO WITH CURRENT TRENDS. |
I HAVE USED PHOTOSHOP TO HELP ME CREATE AN ALBUM COVER DRAFT AND MY FINAL COVER. WHILST MAKING THIS I HAVE LEARNT NEW PHOTOSHOP SKILLS SUCH AS THE 'MAGIC WAND TOOL'. THIS TOOL HELPS ME ERASE ANY UNWANTED BACKGROUND FROM IMAGES. IT DOES THIS BY HIGHLIGHTING AN IMAGE AND IT AUTOMATICALLY SELECTS ANY COLOUR THAT IS THE SAME TO THE COLOUR YOU CLICKED ON. I USED IT A LOT IN MY DESIGN, I USED IT WHEN I WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF MY MODEL AND HAD TO GET RID OF THE BACKGROUND. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TOOL WAS THAT IT WAS EASIER AND QUICKER THEN USING THE ERASE TOOL AS ITS LESS ACCURATE. I HAVE DOWNLOADED NEW FONTS FROM A WEBSITE 'DAFONT'. THIS HELPED ME FIND A PERFECT FONT THAT WOULD GO WITH THE IMAGE AND COLOUR. MOST OF THE IMAGES ON MY COVER WAS FROM GOOGLE IMAGES. I HAVE CHOSEN TO USE BRIGHT COLOURS AS IT IS A POP ALBUM.I HAVE DEVELOPED SKILLS SUCH AS LEARNING CONNOTATIONS OF ALBUM COVERS. I ALSO MADE SURE THAT ALL THE GENERAL CODES OF A ALBUM COVER WERE PRESENT IN MY ALBUM FRONT AND BACK COVER SUCH AS THE BARCODE, SONG LIST, AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.