Magazine Double Page Spread Draft

Coursework Album Covers

Front Cover 1 

 

 Back Cover 1 

                              

Front Cover 2 

 

  

Back Cover 2 

Album Cover Proposal

Front cover #1
 The original artwork will be a close up of a pair of glitter high heels with a high exposure filter, the background will be a white wall in order to emphasise the heels. The font I am choosing to use is 'Colours of Autumn' as I believe it reflects my artist the best - being crazy and outlandish. I will use low key lighting to imply that this photo was taken at a party. The theme of glitter is seen throughout the cover with the use of the shoes. 

Back Cover #1
 Again I will use the 'Colours of Autumn' font as again I believe it reflects my artist and portrays her as a party girl. The back cover will feature lines of glitter with a heart of glitter - this mirroring the song 'Cocaine Hearts' a rolled up dollar/pound note will be placed in shot in order to emphasise the drug. High key lighting will be used to bring out the plain white background and reflect off the multi-coloured glitter lines. For the typography I will use a fuchsia font as this stands out to the audience to read the song titles. Typical to albums the barcode and record label information will be placed in the bottom right to not distract the audience from the songs.

 Front Cover #2
 The second cover will feature the model in heart shape sunglasses and hold a sign that says 'Will Sing For Vodka', my artists name will be featured next to the artist but I will not be adding an album name as I believe it will distract attention from the sign.The door handle will be pictured in order to create the idea of a house party.

Back Cover #2
 The final background will be of the artist lying in a bath of balloons, the writing will be next to the artist and she will be wearing sunglasses to cover her eyes and to create a hungover impression. I will use the same font - 'Colours of Autumn' but in a cyan colour. I will use high exposure to bring out the colour of the bath tub but also the colour of the balloons and sunglasses. A bottle of alcohol will be seen in the shot to again emhasise the party theme. The colour red will be a strong colour in the artwork as it suggests love and lust. High key lighting will be used again to bring out the individual colours of the balloons and bath.

Album Cover

Front cover #1

 I chose to use images of Ke$ha as my artist as she is similar to the artist that I am trying to show in my final production. The cosmic background was used in order to showcase fun and a supernatural element to pop music, which is the genre I am going for - being pop and dance music. The colours for the font does not clash with the background and is clear to the audience who the album is by.

Back Cover #1

 Similarly for the back cover I used a cosmic background and showed the artist in the left hand side of the cover, although the colour of the stage costume is the same colour as the background it does not contrast and appear invisible. I am choosing to use the font in this cover as it reflects my artist as it appears to be a wild font with capital letters and sharp effect. As an improvement I would have to ensure that the cover is the right dimensions of the back cover but also include record label logos.

Front Cover #2

This was my first attempt at photoshop and I chose a simplistic white background and positioned my artist in the centre of the cover and the official logo placed next to her. In order to improve this cover I would use a background and make my photoshopping more defined to ensure that there are no background from the previous picture in the new cover.The picture that I used appeared squashed to the dimension, I would make sure that my photo is big enough to fit the cover.

Back Cover #2 

  I want my cover to feature a trashy like theme therefore the use of glitter fully identifies this, I want my model to have messy hair, the cover to feature a party type theme with bottles on the floor - emphasising that my artist is the party queen. I again used the font in the previous cover as it embodies the theme I am trying to show.

Album Cover Survey

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Album Cover Analysis

 The cover for Britney Spears' new single 'Work B**ch' and the theme throughout the image is Las Vegas - where she will be residing for 2 years. The typography is very modern and spaced out, interestingly her logo of her name has changed throughout her career, this depending on the album or it's theme. You see the main image of Britney Spears dressed in a risque showgirls outfit to fit with the theme, but the use of sex appeal with her chest out could entice the audience to be interested in the song/video - the use of sex sells and appeals to the audience. The backgrounds links with the foreground as it is a dressing room with props like; a harlequin crown, whip, pearls and feather boa. Glitter is used heavily in this cover on the table and mirror to again create a showgirls esque feel with the theme of performance running throughout. High level lighting is used surrounding the mirror to give it more of a professional performer feel, but generally low key lighting is used - high key lighting surrounds Britney to give the impression that she is a superstar performer. 

American singer/songwriter Ke$ha released a remix album titled 'I am the dance commander + I command you to dance: The remix album', the cover of this had heavy influence from her debut album 'Animal' and EP 'Cannibal' as lots of photoshop was used to create a cosmic theme in the background - this emphasises the technicolor element surrounding Ke$ha. The main image is of Ke$ha on a sofa with an inflatable flamingo and sword with the background draped in multicoloured streamers, again the idea of sex sells is used as she is again dressed in risque clothing and has the word 'Party' written on her arm to emphasise the genre and her public image of being a party girl/wild child. The use of glitter is put all around the image to strengthen the party theme but also let the audience identify Ke$ha as one of her trademarks is glitter. Low key lighting is used around the main image but high key lighting is used around the main image to highlight Ke$ha as the main selling point of the album as she is a familiar face to the audience. Ke$ha uses a glitter font for her logo but in this instance it is a simple font but a cyan colour on her name and her lipstick.  

 

 The cover for Katy Perry's sophomore album 'Teenage Dream' features the singer nude on top of clouds made to look like cotton candy - as this was a recurring theme for the album as the booklet and CD were infused with a cotton candy scent. The typography for the album name is stylized to be a candy cane colour and design in order to emphasise the candy theme throughout the album. The soft pink colour of the clouds link in with the genre being a bubblegum pop album and all the songs have a reflection with the cover and it suggests that this album is a magical album - having a strong connection to the Candyland board game and 'Candyfornia'. The  artists name and logo is a red colour which has the connotations of romance and love - which the songs are mainly about love and breakups. As the main image of the cover is a portrait of the artist, high key lighting is used to highlight the artists body and clearly show her body, the nudity relates to the sex sells idea which is why she is nude as this creates controversy and this generates publicity.   

 

Lady Gaga's new album cover for her upcoming project/album ARTPOP features a range of pop art inspired paintings like The Birth Of Venus. The cover was created by America artist Jeff Koons and a design - the blue ball suggesting a metaphor for the Earth - was created specifically for this album cover as Lady Gaga and Jeff Koons now have heavy involvement with each others work. Intertextuality plays a key role in this cover due to the references to Sandro Botticelli and Jeff Koons, but also the Andy Warhol pop art inspiration. The main image is not actually the artist but it is a recreation of the artist by Jeff Koons, the sculpture of Lady Gaga and the ball are iconic to Jeff Koons' work. The use of her body can also be used as a publicity stunt as her hair is placed over her breasts - this again will generate more attention and publicity- the high key lighting emphasises the body . Her logo has changed over the process of her albums with this logo being bold and in a bright pink colour typical to pop art colours. The sculptures eyes are fixed onto the audience to engage them but to also be a main identifier for the album as Lady Gaga is known internationally. 

 

 

  The sophomore album from multi-platinum selling girl group Danity Kane titled 'Welcome To The Dollhouse' features all of the members sat in a white corridor positioned close to each other looking at the camera. The eyes of the members are directly facing the camera in order to engage the audience but to give a sex appeal to contrast with the white clothing which suggests purity. The use of the clothing being bra's and falling down clothes is sexual but also the use of hands on each other has connotations of sex and can appeal more to the male audience - for examples Aubrey's hand is placed on Dawns leg. The use of high key lighting emphasises the purity of the clothing but also can link in with the dollhouse theme of innocence. The logo of the band has never changed and has been a key selling point for the band as this is the identity of the band, the colour scheme changes with the albums in order not to clash with any colours. As the theme is dollhouse the girls represent the dolls living inside, some of the poses show this in order to look like they have been played with by a child - their music does contrast with this idea though for example songs like Striptease & Ecstasy.  

Children's Magazine - Seventeen

Seventeen magazine is the first teen magazine to be sold in the United States, it heavily focussed on making girls become role models in citizenship but has now taken a more fashion and romance approach in order to compete with rival teen magazines. It is aimed at 12-19 year olds as it is a huge gap within the teen market, although its secondary audience can be style conscious early 20 year olds. Often teen idols are put on the cover to fit the age demographic it is trying to appeal too, majority genders that appear on this magazine is females but in some cases teen heartthrobs like One Direction will be put on the magazine to appeal the the girls buying it - this magazine primarily aims itself at females as apposed to males, but some males may buy the magazine if a certain celebrity is on the cover of it. Seventeen magazine has often been criticised for losing its original message of trying to promote female independence and self respect to become a fashion magazine, but also it has been publicly been slandered for its use of photoshop on cover models which it has apologised for. 

The masthead has become a iconic statement within the teen market and the colour of the font often changed to fit a certain style or to not conflict with the background or hair colour. The magazine is priced at $3.99 so it is not expensive for its viewers and is a monthly publication featuring current styles, beauty advice but also relationship advice. The cover lines of the magazine clearly show who the audience is with titles like 'Are you addicted to dude drama?' and 'Fun makeup'. Some people view some of the content as inappropriate for the younger audience as the magazine can be seen to promote certain subjects like weight loss or a striking heading on this magazine of 'Get pretty faster'. Real life stories are also put into the magazine to give it a more sense of reality with shocking stories of real life situations - like 'I was almost kidnapped on my way to school'. The graphics and typography is very bold to the audience and certain words are highlighted to give the magazine the idea that it will help you if you buy it, words like Pretty and Free are highlighted to instantly demand attention but also the '425 fashion tricks' makes the viewer interested in what they are. The main cover line again is aimed at the audience to buy the magazine as it suggests that if you read this 'secret' then you will never have a bad hair day again, the rule of three is seen as you clearly see the triple divide in the format. Plugs are seen on this magazine as apposed to Vogue and Playboy - it says 'Free bracelets' because it will attract people into getting the magazine just to get the bracelet. Although the magazine is not known internationally the magazine has used certain tactics to strengthen the magazines identity - by being the main sponsor for America's Next Top Model but also employing Kendall & Kylie Jenner as West Coast fashion representatives.