Development Of Print Artefacts: Album Cover

The original cover for Kate Nash, 'Made Of Bricks':

The original cover for the album features Kate Nash walking along a pathway towards a house; the house looks like a perfect, model house. For this original cover, I see how the words from the title of the album have been put to use, the house has been used to show something that has been 'Made Of Bricks'. However, I had a different idea for the album cover, and as already shown and explained in my work, I have used the title of the album as a theme throughout this promotional package, in particular my music video. I decided that I definately wanted to incorporate some imagery of bricks onto the album cover and I also wanted to tie in a shot from my music video, instead of taking a separate shot for the cover. I therefore used a freeze frame from my music video, which I then edited in Photoshop. The original cover of the album by Kate Nash is very different to the one that I have produced.

Below is the freeze frame from my footage that I developed/edited to create the image for the front of the album cover:

I added a paintbrush/watercolour effect to make the image darker and appear a little smudged. I felt that this effect brought out the different tones in the colour of the bricks, which made them look better. I designed a logo with the name of the artist, and wrote the title of the album underneath. I used the colour red for the text of the title, as I felt red really stood out. I will add a parental advisory logo to the right hand corner of the cover, as some of the songs featured on the album do contain some profanities and it is important on my behalf to maintain responsibility. The logo is there to help parents determine whether or not the content on the album is appropriate for their children.

Below is the edited image of the still that will be used for the album cover:

The outcome of my edited image portrays a darker, edgier version of the still I used. I didn't want everything about the music video and album cover to be exactly the same, so as my video had neutral and bright colours in there, I decided to use darker colours for the album cover. As my chosen artist is quite versatile in terms of the music she creates, (her album contains a variety of pop songs and other songs from different genres, such as Indie; there are a few songs on there that have quite dark lyrics, such as 'Caroline's A Victim'). By choosing to create something with a darker, edgier effect I have then been able to show my artists versatility.