Back Cover Composition Ideas

 

Here are various back cover composition ideas of the position that conventions of the cover could possibly be placed.

Back of Album Cover Analysed

Here is the back of a Beyonce album. As you can see this cover simply follows all the expected conventions of an album back. Those conventions being a main image spread across the whole album with a colour scheme continuing the image onto the spine. A contrasting bold clear font has been used for the Artist name and song titles so the audience know what to expect to hear on the album. The way Beyonce has presented this is a bit different to what you usually see but still contains the convention. Instead of having the album name as the title on the back of the case she has her own name which doesn't break the conventions as some albums have neither of these features on the back it is just something you don't see as much. Following on from that she has a barcode that is needed on all albums for sale, her record label log and other company logos that she has worked with to produce the album and also information about copyright and production laws for her own rights.

Two Front Cover Ideas

On photoshop I have created the front cover of my digipak which contains an iconic conventional main image of the artist. I have include the artists name and also the album title, both in the same font but the artist name noticeably larger to form structure, and to show the difference in importance. I have also include a parental advisory logo as the artists music contains explicit language and by law this has to be shown. The theme of the image matches the song title 'teleport 2 me' showing a sense of space. The reason I have created two covers with only one difference, one has a blurred effect and one without. On the completion of my digipak I will chose my final cover.

Front Cover Composition Ideas

 

 

 

Here are various different compositions of how my cd front cover could be presented.

Analysis

Here is an album cover for the band Nirvana. The conventions of this album cover follows that of all expected albums. The main image is not an image of the band but an iconic commercially funny picture of a naked baby that because its funny will stick in the mind of not only Nirvana fans but other audiences too. It will create conversation and gain a lot of publicity making that album a bigger success. Because of this aimed focal point the titles have been kept small, Nirvana being the recognized iconic font they're known for and then the album title in a wave font style linking it to the mise en scene of the image being based in water. It is a very simple yet effective album cover that is still recognised iconically to Nirvana today due to the comical aspects.

My Record Label

Lacuna was one of my chosen song titles that I decided in one of my recent posts. When thinking of a name for my record label I looked I decided that Lacuna sounded quite interesting for the name of a label so I looked into the definition to see if it would fit well.

"Lacuna: an unfilled space; a gap" - with this definition I decided that the missing gap of 'Lacuna Records' would be filled by each individual artist that is a part of the label so the meaning behind the names works very well. 'The music artist.. filled a Lacuna in the music industry'.

 

Record Labels

 

 

A record label is a brand/trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. These are the logos of some existing record labels: Song Music Entertainment, Islands and Def Jam Recordings, XL Recordings and Good Music. As you can see the contrasting colour of black and white are the prodominant colours that seem to appear as a convention for label logos. These colours work well as they are bold, clear and easy to notice when combined with the other conventions of an CD digipak. Some, such as the image above most clearly, incorporate image or stencil into their design to make it more iconic and rememberable to the audience. The designs also create a geometric shape which makes them easier to be placed in the corner or centre of a digipak/CD whilst making it look professional and well structured.