Proposal

First Album Cover


Front Cover 
My Front cover will contain high key lighting throughout the cover however in the top left hand corner , it will be extremely high key lighting creating the affect that its representing the sun. I chosen to use high key lighting to create the theme of happiness and love also romance.The main image image will contain a close up of a womens face , she  will have a flower headband round her head which will have pink flowers on it to show romance , she will be looking down with netting round her  ear her neck , she will be looking down to give off her innocence and shy feeling , she will be smiling so it creates the classy but cheeky affect.



 Back Cover
For my CD back cover I need to include a long shot of a Woman with white netting round her. She will be sitting down with her legs crossed to the side , both her arms will be touching at the bottom grabbing the netting , which will be all around her , she will be looking down to the right giving off the innocent and classy theme.The lighting will be high key to represent love , happiness  I will have my font in Lucida Calligraphy , I have chosen this font because i feel it will relate to my theme well as it links to the image too.The background will be all white so nothing will detract the attention off the artist.


 Second Album Cover

Front Cover

The main image for my front cover will be a close up of a women looking down to the left with red lipstick on and she will be wearing a black bowlers hat black . There will be high key lighting over half the bottom of her face and then the top half of her face will be in low key lighting which will create the affects of shadows.The main focus will be on the red lipstick as the low key lighting will stop just before her lips . I chosen to use red lipstick as I feel it will create mystery for what the albums about as it can link to many things.

Back Cover 

My back cover main image will be standing horizontal but her face will be facing the camera , she will have a shadow on half of her body and face she will be wearing the same bowlers hat and red lipstick , she will not be smiling just looking deepl into the camera. 

Album Covers Drafts

Front cover , this is my first draft for my album cover i chosen to use the image of Selena Gomez as I feel she gives off the upper-class and classy feeling , also she is very pretty so people get attracted to the cover . Also I chosen this image because her outfit I feel links to the background pattern so the whole cover links together.I decided to use low key lighting for the background so then nothing overwhelms and takes the attraction off my artist also It gives of a sexual for also classy feeling. I used high key lighting on Selena to make her stand out and so you can see her in more detail and it makes her the main focus of the cover. As well as this I decided to chose a mid shot of Selena Gomez so all the focus is on her face nothing else.

 Back cover - This is my back cover for my album I don't feel this a good background because the image and font do not link together . However I chosen to use another mid shot of Selena Gomez so the focus is still all on her body language and her face.The background lighting is high key but plain so it stands out but not too much.I chosen the colour red for the font to create the feeling for love / danger.

This is my second daft front cover for my album , I decided to chose a low key lighting for the background to create a sassy / upper class affect and a romantic feeling. However I chosen to have high key lighting for my artist to make them stand out and be the main focus , also  so her features are more visible .

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Course Work Cd Covers

  The  theme for Taylor's album is red and that is shown in the red lipstick which taylor is wearing.The colour red can link to danger ,death or in fact romance . Romance links to most of her songs as a lot of them are about new romance and heart breaks.They use low key lightening on half of Taylors faces which leads to mystery and curiosity . However even with the low key lightening you can still identify in which who the album belongs to. They use very natural lightening on the other half to make the red stand out more . Also dept of field is how they have made the background blurry and the image and the title stand out . Another interesting aspect is there is no sexual presents where as many album covers use.So then it makes it feel and come across more classy and more elegant making it feel its for the upper class . Another thing in which i find interesting about the album is how its very simple however very effective they have links things together very well.



The cover for Carly Rae Jepsen 'Take A Picture' makes Carly come across in a more sexual way how her eye contact is all on the audience also how she has her hand holding on to her hat, which can come across as a more sexual and trashy way. The colour of the font is red which links well to her wearing red glossy lipstick . Also the colour red normally associates  to love, hate , danger and death . Carly is dressed in a more formal way as she has a black hat on also a black formal blazer on which makes her come as cross as a higher - class person but however this does not link to how she is her standing . The background is a plain photo shopped brick wall you can tell this a brick walls are not normally that bright , i feel the brick wall is a big feature in this as because they use such high lightning it really emphases Carly's face and shows the simple details and makes the title stand out a lot more than if the background was all colourful it would make the viewers eye get distracted and the main focus wouldn't be on her.


Rihanna's single album 'Whats my name' features rihanna in  nude with a piece of netting covering her body . It makes rihanna come across in a very innocent and pretty way . This is shown in how rihanna has the pretty detailed head band on also how she is smiling innocently downwards. The font in which is used for her cover is not formal , its simple but affective as it gives off the effect its very classy and red it a predominant colour , also it can stand more , romance , death , love and danger. The way in which Rihanna is posing is in a very demure way . There is a red theme throughout so you get the sense of Romance , i think this is because of the way she is posing and with what she is wearing. They use very high key lighting to make the audience feel happy  .

                                                                                  The theme for Selena Gomez album is very femanine colours.Giving off the sense she is very modern and classy.
 





                                                                                                                                                             

Women's Magazine - Shape

Shape

Shape Magazine is a women for women and it tells them all the ways they can become healthy and look slim.The masthead is covered by the womens head this shows its a popular and well known magazine and has been around for sometime.The main image is of 3 really skinny women , they use skinny women as most women dreams are to be really skinny and feel amazing plus they use three women which all look different and have different freatures so it shows the audience anyone can look like they can.In one coverline it says '15 seconds to gorgeous sexy hair' they say 15 second because most ladies all wish for there hair to be naturally sexy and easy to do so it gets the women intrigued into reading the magazine.There is no barcode on it this tells us the same people buy the magazine so they already know the price.All the women are making eye contact and are smiling , this is so it makes the reader feel more happy when reading and viewing the magazine also its telling the audience that you can be happy with they way they look its not too hard to look like them.The background is white so it can not distract the readers eye from any writing on the page .

Male Magazine - Men's Health

                             Men's Health

The men's health magazine is all about men and how to be healthy and what the men can do to create a great looking body.The Masthead is covered by the mans head , this is because it is a very well known and popular magazine so they don't need to know the magazine masthead . The main image is of a young man with a great body which implies to the reader if your healthy you should look like this , however everyone knows you don't have to have a good body to be healthy , they use a younger man so the readers want to look and be like him making them want to buy the magazine more. The cover line says " SEX SO GOOD" , so this is trying to imply to the reader the better looking your body is the better the sex life will be. Also another cover line ( puff) says " BEACH MUSCLE NOW! " they put this on the front cover as they know everyone wants to look and feel good on the beach so they know readers will want to see how you can do that , plus they say 'YOUR BEST SUMMER EVER ! " this makes the men think once they become healthier and look good there holidays will become amazing and different to all the other also the use the word "your" so the reader feels the magazine is talking to them and including them. . As well as this they put " THE 15 MINUTE PLAN" this is another misleading coverline as people reading it will think they will become like the main image in only 15 minutes when everyone knows it takes a long time to come health and look better . They say 15 minutes because everyone wants it to be quick and easy rather than a long duration of time.They use an orange colour for masthead because it is a bold colour and it makes it stand out. The font all over the magazine is bold and plain this indicates the magazine is for mid or low class so its easy to read . Another reason I feel it is for either the mid or low class is because its only £3 a month. It is not an expensive magazine its very cheap so the younger lads who are students or people without jobs could pay for it .