Research on the two additional texts

As well as creating a music video, I also need to create a digipak cover for the singles release and a magazine advertisement for the release of the digipak. In order to create a good cover for the single, I need to look and compare others.


DVD covers

The first cover I looked at is White Lies, simply because I am creating my music video to one of their songs. The image is of three factory towers, which is a location seen in the video for 'Farewell to the fairground'. The image is on black and white, the factory towers stand out the most because they are white, which relates to the band name. The band name dos appear on the cover at top, in the centre.








This album cover is for Razorlight. Also an indie styled band. It is similar to the White Lies cover, because it is also in black and white. However on this cover you can see the band, they are the main attraction to the cover. The name of the band is much bigger and takes up the full space on the top of the cover. Another similarity is that the background stands out because it is white, just like the three white factory towers on White Lies cover. The band members are all wearing similar clothing, skinny jeans and trainers, this idea is to relate to their target audience who will wear similar clothing, it's a stereotypical type.





This album cover for Blink 182 has a different feel to it, it looks like it has handmade products on it. The band name looks like letters cuts out of a magazine and stuck together to create their name. This cover happens to be for a particular single called 'I miss you', which is why it says it in the bottom right corner. The heart in the middle looks like a piece of paper with 'x' on it which symbolise kisses, in rows, which links to the idea of love. Once again like the White Lies the band members do not appear on the cover, maybe this pattern is to hide their identity.




Finally I thought I would look at something different. The album cover for the Beatles. This has been hand made, consisting of images of many famous people of the time. The band name has also been made up by flowers, which appears at the bottom of the cover. This album cover comes across as very different and must have taken a lot of time and effort to make. The Beatles do appear on the cover on the front row of people, I think this is mainly because they were a big hit of their time.



Magazine advertisements



This is an advertisement I found on google, its for The Killers new Cd/DVD of the concert they did at the Royal Albert Hall. In the layout the name of the band stands out the most for me, I think this is important because its makes the audience aware of who the band are and what they are promoting. After the huge image of what appears to be the Royal Albert Hall, it has the text of the bottom which is information on what the CD/DVD features. I think that this is a good advertisement and fits a similar genre to the song I am doing for my music video, therefor is good research.





This advertisement for Elvis Costello does not fit the genre I am doing, however its another way of laying out an advertisement. This is a magazine advertisement for three of his albums and involves pictures of what the albums look like and some further information at the bottom.