2. CD COVER CONVENTIONS:
Main Focus:
Genre
Lettering / Font style and
sizes
Image
Stars/Icon
Representation
Audience
3. Analysing CD covers-
Front Cover-
The font style of the name
of the artist and album
name is the same font and
size. The font style is quite
Artists full name
traditional gothic which
reflects the side of the
Album Name album its on referring to
the face of the artist being
half human , half artistic
robot – ‘ BI – ON – IC’ ; this
looks almost like a science
equation which reflects the
genre of the
The image is very conventional a
CD cover , the star is very
airbrushed and inspirational to the
audience it is aiming for. This
image is also very different to any
other and has a non symmetrical
face which relates and contributes
to the theme of the music and the
album name “ BI-ON-IC’.
4. SIMILAR TO MY OWN IDEAS-
Once researching the conventions of the cd cover I decided on
having a cd cover similar to those above. I preferred this because
its quite simple , the star are in action instead of just a head shot
and its not too busy and just has the name of the album and
artist written simply on the cd front cover.
5. POSTERS
Main Focus –
Name of the artist
Picture of the artist
Few songs featuring
Album name
Date released
6. Analysing Posters-
This isn't the usual product
for advertising a new
album because it doesn't
have the stars on the front
, this is what I like about
this poster as its very
different to the others and
shows the band is a very
Bands full name unique taste from just
looking at the poster. ‘ THE
Album name KILLERS’ is the font used
on every one of their
products creating brand
This poster has all the main identity.
points of the conventions
of a poster , the album
name , bands name
, featuring singles , date of
release and an added extra
on this poster is a website
in which you would
probably be able to buy the
album being advertised.