Sunday, September 18, 2011

Album Art- the codes and conventions involved

Okay so after researching a bit, here are the codes and conventions I came across:

1- The album art is supposed to represent the main theme/song of the album (for example Linkin Park's- a thousand suns) or the band effectively.


Here is Linkin Park- A Thousand Suns' album cover:




And here is the album cover's backside:







2- It's aim is to draw the target audience' attention by employing techniques like vibrant colors or text which will manage to address them.

3- It is meant to establish the album and artist/artists' name, along with their produced style or genre of music.

4-It should have persuasive elements like a promotional offer to attract the audience to a greater extent.

5- It should be creative in approach using imagery through text and a few artistic elements.

6- Lyrics should be included on the album's back cover along with other necessities like price, band name, list of songs in the album, genre, etc.

Here is the Linkin Park-A Thousand Sun's CD:




*Note: All these pictures have been picked from Google whose rights are therefore reserved on them.

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