My ancillary tasks are a CD Cover and a Poster
I started to research my ancillary task (CD Cover)
Adele CD Covers
She has only had two album covers, as she is a fairly new artist. But she has released a few more singles. However at this point Adele - Someone like you, hasnt been released as a single, but there is a clear pattern with her single CD Covers.
Singles from 19.
The Album covers and the single covers keep similar elements, the font, and positioning of writing, all the singles from 19 have her name, and then the name of the single underneath. She wears minimal make - up in all her CD Covers, and she always wears black, black can be worn to hide things or to not be seen or stand out, black can also be seen as a powerful colour but also a negative one, most of her songs on the album 19 are about finding love or losing love. The only different single cover is "hometown glory", which is about her and her hometown, its still about love as she is expressing the love she has for her hometown. The location is differnet from every other album and single cover, however the costume, and expression are relatively the same.
The Album covers and the single covers keep similar elements, the font, and positioning of writing, all the singles from 19 have her name, and then the name of the single underneath. She wears minimal make - up in all her CD Covers, and she always wears black,21.
Agsain 21 keeps similar conventions including the font and camera angle they are both a close up, this could indicate this album is more personal, also because she wears less make-up. Its also in black and white, she also wears black again, there isnt too much change in her new album from her old one. In both CD Covers she doesnt look at the camera, wearing dark colours and not making eye contact can give the impression you have something to hide.
Not all soul artists albums are like this, and so I had to compare.
I chose 4 soul female artists album covers to compare with Adele's.
Ledisi "Lost & Found"
This is a Ledisi a soul artists, her music is a little more upbeat than Adele's however her album cover is very similar, its a close up shot of her looking up, again not making eye contact, this look can be seen as spiritual, as a lot of soul music is. The empty street behind her suggests mystery, as it could be anywhere in the world, her album name fits well with her images, as she looks as if she is looking up for something, and her location is a mystery.
This is completly different from Adele's album cover, it is bright colourful and the artist is making eye contact, and she is smiling. This gives the idea that this album is very uplifting and happy. She has an instrument which makes her look more independent and natural, as if its just her and her guitar on this album. The clothes which are yellow and orange connote sunshine, summer it grabs peoples attention but it can be overpowering which is maybe what Adele wanted to stay clear from. But then the colour green connotes natural things, her location looks natural and humble, green is often a colour associated with relaxation.
This is a very simple album cover, she is standing straight looking straight ahead, making eye contact, this image is more of a pose. Her full fromtal pose could connote she is bearing all, her album is called 100% and suggests its all of her, the white background signifies purity and its neutral, however white makes other things stand out. Her image and album name fit well together. She could be showing herself 100% not hiding anything which is why she stands infront of a white background.
Joss Stone "Introducing Joss Stone"
Joss Stone is featured facing backwards with a 1970's style painting on her back, her hair is red, as is the writing which is also a 1970's style font. She is again against a white background, which again makes her stand out, and suggests purity and someone who isnt trying to hide or blend in. She isnt looking in the direction or even looking into the camera but she is giving a cheeky look over her shoulder, this is a rare album cover from a soul artist as they dont often flaunt their bodies, or try to look sexy. Adele definetly doesnt do this, although she looks pretty she has an innocence about it, but Joss Stone is using the classic look over the shoulder, which is known as a sexy, cheeky intising look.
With differences in poses, and colours and mise en scene, its clear that all styles are different the most similar style to Adele, is Ledisi, although there music isnt too similar. Maybe the other artists are trying to attract a different audience, as I was using a black actress I knew that my music video would not attract the exact same audience as Adele's usual music videos, and so if im thinking about sales I would need to makesure I didnt change everything completly, so I decided to look into Adele's CD Covers a little more I would base my album cover on them making sure I tried something different, by breaking common conventions. I have drawn up a draft CD Cover which will just show the back and front page, to give myself direction.
Joss Stone is featured facing backwards with a 1970's style painting on her back, her hair is red, as is the writing which is also a 1970's style font. She is again against a white background, which again makes her stand out, and suggests purity and someone who isnt trying to hide or blend in. She isnt looking in the direction or even looking into the camera but she is giving a cheeky look over her shoulder, this is a rare album cover from a soul artist as they dont often flaunt their bodies, or try to look sexy. Adele definetly doesnt do this, although she looks pretty she has an innocence about it, but Joss Stone is using the classic look over the shoulder, which is known as a sexy, cheeky intising look.
With differences in poses, and colours and mise en scene, its clear that all styles are different the most similar style to Adele, is Ledisi, although there music isnt too similar. Maybe the other artists are trying to attract a different audience, as I was using a black actress I knew that my music video would not attract the exact same audience as Adele's usual music videos, and so if im thinking about sales I would need to makesure I didnt change everything completly, so I decided to look into Adele's CD Covers a little more I would base my album cover on them making sure I tried something different, by breaking common conventions. I have drawn up a draft CD Cover which will just show the back and front page, to give myself direction.
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