Her posture adds character also, she is slightly leaning to the right from the viewers point of view.
She is in the middle of the cover, being the centre of attention; the background is grey and white, simple, and places Pixie in the limelight. Her black top and rose necklace contrast with the background, again ensuring she stands out to the audience. Even thought the writing 'Pixie Lott' is in a white font, matching part of the background, it stands out as it is positioned on her chest, in the middle of the black, red and green colours.
The overall vision of the cover is very eye catching, it i colourful without being busy and portrays an 'innocent' yet cheeky artist.
Katy Perry's 'Waking Up in Vegas' Cd Cover is different from Pixie Lott's. I chose this one because it is a different version of an album cover, it is busy and lively, showing Vegas in the background. This matches our vision for or Cd Cover, as we were aiming to make a bright and bold impression.
Similar to Pixie Lott's video, Katy is in the focus, being the centre of attention also, however, unlike Pixie Lott's cover, there is much more to look at with this one. The view of Vegas behind her adds colour and sets the scene, matching her song choice.
Half way down the cover it splits in two, with a bright pink curtain, again the colour catches the audiences eye, and is extremely loud. Katy is adopting a seducing pose, biting her finger and holding her hand on her hip. This adds character and an element of fun to the cover. The dress she is wearing is plain cream, this used to soften the tone and colour, not making it over busy. Each of these things put together produces a loud and fun cd cover, which definately catches the audiences eye. The font is both pink and white, the pink contrasting with her dress and the white contrasting with the pink curtain, her name also in white. The techniques used to produce this cd cover is brilliant, one of the reasons i chose it being it is perfect if aiming for a busy cover.
This album cover I found very interesting; it features an extreme close up of Lady GaGa. We immediately notice this cover as she is laying horizontal across the front. This attracts our attention as it is different. The background of the cover is plain black, emphasising Lady GaGa, as she is in colour and stands out to the audience. She has her hand up to her head, creating a dramatic look, and again attracting attention to the audience, the pose is different from many poses you normally find on a Cd cover, this simply reflecting Lady GaGa's personality as a whole! She is decorated with dimontes and her skin has been coloures purple and blue with glitter, this definately attracting the female audience, as it looks pretty and colourful. These colours contrast with the black background standing out; she has also got dimontes on her cheek, again looking pretty and an unusual decoration. Her eye makeup is also ratyher decorative adding some fun to the cd cover, the fact that it is silver eye shadow and thick black eye liner matches the background and her dimontes. Her blonde hair also adds something to the final image, mixing all of the colours together. The font is Purple, the same colour as the purple colouring on her skin, these are the specific things that are needed to be thought about before making a cd cover, as every detail counts and is effective.
This Cd cover I was attracted to instantly, it is similar to the others concerning the fact that Rhianna is the centre of attention and the main and in fact only feature on the fron of the cover. However, it is different also, as i have noticed so far the other cd covers that i have analysed are each filled with colour in order to catch the audiences eye and stand out look pretty. Rhiannas 'Good girl gone bad' album cover is the opposite, it attracts people through it's professional and sophisticated look; the cover does not have any colour, it is in black and white.
The background of the cover is black and the space around Rhianna is white as if there is a light around her, (the same thing is used for Pixie Lott's album cover) this allows the viewer to understand that she is the one to be looking at and it is all about her.
Rhianna is in a white dress, matching the colour scheme clevery along with her black hair, although there is no colour it is just as easily spotted as the others, the cd cover is actually very simple yet looks brilliant because of the colour scheme.
Rhiannas positioning ont he front cover is very interesting, it is different and gives a quirky look to it. She is leaning back and has her arms neatly forwards, this makes her also look more slender, this posture i believe attracts the viewer adopting a rather feminine look.
She is looking at the camera, so we beleive she is looking at us, another technique used making it that much more personal, and to make us buy the cd.
The font of her name is in a turqiouse colour contrasting completely standing out a mile to the viewer, the name of the single underneath in simple white.
The overall look of the Cd cover is very effective, and shows how you can attract the viewer not just by colour and loud and busy cd covers, but with style.
Through analysing each of these Cd covers I have gained many ideas as to how I will make my cd, whether it will be loud and attractive or simple and classy. I think each of these covers although having the same principle, are different. They may be similar as each artist is the main aspect of the page, however, each one has done something different creating the same effect; I have learnt a lot about how the veiwer can be drawn in, I liked each of the covers and think they are very effective and cleverly produced. I will use these ideas and take them into consideration when creating my own cd cover, asking my friends also for there opinion on which one they like the most.
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