Hey! My name is Jamie Brookes and I am a Media Studies student at West Hatch High School. I am very keen of Media and hope to continue discovering the every changing world surrounding it in university and later life. For my A2 course myself and two others, Faye Martin and Elliot Lee must create a music video and digi-pack for a band of our choice. On my blog I will be showing all the research and ideas I have come up with as well as the finished projects themselves and an evaluation summarising everything I have completed during the course. We also have a group blog, were group decisions, discussions and final ideas are kept.

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Album Artwork Analysis - Scouting For Girls - Everybody Wants To Be On TV


I have decided to analysis Scouting for girls second studio album called Everybody wants to be on TV.

The bands name 'Scouting for girls'  is clearly displayed on the top half of the album artwork. The band title is in caps and has evenly spaced letters. I believe they may have wanted to have this style of font as it represents simplicity, it is also not entirely formal as the 'R' is slightly curved. The white font colour is also code for simplicity and purity. I believe this font was used to make the album look fun and unique. The blue backdrop colour behind the band title looks like it is made of paper and has been hand crafted by the band and personally created. The blue colour itself is code for freedom, happiness, fun and clarity. This may represent the characteristics if the members of the band or how they would like their audience to perceive them. The word 'Girls' is significantly larger and bolder than 'Scouting for' as I believe this is what they wanted to catch your attention first. On the 'I' of 'girls' there is a girl dressed in a short red dress and posing. The colour red is code for love and passion, heat and sex. The image immediately catches the buyers attention and matches the band title, Scouting for girls.

The girl is standing on top of an old fashioned TV. These images match the title of the album 'Everybody wants to be on TV'. The album title is inside a yellow star situated to the right of the TV. The star represents importance and significance. The colour yellow represents cheerfulness, warmth and friendliness. I believe Scouting for girls are trying to signify the importance of their album however at the same time does not want the album to look too formal. This is also achieved as the album art looks as though it is torn and hand made.

At the bottom of the album art is the albums song list and their record label logo 'Epic'.

1 comment:

  1. Some decent analysis but do always consider the conventions used and how they relate to the product you intend to create.

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