analysis of ancillary work

overall i am happy with the outcome of my ancillary work as i feel like the cover and advert were good representations of an album cover and an advert of the pop genre. i feel like the album cover would personally really attract me as the photo that i used on the front cover is very striking as the artist is looking directly at the people who are looking at it, this is important as the audience can familiarise themselves with the artists face. also the fact that the artists is not covering her face in the pictures suggest that she is confident, which is an important message to send to the younger target audience that she has as many younger girls have problems with the way they look as they reach a certain age this is the same with my advertisement as i used the same photo. i believe that i use synergy as well as i the photo KAYE  is wearing hoops and a hat which she wears in the video that we shot, helping the audience to make a direct link between the album cover, advertisement and music video.

the back of the album is the back of the artist, i do this to present the idea that KAYE has a different side to her in terms of the music she creates. the fact that the font on the cover is not as bright and eye catching like the typical pop genre album cover suggests that this may attract a wider audience than previously suggested, which was 13-18 year olds, so this may attract an audience of people in their early to mid 20's. i used the back ground from the image that i took as i feel like it gave the whole cover an urban vibe, which also makes it familiar for those who pick it up as London is full of parks with buildings in the back ground also the contrast between the greenery and the buildings also shows the contrast between KAYE'S songs.

the positioning of the words was is very important in an album cover and advertisement, as that should be the first thing that the audience see so that they know who the artist is and what the album is called. i placed my text in the top centre of the cover as i feel like what ever is placed there is the first thing that anyone will look at when looking at an album cover. the font that i used for both the name and album name are very eye-catching and compliment each other well. the name of the artists is a much bigger size as i feel like that is the most important piece of information that the audience need to know so that they can remember her name and tell their friends and family about her :).

one thing that i definitely regret is not taking more photos of the artist in a different style as all my pictures that i chose from where in a similar pose which led me to run out of ideas of what to do with the inside of my album cover as i had such a clear view of what i wanted to do with the outside.