Year 9 Media Studies

CD Cover Activity Now that you've completed research into existing CD Album covers, choose a music artist that you like and create the CD cover artwork for a new release. Even though most people stream music the artwork is still very important. You need to invent the title of the album and decide on the style of CD cover you are going to make.    TASK 1 - Create a mood-board of at least 30 images which reflect your chosen artist. Use word or publisher to do this. TASK 2 - Think about how you want your artist to be represented. Underneath your mood-board, explain how and why you will represent your artist. What did you find from your mood-board that you will include in your work and how will you do this? TASK 3 - Begin designing your CD cover using the checklist below  Choose THREE colours. One for the background, one for the name of your artist and one for the name of your album. Put these onto a word document and explain why you have chosen these colour

Your task is to research CD cover/ album (vinyl) cover art. Pick three or four music artists that you like and research the artwork (only album cover art is permitted) that accompanies their musical releases.  Google the artists name and look for their discography on wikipedia. Save examples of their work and make a document that displays them effectively. Answer the following questions for each piece of artwork: What works best about the image that has been selected? Why has that particular image been selected and what is effective about it? How is the artist being represented in the artwork? What colours (colour palette) have been used? What effect do the colours have on the overall piece of artwork? What type of font has been used?  What is so effective about the fonts chosen? How would you make the cover better? Artwork for Tyler, The Creator's solo albums