Album Cover Shots

We've had two photoshoots with Liv in the Seward Studio and have got some good photos for our ancillary texts - the album cover and website.

These are the photos we've decided to use for our album cover;

This picture is an establishing shot of our artist - it has a direct address to the audience and is instantly eye grabbing. This photo is being used as the front cover for our album as when it is on the shelves it will grab audience attention. The shot is slightly sexual as she is biting her necklace and half her face is covered by her hair suggesting promiscuity - this will attract males. As this is the artists debut album, it is important that her identity it established and she will be recognisable to her audience in future, and this shot achieves that.

This is the shot we have decided to use for the inside cover of the album. I had the idea that we could use one wide shot for both inside panels as it goes against conventions of using the two panels individually with separate shots. This image will be split in two, with Lexi on one side and her shadow on the other - we also had the idea to use the image of the bird that is on her jumper as a visual motif for the artist. To achieve synergy and establish this as her motif, we are probably going to use a silhouette of the bird on the right hand side next to her shadow, as if the bird is flying off.

This is the image we've decided to have on the back cover of the album. It is a mid-shot of Lexi and is not a direct address to the audience. The artist is looking to the side and on the album this is where the track listing will be. We thought this was a quirky idea for the back cover as if she is looking at her tracks. The visual motif of the bird is continued on the back as she is wearing the same jumper.