Textual Analysis - Album Covers

Textual Analysis - Alum Covers

Birdy creates similar music to Gabrielle Aplin (the artists who song I want to use in my video). Her album cover and her videos seem to be carrying the same 'plain and simple' theme, although the lighting on the album cover is alot lighter than the lighting in her videos. She is giving a vacant stare on the cover which implies she is in a deep matter of thought. And the long shot of her shows her fashion style and makes her look small and innocent. This could be relating to her target audience of teenage girls. The image makes the artist look naïve which could relate to her target audience of teenage girls, which in your teen years is when you stereotypically start to experience 'real life'. This could be giving people an insight of what to expect in her music with the 'deep thinking' I believe this is what she was stying to achieve.

This is the back cover of Birdy's album. This is a conventional back cover of an album. It is still in keeping with the front of the album with the 'indie' style, keeping continuity throughout the album cover. Although there is not picture of Birdy on the back it also could be another insight in the simple, minimalistic approach Birdy gives to her music and texts.

Through the front and the back cover of this album I think Birdy had been represented in a couple of different ways. I think with the simplistic way the album is designed emphasises the style of music Birdy creates. I think the mis-en0-scene is a huge factor for this as the clothes she is wearing are all plain and simple, but contemporary with the fashion, which is the style of her music. With the image of Birdy on the front it could be percieved as either showing the 'deeper meaning' behind her music which is what I personally think it does. Or it could be showing her innocence so her target audience are able to relate and confide in her music.

On the album cover that I am going to create I want to make it fairly similar to this album as I want to create the innocent vibe of the artist through the album cover and I think the vancy in her stare helps contribute towards the innocence of the artist.

From doing this piece of research I now have many ideas of what I want on my album cover. I think it is important for the type of artist I am making the album digipak for that some of what I do is very conventional. This is important as although challenging the conventions is a good thing. I think I will do a conventional front cover, using a close up image of the artist, but may create a slightly less conventional back cover.