Ancillary Tasks-Inspiration

After completing our music video, we then moved on to considering our ancillary tasks, a magazine advert and the album artwork for our band. To start off we looked at the album artwork of the actual band itself to see what sort of image the band were trying to portray through their album.

Below are a few images of "The New Town Centres" album covers.

 

These two album covers are variations of the same album, i personally think that the cover below is a more obvious attempt at image portrayal that the cover above; the pinstripe suit and lapel shown in the image are indicative of a smartly dressed, well educated "smooth"  and cool character- one that a potential audience would aspire to be like. I also liked the green sepia effect over the image which gives the cover a "vintage appeal" this may connote that the band are aiming their music at either an older audience or a niche audience with interests in a more retro style of music. In this case "Rockabilly". 

However, the backwards lettering and distinct font in the cover above also connotes a more niche audience and a band aiming to create an individual, creative image that an audience would recognise, like a trademark (not unlike the funky lettering "The Sex Pistols" are so well known for.) The "rough and ready" appearance of the background of the image also connotes a retro/vintage and well worn music genre.