Existing Digipacks.

Sophie Barber

Take That- Album Covers

Take That- Single Covers

Take That- Website

Take That- Posters and overall analysis

All the previous images all relate to each other. “The Circus” album and

tour poster all have similar imagery on them. This is good because an audience

would recognise it as Take That and that album. The imagery on these

posters and CDs are all related to the title of their new release, with them

doing things that things that are typical of a circus.

The previous album and singles also relate to each other as the imagery is similar. The four of them are walking together and it is them four that are recognised for the band. As this was

their comeback album it seems fitting for them to all be walking together as it gives the impression there coming back

together and walking towards something that could be successful

again.

Kasabian- Album Covers

Kasabian UK

Website- Imagery

matches that of

new album.

Kasabian- Poster and

analysis

The three albums and the poster to the left all have something in common. The font never changes on things that relate

to Kasabian, it is on every album and poster so that people recognise it as them. This is effective as fans and

audiences get to know certain bands by images or fonts and this works well with

Kasabian.

The album is effective as it is called “Empire” and the imagery is a like a King

from a pack of cards and Kings are sometimes related to Empires, also the image looks similar to Jesus which also could be related to Empires. The first

album called “Kasabian” is black with a strange image on the front which looks a bit mysterious. This is effective with being a first album as people do not know what to expect and this gives nothing away and makes people wonder more. The third one

has an image of the band on there but again is a bit different and would make

the audience wonder.

The picture to the right is a picture I

took myself when at an oasis concert as

The Enemy were one of the support acts. It again shows the band

name in the same font they use on their albums and for their

band image.

These two images on the

left and right are the front covers of two albums from the band The Enemy.

They both have a similar colour scene and the

same font, building up a recognisable image of the

band.

This is an image taken from their website. It shows

again how the band have used similar features that are recognisable to

them.

These are two singles from their new album, both again similar to the

album covers and other media items of theirs.

A popular poster of the

band.

All of the bands product represent

each other. They are all similar in colour, font type and genre.

With most things being greyscale or dark it gives the

impression of mystery of the band.

The Enemy are a popular indie band that a lot of people

like and these covers are effective not to give to much away.

U2 Album Covers

U2 Tour

Posters and

website home

page.

U2 Single covers

from different

albums.All the U2 products tend to

have the band members

across them all apart from

their new album. The single

covers also do the same. It is

only the new album “No Line

on the Horiczon” that does

not show the band on the

cover however the back does.

This is a common trend

across the products, as well

as their titles which are

similar to each other. This is

good as the band are well

recognised across the world

and their imagery helps to

identify them a lot better and

helps in their success. The

newer products are much

more modern and effective as

they are uncoventional to

what the band have usually

had as imagery and titles.

Conclusion

From researching existing products I have found that many bands imagery is the same across a range of their products. This can be effective to recognise a certain band and to

build up a imagery for them so they are more successful in the industry. When designing

my own cover and poster I shall use the techniques and what I have found in these to make sure my work is effective enough for an audience, taking in to consideration the genre

of music and artist style.