Ancillary Tasks

 This was my initial idea to copy an image of the protagonist and edit the picture but use this focal image as the CD Cover.  I was going to use this image because it had the image of the bars which i tried to us a motif within the music video. It also captured the protagonist with an indifferent look on his face, which also eptimosed the underlying narrative of a demonic and crazed man. I decided that like the footage the image would also be in black and white reflecting the ‘prodigy’s’ influence and general device.

After more research i realised that there wasnt any singles or CD covers that used a face as the dominant feature of advertising a song. I deliberated, and ultimately decided that i shouldnt used this image, even if i wanted my single to look different i realised i had to still follow the conventions of  ‘The Prodigy’

 

I didnt feel that this CD Cover truly captured an feeling of the band Prodigy. I thought because the actual  theme of the music video followed an abstract theme i thought that maybe the CD cover should also be a bit convoluted. However still i didnt feel that the text and images didnt really match or work well together. As much of the work was an experiment i wanted to capture an image that i could define and have meaning to.

 This became the making of a more purposeful idea that also linked the title. I wanted to make the image more surreal and in no time i ended up developing my final product which was…

 The problem with this was that the title was too faint and i had response from another student and my teacher that this needs to stand out more  and shouldnt blend in with the background of the spider. In addition i created a new logo for the band by using a font and style similar to the layout of their website.

   Final

On a superficial level because the title is ‘Firestarter’ this could evoke an image of matches however although this image juxtaposes the lyrics of the song, yet I believe that my image is still justified as it also would be memorable for the audience

CD RELEASE ADVERT.

 

  Through analysing various CD covers and single releases I have found that the images were almost identical. Thus my reasoning for a similar look of my two ancillary tasks. Whilst observing TV adverts promoting new singles and scanning newspapers and the internet I found that CD covers and single releases looked extremely similar. This could be due to the fact that they are promoting a single or album and want the audience to be able to identify the album or CD cover when going into the shop and purchasing it.  When trying to find evidence of this similarity, it became difficult to capture two images of the same album or single cover and show a before and after shot: capturing both the coming soon advertisements and the actual cover. My analysis of this would suggest that when making an ‘out soon’ advert there are only a few technical devices added to promote the CD and can easily be dissembled once the release of the cover is advertised.

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