This first cover is the one that links directly to the 'waking up in Vegas ' song as its the single of the song and it has direct links to the music video as it plays on the poker image and gambling image that follows the Las Vegas style also the dice that are on the CD cover they are used in the video itself, the cover also shows her which shows there is a direct link to the artist and the music and also to show its her music and no one else's. Its also bright. glittery and colourful to attract attention but also again to link to the song title and its image to appeal to her audience, also it very modern looking as well as it hows her own personal characteristics as its bold and different but shows a image of women and gambling which isn't normally associated with a woman seen as a mans game showing she is rebelling against the normalities and when women are associated with poker and Vegas its normally show girls instead of actually playing the game showing times have changed and is giving a positive view of women and for women.
Overall all the CD covers are linked together as they all have the same font style which seems to be common with other research I have carried out, it directly links artist to this music to let you know who the artist is but to show its their own music and then it can give an audience some sort of idea what the music will like from previous other music. The font style is almost used as a logo on the CD covers as its the exact same on all of them and only the colour changes to fit in with background etc to show its almost a label for this artist to show that music and the album is theirs so the music is their own and its something that would appear on other merchandise to relate back to the artist.
The pictures used on the 'one of the boys' and thinking for you' are of a 1960's feel to the as they have vintage 1960's clothing to show she is different from modern music she is her own artist with different characteristics , but also by using the 60's image it what a time of change for women and again giving a positive image for women. This can also be said for the Vegas CD cover as it has a old 1960's image again with the dress she is wearing but it has a modern spin on it and this can said for the ' California girls' CD cover as it uses 1960's California font style but also the clothing is old bathing suit with a spin on it to appeal to a modern audience and its almost like an old postcard image as well to fit in with California image. Another feature to point our it has her on all of them but on the covers she is shown to be an attractive young woman and they are all posed to show she is trying to still in conventions of other covers and artist but trying to show with the outfits and colours she is different from the rest.
The titles of the CD covers are shown in the images used as the California one is shown to have sun, its on a beach and she is in a swimsuit to show the location through the image to have a link to title and the location used.'Thinking of you' shows a woman upset and in thinking pose to link to the title but also the music on the disc as it can been seen as a said song and the emotion is shown on the cover. 'One of the boys' shows all pink and fluffy things which are stereotypically a female image and she making fun of it as it shows nature and garden as well and shows the artist is fighting the female stereotypes which is shown in the 'Waking up in Vegas'. The last cover is the Vegas style one to show that the title influenced what was put on the cover as its all the poker and gambling image which is related to Vegas and glitter effects shows the glamorous style of Vegas.
These CD covers have given some ideas for my own product as it shows that the title can influence what goes on it, but also that you can be as creative as you want to be with the colours and style to show some personality.
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