Our finished album cover (stages)

we took a variety of photos, the above photos are the best out of around 30 photos. When it came to deciding wich photo should be on the cover it was a very easy task. The one we did chose in the end was simply better than the rest due to the composition of the photo. By applying the rule of thirds to the photo, it is instantly succsessful. Its a shame about the lighting in the room we were set in. However the way the face is only slightly lit up directs the attention to the sand timer (our main intention) By using the timer as our main focus it can easily relate to the song - Time is running out. We waited a few seconds before taking the photo to allow most of the sand to fall from the timer. I really believe that by focusing on the tiny details it made our cover very succsessful. The facial expression the model is pulling is reallt distressed, this relates to certain lyrics in the song that fans and the audience will pick up on.


The Back: We used another photo taken with the sand timer. This relates to the front and dosent complicate the album. It also makes it a litte more interesting to look at, rather than using a blank block colour. By using photoshop I lowered the opacity of the photo, this way the photo wasn't as harsh and the font is easily read. Again, by applyin the rule of thirds to this photo it left us with enough space to keep the writing, whilst not complicating it too much. By including a copyright stamp this ensures that our ideas will remain our ideas and prevents any other compay from using our photos/words.




INSERT: As our album front and back are quite complicated we wanted to keep the insert relatively simple. By chosing a neutural colour scheme that fits the the colours in the photos on our album it dosent take any attentino away from them. By including quotes from two of the most famous rock magazines it shows our target audience that our product is respectable. We also included lyrics from the song we chose, this will intise the consumer into wanting to open the insert and read and view more of the product.







The image above is the finished Album cover. When creating the album cover we didn't follow the normal conventions of having a photo of the band on the cover. After browsing through old Muse album covers we noticed one similarity, the band were never featured on the cover. Instead of following the standard conventions we decided to stick with the tradition Muse have set for their album covers. We included the crease between the back and front of the album and put the name of the album there, this way its easy to glance at and realise what album it is straight away.