1. Album Cover Analysis:Sonic Youth The Eternal - When looking
for ideas tocome up with my own Digi-Pak design, I decided thebest
option would be to look at other artist covers whichhave a similar
style of music to the song I have chosen.So by typing in
alternative album covers, the first onethat caught my eye was this
one by Sonic Youth. Itimmediately reminded me of one of the first
shots Ifilmed, which was of blood that was dripping into thesink
hole in a circle. It is one of my favourite screengrabs because the
deep red contrasting against thewhiteness of the sink makes it look
more vibrant andshocking. As well as this I feel like it makes the
viewerquestion what it means, why it is there and whose bloodit is.
I feel like this album cover does the same, inchallenging those
questions. The other aspects that I likeabout it is the red mass,
has been painted on, whichgives it more texture, as well as deeper
reds andcrimsons being used, which gives it a 3-d effect. Using
white on the side, helps to give contrast and adds apink colour
into the mix creating even more depth. The fact that the in the
left hand corner there is asignature of who created the art work,
shows it is something of personal significance to the band. It
couldrepresentative of a deep emotion or mood, due to the colours,
shape and messy brush strokes. I also likethe two block lines at
the top and bottom of the cover which again has the band name and
song printed onin white in contrast. This reminds me of when you go
to watch a film at the cinema and it shown as a stripacross the
middle. Again this could be representative of a moment in the bands
life that may have feltsurreal. I think if I were to use the shot
similar to this in my Digi-Pak I would put it where the CD is meant
tobe placed, because it is a circular shape.Nautical Mile Chasing
Shadows - This was the secondalbum cover that I found. The first
thing that caught myeye about this, was the fact that shown from a
point ofview shot, and with the side and tiles going into the
backwall which gives a 3-d effect, like you can fall into
thepicture and be there. The hygiene and layout of thebathroom
displayed on the cover is quite grimy and grittywith dirty tiles
and debris on the floor, which I likebecause it could be reflective
of the music this bandplays. As my music video is quite gritty I
would like todisplay something similar or disturbing like this on
myDigi-Pak like a subliminal message. It also shows a lack
ofneglect