Ancillary Task 1 - Digipak - Genre Conventions

Genre conventions


To help get an understanding of artwork and designs from the Indie genre, I looked at the following three album covers:

 The first thing we notice is the image of the artist (Jamie T). He is positioned slightly to the right of the cover and is turned away from the camera, making him seem like he is shying away from everyone. The colours in the image are quite dull, there all dark greens, black and browns. This fits in with the 'indie' theme well - away from the mainstream/limelight. As you can see the cover is set in some type of pub, as there are bottles of beer in the background, again fitting in with the typical indie theme. The name of the album/singe stands out as its in green against a white background, the same as his name, which is in black. 

I think the way the album name and the artist name against the white background is good because it stands out as there in red and black and makes the album eye catching. The image is in black and white, giving it no particular time scale, and making it look quite simple and mysterious in a way and the band are all playing with guitars so it fits in with the indie type theme. I like the way the band are positioned, as you can see all of the members and its quite an unusual way to position them.

Again, this album cover is in black and white, giving it a timeless quality, makes it look gritty and rough and making it seem mysterious. The title sort of blends in with the background but still stands out as its black on a white background. The title is positioned to the left of the album cover so you can see the entrance of the alley way. They image itself is of some sort of alley way, which looks rough and like its in a poor part of a town. There is graffiti on the door on the left, which makes it look even more rough. I really like this album cover, even though it is quite simple and doesn't show an image of the artists.