Album Cover Research

After we'd started filming the video, i started to conduct research into album covers for the digi-pack, i started to gather images of different band's covers that remained within the same genres/sub genres that Biffy Clyro sit within and got some Biffy Clyro covers too. I gathered all of the images and put them into a collage to display the range of styles we can take ideas from.

I then went on to pick individual covers and analyse them, and make annotations on the covers. All of the album covers fitted within the rule of thirds, which helps sections of the cover stand out and shine through. So when we would set up the shots for the cover, we knew that we were going to stick to rule of thirds and stand where the lines would be. Then when we layer up the titles and other logos, they would stand out on the cover and not be in random unnecessary places.

From analysing the covers, i gathered ideas on house styles and how the cover needs to have some common theme to it, that exists between adverts, front and back cover. This is evident on pretty much any album cover ever created so we need to have a house style. We will be sure to establish this over all the segments of the project including the titles in the video too.

Here are the images of the physical planning i did for this section.