The colour of the
text goes with the atmosphere of the front cover which is quite dark and
simple. It is not a loud colour and it complements the actual album name. The black
background is used so that there is no distraction with anything going on in
the background. Also so we can see the water coming down the glass clearer. It
also gives different interpretations of the way that he is feeling. It’s a
simple album cover that gives a lot of messages like the rain representing his
tears.
 Here the Ps for Passion Pain &Pleasures are merged
together. It has a powerful impact because they are all strong words and when
put together it means that is unbreakable/. The back of the album has the PPP
with special effects, there is more colour which is the only colour that is
seen looking at the CD pack. It stands out and you can see the fire around the
letters more.
At the bottom right corner it has
the record label that the artist is signed to and that is a convention for
music albums.
At the top it has all the songs on
the CD so that when a person is in the store and they are contemplating on
whether or not they want to buy I, they can check if the album has the songs
that they want. Underneath the songs it has the name of the exclusive producers
who made the album which includes the artist.
Ne-yo: Libra Scale
 He’s at the centre which shows that he is the artist and the
people in the background tell the audience that the album is has powerful love
songs. Love songs because Ne-yo is known for singing songs like that.
The name of the artist is bigger than the name of the album
so that it is easier for people to recognise it then they will see the name of
the album underneath it. It’s a different album cover to how other RnB CD front
covers are because the artist’s facial expression is fierce and not sad or
depressed.
 
The cartoon is added to bring some kind of superhero
convention to the album. It has speech so that when the person buys the CD and
look inside they will be entertained by the cartoon whilst listening to the
music on the CD. It doesn’t necessarily match the songs on the album which is
very different to how other artist do there album packs because they always
have the theme of the songs on the CD match with the pictures in the CD pack.
The picture on the back of the album carries on the idea of
the artist being superior and like a superhero as he looks over at the city.
The songs that are on the CD are on the back so that the audience knows what
they are purchasing. The record label ‘DefJam’ and ‘Compund Entertainment’ is
on the left under the list of songs.
He is in cartoon form and he looks like he is dressed in a
formal suit which shows that he is a gentleman as well as wealthy. And his
songs show that.
Usher: Raymond vs Raymond
 
The actual CD doesn’t match the theme of the album because
the dark and mysterious and the CD is blue with floral art going all around it.
The name of the record label is at the bottom of the CD, at the top is has the
logo of the name of the album and underneath is the name of the artist. There are no special effects it is just in
simple writing which most CD’s do. It is very simple.
 The back of the album has the name of the songs on the album
at the top. The picture takes up most of the back which means that the audience
are supposed to focus on that. The picture shows the artist in the middle in
what looks like a church which implies that he is a changed person in the end.
And this album is supposed to symbolise the change that he
has made in his life and that comes across in the pictures and the songs on the
album.
|
MAGAZINE ADVERTS
Ice Cube
The producers are on there because they are quite popular
and they are known for producing good music so the people reading it will want
to buy it for that reason. We will incorporate this on our magazine advert so that the audience will know who is behind the making of the products.
Rick Ross
There is sort of a yellow/gold colour scheme and this connotes the artist as he values money and power. The necklace around his neck also emphasises this too.
The name of the record label is added at the bottom and at
the top left, which could be a promotional method because the person looking at
it will know about the other artist on this label which means that this artist
could also be as good as the rest. It also says ‘Hip Hop’ under the recording
label so that the audience will see that and recognise the genre of music that
this artist represents.
This advert has more promotional methods as it has the three
singles off the album in big black writing so that it is easily noticed by the
people who are reading the magazine. They will recognise the singles and
contemplate on buying the album because if the songs that they know are good,
the rest of the songs on the album could also be good.
In the bottom left it has the Parental Advisory sign so that
the person who is thinking about buying the album will know not to gift it to
anyone that is young or allow them to listen to it. The website is also a crucial part of the advert as the people would know that if they wanted more information then they would go on that website to get it.
The camera is a medium shot of the artist where he is leaning on speakers and the mise-en-scene of him dressed in a tracksuit which
gives away the type of music he does which his hip hop/RnB.
