For my ancillary task I had to create a CD cover- front and back, an insert as well as a magazine promotional poster for the album. Before beginning to create my ancillary task I did research into the conventions of album covers and promotional posters so I knew what I would need to include in my ancillary task. We analysed the front cover of Angie Stone’s- Mahogany Soul. She used a consistent brown/mahogany colour scheme to represent a modest, down to earth vibe or attitude. Although this album is from the Soul genre it greatly influenced our album cover, which is of the Indie genre. We used a similar colour scheme but rather than having the artist as our main image, we used an image of a tree, revealing the down to earth, modest personality of our performer. We also used the same colour scheme in our promotional poster showing a relation between the two.
When creating the back cover to the album, we had to create a list of songs to include on the back cover. Unlike Angie Stone’s- Mahogany Soul we structured our list of songs vertically as opposed to horizontally. Again we did not use an image of our artist, but instead an image of a clock, relating to the album title ‘TIME’. Whereas Angie Stone’s back cover uses an image of herself. The name of our album closely relates to our music video (product) as it explores the themes of missing people and not having enough time together.
When it came to creating our insert and promotional poster I again analysed Angie Stone’s- Mahogany Soul promotional poster. Similarly to her we used the same colour scheme we had been using throughout our ancillary task to show a link between them. Our promotional poster featured the name of the album and artist, the name of the song that we used for our music video, an image of the album and the date it would be released into stores. Likewise Mahogany Soul lists the best selling songs from the album as well as the name of the album and an image of the artist.
Overall we created authentic products in our ancillary task that assist and compliment our music video. We show a clear link between our ancillary task and our music video by featuring the name of the song used in our video on our album and promotional poster. We also used an image of our main performer on our promotional poster and on our insert, thus showing a clear relationship between our music video and our ancillary task.
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