Ancillary Task

The Poster

We had looked at tour posters in a number of magazines and seen some online, and from this we were able to see that frequently the poster included part of the album cover within it. This was so that the band was easily recognisable by fans. So it was relatively simple to come up with the idea of using the album cover and then adding a dates section on the bottom. We decided to put sold out signs on some of them as this was something that we had seen done on previous posters and so we thought it might make it look more genuine and realistic. As well as this we also included ways in which consumers could purchase their tickets as this was a common feature included in many.

 

I think that me and the group created this poster effectively and that it is a likely product that could be used to promote the band. This is due to it being simple yet containing symbols that represent what the band is about.

 

 

The album cover

The front cover for the album was simply the four animal masks. This linked the album with the music video that we had created, due to us using the masks in that. By doing this we created some continuity between the bands products which would make it instantly recognisable for fans.

The back cover was improtant for us to display the songs that were on the album. We already knew this from the majority of other album that we had seen. This allows the consumer to know what tracks are on the CD. We decided that this should be simple like the band are (due to it being just them and their instruments) however i think that the consistent use of the font made this effective.

 

The inside right cover was simply the name of the song that we had created the music cover for. This was due to it being the main song on the album and therefore the one that we would want to promote the most.

 

Ancillary task shoot

For the ancillary task we had to create an album cover and a tour poster for the band. This meant that we had to go and shoot some pictures that could be used. So that the band was recognisable we thought it best to create some sort of link between the ancillary task and the music video.
After doing some research on existing album covers, for both the band and similar artists we came up with a list of possible idea that we could use. Immediately as a group we came up with the idea of having the four different animal masks on the front cover of the album. From this we then decided that is may be quite unusual to have to backs of the animal heads on the back cover. The only issue was trying to shoot this. However with Desiree being in our production team and being a creative person she was able to photograph each one of the masks with help from me and Lauren when it came to sorting out the lighting. This was a great way to incorporate all of our skills into creating the best album cover that we could.