Online Research - Jessica Daykin

The cover tells us that the people on the cover are the band and that this is their album, but the way they are dressed an styled gives an indication into what sort of music genre that they fall into which is a rock/indie band. This is supported by the colours that they use which is; the black and white image with the red font.

The cover for this album uses a simple font, which is a contrast to the image that we see which is unusual. This gives an idea that the music might be a bit different to music that we are used to hearing.

The album shows the conventions of a pop album, as the main focus of the cover is the singer herself. Even though she uses red wording to highlight her name, she also uses a pink wording to highlight the title of the album.

Emeli Sandé’s album it uses an image of her, to show that it’s just her singing on the album however it’s taken in black and white which perhaps represents simplicity.

Ronan Keating’s album cover again like before it’s an image of him to show that he is the main focus of the album, yet there is also the added imagery of flames to link in with the title of the album.

Plan B’s album it clearly states the name of the album in the middle with an image of Pan B at the bottom. The way he sits and the actions he showing gives an idea of the music that’s on the album.

Paloma Faith’s album cover the image is of her but is shown in an unusual way to portray what sort of artist she is.

Mark Knopfler the album cover shows a van in a forest, which doesn’t give much of an indication to what music genre his album is.

Of Monsters and Men album cover shows a person on a beach, everything about this cover is simplistic and not to extreme, so it has no conventions of a pop artists album but it might fall in the indie genre.

Scouting for Girls their album cover relates to the title of the album itself ‘The Light Between Us’ because it has two hands, coming together to form a heart shape with the sun light streaming through gap which is what the albums title is saying.