Mock up

Front and Back

The front and the back cover of the album may look rather confusing, but it is actually rather simple. The colour theme throughout is a black background. However, i chose the colour black for the background due to the fact that the album is called 'lights' and my theme of lights will stand out immensely on a black background. 

The front

The front of the CD will be simple as a representation, but will be hard to excecute in photoshop. On the top of the cover will be the Artists name 'Leah Rose' in a bright colour which would catch the eye of specificly a female audience. The reason for it being on the top is because it will catch the consumers eye instantly and the focus of the CD cover is to promote our artist. Therefore, the top seems to be the most suitable place to put the artist name for it to be recognised.

Beneath the artists name will be a close up of 'Leah Rose' with her hair down on one side of her face. It will be enlarged to cover most of the front, but will not cover the entire front as i do not intend to overlap the artists name on the face of the artist. The black background will be visible on the side and above the artists picture, but will not be shown below as the picture will not float but will hang off the bottom.

Although the artist name will not overlap the picture, the name of the album will. However, it will not  be placed on her face, but will be placed on the neck area, so her face can be visible. this means that the album name will be closer to the bottom of the cover. The font colour will be multi coloured bright lights, relating to the theme of lights once again. on the bottom right and left corner, there will be light beams, beaming diagonally across the word 'lights', crossing each other like floor lights. also, in the bottom middle under the name of the album will be another two light beams, which will cross diagonally also but in the opposite direction of the corner lights, creating a 'four cross light'. 

On the right side of the artists face will be a large lights, which will hang from the top and come down to the middle of the cover placed in the empty space on the side of the artists face. it will be a sort of disco kind of light, which will bright up in different colours.

The back

The back will keep the same theme of lights on a black background. However, it will be more realistic than using effects as used on the front. as shown on the picture above, there will be trees on the right side and lift side of the back cover. This will cover all the sides and leave space in the centre of the cover for me to be able to write down my track list. The photo of the trees will be taken at south bank, were the trees light up blue at night. This will be easier than the front cover.

The Inside

The inside will be music more simple that the outside panels, The inside will only consist of a picture of Farha, where she is seen blowing something of her hand. I will corner this in the corner of the panel. Another thing that will be inside the panel will be light effect that will surround the whole panel, apart from the area where the CD will be placed. Lastly, it will have text which will have the artist name and album name. There will be nothing else which shows the simplicity of the inside panels. The main idea that i want to come across to the consumer is the theme of bright colours and the recognition of the artist, which i want to prove that it can simply be done. 

The advertisement

Lastly, the advertisement will once again come across as simple. I want this to be simple so it can instantly catch the eye of the audience without any confusion. I will carry out the same theme and idea of simplicity as will be done on the front cover. The theme will be very similar so there will be a sense of synergy. The design of lights will be carried out in this advertisement, and the colour scheme. The only aspect that will differ is the shot type. I will use a medium shot rather than a close up which was used in the front cover. This is to give the audience a different view of the artist and to also fill up the space that will be left on the page.