Mock Ups: PLANNING

CD cover mock ups:

This is an example of some of the mock ups which we created during the drafting process of the CD Cover and Inlay.








This is an example of the use of different fonts to put on the front cover before we finally decided which one to choose.






Reflection of draft mock ups
We have created some draft mock ups of the CD cover, titled 'addicted2 hardcore', which will feauture our artist and song. This will enable Sublime to be 'created' as a well known hardcore artist. ‘Sublime’ will be placed alongside other prolific artists within the hardcore scene, such as 'Darren styles' and 'DJ Hixxy'. This will clearly convey the genre of music to the audience and in this way we will be following typical conventions of the dance/hardcore genre.

The drafts which so far have been created are aesthetically pleasing, but there are still small aspects which can be improved. We will now try out different colour themes and images to make these improvements. From our research, we discovered the use of different colour schemes is frequent of the hardcore genre and this is another way which we will follow the typical codes and conventions of the dance/hardcore genre.

Ideas
1.’Addicted2 hardcore 3' may have a blue/pink colour theme
2. Previous albums may use a green/purple colour scheme. These very bright colors were a typical convention of the dance/hardcore genre and this helps represent the dance/hardcore genre to the audience
• An event which could be advertised within the CD cover, ‘Addicted2 hardcore’ could be a ‘Raverbaby’ event, because of the record label 'Raverbaby'.

The pictures we have chosen are very suited to the dance/hardcore genre. They use the stock settings of dance/hardcore, which is a club. Within the CD cover, there is a strobe/neon light which conveys the feeling of night life to the audience. The position of the character and body language used is set a dance pose, which also relates to the dance/hardcore genre.

The costume used; a whistle and ‘rave’ gloves, which helps portray the genre of music to the audience and was part of the conventional costume we discovered was typical of the dance/hardcore genre.