Feedback From Questionnaire

FEEDBACK 

50% of the people who took the questionnaire were 15-24, the rest of the ages varied, this then allowed me to pick an audience in which the images would be more suitable for.

 75% of my audience were female, this then gave me an idea in which colours which would be more suitable to use. 

the results for how much someone would be willing to pay was 50/50 half said £6-£9 and the other said £10-14, there fore i will put my album at the price of £9. 

100% of the people in the questionnaire said they tend to buy pop music so i will do one of my CD covers in the genre of pop and to vary it 66% of the people who took the questionnaire said they listen to Indie Pop, therefore my second cover will be in this genre to demonstrate different styles.

100% of the people said they took the questionnaire said the buy albums for the artist or band, others said because of live covers or a song they particularly like are on the album. 

75% of the people who took the questionnaire said they tend to buy a solo artists album over a bands, this allowed me to make the choice i will do solo artists. 60% of the people also said they buy an album every 3-4 months. 

80% of the people also said that the normally buy albums from a retailer, this means that the album cover and back has to look appealing to the correct audience. 

50% also said they enjoy reading and viewing the pictures inside the albums insert. 

70% said they read the list of songs on the back before actually purchasing the album, this means the songs have to be related to the same style in which the artist is, and the back cover also has too look appealing to the target audience. 

Questionnaire Link 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MLMV9NX 

Textual Analysis - Life For Rent

Dido - Life For rent

Front:
- photo taken in a natural environment
- photo in black and white
- name of artist in bold bright text in comparison to photo
- photo uses high key lighting
- album title in smaller text, but still in btight colour so obvious to the buyer
- causal clothing - apeals to a wider audience
- soci-economic scale = D's - B's

Back:
- black and white photo to carry on with theme from front
- most text is in red, also carries on with the theme of the bright colour
- barcode, copy rights, producers and logos, all pushed to the side so main focus is photograph and the text
- list of songs are small in comparison to photo of singer
- high-key but false lighting, this suggests studio set up 
-clothes in this photo show strong sexuality too appeal to wider audience 

Insert: 
- plain back ground so lyrics stand out 
- double page shows on side with lyrics and other side mounted with a collection of photographs
- photographs again continue with the black and white photograph theme

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Textual Analysis - Loud

Rihanna - Loud 

Front: 

- close up image of face, takes up all of front cover

- name of album clearly stated

- no name of artist as she is easily recognised

- use of photoshop and studio set up

- editing also used

- high key lighting showing a happy and upbeat feel of music

- soci-economic scale = D's - C1's

Back:

-  a differnet picture of the artist on the back to make the album personal, showing a stong sexuality (full length - long shot)

-  list of songs on the right, in a light colour

- barcoded at the top

- list of producers used

- social networking sites also used

- copyright in small print

- has date and year of release

Inserts:

- double page of photos ( three dubbed into one) - use of photoshop

- have inspirational texts

- lyrics blended into the photo's

- a photo on every page

Textual Analysis - Performance And Cocktails

Stereophonics - Performance and cocktails 

Front:
-large photo takes up all of cover
- title of band in bold 
- photo not set up in studio, real life image
- has a label on the shows the singles that people way know 
- image in black and white showing emotion
- natural high key lighting
- soci-economic scale = C2-B 

Back: 
- continued photo from the front
- list of songs - pushed to the side
- barcoded at the top
- social networking sites at top with the barcode
- year of release 
- logos at the bottom
- copy right at the bottom
- publishers at the bottom 
- all text in small writing 

Insert: 
- lyrics to every song
- has dedications to people who took the photos
- tells us who does what in the band 
- has message of thanks in the back 
- has a dedication page 'for..' 
- double page of photo
-has where and when the song was written 
- has information about tour dates

Textual Analysis - Lungs

Florence and the Machine - Lungs

Front: 

- has reference to the title within the image

- band title at the top 

- dark background to bring out picture

- title of album faded into background

- main member of band on photo 

- photoshopped background

- border around

Back: 

- Picture of lungs on the back (shows reference with the title of the album 

- list of songs, all in 'floaty' writing

- boarder around the back (too match the front) 

- barcoded 

- social networking sites

- copy rights 

- logos

- producers

Insert: 

- info about the tracks 

- has a picture of every page 

-  carries on the theme with the black and white background, white border and writing all carried on throughout the album.