Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Album Cover Initial Ideas


We firstly decided to put together a mood board to help us to discover common themes and ideas frim the groups thoughts. and then to develop any that appeared worthwhile.




The pictures of the mood board we created, left, were labelled A to E. This then made it easier to analyse and discuss each picture and what we could potentially use it for on the album cover.
A = top image
B= top right image
C= bottom right (horse and man)
D= bottom image
E= far left image


Image A - Image 'A' is a good example of a dark, baron landscape which we agreed would act as a good backdrop if merged with other elements from other images. The darkness will be symbolic for negative emotions such as depression which are heavily incorporated within the song we have chosen ('You could be happy') and also matches the 'moody' persona given off by many of Snow patrols songs.


Image B - Again the backdrop for this image gives a depressing feel similar to Image A. However this image contains two horse's silhouettes which adds to the eerie feel of isolation.


Image C- This picture is very different to A and B, and is far more colourful in comparison. The man in red walking a horse through a field is far more 'upbeat' and less depressing. We were considering using elements from imagery like this (e.g man in red and horse) which is colourful and placing it against a dark background to make them stand out. This would then go with the theme that depression and sad emotions will always be there, but humans are resistant. (Good examples of this in snow patrol music is the song , Run - which

Images D and E - A lone wolf is shown on a white background to represent the feeling of isolation which again is another negative emotion put forward by many of the Snow Patrol soundtracks. (you could be happy and Run). Image E again shows a 'Lone Wolf' but he is facing a brightly lit city.

Image F - This is simply a scenic view of a tree on a hill, and has little reason for choosing other than it seems to 'fit' with the style of music








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