Front Cover Proposal

This is our first design idea for the album cover. 

It adopts the rule of thirds concept, which arguably emphasises the power and meaning behind image framing, by following an invisible 3x9 grid behind the art. By having the model pushed to the right hand side of the frame it not only enables the audience to become observational of the entirety - rather than being focused on a set feature -  but it also represents the lyrics and narrative of the music video. Due to there now being space to the left of the model in the frame, it suggests that there is something missing that used to be there before, this relates to the narrative as the protagonist has lost her loved one. This is also further suggested in the way that the title of the song 'all i want' is further away from the model, this also may indicate that all the protagonist wants has been taken away from her, her loved one is no longer here and so 'all that i [she] wants' is not hers anymore. However, due to criteria purposes, we are aware that we are assessed on editing skills. This means that by leaving space of whiteness in the frame we could potentially lose credit as we are not taking full advantage of the whole frame. To overcome this we have decided to either use Photoshop to manipulate and edit a back ground into the shot, this may include brush effects - such as smoke or blur, so that we demonstrate and portray editing knowledge. Or alternatively, we could potentially 'zoom in' or take an image that is more closer, intimate and bigger so that more of the frame is filled. 

We also plan to use a colour theme of pastel pink pinks, which will be presented in the Artists name and also in the models clothing and makeup. We have chosen this as despite red being represented as the theme of love, passion and romance all of which are found in our music video, we feel that because the couple aren't featured on the front cover, we needed to represent other themes also significant such as loss and innocence. Therefore, the pastel pinks represent a love story stripped back of all happiness, and therefore the colour red with connotations of passion, has faded.