16. 3 CD Covers - Rock

As Blood Runs Black
This CD cover is for my chosen genre. There is an extreme long shot of men standing with their backs to the camera looking at the moon which is central in the photo. This creates a dark, on edge feeling as we are not able to see their faces and their bodies are only black silhouettes. The main colours used are black and green and the title is in a green colour with a black outline. The title 'As Blood Runs Black' which is at the top of the cover looks as though it has been scratched in as it is very messy but sharp. You can also see in the men’s hands that they are holding which what looks like axes and shovels which gives of the idea of a murder or something dangerous as it is also set in the middle of the night as their is a bright, white full moon.




Bring me the Horizon
This is another CD cover for my chosen genre. This is different from the one above however it still sticks to the same obvious conventions. It is very weird as it is a mid shot of a young girl looking with wide open eyes directly at the camera which creates an uncomfortable connection with the audience. She is also holding someone’s bloody intestines in her hands which is very weird. She has no facial expression and her makeup is pale which portrays the idea of 'death'. She is wearing a black dress but isn’t portrayed as a 'pretty going out' dress as she also has bold red blood splatters up her arms. This again gives the sense of evil like the cover above with the idea of murder, and, blood. The background is white which makes your eyes concentrate mainly on her.



We are the ocean
This CD cover is different from the other two. It is more like a cartoon drawing than a taken photograph. It is again set at night time with the dark blue sky with 6 yellow hot air balloons in the sky. There is a light house in the background which sets the scene of 'the sea'. At the front left there is a large drawing of a woman with very long green hair. The long hair represents the genre as most of the members within the 'Rock' bands have long hair. The hair also blends in with the title 'We are the ocean' which is to the left of the cover. The font is very ‘swirly’ and thin like the women’s hair. Green, black and a little bit of white are the colours mainly used again.


From these 3 CD covers it is clear to see that they are all very different however use the obvious same conventions as each other such as colour and people. All the models used within the frames have blank facial expressions and are portrayed as dark. They use mainly dark colours and backgrounds and are even set at night time.