CD covers

1) The first thing that caught my attention is her head piece. It is very large and takes up a large proportion of the top of the CD cover.

2) The name of the artist is Cheryl Cole and this is given near the bottom of the cover and is made to look like a tattoo across her shoulder.

3) The typography being used is italics. This may be because she has tattoos herself in italics and likes the style. It is black and looks very sophisticated which is the effect of the whole cover as Cheryl is wearing an over the top head piece. It could also be linked to her ‘story’ and the font is usually used when people write stories of diaries.

4) The other written information is the title of the album which is written alongside the artist’s name in the same typography.

5) The main image on the cover is the artist, Cheryl Cole herself. This could be because the album is about her story which could be to do with the ‘3 words’ she wants to say. Her pose seems she has something to hide but because she has turned back showing she wants us to know what the secret is. A veil is usually worn to hide a person’s face so this adds to the idea that she’s hiding something.

6) There are no other images except for the photo of Cheryl Cole so she has complete focus.

7) The image of Cheryl is a photograph but it has been placed on a background which has been painted and you can clearly see the brush strokes. This could be a way of saying she is a work of art in her music or looks.

8) The CD cover is monochrome which suggests it could be a sad and dark album which relates to her telling us her story through her songs. It could also be because it is her first solo album away from her band, Girls Aloud. Whereas their album covers were very colourful and fun, this could show she is very serious in her music and wants to show her mature side.

9) Her genre of music is pop and R&B. The R&B side to her music is shown more on the cover as it is very dark and subtle whereas pop is very happy and colourful. It looks like she isn’t wearing any clothes either which can relate to the R&B genre. The tattoo style writing adds to this also.

10) The target audience would be teens and adults as it is a very sophisticated