Examining Previous Ancillary Work

Strengths of Poster:

• The sepia tones are really effective, in suggesting the genre and provides a classy and glossy effect.
• The edit of the 'torn' section of the poster is effective.
• The font of the poster is the same, which keeps the simplicity of the poster.
• In addition, the photography was excellently conducted.
• Record label and social networks mentioned.

Weaknesses of Poster:

• No reference of the album title.
• Not much information, such as, reviews or tour dates etc.
• No information about where to download or purchase album from.
• Stephanie Jackson should be the larger than the new album text.

Strengths of Digipak:

• The sepia tone is consistent throughout.
• The photography once again is of a high quality.
• Most of the components and logos are incorporated in the album.
• The text Rumors goes across the CD part, which looks great.

Weaknesses of Digipak:

• The word 'rumors' is spelt wrong!
• There are 3 different hairstyles that are present on the artist, which suggests that there are three different people.
• The sepia tone sometimes makes it feel too vintage and this may have conflicted with the initial conventions of the genre they wanted to do.

Strengths of Digipak:

• The graphic design is well done, there is evidence of the use of photoshop.
• The waves are in reference to the idea of 'journey'.

The theme is consistant and the 'Grace' catches your attention, rule of thirds was considered.

Weaknesses of Digipak: Appears to be too simplistic for my liking, theres nothing that is eye catching, possibly and image or a better graphic could have been used. The font could have been a slight larger, to make it easier on the eye.

Poster:

Strengths:
The same concept has been followed on from the album.
Includes the album cover.
Proportions are well presented, easy on the eye.

Weaknesses:
Grey connotes dull and miserable tones, not really the right colour scheme for the poster.
The space feels a little empty around the edges.

Strengths:  The colour scheme and the effects were used well, it creates an emotion of mystery.

The font in capitals show that this is important.

The photography is superb and the way its used to portray different emotions,

in the panels is excellent

Weaknesses: The effect in one of the panels looks like it was over done.

The font does conflict with the emotion of the artist, as she is smiling.

The font size for 'new album' and release date is too small!