Research - CD/DVD Cover Analysis #1

Koop - Koop Islands

Front Cover

This album, instead of the traditional hard plastic case, is covered in a pleasant sky blue card sleeve. There is a minimal amount of writing on the front which stops distracting the target audience from the main image of the album. This main image is actually seen on the inlay, on the front cover there is a circular hole. This is quite individual and so would appeal to an individual audience in an attempt to relate to their individuality. The thin perfectly straight lines across the top of the cover combined with the cool blue colour creates a very calm feeling. This is a good reflection of their music.

Inlay

This image clearly shows half of the inlay. A very soft image of the duet of Koop with them both wearing softly coloured make-up and not too strikingly coloured clothes and jewellery. This also reflects their soft and calm music style.

Full Inlay

The cover of the CD has kept with the colour scheme on the front cover of the album with the gentle sky blue and black writing. This is to continue the peaceful and loving theme throughout. The lyric book is quite cleverly half slipped into the back of the image you see on the front. This makes the book become neatly hidden but clearly on view at the same time.


Lyric Book
The lyric book, like the rest of the album, has kept with the chilly blue theme. In the centre of the lyric book there is a single image of the duet sat on either end of a red sofa. Both looking very calm and serious, this has kept the running calm theme but has splashed the first colour other than white, blue and black. This creates a much needed break in the sea of nothing that is the majority of the album case.

Back, Front and Inlay Image

The colour scheme has been contnued onto the back with the sky blue background white secondary writing and black primary writing. This makes the album case look very clean and crisp as the scheme is kept the same.