Ancillary Task - Back Cover (Dan, Blake)

This is my Back Cover. Here I have used Photoshop to modify the picture by desaturating it and turning it black and white. I have taken the idea from one of the most famous and globally recognised album cover of all time, 'Abbey Road'. This was one of the first album covers I had in mind because I was going to use it even if our video was to take place in a canteen and the protagonist was going to be a dinner lady. I believe it helps promote the bands image and style which is 'Fun but Mellow' (i.e. fellow) and it also promotes the song quite well because the artists are walking somewhere, i.e. 'I'm going to the discount store'. The shot looks quite sad and depressing, which also relates to the song because it is about a shop assistant who hates his job and is quite down about it. We also had the same shot in the video, but as a moving image. However we removed it because the shot was too shaky, plus we took the crossing of the road shot on a very foggy day and the other outside shots on a non foggy day and so it would break the rules of continuity. To make this back cover more realistic I placed on track names and also the names of the band members and their roles. I also placed on the name of the real artist as well as the website we found the track on (http://www.jamendo.com/). To add realism I also added a barcode and also the EMI logo, which we previously decided that this type of artist would be signed to.

Although I wanted to use the 'Abbey Road' idea, I wanted to change it a little, which is what I have done using Photoshop. I have added my own authenticity and style in this image and throughout all of the images I have edited.

By Daniel Collinson