Ancillary Task - Digipack Shoot & Audience Research

In order to completely satisfy my audience needs with regard to my ancillary tasks, I took some photo's for potential cover designs and pages this morning due to the lighting outside. Since then, I have been asking members of my target audience which images they prefer in order to ensure my CD pack meets their needs. Like most indie albums, I have gone for an unorthadox front image, of my model dressed in a floaty dress near to the light, which made her look like a sihouette. Here are the images, which I will continue to show to my target demographic to obtain a strong, clear result. All of the images are unedited and without titles as this is only the preliminary stage of the creation process :

Front Cover Designs:

 

 

I think the light in these photos adds a sense of the 'other-worldly', and after some contrast editing and cropping so the model is the focal point I think they will be eye-catching on as muysic store shelf.

 

Inside Cover (with lyrics over the top)

Both these images will be edited to have the song lyrics over the top, and possibly with just the colour of the pointe shoes left to add interest. I chose ballet shoes as they're interesting visually and abstract, as well as alluding to the idea of a fairytale. The other inside image will probably be a key, to represent finders keepers. 

Back Cover (to be edited with tracklist over the top)

 

I like these images for the back cover as they all contain my model, but she's not the focal point of the image, there is space either side of her to write a tracklist, which is an obvious convention.