Funky House Album Covers

I think that this album cover would be appealing to the UK Funk House genre because it colourful, the neon pink swirls and splashes of purple symbolises the fun and the wild side. The font is ALL CAPS, bold and it stands out. This album cover shouts out 'FUNKY HOUSE'!!! The editing of the album cover places the scene of a rave/party. The medium shot of the woman is placed in the centre and it capture the woman's make up, big hoops, her red sequin dress and sparkly creating the disco light effect. Her body is outlined with neon pink lines and smudges, this oozes energy and hype. The album cover states the type of music 'FUNKY HOUSE',

I think that this album cover is fresh for the fact that it has a white background. Even though it has a medium close up show of a young woman in action the album is quite boring. There is very little editing done to this album cover compared to the the previous cover. However the bright blue font which is ALL CAPS, stands out because it is placed in the centre of the cover similarly to the 1st album cover which I looked at. I also noticed that there is an orange box at the bottom of the album cover. This caught my eye immediately because it contrasts with white and the bright blue of the central font.

This album cover doesn't contain many colours but the blend of colours: purple, white and orange are quite vibrant and contrast well with each other. The font is purple, rounded and bubbly. This font will attract UK Funky house listeners because the font is exciting. The young woman is wearing a silver sequin dress which like the 1st album cover creates the disco ball effect and the night life in clubs.The background had been edited with brushes possibly from Photoshop, so I think I will also use Photoshop to design my album cover also because I can get creative with the colours, fonts and brushes. There's a puple and white (click---> "Ministry of Sound") logo which is placed on the right side of the young woman, this is a good way to get the attention of UK Funky House target group because Ministry of Sound promotes and "spread the dance music gospel around the world".

Now that I've looked at three album covers I've noticed a trend in the covers that I've analysed so far; they all have a centered medium shot of a beautiful young woman, in the party gesture and smiling. I think this will be appealing to young guys aged 15 and onwards because the women are pretty to look at and it would be the first thing they see. This would be good advertisement because it is the opposite sex.


I think this album cover would be the most appealing for album cover because the black background contrasts with the bright pink and white fancy font, the silver disco ball and the bright and luminous pink specks of light. The sequin look is prevalent amongst the four album covers that I have analysed so far. Notice: The disco ball enhances the Ministry of Sound's logo which my target will find appealing because they know that this logo represents the best in UK Funky House. The logo is also edited with orange, yellow and pink and black. which is a fantastic contrast.The editing for this cover is quite simple but very effective because it is strikingly bright and colourful. The light around the disco ball symbolises the night life in clubs.

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Album Cover Research!

An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records (either in several connected sleeves or a box), or the front-facing panel of a CD package, and, increasingly, the primary image accompanying a digital download of the album, or of its individual tracks.

The cover serves 3 main purposes:

To advertise the contents of the music product.
To convey the artistic aspirations of the original artists ( Alex Steinweiss' Cover Art).
In reproductions of the artwork, to serve as a primary image in the promotional efforts surrounding the product, as an identifiable image associated with it.
Also, in the case of all types of records, it also serves as part of the protective sleeve.

In today's lesson I've been surfing the web in search of potential designs for 'Tribal Man Skank'. So far I've noticed that the genre 'Funky House' isn't mainstream but it is popular in underground music and therefore its difficult for me to find design. However I've found blog posts similar to mine with albums covers and designs. Even though there aren't many album covers that i think i can relate to Ive found many promotional flyers which are very colourful which depict the 'Funky House' theme.

High School Musicals

I've been doing some research on up beat high school musicals and Ive come across three videos:

Lip Gloss- Lil Mama (click here)

High School Musical 1 and 2 (click here)

These videos are all set in a school with routine dances, except HSM 3.

What I like about these videos is that they all relate to the theme song! They are filmed within the hall way, gym and playground. I will be filming my video in a class room and the main action will be on the playground where the routine dances would be happening. In the High School Musical video, the red theme is kept very consistent. Red links to the basketball theme, I will consider adopting this technique in my media product also.

However on the contrary to the videos I've been looking at, my music video isn't going to relate to the theme of the song. Tribal Man is raving song but I'll be capturing it in school. So the costumes will be school uniforms and the main dancers/characters will be wearing (red, blue and white) tops. I've chosen to do this so that the audience would be able to distinguish the difference.

Tribal Man Skank Costumes- Linking to school setting

The complete school uniform.

Tribal man uniform (red)