Album cover poll- Results.

From the album cover poll I did, 50% of people voted for the Bastille album cover for 'BAD BLOOD':

30% of people voted of the Rihanna album cover:

10% of people voted for the Kodaline album cover:

10% of people voted for the Gabrielle Aplin album cover: 

And nobody voted for the Christina Perri album cover:

These results would suggest that most people prefer less obvious album covers, that relate back to the hit music video for the album. However as 30% of people voted for the Rihanna album cover, it could also be said that people like the close up image of an attractive female artist. I would like to combine the top two voted themes, by perhaps having a similar 'less obvious' theme, with a close up of the female actor I plan on using in my music video- therefore attracting the type of audience that voted for the Bastille album cover and the Rihanna album cover. I intend to ask my target audience to vote on which album cover they like most for ancillary text I produce. I will make several versions of the album cover for this project and then edit and decide on one by asking the target audience for the band I want to use.

Research into Ancillary texts- Results.

Here are some of charts made from my audience research into what they think is important about the ancillary texts:

As you can see most people thought that the two most important things that should be on an album cover is the artists name and the the name of the album. The third most important thing they felt should be on the album cover is a picture of the artist, closely followed by the list of the 'hit singles' on the album. As 11 people answered this survey, its clear that everyone felt that the name of the artist, and the album name was important for the album cover. I will use this information to create an album cover for this project- I plan on putting the name of the artist and the name of the album clearly in the front of the cover.

 

A majority of people said that pictures of the artist and information about tours are the most important things to go on an artists website. Latest music videos and a bio on the artist were the next 'most important' information needed on the website. 

As you can see, 80% of people agreed that there should be a relationship between the album cover and the website. 10% of people strongly agreed, and only 10% disagreed this the statement. I personally believe that a relationship between the album cover and the website is important, and plan on incorporating this into my ancillary texts.

Again a majority of people (70%) agreed that their should be a relationship between the music video and the album. However this time 20% of people disagreed with the statement, while again 10% of people strongly agreed. I think I will try to create ancillary texts that have some kind of relationship with the music video. 

As a majority of the people that answered the survey were between 16-21 (fitting into the target audience for my genre of music) it is safe to assume that this information is accurate in ensuring that the audience for my project like the ancillary texts. The favourite genre of music of the participants in the survey was a mix of Rock, Indie and RnB.

Audience research

Album Cover Poll

Which is your favourite album cover?

Bastille- Pompeii

Rihanna- Talk that Talk

Kodaline- In a Perfect World

Christina Perri- Tragedy

Gabrielle Aplin

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Bastille- Pompeii0%

Rihanna- Talk that Talk0%

Kodaline- In a Perfect World0%

Christina Perri- Tragedy 0%

Gabrielle Aplin0%

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Target audience

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Ancillary Texts

Kodaline Album Cover
All three of these album covers have similarities that tie them together with Kodaline's Website. Their newer album covers all have 'KODALINE' in the centre, with the name of the album or single underneath it in smaller capital letters. Whereas their older album covers have 'KODALINE' written either in the bottom corner or near the middle of the cover. This shows how their image is progressed as  time has gone on and as they have become more well-known. Each album cover has the background of a quite iconic looking picture, often edited with filters to make the image look better and more out of the ordinary.

 

The website follows a similar theme:

http://www.kodaline.com/home/

All the writing on Kodalines website is written in the same font as the album covers, and on the home page, each link to another page is one of their albums covers. There is also information on tours, music videos, lyrics and a way of purchasing the music. This means they are marketing themselves as well as informing their fans. Their ancillary products work well together and help build a strong image for the band. The music also suits the ancillary texts quite well as the images on the album work with the genre of music. I like the idea of a continuated theme or font running throughout the ancillary texts and music video and would like to use that idea in my own project.