Norah Jones Back Cover Analysis

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Norah Jones back cover A common convention of digipacks is the continuity of colour scheme and here the designer has chosen the same orangey, duck colour on the back of the digipack The tape on the back creates the impression that the image is stuck on and this use of digital imagery adds to the ‘homemade’ feel of the album. It could be resembling a scrap book perhaps of the artists journey. Scrapbooks have connotations of creativity and originality and so this could portray the artist as possessing both these qualities in her music. The image depicts the band practising one of the songs. This image is expressing the level of passion Norah and her band have for music and this goes more for the talent she posses rather than how she is represented though imagery Other typical conventions of a digipack are demonstrated on the back of the album with the barcode and company credits being visibly clear.Barcodes are a companies stamp to allow for purchase in record shops, supermarkets etc The font for the song names are very neat and tidy. They appear to have been written in by hand making it more personal for an audience as if the artist has written it herself The CD is very similar to both the front and back cover as it appears very vintage. The design even for the CD could imply that the artists is trying to bring back traditional means of music, singling herself out from other modern artists where the world of pop and hip hop dominate the current global markets The song names are written on the CD to inform the audience of the content which it has

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Norah Jones Back Cover Analysis

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Norah Jones back cover

A common convention of digipacks is the continuity of colour scheme and here the designer has chosen the same orangey, duck colour on the back of the digipack

The tape on the back creates the impression that the image is stuck on and this use of digital imagery adds to the ‘homemade’ feel of the album. It could be resembling a scrap book perhaps of the artists journey. Scrapbooks have connotations of creativity and originality and so this could portray the artist as possessing both these qualities in her music. The image depicts the band practising one of the songs. This image is expressing the level of passion Norah and her band have for music and this goes more for the talent she posses rather than how she is represented though imagery

Other typical conventions of a digipack are demonstrated on the back of the album with the barcode and company credits being visibly clear.Barcodes are a companies stamp to allow for purchase in record shops, supermarkets etc

The font for the song names are very neat and tidy. They appear to have been written in by hand making it more personal for an audience as if the artist has written it herself

The CD is very similar to both the front and back cover as it appears very vintage. The design even for the CD could imply that the artists is trying to bring back traditional means of music, singling herself out from other modern artists where the world of pop and hip hop dominate the current global markets

The song names are written on the CD to inform the audience of the content which it has