In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (Ancillary task- CD cover)

Use- I have used aspects of some of the CD covers that are already on the shelf in the shops. I decided to do this to enforce that my band will have a wider appeal to a large target audience rather than having a niche audience. Below are the influences that I have had. Another use that I have used is that I had hired a photographer to take the photos of my band. I decieded to this as it would mean that I would get better images of my band but also I would be doing what they do in the media industry.

I develop the use of the conventions of a CD cover as I use images of the band however on the CD placing I have overlayed two images to give it a better effect. I also have a page in the Digipack that is for the thank yous that the band may say to fans. I have carried this on as I wanted to make sure that my digipack stayed authentic to the normal conventions.

My front cover challenges the conventions of a CD cover as my front cover has an image that I have created that ties the Poster and the CD cover together rather than having an image of the band on it. Usually when a new band comes on the music scene there faces are on the CD cover and the poster. I decieded not to do this as it would make it more interesting and different to other covers and therefore make it stand out when on the shelves in the store.

Audience-

From taking influences from many different genres I have created a band that will have a varied target audience. I thought this best as then I could use all the things I love about different bands and put them into one band. I created the band to target people like myself, someone who listens to a range of music. For example, I listen to Grime, Hip-Hop and R'n'B (N-Dubz, Example, Beyonce Knowles) but I also listen to Rock, Indie and Alternate music (You Me At Six, The Kooks, Kings of Leon). By creating a band that has elements of all of these types of music, albeit my band is more on the Rock, Indie and Alternate scale than the Grime and R'n'B scale.