Task 4: Your ideas….Brainstorm ideas for your artist/band, album and record label name. Do this on paper by hand.

Task 5: BriefWrite a short paragraph explaining your aims for this project:

• I am going to design the front, back and spine of a CD cover.

• The genre I have chosen to focus on is... because…

• The artist/band name is…

• The album name is...

• The record label will be called…

• I would like to represent women as… (empowered/sexualised/repressed/mainly focused on physical appearance)

• The stereotypes I will choose to use are… because…

• I will attempt to communicate these messages by…

• The artists I am inspired are… because…

• The album designs that have inspired me the most are… because…

Artist/Band Name Ideas

Record Label Name

Ideas

Album Name Ideas

CD Cover Success Criteria

Task 6: Initial Ideas You must design the front, back and spine.

You may also design the disc. You must represent a female artist or band

showing what you have learnt about feminism, female representation and stereotypes.

You must include all of the conventions of a CD cover.

You must include a photograph of your artist/band somewhere on your CD cover.

You must create all of the graphics yourself, including any logos and any photography.

You must attempt to communicate the genre of music to the audience.

You should attempt to be creative and original in your design.

Produce 4 initial ideas for the front, back and spine of your CD Cover.

Albums that represent women as being

empowered / rebellious…

Albums that represent women

as being repressed/weak…

Albums that represent women as being

sexualised/focus on appearance…

And don’t forget the importance

of the back cover…

EXTENSION: Can you design a

creative CD to match too?