Ancillary TaskQuestionnaire about Album Cover

What we did:-

To find out what our target audience like to see from album cover we asked 40 people, 20 females and 20 males.

From their answers we hope to gather enough information to create a professional, successful album cover.

What attracts you to an album cover? These are quotes of what people have said:

“An image is what attracts me to the album cover”

“The style it’s set out in”

“If it has an interesting image on the front”

“The colours that are on the album cover”

What kind of images do you like to see on an album cover? Quotes of what people have said:

“The image of the band”

“Unusual images”

“I like albums that have images related to the songs on the album”

“An interesting image that is unusual, that I have never seen before”

Do you like to see inventive shots on an album cover or just the average e.g. close up shot, medium shot?

Quotes of what people have said:

“I like to see inventive ones that way I’m more drawn to the album cover”

“I’m not really bothered, I buy albums based on the fact that I like the artist or the singles they have just released”

“I like to see close up shots”

“Inventive, definitely that way I’m more attracted to the album”

What information do you think is needed on the album cover? Quotes people have said:

“The artist and the name of the album”

“Obviously the artist and the album name but I think you should have a sticker on the front if any famous artists are featured on it”

“The name of the album and artist “

“I like to see what singles are on it on the front of the cover like a sticker saying it”

Do you like to see males, females or both on the album cover?

Male FemaleBoth

14

21

5

As you can see from our results our target audience prefer to see females on the front of an album.

Do you prefer to see bright vibrant colours on an album cover or black

and white?

Bright/VibrantBlack/White

21 19

As you can see just a few more people prefer black/white to Bright/Vibrant