Front CD Cover

This is our completed CD cover for the Chase & Status Album "No More Idols". We used this image for our front cover as we thought it had rebellious and aggressive connotations, both of which are embraced by Chase & Status' style of music and image. The mis en scene we included in the original photo is consistent with this, the person's outfit in the photo is a dark jacket with the hood up, and dark trousers, this is to make the figure seem more intimidating and imposing, giving him a "grim reaper" type look. The background behind the figure is also dark and shadowed, which allow the light coloured walls either side of him and the extensive graffiti that is on them to standout, giving a foreboding air to the picture and exactly the feel we were going for. We then added the white writing to the picture showing the title of the album and the name of the artist, the reason for choosing the colour white was because of its obvious stand out qualities, and although album covers in the past have not put that much emphasis on the band name and album title in the cover, we thought it necessary in this case as Chase & Status utilise a very "in your face" style of music and marketing which appeals to their fan base. This font in particular stood out to us as it has a very modern and sharp style, the neon sign quality that it has within the photo in the colour white was also a very convincing factor in our choice. The flames along the bottom are edited in from another photo we shot on the same day, encircling the figure in flames we thought, was crucial in supporting the satanic nature of the image. Our final addition to the image was adding an orange tint to the saturation, boosting the glowing effect that flames have in the picture, both either side of the figure and along the bottom.