Music video front covers analysis

This is a image of a front cover to a music video. It’s a simple CD cover which sometimes is a good thing and a bad one. The reason why it may be a bad thing to keep the cover simple is because of money expenses if an artist wanted a real complicated cover to catch more attention then they’d have to think about the money etc. It’s a good idea to keep the cover simple because sometimes the opposite happens more people tend to get attracted to simple designs. The image that is used on this album cover is very promiscuous and it’s purpose is to definitely get the attention of the opposite sex. This kind of an image will definitely get more men buying the album just because of the image they won’t bother what kind of music it is. So basically the image that the artist is putting out their in the real world to promote their music and name is the big part of promotion and advertising. The Mise en scene is kept really simple as well such as the background that is used. If the background for this was in a diegetic location then it will move the audience’s eye contact towards the location so that would mean that the female pictured would be slightly not recognised or noticed. The costume of this female is quite revealing and is the right type of costume to attract the opposite sex. The colour of the costume which is black again has been planned carefully about why one colour should be used and why it’s not a good idea to use several. If the female pictured was totally covered in clothing then not as many men would get attracted to what they do with the way the picture is at this point. The target audience I’m sure is clear now it’s men. You would only get females buying this album because of the music because they like that kind of music the image on the front would only attract them to buying would’ve been if it was a male half naked on the front. It is definitely vice versa if you think about it.