POST #36 - ANCILLARY TASK 1

I asked Emily Rogers all these questions, as part of audience research.

 1) WHAT ARE SOME CD COVERS YOU REMEMBER?
- "Save Rock and Roll" by Fall Out Boy
- "American Beauty/American Psycho" by Fall Out Boy
- "Vessel" by twenty one pilots
- "Crybaby" by Melanie Martinez
- "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die" by Panic! at the Disco
- "In Case You Didn't Know" by Olly Murs

 2) HOW IMPORTANT IS THE CD COVER TO YOU BUYING IT?
- "Wouldn't say it's important to be honest, because I tend to buy albums from bands I know. So it wouldn't really matter what's on the cover."

 3) IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT MAKES A GOOD ALBUM COVER? WHAT'LL MAKE IT STAND OUT ON SHELVES? 
- "Yeah. It needs to stand out. It has to be unique, not necessarily colourful, because muted ones can stand out too."

 4) HOW MUCH SPACE SHOULD THE ACT NAME AND TRACK NAME TAKE UP? 
- "Typically, it'd take up quite a lot of space to advertise what it is. But if the artist is well know, then a picture of them should just be enough."

 5) SHOULD THE COVER IMAGE BE OF THE ACT, OR A PIECE OF ART? DOES THIS DEPEND ON IF IT'S A SOLO ACT OR NOT?
- "I'm not sure if it makes a lot of difference, because Fall Out Boy's covers are always art, like random people. I suppose it does depend on if it's a solo act, since it should be an image of them."

 6) SHOULD THERE BE A THEME ACROSS ALL 4 PANELS / IMAGES?
- "I think so. Like a colour scheme or an image. Unless their USP is where it's all different colours, but otherwise it should be cohesive."

 7) WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE INSIDE AND BACK PANELS?
- "On the back should be a list of the tracks. On the inside panel there's usually a booklet, that has pictures of the artists or lyrics for the songs."

 8) DO YOU LIKE THE LYRICS INCLUDED?
- "I love the lyrics included! It's the best!"

 9) SHOULD THE ACT'S SOCIAL MEDIA APPEAR ON THE DIGIPAK ANYWHERE?
- "Yeah, I think so. Not necessarily huge, but somewhere."

10) SHOULD THE IMAGES INCLUDED HAVE A LINK TO THE ARTIST, SONG TITLES, GENRE, ETC?
- "I don't think as a rule they have to, they usually have a link to something."

 11) IS THE FONT AND CHOICE OF TEXT COLOUR IMPORTANT?
- "Yeah, very much so. Because if someone had Comic Sans as their album cover, I'd yeet it into the bin."

 My feelings were hurt by the Comic Sans comment at this point so I stopped asking questions.

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