Updated Essay Question
Title: How and why has the role of a graphic designer in the music industry (specifically the design of album art) changed since the beginning of recorded music to present day?
Introduction
Chapter 1: The history of recorded music and the role of the early designer
Aim: To discover what elements and individuals initially formed the role of a graphic designer in the music industry and why
Chapter 2 - Mass culture in the music industry and how a graphic designer role has affected it.
Aim: To gain a knowledge of what mass culture is and how it has effected the consumer market more specifically in the arts, and how this has effected the music industry and therefore the role of a designer.
Chapter 3 - 1960’s and 70’s, ‘Hipgnosis’ and how they helped changed design in the music industry
Aim: To study the workings of Hipgnosis studio, why they started working like they did and how their design process and style helped change the way designers thought about design for music and the way consumers associate and relate with a band or artist.
Chapter 4 - The modern designer’s role in the music industry
Aim: To discover what elements has changed for a designer since the 70's as well as how the music industry itself has changed and how these changes have altered a designers role in the music industry.
Conclusion
Aim: To analyse all to evaluate how all these elements have both affected the designers role as well as formed a marriage between visuals and audio and come to some conclusion of what direction the designers role in the music industry will take.
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