For this brief the final outcome would be for a True Crime book, this is a book where the actually happened so the families of the victims as well as the criminal will see the cover. Due to this there will be issues surrounding if the images from the crime can be used, if the book give credit/celebrates the murders this will give of an unethical theme to the cover as well as the imagery of the family is used in the incorrect way it could offend. These need to be considered though out the brief made sure that the final cover does not offend of portray the subject in the incorrect manner. As to see how other true crime book do this research into book of this genre was conducted, this would highlight ways designer applied a the serious tone and represented the factual content without offending.
common features -
Due to the research it has shown that imagery of the crime photo can are and used on the book covers, this means imagery from the crime and correct imagery can be used on the cover design for this brief without offending but a more common feature was to use imagery of the criminals. The imagery on the cover generally focuses more on the criminal than the imagery of the victims, this is as the criminals are the more famous recognizable aspect of the story than the victims, also this imagery is often more intimidating setting the tone for the book.
The book covers have a heavy use of typography, this is the main focal point on all the cover and use dramatic bold font choice to reflect the tone of voice of the book content. The design of the book covers also inspired and effected by the year the crime was committed, the book cover design style seen to infleucened by type, colour and trends of the time frame.
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