1. Chase & Status "No More Idols" (2011).
The album cover from the band Chase and Status "No More Idols" has chosen to use a black and white image of a bulldog with a floressent yellow writing, telling the audience of what band it is and the name of the album. From research of the audience who would listen to this genre of music, a bulldog is populally used as an English/United Kingdom symbol & as well as being a sterotypical dog for my audience to own. I believe that the image of the bulldog is in black and white due to the title of the album. "No More Idols" sounds like that something has no become non-exsistant due to death or the fall of someone/thing important and the way that has been represented from the image is from the use of the black and white. The colour of the font works well with the album cover as yellow is a representitive colour of the music genre as well as standing out very clear against the black and white image. The title and the name of the band have been typed in capital letters which comea across as bold and agressive like the music can be.
2. Nero - Welcome Reality (2011).
The album cover of "Welcome Reality" from the band Nero provides the audience with a futuristic setting, a movie poster layout & an unusual font for the band name. The title of the album "Welcome Reality" is used in making this album cover by the use of the movie poster set out and the design the artists have used. "Welcome Reality" sounds like someone/people are living in a futuristic & unreal world, in which they need to face the reality of their new setting and world. This could also be picked apart for an in-depth meaning which could be someone leading an unreal lifestyle and are living in denial of real things happening around them and they're in need to come back to reality and face the real world around them. The design of the album cover, features mostly of free space of a space like sky, with stars, shooting stars and a galaxy, while the bottom half of the album features a dark blue skyline of the city, rocks, two people, smoke & small writing about the album. This futuristic setting is related to the genre of music they produce, where using computer generated programs is much more futuristic than using an acoustic guitar. The two people heading towards the skyline are meant to represent the band, who are a duo. Not only are the two characters in the center of the album, but the band name is right above them, making the audience aware of who they are. The diamond also in the center of the name title which attracts the audience to the band name as well as seeming like a futuristic doorway to reality. The colour scheme of the cover consists off blue, black, brown & a mild yellow which are colours of modern technology.
3. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (2008).
Calvin Harris's "Ready For The Weekend" album cover has used a black and white image of a young woman wearing sunglasses and the name and title of album on the left hand side. The black and white image works with the title of the album "Ready For The Weekend" by using a young & glamorous woman who's had her hair and make-up done and wearing novelty sunglasses. This could represent that during the week, her life is black & white and boring and now that she's "Ready For The Weekend" she's waiting for the fun and colour to hit her life, for the "light to shine" from her eyes and to enjoy herself. The font used for the title and name of the artist is a font like a digital clock would use. Not only this is futuristic which represents the kind of music the artist makes, but also could represent the digital clock numbers & time and being ready to go out and enjoy the weekend.
Chase and Status "No More Idols". Interesting choice of cover which links in with your own concept and music video. You have identified some of the features and suggested connotations and audience appeal. Can you explain further? ""No More Idols" sounds like that something has no become non-exsistant due to death or the fall of someone/thing important" What do you think they are refering to and how does this suggestion of 'fallen idol' appeal to the dubstep audience? I think the choice of the bulldog picture is interesting - as a symbol of aggression and defense the dog almost looks wistuful, sad and bemused. Or am I imagining this?! You could look at font and compostition further.
ReplyDeleteNero - Welcome Reality is more detailed and you identify the look and connotations of the cover well. You have looked at composition and representation of the band. How does the cover appeal to target audience?
Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend. Again some thoughtful interpretation of the elements in this cover. Can you look further at representation and the central image? How is the woman represented, hair, diamond glasses, parted lips? How does this represent the band/audience?
Some good work here Lexxie.
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