Image genre anaylsis

1. The 1975
Genre: indie rock
This image portrays the genre indie rock by the
colour scheme used in this image; black and
white gives a sense of indie rock feel to the
image. The clothing worn by the artist is black
and white and to appear to be wearing denim
suggest a rebellious look to the artists. the composition of the artist are position in different angles,
this technique is called indirect modal- address, as each artist is looking in opposite direction from
the camera gives the idea they are very informal and fit the look of an indie rock artist, they are also
looking quite miserable, suiting the indie rock feel.
Ed sheeran
Genre: POP
This image portrays the genre POP, due to the clothing worn
by the artist as the colour blue, gives a sense of fun and quite
happy feeling about the artist, also the lighting used in the
image is bright give a sense of happy and quite exciting feel
about the artist and the genre. The messy hair suggest he
quite a care free artist as some other POP artist are also like
that and become well known in the music industry. Indirect
model-address insinuates how the POP music genre is fun,
happy care free music as the artist is looking in the opposite
direction. The artist in this image Ed Sheeran is seen with his
tongue showing he’s quite a fun, outgoing artist showing the
care free POP genre.

2. Arctic Monkeys
Genre: indie rock
This image portrays the genre indie rock as the clothing
worn by the artists is quite dark colour scheme, denim and
leather clothing that support the image of indie rock. The
way the proxemics of the artist is close together and the
physicality of them suggests the tough look and makes
them appear more serious. Direct address is used in this
image makes the artist appear more formal but make them
appear more confident as they are looking directly looking
into the camera lens. The sunglasses worn by the lead
singer Alex Turner suggests he’s the most important artist
within the band as he’s the only one wearing glasses, also
symbolise the indie rock look, so is also do to make him
rebellious. The way the all position in the image show who
are most important in the band.
Beyoncé
Genre: R&B
This image portrays the genre R&B due the mise en scene of the image
such as the colour scheme, lighting, physicality, clothing, and make up.
The colour design of the image is grey was used to make the clothing
colour gold stand out to make the artist to appear glamorous, giving a
sense of power to the image. The clothing and makeup worn by Beyoncé
is quite prominent and bold to make the artist stand out in the image but
also to symbolise the R&B genre to be over the top and outgoing. The
way Beyoncé is positioned in image is make the artist to appear
confident, as she appears to look quite fierce and looking quite bold in
this image.
Queen
Genre: rock
This image portrays the rock genre due the colour scheme of the
background of the image and also the colour scheme of the clothing
worn by the artist. The black colour scheme symbolise the
rebellious, hard core artist as most rock bands were mostly like that
in the 60s. The leather clothing also symbolise the rock look as is
suggest a sense of a bad boy image. the physicality of the artist are
all looking quite serious in the image as they want to be taken
seriously and also rock music is known for suite meaningful music in
the 60’s.the long hair styles as support the rock genre as many other
bands such as the rolling stones are known for their messy long hair
to give them an rebellious look to them.