Media Homework

1. Conventions of a Rock Album Cover They all feature
The Band name and
The title of the album
On the front of the
Album cover
Band Name: Muse
Album Title: Absolution
Band name: Foo Fighters
Album title: Wasting Light
Wasting light uses an
abstract
Image of all the band
members
Using a multicolour
light effect.
The reason for this is
Dave Grohl
Wanted to make a
documentary to show
How they make an
album
Band Name: Pink Floyd
Album Title: Dark Side
Of the Moon
Muse’s Absolution
Is one of frontman
Matt Bellamy’s ideas
About the end of the
World and the image
Is an abstract representation
Of that as it represents a
A rapture which is a religious
Belief that when the world
Ends everyone good will be
Sent to heaven. And the image
Shows a person who is left behind
And now he has to try and feel
Absolution and free himself from guilt
The covers usually
Have an abstract image
That vaguely represents
What the album is about
Pink Floyd once again use
An abstract image to convey
Some meaning to their album.
Dark Side of the Moon tackles
Controversial topics such as guilt,
Greed and mental illness and the
Image of the triangle with the rainbow
Light sheds some abstract light onto this
Deeper meaning

2. Muse - Absolution
Camerawork:
The cover features
A high angle shot
Showing a man
Standing, looking
Up at the sky with
Shadows of people
Who appear to be f
Floating up. The way
The man is placed in
Contrast to the shadows
Emphasises that the
Shadows overpower
The man as they’re
Being “raptured” where
As he has been left on
Earth during the
Apocalypse
Mise en scene:
The man is wearing all black Which is a
typical style for Rock.
Background:
The background has quite neutral colours
With a grey, stoney floor and black shadows
Design:
The design of the album cover
Follows all round the cover as it
Shows a man looking up at the people
Who are being raptured and the back shows
The same thing but with a little girl instead
The whole cover also features quite dark/neutral
Colours this suggests that Muse are a more darker
More controversial rock band
Camerawork:
The back of the
Album features a
Little girl looking up
At the people
Being raptured and
Much like the front
She too is being
Overpowered by
The shadows.
Additionally the
Back features two
Back rectangles
On the top and
Bottom. The top
One gives all the
List of all 14 tracks
On the album and
The bottom features
All the legal info.

3. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
Camerawork:
There is a montage of
Close up shots of each
Band member’s face,
The shot has then had
A weird multicolour
Effect placed onto it .
The image has then
Been merged together
So that it looks like one
Image rather than
Several different
Images.
Mise en scene:
Now there isn’t a lot going on
In terms of costume as it’s just
Their faces .
Background:
However there is a black
Background which is a typical
Colour for rock as it conveys a dark,
Rebellious attitude.
Design:
The album cover features
The same design all across,
The black background with the
Strange multicolour light effect
Seen on the front and back.
Camerawork:
On the back it
Features the tracklist
As well as the
Continuation of the
Multicolour effect on
The black background
With all the legal
Information on the
Bottom.

4. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Camerawork:
There’s not a lot in terms
Of camerawork as the
Album cover is quite plain
However it is a long shot
Of the triangle which is
Framed so that it sits in the
Middle of the black
Background
Mise en Scene:
There’s not a lot in terms of mise en scene
Apart from the rainbow coloured light beam
That goes through the triangle and contrasts
Against the black background.
Background:
Once again the background is black and this contrasts
Nicely against the triangle and the multicoloured
Light beam .
Camerawork:
The camerawork on the
Back is slightly different
To the front as it’s more
Of a close up on the
Triangle and in
Addition to that it
Features the tracklist
And all the legal
Information.
Design:
The design of the album cover
Follows all around the album cover
On the front you have the triangle
Facing the right way up and then on the
Back you have the triangle facing down all
With the multicoloured light beam going
Through it.