1. Magazine Adverts
The advertfor PlanB’s newalbumcalledManorsisextremelyrepresentative of the rapgenre.
Specificallythroughthe mise enscene. The artistissat on a wall;behindhimisanestablishingshot
of an urbancity witha lotof tall crampedbuildingswhichlooklikecouncil apartments.Thisgivesthe
ideaof a ‘concrete jungle’style areawhichcreatesnarrative enigma.Itsuggeststome thathe is
tryingto escape of the confined,povertyarea. Thisideaisfurthersupportedthroughthe stylistic
choices.The image isinblack andwhite whichunderlies adepressingtone tothe image.Thiscould
representthatdue tohis personality,musictaste,interestsandchoice of clothing he hasbeen
rejectedfromsocietyandfeels isolated. The facthe issat on a highwall withhisbackto the city
couldsuggesthe isdangerous,he isalsosmokingwhichisan iconicpropof the rap genre and
connotesrebellion. The costume thatthe artistiswearing isalsoiconicof the rap genre. He is
wearinga blackhoodedtop,baggyjean,trainersanda printedt-shirt.He lookspartof a ‘gang’as his
clothesare extremelyurbanstyle.Theyaren’tdesignerwhichsuggestsagainhe isina middle/lower
classarea.
The texton the page isina boldfontandthe title of the album‘Manors’iswrittenonthe wall ina
‘graffiti’style font. Thisagainconveysthe urbansettingandfurthersupportstheme of rebellion.The
othertexton the page is ina boldcolour,inwhite andred.Black, White and Redare oftenusedas
house style coloursforthese typesof musicgenres.