This document contains summaries of images of various musical artists in 3 sentences or less: The Stone Roses summary focuses on the use of black and white drawing attention to band members, with darkness portraying their rock genre and informal balance suggesting the main member. Beyonce's image portrays an innocent yet contrasting good and bad side, suggesting different genres and direct eye contact selling herself as an artist. Bjork's high key lighting and mise en scene connote her electric style, with direct eye contact implying she is selling herself as an artist. Jessie J's close up uses eye contact to imply closeness to fans, with a Union Jack on her lips connoting her

1. The Stone Roses
The use of black and white in this image is
important as it draws our attention to the
band members straight away.
The darkness of the image portrays the Rock
genre they are involved with and also helps
target the correct audience.
Within this shot, there is an informal
balance using mass where one band
member is higher and closer than the other,
suggesting he is the main member.
The Stone Roses
This particular image of the band implies
an upbeat, fun message which is shown
through the use of the vibrant colours and
messiness of the band members
portraying their genre of Alternative Rock.
Beyonce
This image portrays an innocent and
angelic artist, yet the mise en scene implies
a binary opposition, showing the artists
good yet bad side, suggesting the different
genres of music she does. By making direct
eye contact with the camera, this makes it
feel as though she is looking directly at us
and selling herself as an artist.
The high key lighting suggests dominance
which implies how successful she is as an
artist.

2. Bjork
The high key lighting along with the
mise en scene connotes her electric
musical style.
The use of direct eye contact with the
camera implies that the artist is looking
directly at her audience and selling
herself as an artist.
Jessie J
This extreme close up of the artist is effective in many
ways. The use of direct eye contact with the camera
suggests how close and thankful she is to her fans.
The Union Jack flag which is painted on her lips is the
main focus point of this image. Not only does this
connotate that the artist is British, it also implies that
she hasn’t forgotten where she started – The Brit
School.
The contrast between the high key lighting on her face
against the darkness of her hair connotes the mixture
of genres she covers, R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Soul.
One Direction
This action shot shows how fun the boys are.
Also, the high key lighting portrays their Pop
genre.
By wearing formal clothing, such as suits
suggests the wealth and success the band are
going to have.
The girls in the background of the image imply
that the band is very popular with the opposite
sex.

3. David Guetta
By using a long shot for this image helps us
to see more of the mise en scene and help
us get a feel for the artist.
The glitter balls in the foreground of the
image portray one of his genres of Hip
House, whilst the decks in front of him allow
us to know straight away that he is a DJ.