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The document discusses the design choices for an album cover representing the Roman god Janus and referencing Plan B's album "The Defamation of Strickland Banks". The cover depicts Janus with two heads facing different directions to represent different personalities and includes Roman money and images of the main character in prison on the left and on stage on the right to reference songs about being in prison.
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Digipak research
The document summarizes three digipaks from the R&B genre based on their cover designs. It discusses Kayne West's "Graduation" album, which features illustrations of a bear representing the artist flying away from university. It uses bright colors consistent with house music. Childish Gambino's "Because the Internet" uses light pastel colors and a hologram/GIF of the artist to portray the internet as a paradise. Finally, it analyzes Drake's "Take Care", which prominently features a close-up image of the artist in black and gold colors to portray him as classic and timeless. All three covers effectively represent the artists' styles and themes within the conventions of their genres.
Change in a Star
Plan B first emerged as a hip hop artist but has since reinvented himself as a soul singer. His debut album in 2006 depicted his rough upbringing through hip hop music and videos showing him in tracksuits, while his 2010 album focused on the fictional character "Strickland Banks" and showed a more refined Plan B in suits performing with dancers. Commercially, his soul album was more successful, debuting at #1 on the UK charts compared to #30 for his debut hip hop album.
Kol speech
The music video tells a narrative of a ritual or exorcism being performed on the lead singer of the band. It shows the singer appearing panicked and paranoid as he lies down, suggesting he has been drugged. Other band members are seen watching over him and holding him down when he tries to get up. Towards the end, black smoke is seen exiting the singer's mouth and he no longer seems distressed, indicating his release from whatever hold the ritual had on him. Intercut with these scenes are performances by the full band playing their instruments.
Analysis of digipaks
Rhianna's debut album digipak features a close-up shot of her facing down with dark makeup, drawing attention to her facial features. The color red represents love, hurt, and sex reflected in the album's songs. Ben Howard's digipak shows him diving underwater, representing his love of surfing. The large font on his name promotes him as a solo debut artist. Lana Del Rey's digipak is a simple medium shot of her vintage style outside, focusing attention on her beauty and indie music genre.
Cross media case study
Alt-J is a British indie rock band formed in 2007 at Leeds University. They released their debut album in 2012 which featured popular songs and won a Mercury Prize. Their website, album artwork, and music videos focus on their unique sounds and music rather than their images. They use abstract paintings and bright colors as symbols of their style. This allows audiences to focus on their eccentric music rather than appearances.
CD Cover reviews
The document provides information about album covers for Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, Keane's Under the Iron Sea, and The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness. It describes key design elements and symbolism of each cover, such as graffiti themes and typefaces for Mylo Xyloto, sea horses and waves for Under the Iron Sea, and the artist's unwritten expression for Beauty Behind the Madness. Background details are also given on the concept albums and their commercial success.
Connor- Ancillary analysis
The document analyzes and summarizes the album covers, posters, and disks of four albums: Kanye West's "The Dark Twisted Fantasy", Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne", Kendrick Lamar's "Maad City", and Migos' "Culture". It discusses symbolism related to colors, images, and designs used and how they represent themes in the albums like danger, passion, wealth, and the artists' lives and music. Common techniques across albums are also outlined.
Album covers work
The document discusses the evolution of album covers from 1910 to present day. It provides examples of iconic album covers from various artists such as The Beatles, Guns N' Roses, Kanye West, Jay-Z, The Spice Girls, and Swedish House Mafia. The covers highlighted range in style from simple designs with minimal text to more elaborate covers representing the artist's brand or themes within their music.
Music video analysis
Music videos aim to promote artists and their songs. They use conventions like actors, settings, costumes, and product placement that are targeted towards the artist's audience. Product placement features brands the target audience would be interested in purchasing. Music videos also represent the target audience and may include political or social messages important to the artist. They showcase the artist visually and can include storylines, live performances, or special effects. In some cases, music videos promote movies by featuring clips when a song is included in the film's soundtrack.
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Textual analysis of 5 digi pak covers and 3 Print magazine adverts
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- 1. The ‘Parental advisory , shows there is swear words etc, many rap albums have this.The album cover I have made represents the roman god ‘Janus’ and roman money we have used this because Janus is seen to have two heads going in different directions this shows how Plan B can have different personalities. Atlantic and 679 record labels, associated with Plan B We put 2 pictures of our main character on the back of the album but not facing different ways, this shows the 2 conditions he was in during the music video; Prison (left) and being on stage (right) When making our album we decided to brainstorm new songs for the album, we tried to associate it with being in prison etc (Like Plan B’s album ‘defamation of strickland banks). Roman money, associated with the roman god ‘Janus’ This is the logo we came up with, if you tilt it to the side, you can see a tape, this shows intertextuality within media. 3 4 2 128384504410075-2095504410075-209550160972528384501609725<br />