2. White-black
background of the
Close-up of the
singer- looking
Britney Spears singer.
‘’Britney’’
written in bright
directly to the
pink colour
audience- to get
attention Representing the
‘’sexappeal’’ – messy
Simple- blue hair, as well in the
background, with picture 2- covering her
light pink colour face with hand and with
scheme on the half of her hair- creates
title’s- makes it mystery, by covering her
better stands out face- being less recognise
• In the both CD covers, produce has used a simple close-up of the singer’s face;
(directly to the audience)
• In the first CD cover, we are introduced into a simple colour schemes. For
example: background and the singer are in blue; however the title’s of the
singer name as well as the name of the album are probably in pink-light colour
• In the second CD cover, we are introduced into a white and black colour
scheme, where produce has used a bright pink colour on the singer’s name
‘’Britney’’ which made it stand out from the background.
3. Natural look- using less make-up;
could perhaps become popular again?
Also, her costume (clothes), looks too
The body
expression-
Beyonce simple, informal-makes seem her
more like every day woman.
very iconic, ‘’Beyonce’’ title
perhaps trying match with the
to represent background,
her power and however, I don’t
successful; think it stands
while wearing out well, even
extravagant though it looks
dress? good.
Here, we are introduced to two different CD cover, where in the first one, the producer used
media shot, and in the second we can see a close-up of the singer. The first CD cover, there isn’t a
lot of writing, ‘’title’s’’: there’s ‘’Beyonce’’ and number ‘’4’’- the name of the CD cover. This gives
you an impression of simple layout, where I believe that the main feature was to point out the
singer, while wearing an outstanding clothe- using a fashion icon. The second one is in black-white
background, which could perhaps suggest the stereotype as well as gives a classical theme. In this
cover, the singer do not wear anything outstanding, or have special make-up, but the producer
made her to look beautiful natural, with only a little bit of make-up. This is fairly interesting,
promoting the singer in this way, however, there could be message behind it, which could suggest
that ‘’she’’ looks like everybody else, without a make-up, she is the ‘’one’’ of us.
4. Face-expression, camera angle Covering face
shot, not looking directly to the with black glasses-
camera/audience, mystery Drake seems like a
fashionable act
(especially for
young
people), links to
his genre of
music, making the
singer looks
‘’cool’’; somebody
who understands
the fashion, or
have a sense in
fashion.
• In both CD cover’s, the producer has used a different camera shot, to hide the
singer’s face, not looking directly to the audience, which is fairly interesting point
as this feature has been used more than ones, but in different way as well as it gives
the impression of mystery, by creating a enigma- makes him look
sophisticated, cool which links to his style of the music.
• Close-up; healthy complexion, making him looks sexy, fashionable, well groomed-
well represented, looking smart.
5. Showing her hand with Repetition of ‘’R’’- representing the singer’s
tattoo and lots of rings- artistic name; Rihanna. Using of the same type
representing the power,
independent? But also Rihanna of letter as well as the colour is interesting;
conventional- something people are already
makes her look familiar with.
suspicious and Messy hair- one
intriguing. part is covering
her eye- gives
Opening mouth; her mystery,
wearing red lipstic and sexy look.
cigarete’s
smoke coming out Wearing no clothes-
from her mouth- provocation? Rebels
vulgar, sexy, aggressive= against
dominant look+ conventional
making an eye’s features of CD
contact with the covers?
audience- attract • In both CD covers, there’s a significant feature, of her opening her
people’s attention. ‘’mouth’’ which could perhaps suggests her arogancy, not being afraid of
telling people what she thinks/feel, which also links to her very young
age.
• Also, the producer has used a letter ‘’R’’ ( for Rihanna) twice, on the
same place, by using the same colour. The reason could be sending
conventional message, (something her fans, people will recognise with
or are familiar with already).
6. …Conclusion
I believe that this CD cover’s analysis, which I have done with deep analysis
and explanation, will help me to produce my own Cd cover for music video.
From this analysis, I have learnt, how to use a camera shot in order to
represent the artist’s mystery, sexappeal, power, dominant character, and
natural look, to create an original and unique look of the whole CD cover, to
gain attention from the audience/people, as I believe the image of the artists
play the most important in the whole CD cover. It is important to say that
equipment and costumes are important too, and should be picked very
carefully to convey the message, as it creates the artist identity, as well as helps
to represent the music genre. The titles of artists names and name of CD
covers are fairly interesting, as it links to their characterisation, such as:
Britney Spears CD’s cover from the picture 1- very girly, sweet, using bright
girly colours-pink- stereotypical features, links to her type of music she creates
. On other side; Rihanna CD’s cover from the picture 1; just ‘’R’’ -simple,
great colour, not having clear but messy lines- links to her music , ones she
created very sweet song ‘’California king’’ and then very vulgar, sexy ‘’S&M’’-
represent her age and youth characterisation, could perhaps be argued that
she still doesn’t know what she wants? Represent her rebellion side as well?
