Viva la vida digipak deconstruction
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The document provides an analysis of the cover art and design of Coldplay's album "Viva La Vida". Key points: - The album cover depicts the French flag in smoke, representing an appeal to international audiences as "Viva La Vida" means "long live life" in Spanish. - The painting on the front cover is used to symbolize the French Revolution. - Black and white portraits of each band member on the inside portray them as having a "stripped back" style and showing they each play an equal part. - The design aims to appeal to various audiences while still maintaining the band's roots.
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The Maccabees attract a 13-20 year old audience through colorful, creative album covers and videos involving movement, colors, and elements recalling childhood like
Ancillary text research
The document discusses album covers and posters from the indie folk genre. It analyzes covers from Noah and the Whale, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Daughter. It notes that indie folk covers often feature outdoor natural settings and nature themes linked to folk music. The document also looks at posters from Noah and the Whale, Mumford & Sons, and Of Monsters and Men, finding they commonly use the album art and quotes to promote the music. It concludes by examining covers from other genres and how they differ visually from the more neutral indie folk style.
Question 2
This document discusses and analyzes the design elements used across a music video and promotional materials for an Afrobeats album. Key design elements like colorful imagery, African prints, and vibrant tones are used to represent the genre in all products. The advertisement, CD cover, and blurb all feature consistent elements that effectively portray the artists and genre without needing to explicitly state it. Keeping the CD design simple balances the bold, colorful packaging. Additional posters with the artists could further engage fans and promote success. The materials work well together as a cohesive promotional package.
Question 2
This document discusses the design of advertisements, CD packaging, and a music video for a fictional Afrobeats album. The author aimed to represent the genre consistently across all media through African prints, colors, and imagery. Specifically, the advertisement and album cover use bright colors and patterns to portray the upbeat, colorful style of Afrobeats music. In contrast, the album back cover incorporates the color purple to represent vulnerability and emotion. The CD itself is kept plain as not to overwhelm the audience visually. Overall, the media work as a cohesive package to represent the genre.
Textual analysis of an artist’s artwork
The document analyzes and compares the artwork for two musical singles - "Steal My Girl" by One Direction and "I Like Turtles" by Diplo. For One Direction's single, the artwork features a photo of the band posing confidently with their names and the single title displayed prominently. In contrast, Diplo's single cover is a close-up photo of a boy with face paint that suggests sadness or anger, with the title "I Like Turtles" displayed in red text that implies death or loss. The document examines elements like composition, styling, colors, fonts and their intended meanings for representing the different genres and target audiences of the two singles.
Double Page Spread Analysis
The document summarizes two magazine articles about music bands. The first article is about the band Kings of Leon and their upcoming Christmas album. It features a group photo of the band with a Christmas tree in the background. The main text discusses the album preparations and includes a quote from the lead singer. The second article is about the band Kasabian, featuring a group photo and studio image of band members recording their latest album in San Francisco. It discusses their recording process and features a quote about a guest artist on the new record.
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- 1. Viva La Vida Digipak deconstruction From the front cover In the song Viva La viva there is a quote saying "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" This could all refer to the power that the King once held and how although he was loved at one stage, the people of France to eventually hated him, I believe that is what that quote demonstrates. The French flag shown flying in the smoke filled sky suggests to me that the song is to appeal to an international audience. The French flag is not meant to just appeal to France, because ‘Viva La Vida’ means long live life in Spanish. Suggesting this song/album is to appeal on an international level. I believe the picture/ painting shown on the front cover is used to represent the French Revolution. The lyrics to the song contain historical and Christian references such as "pillars of sand" is a reference to the biblical parable given by Jesus about the fool who built his house on sand.
- 2. The inside left photograph is of the four members of the band. They are portraits of each member; I believe this is an effective way of showing the customer that all the members of the band play an equal part in forming the band. I believe this is because in recent years Chris Martin has come across as the ‘front man’ I believe the use of black and white photography has portrayed the band as simple and traditional. I believe it also could portray them as having a striped back feel. I believe the inside right cover doesn’t follow the same theme as the rest of the digipak. I believe this is because they want their customers to know that although they are trying to appeal to various different audiences they are still sticking to their roots. I find it interesting that the name of the artists ‘Coldplay’ do not make their name the most obvious title I believe this is because they rely on ‘Fan Base’ this is because they are such a well-known band they can rely on their fans to buy their album. I believe because it is not a debut album they don’t need to have their name so obvious. From the first sight of the album I observed that the track list could be represented to symbol a back bone, this is only a theory but I believe it a message to the fans to say that they are the structure of the band and what holds it all together.