Analysis for Album covers
In this album cover the title of the album is called 'unapologetic' which is clearly shown by it being scratched away as if something else had been written there. Rihanna is clearly not wearing any clothes but is covered by words in graffiti which show different feelings which have been shown in many songs of this album, by her being naked on the album cover shows that she has been stripped bare and is not afraid to show her true feelings and is confident about showing it. Also by the word LOVE being covered over her face shows that the songs in this album are mostly related to her feelings she has experienced during being in love. The style of Rihanna seems to be very wild and daring by the tattoos and the fierce black lipstick and eyeliner this gives us the impression that she wild and racey and is very confident with by her having no costume this also shows to us that she is bringing an element of sexuality to the image. This could be targeted to a male audience.
In this album cover the title of this is called lights. This is well represented in this iamgery by using artificial lighting surrounding her face to make her seem glowing and spiritual and magical, I have also noticed that the title is glowing which also carries on the glowing effect throughout the picture. The background shows nature and representing more simple background instead of it being in a studio. By the album cover being spiritual and magical by the use of editing different light effects these themes are represented in her songs by portraying freedom and inner feelings, this is also represented by the way she has her head so it looks as if she is releasing her feelings that are portrayed by light. The costume that ellie is wearing is very covered up and isnt revealing which shows to us that she just wants people to be drwan to her face. The compostion of Ellie is very central and is a close up shot which shows us that the main focal point of the image is her as the background is blurred out.
In this Album cover the artists name is clearly shown in gold capital letters, by it being a different colour to the rest of the image which is in black and white. This shows us she wants her name to be well known. In the image Beyonce has alot of lighting to make her seem the main focal point of the image whereas the background is mainly darker and is not of much importance. Her makeup is very dramatic and it also relates to the album cover name which is I AM....SASHA FIERCE this shows that she wants to be seen as being fierce racey and quite sexual. The clothing in which she is wearing is quite revealing but is still quite classy with all the jewellery and hair done up. With her wearing alot of jewellry the lights which are making her appear brighter are shiny so makes it seem she is wearing expensive things. The way in which she is sat is quite closed off and quite sultry her facial expression seems quite mysterious and wild.
In this image the title is shown sideways and is in bright capital letters, This shows that the title of the album is important but the artists face is more important, However her face is hidden by a shadow, this then relates to the title of the album being named afraid, so by there being a shadow covering her face shows she is not that confident to show her whole face in the image. The lighting on her face is very dramatic which is most probably a form of natural lighting.and artificial lighting.The style of her makeup seems to be very dark with all the dark shadowing on top of that.
Conclusion
How this had helped me with my ancillary taks ideas is that i have learnt that different artists want to portray different view across to their audiences for the the type of genre of music they do. The type of album cover which i will most probably be taking ideas from is the beyonce album cover
as the album she produced there is the same idea being shown such as the artist having two sides to her. What i have also learnt from this is that when making an album cover you need to make sure that everything matches and doesnt look out of place otherwise it can look messy and un-organized and can put people off of buying your product. I think also that this has helped me realise how much the album cover matters into advertising your product because it is how the public are going to persieve your item and then determine if they like the look of it and want to buy the album and listen to it.
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