21/9/10 - Looking at album covers

Pink - Funhouse

Typography

-          Similar colour scheme – pinks, beiges

-          Serif writing – title

-          Non minimalist

Layout

-          Large picture on the right

-          Text ( Funhouse Pink) is slanted towards the right near enough in the centre

-          ‘Pink’ is repeated as a background on a pink diagonal stripe and on the beige background

Images

-          1 medium sized photograph of the artist,

-          Heavy patterned background

-          Image is of the artist

Language

Conventions

-          Not typical - No large image of artist taking up all the cover

-          Artist name and album name are not separated by the main     image

-          Typical – Uses simple colour scheme

Lady Gaga - the Fame

Typography

-          Simple colours – blue, white and black

-          San serif writing for ‘Lady Gaga’

-          Serif writing for ‘The fame’
-     These two different types of writing could reflect her as a person, the sam serif writing could reflect her as an artist, fun and different and the serif writing could reflect her as a normal person or her before her fame, as quite normal and simple.

      -     Minimalist - Juxtaposition of her, her personality and clothing is normal very abstract 

Layout

-          Large image filling up all of the album cover – no background 

-          Artist name is at the bottom of the cover

      -     Name of album is written onto the image as part of the sunglasses. The sunglasses           could be a symbolism of her fame and the way her name 'Lady Gaga' is written onto the sunglasses could reflect again, her 2 different personalities, 'Lady Gaga' is her celebrity persona. Linking herself to fame and fortune at 'Lady Gaga' 

Images

-          Photograph is of the artist – taking up all of the album 

-          Very simple image of the artists face- minimalist, contrasting her as a person

Language

Conventions

-          Typical – Large photograph of the artist taking up all the cover – more eye catching

-          The artist’s name and title of the album is separated by the image

-          Simple

Florence and the Machine - Lungs

    Typography

-          San serif writing for the album name - 'Lungs'

-          Serif writing for the Artist’s name - may describe their music as fun alternate

            -     Non minimalist - Abstract background, may also describe their genre of music. 



            -     Simple Colour Scheme - blues, greens and purples

Layout

-          ‘Florence and the machine’ is at the top of the album cover

-          ‘Lungs’ is at the bottom

-          Black border

-          Large picture of artist with a patterned background behind her

Images

-          Patterned background

-          Large photograph of the artist with a picture of the lungs on her chest

Conventions

-          Typical – Large image of the artist

-          Title of the album and artist name are separated by the main image

-          Non typical – Busy background – takes attention from the artist