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The document discusses how album artwork has changed with new media technology. It notes that as most music is now downloaded online, the front cover is often the only part of the album artwork people see. This means album covers must be carefully designed to look appealing at small sizes online. Artists who are very popular may not need their photo on the cover, as their audience will already recognize their music. Overall, the document emphasizes that effective album artwork needs to be visually striking and representative of the artist when viewed online.
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The document analyzes and summarizes the design elements of digipak album covers from four different artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, and Emineh. For each album cover, key design elements like colors, images, text styles and placements are described. Comparisons are made between how the designs fit or diverge from conventions within their respective genres of rock or rap music. Overall impressions and opinions on what design aspects work well or could be improved are also provided.Assignment 3 digipak 
Assignment 3 digipak benchaisty
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This document summarizes the key design elements and themes of several album digipaks, including those by Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, and Giggs. It discusses the use of colors, imagery, typography, and other conventions to convey information about the artist and album, appeal to target audiences, and establish themes like romance, wealth, and past lifestyle.Digipaks and Advertisements 
Digipaks and Advertisements Brownh1A2
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The digipak and advertisement for an indie artist use simple, calming colours and motifs to reflect the artist's music style. Photos of the casually dressed artist aim to create a connection with audiences by showing her as relatable. Throughout the digipak and ad, consistency in visual themes, fonts, and colours portray the artist as focused on her music above all else.Digipak analysis
Digipak analysisjackfowler24
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The Digipak cover uses simple black and white imagery and minimal text to convey emotion and mystery. Images of the artist with tears suggest the album will provide insight into her feelings and give the audience a sense of her true identity. While she is portrayed as a "monster", the crying implies she does not want this label and seeks sympathy from listeners. The monochrome color scheme reinforces the unknown nature of her identity.Album cover analysis
Album cover analysislouisa09
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The document analyzes several album covers and a poster advertisement. It discusses how the visual design elements of each - including images, colors, fonts, and layouts - relate to the music genre and convey meanings about the artist, album title, and intended audience. Key themes addressed across the covers include gender, appearance, and empowerment. The well-designed posters aim to attract attention and communicate the essence of the music through subtle visual cues.Album cover analysis
Album cover analysis09louisa
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The document analyzes several album covers and a concert poster. It discusses how the visual design elements of each cover - including the background, imagery, typography, color schemes, and composition - relate to the musical artists and genres. Key themes addressed across the covers include power, calmness, edginess, and representing the artists' brands and styles of music. The poster is also analyzed for how its imagery, fonts, and included information promote the musical act in a genre-appropriate way.Album cover analysis
Album cover analysislouisa09
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The document analyzes several album covers and a concert poster. It discusses how the visual design elements of each cover - including the background, imagery, typography, color schemes, and composition - relate to the musical artists and genres. Key themes addressed across the covers include power, calmness, edginess, and representing the artists' brands and styles of music. The poster is also analyzed for how its imagery, fonts, and included information promote the musical act in a genre-appropriate way.Rihanna 
Rihanna hayleyboylex
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Rihanna is a Barbadian singer who rose to fame in the 2000s. She has explored many areas in her career including music, film, and fashion design. Her music career began in 2003 and her first top ten singles were "Girl Like Me" in 2006 and "Pon de Replay". Across her album marketing for LOUD, Rihanna maintained a consistent branding with the same font, imagery of her red hair, and seductive poses to target teenage and young adult audiences.Digi pak analysis
Digi pak analysisElviraMotorga
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Digipaks were introduced in the early 2000s by record labels and artists to advertise music and increase album sales. Digipaks provide more information than just listening to music online, focusing on why people should purchase the physical album. They include pictures of the artist, messages to fans, and sometimes song lyrics. Digipaks offer a unique experience for fans through the extra features and ability to personally own the album.Digipak Analysis 
Digipak Analysis yanickkkk
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Through analyzing the images and design elements used in this digipak, the artist is represented in several ways. In one image, the artist is portrayed as powerful and professional by only showing the bottom half of his body wearing a suit. Another image shows the artist pointing a gun, portraying his music as aggressive. The fonts used are bold and clear. However, one letter is inverted, suggesting this may be a different type of album. A song on the album matches the image of the artist pointing a gun by describing crimes involving murder and guilt. Overall, the images and design aim to portray the artist and give insight into the themes of the album.Album cover analysis
Album cover analysisKristyWright
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The cover of Rihanna's 'Rated R' album shows her as the artist in a dark and mysterious way through her heavy makeup and jewelry, implying a darker sound than her previous albums. Paramore's 'Riot' cover stands out with its bright red title against a monochrome background with graffiti, representing their rock music. Britney Spears' 'Circus' cover depicts her as relaxed and feminine, fitting with the circus theme and being different than her prior albums. Cheryl Cole's '3 Words' cover presents her as very feminine and distant behind a veil, showing the album's focus on her femininity. Eminem's 'Recovery' cover is initially simple but reveals details about hisMore from 06ah2 (20)
Covers
Covers06ah2
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This document appears to be the track listing and credits for an album titled "For Now" by artist Jaki Henry. It lists 10 track titles and information about the record label and copyright. The album was released in 2012 by XL Recordings Ltd who owns the copyright for the sound recording. It also provides websites for more information about the artist.Covers
Covers06ah2
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This document lists the track listing and artist information for an album titled "For Now" by artist Jaki Henry. It includes 10 track titles and provides the artist's website and record label information. Copyright ownership is attributed to XL Recordings Ltd.Covers
Covers06ah2
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The document appears to be an album listing for singer Jaki Henry's album "For Now". It includes 10 track listings, the artist and album names, and information about the copyright of the sound recordings being owned by XL Recordings Ltd. It also advertises the #1 single "Don't You Remember" and that the CD and download versions will be available on January 21st.
Video content
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The document discusses the elements that will be included in a music video for a slow, meaningful song. It will have the song and artist name at the bottom left of the screen. The artist will wear casual, dark clothing to draw attention to the song's message rather than their appearance. The only event shown will be the artist and their on-screen lover having dinner. Dim lighting and both black-and-white and color cinematography will be used to help tell the story and connect the audience to the song's emotion.Generic
Generic06ah2
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Mariah Carey is a 43-year-old American artist who was inspired by Marilyn Monroe. She was signed to Universal Music Group in 1990. Her music videos feature lavish mansions, bright lighting, and revealing outfits to portray an image of wealth and sexuality. Her video for "We Belong Together" uses editing techniques like cuts and fades between scenes filmed in different locations of a mansion. It has a cinematic quality due to being directed by famous film director Brett Ratner.Generic
Generic06ah2
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Mariah Carey is a 43-year-old American artist who was signed to a major record label in 1990. She idolizes Marilyn Monroe and often wears revealing, glamorous outfits in the style of Monroe. The music video for her song "We Belong Together" features her wearing sexy clothes in a mansion and includes scenes of her with two famous actors. The high production quality video was directed by a famous film director.Magazine advert conventions
Magazine advert conventions06ah2
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This magazine advertisement promotes an album released in 2012 by an artist. The font used for the artist's name is consistent with their early career to help fans recognize them. The bold album title "Lungs" stands out as the largest text to immediately convey the product. Details about purchase methods and included singles provide all necessary information concisely and directly.
Story board
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The storyboard outlines shots for a music video about an artist remembering her past relationship. It includes 20 shots that will show the artist on the phone, getting ready for a dinner alone, walking down the street singing, driving in her car looking for her partner, and ending with a close-up of her crying while on the phone. The storyboard provides details for each shot including camera angles, movements, locations, props, actors, and brief narrative descriptions.
History of music videos
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This document provides a brief history of music videos, listing early experimental films set to music from the 1940s like Fantasia and Panoram, followed by specific music videos and shows from the 1950s onwards featuring artists like Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and the introduction of dedicated music television channels and platforms like MTV, YouTube, and iPods that helped popularize and spread music videos to broader audiences.Audience reactions
Audience reactions06ah2
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The document discusses how to target a specific audience for a music video. It emphasizes placing the video in places where the target audience will see it, like on certain TV shows or radio stations. It also stresses making the artist and video relatable to the audience by having the artist dress casually and film the video in a popular, recognizable location. The audience should also already be familiar with the artist's style and not expect anything too drastically different from previous videos.Editing
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The document discusses the genres, editing techniques, and camera shots used in music videos by Emeli Sande, Leona Lewis, Eminem, Lifehouse. It analyzes how the editing matches the pace and lyrics of songs. Close-ups are used to identify artists and show facial expressions. Tracking shots follow artists and crowds. Fades are used to transition between memories in Eminem's narrative video. Edits help set the mood based on whether the track is fast or slow.Music video directory
Music video directory06ah2
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This document provides summaries of and opinions on several music videos and their directors. It discusses how Gondry and Cunningham create visually inventive but sometimes loosely connected music videos. It also summarizes specific music videos like McCartney's "Dance Tonight" and Wyclef Jean's "Another One Bites the Dust", praising their storylines but finding other videos like Madonna's "Frozen" confusing and detached from the song.Labels
Labels06ah2
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Sony Music Entertainment UK is one of the largest music companies in the world with a broad range of local and international artists. EMI Group is a major British music company and one of the "big four" record labels, owning labels like Spice Girls, Kate Bush, and The Beatles. Warner Music Group is the third largest record company and also has a major music publishing division. Universal Music Group is the largest record company and label to many global artists like Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga. XL Recordings is an independent English label known for working with artists like The Prodigy, Radiohead, and Adele.Censorship
Censorship06ah2
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Censorship involves suppressing communication deemed objectionable by controlling bodies like governments and media outlets. There are arguments both for and against increased censorship of media accessible to children. Supporters argue it can confuse children's understanding of right and wrong, while opponents counter that parental controls and watershed blocks on explicit content are already sufficient, and artists should have freedom of expression. Parents remain concerned about content their children may access outside of parental controls. Artists also argue against censorship of their work which they see as self-expression.Kelly clarkson
Kelly clarkson06ah2
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Kelly Clarkson is an American singer who won the first season of American Idol in 2002. Her debut album Thankful was released later that year and went double platinum. Her second album Breakaway from 2004 received two Grammy Awards. By her fifth album Stronger from 2011, Clarkson had changed her style to be more mature and refined while still connecting to a broad audience with her personal lyrics. Her music videos evolved along with her sound and image over her career.My understanding
My understanding06ah2
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Richard Dyer's theory holds that celebrities are constructed images meant to appeal to audiences, rather than reflections of real people. He believes stars can be placed in mainstream or subcultures depending on who their fans are, and that their public images can influence societal norms. Lady Gaga attracts fans through her unpredictable fashion sense and willingness to be herself unapologetically. McCracken's theory is that mainstream genres have fragmented, making it difficult to categorize artists into single genres today. Hebdige argues people relate more to artists from similar backgrounds. Adorno was critical of popular music that focused on materialism rather than meaningful issues.My understanding
My understanding06ah2
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Richard Dyer's theory argues that celebrities are constructed images meant to appeal to audiences, rather than reflections of real people. Mainstream celebrities like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber position themselves through various media to promote their music and stay in the public eye. Dyer also believes that fans' preferences can place stars in the mainstream or subcultures. Additionally, celebrities' images can influence social norms or subvert expectations through their actions.Media
- 1. The artwork supports an artists’ image through their personality. It’s all in the colours that they use, the font and image. If they are a outgoing artist such as Pink, Rihanna, Lady Gaga then they are bound to have a lot of things on their album cover. The demand of artwork has changed very much over the introduction of new media technology, as a lot of things are now available for download online. The effect that this has had on the need for artwork is making sure that it looks appealing and has been thought about carefully. Seen as the majority of things are now online based, you only get to see the front cover of the album. A hard copy of an album needs to be looked at on all sides.
- 2. TASK 2 The connotations I can establish through the media techniques that are being used is that the artist does not need to have a photo of themselves on the album cover, simply because they are very popular and his audience will already know that his music will be to their standards.
- 3. For this CD Cover I have established that the artist’s appearance is well known and is needed to be seen on the cover of the CD cover to be recognized . By reading the name of the CD it already tells me that she is an urban artist as instead of spelling out the word Birthday, she has made it short with B’Day. My understanding of the artist is that she is appealing to men and also girls that may admire her for the way she looks, she seems quite bold and she is looking stunning.
- 4. TASK 3 In my chosen genre the artist CD cover are simple with a picture of themselves and their name and album name. The font used is not bold but it stands out because it is large. This has a strong effect as they are not fussy about the style or thickness of their name, but that it is seen. The image is of the artist themselves in the middle of the album cover. They are showing themselves so the audience can see who they are, although in these two albums ‘Sara Bareilles’ is covering parts of her face with a voice recorder and ‘Adele’ is looking down and not directly at the camera which suggests that they are both recognizable without a full image of themselves. In Sara Bareilles’ album cover you can see lots of colour which may reflect to her album as being upbeat and light, where as Adele has her album cover in black and white which may suggest her music video is deep and insightful. The layout of both of the album covers are both simply and the same which shows that both artists are not as interested in all the colours and their album have too much on it. The information on the cover is right to the point with name and album name.