Sukhpreet Boora CODES AND CONVENTIONS FOR THE BAND MEANS NOTHING
Aug 02, 2015
Sukhpreet Boora
CODES AND CONVENTIONS FOR THE BAND MEANS
NOTHING
The type of font that is used for th is a lbum art cover would suggest that the type of music that is l ike ly to be on th is a lbum is e i ther goth ic or meta l rock .
FRONT COVER
There i s a parenta l adv isory on th is wh ich would mean that i t i s on ly su i tab le fo r adu l ts and teenagers because i t wi l l have swear words, so th is a lbum would be su i tab le fo r ch i ldren.
The mise en scene o f th is a lbum ar twork wou ld aga in suggest that th is fi ts in fo r the genre o f goth ic o r meta l because o f the make up that she has got on and because o f the fact that she has got greasy and messy ha i r and that ’s the s tereotype o f peop le who l ike that k ind o f mus ic . The g i r l s make up is runn ing therefore th is a lbum g ives me the fee l that i t i s qu i te depress ing and sad because i t looks as though she has been cry ing .
Most of the f ront a lbum cover is b lack and whi te which again gives the express ion that i t i s qui te sad and depress ing. The only bi t of co lor i s the blue eyes and th is draws the eyes draws your attent ion because i t s tands out , her overal l express ion on her face looks as though she is sad and unhappy so th is refl ects wi th what type of songs that are in the a lbum. The tape around her mouth and the words ‘ just l i s ten’ i s good because i ts te l l ing you not to ta lk and to just l i s ten to the songs and the lyr ics .
You can see a p icture of the band and above them there’s there names and what they do in the band. This is something that I l ike because you then know who is doing what. So when i t comes to l i s tening to the songs you can picture them doing i t .
INSIDE
At a fi rst g lance i t looks as though that they a l l are equal and there isn’ t someone in the bad that is more popular than the others . However I looked at i t c lose ly and i t looks as though the gui tar ist on the le ft i s a b i t more forward than the others where as the other look as though they are standing next to each other. I ’m unsure i f th is was done on purpose or whether th is is a coinc idence. I a lso not iced that the bass player and vocal ist are wear ing l ighter c lothes than the others and they stand out a b i t more and your eyes are drawn towards them than the other two. The drummer a lso looks to be a bi t more smal l than the rest , th is could however be the case that he is smal l or th is could have been done on purpose because he could be the least favor i te in the group.
They have added thank you notes at the bottom of the page, which is a n ice touch. I l ike how they’re keeping to the theme because i t shows consistency throughout. A lso look ing at how the band is dressed I th ink i t i s a lot more metal rock than gothic because they are dressed stereotypical ly for metal than Goth
The CD looks a b i t l ike paint when you dab i t wi th a sponge or in a way i t looks a bi t l ike smoke.
INSIDE
The background looks l ike people party ing, I th ink that th is was taken at one of the i r concerts . I t looks l ike they are raving and having a lot of fun and maybe i t could be a mosh pi t . This is the only th ing in the a lbum that is te l l ing me that i t i sn’ t a sad a lbum and i t i s more of a rock a lbum.
The image at the back is a lso in b lack and white which is keeping to the theme of b lack and white .
The same font is used as the f ront cover, and again i ts a l l b lack and white so i ts keeping up wi th the gothic and metal v ide that th is a lbum is g iv ing.
Looking at th is the background looks a lot l ike whi te paint be ing dabbed onto a grey background.
BACK COVER
The background is exact ly l ike the CD which I th ink is a good thing because i t means that everything on this a lbum is matching which is a good th ing.
The l i s t of songs is the same font as the a lbum cover again i ts a l l l ink ing which I l ike because everything goes together and i ts not random and i t doesn’ t look stupid.