The front of this album shows two member of the band crouching over another member is on the floor. One is giving CPR to the one on the floor which tell us that this mn has been seriously hurt and may have actually died. The lead singer is putting his hand up to the camera look as though he is trying to stop this picture being taken so this tell us that picture is being tken by a paparazzi who has either been following the band or has chanced upon this scene. They are all well dressed so that tells us that this picture might have been taken after a night out partying so the meaning of this album cover might be the dangers of being famous which incude partying to the point of death and having your final moment caught on camera by the paparazzi. The setting for this scene is a back alley somewhere. This setting is used to make the meaning of this cover impact more.
Sunday 12 September 2010
CD Cover Analysis 1: Franz Ferdinand - Tonite: Franz Ferdinand
The front of this album shows two member of the band crouching over another member is on the floor. One is giving CPR to the one on the floor which tell us that this mn has been seriously hurt and may have actually died. The lead singer is putting his hand up to the camera look as though he is trying to stop this picture being taken so this tell us that picture is being tken by a paparazzi who has either been following the band or has chanced upon this scene. They are all well dressed so that tells us that this picture might have been taken after a night out partying so the meaning of this album cover might be the dangers of being famous which incude partying to the point of death and having your final moment caught on camera by the paparazzi. The setting for this scene is a back alley somewhere. This setting is used to make the meaning of this cover impact more.
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Very good analysis but try to talk about composition a bit more clearly and maybe refer to status.
ReplyDeleteSome very good analysis, particularly the connotation of the paparazzi. To achieve the upper level marks, also point out that the black and white photograph alludes to the paparazzi. Also think about the audience? How is this different from an actual paparazzi photograph? How does this place the audience as viewer/consumer of the band?
ReplyDeleteThe last line: "This setting is used to make the meaning of this cover impact more." isn't specific enough. The problem is the word impact.
You need to be more specific. Think about the connotations of this setting - a dark alleyway is not the space which would ordinarily be used for artists publicity shots. If this was a paparazzi shot this would be a space not really controlled by the artists (unlike the stage). The irony is that in reality it is completely fabricated for their album cover.