CD CoversM.Raja

Conventions of a CD cover

Artists face: they take a picture to sell themselves and also to make people aware who the artist is and how they look. This is a good marketing strategy and it also helps construct a star.

Artist body: most female artist sell their bodies, they take sexualized pictures to tempt the audience to fall in love with an image and the star, thus they make money. Also this is star construction. However, this is not common among male artists but some do take provocative pictures that sell their bodies to women.

Artistic/artistic picture: Artist like to be artistic and explore their imagination. Some albums are very colorful and abstract this may be because the album is what the audience make of it just like abstract art.

Selling an idea: Some artists sell an idea rather then themselves. Some album covers are controversial, funny, weird and sometimes even gross. This is so that the audience look at it and think about what the album is trying to say.

ARTISTS FACETrough showing a full picture of an artists face, they

can set the latest trend i.e. what hair style is in fashion, make up styles or even what clothes to wear

etc. It also helps construct a star image

CONVENTIONS

Notion of looking: Here the artist is looking away from the picture. This is to make him look stylish and like a star because people will look at him but he is not

looking back.

Red hair and red lipstick: She wants to sell her self to her fans as someone who is

good looking and seductive. Red resembles love or lust and it stands

out because it is bold. She uses red to also stand out.

ARTISTS BODYCONVENTIONS

Artists use the female body to attract

people, mainly the male audience.

Male artists usually take a topless photo if they have a “fit” body. This is to attract the female

fans

ArtisticCONVENTIONS

The use of abstract imagery helps promote and artists because the weirder it is the more likely fans will remember

it. This is a good marketing strategy because fans will remember an artists album cover.

Sometimes an album cover is abstract

because it allows an artists to explore their emotions felt by the

album.

SELLING AN IDEASome artists don't focus on their looks or

desire a star construction. They prefer to sell an idea to challenge society. Sometimes an album cover is really artistic and looks very

weird, artists do this because they just want to be different and want to appeal to the mass

audience.

CONVENTIONS

Country Album Covers

A common theme throughout country albums are the colours used. Most are yellowish orang; a symbolic colour that may represent the warmth of the country. Also the

clothes that are worn can sometimes be symbolic of that genre, for example Tim Mcgraw wears a cowboy hat in most of his album covers. Also, some artists are seen

holding a musical instrument, most commonly an acoustic guitar or a banjo.