Looking at Album Artwork

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We were given the following questions and we made several notes on the album artworks:

• What works?
• What doesn't work?
• What genre and how do you know? What conventions have been used?
• What message and or theme do you get behind the art choices the band have made?

- Simplicity of colour scheme
- Simplicity makes it look like theyre trying too hard
- Conventions/ Symbolism of the heart and grenade
- Makes audience think about the album
- Can tell the genre through colours
- Use of the word 'Presents' gives the idea like its a tv show
- This adds a sense of pretentiousness
- Also makes them seem classic and old school
- Overall class opinion was that they did not like the album cover

- Pop art is a very recognised based off Andy Warhol
- Famous Art Style makes it look like the band is famous
- Classical but with a twist, makes it seem like the band is classical and with a twist
- Genre - Pop Rock
- Themes - Edgy and cool, Individuality
- Not cocky or pretentious
- Pushing Dyer Star Theory, trying to make their faces iconic
- Recognizable as a cartoon
- Who is the lead?
- Fails as a marketing ploy as we don't know the name of the band and the album name

- Iconic
- Classic Rock Metal
- Religious Imagery
- Album artwork tends to look like tattoo art
- Skulls are a convention of metallic rock
- All have a trademark - their hairstlyes are iconic
- Represents the genre well
- Has the iconic slogan 'live fast and die young'
- Ribbons have a theatrical element like theyre constantly putting up a show