Albums media a2 coursework

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‘Explicit content’ is usually found within album covers of the Rap genre As you can see there is a similarity with all of the colours (Red White &Black) The title of the album suggests reference to the colour of it. Red is a very high visibility, it can represent danger. As you can see this rapper’s front cover is dominated with red, suggesting masculinity. A typical convention of a rap album suggests the artist, showing aggression and attitude. Another typical convention of the Rap genre would be having visible Tattoos showing masculinity The artists Draws attention to himself with His face being the most dominant The back cover features, barcode, logo, record label, distributors and copyright details

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‘Explicit content’ is usually found within album covers of the Rap genre

As you can see there is a similarity with all of the colours (Red White &Black)

The title of the album suggests reference to the colour of it. Red is a very high visibility, it can represent danger. As you can see this rapper’s front cover is dominated with red, suggesting masculinity.A typical convention of a rap album suggests the artist, showing aggression and attitude.

Another typical convention of the Rap genre would be having visible Tattoos showing masculinity

The artists Draws attention to himself with His face being the most dominant The back cover features, barcode, logo, record label, distributors and copyright details

The Rappers Record label, distribution details and Copyright details

A typical rap convention appears as there’s a similarity within colours of the front and back cover (Gold, Black &White)

‘Explicit Content’ shows a typical rap convention

Another convention of the Rap genre is Jewelry

Rapper showing bad attitude

Rapper is dominating the album cover, another typical convention of Rap

Notice the colorful font, showing nature, suggesting innocence and peace. This also suggests the music is more likely to be pleasant then heavy and explicit

The bands name dominates the album cover, letting target audience identify it through the big bold letters. This is a typical convention of Rock

The Barcode, distribution details and the copy right will be revealed at the bottom of the Back Cover

The fact that there isn’t an image of the band maybe suggesting they want to be judged on purely just their music

As we can see the album cover is very bright, the background in lime green, perhaps reinstating the name of the band The Bands name shows

dominance to the front cover. Its also noticeable that the Band’s leader is on both front and back covers

The colour of the title is matching his face and the track list. The purple is contrasting with the ‘X’s on his eyes and the numbers of the track.

The distribution details , copyright and the barcode are at the bottom following the convention of all album covers

Explicit Content

The front cover seems very militant, as you can see there is animated person on the album, glowing in red. Red is a typical colour of the rock genre, along with Black. The bands name is in big Army style letters, perhaps suggesting violence.

The image of the band on the back cover, shows their attitude which is a convention of Rap. The colours are very dark which could mean their music has a dark touch to it.

The barcode, distribution details, their website and Logo.