CD Cover Annotations• By Luke Damagnez

The CD cover is for the song Dangerous, created by Michael Jackson. You can see Michael Jackson’s eyes starting at you.

There is a kid trapped by a unusual hand, most likely a creatures hand. This can portray that everyone is in danger. There is teeth on the hand, this can represent a creature trying to harm the child.

There is a mask, blocking the face of Michael Jackson. When crimes are committed the criminal would have a mask on covering there whole face. This can also portray, as he is wearing a mask, you cant recognise him, and cant catch him, so there will be more crimes and more people will be in danger.

There is a globe in the middle of the picture. This can portray that the whole world is affected and in danger. There is also a ladder which allows someone to climb up onto the globe. This can portray that danger is coming

There is an eye looking straight at you. This can portray that someone is always watching you. This can represent that your never safe, someone is watching every move you do.

The audience is mainly teens but Michael Jackson has a huge fan base so the audience can go up to late 40s and 50s.

I think he has chosen this kind of album because there is not 1 type of danger, there is multiple types of danger and it is shown in this album cover.For example, there is a boy trapped, there is a mask, which criminals normally wear

This is the most colourful album MJ has produced. All his albums have MJ on their cover in different ways. This is the only cover where you don’t see his body. From looking at other pop albums they are more of a low key lighting, whereas MJ has used bright colours.

There is harmless animals like a elephant and monkey going into the tunnel

There is humans and lizards coming out of the tunnel. This can portray, that not everyone is a good person, some people will be evil and harm people

The background and the top is dark, most crimes happen at night as there is a higher chance criminals wont get recognised.

There is a lot of colours, mostly gold and light blue. These colours are colours that can portray happiness. In the middle the colours are a lot darker, more gloomy. This can represent people have a good side, and a bad side, but the bad side can overweigh the good side.

The genre of this album is pop.

One song is called ‘Black or white’. This song is directed about racism in the world. People have been killed due to there skin colour. But more people respect other race’s now. But people are still in danger from people who want to hurt and abuse someone who isn’t there skin colour.

Another song is called ‘Heal the World’. This clearly shows MJ wants to help make the world fair and happy for everyone. Everyone is in danger and we don’t want to be. This shows the type of music MJ likes to create.

These seem to be pillars. But they are separated. As they come closer, they get taller. This can symbolise

There is a boy standing in the middle of the picture. He is also on the highest pillar which is separated from others. This can symbolise that you are alone and isolated. He is standing on the highest pillar. This can symbolise that

The colour in this picture is mostly dark colours. There is one bright colour, which is on the left. This could be the sun. This could symbolise the sun is moving away from the boy. The sun can represent happiness, and now darkness will fall onto the boy.

The boy is staring into the clouds, like something is behind it. The name of the band is Imagine Dragons. The ‘imagine’ bit can help us understand that the boy is imagining something which could come out of the cloud.

There is a dark cloud, this can symbolise danger. This cloud could be smothering the boy soon. This can symbolise danger to the boy and danger to anyone who is by themselves. This can also represent that people need help.

The target audience is from 14 to 25.

This genre for this album is alternative rock/indie so typically album covers will be simplistic.

The background could be seen to signify evening, or sunset, with the colours; blue, orange and light green also representing sunsets or evening

This is the band’s name. It is written in capital letters, with the colour white. The colour white makes the writing stand out. This is because the background colours are low key lighting. The album title is a smaller font than the band name. This can represent that the album title isn’t as important as the band. When looking at this album cover, the audiences will see the band’s name first this can help increase sales if the band is popular.

The first song in this album is called ‘Radioactive’. Radioactive is also known with nuclear work. Nuclear gas emits radioactive decay. Radioactive decay is dangerous as it can damage a person’s cells. Nuclear is a weapon which can be and has been used to kill thousands of people. This can help symbolise the low key lightings which represent danger to the boy.

There is also songs called ‘Demons’ and ‘Bleeding Out’. This can represent death, which is dark. Death symbolises darkness. There album colours are dark. The songs can help represent the album, and the type of music Imagine Dragons like to crate.The style of the ‘Imagine

Dragons’ is

Other CD covers of this genre is a mixture of low/high key lighting. This album has both, there is a darker background than the boy and the pillars. There is also a light coming from the left hand side of the album.

The child in the background can relate to one of the song lyrics from On Top of the World, “I've climbed the highest mountain.”

Back CoverAll the songs in this album is stated in a list. The writing is in the colour white and is in capital letters. The background

colour is a dark grey. Darkness can represent danger and some of the songs in this album, like ‘Bleeding Out’ can help symbolise the message the band is trying to showcase. Whereas its not the colour black, so it isn’t all gloomy and dangerous this can be shown by ‘On Top Of The World’ where it is a more joyful song.

There is a couple of songs which can represent danger. The first song on this list is called ‘Radioactive’. Radioactive is produced from nuclear work. Radioactive decay can damage human body cells and a nuclear bomb can kill thousands of people.Another song is called ‘Bleeding Out’. Humans start bleeding when they have either hurt themselves, or have been hurt by someone.

Copyright Information. This is for legal reasons to ensure their music is protected.

Barcode, this is for distribution and to see how many people have bought this CD.

Record label logos for the record company. Lets consumer’s know who helped them

Website. Consumers can look for more information about the band.

It has all the normal features of a CD back cover. E.G Copyright information

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There is a hand grenade which represents danger and death. The grenade is shaped as a love heart. This can represent that people you love are in danger or even people you love can put you in danger, even if they don’t mean it. The grenade is red, which can symbolise blood and fear.There is red blood dripping from the grenade onto his hand. You see blood when someone has hurt themselves or someone has been violent to someone.Red, white and black can also theme rage and anger, whereas the white can theme peace

American Idiot is the name of the album. It is not in capitals. This can symbolise that the artists want them to be more important than the songs as the artists name is in capitals.

You would call someone a idiot for doing something stupid. Idiot is in the colour red which can symbolise death, and fear. This can symbolise that people do idiotic things which can result in violence and even death.

This album has 3 different genre’s Pump Rock, Pop Punk and Alternative rock.

The audience will be 15-24 year olds.

The background colour is black. This can represent darkness. Most violence will happen when its darker as there is a higher chance the criminal will not get found. With the red colour as well, black and red are colours of fear.

Green Day is the name of the band. The word ‘GREEN DAY’ is in capitals, which will make the word stand out more then ‘American idiot’. This symbolises that the artists want there name to stand out more to customers than the albums name.

There is a song called Letterbomb. This helps symbolise that the album can be about death especially with the hand grenade in the.

There is another song called Homecoming. This can represent someone coming home, maybe from a crime scene. It could be someone coming home hurt or even in a coffin. Homecomings can be celebrations, someone could of come home from work in the army.

The album name is ‘American Idiot’. This is a stereotype which is known for a individual from a strong developed nation, E.G America being ‘idiotic’ which can effect a large number of people

Using ‘American Idiot’ can offend American citizens. This can have a negative impact on the sales of the album. This is because they are stereotyping Americans to be ‘idiots’, which isn’t the case. This will decrease sales because they are offending them and will decrease Green Day’s profit.

There reputation can also decrease which will also result in a decrease in sales and profits.

However, they could be stating that the band, Green Day are the ‘idiots’.

Here is the list of all the songs featured in this album. They are all written in the colour white and they our all in capital letters.

There is a warning that the language in this album is strong. This shows the audience is young adults and adults (16-30)

Barcode, this is for distribution and to see how many people have bought this CD.

Record label logos for the record company. Lets consumer’s know who helped them.

There is an object in the middle, it’s a very clear image. This imagine could be of a tie and collar. Green Day have worn a lot of ties in videos and in photos. This can help represent themselves, and how the audience can also represent them.

The colour of the background is black. The writing is red and white. The writing is all in caps and some songs have parts to them