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Monday, October 12, 2009

Gwen Stefani – Love Angel Music Baby

For the deconstruction you will need to explore the following:
images used (layout, colour, style etc)


Front

Vivid and colourful

A medium long shot

Main colours used – gold, pink yellow

White background with a gold border

Gwen Stefani sitting on a gold throne in the centre directly addressing the camera

Head tilted up slightly and to the right

Curly messy hair – looks careless and so ‘cool’

Wearing a white top with frills, grey jacket with white fur, denim shorts, tights

Holding a gold purse and stick – link to royalty

Gwen Stefani is in focus but the surrounding images are out of focus

Slumped in the throne, one eye hidden, looks very laid back, relaxed, careless and so in control

Signature look – dark red lipstick, blond hair

Surrounding image – two Asian girls standing and posing


Back

Dark red background

Image is to the left has a white background

Image in black and white

Gwen Stefani sitting on same throne but more upright

Head tilted down to the right.

Curly even messier hair – looks careless and so ‘cool’

Eyes half closed – still looks chilled out

Big black stilettos

No longer wearing the grey jacket

Holding a tiara – connotations of ‘royalty’

Holding a stick – link to royalty


text (fonts, size, positioning, colour etc)
Font colour – gold

Album title in top left top corner and name Gwen Stefani in bottom right corner

Album title fairly small, Gwen Stefani much bigger and in bold

Font used is distinct, fancy style, connotations of royalty and ancientness

The relationship between text and images - how do they work together ie anchorage Differing functions of the front, back, inside sleeve
Anchorage - The text has connotations of royalty in the image, Gwen Stefani is sitting on a throne

The text, the throne and the border are all gold


How the Iconography represents the band, the genre of music and their overall image.

Iconography represents Gwen Stefani as individual and distinct

Colourful iconography is colourful and reflects the genre of pop, which consists of catchy dance music that is fun

Gwen Stefani’s image consists of her dark red lipstick, blond hair and her wild/different/out there fashion sense

Overall image is quite fun

Are there any signifiers exclusive to the band/ genre
Colourful and fun – pop genre

Signature look – dark red lipstick, blond hair, quirky dress sense


What the cover says about the institutional context of the music ie the label, mainstream, underground, first album etc
Owned by Interscope Records, licensed to Polydor Limited, Universal Music

First album as a solo artist?


What can we learn about the potential/target audience from the cover ie specialist, niche, familiarity with the band, compilation, mainstream etc.
We can learn that the target audience is mainstream, as the cover resembles other mainstream pop artists/bands, as it is colourful, fun etc. However, it is also individual to suit Gwen Stefani’s style.

Any work completed on album covers should be posted on your individual blog, with links to the album cover imagery

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