Thursday, 3 November 2011

Album Artwork Analysis - The Clash - "London Calling"



- The genre is conveyed through the image - it is clearly Punk
  -> Values: - The artist is shown expressing anger and frustration
  -> Rebellious - This is shown as he is smashing his own guitar

- The word 'Clash' suggests they are against the mainstream
- Image - Agressivemess, anger, suggests their own values and beliefs.  
  -> Black and White - suggests negative emotions 
  -> Connotations of sharp and crisp means sophistication and wealth however if it was grainy and blurred that would connotate authenticity -> It has deliberately been done 'High Finish'.  This suggests that the artists passion is more important than the actual image of the artist.

-The name of the album appears bigger than the actual name of the band.  This suggests that image is not as important as the music.  
- The image is a shot from a live gig which connotates that the artist is passionate about their music.
- We are not able to see the artists face - values of the artist are that the music is more important than the image.

Audience
- Targets older people as its from the 1970's, therefore audiences would have been different in terms of taste and likings.
- Targets people who like to be 'different' and not follow the mainstream.



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