Paramore – Rock
My Chemical Romance – Rock
VersaEmerge – Rock
Pop/Rock covers seem quite dark, which is relative to the bands and genres themselves, as the music also tends to be quite dark.
3 out of 4 of the covers that I’ve analysed are entirely black and white/grey. The odd cover (All Time Low) is more of a pop rock as opposed to rock like the others; this is shown by the fact that it is brighter with more n the cover than the others. Rock covers tend to be emptier and mainly three colours only, the All Time Low cover is a mixture of reds, greens, blues etc. these colours represent the brightness and bounciness of the band itself. The back cover and CD are both also the same style in terms of color and layout and features similar pictures to the front cover.
All Time Low – So right it’s wrong – Album
This cover features a lot of bright colours and silhouettes. The colours fit with the style of the music, bright and bouncy, happy.
The pictures also fit, people jumping, air guitar, random scrawls (CD)
The colours are all the same throughout the entirety of the digipack.
The writing style of the main ‘All Time Low’ is similar to that of the bands previous work, quite plain text, manipulated to be a certain shape
Features buildings that look hand drawn, giving it a more fun effect.
Writing and silhouettes are black, also use of mainly yellow with some red and blue and green.
All Time Low - Dear Maria Count Me In Official Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcNiKCmWdYE&ob=av2e
Paramore – Monster – Single
Dark, only black and white, use of silhouettes again.
Simple, widely spaced text for the band name to catch the eye, quite small curly font for the name of the single
Presumably dressed in black to match the surroundings
Light shining from behind, a tunnel?
No fancy extras, only the necessities, a picture, band name and single title
Simplicity and colours fit with the style and tone of the song
The darkness of the single cover, reflects the darkness of the song itself.
Official Paramore - Monster Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTEnaAI9Fo&ob=av2e
VersaEmerge – Fixed At Zero
Again the cover reflects the work of the artist, dark and mysterious.
Dark and simple again, only the necessities, title, band and picture.
Two tone curly writing, fading where the two words meet.
The vulture could symbolise death as it is a very violent bird.
The music again reflects their musical style
The vulture on the cover of the CD is also featured in the lyrics of VersaEmerge’s first released single from the album, also titled Fixed at Zero.
The background of the back of the cover also fits with the theme of vultures.
VersaEmerge -Fixed at Zero Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTlfGImDDtI&ob=av2e
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade – Album
The pictures on the back and front covers relate to the video, the drummer boy represents the black parade.
Again the colours are only black white and grey, and the same goes for the CD
The CD is really creative and has all of the names of the songs on the album written around it, with a picture in relation to the song
The fonts on the songs all differ, for no specific reason, but they also look really good.
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWgsQhbaqU
Paramore tour poster/article
Honda advertises the car on the front of the poster as it is them sponsoring the tour. The front woman is stood further forward and is dressed slightly differently to the others as a symbol of status and power. A decorative border in the style of a gilded frame makes the poster look framed and nice whilst also filling space. The main artist is at the top, larger than the rest with the other support acts underneath in a smaller font. The name of the guest stars ‘Tegan and Sara’ and ‘New Found Glory’ are both in their respective fonts from their album covers, which gives a sense of recognition and familiarity. Most likely to be found in a Kerrang! Magazine. The main colours are sepia, red and black. The red of the car draws your eye towards the picture and ensures that you notice it. Slightly alternative music so you wouldn’t generally see this article in a mainstream magazine as opposed to Kerrang!
Paramore Myspace associated secret show
This poster is a Paramore secret show
poster. The Poster is very minimalistic, and shows only the band on the front
of it. The colours are very neutral and basic, which keeps the focus on the
band instead of distracted by anything else. The only colour is that of Hayley’s
(The lead female singer) hair, this is because Hayley’s most recognizable
feature is her hair, and is generally how people notice the band, as her hair
is bright orange. This change in colour brings a sense of familiarity to the
overall feel of the poster. As this is a secret show, there is no mention of
any support acts, which means that the band is playing on their own. A butterfly
decal is also featured in the middle of the poster; this is to associate with
the Paramore’s latest album, as it also features a butterfly. There is also a
logo in the bottom corner for MySpace, which is the company that has set up the
secret show (And also the social networking site). There is also the logo for
Fueled By Ramen, which is the record label that the band is signed to.
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