Album Cover; Inna 'Hot' (2009) This album cover again follows the convention of the solo album covers as the artist is present on the cover. It uses a medium shot of the artist and she is placed in the forefront of the frame, in front of the text, connoting her importance to the album. The costume of the model is all black connoting mystery and giving a ‘men in black’ feel to the cover. The model has a lot of flesh on show and is dressed in high heels like she’s going out relating back to the night club idea and therefore the dance genre. The idea of mystery being portrayed is reinforced in the fact that model is wearing shades; this could also bee seen as representing a holiday/summer feel. This could be linked to the stereotypical idea of young woman’s holidays consisting of night life and alcohol suggesting the music to be music you would expect to hear in nightclubs and that the albums target audience is these women. The costume of the model is also very sexy and seductive due to the amount of flesh showing. This is reinforced by the gesture of the model as the image highlights her figure and her body language is very open and therefore quite sexual. This reinforces the dominant ideology of woman being represented for there sexuality and appearance and being objects for the dominant male to enjoy. The title of the album again reinforces these ideas as it’s called ‘Hot’. This has a number of meanings and can link to all the connotations as hot can be seen as a sexual or good looking person or as the temperature, linking to holidays.
The use of the models sexuality on the album cover could challenge the target audience of the album as it’s likely to attract a male audience. This suggests that the album could be suitable for both genders instead of a dominant female audience as is usually the case in the dance genre.
The text used on the album cover is of a large font and takes up the majority of the album cover. The font is quite formal yet has lines that continue after the completion of the letter creating a techno and free willing atmosphere, linking to the dance genre. The text of the artists name and album name are both the same size and colour which create confusion to distinguish between the two. It also suggests that the music is as important as the artist name and doesn’t use and larger font for the artist suggesting commercialism isn’t the predominant characteristic of the album, as seen in other album covers I have analysed. The colour grey/silver is used for the text on the album cover connoting the album to be stylish, elegant and modern and giving the album a high quality appearance. The background colour is a fade from white to silver this connotes purity and perfection with the hint of silver connoting the album as valuable. The use of grey text on this background causes the text to stand out connoting that commercialism is still important as its likely to catch audiences attention.
The key light on the album cover comes in from the left hand side of the cover creating the idea of it being the sun. This creates a shadow behind the artist and reinforces the portrayal of the summer and holidays.
The use of the models sexuality on the album cover could challenge the target audience of the album as it’s likely to attract a male audience. This suggests that the album could be suitable for both genders instead of a dominant female audience as is usually the case in the dance genre.
The text used on the album cover is of a large font and takes up the majority of the album cover. The font is quite formal yet has lines that continue after the completion of the letter creating a techno and free willing atmosphere, linking to the dance genre. The text of the artists name and album name are both the same size and colour which create confusion to distinguish between the two. It also suggests that the music is as important as the artist name and doesn’t use and larger font for the artist suggesting commercialism isn’t the predominant characteristic of the album, as seen in other album covers I have analysed. The colour grey/silver is used for the text on the album cover connoting the album to be stylish, elegant and modern and giving the album a high quality appearance. The background colour is a fade from white to silver this connotes purity and perfection with the hint of silver connoting the album as valuable. The use of grey text on this background causes the text to stand out connoting that commercialism is still important as its likely to catch audiences attention.
The key light on the album cover comes in from the left hand side of the cover creating the idea of it being the sun. This creates a shadow behind the artist and reinforces the portrayal of the summer and holidays.
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