deadmau5 - Right this second (from album 4x4=12)
Textual detail
- Black background.
- Mouse head looks like disco ball.
- Coloured gold.
- deadmau5 font gold.
- Title 'Right this second' in white.
- Minimalist design.
- Links to house music.
- Disco ball - mouse looks happy suggests that you could enjoy the music.
- Live for the moment - links to the album title.
- Music could link to underground artist.
- linked - repeated notes in music.
- Artist wears mouse head when performing - effective way to market - iconic image.
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Roman Reloaded
Textual detail- Background splashes of multicolours.
- Nicki Minaj's face painted yellow with bright pink lines over her eyes.
- Her hair pure blonde.
- The album title 'Pink Friday Roman reloaded' links to her alter ego 'Roman' showing strong character.
- striking colour imagery links to where she's from - Trinidad (carnival colours).
- Tribal art on face - strips over eye.
- Barbie image - links to her blonde hair and font is pink in Barbie font.
- Exaggerated femininity - Barbie imagery.
Nicki Minaj - Whip it is one of the songs in her album.
Textual Detail
- Child's face with cut/bruised up.
- Font large and red.
- Serious looking face.
- Hands behind head.
What it tells us? Why is it effective?
- Red font could be linked to blood and violence.
- Political meaning - having a child - linking into weapon training - child soldiers?
- Ambiguous image.
- Child could be living in 'War' and finds it difficult.
- Could relate to age - things becoming harder?
- Child fighting with another boy?
- Band from Ireland - Song about British solders in Ireland.
- Political songs - Irish wanting British/English out of Ireland.
- Hands behind head could suggest getting arrested.
- Prisoner?
- Links to background of band.
Here is part of the U2 - War album 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
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