Ancillary 1 Research
- 1. The white typography on the album is The digipack is targeted at her male Daniella Johnston very simplistic and subtle yet it The colour red connotes love and and female fans. The themes of contrasts with the red. It doesn’t draw passion which are both elements femininity and love throughout, allow The front cover is an extreme close up the audience’s attention away from of her music. It is also a ‘loud’ and women to connect with the album portrait shot of mainstream pop artist the image. Loud is a short word that is vibrant colour – relating to the and the seductive images will appeal Rihanna. We can see clearly that she easily memorable. Unlike most artists, name of the album and genre. to the men making them want to buy has long eyelashes, rosy cheeks, and her name doesn’t appear on the it. red hair and is wearing red lipstick, cover. We don’t need to see her name highlighting her femininity. Allowing The back cover is a mid-shot showing Rihanna in a more vulnerable state. It or the album’s because the image the audience to see her so up close contrasts with the front to emphasise that the album contains both upbeat and speaks for itself. Her image makes her emotional songs. The background has been obscured so we can’t tell where she entices those who find her attractive instantly recognisable. and those who idolise her. is and her hair covers her face developing the idea of her being secretive. The rule of thirds can be In terms of her applied.Rihanna is body language, in the primary her eyes are optical area and closed and her lips the tracks are in are slightly parted the strong fallow suggesting she is area showing they fantasising which are the important relates back to features whereas the theme of love. unimportant ones She looks e.g. barcode are in innocent and dead corners. vulnerable yet we The Guttenberg design principle of get the The disk art keeps to the the rule of thirds is not used in this The back cover holds more information.The track impression she albums theme. It is a close up image as it focuses on only Rihanna. listing confirms the albums theme is love.Some could be secretive of a rose that is subtle and It does this to show that she is a songs contain words which have sexual connotations and promiscuous soft in colour. A pink rose mainstream artist, because they are such as bed and S&M and some of them describe too as we assume highlights her femininity and always in the public eye. It also relationships e.g. Fading and Complicated. There is she isn’t wearing denotes the love, develops the relationship between also the record label name and URLS on the back clothes and the appreciation and admiration the audience and Rihanna, creating which allows the audience to go beyond the album left side of her which her fans have for her. a sense of closeness and intimacy and engage more with the artist. face is in shadow. A rose is a symbol of love, because the camera is so up close again relating to the theme. to her face.