Textual Analysis; Kate Nash

CD;

Front Cover

Image

The front cover of the album shoes the artist in a red dress, red usually connotes danger and seductive however the artist's body language is very shy connoting she has many different layers to her work and goes against the norms. The image is very friendly and girly with a yellow house and daises giving a fairy tale feel to the cover, this may reflect the artist work as she may use her work to tell stories.

Copy

The text stands out from the blue background due to the white colour. The font used is also very child like connoting an innocence to the artist along with a playful side.

Inlay

There is no image on the inlay of the CD leaving it very simple and plain. The white could connote a innocents to the artist. The image on the CD is of a cake, this could connote that the artist work is made by herself and has a rawness to it whilst the flowers show her playful, girly, quirky side.

Back Cover

The same font is used on the back cover as on the front. The text is not neat and looks almost hand written connoting a childlike feel again to the audience. The font stands out from the dark blue background and there is also production and copy right information in smaller font at the bottom of the CD cover.

Music Video;

Image

The beginning of the video shows the audience a man and a woman and a household making them see that the video is centered around the couple, however the woman has a close up connoting she is the artist. The body language used by both characters is very tense and hostile. The house and the artists clothing has a very vintage, girly feel to them showing the artists personality making the audience relate to her more. There is also the use of props such as toothbrushes and socks used to show the characters in the video, these are every day objects that people see allowing the audience to again relate to the artist.

Editing

The video is full of straight cuts, this helps to keep the audience focused on the story of video. There is also the use of stop-motion in the video giving it a more quirky edge. The props used for the stop-motion relate to the story of the video and lyrics and show the relationship between the characters in the video. The lighting in the video also connotes that the song is light hearted even though it comes across as very emotional. The hand held camera also adds to the emotion of the unsteady couple and gives the video a more relatable feel.

Narrative

The video relates to the lyrics of the song and shows a relationship between a male and female character that is falling apart. The audience relate to the woman in the story as she has more close ups and her side of the story is told more than the male. She is also shown to be powerful as she leaves the man at the end of the video however she is shown running a household and baking cakes and cleaning throughout the video fitting in with stereotypes.

Album Advert;

These images where used for the inside booklet of album and also for adverts for advertising the album's release.  The posters included the artist's name, album tittles and release date. The images are very fun and quirky. There is a lot of bright colours used and the images show many different sides to the artist. The images are very cute and youthful keeping with the theme of the front cover and hinting to the artists personality.

Textual Analysis; The Drums

CD;

Front Cover

Image

The first image to catch the audiences attention is the word 'Drums'. This shows the aduience this a band not and artist. The fact that the words are on the stage and not a band connotes that the music is more important than the band image and that live gigs are important for the band. The wooden effect connotes a rawness to the music and adds a vintage effect, the sratches on the stage floor also addes to this effect and the royal blue in the background of the cover connotes and shyness to the band and maybe a sad tone to their music. It is also creats mystery and interest into the artist.

Copy

The wooden effect used with the writting connotes a rawness to the music along with the 3d effect may connote the band doesn't just focuse on one type of music but many.

Target Audience

The vintage effect may give a target audience of young adults, however the dark colours connote that the album is more aimed at boys and than girls. The blue colour in the background is most likey to catch eye of a costumer and this a very universal colour attracting many diffrent buyers of diffrent genders, classes and race.

Inlay

The inlay for this album could not be found

Back Cover

The back cover of the album couldnot be found due to the fact the artists only released a download version of the album. Most new artist now do this as download sites such as Itunes and Amazon are now more popular and less people now buy CD's.

Music Video;

Image

The opening image to the video is of the band playing their instrements, the lead singer then crawls through the window showing a qiurky side to the band but also lets the audience idnify the diffrent roles within the band. The singer then puts sunglasses on creating mystery again to the band. The video is very simple as the band plays and the singer dances and sings connoting that peroforming live is a massive part of what this band stands for. The ending image of the blue curtine links to the posters and album artwork of the band helping the audiece reconiges them as the album cover doesn't inclue a image of the band.

Edit

There is a vintage effect layered over the video and no editing making the video very simple and down to earth. This gives the band a very natural feel to them and that they are purely trying to showcase their music to the audience.

Album Advert;

The poster image similar to the album cover with the blue curtain and stage, however the image has more of a vintage effect to it. The text is also diffrent and simple but bold so it stands out. The band again is not featured but the ratings of the album is on the poster to show the audience the popularity of the band. Even though there is still a mystery to the band there is a website for the band for people to see more imformation.