Mise-en-scene: This portion of the cover is dedicated to the artist and shows her being provocatively dressed which is fairly typical for a pop artist because the sexual imagery is very important to the sales of their CD. The artwork on the album is very summery and displays the sort of ‘california’ vibe which links to the title of the CD. In the background it looks like a sky and as if she is sitting on a beach towel which gives the idea that the music in the album could be for very ‘chilled out’ people and the atmosphere on the cover could be trying to highlight the sort of people that would listen to the music. The bold colour of her hair and on the cover also shows that she has a very ballsy attitude which could be reflected by her songs.

Sound: The album name ‘Teenage Dream’ suggests that the general sound of the album is based at a youthful audience so that informs us the songs will be very fresh and have a youthful feeling. The supporting artist featuring on the album ‘Snoop Dogg’ is also a very popular artist but in a different genre that Perry is typically involved with so this could be an attempt at trying to add some fresh input to her songs and also gain more interest from the other artist’s fans. The single called ‘California Girls’ links in with all the imagery because it is supposed to come across as very care free and provocative and this is often how Californians are viewed. The record label is EMI which tells us that the music is very popular as they are very choosy about the artists that they promote, so this is a positive point on her music.

Conventions: This album is conventional for a pop artist, especially a stereotypical female pop artist because of the powerful image used and the connotations we are getting from this cover. The cover overall is very striking and it accentuates the artists bold and colourful image. The provocative costume she wears is very conventional as it is more about the image for the pop artists. I feel like this is the sort of album artwork that my group would want to try and create because it’s very bold and it gives the female a very powerful image and this is quite a popular image for artists recently so I feel like this would be a good route for us to take.

Font: the font reminds me of the type of font you would find on fair ground rides which gives the CD cover a very fun image. The font is important for this cover especially because it really adds a carnival look to the cover which detracts from the more carefree atmosphere.

Image: The artists here are introduced as a band, but as they are a pop band they are represented differently in comparison as to how a rock band may be promoted because they are shown being friendly and smiling, this would appeal more to their target audience who care mainly about the appearance of the band as they are mostly teenage girls who are more fans of the artists than the actual music itself. The fact that the group is shown messing about with one another could give the idea that they are friends and that they are nice young boys, this gives them more of a family friendly image rather than a provocative image that some artists try to portray with use of skimpy costume and body language. This image works well for these artists because they have the sort of friendly and a very safe vibe to their music style because they are targeted at a much younger audience.

Album artwork: The front cover adds to the theme of the artists album ‘Take me Home’ because it is like they are climbing on the telephone box in an attempt to find their way home. The back cover displays the artists carefree attitude because there are some hand drawn stars on the back which adds to the child like feeling of the cover, it gives a sense of having a playful attitude which is good for the type of audience they are targeting.

Mise-en-scene: The costumes that they are all wearing have the same sort of colour scheme which gives them a casual yet very sleek look which would make them seem more ‘normal’ to the target audience so in turn they would be more relatable. The setting of a park would also allow people to relate to the group because this is somewhere that they might be familiar with and it is somewhere that young people may take a day trip to with their friends so they might see familiarities in the album art work and feel they can relate to the artists.

Mise en scene: The artist is introduced with a close up image her which is conventional for a pop artist, the black and white filter makes the gold a very central colour for the album artwork which gives the idea of wealth and fame. This particular colour choice is something I have noticed on many female pop artist’s covers, this is something my group may benefit from by choosing a lead colour such as gold to make the cover so much more striking.

Imagery: The artwork on the cover looks very gritty and as though it was made very quickly, this could give us connotations that the artist is very carefree and she doesn’t care so much about appearance, it also gives a sense of a partying atmosphere because of the purple strobe lights which match the album name ‘ANIMAL’ so it gives the idea the artist is a very animalistic person who just likes to let loose all the time.

Sound: The sound for this album appears to be very youthful, the mention of drugs and love in the titles of some of her songs could be appeal to the younger audience as they may be able to relate to some of the things that are mentioned in her songs. The record label is ‘SONY MUSIC’ so this tells us that the artists songs are very mainstream and therefore appeal to a very wide audience, this is very conventional of a pop artist as often they are very mainstream and lots of people like their music.

Font: The font looks somewhat handwritten which gives the idea that she is very fun and doesn’t care about how it looks, it also comes across as quite childlike in a sense that she has doodled some of the letters in a way that a child might.