Here I have analysed the chosen image of which will represent my album cover.

1. My models take up the centre of the rule of thirds. This strengthen their importance in the shot,
making the band appear significant and dominant. In addition the fact that Jasmine is centre of the
other two models, making here look more important and therefore strengthen both the female
authority, attracting my female target audience and challenging the typical gender stereotypes
prominent in todays media industry.
In addition the fact that the band members are centre of the frame and near the front of the frame is
conventional of other products currently available on the market today, because the conventional way
of presenting main artists is through their prominence and centre positioning in the shot, at the front
of an album cover and magazine advertisement.
Although features of the models faces can be identified, it is not a close up shot, as costume code and other mise-en-cence
can still be identified. This is useful as our costume code chosen for our models further strengthens the indie pop genre of
magazine- for example the stockings worn by Jasmine are extremely conformative of indie pop genre, thanks to previous
research into existing products of the indie pop genre. Therefore this inclusion of costume code is favourably for the genre of
product we are aiming to achieve and therefore will attract my target audience of who will be attracted to this genre.
Features such as the
equipment at the
edges of the frame,
need to be taken out
during the editing
process of my
products. This is
because it does look
not professional or
conventional to other
products available on
the market today.
The white
background, of which
we were able to use in
Mr.Jarret’s room was
useful in enabling us
to have a blank canvas
of which we can add
indie pop genre
conformative features
when we come to the
editing stage of our
products. In addition
the body language
expressed in the shot,
such as Jasmine
playing with her hair
enhances traditional
gender roles within
the media, for
example feminises
jasmine, of which
could attract a male
audience (Mulvey),
however also adds a
postmodernist twist
as she is somewhat
challenging the
traditional stereotype
of females by being
centre of the third
especially positioned
slightly in front of the
boys, which makes her
look more
authoritative a feature
of positioning new to
the media industry.