Media Ancillary 2 Analysis Josh Warburton Kaiser Chiefs – Poster Analysis Characters There are 5 men, who are all wearing black. The use of dark clothing helps show the band being within the Indie rock genre as most groups wear these clothes. This helps to support the stereotype of most groups from this genre, as they usually wear dark clothing items – which also relates to the genre by suggesting that the topic field sung about will either be one where the group (or particular member) has suffered or felt depression. However the group appears to be from the age range of thirty years old to forty years. This goes against stereotype as most artists/musicians in this genre appear to be relatively young. The image of the older generation of men (still young in their own way), goes against stereotype as it presents the idea that even older men suffer from the same problems as younger generations. This helps to create a bridge between the different generations that currently reside in the world. Narrative The poster being analysed seems to suggest that the narrative would be more performance than any other form of narrative. However the album name suggests that there may be a backstory that explains the origin of this album’s creation, ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’ seems to hint at the idea of the group going through a major or minor revolution within the country they were staying in at the time. The use of each member taking up space at the bottom of each poster appears to generate the idea of them representing each section of a crowd or parade of individuals. Iconography Each member of this group is wearing dark clothing. The use of dark colour on these items helps to support the stereotype of the indie rock genre as most artists are said to sing about situations that have caused emotional turmoil or physical events. The colour black also hints at the idea of each person being a messenger of bad news – establishing a clear link to the title of the album, the words

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Media Ancillary 2 Analysis Josh Warburton

Kaiser Chiefs – Poster Analysis

Characters

There are 5 men, who are all wearing black. The use of dark clothing helps show the band being within the Indie rock genre as most groups wear these clothes. This helps to support the stereotype of most groups from this genre, as they usually wear dark clothing items – which also relates to the genre by suggesting that the topic field sung about will either be one where the group (or particular member) has suffered or felt depression. However the group appears to be from the age range of thirty years old to forty years. This goes against stereotype as most artists/musicians in this genre appear to be relatively young. The image of the older generation of men (still young in their own way), goes against stereotype as it presents the idea that even older men suffer from the same problems as younger generations. This helps to create a bridge between the different generations that currently reside in the world.

Narrative

The poster being analysed seems to suggest that the narrative would be more performance than any other form of narrative. However the album name suggests that there may be a backstory that explains the origin of this album’s creation, ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’ seems to hint at the idea of the group going through a major or minor revolution within the country they were staying in at the time. The use of each member taking up space at the bottom of each poster appears to generate the idea of them representing each section of a crowd or parade of individuals.

Iconography

Each member of this group is wearing dark clothing. The use of dark colour on these items helps to support the stereotype of the indie rock genre as most artists are said to sing about situations that have caused emotional turmoil or physical events. The colour black also hints at the idea of each person being a messenger of bad news – establishing a clear link to the title of the album, the words ‘angry’ and ‘mob’ typically being used in conjunction to create the image of anger, strife, conflict and revolution.