Conventions of a Rock Album CoverThey all featureThe Band name andThe title of the albumOn the front of the Album cover

Band Name: MuseAlbum Title: Absolution

Band name: Foo FightersAlbum title: Wasting Light

Band Name: Pink FloydAlbum Title: Dark Side Of the Moon

The covers usuallyHave an abstract imageThat vaguely represents What the album is about

Muse’s AbsolutionIs one of frontman Matt Bellamy’s ideasAbout the end of theWorld and the image Is an abstract representationOf that as it represents aA rapture which is a religiousBelief that when the world Ends everyone good will be Sent to heaven. And the imageShows a person who is left behindAnd now he has to try and feelAbsolution and free himself from guilt

Pink Floyd once again use An abstract image to convey Some meaning to their album.Dark Side of the Moon tackles Controversial topics such as guilt,Greed and mental illness and the Image of the triangle with the rainbowLight sheds some abstract light onto this Deeper meaning

Wasting light uses an abstractImage of all the band membersUsing a multicolour light effect.The reason for this is Dave GrohlWanted to make a documentary to showHow they make an album

Muse - Absolution

Camerawork:The cover featuresA high angle shotShowing a manStanding, lookingUp at the sky with Shadows of peopleWho appear to be fFloating up. The way The man is placed in Contrast to the shadowsEmphasises that the Shadows overpower The man as they’re Being “raptured” whereAs he has been left onEarth during the Apocalypse

Mise en scene:The man is wearing all black Which is a typical style for Rock.Background:The background has quite neutral coloursWith a grey, stoney floor and black shadows

Design:The design of the album cover Follows all round the cover as itShows a man looking up at the peopleWho are being raptured and the back showsThe same thing but with a little girl instead The whole cover also features quite dark/neutralColours this suggests that Muse are a more darkerMore controversial rock band

Camerawork:The back of the Album features a Little girl looking upAt the people Being raptured andMuch like the frontShe too is being Overpowered byThe shadows. Additionally the Back features two Back rectangles On the top and Bottom. The topOne gives all the List of all 14 tracksOn the album and The bottom featuresAll the legal info.

Foo Fighters – Wasting LightCamerawork:There is a montage ofClose up shots of each Band member’s face, The shot has then hadA weird multicolour Effect placed onto it .The image has thenBeen merged togetherSo that it looks like oneImage rather than Several differentImages.

Mise en scene:Now there isn’t a lot going onIn terms of costume as it’s just Their faces .Background:However there is a black Background which is a typicalColour for rock as it conveys a dark,Rebellious attitude.

Design:The album cover features The same design all across,The black background with theStrange multicolour light effect Seen on the front and back.

Camerawork:On the back it Features the tracklistAs well as the Continuation of the Multicolour effect onThe black backgroundWith all the legal Information on the Bottom.

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Camerawork:There’s not a lot in termsOf camerawork as the Album cover is quite plainHowever it is a long shot Of the triangle which is Framed so that it sits in theMiddle of the black Background

Mise en Scene:There’s not a lot in terms of mise en scene Apart from the rainbow coloured light beam That goes through the triangle and contrasts Against the black background. Background:Once again the background is black and this contrastsNicely against the triangle and the multicoloured Light beam .

Design:The design of the album cover Follows all around the album cover On the front you have the triangle Facing the right way up and then on theBack you have the triangle facing down allWith the multicoloured light beam going Through it.

Camerawork:The camerawork on theBack is slightly differentTo the front as it’s more Of a close up on the Triangle and in Addition to that it Features the tracklistAnd all the legal Information.