Thursday 23 January 2014

Lupe Fiasco - iconography

Iconography...
 
Iconography is the symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
 
Lupe Fiasco...

Lyrics Vs visuals - The lyrics of the song 'Superstar' match the iconography of the album cover because it is almost like he is out of this world and in outer space. Superstar is quite a Si-fi word and fits with the look of the cover, with the bright lights and the fact that he is floating.

Sound Vs visuals - The sound of the music fits with the look of the album cover because although this music is slightly mellow it shows that he is up and coming and it shows a slight modern tinge to it. The fact that he doesn't fill up the whole cover may show that he is not the only person on this track and that he does collaborations with other people.

Typography - I didn't think that the typography went well with the sound of his music however I do think it fits with the album cover because it look like it's from out of space just like the picture.

This whole research of other peoples album covers will help us with our ancillary task by helping us find the right iconography to use and the right typography to use. We can see that the iconography, typography, sound and visuals all fit together nicely and this is what we need to achieve within our ancillary task.

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