Kelsey Carter

Examination of How Elements & Principles of Design Relate to the advertisement of a Musical group…

Hard Rock: Marilyn Manson

Here is my summary of how the elements and principles of design give us an idea through visual communication about what a certain musical group sounds like, and what kind of people they are, and what message they seek to offer the listeners. :
Line: The diagonal positioning of his body tells us that he is strong, and also an independent.
Space: The close up gives an intense feeling about him. All the positive space in this picture tells us that Marilyn is the MAIN person.
Texture: the smoothness of the bed underneath his rough body adds an almost ire feeling. The combination of the two opposite textures advertises that Marilyn portrays a personality of seriousness, and almost anger, because of the sharpness of him in contrast top the smoothness of what he is on. His hair also is a texture, and the fact that it is all over the place states a chaotic sense of order.
Color: the limited number of colors and with the fact that the colors are complimentary shows simplicity, but the complimentary “dark” colors shows anger and fear.
Contrast: the lack of contrast shows that he is a plain person, and that his music is lacking variety in each track.
Emphasis: Marilyn being the lightest part of the picture makes him the focal point, and his facial expression really shows what his music is expressing. The facial expression, tattoos, and the naked body really make a profound statement that this is what he has to say, and that anger is what his music is. The lack of emotion and feeling in the picture make it seem “hard” maybe even “scary.
Movement: the blurred effect filter shows chaos.
Unity: because of the negative space around Marilyn I feel incomplete in my thoughts of what Marilyn is all about. Thus I think his music is more mysterious, and thought provoking. Because of the quietness of the picture and lack of visual I think that the emphasis is all on his body, and that gives a very scary feeling, telling me that his music is hard, and angry, and lacking instrumentals, because he seems so alone on this picture making me feel that he is very independent.
Pop:

Line: the fact that all the different people make a different type of line with their bodies tells us that all the people add their own personality to the band, making for a variety throughout the CD.
Shape: together they make an organic shape, meaning that they are natural (life like) and they more than likely sing about real things, and because they are young I am assuming they sing about life as teenagers.
Space: the positive space directed upon the group says that this album is about people.
Texture: because they are all wearing different textured shirts, and laying grass gives a feeling of excitement and chaos.
Color: because the colors are bright it gives a feeling of happiness and excitement.
Balance: because they are centered on one another, giving a symmetrical balance the feeling is that they all work together and there is a sense of unity and friendliness.
Emphasis: they are all smiles and they are all together, therefore this band is trying to advertise that they are happy, and young, full of spirit.
Movement: because of the circle it means that all the people are involved and like how the eye moves around to focus on each person, the band shares the attention to, and therefore they are advertising that they are nice people.
Unity: there is a feeling of completeness and that all that they are expressing on their faces and in all the other elements answers the questions of what this band sounds like, a light, happy, young sound.

Debbie had ample knowledge in music and history. She wanted to document the changes in the music field. Collecting instruments was part of the process. She brought back instruments from her trips, and also she had Ken, the music traveler bringing her one from each of his trips. The collection was big enough to fill the entire museum and it kept growing. There were instruments characteristic of each and every place that was historically significant to the growth and presentation of music. Sometimes the cost of an instrument was close to nothing, sometimes it was a fortune. Debbie did not trust the Internet, only Ken. Besides the instruments, she had notes, books, and manuscripts. She developed her own hanging system, where the instruments covered the entire wall space at her apartment. Tired of dusting, she ordered big plastic sheets to cover the collection and to create transparent walls. She painted black the walls behind them for better exposure. This was when a big apartment next-door became available.