The majority of these album covers are of solo artists, similar to our chosen artist of James Morrisson, and there is a frequent pattern emerging of the artist being photographed on their album cover. Most of these shots are mid shots or close ups, enabling the consumer to familiarise themselves with the artist, and to create an image for the artist. The albums by James Morrisson feature himself on the cover, but looking away from the camera, to perhaps represent him as being an artist afraid of the world of celebrity and only caring about the music making rather than the fame. We could use this idea in our music video, by having a down to earth narrative in the video, so that James Morrisson is seen as being similar to us. This echoes Richard Dyer’s theory of a ‘star’ being both ordinary and extraordinary, as he is portrayed to the audience as being ordinary through his music and image, but he is an extraordinary artist as he is famous nationwide.
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