Media Studies

1. CD COVER ANALISIS
AS MEDIA STUDIES
Album: Globalisation
Artist: Pitbull
By Ioannis Kalketinidis
10/9/2015
Featuring, Michael Jackson & Pitbull

2. Title of the CD
The title and the name of the artist is in
head letters and in bold text. As we can
see the name of the artist: Pitbull is
much bigger than his album name. This
could mean that the name of the artist
is most important than the name of the
album, or to attract more people , as
the his name is famous and his face
can not been understand.
EARTH-HEAD SYMBOLISM
His head is a photoshoot of the earth from
the space so that’s why there are clouds on
it. Also his facial characteristics cannot be
seen not even the shadow of the nose,
from this we understand that his face is
not coloured but pasted with Photoshop on
his head. The picture symbolise the fact
that the genre of the music in the album
can be listened and enjoyed in every
country all over the world. Also it could
mean that the artist like to share his love
with everyone
Clothes
Pitbull main clothing style is smart suits. In
the cover Pitbull choose to wear his black
suit with bowtie. From that the audience
can imagine his lifestyle. Wealthy and so
rich, full of entertainment and celeb’s
parties. This means that his personality
will never change and also that the songs
which are included in the album is dance
music usually heard in top class parties so
the artist want to share his lifestyle with
the world.
Background
The cover’s background is bright white.
This could mean the peaceful combination
of the two different kind of music in music
history. For the majority of the world the
white colour remember to the word happy
feelings and peaceful moments. Perhaps
the artist want to calm the audience in
order to be entertained with the music
without thinking problems of everyday life.
Pitbull
Armando Christian Pérez, (born
January 15, 1981) better known by
his stage name Pitbull, is an American
Latin rapper.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In this cover we can see a man,
probably the artist, who is wearing a
smart suit, in an id picture
photography in a straight position.
His head is space picture of the earth,
specially the American continent, his
facial characteristics cannot be seen,
except his chin, as the picture had
been pasted with Photoshop in his
skin.
Genre
The genre of the album is pop music
with some jazz elements. This can be
understand by the big difference
between the coloured earth picture
and the black and white background
and clothes which are the colours of
retro age. The combination of his
fresh pop beat music with the use of
many jazz musical instrument like,
saxophone and trumpets give the
taste of difference and modernised

3. WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In the back cover we can see the artist rotated (back view), this
time the realistic picture of the earth shows the Europe, Africa and
the western Asia.
Song details
In many CD albums the songs in the back are in the form of list.
The artist choose the paragraph style of song details so as to
differ from the others, this shows superiority and professional
thinking as it is initiative and something fresh and risky. Also it is
used to spent less space so as to not cover the back of his head,
because of the picture as he believe that its more important to
show the world , specially the African continent as sample of
respect and his main inspiration source.
Background
The white background is still the same, the artist want to pass the
message of peace, love and respect between everyone in the world.
Other information
The barcode is in the right side position rotated in order to not take to much
space. Also there are some small logos in the bottom of the back cover
which are the record companies and other music sponsors. Finally at the
middle right we can see a small text, this text includes the information about
the executive producers: Armando Perez and Charles Chavez and some
other information of the artist, mainly for advertisement and further
reputation, social media and other websites

4. Title of the CD
The title and the name of the artist is in
head letters and both in golden colour
with some shade on. The gold colour
shows his big success in his life, shows
that he is the only one king in this world
associating with the music. It is luxury
and expensiveness. also the letters are
very elegant. We can clearly see that the
name of the artist: Michael Jackson is
much bigger than his album name. This
could mean that the name of the artist is
most important than the name of the
album, or to attract more people , as the
his name is famous and his face can not
been understand as it is a picture of him
The golden throne symbolism the stability.
It is the planted seat of power, the settled
place whence authority springs. According
to the paternal theory, the throne is the
Father's chair, from which the household's
law goes forth. So this means that nobody
can stole the throne from the only one King
of the pop music that the wold ever had.
Also its very structure is suggestive. The
throne lies upon the golden ground,
symbolises the place that loves now.
Clothes
Michael’s main clothing style is elegant very
expensive with metal small details, his
clothes are always connected with the
dance, so he preferred trousers which were
easy to dance with. Also Michael was show
man, this means that when Michael was in
the main stage, all the lights and the
people’s attention was on him, so he had to
wear fancy clothes in order to inspire and
entertain the audient in the same time
Black Background
The cover’s background is dank black this
is associated with power, fear, mystery,
strength, authority, elegance, formality,
evil, and aggression, authority, rebellion,
and sophistication. Also the black colour
(August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Was an American singer, songwriter,
record producer, dancer, and actor. Called
the King of Pop, his contributions to music
and dance, along with his publicized
personal life, made him a global figure in
popular culture for over four decades.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In this cover we can see the young Michael
sitting in a golden throne with some red
details, he seems relaxed and chilled but
serious, who is wearing a prototype cloth
as usually wore, also the young Michael is
staring to the audience in a weird leg
position. The background is deep black ,
and only the part of the floor which
Michael’s throne stands, is lightened, and
give us the colour of the floor
Genre
As the king of pop music and the biggest
star in the music industry Michael Jackson
raised many genre in his huge carrier, and
in order to succeed as the greatest singer
in the industry he had to risk many times.
His style and his personality was the main
reason that he had an excellent carrier, he
explored a variety of music genres,
including pop, soul, rhythm and blues,
funk, rock, disco, post-disco, dance-pop
and new jack swing. In this coven the
genre is not so easy to find out what of the
above is, the only thing that we understand
is that the genre of the music has so be
connected with his clothes, so the album is
about late disco and pop dance music of
these days. His reputation has been
exploded as he could dance his every

5. WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In the back cover we can see the young Michael on the floor posing with a
smile to the audience, also his eyes and the arms shows superiority, and
high class kid. He is wearing the same clothes as in the frond cover. The title
of the title is in the same frond and but a little smaller than in the frond
cover and finally the song details are written in a form of a small paragraph
Song details
In many CD albums the songs in the back are in the form of list. The choice
of the paragraph style of song details is to differ from the others, it shows
the top class in the music style, shows also superiority and professional
thinking as it is initiative and something fresh and rule breaker. Also it is
used to spent less space so as to not cover the back of his head, because of
the picture as he believe that its more important to show him shelf in a
happy pose, specially because is wearing this clothes which didn’t wear at
this age, as his carrier began after, also shows that he got the talent from
the young age , even that the record companies denied him at the first time.
Background
The back background is still the same, the artist want to pass the feeling
expensiveness, and luxury , as the black and the gold have a extraordinary
rich and treasur’s combination
Other information
The barcode is in the right side position, record companies and other music
sponsors are located in the left bottom side of the backcover.