1. Analysis of ‘Living Things’ album cover by Linkin Park
Proairetic code –
the cover gives us
this feeling that
something is about
to happen. The
white objects
around the subject
gives makes it seem
as if it’s about to
awaken.
The original Linkin
Park logo/font is
used to represent
the band.
A thin font is used for
‘Living Things’ which
shows matureness and
seriousness of the album.
Hermeneutic code –
The album cover is
very ambiguous as
it doesn’t reveal
what the subject of
the image is.
Symbolic
code/Representation
– The cover
symbolises the band
showing that they
have awakened and
moved on to creating
a different genre of
music. The white
objects coming of
the subjects makes it
look almost like a
cocoon hatching
which again suggests
awakening.
Gratification
theory – May
just be to
entertain.
Semantic code –
The semantic code
would be the
subject of the
image. The subject
gives this
enigmatic
atmosphere to the
image because
there are no hints
of what is going
on.
The subject
could possibly
a human in
costume,
though with
technology
these days the
image could be
created with
CGI.
‘Living
Things’ is
Linkin Park’s
8th album.
With this
album art it
shows how
much they
have evolved
their music
over their past
years.