Analysis of Thrity Seconds To Mars' Album Covers

Thirty Seconds To Mars have created 4 albums since 1998 when the band first formed. They are '30 Seconds To Mars' (2002), 'A Beautiful Lie' (2005), 'This Is War' (2009) and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams' (2013).
These are their album cover works...

 

This is their first album cover, 30 Seconds To Mars'. This album included songs: Capricorn, Edge of the Earth, Fallen, Oblivion, Buddha for Mary, Echelon, Welcome to the Universe, The Mission, End of the Beginning, 93 Million Miles and Year Zero.  On July 29, 2002, 30 Seconds to Mars announced the new cover for the album after a dispute about their former band cover of a fighter jet exploding in mid air with the pilot safely ejected, which many people criticised.

 


A Beautiful Lie was re-released in 2007, following extensive touring throughout Europe, in an attempt to expose themselves to a larger audience. The re-release is essentially the same as the original release, although includes different artwork. The album was re-released in Ireland again in November 2007, the version contains the UK version of "The Kill" and a second bonus track, and an acoustic version of the song "A Beautiful Lie" recorded live on a radio session. The songs include Attack, A Beautiful Lie, The Kill, Was It A Dream?, The Fantasy, Saviour, From Yesterday, The Story, R-Evolve  and A Modern Myth.

This is War was released in 2009. The songs include Escape, Night of the Hunter, Kings and Queens, This is War, 100 suns, Hurricane, Closer to the Edge, Vox Populi, Search and Destroy, Alibi, Stranger in a Strange Land and L490.









Love lust faith and dreams was created in 2013. Songs on the album include Birth, Consiqudor, Up In The Air, City of Angels, The Race, End of all Days, Pyres of Varanasi, Bright Lights, Do or Die, Convergence, Northern Lights ad Depuis de Debut. This artwork was taken from an artist from America.  This album is a lot different both musically and through their album artwork. The music is different because Jared Leto (the singer/ song writer) wrote most of the album and toured around different countries and has been influenced by many of the countries members. This album is now being toured by the band the tour is called Adventures in Wonderland. Their being supported by You Me At Six.

Audience profile: Stereo types

'Rock music fans.'
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The stereo typical features of rock music are drugs, sex, rebellion and violent behaviour.

 

 'Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.' (Taken from Wikipedia).

 

Rock and roll has influenced fashion, attitudes and daily lives. As the rock and roll generation matured, the music was interwoven in to the popular culture. Drugs have always been the main feature of rock.

 

Over the years because of the broad genre different styles have been created such as Rockers. Punk was created and that style has has influenced many current bands and the current fashion. The current rock look is mainly black or dark colours. Emo is one style that has come from rock which is easy to spot. They are recognised for their love of skulls, death and black. Black Veil Brides and My Chemical Romance are branded as emo.

 

The most common generalisation of a rock fan with in their style is leather jackets, black skinny jeans, band t-shirts and all around black clothing. As well as dark make- up.

 

If the stereo type of a rock fan is rebellion, then we could assume the target audience could cause trouble and be with the anti- society subculture. Some leisure activities that they stereo typically are known for are taking drugs, smoking, devoting their lives to the music and going to gigs.


 

This image is from a Thirty Seconds To Mars video.
This supports the idea of the stereo typical drug using rock fan.

G324: Audience Profile Research Task- Paloma Faith.

Paloma Faith is an English singer/ songwriter. She has written and performed many good songs such as just be and picking up the pieces. 

 

SOME OF HER MUSIC VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0O2DfNRxv4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijel4Vcqd9g

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IovbIpZHgU

 

IMAGES OF HER STYLE AND STAGE PERFORMANCES

ALBUM COVERS

TOUR POSTERS



HER WEBSITE

 Her website includes tour details, gallery, videos, biography, events, music, merchandise and newsletters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FANS

 

 

They refer to themselves as Petrassors. They have created forums for the star and have facebook and twitter accounts dedicated to her.

Anna Calvi: Desire- 1 minute explanation

Anna Calvi's Desire was directed by Aoife McArdle in 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVy0EVu2ZI

 

1.13- 1.41.

The video the mise en scene seems to be an almost run down stately home, with paintings, statues and darkness.
In this frame there is a statue with a cracked face. This could symbolise the breaking up of someone. It could also symbolise that someone has two sides of their personalities.
The red lighting could relate to the lyrics, because around here she sings, ''God knows its just the Devil in me'', the symbolic colour for the Devil is red. Also the whole video is based on desire for fire. This could also be represented this way.

 

 

 

 

In this shot it looks like a small statue of a religious symbol. This backs up the religious idea of God and the Devil.

This also has a red lighting and it is on red carpet. This could signify the walk to hell.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This frame shows the artist singing the song. But it looks like a mirror image or a dusty unclear look at her. This could represent someone looking through to a different person. This could be part of the 'looking glass' affect.

 

Throughout the music video the artist is being shown. This makes the video a performing one, so that the artist can be associated with the song. Also the artist is wearing red. This further supports the idea of hell and the devil because of the colour. It could suggest that she is the devil or is portraying danger and sacrifice to something.

 

 

 

In this frame there is an image of a snake moving. This could be because of the poison included with the snakes. 

Also this could represent the fear of snakes.

My Tribe

My tribe is 83% Indie Scenester.

Analysis of the survey: Echelon

I conducted a questionnaire and posted on Twitter, Facebook and on the band's forum. I got five responses from the questionnaire. Theses are the assumptions that i thought the bands fans would most likely to be like.

Age: 15- 25

Enjoy alternative rock music.

Not that sporty

Casual clothing, jeans and t shirts

Like going to gigs and festivals.

follow their signature tattoo

Collect their merchandise

A confident personality

Both genders

Defencive of the band

In this first question 1 of the answerer's described themselves as shy. 3 of the answerer's described themselves as a family person, and one person commented that they would describe themselves as weird. None of my responders said that they were confident, I assumed that the fans would have been confident like the band.

I was right that the majority of the fans would have been 15-25. But I also got 3 responses from 26-30, 31-35 and 41+. This may be the case because many of the younger population are more likely to be on the Internet and social networking sites.

I was correct that all the respondents would prefer alternative rock as their favourite music genre because Thirty Seconds To Mars's genre is alternative rock.

 

I was correct that they weren't very sporty, but outdoor activities could include a wide range of sports as well. I could have been more specific in the asking of questions.

The majority of the respondents prove that I was correct, but i thought that all fans would take offence. 3-2.

None of the fans just go to festivals and only one of the responders don't go to either gigs or festivals. This surprises me because the band always have a gig or are at a festival somewhere. Both gigs and both have 2 responses.

80% of responders knew what the Echelon is and consider themselves a part of it. 1 of the responders did not know what it was.

The band has signature tattoos that are major symbols for the band. I was correct in assuming that all the fans would know their signature tattoos.

 

I assumed that the fans would own the band's merchandise, but one of the responders did not. This could mean that they have not been to any of their concerts.

I was correct in thinking that the fans dress in a casual way. A comment stated that it 'depends on what mood I'm in.'