Denotations
The cover of the CD, is cartoonised and has a figure with his fists clenched, wearing a hoodie. There are blue rings, going around it. The background, is a fiery orange colour, and there is also what appears to be people in the holding up banners which say “Let Em Ave It”, beneath the centre figure which is Giggs. The words ‘Giggs’, and ‘Let Em Ave It’, are in bold but again they are stylised in typical comic book font. There is also a hand which seems to be clawing onto the titles. Also there is a police officer who appears to be shouting outside the blue rings, and a judge who has his hands over his head and appears to be screaming.
Connotations
The cartoonised way the cover is presented, can represent to us the audience that the album is a bubble that represents the world that Giggs lives in. The way that Giggs is standing is almost heroic like, as if he’s risen above everything. The fact he’s risen above the judge and the police officer, may be making reference to his troubles with the law in the past, and connotating that he has in fact risen above them. The judge screaming, with his hands on his head, makes it look as if he doesn’t want to listen to what he’s hearing, as he’s in the blue rings around Giggs. The policeman seems to be shouting outside the blue rings, trying to get in but he can’t. The policeman’s face is almost made to look as if he is a monster/vampire, this could be connotating that Giggs feels police officers are inhumane.
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