Album Cover (Assignment #5)

The album I chose to analize is the Maroon 5 “Songs About Jane album” which was released in June of 2004.
·  lighting and color This is definitely a painting/drawing, and because of the lack of shadow and dimension it appears to more so relate to that of an animated woman rather than a real woman. The color seems to [...]

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That’s questionable #7

In class you said something along the lines of, “There is always a psychological reason for why people listen to the music they listen to,” (not a direct quote, I just put it in quotes so you would know the theory I’m arguing) whether it be because they connect with it sub-consciously or consciously. For example, [...]

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Reno Sub-culture

 (Had trouble getting the photo my comp kept freezing will have it asap)
 Personal: I chose this picture to represent the college partying scene sub-culture. While I understand partying occurs everywhere, Reno seems to be known for its college partying. I’m from Vegas and whenever I talk to people down there and tell them I go [...]

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That’s questionable #6

In lecture you gave the quote-
“A culture has two aspects: the known meanings and directions, which its members are trained to; the new observations and meanings, which are offered and tested.”
And I would have to say that this definition of what culture is, is an interesting opinion however, I don’t entirely agree with it
because I [...]

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zeitgeist

Personal: I chose a picture of a U.S flag in front of a neighborhood house as the zeitgeist of my high school years because shortly after September 11, 2001 there was about a 2-3 year period where it seemed like everywhere I went there was a U.S. flag hanging from a car or house, and painted on garages [...]

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