Signifiers: These are the objects inside the image that give the image the description and identity of what the image is about.
Signified: a concept or meaning that is distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated
This is the debut album cover of the American band Manchester Orchestra. The sign you get from this album is that its quite a depressing album, you can see this from the album title "I'm like a virgin losing a child" what signifies this is the young woman not very wealthy woman in a little shack. The really old TV signifies this, also the really old and dated look the album has gives a signified effect about how the album is quite depressing and they are a young new band with not much money.
The sign you can see straight away from looking at this film poster is that its a action thriller film, what signifies is that both the characters are holding guns, the male character is holding two guns that are both pointing towards the viewer, also the bold font used also signifies this. You can see from the poster that the main character is the woman closest, she is the main shot of the posters signifying she is the main character.
This is the poster for the popular film 'Hot Fuzz' the sign in this film is the the two main characters in the film in police uniform holding a gun. The signifiers in this film posters i that its a comedy film you can see this from the two characters having cocktail sticks in there mouth and the text at the top of the poster that says "They are going to bust your arse" From this you can see that its not a serious film even if the characters are in police uniform. From the scenery behind the characters this is another point that shows that the film isn't as serious as first implied.
This is the DVD cover for the 2004 film Harold and Kumar go to white castle. This is a stoner film where Harold and kumar get the munchies. You can tell this is a stoner film by the smoke coming out of the burger and the look on both the characters face's also the fact that the film is based around them getting stoned and going to white castle to get food is given away with the being a burger right in the middle of the cover with smoke coming out of it.
This is the debut album from Canadian post hardcore band Alexisonfire. The sign in this album cover is that is quite a violent fast energetic original post hardcore american album. You can see that is a very american album with the album cover obviously set in an american play ground the voilence is shown with the character closest holding a sharp weapon. You can also see this is the debut album from the band with the album being self titled and no other text on the album cover other than 'Alexisonfire' With the letter 'A' in a scripted font as a shadow on the floor.
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