The band are portrayed as being heroic due to the clear clouds and the white shirt of the lead singer of the band which makes him look more significant than the others. The lead singer also appears more heroic due to the fact the other band members are wearing dark clothes which emphasises the angelic lead singer. The other band members look like helpers who are helping the hero on his quest but are not as significant as the lead singer and this is shown by the fact that they arent wearing pure white like the rest of them and implies they could potentially be the 'false hero'.
Strauss
The only binary opposites shown here could be bad vs good. This is shown because the lead singer is wearing a white shirt which connotes purity, good and innocence, this contrasts the other band members who are wearing dark colours which shows them to be less angelic and potentially bad.
Todorov
The original equilibrium is the band being united and together and the disruption could potentially be that the other members are not as angelic or on the side as good as the others. It could also mean the fans have a 'favourite' which is the lead singer and this could cause conflict and affect the bands relationship.
Barthes
I think the code in this CD cover is the symbolic code as this is where the audience assumes that a character dressed in black is evil and forms expectations of their behaviour on this basis. This fits this cover as the other band members are dressed in dark colours which people may associate to be menacing and evil when actually they could be on the side of good and this may be a misconception.
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