Filming took place yesterday, but due to the terrential weather conditions, the filming had to be prosponed until further notice.
This morning we have arranged to film what will hopefully be the majority of the video, this afternoon. This means that thework rate will have to be very high, but hopefully it can be completed this afternoon.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
Filming Dates.
Filming will be taking place tomorrow afternoon. I have spoken to the people who will be performing in the video, and they have all made themselves available. I will be using either one of two venues for the filming, either my garage, which I will be clearing out tonight, to see if I have enough room, if not then I will be going down to a local field and filming there.
Filming Update.
Due to Pat Mills who is playing the lead role in my music video, being away in London all week on work experience, I have not been able to complete filming for my music video. I know this leaves me with 5 day's to complete filming and editing, I am hoping to book out the school hall for filming today, and I have definitely booked out the school book for filming on Friday afternoon.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Album Poster Analysis.
Radiohead, The King Of Limbs, situated on the back of an NME, which is fronted by Liam Gallagher and his Beady Eye clan, I doubt he's pleased with that. Anyone, back to Radiohead, a band that need no introduction, not that they particularly get one with this album poster.
The Poster has 'Radiohead' written at the top of the poster, postioned backwards, in a large white font, with the whole background being black, situated under this is the name of the album, in slightly smaller font, this could have been done for one of two reasonur the first is because it is a way that Radiohead are getting the point across that they sell an album on the status of their name, rather than the quality of their album. Secondly it could be because the album name is longer than the band name, therefore to make the presentation look the better, they've made the font smaller. Continuing in the same structure, underneath this they have the release formats, and the date of it as well.
Following the written language, we see the image that has created for, and associated with The King Of Limbs album, in some way's it could described as a filler to take up some of the space of the poster, but you would guess it's their due to the relevance of the album artwork, in which it is included on the album.
Finally, with a swap in background, and font colour. the poster states you can purchase the album from HMV, this will have been included because Radiohead will have been paid to HMV's name on the magazine, as it will give their company more exposure.
Finally, next to this is the XL Recordings logo, they will want people to know Radiohead are on their label, therefore will want to be included on the poster.
Altogether this looks quite basic, but it doesn't look bad, tacky or rushed in any case. Which gives me confidence that I could create something simplistic, that would still work well.
The Poster has 'Radiohead' written at the top of the poster, postioned backwards, in a large white font, with the whole background being black, situated under this is the name of the album, in slightly smaller font, this could have been done for one of two reasonur the first is because it is a way that Radiohead are getting the point across that they sell an album on the status of their name, rather than the quality of their album. Secondly it could be because the album name is longer than the band name, therefore to make the presentation look the better, they've made the font smaller. Continuing in the same structure, underneath this they have the release formats, and the date of it as well.
Following the written language, we see the image that has created for, and associated with The King Of Limbs album, in some way's it could described as a filler to take up some of the space of the poster, but you would guess it's their due to the relevance of the album artwork, in which it is included on the album.
Finally, with a swap in background, and font colour. the poster states you can purchase the album from HMV, this will have been included because Radiohead will have been paid to HMV's name on the magazine, as it will give their company more exposure.
Finally, next to this is the XL Recordings logo, they will want people to know Radiohead are on their label, therefore will want to be included on the poster.
Altogether this looks quite basic, but it doesn't look bad, tacky or rushed in any case. Which gives me confidence that I could create something simplistic, that would still work well.
Album Poster Analysis.
Arcade Fire, with their latest album, the critically acclaimed 'The Suburbs', released a very 'Ordinary promtional poster on the back of NME album, which coincidently, they were the cover stars, which could have been the reason they gave minimal information, since buyers of the magazine, would most probably be familiar with the band.
The only written context on the poster say's "Arcade Fire presents 'The Suburbs"", followed by the words "The Brand New Album" written slanted to the left in a red box. I believe the lack of writing on this works well actually, because it isn't asking readers to digest too much information, it's stating the name of the band, and the name of the album, respectively. The advantage of this is that they won't lose the readers attention, something which I could look to for inspiration when I come to complete my album.
Other than this, the backdrop to the album is album cover itself, this is example of getting the album image into the readers head, so that if they see it a shop, they will know what album it is, which could increase album sales.
Similar to many album posters, it's once again very simplistic, something that I could follow when it comes to making my final poster, as it grabs the readers attention and keeps it.
The only written context on the poster say's "Arcade Fire presents 'The Suburbs"", followed by the words "The Brand New Album" written slanted to the left in a red box. I believe the lack of writing on this works well actually, because it isn't asking readers to digest too much information, it's stating the name of the band, and the name of the album, respectively. The advantage of this is that they won't lose the readers attention, something which I could look to for inspiration when I come to complete my album.
Other than this, the backdrop to the album is album cover itself, this is example of getting the album image into the readers head, so that if they see it a shop, they will know what album it is, which could increase album sales.
Similar to many album posters, it's once again very simplistic, something that I could follow when it comes to making my final poster, as it grabs the readers attention and keeps it.
Album Poster Analysis.
This Poster was made to promote the debut album of highly anticipated band The Vaccines, 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines'. The poster in many way's could be deemed quite simple, largely because the wiritng is keep minimal, and is kept in a black font, The name of the album is placed in large font, at the centre of the page, this is done so that people will be attracted to the Tname of the album as soon as they see it. Underneath is the date that the album was released, this is in a smaller font, nor is it in bold, simply because this isn't quite as an important piece of information, compared to the name of the album.
Other notable feartures include recommedations, and critcal success that the album has been given, such as " "The return of the great British guitar band" NME" and a four star rating off Q magazine. Obviuously these have been placed so that potential buyers of the album will see that music reviewers have given the album positves reviews, thereore this could persuade people to buy the magazine.
We also get a logo of Columbia Records, this is just because they want to make sure that people know The Vaccines belong to their label.
Also Play.com have their company advertised on the bottom right of the poster, which they will have paid. This is just because they believe this will help them expand their name.
Also the Album Cover has included on the bottom right of the page, so that now when people see the album in a show they will know that it is The Vaccines album. Also the backdrop to the poster, is the centre piece from the album itself, this helps give the poster more life, it's also the image phase The Vaccines that been going through during this album.
Overall, I believe this is the quite a simple in it's own respect, they are helping to their album into peoples minds, by having catch the readers eye, as it is based in the centre of the page. The affective simplicity is something I believe I could recreate on my poster.
Other notable feartures include recommedations, and critcal success that the album has been given, such as " "The return of the great British guitar band" NME" and a four star rating off Q magazine. Obviuously these have been placed so that potential buyers of the album will see that music reviewers have given the album positves reviews, thereore this could persuade people to buy the magazine.
We also get a logo of Columbia Records, this is just because they want to make sure that people know The Vaccines belong to their label.
Also Play.com have their company advertised on the bottom right of the poster, which they will have paid. This is just because they believe this will help them expand their name.
Also the Album Cover has included on the bottom right of the page, so that now when people see the album in a show they will know that it is The Vaccines album. Also the backdrop to the poster, is the centre piece from the album itself, this helps give the poster more life, it's also the image phase The Vaccines that been going through during this album.
Overall, I believe this is the quite a simple in it's own respect, they are helping to their album into peoples minds, by having catch the readers eye, as it is based in the centre of the page. The affective simplicity is something I believe I could recreate on my poster.
Digipak Analysis.
With their album Wall of Arms, The Maccabee's did something very rare with their digipak, they simply created a fold out poster, which was an enlarged image of the album cover. The reason behind why the band would have chsoen to do this will have been because, they know people do enjoy to get something extra, at no cost. This front cover and digipak, is 'Pop Art' esque image, something in which the band are renound for, and they also look as if they've had a plasticine tint to them.
Another reason why The Maccabee's may have chosen to have done this is because they know most people recieve their music online now, and maybe do not actually see the need to create a good, strong, defining digipak nowaday's.
Nonetheless, I amend The Maccabee's for trying to be slightly different and not creating a typical digipak. Although, this isn't something I would consider when creating a digipak, due to the fact I'd be accused of laziness, and having a narrow though process.
Another reason why The Maccabee's may have chosen to have done this is because they know most people recieve their music online now, and maybe do not actually see the need to create a good, strong, defining digipak nowaday's.
Nonetheless, I amend The Maccabee's for trying to be slightly different and not creating a typical digipak. Although, this isn't something I would consider when creating a digipak, due to the fact I'd be accused of laziness, and having a narrow though process.
Digipak Analysis.
The Blur album, Modern Life is Rubbish, at the time really signified at a modern day Britain, coincidently, and really played a part in defining the Britpop era. The front cover of the album really set's the tone, it's simply an image of a train on duty, But as is usually the case with Blur, there's more meaning to it and that.
This captures what Britain was like in the early 90's, there wasn't much to shout about, especially when it came to British music, due to Grunge era being in full flow, and the opening page into the dikipak explores this even further, it consists of the four members sitting of the band sitting on the train, looking glum, continuing to reitterate the point.
As you begin to flick through the pages, you get a copy of the lyrics to all the songs in the album, along with key's telling you how to play all the songs, the lyircs takes us to the second last page of the digipak. I believe this page really bodes in well with the lyrics in my opinion, and this is because on the page is a personal message from the band stating "Friends, you know who you are, you know we're grateful", to me this implies Blur know who their fans are, and want to share their music with them, and the best way to do this is by letting them know how to learn the songs. To finish with, the back page of the digipak is just another image of the train going by.
From this album artwork as a whole, I've decided that I believe Blur could be telling a narrative through their artwork, they start off by telling us that Britain is in a poor situation, and that as a band they were trying change this, but in the mean time, Briatin was continuing to go through this poor direction, which in my opinion is very clever, and imaginative.
This captures what Britain was like in the early 90's, there wasn't much to shout about, especially when it came to British music, due to Grunge era being in full flow, and the opening page into the dikipak explores this even further, it consists of the four members sitting of the band sitting on the train, looking glum, continuing to reitterate the point.
As you begin to flick through the pages, you get a copy of the lyrics to all the songs in the album, along with key's telling you how to play all the songs, the lyircs takes us to the second last page of the digipak. I believe this page really bodes in well with the lyrics in my opinion, and this is because on the page is a personal message from the band stating "Friends, you know who you are, you know we're grateful", to me this implies Blur know who their fans are, and want to share their music with them, and the best way to do this is by letting them know how to learn the songs. To finish with, the back page of the digipak is just another image of the train going by.
From this album artwork as a whole, I've decided that I believe Blur could be telling a narrative through their artwork, they start off by telling us that Britain is in a poor situation, and that as a band they were trying change this, but in the mean time, Briatin was continuing to go through this poor direction, which in my opinion is very clever, and imaginative.
Digipak Analysis.
The Digipak for the Demon Day's album, as expected, shows many signs of majestic creativity throughout the Digipak. This essestially is what to come to expect from Damon Albarn, and James Hewlitt. The Album cover seems reasonably basic, it's simply a close up side shot of each member of the animated band, if four seperate white boxes.
Although, it's as you start to unveal the rest of the album when the superiority really begins to shine, the digipak consists of a single cover for every song on the album.
Above, is the cover for Last Living Souls, a track off the album, this is a very eye catching cover, because the band stand out from the replica image behind them. Which gives a very thoughtful meaning to the cover, implying they're the last living souls, and nobody else is around them.
I believe the biggest factor of the Demon Day's digipak, is what I could learn from it, and I've figured out that is the animated effect can work really well, obviously it would be near on impossible for me to do it to the standard of Albarn and Hewlitt, since they are very skilled, and have nothing but the best equipment. Though I do like the effect, and since it's quite rare to see it, I believe it can really help your album stand out from the crowd.
Although, it's as you start to unveal the rest of the album when the superiority really begins to shine, the digipak consists of a single cover for every song on the album.
Above, is the cover for Last Living Souls, a track off the album, this is a very eye catching cover, because the band stand out from the replica image behind them. Which gives a very thoughtful meaning to the cover, implying they're the last living souls, and nobody else is around them.
I believe the biggest factor of the Demon Day's digipak, is what I could learn from it, and I've figured out that is the animated effect can work really well, obviously it would be near on impossible for me to do it to the standard of Albarn and Hewlitt, since they are very skilled, and have nothing but the best equipment. Though I do like the effect, and since it's quite rare to see it, I believe it can really help your album stand out from the crowd.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Album Cover Mock Up.
For this album cover I have taken inspiration from the physocological technique 'Rorschach', the method of this is where, you place an image in front of someone, and the image looks jumbled, and you have try and tell what you can see within the image, for instance on my front cover, you can see a man looking sidewards. Rorschach is known for playing with your mind when looking at an image, which is what I liked about the image, because it could imply that The Mirrors Image, mess with your mind, or there debut album does.
After I completed the album mock up I decided that I wasn't a fan of the font that I used, I believe it looks slightly childish, as if it had been drawn by a small child, and s if it doesn't fit in with the mood of the album. This is somehting that I would like to change, when it comes to making my final piece.
Finally I quite the contrast that has happened between the back and the white, and this is a colour scheme that I believe could work when I come to do my final, because unlike the font, it fits the tone of the album, and also helps to make the album look unpredictable, because from looking at the cover, you don't know what to expect you'll be listening to.
Friday, 7 October 2011
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Relating Cover to their Genres.
When looking at a digipack that I folow when it comes to making my own. Therefore I've looked at typical covers/digipacks from different genres, so I can look at what method I can follow.
Pop: Often when you see a pop album, you will have a picture of the band themselves, this could be because often pop attracts younger people, therefore the album cover will be quite distinct, due to artist being on their album cover. Furthermore some pop artists are often considered aestetically pleasing, so believe that if they put themselves on the front cover, then it will attract people into their record, look below for example...
Rock: Often when you see a Rock album digipack, you'll tend to see an image on the front, often being a large image, maybe that's associated with the band, the image may sometimes look 'creepy' and in your face. Once again this helps it to stand, likewise what happens with the Pop albums, even though the artwork itself looks nothing alike.
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Indie: Finally, the Indie genre, the genre which I am following for my music video as a whole, which includes the digipak. Having researched different indie album covers, I've noticed a few ongoing diversities. These are that quite often the band who have created the album aare not on the cover, the cover usually consists of some sort of image that is symbollic to the band, the album, or the current image representation theme that the band are currently going through. Such as what The Courteeners did with their Falcon album, and the latter with Kasabian and their 'West Rider Pauper...' phase, through admittedly, they were on the front cover of that album themselves. Altogether, the examples shown below such as The Horrors, Primary Colours, Foals, Antidotes, and finally, Glasvegas, with their self titled debut album, all show features which I have spoken about, in the writing above.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Completed Storyboard Animatic.
Here is my completed Storyboard Animatic, sorry for the big delay, and also for the poor standard of work.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Storyboard.
I have completed the storyboard, although I'm currently attempting to scan the storyboard, but struggling due to technical difficulty.
Although, I should have this issue sorted within 24 hours, and by this time, I hope to have both the storyboard, and animatic version complete.
Although, I should have this issue sorted within 24 hours, and by this time, I hope to have both the storyboard, and animatic version complete.
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