Pub Research

You may remeber that in my draft there is a shot where the lads are walking to the pub. If not here is a print screen of it.



This is one of my shots that I was least pleased with for my draft. These are a few of the problems I have with it.

- Only 3 of the 4 members are present

- The darkness takes abit away from the video quality

- All 3 of the present members have their hoods up which I don't think represents the genre of the band.

So I have decided to attempt to film it again with different circumstances.

Firstly, I need to attempt to use the same pub again but with all the members in daylight!!

This is a picture of the pub that I took during lighter hours where compare to the night the colour and quality appears much better.

If there is not an oppourtunity to get all of the lads from Lutterworth to Thurlaston where the pub is I need to look for an alternative, more convienient, pub. So I looked for one in the local area and on advisement of people in my class I have found one in Lutterworth that would be appropriate. It is called, The Shambles, this is a picture I found on google of the pub

I decided to get a better idea for where it is, so I found it on google maps.

For practical reasons of getting there I found the route from Lutterworth to the pub, luckily it is only 0.6 miles away from college.

Secondly, I need to make sure even though I am perfectly fine with the band members wearing hooded tops that they are not wearing there hoods upin the shots. When I see the hoods I think more of this:

Which isn't generally necessarilly bad but is not the apperance I am going for.

Finally, the last issuee is getting all of the lads there at the same time. Considering I go to college with all of them it is harder then you would think. Some of them have tendencies to miss single days which last week would of been ok but with the deadline being friday there is some risk attached.

Arctic Monkeys

As part of my verbal feedback to my digipak and poster it was suggested that I should look at images of the band: Arctic Monkeys. Instantly my favourite feature in all the image is how unstaged they are, this element makes them appear more authentic and more off a band from how they don't exactly pose for pictures 

CD Covers

Since my artist is a 4 piece band, I want all 4 of them to appear on the cover so I thought I would find some examples of bands similar to mine which have all of the members on the front covers:

I like how on this cover it is a freeze frame of one of the members opening a bottle of champagne which shows the liquid firing out which normally would happen to fast to be noticed. Also, I like how they have used the effect to make the pictured band grey so they match the title and album name text.



On this album cover of Busted, my favourite part and the most predominate factor is the image. I like how the main image is taken from quite a high angle so as a group they are looking up at it. Also, I like how the band are looking straight down the camera and the member at the back is pointing. i think this works from how it engages the viewer with the cover.

When looking at this album cover the first bit that I notice that I like is how they use brown as their background colour which usually a band would not do but they make it work. Also, I like how the image makes it look like the band are exploding out of the centre of the cover which is added too by the squiggles around the sides. Finally, I like how the images of the band members look as if they have been cut out of a magazine and stuck on the cover which makes it look like a piece of rough work which I think makes it work unconventionally in a good way.nb

I like this Razorlight album because of the simplicity of it. I think it still expresses the band without needing more then the header and simple pictures of each band member. If I was to use something like this for my album, I wouldn't have my band dressed so smartly even though by that I just mean that I think that two of the members are wearing blazers which I would consider to be too smart for my band.

Album Cover Text

To help inspire me with my own album cover to go on my digipak I have been looking at the headers of different albums of the same genre as my band.

I particuarly like the header with the words 'A Different Kind Of Fix'. I think the simplistic nature of the text fits well with the theme of the album. Also I like how the text is not massive but because the album is fairly plain it is clear that it is the header. Although I like the text saying 'Bombay Bicycle Club' I think it is a unique band logo which it like the bands stamp.

Another bands album covers that I looked at is Two Door Cinema Club and on these two album covers I think there are some clear links in the use of one central image using a close up which I think works well. Also, the use of central text over the image is a convention they have carried throughout the album, but I like how they haven't exactly stuck too the same font each time but position it the same.

With this text from the band: All Time Low being repeated in different forms I think it creates a strong brand identity to which I hope I can create a similar representation. On the text itself I like how it looks like they have taken a plain text and made it personalised to the band through roughing the edges of te text and adding small features like te skull and crossbones in the text. 

On this Fall Out Boy cover I like how the text with the album name & band name are not prominant on the cover but they are still clear to see which think works really well.

Digipak Inspiration



Now that I am starting to look for designs for my own digipak I started by looking in this book: 'Reasons To Be Cheerful: The Life and Work Of Barney Bubbles'. It is a book full of designs from radical English graphic artist, Barney Bubbles. I chose to look in this book because even though Barney died in 1983 it is widely consider that his designs can be transferred to fit modern designs  

Audience Profile

To conduct my audience research I used Uk tribes (uktribes.com) to see what audience my music video would appeal to and after browsing the website I have decided the most suited audience is Young Alts.

Young Alts listen to a huge variety of bands and try Skater, Emo and even Urban fashions. They also love a lot of mainstream fashion and music. The Young Alts make for a largely safe and non-judgemental Tribe in which to experiment with all of these styles.

The Tribes icons are Kurt Cobain, Hadouken!, Greenday, Bring The Horizon & You Me At Six

Mood Board

Use of Black and White

When considering my own digipak i like the idea of using black and white images. These are some examples that i found that I like: 

Plan B

 Plan B, real name Ben Drew is a British Musician, Rapper, Actor and Director. Originally he was a big influence to me through his music, but slowly progressed into acting, staring in films such as: Harry Brown, The Sweeney, Adulthood and 4. 3. 2. 1. Recently he has also moved into directing and made his directing debut with a film he wrote entitled: Ill Manors. When doing a media project like this for these reasons he id obviously going to be a big inspiration onto my work. I would consider doing one of his songs for my own video but his songs have a dark element that I don't think I would be able to replecate.

This is the trailer to his film Ill Manors

Moodboard

This is our groups moodboard. We used images that reflect the artists that as a group we are interested in and take inspiration from in choosing our own song for our music video. It features artists such as: 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne and T.I.

Coursework Timetable

A2 Media Studies Schedule 2012-13 Lutterworth College

This is the coursework schedule for our project. It is important to keep to the schedule to make sure we are completing each task week by week so all of our work is finished by the set date.

Music Videos I Like :)

Drake - Take Care (Feat. Rihanna)

Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon

Kanye West - Runaway (Feat. Pusha T)



Chase & Status - End Credits (Feat. Plan B)

Ed Sheeran - Lego House

Maverick Sabre - Sometimes

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

You Me At Six - No One Does It Better

Sway - Level Up (Feat. Kelsey)

Skrillex - Bangarang (Feat. Sirah)

Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up

The Automatic - Steve McQueen

Eminem - When I'm Gone

Plan B - Love Goes Down

Professor Green - Remedy (Feat. Ruth Anne)

Nero - Reaching Out