I thought of four ideas to call the 'band', would appreciate some audience feedback by voting on your favourite name.
1. Vengeance of truth
2. Fuse Craze
3. Delirium of the Ruthless
4. Fluorescent Great
The results of my poll was a tie between the name 3. and 4. therefore the final choice was up to me, so i have chosen Delirium of the Ruthless.
Sunday 28 February 2010
Friday 26 February 2010
Digipak Cover Ideas
Layout of Digipak
Idea 1
To ensure people are clear about this first idea, it is a plain black background with an image of the lead singer on the front and the name of the band. On the back it will have a list of songs featured in the digipak. In the bottom right corner there is a space for the album name, depending on which cover i do the album name will differ.
Idea 2
This cover idea is also plain black background with a picture of a hook a duck on the front. It may seem random and not mean anything but in fact it does mean something, it links to the fairground imagery because I filmed a hook a duck game at the fair. Inside the digipak it will have a CD and DVD (of my music video) which is the song 'Farewell to the fairground' by White Lies and because my video footage is at the Hull Fair, I thought this was a good way of symbolising the fair. Along the top there is the name of the band and along the bottom is the Album name 'Farewell to the fairground' also the name of the song for my video.
Idea 3
Unfortunately this is a small drawing, so it might not look clear as to what it is. It is in fact a view of the whole Hull Fairground from the top of the big wheel ride. It will be a night shot, therefore the image will look good because of the lights from the rides and stalls. The band name will be in the top right or left corner in white writing so that is stands out against the black background.
Idea 4
Final idea also relates to the fairground. It is an image of the big wheel, I most likely will use the night shot for the use of nice lighting, the day shot I have looks slightly dull. Once again band name along the top and album name along the bottom.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Research on the two additional texts
As well as creating a music video, I also need to create a digipak cover for the singles release and a magazine advertisement for the release of the digipak. In order to create a good cover for the single, I need to look and compare others.
DVD covers
The first cover I looked at is White Lies, simply because I am creating my music video to one of their songs. The image is of three factory towers, which is a location seen in the video for 'Farewell to the fairground'. The image is on black and white, the factory towers stand out the most because they are white, which relates to the band name. The band name dos appear on the cover at top, in the centre.
This album cover is for Razorlight. Also an indie styled band. It is similar to the White Lies cover, because it is also in black and white. However on this cover you can see the band, they are the main attraction to the cover. The name of the band is much bigger and takes up the full space on the top of the cover. Another similarity is that the background stands out because it is white, just like the three white factory towers on White Lies cover. The band members are all wearing similar clothing, skinny jeans and trainers, this idea is to relate to their target audience who will wear similar clothing, it's a stereotypical type.
This album cover for Blink 182 has a different feel to it, it looks like it has handmade products on it. The band name looks like letters cuts out of a magazine and stuck together to create their name. This cover happens to be for a particular single called 'I miss you', which is why it says it in the bottom right corner. The heart in the middle looks like a piece of paper with 'x' on it which symbolise kisses, in rows, which links to the idea of love. Once again like the White Lies the band members do not appear on the cover, maybe this pattern is to hide their identity.
Finally I thought I would look at something different. The album cover for the Beatles. This has been hand made, consisting of images of many famous people of the time. The band name has also been made up by flowers, which appears at the bottom of the cover. This album cover comes across as very different and must have taken a lot of time and effort to make. The Beatles do appear on the cover on the front row of people, I think this is mainly because they were a big hit of their time.
Magazine advertisements
This is an advertisement I found on google, its for The Killers new Cd/DVD of the concert they did at the Royal Albert Hall. In the layout the name of the band stands out the most for me, I think this is important because its makes the audience aware of who the band are and what they are promoting. After the huge image of what appears to be the Royal Albert Hall, it has the text of the bottom which is information on what the CD/DVD features. I think that this is a good advertisement and fits a similar genre to the song I am doing for my music video, therefor is good research.
This advertisement for Elvis Costello does not fit the genre I am doing, however its another way of laying out an advertisement. This is a magazine advertisement for three of his albums and involves pictures of what the albums look like and some further information at the bottom.
DVD covers
The first cover I looked at is White Lies, simply because I am creating my music video to one of their songs. The image is of three factory towers, which is a location seen in the video for 'Farewell to the fairground'. The image is on black and white, the factory towers stand out the most because they are white, which relates to the band name. The band name dos appear on the cover at top, in the centre.
This album cover is for Razorlight. Also an indie styled band. It is similar to the White Lies cover, because it is also in black and white. However on this cover you can see the band, they are the main attraction to the cover. The name of the band is much bigger and takes up the full space on the top of the cover. Another similarity is that the background stands out because it is white, just like the three white factory towers on White Lies cover. The band members are all wearing similar clothing, skinny jeans and trainers, this idea is to relate to their target audience who will wear similar clothing, it's a stereotypical type.
This album cover for Blink 182 has a different feel to it, it looks like it has handmade products on it. The band name looks like letters cuts out of a magazine and stuck together to create their name. This cover happens to be for a particular single called 'I miss you', which is why it says it in the bottom right corner. The heart in the middle looks like a piece of paper with 'x' on it which symbolise kisses, in rows, which links to the idea of love. Once again like the White Lies the band members do not appear on the cover, maybe this pattern is to hide their identity.
Finally I thought I would look at something different. The album cover for the Beatles. This has been hand made, consisting of images of many famous people of the time. The band name has also been made up by flowers, which appears at the bottom of the cover. This album cover comes across as very different and must have taken a lot of time and effort to make. The Beatles do appear on the cover on the front row of people, I think this is mainly because they were a big hit of their time.
Magazine advertisements
This is an advertisement I found on google, its for The Killers new Cd/DVD of the concert they did at the Royal Albert Hall. In the layout the name of the band stands out the most for me, I think this is important because its makes the audience aware of who the band are and what they are promoting. After the huge image of what appears to be the Royal Albert Hall, it has the text of the bottom which is information on what the CD/DVD features. I think that this is a good advertisement and fits a similar genre to the song I am doing for my music video, therefor is good research.
This advertisement for Elvis Costello does not fit the genre I am doing, however its another way of laying out an advertisement. This is a magazine advertisement for three of his albums and involves pictures of what the albums look like and some further information at the bottom.
Monday 1 February 2010
Filming Schedule/Health and Safety
October 2009, in this period I got all my filming of the fairground complete. I have made back up plans because the fairground isn't permanent, I had to ensure I knew what to do if shots needed to be re-done. To re film any shots there is a Location in Bridlington that does have a permanent fairground along the seaside.
Due to weather conditions over the Christmas period, not much filming got done. It would have been perfect weather if I wanted to have snow in my video, however I do not. I need the weather to be dry, for easier use of the tripod and the camera.
February 2010, plans have been set to travel over a weekend to get filming in Bridlington (new location) complete. Also during the weekdays of college I am booking the theatre for my own use to film the performance.
21/22.February.2010, almost all filming done on these days. I have got all the recording done for the images of the singer singing outside. A new location has taken place due to weather, it was important I got the filming done so the change had to be made. I am no longer having footage of the singer on Bridlington beach, I changed the location to Beverly Westwood. On these two days of filming it had been snowing, it became an advantage because the new location looked beautiful in the snow. The last bit of filming to be done is the shots of the band performance, this will hopefully take a couple of hours maximum this week then I can start to edit the footage.
01. March 2010, all my filming is now complete and ready to start editing. In this time I got all the shots of the lead singer singing in the blue room at college, I have used a backdrop to cover the blue wall. The singer looks like he is performing in a concert with a microphone and lighting on him.
Health and Safety
It was important that I took health and safety into thought for my filming. The hardest part was filming at the fair, because it was mainly my own safety I had to be aware of. I always made sure that I had plenty of room around me to film so that I didn't get in peoples way and wasn't to close to any moving rides. When I did the filming in the big wheel I had a friend with me, whilst I filmed the fair, they kept hold of me so that I didn't lean to far or drop the camera because it was hand held.
When shooting at Beverly Westwood it was snowing. I firstly ensured my lead singer was wrapped up warm enough and we had a break every so often to get a hot drink. Also when I filmed the girl she didn't have much warm clothing on so I had a spare coat and gloves for her to wear when she wasn't being filmed. To protect the camera I put a plastic board down for the tripod to stand upon and also I brought a waterproof sheet to cover over the camera to protect it from getting wet from the snow.
Finally when filming in the blue room, I ensured that all wires from the lighting was taped down, so that no one could trip over them. I also cleared away any boxes or folders that were in the way.
Due to weather conditions over the Christmas period, not much filming got done. It would have been perfect weather if I wanted to have snow in my video, however I do not. I need the weather to be dry, for easier use of the tripod and the camera.
February 2010, plans have been set to travel over a weekend to get filming in Bridlington (new location) complete. Also during the weekdays of college I am booking the theatre for my own use to film the performance.
21/22.February.2010, almost all filming done on these days. I have got all the recording done for the images of the singer singing outside. A new location has taken place due to weather, it was important I got the filming done so the change had to be made. I am no longer having footage of the singer on Bridlington beach, I changed the location to Beverly Westwood. On these two days of filming it had been snowing, it became an advantage because the new location looked beautiful in the snow. The last bit of filming to be done is the shots of the band performance, this will hopefully take a couple of hours maximum this week then I can start to edit the footage.
01. March 2010, all my filming is now complete and ready to start editing. In this time I got all the shots of the lead singer singing in the blue room at college, I have used a backdrop to cover the blue wall. The singer looks like he is performing in a concert with a microphone and lighting on him.
17. March 2010, Filming complete.
Health and Safety
It was important that I took health and safety into thought for my filming. The hardest part was filming at the fair, because it was mainly my own safety I had to be aware of. I always made sure that I had plenty of room around me to film so that I didn't get in peoples way and wasn't to close to any moving rides. When I did the filming in the big wheel I had a friend with me, whilst I filmed the fair, they kept hold of me so that I didn't lean to far or drop the camera because it was hand held.
When shooting at Beverly Westwood it was snowing. I firstly ensured my lead singer was wrapped up warm enough and we had a break every so often to get a hot drink. Also when I filmed the girl she didn't have much warm clothing on so I had a spare coat and gloves for her to wear when she wasn't being filmed. To protect the camera I put a plastic board down for the tripod to stand upon and also I brought a waterproof sheet to cover over the camera to protect it from getting wet from the snow.
Finally when filming in the blue room, I ensured that all wires from the lighting was taped down, so that no one could trip over them. I also cleared away any boxes or folders that were in the way.
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