Friday, 25 November 2011
ALL- Sample Footage
On monday we filmed a sample scene in order to help the class and our media teacher develop more of an understanding towards our music video idea. In order to film the sample scene we used Harry Knight and Sophie Dixon, as our couple and Harry was the main lead of the band. We filmed the scenes for the first 3 verses of our song Gone, mainly for us to see if our idea would work and for the audience feedback.
After we gained the feedback we understood that we need to make a few changes, such as having a seperate couple boy and girl to show the narrative and just have the boyband in the performance side, instead of having the male lead member playing the narrative aswel. We also learnt that for the performance side we should have a different location for example some where like the moors which was used as part of the Backstreet Boys video from last years A2 group.
After we gained the feedback we understood that we need to make a few changes, such as having a seperate couple boy and girl to show the narrative and just have the boyband in the performance side, instead of having the male lead member playing the narrative aswel. We also learnt that for the performance side we should have a different location for example some where like the moors which was used as part of the Backstreet Boys video from last years A2 group.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
All- Codes and Conventions of Magazine Ads
All – Codes and Conventions of Magazine Adverts
The main Common Code and Conventions are:
- Artists Name (in large font)
- Album Name (usually the same size font as the artist name)
- Album Cover
- Bold writing
- Web Address of artist, record labels and ticket retailer
- Colours compliment each other
- Twitter, Facebook and Youtube pages
- Tour dates (if any)
- Record Labels
- Says the format it is available in - CD and download
- Font Variation, framing and colour
- Theme of the artist - fits with the lyrics and albums
- Information about the album (usually says "Including" followed by the singles released from the album)
- QR Codes
- Introductory sentence to grab the audience's attention 'the wait is finally over...'
- Thumbnails
- Photo of the CD/Product/Merchandise
- Format (CD, CD + DVD, CD + Vinyl or Digital)
- Either release date, out now or pre-order
Other conventions we found as a group
- Album artwork is included in the advert (all)
- Says 'new album' on the ad (3/6)
- Tour dates (2/6)
- Release date (all)
- Social media links - twitter/ facebook (no longer myspace for newer releases)
- Tickets website (2/6)
- Artist website (all)
- Artist name positioned top, central on the page (5/6)
- Tour sponsor advert and website (1/6)
- Phone number for ticket (1/6)
- Name of hit single included in the album (2/6)
- Image of the band (3/6)
- Thumbnails of the album (1/6)
Monday, 21 November 2011
MA- Re-pitch
On Friday we had to re-pitch our coursework idea and show any changes we have made and how we have developed our idea. My group chose to do a power point to go along with our pitch.
We have changed slightly from when Ellie pitched her idea. The idea goes as follows.
We are using the song 'Gone' by band 'NSYNC. Our cast will be 4/5 boys around the age of 17. We are still unsure of the number as we still have yet to finalise our boy band. We will also be using a girl around the same age for the role of 'Girlfriend'. We are planning to use one member of the band as the lead and the girl will play his girlfriend.
Our idea is that the boy is remembering his time with the girl. They were in love and he is singing about the happy times they had together. Our idea is to have the present day and also have flashbacks of when the couple were together as if the boy is remembering them in his head. We are wanting to start the video with a shot of loads of pictures of the couple together. We have chosen a few scenes to try and keep the video interesting. The locations we are going to use are;
a house- this would be the main location. We are going to film most of the scenes of the lead boy lip-syncing and a few of the flashbacks. Also the group performances.
the park- we will use this for a flashback of the couple walking through the park holding hands.
a restaurant (possibly)- this is another flashback idea This is not set in stone as we are not sure if we will be able to have access to one when we are wanting to film.
For the ending we want to shock the audience a little bit by showing that the girl has actually died. We needed to find a way of suggesting this without showing her dead body. We have decided that there are a few ways we could show the audience that she is dead. One could be having the lead boy laying flowers on a grave stone. Another could be him carrying an urn an scattering the ashes somewhere. Another could be him opening an invitation to a funeral/wake. We need to decide which one of these will look better.
When we pitched this to the class we think they liked our idea and gave us some positive feedback, saying it was good and they liked the ending. They also gave us some more flashback ideas such as using a flashback of the girlfriend cooking him a romantic meal and then cutting to a shot of him eating alone. Another idea was to have him sat watching telly and then the light bulb to go out- this could be seen as a metaphor that she was the 'light of his life'.
The next step is for us to film some sample footage nd get some audience feedback on that.
We have changed slightly from when Ellie pitched her idea. The idea goes as follows.
We are using the song 'Gone' by band 'NSYNC. Our cast will be 4/5 boys around the age of 17. We are still unsure of the number as we still have yet to finalise our boy band. We will also be using a girl around the same age for the role of 'Girlfriend'. We are planning to use one member of the band as the lead and the girl will play his girlfriend.
Our idea is that the boy is remembering his time with the girl. They were in love and he is singing about the happy times they had together. Our idea is to have the present day and also have flashbacks of when the couple were together as if the boy is remembering them in his head. We are wanting to start the video with a shot of loads of pictures of the couple together. We have chosen a few scenes to try and keep the video interesting. The locations we are going to use are;
a house- this would be the main location. We are going to film most of the scenes of the lead boy lip-syncing and a few of the flashbacks. Also the group performances.
the park- we will use this for a flashback of the couple walking through the park holding hands.
a restaurant (possibly)- this is another flashback idea This is not set in stone as we are not sure if we will be able to have access to one when we are wanting to film.
For the ending we want to shock the audience a little bit by showing that the girl has actually died. We needed to find a way of suggesting this without showing her dead body. We have decided that there are a few ways we could show the audience that she is dead. One could be having the lead boy laying flowers on a grave stone. Another could be him carrying an urn an scattering the ashes somewhere. Another could be him opening an invitation to a funeral/wake. We need to decide which one of these will look better.
When we pitched this to the class we think they liked our idea and gave us some positive feedback, saying it was good and they liked the ending. They also gave us some more flashback ideas such as using a flashback of the girlfriend cooking him a romantic meal and then cutting to a shot of him eating alone. Another idea was to have him sat watching telly and then the light bulb to go out- this could be seen as a metaphor that she was the 'light of his life'.
The next step is for us to film some sample footage nd get some audience feedback on that.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
MA- Intro to Digipak
Today we looked at digipaks. We started of by thinking what could be in a digipaks and we then went on to looking at examples of existing digipaks. We then went onto making a list of the main things that are included in a digipak. This will be useful for when we are designing our own digipak.
How a digipack differs from a CD.
How a digipack differs from a CD.
- Made out of card
- 2 trays
- Sleeves
- 4 basic panels
The front cover of the digipaks can contain;
- Artist shot
- Name and Album name
- Sticker showing DVD bonus
- Sticker showing leading singles contained
Back Cover;
- Track listings and timings
- Bar code
- QR Code
- Website URL
- Logos eg production and record company
The advantages of a Digipak;
- Recyclable as its made from card
- Lower in weight so reduces distribution
- Thinner cases- can fit more on the shelve
- Some resemblance to a LP
- More collectible than a jewel case
Other features;
- Spine- small details such as catalogue number
- Inside design
- Removable lyrics sheet.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
MA- Director Case Study
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| One of his photographs |
MUSIC VIDEOS
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2008
| Coldplay – Viva la Vida | |
2007
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Leb in Meiner Welt | |
2005
| Depeche Mode – Suffer Well | |
| Coldplay – Talk | ||
| The Killers – All These Things That I've Done | ||
2003
| Travis – Re-Offender | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Zum Meer | ||
2002
| U2 – Electrical Storm | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Mensch | ||
2000
| Joseph Arthur – In the Sun | |
| Joseph Arthur – Chemical | ||
1999
| Mercury Rev – Goddess on a Highway | |
| Mercury Rev – Opus 40 | ||
| Roxette – Stars | ||
| Roxette – Salvation | ||
1998
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Bleibt Alles Anders | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Fanatisch | ||
1997
| Depeche Mode – It’s No Good | |
| U2 – Please | ||
| Depeche Mode – Useless | ||
1996
| Metallica – Hero of the Day | |
| Metallica – Mama Said | ||
| Depeche Mode – Barrel of a Gun | ||
1995
| Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (Much Music Award Winner & MTV Award Nominee) | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friend | ||
1994
| Rollins Band – Liar (MTV Award Nominee) | |
| Johnny Cash – Delia’s Gone | ||
| Naomi Campbell – Love & Tears | ||
| Grant Lee Buffalo – Mockingbirds | ||
1993
| Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box (MTV Award Winner) | |
| Depeche Mode – In Your Room | ||
| Depeche Mode – Condemnation | ||
| Depeche Mode – Walking in my Shoes | ||
| Depeche Mode – I Feel You (MTV Award Nominee) | ||
1992
| Danzig – Dirty Black Summer | |
| Bryan Adams – Do I Have To Say The Word? | ||
| U2 – One | ||
| Nick Cave – Straight To You | ||
1991
| Rainbirds – Two Faces | |
| Banderas – May This Be Your Last Sorrow | ||
| Garland Jeffreys – Hail Hail Rock’n Roll | ||
| Ian McCulloch – Lover Lover Lover | ||
| Herbert Grönemeyer – Marie | ||
1990
| Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence | |
| Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth | ||
| Danzig – Killer Wolf | ||
| Depeche Mode – Halo | ||
| Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes | ||
| Front 242 – Tragedy For You | ||
1989
| Rainbirds – Sea of Time | |
| Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus | ||
| Rainbirds – White City of Light | ||
| Ian McCulloch – Faith and Healing | ||
1988
| Joy Division – Atmosphere | |
| Rainbirds – Blueprint | ||
| Joni Mitchell & Peter Gabriel – My Secret Place | ||
| Front 242 – Headhunter | ||
1987
| Echo and The Bunnymen – The Game | |
| Depeche Mode – Strangelove | ||
| Echo and The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar | ||
| Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again | ||
| Depeche Mode – Behind the Wheel | ||
| Echo and The Bunnymen – Bedbugs & Ballyhoo | ||
1986
| Golden Earring – Quiet Eyes | |
| Depeche Mode – A Question of Time | ||
1985
| Echo and The Bunnymen – Bring on the Dancing Horses | |
1984
| David Sylvian – The Ink in the Well | |
| Echo and The Bunnymen – Seven Seas | ||
| David Sylvian – Red Guitar | ||
| Propaganda – Dr. Mabuse | ||
1983
| Palais Schaumburg – Hockey | |
| Art of Noise – Beatbox |
Corbijn has also done some Long Form videos;
2007- Herbert Grönemeyer-12 Tour, Live DVD
2002- Depeche Mode – One Night in Paris (POP.com Best DVD award)
1993- Depeche Mode- Devotional (Grammy Award Nominee)
1991- Depeche Mode- Strange Too
1988- Depeche Mode- Strange
Corbijn began his music video directing career when Palais Schaumburg asked him to direct a video. After seeing the resulting video for Hockey, the band Propaganda had Corbijn direct Dr. Mabuse. After that he directed videos for David Sylvian, Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen, Golden Earring, Front 242,Depeche Mode, Roxette and U2.According to his last video was in 2008.
His first video in color was made for Depeche Mode in early 1990 for their single "Enjoy The Silence".
Corbijn is famous for his work in black and white.Monday, 14 November 2011
Thursday, 10 November 2011
EF- Director Spike Jones
EF- Director Case Study : Spike Jonze
Jones is also known for the 2002 film Adaptation and direction of the 2009 film "Where The Wild Things Are" which became Jonze most anticipated film to date and gained a place on the end of year top ten list, he also directed the film." Adaptation" all these films and many more were nominated or won Oscars and Golden Globes.
Jonze's born Adam Spiegel, is also well known for his directing collaborations in Music Videos for the Beastie Boys which included "Sabotage" in 1994, "Ricky's Theme in 1994", "Sure Shot in 1994" & "Time For Livin in 1993", Weezer which included the videos for "Buddy Holly in 1993", "Islands in the sun in 2002", & Bjork which included video for "Its oh so quiet" in 1995. Jonze has also directed the video " Its all about the Benjamin's" for music Icon P.Diddy or at the time the video was made Puff Daddy in 1997.
Since 2007 Jonze has been the creative director at VBS.tv, this is an online television network supplied by vice and funded by MTV. In July of 2009 Jonze gained the rights to make a film version of Shane Jones novel " Light Boxers", however in 2010 Shane Jones in a magazine article claimed the film option had been dropped.
Music Videos Spike Jonze has been involved in - Source Wikipedia
| Year | Song | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "High in High School" | Chainsaw Kittens | |
| "100%" | Sonic Youth | ||
| 1993 | "Cannonball" | The Breeders | Co-directed by Kim Gordon Produced by Steve Reiss |
| "Country at War" | X | ||
| "Daughters of the Kaos" | Luscious Jackson | ||
| "Hang On" | Teenage Fanclub | ||
| "Time for Livin'" | Beastie Boys | ||
| 1994 | "All About Eve" | Marxman | |
| "Buddy Holly" | Weezer | ||
| "Ditch Digger" | Rocket from the Crypt | ||
| "Divine Hammer" | The Breeders | ||
| "Feel the Pain" | Dinosaur Jr. | ||
| "I Can't Stop Smiling" | Velocity Girl | ||
| "If I Only Had a Brain" | MC 900 Ft. Jesus | ||
| "Old Timer" | that dog. | ||
| "Ricky's Theme" | Beastie Boys | ||
| "Sabotage" | Also writer | ||
| "Sure Shot" | |||
| "Undone - The Sweater Song" | Weezer | ||
| 1995 | "California" | Wax | |
| "Car Song" | Elastica | ||
| "Crush with Eyeliner" | R.E.M. | ||
| "Freedom of '76" | Ween | ||
| "It's Oh So Quiet" | Björk | ||
| "The Diamond Sea" | Sonic Youth | ||
| "Who Is Next?" | Wax | ||
| 1996 | "Drop" | The Pharcyde | |
| 1997 | "Da Funk" | Daft Punk | |
| "Electrolite" | R.E.M. | ||
| "Elektrobank" | The Chemical Brothers | ||
| "It's All About the Benjamins" (Rock Remix) | Puff Daddy | ||
| "Liberty Calls" | Mike Watt | ||
| "Shady Lane" | Pavement | ||
| "Sky's the Limit" | The Notorious B.I.G. | ||
| 1998 | "Home" | Sean Lennon | |
| "Praise You" | Fatboy Slim | A Torrance Public Film Production | |
| "Root Down" version 2 | Beastie Boys | ||
| 2000 | "Weapon of Choice" | Fatboy Slim | |
| "What's Up, Fatlip?" | Fatlip | ||
| "Wonderboy" | Tenacious D | As Marcus Von Bueler | |
| 2002 | "Island in the Sun" (version 2) | Weezer | |
| "Guess I'm Doing Fine" | Beck | ||
| "It's in Our Hands" | Björk | ||
| 2003 | "Big Brat" | Phantom Planet | |
| 2004 | "Get Back" | Ludacris | |
| "Y Control" | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||
| 2005 | "Triumph of a Heart" | Björk | |
| 2008 | "Flashing Lights" | Kanye West | Co-directed with West |
| 2009 | "Heaven" | UNKLE | Co-directed with Ty Evans |
| "25" | AsDSSka | Co-directed with Crysal Moselle | |
| 2010 | "Drunk Girls" | LCD Soundsystem | Co-directed with James Murphy |
| "The Suburbs" | Arcade Fire | ||
| 2011 | "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" | Beastie Boys | |
| "Otis" | Jay-Z & Kanye West |
Some Other Films Of Spike Jonze : Source Wikipedia
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Mi Vida Loca | Actor |
| 1996 | Pig! | |
| 1997 | The Game | |
| Free Tibet | Cinematographer | |
| 1999 | Three Kings | Actor |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Producer |
| Keep Your Eyes Open | Actor | |
| 2002 | Jackass: The Movie | Producer, Featured |
| 2006 | Jackass: Number Two | Producer, Featured |
| The Fall | ||
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Producer |
| Heavy Metal in Baghdad | ||
| 2009 | The 1 Second Film | Producer, Appearing |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Producer, Appearing |
| Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life | Producer, Appearing | |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Actor |
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
MA- 'NSYNC Record Label
Jive Records 1981-2011 is the label responsible for 'NSYNC.
Label History
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. Jive operated as an independently managed label until 2002 when Bertelsmann Music Group acquired the remainder of Zomba for US $2.74 billion, which was at the time the largest-ever acquisition of an independent label with major-label distribution. Zomba, Jive's parent company, was formed in the mid seventies as a publishing and management company on Willesden Street in London.
As the 1980s drew to a close, Jive went on to sign a plethora of hip-hop acts, including Too $hort and Schoolly D. By the early nineties, Jive had become a premiere label in the genre of hip-hop, thanks to the success of acts such as Whodini, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, E-40, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One/Boogie Down Productions, and R&B acts R. Kelly and Aaliyah.
By the late 1990s, despite its reputation for dealing heavily in hip-hop, Jive signed pop acts Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears—all of whom achieved massive success as the 2000s dawned, and would become the three best-selling acts in the label's history. The company was later restructured with some Jive artists moving to a restructured Epic Records, while others stayed with Jive as it moved under the RCA Music Group. On October 7, 2011, it was announced that Jive, along with Arista and J Records would be shuttered. All artists on those labels were moved to RCA Records.
Label History
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. Jive operated as an independently managed label until 2002 when Bertelsmann Music Group acquired the remainder of Zomba for US $2.74 billion, which was at the time the largest-ever acquisition of an independent label with major-label distribution. Zomba, Jive's parent company, was formed in the mid seventies as a publishing and management company on Willesden Street in London.
As the 1980s drew to a close, Jive went on to sign a plethora of hip-hop acts, including Too $hort and Schoolly D. By the early nineties, Jive had become a premiere label in the genre of hip-hop, thanks to the success of acts such as Whodini, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, E-40, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One/Boogie Down Productions, and R&B acts R. Kelly and Aaliyah.
By the late 1990s, despite its reputation for dealing heavily in hip-hop, Jive signed pop acts Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears—all of whom achieved massive success as the 2000s dawned, and would become the three best-selling acts in the label's history. The company was later restructured with some Jive artists moving to a restructured Epic Records, while others stayed with Jive as it moved under the RCA Music Group. On October 7, 2011, it was announced that Jive, along with Arista and J Records would be shuttered. All artists on those labels were moved to RCA Records.
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