Isabel Denney-Foster's A2 Media Coursework

The chrome-like writing which is used on these CDs is the style I would like to be noted that I was hoping to convey through my digipak layout. Unfortunately there was no way i could have shown this during the design process on Photoshop. 

These are templates I could use as inspiration- I have decided i do not want to include the title of my album or my artist's name like these albums (besides Eminem). I can use a layout and input material as inspiration for my legal writing to include in my product. I still (as I have in my draft) want to include the timings in my track listing just as Space Trax has for their track listings. I do like the use of the dividing live for the Arctic Monkeys album- I may give this a go. 

 Here I experimented to try and mimic the style of one artist who has inspired me. I used photo shop and layered photos I had taken of my artist to achieve this effect. I also edited the brightness and the opacity of the images. I had discovered this when I was visiting the site Consequence of Sound. I have decided I would like to try and attempt this again so I am going to take some more photos and try this affect again. 

The first three album covers are from Witt Lowry who, like Lucidious and our attempt to achieve with our artist Distinct, is rather unknown and not amazingly popular within the hip hop genre like Eminem (the last album cover belongs to).  Lowry's albums are landscape shots which are beautiful and incredibly simplistic. Eminem's album cover is a picture of him in an everyday setting, thus conveying this idea of simplicity once more. i have decided I may experiment with this idea however I know I would like to have my artist featured on the cover like Eminem's / unlike Lowry's. 

Styles like this I believe would be too extreme , not only to accomplish, but for my artist. As we are aiming for him to be a new, niche and not extremely mainstream artist in our genre I fear it would be too much to design and release a cover along the lines of these because they would not fit with the video, the concept and the style. These albums stereo typically look as though they are for songs which are about the good rapping, music artist lifestyle and therefore entail things about drugs, money and sex where as the thought behind our song is very heartfelt and sensitive whereas this image would not convey this feeling or emotion. 

As well as the storyboard used within our video of our live version of sotry boarding we are going to use a practical storyboard which contains notes and continuity tips which we can reffer to as a group whilst filming.  This is the story board for the 30 secind instrumental at 3:15. 

Our live animate story boa rd for our choice in song Moment of Silence by Lucidious.    

Gorilla vs Bear Whilst visiting this site I came across a review for an album (Alice Boman "Dreams")  The article was presented as the album's cover which really appealed to me aesthetically. I have decided to save this and use it as an inspiration for my album cover at least as an experimental factor however I am not sure if it will fit in with my genre. 

Consequence of Sound- I viewed this site and explored all the categories such as film, TV and Music and viewed some of the latest articles on the Music category. I discovered a new article concerning the group METZ which involved the release of their new single and this image.  This image really sparked my curiosity with the visual aspect as it looks like the relay and layering of a multiple amount of images. which were taken at the same time, place and with the same people only having the subjects move, not enough so that the image is unreadable but enough to convey a sense of artistic convention. I have decided I would like to experiment with this effect and if it works well I wish to apply it to my album/ CD cover.  

EMINEM LUCIDIOUS WATSKY WITT LOWRY DISTINCT

Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics. (e.g. stage performance in metal videos, dance routines in boy/girl groups, aspiration in HipHop.) There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals. The lyrics are represented with images. (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting) There is a relationship between music and visuals. The tone and atmosphere of the visuals reflects that of the music. (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting) The demands of record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style). There is frequent reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, mirrors, stages, etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of female body. The artist may develop motifs or iconography that recur across their work (a visual style). There are often intertexual reference (to films, TV programs, other music videos etc).

Lyrical convention- This is where the the lyrics match the visuals in the video. For example in BTS' music video for RUN it features the group actually running during the lyric being sang. Another example would be Eminem's song Love the way you lie featuring Rihanna. On the lyric 'just gonna stand there and watch me burn' both Rihanna and the house behind her are on fire.  Extension or consolidation for the meaning of the song- The video extends the meaning of the song by featuring certain elements of the lyrics.  For example in The writings on the wall by OK GO- they feature writing and text which contains the lyrics of the song.   Allusion-  Referencing to other texts; this can also be referred to as intertextuality.  An example of this would be The Kill by 30 seconds to Mars which contains allusions to The Shining.  Links to other Artist-  Videos featuring other artists and linking to other artists. For exam...