Thursday, 7 April 2011
Evaluation Question 3
Evaluation Question 4
Evaluation Question 2
Evalution Question 1
The music video that I have created for A2 level is that for a indie-folk artist who happens to be a friend of mine. In order to help promote her as an artist I helped create a music video for her, as part of the subject. As an add on to this, print productions for a digi-pak also had to be created. Seeing as the genre the video is being designed for is that of indie-folk genre it was important to capture aspects of the countryside that relate to the roots of the genre. This had come from extensive research into the genre itself and looking at related artists that feature under the genre. Other texts where found on sites such as Youtube, to collect a certain amount of clips that helped me develop a better understanding of the genre as well as conducting research on similar artist that inspire the artist. With these clips I was able to research into the shot types used in the folk artist's videos gaining an insight into how connotations are made, costume idea's, narratives and mise-en-scene. looking into certain events such as the 'Newport Festival' to gain an insight into how artists were generally discovered in the genre within the genre. Folk artists morals are often portrayed through there music and lyrics, I learnt this from through the genre research and research into similar texts. I don't believe I have challenged any conventions of the genre, however I believe that with this music video it has given a new take on the genre like artists such as KT Tunstall and Ellie Goulding have. As for the print productions which were created after the video had been fully edited is indifferent as the images used have be taken from the finished production piece itself. Editing printscreen shots in Photoshop to create a more distinctive image, using a range of effects that improve the image dramatically. I had planned out the digi-pak as rough sketches to start with, however over a couple of weeks the idea's grew in creativity. Idea's were developed from looking at other relevant artists that are similar. Looking at the editing techniques used in on the covers as well as information that is provided on the case. Analysing digi-pak images was a major part of the research I conducted, it gave an insight into what colours to use, fonts and what sort of images to use. For example, for the front panel (cover) I used an image of the artist which is common with the folk genre. When researching into the panels I collected album artworks of folk artists from looking on http://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi (Google Images). Artist
Monday, 21 March 2011
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
EVALUATION!
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Created Digi-Pak Panels
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Looking at promotion images for bands
Looking at a recent album release. White Lies released their second studio album "Ritual". The band were promoted by UK tycoon music Store HMV.
Promotion pictures such as these are a great way of promoting new albums or smaller/breakthrough acts.
With the White Lies image (Right) shows a London store giving details to the fact the band are playing live to promote the new album. The main feature of the image is that of the actual band. It also features the front panel of the digi-pak to market the product.
As the image is copyrighted the HMV logo and slogan also appear on the poster as to.
Chosen artist title font
Above is the font I have chosen to use for the artist title for the digi-pak. Despite all of the fonts I had looked into and put forward as ideas, I have decided to use the Edition font which, along with the others, were collected from http://www.dafont.com/.
I have chosen this font because of it's simplicity.
The simple design of the font makes it easy to read and clear. I would consider editing this title futher, possibly with a change of colour. maybe that of being red, which would relate to the artists red ribbon on her guitar.
Possible Idea's regarding artist title (Digi-Pak)
Hadley font
Edition font
Carrington font
Calligraphy Unicase font
Branching Mouse font
Monday, 7 February 2011
www.dafont.com
dafont is site which allows people of uploaded designed fonts by themselves, for anyone to then use and access for there own personal use. This is a great site for the creating text logo's or for getting a unique font. Therefore I will be using it for my digi-pak to write the artist name and name of the album which will be given to it.
Examples of the fonts used as ideas shall be uploaded onto my blog. Where I shall then analyze them before making a final desion on the final choice for my blog.
Looking into digi-pak fonts (Information)
If the correct style of font isn’t used on the album cover it can affect how the looks. A downfall to album artwork designs is that of if a font is a innopropiate size or colour which the reciever won't be able to read it as it may conflict with the background colours, or the font is to bunched etc:. If this occurs it can have a poor effect on the record. Positioning of the font is also crucial as it to can damage the main image panel.
Friday, 4 February 2011
Looking at fonts on album covers (Folk genre)
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Last Shadow Puppets-"The Age Of The Understatement"
Monday, 17 January 2011
Michelle Tourtilloutts
Sunday, 16 January 2011
The idea of landscapes.
The autumnal leaves setting was used to full effect in my music video, so it would possibly be a decent idea to have a similar setting to this image used as a panel for the digi-pak. This relates to the entire aspect of folk genre, through the idea of the elements and seasons.
The pathway leading to the into the horizon is a nice idea. Considering the fact that parts of the music video were shot in scenic forests such as this. Therefore it could also be another a possible digi-pak image.
Considering there are some nice woodlands around the Norwich area it would possible to capture some nice shots.
The main focus of the picture is the tree and the element of natural lighting. Possibly getting shots
which capture the aspects lighting would be good as it could give a representation of pureness which the artist produces.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
John Sell Cotman Imagery
These 3 images are paintings done by artist John Sell Cotmann. These are his interpretations on aspects of certain in the British countryside.
This image gives a visual representation to that of the picturesque landscapes that Britain has to offer. The landscape show through the crafts of Cotman are that mellow depicting each image which a variation of light.
Cultural aspects shown in this image are those of the horse and carriage. The use of the greens in this image so the flourishing of the fresh grass.
The windmill image is being used for inspiration as it would be a possible location to do some photography. This would be a nice location to use as it has strong links to the aspect of the folk genre.
Images such as windmills or barn give a collective representation of the genre as a whole, as the buildings have a significant cultural representation to those in folk land.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Joan Baez Artwork
Joan Baez - "Baptism"
When looking at the design of this album cover of Joan Baez shows many aspects that relate to genre of folk. This is shown through the inplication of a drawn image of the artist coming out of the tree, her hair represented as the structured branches. The small image of the artist at the top left of the could represent the idea of the artist's youth, again with the relation to nature or elements through the held flower. The youger image used could also relate the album title, that being "Baptism". The colours used for the album cover are simplistic, consisting of a beige background, the use of black. The green and pink used in the image represent the the colours of nature and youth. - "One Day At A Time"
Laura Marling Artwork
The album artwork to the left, that of Laura Marling consists of many diffrent and vibrant images. Leaves and and insects used as drawn imagery which relates to the idea of nature. An aspect of folk. The colours used in the artwork are very summery, which in a way relates to her upbeat folk songs.
Laura Marling - "I Speak Because I Can" (2010)
In contrast to that of her 2008 debut release, it was considered that Laura Malring took a more muture approach to the folk genre. This is identified through the album artwork. The frilly top is the only clear link to her genre as it loose and free flowing like the genre. As to is the use of colours around the artist title. The artist is the main focus of the album cover. The use of black and white gives the the cover a sophisticated look, which bodes well with what the artist was trying to put across in her new progression in her recordings.
Bob Dylan Artwork
The debut album from folk great Bob Dylan is a trademark of what the genre is about. The cover features a dominante figure image of the performing artist. Also the acousic guitar gives an insight into what genre the artist performs as it is heavily related to folk.
Like the album cover above, the centre piece is that again of the artist. Like one of his previous album covers above.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Looking at Live performance footage of Joan Baez
This live footage of folk singer Joan Baez perfoming in 1975. As she performs the camera is souly focused upon her. The artist somewhat creates the affect of a 'gaze' which draws the audiences focus towards her. This is what i will trying to achieve in some of the shots for my music video.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Concepts surrounding folk artists album covers (Basics)
With a lot of older artists such as 'Joan Baez', album covers would consist of a simple design. This would of just feature the artist as the main focus, covering the majority of the front panel. Other panels would also have a simple design often being left blank as they featured the track listings and/or album production information.
In contrast to this more recent folk artists such as KT Tunstall have drawn insperation form this basic design images and have had them edited with the adjustment of light editing etc:
The idea of elements are often used by folk artists, often that of natural elements. Often those that are used those such as landscapes, rural or woodland. Pituresque images are used to show the genre of music played the artist.
The most common colours used on folk artists are:
-Black
-Brown
-Red
-Green
-Beige
-Yellow
-Orange
Computer editing effects are used to change the contrast of light and super-impose other images onto the cover. This often done for most recent folk artists. This can give the effect of built up images, or other effects that are created.