Post 47: Album advertisement

This my main album advertisement. Below is the design i have decided shall be distributed in music magazines. However allso in this post are previous ideas for the album advertisement. The basic premise is that the album is meant to replicate what is happening on the album cover, so effectively the album cover works as a plan for the album advertisement. This album advertisement was developed in Adobe fireworks.

The image itself i feel is quite strong as the shape of the actors is quite tight, therefore this makes a statement on the unity of the band. also you can see the conviction in there faces which pulls the act of effectively that their posing for a photo shoot and have taken it quite seriously.

I think the more sun drenched colours provide that earthy feel that i wanted

This was the original image with no editing. I changed it for the better as it did look quite amature, for it to be distributed in music magazines the quality needs to be higher.

I liked the use of green but i feel this almost completely submerged the picture in the thickness of the colour. I needed more clarity and higher definition

In this image i tried placing the cartoon robots with the actor, however i dont feel that the opposite spectrums really compliment eachother

Post 46: Other video cancelation

In the end it would appear that i ran out of time to film another video. However i did film some footage around croydon with the city lights. However this did not prove to be succesful as the lights did not pick up the lighting

Post 45: My album in its entirety

This is the original lyric booklet. The inside cover iss meant to be tonge and cheek this is achieved in the robot looking like a nun praying and then the rays of god are have shined upon the nun robot. Its in the same style as the front cover

This is the final colour pattern for the inside of the lyric booklet

This is the back cover. This is meant to replicate the child style of drawing, hence some sides are missing and there are scribbles on the back

This would be on the next part of the lyric booklet, these are the lyrics, it is purposely written in a scruffy way to convey an edgy and agressive manor simmilar to the terminator robot theme

This the cd. The red and the gold provide a grand tone to proceedings. The robot is purposely looking at you to obtain a conection with the viewer of the cd

Post 44: Album cover

This is what i have chosen for my album art
I created the design myself. As ooposed to using album art with real cast shot in a sepiear effect, i have decided too use the rough sketch. If i hadn't used the sketch then actors would have been placed in the same layout.

This was the original piece that i created in the summer

This was the finished product after experementing with photoshop

Why i like the album cover
I like it because it feels like it was drawn by a child (even the title). In my research some of the album art that i looked at had a simmilar theme of robots designed for a younger audience. However i think it provides two ends too the spectrum. On the one hand you have the cartoon apearence, but what is actually happening in the picture is quite menacing and has an adult theme which i feel provides a mature charm to proceedings.

Also i like how it looks like the drawing is on a scrap piece of paper with the edges cut off. I feel this provides a uniqe take on the aspect of drawing album covers.

Post 43: The video

This is the main product



I like how the finished product came out. My only concerns are a few continuity issues with regards to haircuts, different belts and the tucking in of the shirt but apart from that i am pleased with the product i have

Post 42: Storyboards

I finally added my storyboards

Changes
Scott no longer goes to a trainstation
Scott no longer wears an over coat

Changes
There are no overshoulder shots. They were cut out due to continuity and time concern

Changes
Scott no longer rolls down a hill.

Changes
There is nolonger a third robot
It is not in a multistory car park
It's shot during the day
The mise en sceine of the car is much more a tool now
Didnt film the iconic scene where scott is surrounded and the lights go out

Overall changes
There were now two robots as opposed too 1
The product became more comic than originally intended

These were actually completed some time ago before filming.
The anitial idea of him being the back of the car changed as is seen in the storyboars. Orriginally my music video was just meant to be a scenic video with iconic imagery but as time went on i transformed it into a more comic terminator kind of video. I think that this will have more appeal.

Post 41: Album advertisements

This post is to research album advertisements so i can obtain ideas for my album advertisement.

This advertisement is for Blink 182

I like the simplicity and strtucture. The fact that the band are the main focus of t advertisement. Simple yet effective publishing
However i feel that maybe that the colours (dry brown) provides a warn effect, however the contrast of the colours on the album draw your eyes to that as an imediate focus

These advertisements are for green day

I shall mainly focus on the first advertisement as it is too do with the album. I like the artistic license. The record itself has a political theme, therefore by adding the imagery it provides the characteristics to the what the album will be like. I also like the use of colours, they provide a classy sepier effect almost like the picture was portrayed on a brown paper bag, which i feel is a cool effect

This advertisement is for daft punk

This advertisement coincides with the release of a walt disney movie. Tron. The reason i like this is because that it isn't only promoteing daft punk but promoteing the film. I like the futuristic and dark vibe. Its simple yet effective and i feel that in this case less really is more.

This advertisement is for U2

This is an example of cross media convergance. They aren't promoting an album but a product (the blackberry), distributors use established household names to shift units. I like the imagery and the red vortex/ arena. It provides an epic out of this world vibe

Post 40: Whats happening now

The music video and editing has been finished. I shall be putting everything up soon i promise. It's been a buisy few weeks but the end product has been finished. The next part is finishing the album advetisement and then my extended piece, which will be another video.

Post 39: Random videos of progress

These are just a random assaurtment of videos to monitor my progression

Post 38: Finished filming, nearly

Yesterday on Sunday 10th I wrapped up filming for my video of Robots 1 humans 0. The only piece of footage i have left is to capture the protagonist disapearing as a train passes but appart from that I am done. I also managed to take some photos of the band posing. The band were all characters within the video. The pictures shall be the content of the album advertisment in a musical magazine. I obtained alot of positive feedback about my demo album art with one person actually claiming that i should use it. Acting upon this feedback i have decided to retain the artwork that i created.

The next part of the project is getting the other video finished.

Post 37: Whats happening tomorrow

On Sunday the 10th of April I am aiming to conblude filming my music video for robots 1 humans 0. However at the last moment i have had to change the ending and final act to my video. Due to an unforseign event happening with one of the actors i have had to change the ending to there being just two robot's. Hopefully i should be able to create a new concept in time for tomorrow.

In the meantime, expect more videos, album art, storyboards and album advertisement. Ive got a new and faster computer now that should hopefully upload everything and anything.

Post 36: pictures

These are some more shots of another place in Epsom. This place was originally planned as the alternative to Epsom ruins. I was going to use this place because it's full of graffiti and looks quite grim

This picture was taken in Little Hampton and was taken in September. I originaly went to little Hampton in order to obtain shots for my album advertisement. I also shot the opening sequance of my video their.

This is shot taken for the rave band the prodigy. I really liked the grim atmosphere on the bridge. I also wanted to know if there was a local area that was similar to the area in the picture. I want a picture like this for the album advertisement.

This is the closest area that i could find. This is at littlehampton. It's a little too friendly for the image I was trying to convey. However i do like this image

These shots were takenon the hill were Ben chases scott

Post 35: Extra video

In order to obtain more marks i have decided to create another video. This video will be for a song thats by my band however this track is inly preformed acoustically by one of our members. It will just be a preformance video shot from different angles. It may also include some blury images of sceanry. The influences and inspirations for this video have come from....

The offspring

Likes
The simplicity of the video
The multiple camera angles provide a fun and energetic effect
The video has a D.I.Y

dISLIKES
The camera may be a bit to jumpy and may cause illness because the speed of the angles

City and Colour

Likes
The scenary
The simplicity
The undercurrent of a storyline

Dislikes
Nothing


I hope to record this video as soon as possible

Also my laptop died so now i'm trying very hard to hand in the the coursework incorporasting the ancillary tasks. All my files of storyboards and mock album design may have been lost.

However im completing filming this Sunday in order to get this video completed

Post 34: Videos

This is some of the demo footage i shot at Epsom ruins

The first shot i intend to put at the begining. This scene isnt action filled but i want to get the sense that we find the protaganist alone and disinfranchised.


This is the same shot just filmed in colour and from a different angle. I do like this angle but i dont feel that I shall have enough time to place it into the video.



This shot is also used to emphasise the loneliness the protagonist faces


A simillar shot. I like how the light shines on hime amongst the dark. It provides a biblical "god's hand aproach", or that theres light at the end of the tunnel



There shall be more videos later.

Post 33: What happened sunday

On Sunday we spent i spent the day attempting to finish of all the filming for my video.

However i wasnt able to obtain the desired affect. I finished of the squence of the hill chase. I also attempted the final act which included a chase in a car scene. As aposed to now finishing the the video with a lightsout sequence in the car park, Scott is hunted down and ran ove by the robot's. This unfortuanately didnt go to plan. Whilst I recorded majority of the footage i wanted, i felt that i didnt really have a plan of action so this Sunday im going to conclude filming. I will use the footage just as demo footage. Feeling defeated i decided to halt filming for that day. I also need to film linking scenes in order for the video to actually make sense. This will be done in the next few weeks.

As usual im still working out how to upload storyboards, mock album art and mock advertisement.


Untill then these are some of 2 out of the 5 cast pictures

This is Scott. He is the protagonist

This is Ian. 1 of the antagonists

There will be more images soon