For the Album inserts we are going to use a mix of footage from the music video of the band and photos that are taken of the band to make it fit in with what a conventional pop-punk album would look like.
We are going to put a range of filtters on the images to make them stand out more.
Monday 16 December 2013
Monday 9 December 2013
Back of the Album
Version One Magazine Advert
Version One Album Cover
Magazine Advert Version Two
Magazine Adverts
The advertisement uses the idea of blowing up the front of the album to cover the whole A4 advertisement. This is one of the most common versions of advertising an album because it makes the album more recognisable and it is more likely to stick in the buyers mind.
Album Cover Version Two
This makes it look like an effective pop-punk album cover because it highlights the instruments in the silhouettes and keeps it simple, which is the idea behind the pop-punk genre.
Friday 29 November 2013
Analysing Bad pop-punk Album covers
This Fall out Boy album cover would be hard to imitate as an album cover because it would be time consuming to digitally manipulate an image and neither me or Sam have the skills for that.
As a pop-punk album cover this is also a bad example because it shows none of the conventions of a typical pop-punk album. The image of a Russian doll with burnt match sticks in is a failed attempt at trying to be edgy because the image, coupled with the text, just makes the picture look like a painting you would find in a art gallery.
Overall, even if we could imitate this album I don't think it would be a good idea as it isn't very pop-punk.
Analysing Iconic Album Covers
Greendays American Idiot album is an iconic album cover because when people see the image of the hand holding the red grenade heart they automatically know what album it is from.
The simplicity if the design makes it more recognisable to people because the white hand stands out from the black background.
The text on the album cover is also very simplistic. It uses the white and red to tie in with the image that is also these colours and this keeps it consistent and memorable.
The simplistic nature of the album sticks in with the pop-punk genre of taking the easy way out with all of the promotion and designing of the albums and focusing purely on the performance aspect of the band. This album cover is an example of how using a simplistic design has paid off and become iconic.
London Calling - The Clash
London Calling is an iconic album cover because of the picture on the front. The image depicts Joe Strummer the singer taking a guitar and starting to smash it up. The picture makes the album cover iconic because it shows the more punk and edgy side of the punk scene which people remember.
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Video Idea One
The video will be a mix between a narrative and live band footage.
The Live band footage will be shot at my house where the band are playing to a crowd of people. It will be made to look like it is a real party as much as possible.
For the narrative section of the video we have decided that we are going to use a boy and girl that are dating and the girl gets jealouse when the boy is with other girls so tries to make him jealouse and after a series of events they break up but they may get back together
The Live band footage will be shot at my house where the band are playing to a crowd of people. It will be made to look like it is a real party as much as possible.
For the narrative section of the video we have decided that we are going to use a boy and girl that are dating and the girl gets jealouse when the boy is with other girls so tries to make him jealouse and after a series of events they break up but they may get back together
Thursday 14 November 2013
Blink 182 Album Covers
The cover is a copy of a pencil drawing of a city skyline with words and names on various parts of it.
This is one of the most grown up album covers that Blink-182 have done.
The track listings are written in the same font as the bands name is on the front cover which makes it consistent.
The Blink-182 logo is necessary because it is like the bands identity.
The actual CD has a larger image of the Blink-182 logo, the band name and the name of the album on.
the consistency of the neighbourhood skyline image is a good thing because it makes the album stand out more.
On the front of the album there is the blink-182 logo accompanied by the band name. The combination of the logo and name is so that people will be able to recognise it easily as a Blink-182 album.
The back of the Greatest Hits album features a shot of the band from their Greatest Hits tour. The text that lists the songs is the same text from when the songs are on the original albums.The band shot on the back cover shows the band on their last date of the tour previous to the album release.
The CD is also very simple and basic with it being completely black and then the bands logo in white over it.
Analysing Good pop-punk Album Covers
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
The album cover for Jimmy Eat World -Sweetness would be an easy cover to imitate because it consists of a white background with a still of the band performing. This still could be taken from the performance footage in the video or from a photo-shoot.
The text on the album is also easy to imitate as it is a common, yet effective, font with the work eat in italics and a different colour.
This type of album cover is common with in the pop-punk genre because it allows the band to show that they can perform and play instruments without the fans having to go to a concert.
The pop-punk genre is also very simplistic so with an album cover they are looking to portray that it was just a quick thing that was put together because they focus more on their music.
This album cover is also a good example of a pop-punk album but this one uses the bands logo instead of a shot of the band.
Most pop-punk bands tend to opt for this option over the band shot image because the logo means that they will have a recognisable image that people will associate with them.
However, I don't think that an album cover with a band logo on would be a good thing for us to do because we would have to think of an original idea for a logo and it would take up a lot of time to design and finalise. also, none of the group members are artistic so having to draw a logo would create a problem.
Monday 11 November 2013
Storyboard Animatic
The music video that we are going to produce will last roughly three minuets and to make sure we keep track of the progress we are producing a hand drawn storyboard. The storyboard will depict the order we want the video to go in and will help us to produce a shooting schedule later on.
The animatic of the storyboard
This is the link to the animated version of the storyboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hejJapXEU4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUSfVehClnvvbbDrHxfNYeEw&safe=active
The animatic of the storyboard
This is the link to the animated version of the storyboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hejJapXEU4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUSfVehClnvvbbDrHxfNYeEw&safe=active
Wednesday 6 November 2013
Blink-182 Record Lable
Blink 182 were signed to the record label Interscope, which is also responsible for other pop-punk bands like The All American Rejects, for the release of their latest album 'Neighbourhoods'. After the release of this album Blink 182 went into talks to be dropped from Interscope and are now an independent band.
Getting the Performers
In order for the staged house party to look realistic we are looking to gather a group of about 20 to 25 friends. We think that this is a reasonable number because the rooms we are shooting in are fairly small and we need it to look busy but still have room for the band to set up and perform.
In terms of the band we have enlisted the help of our friend that is a drummer, we are also using his drum kit, so that when we do close up shots of him playing it looks more realistic than if we got someone to act like they are playing the drums.
For the singer we are going to ask a performing arts student because the front man of the band has to be outgoing and be able to emphasise their actions. The singer also has to be the guitarist because the band that's songs we are doing a cover of the singer also plays the guitar. To make it look realistic we will get the person to learn the sections that we will be doing close ups of and then they can just repeat that for the rest of the video.
For the bass player we are going to ask a performing arts student and teach them the bass part that we are going to do a close up of the instrument. For the rest of the band shots the bass player can just play the learnt part over and over because it will make the video realistic if it at least looks like the band members know what they are doing.
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Music Videos Over Time
Over time the technology that is used to film and produce music videos has improved greatly. This meant that the quality of thr final piece has become more clear.
As for the actual footage that gets used in music videos it has become more and more distorted in terms of the narrative in the video. Another contrast between modern day music videos and older ones is that green screen is a common feature in modern videos as it allows for the video to use different footage that may not be easy to shoot without digital aid.
In modern music videos the video tends to focus more on the singers because of the lack of instruments that feature in some genres. The main genres that do this are pop and rap music as many of the artists can't play an instrument and it wouldn't look professional if the artist was playing the wrong note of an instrument throughout the video. In older videos they were more instrument based because in order for the artist to become a recognised recording artist they had to write there own music and do a lot of legwork, as there were no tv talent shows, to become signed to a record label.
As for the actual footage that gets used in music videos it has become more and more distorted in terms of the narrative in the video. Another contrast between modern day music videos and older ones is that green screen is a common feature in modern videos as it allows for the video to use different footage that may not be easy to shoot without digital aid.
In modern music videos the video tends to focus more on the singers because of the lack of instruments that feature in some genres. The main genres that do this are pop and rap music as many of the artists can't play an instrument and it wouldn't look professional if the artist was playing the wrong note of an instrument throughout the video. In older videos they were more instrument based because in order for the artist to become a recognised recording artist they had to write there own music and do a lot of legwork, as there were no tv talent shows, to become signed to a record label.
Don't Leave Me - Blink 182
Don't leave me all alone
Just drop me off at home
I'll be fine, it's not the first
Just like last time, but a little worse
Just drop me off at home
I'll be fine, it's not the first
Just like last time, but a little worse
And she said that I'm not the one that she thinks about
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
One more chance, I'll try this time
I'll give you yours, I won't take mine
I'll listen up, pretend to care
Go on ahead, I'll meet you there
I'll give you yours, I won't take mine
I'll listen up, pretend to care
Go on ahead, I'll meet you there
And she said that I'm not the one that she thinks about
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
Let's try this one more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
One more time with feeling
And she said that I'm not the one that she thinks about
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
And she said it stopped being fun, I just bring her down
I said, "Don't let your future be destroyed by my past"
She said, "Don't let my door hit your ass"
Don't leave me all alone
Just drop me off at home
And I'll be fine
And I'll be fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f58YImdEDNA&safe=active
This is a link to the youtube video
Thursday 26 September 2013
Video Idea
For the video we need a narative and a series of live band footage so it sticks within the lines of a pop-punk video.
For the live band footage we are going to stage a house party and get the band to perform the song there infront of a crowd of 'partying people'. This will fit in with the conventions of a poppunk video because you generally see scenes like this in this type of video.
We are going to insert a narrative throughout the video. The narrative will feature a boyfriend arriving at a party at his girlfriends house and then the boyfriend ignoring the girl for his friends. The girl will then proceed to try to make the boy jelouse wich will then lead to an argument and inevitably the end of the relationship.
In the narrative there will also be some reference to the lyrics. For example when the song says "She said don't let my door hit your ass" we will show her slamming the door on her ex boyfriend At the end of the video the couple do get back together after a series of events like when the girl chases the boy through the house.
For the live band footage we are going to stage a house party and get the band to perform the song there infront of a crowd of 'partying people'. This will fit in with the conventions of a poppunk video because you generally see scenes like this in this type of video.
We are going to insert a narrative throughout the video. The narrative will feature a boyfriend arriving at a party at his girlfriends house and then the boyfriend ignoring the girl for his friends. The girl will then proceed to try to make the boy jelouse wich will then lead to an argument and inevitably the end of the relationship.
In the narrative there will also be some reference to the lyrics. For example when the song says "She said don't let my door hit your ass" we will show her slamming the door on her ex boyfriend At the end of the video the couple do get back together after a series of events like when the girl chases the boy through the house.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Pop-Punk Video Analysis
Screen Grab One
This is a wide angle long shot of the entire band performing the song. This is a good way for the video to start as it gives you a sense that the video will be performance heavy. The band perform for about five seconds at this stage of the video but there is no editing it is just the camera zooming from a hight angle into a medium close up of the drummer.
Screen Grab Two
Screen Grab Two
When the camera movement stops at the drummer the editing pace picks up and it changes to more shots of the drummer playing. This change happens roughly around the same time that the bass drum is hit. The fast editing here is necessary because it helps keep the video fast moving like the music and this will help the person watching it keep interested.
Screen Grab Three
The video then cuts to the narrative side which is less heavily featured as pop-punk tends to be more about performing and instruments than telling a story.
Screen Grab Four
This High angle long shot looking up at people running is one of the few sections of narrative footage. They have made it so the camera is focused on the foreground while the background is blurred. This tactic is used to make the video edgy and dynamic so that it will have more association to the pop-punk genre.
Screen Grab Five
In this shot they use a rig that allows them to move from an extreme long shot to a mid shot of the band. They have used this shot to add excitement to the build up of the music because at this point there is a lull in the song and when the shot has moved to the mid shot of the band the music kicks in again.
Screen Grab Six
This shot is a close up of the rhythm guitarist playing the guitar. Again this sort of shot and content is associated with the pop punk genre. The reason for this is so that the audience can see that the band can actually play the instruments unlike in other genres.
Screen Grab Seven
This is a continuation of the narrative in which the main protagonist, the singer, is walking towards the camera and a passer by that is running the opposite way tries to drag him away. They use a mid shot and track for this shot as the camera follows the movement of the singer and moves backwards.
Screen Grab Eight
This part of the video uses a swoopy camera shot that starts at the top right and zooms down towards the guitarist. This shot settles on a close up of the guitarists face. This type of shot is common in the pop punk genre because it shows all of the action and can include the whole band moving about in a very punk way.
Screen Grab Nine
This is the penultimate shot of the narrative where everything starts to explode. The camera movements tries to portray that the explosions are actually happening by using shaky movements. This is also common within the pop-punk genre as it makes the video look fast moving and action packed.
Screen Grab Three
The video then cuts to the narrative side which is less heavily featured as pop-punk tends to be more about performing and instruments than telling a story.
Screen Grab Four
This High angle long shot looking up at people running is one of the few sections of narrative footage. They have made it so the camera is focused on the foreground while the background is blurred. This tactic is used to make the video edgy and dynamic so that it will have more association to the pop-punk genre.
Screen Grab Five
In this shot they use a rig that allows them to move from an extreme long shot to a mid shot of the band. They have used this shot to add excitement to the build up of the music because at this point there is a lull in the song and when the shot has moved to the mid shot of the band the music kicks in again.
Screen Grab Six
This shot is a close up of the rhythm guitarist playing the guitar. Again this sort of shot and content is associated with the pop punk genre. The reason for this is so that the audience can see that the band can actually play the instruments unlike in other genres.
Screen Grab Seven
This is a continuation of the narrative in which the main protagonist, the singer, is walking towards the camera and a passer by that is running the opposite way tries to drag him away. They use a mid shot and track for this shot as the camera follows the movement of the singer and moves backwards.
Screen Grab Eight
This part of the video uses a swoopy camera shot that starts at the top right and zooms down towards the guitarist. This shot settles on a close up of the guitarists face. This type of shot is common in the pop punk genre because it shows all of the action and can include the whole band moving about in a very punk way.
Screen Grab Nine
This is the penultimate shot of the narrative where everything starts to explode. The camera movements tries to portray that the explosions are actually happening by using shaky movements. This is also common within the pop-punk genre as it makes the video look fast moving and action packed.
Monday 23 September 2013
Music Videos and Society
Music videos have been around for many years in one form or another but they really took off in the early 80's with the creation of MTV which played music videos 24/7. The first video to be played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Strar by Buggles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ&safe=active
With people being able to access music videos all the time it became increasingly more important what you wore and how you acted. This in turn gave birth to the diffrent social groups e.g. mods and rockers.
Over the years music videos have stood out for diffrent reassons; some for being influencial and some for pushing the bounderies of what people class as acceptable.
Some of the most controversial music videos include;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0&safe=active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ&safe=active
Over the years music videos have stood out for diffrent reassons; some for being influencial and some for pushing the bounderies of what people class as acceptable.
Some of the most controversial music videos include;
- Heart shaped Box by Nivarna. This video featured scenes that involved a young child dressed in the same attire as the Ku Klux Klan looking at a tree decorated with unbore babies. It's safe to say it offended pretty much everyone.
Don't you want me by The huma league had a music video that was a film within a film and was a huge step out of the norm for music videos then.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0&safe=active
Tuesday 17 September 2013
The Blink-182 Fandom
It is easy to tell the difference between someone that likes the music Blink-182 make and a person that is a die-hard fan.
The Die-Hard Fans
These fans are easy to spot in a crowd. They will try and wear as much Blink-182 merchandise as they can and always want more just because they have the band name/logo/lyrics on them.
The more extremists of these fans will even go as far as to get tattoos relating to the band.
The Die-Hard Fans
The more extremists of these fans will even go as far as to get tattoos relating to the band.
Pop-Punk Fans
The fanbase for any band is really important because they help to keep the band going. Fans for every genre are diffrent in how they look and act. Blink-182 fans fall in the the genre of pop-punk and therefor act accordingly.
The thing that makes a punk-pop bands fanbase stand out from each other is the band merchandise, posters on theiri walls and how they can relate most things to the band they love.
Sometimes name their fans e.g. Enter Shikari fans are Lions, Slipknot fans are Maggots. However, punk-pop don't tend to name their fans for whatever reasson.
Monday 16 September 2013
Pop-Punk the Genre
When watching a music video it is easy to tell if it is within the pop-punk genre.
The first major giveaway of a pop-punk video is the high amount of band performance footage that is used. They tend to use all of this performance footage to outline the edgy outgoing side of the stereotypical punk.
The band performance also shows the pop side of the band because it shows them doing dramatized, storyline based, shows. This is more on the pop side of punk-pop because it is typical of mainstream pop bands in wich none of the members can play an instrument.
The videos that pop-punk bands make don't tend to have a storyline. They generally consist of the band performance footage and a party or concert. The party/concert scenes tend to be of a destructive and rebeliouse nature. An example of this would be the music video to My Friends Over You by New Foung Glory, which clearly depicts the destructive and over-excited concert scene that people generalize to the punk-pop genre.
My Friends Over You-New Found Gloryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfcLcDBII78&safe=active
The way bands dress in pop-punk videos also helps to clarify the genre because it s edgy and items that most people wouldn't wear. The males tend to wear a t-shirt and jeans combination but both are worn away at the edges to show that they don't care about apperances. They also commonly wear cut off (three quarter length) cargo pants.
The first major giveaway of a pop-punk video is the high amount of band performance footage that is used. They tend to use all of this performance footage to outline the edgy outgoing side of the stereotypical punk.
The band performance also shows the pop side of the band because it shows them doing dramatized, storyline based, shows. This is more on the pop side of punk-pop because it is typical of mainstream pop bands in wich none of the members can play an instrument.
The videos that pop-punk bands make don't tend to have a storyline. They generally consist of the band performance footage and a party or concert. The party/concert scenes tend to be of a destructive and rebeliouse nature. An example of this would be the music video to My Friends Over You by New Foung Glory, which clearly depicts the destructive and over-excited concert scene that people generalize to the punk-pop genre.
My Friends Over You-New Found Gloryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfcLcDBII78&safe=active
The way bands dress in pop-punk videos also helps to clarify the genre because it s edgy and items that most people wouldn't wear. The males tend to wear a t-shirt and jeans combination but both are worn away at the edges to show that they don't care about apperances. They also commonly wear cut off (three quarter length) cargo pants.
The female pop-punk band/singers tend to go for a more dramatic look with excessive eye makeup and torn tops with multipule layers. A good example of a typical pop-punk dress sense for females is Avril Lavigne.
Smile - Avril Lavinge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KagvExF-ijc&safe=activeBlink-182
Blink-182 are an american pop-punk band that formed in 1992. They spearheaded a new wave of the pop-punk genre in the late 90's that brought the genre into the mainstream with their 1999, album Enema of the state.
The bands image shows quite clearly that they are in all ways a pop-punk band. They way they dress is unique to them and makes them stand out from the crowd, the music they write and play stick to the roots of the pop-punk genre with its fast, loud guitars and it's catchy pop lyrics.
Contacting the Artist
As a group we have decided that we are going to do our project using the song Don't Leave Me by Blink -182. I have sent an e-mail to the band explaining why we would like to use the song and asking for permission to use it.
We are currently waiting for a reply.
Thursday 12 September 2013
Pop-Punk Video Research
Pop-Punk is a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars.
Sum-41 - Fatlip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg
This song is a perfect example of the Pop-Punk genre because it shows examples of stereotypical punks and how they behave. The music video also consists of band shots where the band are either playing their instruments or dancing about with the other people in the video.
Fall Out Boy - My songs know what you did in the dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIWmsP3c_s
This songs and band is an example of modernized pop-punk where they no longer take interest in the history of punk and just use catchy melodies to get higher sales rates.
As the band has strayed so far from the roots of pop-punk the music video has more in common with mainstream pop than any other genre. An example of how it has strayed from the roots of pop-punk is at the start when it uses very smooth camera work whereas all other pop-punk videos use more shaky realistic camera work to put across how edgy and cool they are. Another example of this would be how there are no band shots in the video.
This is why I think it is a bad example of a pop-punk band/video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g&safe=active
It is obvious that this music video is pop-punk because of the vast amount of band performances with its edgy style. The fast paced editing and the shakey, but effective, camerawork help to put across the rebeliouse side that every pop-punk band should have. This rebeliouse side is reinforced by the lead singer, Hayley Williams, dancing about on a table holding a light bulb really close to her face in a darkened room.
Brief
For this project we have been asked to make a music video, a magazine advertisement and a digipack (album cover, track list ect.) for a band.
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