Thursday, 8 March 2012
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Planning for Print Productions - Possible Ideas
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This is a sketch of some possible ideas that I could use for my digi-pack. The idea of the windmill behind where the CD will sit almost imitates the spinning action that will happen to the disk when it is played. Also, on the first inside cover there will be a nice contrast between the dark background and the white font which will stand out, this will hopefully draw the audience in and make them want to read the text inside the digi-pack. The sunset on the back kind of symbolizes the closure of finishing making the album, like its all finished and over and done with. Where as on the front cover its like the name of the band is emerging from the trees just like they are emerging as a new band on the music scene.
Planning for Print Productions - Possible Fonts
Here are some fonts that I have found on dafont.com. They are all very similar to the fonts that I have looked at on albums in the same genre. My favourite is 'Jump Start' as it is clear to read but also as a sort of grunge effect to it which will contrast against the organic photos of the trees/plants.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Researching Other Similar Bands Artwork
These are some album covers from band's CDs that are similar to The Hype Theory. Each one is highly edited which gives an unrealistic looks to the covers. For example, All Time Low's cover for Nothing Personal and You Me At Six's cover for Take Off Your Colours contain no photos at all, they are made up of completely computer generated and edited images. Nothing Personal looks as though it is almost a collage of lots of different bits and pieces which represent the band, such as the casette and the admission ticket. Where as Take Off Your Colours is like a colour chart which has been mixed together to create a rainbow effect.
The colours included on the covers range from being brightly coloured, like Guaranteed To Disagree, to just black and white, like Sinners Never Sleep. This reflects the personalities of the band and can be to do with a marketing scheme which covers all areas, such as their webiste, their social media pages and their CD album artwork.
Of the album artworks below my favourite is Best Intentions, as it shows the band on the front cover by using lots of little photos which look as though they have been taken on an old polaroid camera and then stuck in a scrapbook. Also, I like the cover for Riot! as you can look at the album cover from any angle and identify which album it is straight away.
The main thing that stands out about each of the album covers is the significance of the bands logos, apart from on Paramore's albums. The logo is what identifies the band, on All Time Low's last 2 albums the logo has been the same and also it ha been the same across their merchandise, website and social network sites, this means that it is easy for the fans to identify the band's products, also it is very unique and looks as though it has been sketched by hand. There has been no flow between the two albums from Paramore they are very different stylistically which reflects the change in musical sound too. On Riot! there is no actually band logo or name but it's such an iconic cover and name that its easy to identify from any other album available in the genre.
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| All Time Low - Nothing Personal |
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| All Time Low - Dirty Work |
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| Paramore - Riot! |
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| Paramore - Brand New Eyes |
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| We Are The In Crowd - Guaranteed to Disagree |
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| We Are The In Crowd - Best Intentions |
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| You Me At Six - Take Off Your Colours |
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| You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep |
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
What Does White Girl Say About Identity, Youth, Modernist Concepts of Identity and Post-Modernist Concepts of Identity?
White Girl (2008)
Part of BBC’S White Season
Director: Hettie McDonald
Writer: Abi Morgan
BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama
Main Characters: Leah and Debbie
Location: Bradford
The film White Girl says many things about youth and their identity. Firstly, youth have a problem fitting in with society so they become isolated and are unsure of their identity. When Leah first moves to Bradford she and her brothers and sister are basically the only white children in the school and they feel left out. Youth is also misguided; they receive none or very little parental guidance or education. This means they are unclear on who they are as a person which means they struggle to find their place in society or their identity. Another thing that White Girl shows about youth is how impressionable they are by what they see and who they are surrounded by, this is why Leah picks up on religion, the Islamic faith to be precise, because she watches people in the local community and copies what they do, for example, wearing a Hijab. This is a rebellion of sorts and therefore leads to a tension between all of the family members, when Leah comes home wearing the Hijab she is thrown out. She goes to live with her next door neighbour which refers back to the point of no parental guidance. This isolation from her family with only religion left in her life creates a bleakness and hopelessness, portraying that she will have no future which again affects her identity and who she sees herself as.
White Girl shows a contrast between modernist and post-modernist concepts of identity by almost comparing the way Leah’s family lives and her next door neighbour’s family. The Islamic family who live next door are very traditional they are very family and religion orientated, as Leah learns when she lives with them, they all go to pray together, they eat together, etc, which relates to the modernist concept of identity. Where as her family is fragmented, her mum and dad are separated, there is no stability within the family; their life is constantly changing, reflecting the post-modernist concept of identity.
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