Font Survey

Digipak rough draft

This is a rough draft of what i want my digipak too look like when it is eventually made the albums front image will depict all of the band members with their backs to the camera walking down an empty motorway during or after a rainstorm the two guitarists will be carrying the guitars on their backs while the drummer and the lead singer will have drum sticks and a mic in their back pockets to emphasise the roles they play in the band.

the back cover will depict a puddle with the albums songs names placed inside the puddle the colour scheme for the whole album will probably be blacks blues whites and greys so i could probably get all of these colours from photos.

The booklet of my digipak draws more from the name of our band as it will be an image of the band playing their instruments in front a police line up style hight thing this relates to our bands name as it is relates to the the liberty part of our bands title as when people think of police they think of liberty and justice.

the inside image goes back to the theme of the album as it is a close up image of the band members walking through a puddle this links to the rest of the digipak.

The two CDs will be the opposites of each other with one being black with white writing and the other white with black writing both CDs will have songs on them the CD with white writing and a black background will be the bonus CD.

Song choice survey feedback

This is are survey in which we asked people which song we should do for our music video. We put the song in the order of the artists that sang the songs. We are using this as a basis for what song our band should do.

Digipak analysis

Digipk analysis from Vander96

Artist Brainstorm

Conventions of a Digipak

I have created my rough design for my digipak i have listed the subjects that would be most relevant and convenient for each side of the digipak.

1. Lyrics 
2. Photographs of the band/artist
3. Album image
4. Bar code
5. record label info
6. copy rights
7. song/track list 
8. background information
9. Bonus feature DVD/CD
10. Album name
11. Band name
12. Stickers 
13. Lyric book
14. Cards 
15. Accessories/items Exclusive to the digipak
16. Limited addition/ prizes 
17. Download link/code for I Tunes
18. Jewel case
19. Collectables
20. Special edition
21. Band logo
22. Collage of Photographs including live performance images
23. Poster of band image 
24. Bonus item's such as one time offers
25. Contact details
26. Album artwork     

Focus Group Plan

Sinead Feedback

Planning for focus group recording/Production plan

photographer: Nathan Hogben (TBC)

costumes: Casual clothe, skinny/ baggy jeans dark colours, hoodie, worn shoes

Actors: Jonathan, Ben, Louis and terry as the band we made need more for the actual music video

Locations: Abandoned areas, woods, forest, marsh and a studio perhaps 

Brief for artists

Name of artist: Cold Liberty

History/Background: Band of fours all Americans, formed during high school and started out playing remixes of songs in bars/pubs. They was noticed by a small independent record label. Started out small and done a couple of gigs and one of their gigs went viral and a scout from Warner Bros music noticed the band. Band was asked by a couple of record labels but signed into Warner Bros as we believed that it would be the  best one to sign for.

Status now: Been with Warner Bros for half a year band is still starting out/rising stars at Warner Bros.

Singed to: Warner Bros

Sound: Alternative Rock

Ideology: Being original

Influence: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, Fallout Boy, Foo Fighters

Likes: Gaming, Messing around, Having a Joke, Making Music, Independence Day

Dislikes: Musicals, Imposters, Drugs, Abuse, Pop music.

Green screen analysis Fun.

Notes on the culture industry

Adorno and Horkheimer were two men who developed this definition of the Cultural Industry with their joint theory. They stated that the Cultural industry was just like any industry in the world, a machine that goes through the same process and at the end of the stages is the final piece, a product to sell to the mass market.

They imply that artist is now seen as products; everything is controlled to make them this product to sell to the mass market. The public will love this artist and buy their music, trend or products to do with the artist. And in result, for the creators to all make money.  Everything in the cultural industry is controlled.

 A good example of this is the X factor that each year creates an artist to their liking and unleashes it on the mass market too make as much money as possible for the record label that they have been signed to.

List of song choices

Thirty Seconds to Mars:
Night of The Hunter
Vox Populi
Hurricane
Kings and Queens

Red Hot Chilli Peppers:
Cant stop
Give it Away
Scar Tissue

Linkin Park:
What i've Done
Numb

Foo Fighters:
All my Life
The Pretender
Learn to Fly
Long Road to Ruin

Fall Out Boy:
Thanks For the Memories

These are a list of song choices that we have decided upon choosing for our music video we will have to narrow down the list before we decide which song we will do we will also probably put it down to a vote with members of our audience like we did with our band name.

De-comodification of the music industry

Commodity- A commodity is something that can be brought and sold

The music industry is in crisis as with the changing of technology from CDs to digital the commodity that is the music industry has begun to decline at a rapid rate due to things such as illegal download sites and torrent sites, YouTube and the fact that audiences don't have to buy CDs anymore they can just download it straight to their phones means that the industry is losing money.

Jeremy Gilbert stated that: "A commodity always depends on its status and value. On its relative scarcity. Once the reproduction and distribution of the commodity become effectively free, then it loses its value and status."

This is what is happening to the music industry as with digital technology there is an unlimited supply of albums meaning that audiences don't need to buy the album immediately as it will always be available to them via iTunes, also illegal download sites make it free to download albums at the same quality as the versions brought online meaning that many members of an audience will see it as an easier cheaper alternative to buying the CD or downloading it from ITunes.

Technical Codes

Mise-En-Scene:
In the alternative rock genre of music bands such as muse and the killers appear to be wearing smart-casual clothing, which seems to be quite popular within this genre. The lighting appears to reflect the mood of the song and the music video for example during a sad song the lighting will be low but if it is an upbeat and happy song the lighting will be bright.

Camera Angles:
The camera angles used in alternative rock videos are used as follows: High angle shots are used to establish the setting of the video, There are constant close ups of both members of band and their instruments, Group shot show the bands in their entirety, Low angle shots capture the lead singers and allow them to dominate the screens,Mid shots are used to good effect to show detailed movements of people in the video and Long shots are used to capture an overall image of the narrative of the video.

Editing:
Editing in alternative rock videos is synchronous with the beat and mood of the song for example if the song is angry the editing will be fast and aggressive to match the tempo of the video whereas if the video is sad the speed of the editing is slow fading will probably be used if the music video has a slow tempo. 

Analysis of drunk by Ed Sheeran

Band name survey

This is a survey of an alternative rock band name we took to this survey as we could not decide which name we should pick so we took the names to 21 people to decide for us. As the survey shows the overwhelming vote was for cold liberty with intermission coming second so because of that our new alternative rock band is called Cold liberty.