Thursday, 26 September 2013

Genres/ Image

There are various amounts of different genres in the music industry,

  • Rock n Roll
  • Pop
  • Indie
  • Dance
  • RnB
  • Rap
  • Dubstep
  • Djent
  • Heavy Metal
Rap
Snoop Dogg
Every band always have a different image. For example Rap and Hip Hop is a stereotypical black man genre. With over-sized shirts and jeans lower than their backside with lots of bling hanging from their necks, this is a genre what I consider awful. Examples of Rap music is Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss&safe=active
















AC/DC
    Rock n Roll
An example of a Rock n Roll band is AC/DC. The look of a typical rock n roll is shoulder length hair
                                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA&safe=active







Heavy Metal
Heavy metal bands again more often than not have long hair, dark, black clothing and are known for their heavy drinking and drug abusing. An example of a heavy metal band is Metallica. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgGTTtR0kc&safe=active











Brit Indie
Indie music consists of the "mod style", the mod style is described as Fred Perry tops and desert boots with tight-fitting shirts, striped t-shirts, cycling tops and hipster trousers all becoming part of the mod look. Oasis, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Arctic Monkeys etc are all examples of Brit indie music.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2XBoxtcUA&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9A2p4ihMHaX_-bUf3L6OtHm&safe=active









Monday, 23 September 2013

Music Video Ideas

I have suggested perhaps filming "Kelly's Heroes" doing a live concert. I think if we have two or three cameras between us, and some permission we could easily work with it. I think it would be best we if then edited it and put the original studio sound rather than a live sound, which could potentially sound shitty.

I also think using go pro camera would be benficial because I think it would give our music video a different style. I haven't watched many music videos with them being used. I originally got the idea after watching a music video of a band called Hacktivist. There self made video to their track "Niggas in Paris" used various live footage with go pro cameras being featured numerous time. I feel this gives it a unique look.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Research into Music Artist (Kelly's Heroes)

In terms of a band to use, we are struggling, a good friend of mine is in a band called "Kelly's Heroes". My friend is the lead singer in the band, and after I met up with him and told him about our coursework, he was up for it. Later that week he got in contact with his band mates who didn't seem very keen on the idea, mainly because of schedules and lack of time. So I'm still hoping there is still something to work with, but we'll have to wait and see at the moment.

In terms of an image, they don't really have one, the genre of music they play can be mixed from; The Kinks, The Who, Jimmy Hendrix to The Black Keys. However they have also written their own songs.


https://soundcloud.com/kellysheroes

https://www.facebook.com/KellysHeroesBand

Friday, 13 September 2013

Introduction

We have all arrived back from the summer holidays and got cracking on into researching music video ideas for our coursework. As a class, we have looked at previous examples from other colleges from around the country. We started to review them and talked about the positives and negatives of the videos. Obviously some college have bigger budgets therefore have better equipment at their disposal and their final cuts always looked very professional.

We are using the same groups as last year, our group are currently in discussions of what genre we prefer to use. We have also been talking about various local bands inside and outside of college and which one we would like to ask to feature in our music video.

Brief

For our A2 media coursework, our groups will have to create a promotional package for the release of an album. It will include...

  • A music promo video
  • A six page cover for its release on Digipack
  • An A4 magazine advert for the album
  • A blog giving visual and text evidence of research and planning.

Important Links

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/music-video-for-level.html

http://candipop11group31.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL807FFF389C0C67BE&feature=plcp

http://www.latymermediamusicvideo.blogspot.co.uk/

http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/music-video-production/

http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/music-video-post-production/

http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/music-video-pre-production/

http://getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.co.uk/

http://bridiechadwick.blogspot.co.uk/