Narrative filming

On Monday morning, we began filming the narrative shots with a lad returning from a night out. We did all of the shots in the Rossendale area. We filmed Calum playing the lad on the night out, stumbling through the front door, then collapsing in bed. We are going to film some more narrative shots later this week. Including footage of Calum inside a taxi.

We have now got the taxi footage, we filmed with different angles of a POV shot of the taxi driver and a close up profile shot of Calum swearing at the taxi driver. We shot this footage in Burnley.


This picture shows Calum and Cameron reviewing the shot footage.

Filming

I began to get footage of people outside clubs/pubs for our narrative shots. I managed to get a groups of lads outside Queens in Rawtenstall. I also tried other places around Rossendale, however it seemed very quiet so didn't get as much footage/shots as I would have liked.

I will however, try later on in the week to try and get better shots. I wasn't happy with the lack of photos I managed to get.

We also began shooting some band footage. We borrowed the drum set from the music department at college. The guitar I happily provided.

One week on, and we have really started making some progress, we have been getting some more band shots in of Calum and myself. I have also continued filming around Rossendale and Burnley to try and get as many shots of people outsides pubs and clubs etc. 

Album Artwork Concept

We have been looking at various artworks, and we all seem keen on the idea of having an album like this one. This Blur's Best Of album. We have talked about having a album covers based around mugshots holding signs etc. We seem keen on a concept like this because our narrative is based on somebody on a night out, who manages to get into a scrap resulting in him getting a few bumps and bruises on his face. 

We will use this on our album cover, with us in each corner on the album cover with bruises and bumps on our faces to make it look like we have been fighting. The idea is to have us all holding a sign with the song title and band name.

Album Cover Analysis (Album 2)

SUBJECT- This is the album cover of the Razorlights self-titled album. The main image if the band stabding alongside each other being exactly the same height in the image therefore showing that each member of the band is important as the other.

ARTIST- The band is dressed in the conventional clothing for this certain genre. E.g. Skinny jeans, long hair styles etc.

COMPOSITION- The artwork comes across very basic, yet eye-catching because of the bands name in big bold black letters.

FONT- The font on the album cover is very eye-catching, simply because of the big bold black letter on a white background. 

COLOUR AND LIGHTING- A black and white album cover, a very typical British indie band artwork. 

To a certain degree, this is rather similar to the last analysis which was the Kaiser Chiefs debut album "Employment". They're both very basic in terms of detail, yet they're both capture the eye because of the colours and lightings used on the artworks. Yet they both show completely different aspects of the band.

Album Cover Analysis (Album 1)

This album cover is only very basic, it doesn't really have any form of imagination, it doesn't neccesarily strike out at you when you look at it. However it does have a very orginal feel to it. Most Kaiser Chiefs album covers are very similar, they don't have much detail in them.

Subject- It is obvious that majority of the album artwork goes on the positioning, font, colours angles etc. There isn't a lot of detail within the cover, therefore it does look very amateurish.
Artist- There isn't a picture of the band on the album cover, however the focal point of the artwork is the band name.
Composition- It is vitally important that the artwork is eye catching for any potential buyers. Therefore the fonts, colours, sizes etc have to be spot on.
Font- The font on the album comes across very basic, it is important that any fonts on album artworks are simple yet effective, which this one is.
Colour and Lighting- The colour is the crucial decision on an album artwork. On this artwork, the black is the main colour on the album, but with the correct blend of yellow. and hints of white on the outside of the cover it helps it become more eye-catching.