Sunday, 10 September 2017
Friday, 18 August 2017
1 Minute Music Video
Let Me Dream A While - Passenger
I chose to use this song after watching the original video and thinking that the video did not do the song justice. I felt the song had a very reflective nostalgic feel to it but the original video was very basic and was a mix of exterior shots of a city and then cuts to the artist sat playing guitar. I felt the song needed something more but not too over the top.
To create this video I wrote down the lyrics and wrote what I thought would work for every line of the song, what images came to mind when I heard them. It was through that this video was created and I think what I created works well with the song.
I chose to use this song after watching the original video and thinking that the video did not do the song justice. I felt the song had a very reflective nostalgic feel to it but the original video was very basic and was a mix of exterior shots of a city and then cuts to the artist sat playing guitar. I felt the song needed something more but not too over the top.
To create this video I wrote down the lyrics and wrote what I thought would work for every line of the song, what images came to mind when I heard them. It was through that this video was created and I think what I created works well with the song.
Album CD Cover
All I've Learnt by Beth Newton
For my CD I chose to use Canva as I had never used Photoshop before and found it confusing whereas Canva was something I felt comfortable with. I will look at Photoshop again when I start my main task.
For this CD Cover I knew the kind of colour scheme I was going to use. I chose to use a screenshot from my one minute music video and I thought that the washed out colours gave it a nostalgic feel to it. The same sort of look I had gone for when creating the video.
For the back cover I chose to just use a grey back ground then I used a picture which had the definition of the band's name on and made it transparent so the tack listing could be seen over the top.
For my CD I chose to use Canva as I had never used Photoshop before and found it confusing whereas Canva was something I felt comfortable with. I will look at Photoshop again when I start my main task.
For this CD Cover I knew the kind of colour scheme I was going to use. I chose to use a screenshot from my one minute music video and I thought that the washed out colours gave it a nostalgic feel to it. The same sort of look I had gone for when creating the video.
For the back cover I chose to just use a grey back ground then I used a picture which had the definition of the band's name on and made it transparent so the tack listing could be seen over the top.
Website
Hiraeth - Website
As part of our task we were to use the website Wix to create a website for our band. As I was working on my own and the song I chose for my one minute task was originally sang by a man I wrote on the website that the 'band' don't show their faces in their music video, preferring to us actors so the focus is on the story being told not on them.
In the bio about the band I said they were a mix of male and female vocals explaining why the artist singing the song I chose in my practise task was male.
As part of our task we were to use the website Wix to create a website for our band. As I was working on my own and the song I chose for my one minute task was originally sang by a man I wrote on the website that the 'band' don't show their faces in their music video, preferring to us actors so the focus is on the story being told not on them.
For the homepage of my website I went with a basic theme of having a city landscape picture as a background and white in the foreground. I chose to do this because the band I had created was an acoustic band and I felt as though they wouldn't go for anything over the top and too 'in your face'. I wanted something subtle but pretty. The song I chose for my one minute video was by Passenger so also on my homepage I chose to quote another song by Passenger.
On the website I created a page with the track listing of the band's 'debut' album. I, again, kept this very simple choosing to use the same background image and white box for the text to go in. I thought this made it look neat and professional.
Saturday, 15 July 2017
Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia - the neurological idea that one sensory pathway leads to an automatic, involuntary response from a second pathway. For example, tasting number or hearing colours.
For our task we were asked to listen to a song and write down what we see when we hear it. I chose to do the song Dead Man Walking by The Script as it doesn't have a music video and I thought it would be interesting to work with. This is what I 'saw' when listening to the song.
Dead Man Walking - The Script
As the song starts I think there would be an shot of the lead singer of the band maybe stood on a bridge looking sad. The colours would be washed out to represent the feelings of the people in the video. The video would be set in a busy city showing that although he is surrounded by people he is alone.
As the first verse comes in the lead singer starts to remember situations he was in with his ex-girlfriend showing how he wanted the relationship but she was distant and was moving on. The woman fades every time he moves closer to her.
For the chorus the singer would be watching the woman move on with her life. On the line 'already see it in your face, already someone in my place...' he sees her with her new partner, the two of them look happy whilst he stands looking lost as an essential 'dead man walking'.
For our task we were asked to listen to a song and write down what we see when we hear it. I chose to do the song Dead Man Walking by The Script as it doesn't have a music video and I thought it would be interesting to work with. This is what I 'saw' when listening to the song.
Dead Man Walking - The Script
As the song starts I think there would be an shot of the lead singer of the band maybe stood on a bridge looking sad. The colours would be washed out to represent the feelings of the people in the video. The video would be set in a busy city showing that although he is surrounded by people he is alone.
As the first verse comes in the lead singer starts to remember situations he was in with his ex-girlfriend showing how he wanted the relationship but she was distant and was moving on. The woman fades every time he moves closer to her.
For the chorus the singer would be watching the woman move on with her life. On the line 'already see it in your face, already someone in my place...' he sees her with her new partner, the two of them look happy whilst he stands looking lost as an essential 'dead man walking'.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)