My individual idea for my A2 coursework

1. A2 coursework
ideas
Karis Hays

2. Idea one: Centuries by Fall out
boy
– With this song there is a lot to work with on the aspects of ancient history and
with becoming a hero in modern and ancient times. The song is all about
remembered and how one mistake can make a whole lot of difference. My
original idea is to have a female boxer and to document her life in such a
physical sport. Throughout the chorus there will be shots of her during a
match and I will slow down the shots. Then throughout the verses it will be
her training to become the best and to be remembered for being a female
boxer.
– Another idea is using a musical inspiration and the song being about their
success and the path through their on going career. You can gather a lot of
shots of them backstage and on stage, as well as them going through
interviews and going through the choreography training for their live
performances.

3. Album
idea
The majority of Fall Out Boy’s albums don’t actually have an image of
themselves on the front of their CD cover. Most of the CD covers actually have
representation of the name of the album presented in the main image, for
example the image on the far right is the cover of the most recent Fall Out Boy
album ‘American beauty/American Psycho’. The main image is of a young boy
with the American flag painted over half of his face. The same as the cover
next to ‘American beauty/American Psycho’ is the cover for their album ‘Save
Rock and Roll’ which has an image of two young boys in a war zone giving the
impression that they are in a war zone. The rest of their albums are very
memorable in the imagery that they use; like the album on the far left with the
two bears, it’s simple but memorable.
For my CD I think that I am going to use the band on the front of the album to
promote the band to the audience and to make it more personal, but also try
and use some of the imagery that they have used in their other albums to
create a deeper meaning than just having a picture of the band.

4. On the back of the CD case I
will have just a simple
pattern not drawing the
attention away from the
names of the songs but to
still add a bit of imagery to
the CD cover. I think it will
be an image of smoke
drifting upwards as that is
quite a trademark for Fall
Out Boy . The font will be
normal size and I am hoping
to have 12 songs on the
back of the album withy the
additional music video
added to the DVD that will
be included in the album.
I will put the title of the CD and the name of the band on the spine. The idea of
getting the bands name and the name of the CD as much as can to sell it as much
as possible. The text size will be smaller than the rest of the album but will still
keep the same font throughout to create an image for the band.
For the main image, I will
either follow the
convention of most Fall
Out Boy album and use an
image not off the band
but of something relevant
to the first released single;
which makes it more eye
catching and more unique
or use an image of the
band to introduce them to
the audience in a way. I
think that I will use an
image of the band
because I think using what
they do with the links
between images, it might
be too complex plus it
gives a warmer message
with the band being on
the front in my opinion.
For the album I’m thinking
of doing a greatest hits
album and including all of
their top selling albums.
I chose this font for the title of the band I think that the font fits the
band well on the genre that they are categorised in and is also bold
enough to catch the audiences attention. It also has a sense of
imagery making it memorable to the audience.

5. Digipak idea
FRONT: on the front of the
digipak I will have an image
on of Fall Out Boy on the
front. I think for the front of
the digipak I will have an
image of them live just to
show them in a real life
situation and not in a photo
shoot set up.
BACK: on the back of the I
will have the songs included
in the album and which
member of the band wrote
which songs and who else
was included in the
production of each song or
any special mentions.
On this panel of the
digipak I will include
different images from the
previous tours that Fall Out
Boy have been on; as it is a
greatest hits album, as well
as some behind the scenes
images from the
production of the album.
On this panel of the
digipak, there will be an
introduction to the band
Fall Out Boy in the sense of
them being a band, what
they are about and what
they have achieved over
the time of being a band.
And on this panel I will have
one on one introductions to
the four band members, with
individual paragraphs giving
their name and some more
interesting facts about them
and how they got involved in
the band. This is to introduce
them as an individual not just
a member.
The design of my digipak will be on
the front and back cover I will have
a live photo of the band
performing as the background with
the font of the band name being
the same as the on the front of the
CD. Whereas for the three other
sides I will use just a simple design
like a starry sky or just a plain
background, as I have looked at a
couple of their other backgrounds
used on some of their previous
ones and they just use a simple
background with nothing drawing
the attention away from what it is
actually saying.

6. This is the inside of Fall Out
Boys’ CD for Infinity On High.
For this CD they didn’t use any
images of the band apart from
the picture that is used to look
like a painting of the back
where the CD will go. This
digipak is very plane and
doesn’t really hold many bright
colours which is a convention
for many of their albums.
The CD itself isn’t very colourful
but fits the theme of the rest of
the CD case, the CD has a pattern
that looks like a shadow as well as
the stars that are also on the front
of the cover on the wall paper as
wells as where the digipak is held.
Following the familiar Fall Out Boy convention they don’t have any photos
used on the cover of their CD or anywhere else throughout the CD. But
they do have an image that is presented in the way to look like a painting,
in the image they two members are looking in a mirror but the reflection
that is looking back at them isn’t the same as who is looking in creating
the meaning in the name of the title being ‘high’ and to create confusion
amongst the audience.
On the opposite side to where
the CD goes there is a flap here
the digipak goes slipped into the
front. There is also the stars that
are also on the front cover and
on the CD this is a theme used
throughout the CD case, this
could be down to the album
being called ‘Infinity On High’
and the stars representing the
infinity part of the title.

7. Greatest hits track list
– 1- Just one yesterday
– 2- Phoenix
– 3- Dance Dance
– 5- I don’t care
– 6- Alone Together
– 7- Sugar we’re going down
– 8- Uma Thurman
– 9- This ain’t a scene, it’s an arms race
– 10- Irresistible
– 11- My songs know what you do in the dark
– 12- Save rock and roll ft: Elton John
I looked up formats of
previous Fall Out Boy
albums to see how they
set them out and where
they put the leading
single of the album. They
don’t normally put the
leading single first, they
normally leave it to the
third or fourth song of
the album. The average
amount of songs to have
on an album is around
about twelve or thirteen
unless it is the deluxe
edition where you will
have more songs and
more special features like
music videos that show
up when you download
from iTunes.