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The digipak for Mumford and Sons' album "Babel" features the four band members sitting on a bench on the front, reflecting the relaxed nature of their music. In the background is a pub with fictional flags representing the different nations that enjoy their worldwide popular album. The back provides the song list and production details, showing a window that is likely the back of the pub depicted on the front cover.
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The document summarizes album covers for Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness, and Keane's Under the Iron Sea. For Mylo Xyloto, the graffiti-inspired cover depicts the album's dystopian concept story and themes of light overcoming darkness. Beauty Behind the Madness features The Weeknd's eyes against a torn backdrop representing the album's stripped-back nature. Under the Iron Sea portrays a melancholy underwater world through sea creatures in the waves to illustrate the album's surreal lyrics.
Arctic Monkeys Digipak
The front cover of the Arctic Monkeys album "Favourite Worst Nightmare" depicts a council house with graffiti inside, representing the indie rock genre's DIY aesthetic and the band's working class background. The graffiti and obscure font of the band/album names also reflect indie conventions of youth and urban culture. Though the inside panels have a consistent color scheme, the back cover breaks from the theme by including only the track listing in a minimal, cramped format that leaves most of the panel empty - representing the indie genre's minimalist approach.
Examples of album artwork
The document discusses various examples of album artwork for vinyl records and CDs. It analyzes the artwork for albums such as U2's The Joshua Tree, John Lennon's Shaved Fish compilation, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sky Sailing's An Airplane Carried Me To Bed, Kings of Leon's Only By The Night, Franz Ferdinand's Tonight, and The Script's Science & Faith. Key points discussed include the use of consistent themes, imagery, fonts, and layouts to effectively represent the music and appeal to audiences.
CD Cover reviews
The document provides information about album covers for Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, Keane's Under the Iron Sea, and The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness. It describes key design elements and symbolism of each cover, such as graffiti themes and typefaces for Mylo Xyloto, sea horses and waves for Under the Iron Sea, and the artist's unwritten expression for Beauty Behind the Madness. Background details are also given on the concept albums and their commercial success.
Examples of album artwork
The document provides examples of album artwork from various vinyl and CD releases. It summarizes the key elements and themes represented in the artwork for albums by U2, John Lennon, The Beatles, Sky Sailing, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, and The Script. Common aspects discussed include the use of photography, themes, fonts, color schemes, and layouts that tie the different elements of the artwork together and represent the music and band in an appealing way to audiences.
Assignment 5
- The document discusses and compares the digipaks, or packaging, of albums from three different artists: Mumford and Sons, Adele, and 50 Cent.
- The Mumford and Sons digipak features an old town background and suits to represent their country genre. It only features the band on the front.
- Adele's black and white digipak prominently displays her on the front and back to promote her solo artist image for her sad, meaningful music.
- 50 Cent's digipak intimidatingly shows him behind shattered glass and on a street at night to represent his hard background and hip hop genre.
Arctic Monkeys Analysis
The digipak design for Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not conveys the album's themes through minimal but meaningful design elements. The front cover features a grayscale photo of a friend smoking, representing the typical British youth outlook. Throughout the digipak, smoking imagery and grayscale photos depict the mundane daily lives and nightlife of working-class northern England youth. While simple in design, the digipak contains deep meanings that resonate with the album's lyrics and rock genre conventions to create a distinct identity for the band and album.
Digipak Research
Here are some potential EP design ideas based on the brief:
- Long shot landscape B&W photo to set a moody tone
- Medium shot portrait of artist against plain backdrop
- Graphic incorporating a lyric/song symbol
The landscape shot in black and white could create drama. A portrait maintains focus on the artist. And a graphic symbolizes the music. Together these visuals could effectively promote the EP across online and physical formats. Keeping the design clean and simple highlights the music.
Analysis ofArtists Digipaks from Chosen Genre
The document analyzes and compares the design of three indie rock album digipaks: Foals' "Holy Fire", Arctic Monkeys' "AM", and Jake Bugg's self-titled debut album. It finds that the digipaks establish the artists' identities through their use of imagery, color schemes, layouts, and other design elements. Foals presents a minimalist and organic design with nature imagery, while Arctic Monkeys uses a slick monochrome style with graphic elements. Jake Bugg subverts conventions by heavily featuring himself and establishing a moody, mysterious persona. Overall, the document shows how indie rock album design conveys meaning about the artists and their music through visual style.
Digipaks
The document analyzes and compares the packaging designs of 5 indie rock albums. It finds that most digipaks have between 6-10 pages, with barcodes typically on the bottom left corner and websites listed above the barcode or in acknowledgements. Track listings usually appear on the left side with song numbers. Acknowledgements are usually in the back. Front and back covers commonly use black and white themes, while track listings use white text on black. All album spines include the artist, title, and catalog code. Comparing design elements provides insights into effectively designing a digipak.
CD Cover Analysis
The album cover for The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die depicts a zeppelin and relates closely to the electronic music genre. The colors represent danger and madness, reflecting the adrenaline-pumping songs. The text is scratched onto the cover, matching the attitude. The yellow text could represent an explosion, relating to the explosive music. The cover suggests an energetic album that will get your leg moving.
The album cover for Chase and Status – Pieces shows broken glass words, cautioning about the darkstep genre. The white, black, and green colors represent how the music is different and potentially appeals to teenagers. The falling pieces relate to the song's theme of a breaking heart over lost love. The
Digipak analysis
This is a research document on all the different kind of digipaks. I did this to give me a rough idea on what to do for my digipak when I was in the planning stage of making one. These different albums helped me out especially as they are under the same genre as the one I am producing so it was good for me to go off digipaks that are in the same genre.
Assignment 3 digipak
The document summarizes and analyzes the design of four different album DigiPaks:
BJ Smith's Real Life Issues uses a 4 panel style focused on promoting the artist and uses gold and black colors to seem high class and timeless. Gorillaz' Demon Days uses a simple abstract style to match the band's virtual identity while exaggerating characters. Jay-Z and Linkin Park's Collision Course uses a 6 panel design allowing for more art giving it an urban, "street" feel through bold fonts and graffiti style. Eminem's Curtain Call represents the end of his career through roses and a mournful color scheme reflecting on something great.
Abbey road
The digipak for The Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road features several iconic images. The front cover shows the band crossing a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios, with Paul McCartney barefoot to depict equality. The back cover displays the album title on a brick wall with a mysterious woman walking past. Inside is a fold-out booklet with recording process details and photos from the promotional shoot, including outdoors images like the cover. The CD features a large green apple with track listings, referencing the band's former Apple Records label.
Abbey road
The digipak for The Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road features several iconic images. The front cover shows the band crossing the street outside Abbey Road Studios, with Paul McCartney barefoot to represent equality. The back cover displays the album title on a brick wall with a mystery woman walking past. Inside is a fold-out booklet with photoshoot images and album details. The simple CD features a green apple symbolizing the band's former production company.
Research into digipaks
The document discusses and analyzes the digipak album covers of several indie/alternative bands, including Bastille, The 1975, and Arctic Monkeys. It notes common design elements across the covers like the use of dark, moody imagery and color schemes; simplistic yet distinctive graphics that represent the bands' styles; and photos that convey a sense of realism or mystery. The analysis concludes that successful indie digipaks emphasize themes of surrealism and rebellion through their visuals while maintaining a simple, cohesive aesthetic.
Textual analysis of 5 digi pak covers and 3 Print magazine adverts
This document provides album cover analyses for 6 albums:
1. Moby - Play (1999): Features an action shot of Moby jumping with an ocean blue background representing peace.
2. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004): Features MF Doom in a metal mask to remain unidentifiable like a supervillain and promote his music over his image.
3. Nas - Illmatic (1994): Features Nas at age 7 to represent how the album relates to his childhood in Queensbridge, NY.
4. J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit (2001): Features J Dilla smoking a blunt in Detroit to represent the city and his involvement in hip hop culture.
Digipack Analysis
The document summarizes and compares the design elements of three music album digipaks: Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, and George Ezra. All three album covers feature black and white imagery and simple fonts that convey an indie or garage rock style. The Arctic Monkeys cover features a close-up facial expression hinting at tiredness and rebellion. The 1975 cover is very plain with cut-outs of the band. George Ezra stands out from others in his photo, conveying individuality, while the disc and text are plainly contrasted against the imagery. Overall, the covers emphasize simplicity and edginess through monochrome palettes and candid photos befitting their indie genres.
Digipak analysis
The digipak for the Jonas Brothers' album "Lines Vines and Trying Times" uses contrasting black and white colors and elegant font to represent the album's themes and mature sound. Photographs of the brothers staring intensely attract their target audience of teenage girls. The simple and natural design reflects the album's pop/rock genre. Lyrics included in the booklet provide unique insight for fans.
Audience research on three similar artists
The document analyzes how three bands - Florence and the Machine, The Kooks, and The Maccabees - advertise themselves and target audiences. All three bands target younger audiences aged 14-20 through colorful, creative visuals featuring nature, childhood themes, and vibrant designs in their websites, music videos, and album covers that match their artistic styles. However, their websites tend to be more serious and toned down compared to their other media.
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What is a digipak
A digipak is a type of CD, DVD, or BD packaging that consists of a foldable paperboard outer cover that holds one or more plastic trays for the disc. Digipaks were among the first alternatives to jewel cases and the term is often used generically for similar packaging from other companies. An album cover is the front packaging of an audio recording, traditionally cardboard for vinyl records and the front panel of a CD package.
How effective is the combination of your main
The document evaluates the effectiveness of the combination of a music video, magazine advert, and digipak created to promote a song. The music video, magazine advert, and digipak are all effectively connected as they promote the same song and fit within the indie music genre. Specifically, the music video and magazine advert feature similar close-up images and convey a fun theme. The music video and digipak also have clear links through featuring one of the performers on the album cover and incorporating similar colors and lyrics. The magazine advert and digipak most effectively parallel each other through shared color schemes, fonts, and the use of the same model, allowing audiences to recognize they promote the same product.
Equipment list
This equipment list from Haydon Media details the items needed for a production including a Canon 550D camera, tripod, green screen, green screen room, memory card, computer, and Adobe Creative Cloud software such as Premier Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.
Location recce
The document provides details for filming a media production at Haydon School in Pinner, Middlesex. It lists the producer, Jamie Allen, and gives the address of the location, a classroom with a green screen. Filming at this location provided the advantage of being able to film in front of a green screen to add backgrounds later.
Inital planning ideas
The document outlines the initial planning for an indie music video for the song "Wreckin Bar" by The Vaccines. It will feature quick cuts to keep the video fun and upbeat, taking inspiration from the music videos "Matilda" by Alt-J and "Kickstarts" by Example which use close-ups. The video will be edited in Premier Pro to add cuts that match the fast tempo of the song. By reviewing previous student work and brainstorming, the creator aims to make their video stand out from typical indie music videos by having it look uniquely "Indie".
Dexter
Dexter is an American television drama series that debuted in 2006. It centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who also leads a secret life as a serial killer. The show takes elements from crime drama, mystery, thriller and black comedy genres. It features dark humor and irony, such as Dexter hunting other serial killers as part of his day job with the police. The show also breaks the fourth wall through Dexter's narration to the audience.
Props and clothing
The document discusses the props and clothing used in a music video. It mentions that props were scarce due to close-up shots, but a foot tapping was later added. For clothing, the indie music genre dictated the style, including checked shirts, Barbour jackets, Vans shoes, and boots to fit the scene. Friend and teacher opinions led to using Vans shoes.
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Music videos can illustrate, amplify, or contradict the lyrics and music of a song. Different genres tend to have their own visual styles that are explicit in their music videos. Successful music videos often include intertextual references, voyeurism, and individual artistic images that develop the artist's persona.
Music channels
MTV was originally launched in 1981 as a music video channel but now focuses on reality and scripted programming targeted at youth. It has spawned numerous sister channels internationally. Kerrang! TV, launched in 2001, covers mainstream rock and metal bands. Channel AKA focuses on playing upcoming UK urban/grime/hip-hop music and has helped breakthrough acts in those genres. VIVA replaced TMF in the UK and Ireland in 2009.
Theories
This document discusses several media theories:
- Laura Mulvey's theory of visual pleasure and narrative cinema which argues that women are objectified for the male gaze in films.
- Semiotic theories of signs, signifiers and signifieds, and how signs derive meaning from social/cultural contexts.
- The hypodermic needle theory which views media as directly injecting ideas into passive audiences.
- The two-step flow theory whereby media effects occur through social discussion of media with opinion leaders.
- Uses and gratifications theory which argues people actively select media to fulfill needs like information, identity, social interaction and entertainment.
What have you learned about technologies from the
Adobe Photoshop was used to create a professional music magazine through tools like the quick select tool for selecting and deleting parts of images. Text effects allowed 3D text to be added to captivate readers. Adobe Premier was used to efficiently create and edit a video by importing AVI videos and editing out unwanted bits. Prezi provided an interactive online slideshow format to import media and create a nonlinear presentation path. Blogger allowed work to be easily uploaded and organized through blog posts and labels. Google was used for research. The Canon DSLR took high resolution stills and video to produce professional quality images and footage for editing.
Condé nast
Condé Nast is a magazine publisher founded in 1909 that produces 18 consumer magazines in the US including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. It is considered the originator of "lifestyle magazines" focused on particular interests rather than mass readership. Recently, Condé Nast has expanded into marketing services and digital products. The document proposes that Condé Nast would be a good publisher for a new indie magazine targeted at teenagers ages 15-24 because it does not have a similar title and the magazine could benefit from Condé Nast's expansion into digital platforms.
Mise en scene
The document discusses the typical fashion choices of an "Indie" style, including grey Vans trainers, a Barbour jacket worn fully buttoned, and skinny jeans. These clothing items have become symbols of the Indie genre and conform to stereotypes so that viewers can easily relate to the style when seeing it in a magazine. The plain brick wall background was chosen to keep the setting simple and easy to edit.
Name ideas
The document discusses naming a new music magazine. It considers taking inspiration from established magazines like NME, Q, and Rolling Stone. Several potential name options are listed, with explanations provided for the top three choices. The first name, "1, 2, 3, 4," references how bands count into songs. The second name, "Musical Express," clearly identifies the magazine's music genre. The third name, "Music Mayhem," combines music with mayhem to seem edgy and appeal to independent and individual audiences.
Double page spread analysis
This document summarizes two double page spreads from music magazines. The first spread profiles an indie band, using imagery to portray them as "nerds" and "baddies". The layout uses a large central image and quotes to break up blocks of text. The second spread features the Black Eyed Peas and focuses on will.i.am, using gold, silver and his image to portray his importance. It speculates the article will discuss his solo career ambitions. The third spread departs from typical music content to criticize media coverage of swine flu as a form of "terrorism" against Mexico.
Music magazine analysis
1) The magazine layout is consistent with features down the left side and the band index for easy navigation.
2) The masthead is prominently displayed in red with the tagline "This Week" to emphasize the weekly format.
3) Special features are highlighted with colors and superlatives to attract reader attention.
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Digipak analysis
- 3. Mumford and Sons – Babel Babel is the second studio album by the British indie folk band Mumford & Sons. The digipak they released features the four members of the band on the front, sitting on a bench looking very natural. This reflects the relaxed and calm nature of the music they play. In the background is a pub with many different fictional flags. These could represent the different nations that Mumford and Sons appeal to, as their album was released worldwide. The back of the cover features all of the bands songs on the album as well as the distribution and production company. The image is of a window in a dark street. The image is probably the back of the pub which is features on the front.
- 5. Mylo Xyloto The messy background is immediately targeted at teenagers due to their messy and disorganised lifestyle. The digipak portrays a random background created by a colour scheme of spray paints and quiet electric/neon colour tones. The overall background of the digipak shows clear reference to graphite which suggests that as the band has an indie genre which is mostly listened to be teenagers, that they are trying to relate to the graphite/messy stereotypes surrounding teenagers and their behaviour. The back of the follows the same random colour scheme, highlighting the random nature of the songs on the album. Also The song names are in bubble font, showing that they are ‘fun’ and aimed at a wide audience.