Album Cover Ideas

Many Of Horror (EP) - Biffy Clyro

On Biffy Clyro's EP Cover, 'Many Of Horror', the two people colliding with each other headfirst turn into ghostly figures as they rise up into the air. We wouldn't want to do it like this, but if we were to consider the ideas of this cover, he could probably use the ideas of the ghostly figures. But instead of this, we might want to treat them as the split-personality between the main character and his doppelganger in our music video. We could make the cover so that the main character is seated on the sofa in the far left of the photo, and then have the doppelganger standing up from the seat in a trasnparent form, walking away from the main character who is still seated.

 

 

 

 

World Record (EP) - Lower Than Atlantis



This EP Cover by Lower Than Atlantis, 'World Record', shows the hands of someone who seems unsuccessful, holding rolled cigarettes, spare pennies and a guitar pick. But if we were to take ideas from this cover, the idea wouldn't be so mobid. Instead, we could probably make on of the hands the main character's hand, and the other hand the doppelganger's hand. The main character could hold his hand at his side with stretched fingers, whereas the doppelganger could do the same but holding his mask. This way we could see the hands of two of the same people, but with one significant difference. 

 

Woman To Woman - Keyshia Cole



 

In Keyshia Cole's Album Cover, 'Woman To Woman', we can see that she is taking off a mask, but one that seems to be an old face of herself. She seems to take it off as if she became a new person. If we took some ideas from this cover, we could use the idea of the mask, but with a twist. Instead of the main character taking off the mask of his doppelganger, the doppelganger could be taking off the mask of the main character instead, as a twist. So the doppelganger will wear his mask whilst holding the face of the main character, as if the extraordinary wears many mask, such as an ordinary person.



Comparing And Contrasting - Harrison Twinn

Club Foot - Kasabian

In 'Club Foot' by Kasabian, the video shows the band members and possibly other characters rebelling around a rural area. Whilst it's not the same kind of havoc we did in our music video, the performance and non-linear structure are striking similar. We used dark areas like they have, but we shot our performance at nighttime rather than in dark rooms in daylight.



Similarities

- Uses dark scenery
- Characters causing havoc, as well as the band members
- Showing capabilities with instruments
- Urban areas
- Non-linear (to an extent)

Differences

- Monochromatic/Greyscale filters
- Chaotic locations
- Ridiculous costumes

Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys

This music video by the Arctic Monkeys is very dedicated to the voilence that is shown. We didn't use this kind of havoc; rather we used a more hooligan approach to the havoc. The band isn't shown in the video and it heavily relies on the acting of the extras and characters. This video may be showing the dual personality of people through the use of a possible dual personality like we did in our video, but their approach is more conflicting.



Similarities

- Characters causing havoc
- Non-linear (to an extent)
- Urban areas
- Dual personality? (Ordinary people vs. Clowns/Normality vs. Variety)?

Differences

- Doesn't show band members
- Done only in the day
- Violence

Finishing the Editing

For our music video to be completed we just need to finish the editing, not film any more as that has already been done. To do the editing we need to upload the new footage and put it into Final Cut. Then we need to add filters to make some of the clips filmed at night lighter, and some of the clips filmed in the day darker. Some of the clips are too dark to see anything so will have to be lightened. They will also be used to light up some of the instruments and band members to put more focus on them. 
We will also need to put the clips in the right order as we have shots of different things which need to go in the right place. 
Most of the transactions we will use will be cuts as it is a fast pace video so we need fast transactions. There will be a very fast cut at the start when when there is drums, as the shot will change to a different drum after it has been hit. 
To be able to play along to the song it had to be playing in the background, all of this background noise has to be removed. 
We will also use ghosting based on transparency to show one one of the characters leaving while the other is staying at home.
Most of the clips have to be cut as we just filmed the whole song lots of time from different angles to get lots of footage. Other shots will have to be speeded up or slowed down so that the fit with the beat.
We also want to integrate the band shots more with the narrative. To do this we will have more split screens of the band on one side and the narrative on the other. 

Comparing and contrasting

Pick a real music video that you think is similar to what you have produced and compare and contrast

The Only Place - Best Coast





Similarities:

• Both include rebellious activities.
• Both have drums, acoustic guitar and electric guitars.
• Both have similar story line: starting in a home setting, leaving, causing havoc and returning home.

Differences

• Our doesn't contain such rebellious activities.
• Our has darker colours.
• Ours is more upbeat, whereas the song chosen hasn't got such a fast tempo. 

Response To Feedback

Changing Location

At the stage of planning, we had a few locations in mind (most of them we were not able to film in) and we were limited to a small number of options, one of them being an open-garage performance. This might not have been successful because of the positioning of the camera, but from the response of the location, it could also be because of how it didn't fit with the clips we had.
To resolve this, we will take some of our current performance footage out and replace them with footage from a different location. Our location will be [Harrison's] back garden at night, and we are hoping to use a lot of lighting to show the band in a chaotic way. This location will probably be most used at the bridge or the last chorus of the song because of continuity/chronology. For additional filming around this specific location, we will most likely be filming outside the house but peering through the large living room window. This could be either for performance or for improvisation for band members (e.g. raving, running around crazy).

Adding More Transitions

We agree that most of our video consists of cuts, but we are planning to add more split-screens and more visual effects so that it could make it more dynamic. There is one part in the rough cut which we didn't have time to do, which was the make a split-screen so that the 'other' person on one side of the screen pushes the other side offscreen. From what we know, it is quite difficult to achieve this transition, and we were more focused on filling the gaps at the time.

Lip-Syncing/Instrument Issues

This was during pressure when we had a short period of time to make the rough cut deadline, and because our clips kept needing to be rendered whenever we put a new performance clip in or whenever we make changes to the clip. This reduced the time we had left before the deadline.
We agree that our use of instruments in the video wasn't very convincing, and for the next time we film, we will make things easier for ourselves so that we are seen with them more realistically (e.g. using a guitar pick rather than the palm of the hand, using a better prop as a microphone etc) Also, we have made sure that everyone in the group is making the shooting day, so our original roles will return to normal, even though we have to film other things so that the audience will know how the changes had been made.

Other Problems We Faced

On the day we shooted the performance at the open-garage area, we had one person in our group who couldn't make the shooting day, and because there were three instruments to play when we only had three people left in our group, the camera had to be on a tripod at all times and we had no opportunities to use handheld shots or to use our speeded soundtrack so that we could've made footage of the performance with a slow-motion transition whilst keeping the lip-syncing in time with the lyrics.

Rough Cut Feedback

1. Have the shot material appropriate for a music video?

• Yes, footage relates to song.
• Yes the setting is relevant.
• Yes, follows a lot of indie videos- 'causes mischief.'

2. Has attention been paid to mise-en-scene?

• Yes, good use of costume but not as much on location.
• Yes, the use of masks are good, and the clothing is appropriate and relevant.
• Like the idea of masks. Location could be created.

3. Is there controlled use of the camera?

• Yes with how framed well.
• Yes, the camera is controlled and professional.
• Yes.

4. Is there a variety of shot types and angles?

• Yes they have lots.
• Yes  there is a variety of shots which hold our interest.
• Yes, good variety in this respect.

5. Is the editing effective at constructing a linear or non-linear meaning?

• Yes as there's a story line that is cut up.
• Yes there is a clear story line following the main character.
• Yes, is easy to follow 'story'- goes well with lyrics at times.

6. Is there appropriate use of transitions and other effects?

• Yes with the layering.
• Not many transitions but good use of other effects, eg ghosts.
• Yes, like him sitting in house and one leaving.

7. Does the pace of the editing work well with the pace of the song?

• Yes though cut most of it.
• Yes because it is quick speed and the song is upbeat.
• Yes, fast paced.

8. If there is lip synching, is it effective?

• There were parts which it didn't match up.
• Yes mostly all lip synching is in time.
• Yes, instrument playing doesn't look entirely convincing though.

9. Is the video effective a communicating a star persona?

• Yes- revolves around one person.
• Yes because they dressed like they are in a band.
• Yes.

10. Do you think they need to re-film anything or film anything else? If so, what?

• If to re-film we think the clips with the band, as the background doesn't fit well.
• Put in more fast paced shots, maybe close up to give it more variation and hold our interest.
• There is a lot of variety which is good, some scenes are a bit boring though. Think that video needs a 'quirk'- something to add an edge.

Rough Cut