Existing Album Covers - Sarah Butler

This is the album cover for Black Ice by ACDC it looks quite simplistic at first but when you look at it closely it is quite intricate. The main colours are silver and yellow with the name of the band being the first thing you see.



This is the album cover for Dark side of the of the Moon by Pink Floyd, compared to the ACDC cover this one is very plain and simple. The main colour on the cover is black, the most noticeable objects being the triangle and rainbow.

This is the album cover for American Idiot by Green Day, just like the Pink Floyd cover this one is also very simple. The main colours are black and red, with most noticeable image being the grenade in the hand.

All of these album covers have one particular image or graphic text that stands out from the rest of the cover , however, the first one is far more detailed and engraved than the other two.

The simplicity of these covers will be a feature we can copy from them, but their simplicity is only possible due to their big names being so recognisable. They have earned such a reputation over the years that just the name and logo of their bands is enough to draw in both fans and casual audiences. Since we are only advertising a small band such as the Roosters, we will require an album cover that is both simple yet detailed enugh to bring in a new fan base.

Music Video Mood Board - Tanaka Bonde



Here's our mood board, with images, artwork and clippings relating to the genre of the song we're making the music video for. The purpose of this is to get an idea of the aesthetic, style and themes associated with the genre, and to find out about some existing examples of the same kind of product as what we're producing, so that we can then make informed decisions on our products associated with the song.

Photographs from filming - Sarah Butler

The still on the left is from when James and I where filming a part of the narrative, James was on the river bank and I was on the bridge. The second still is a performance shot of James and the rest of the 'band' the performance filming was done by Tanaka. James is on the left, Gabriel is in the middle and Seb's on the right.

This is a photo from our narrative filming, the photo is of James writing a note.

Album Cover Wordle - Sarah Butler

This wordle is of words and phrases that we link to our song, we will be using these words to decide on an album title.

The words that are shown most in this wordle are: stay, together and quirky so we could either name the album Let's stay together which is the name of the song we are using or something more representative that uses the more popular words in the wordle.

Though quite traditional for the album to be named after the album's lead track, we are attempting to create humor and irony with our track, which suits the mood and story of the album and the words above were what people thought best represented "Let's Stay Together" and the title can be useful in bringing in the target audience.

Costumes Planning - Sarah Butler

Now that we have done a post on costume research here are what the cast of our video are going to wear:

Health and Safety - Sarah Butler

Health and Safety
Risk	How it was avoided
Dropping the camera in the river	Ensuring that the camera was  secured to the tripod and by holding it during filming even though it was on though it was on the tripod
Being run over when crossing the road	Looking both ways before crossing
James Sliding of the box he was sitting on	He checked that he could sit safely on it before we started filming
Damaging instruments during transportation	Carried one instrument each and two people carried out the drum kit
The camera getting damaged in the rain	Held an umbrella over it
Camera person or actor tripping over in running scene	They both wore trainers suitable for running in, they ran slowly and chose a clear path to run on
Dropping the camera during the running scene	Camera person used the strap to carry the camera around their neck
James tripping over when he was by the river	He walked fairly slowly, kept looking at the ground, kicked stones out the way and didn't cover a long distance
James or Tanaka falling in the river	They were too far away from the river to be in any danger
Getting lost during filming	We were in familiar areas
Not guarding the camera/tripod when not in use	We were always holding the equipment when we weren't filming and we weren't using the tripod we could see it and kept it right next to us
A member of the public complaining about being in the footage	Let people walk past first before filming, kept the lens cap on when we weren't filming so that people knew we weren't filming
Tripping over the tripod when its legs were extended on the ground	We looked where we were walking
Dropping the camera bag when the camera is in it	Using the strap to carry it over our shoulder
Someone waking in to the tripod	There was always one of us beside or behind it when it was set up and the tripod is quite obvious
Someone knocking over the tripod when the camera is on it	There was always one of us beside or behind it when it was set up and the tripod is quite obvious

Record Label - Brit Isle Records - James Hedgecock

Good day.

This post's purpose is to present the idea for a record label our group came up with, and display the concept for a logo that was created.

So, here's the logo we came up with:

The 'shatter' effect applied to the Union Jack picture filling in the semicircle and the edgy, quirky font used for the text in the logo represent the off-the wall, individual style of the label.

This label would release records mainly of UK indie/alternative rock artists, a genre which the track we're making the music video for fits into.

So that's it really, an outline of our concept record label!

See you on another post soon...
James, on behalf of JTS Productions

Filming Schedule - Sarah Butler

Filming schedule
Date	Times
1st November	10:00 - 2:30
2nd November	10:00-10:30
4th November	11:30 - 1:40
5th November	3:30 - 4:30
6th November	3:30 - 4:30