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Jack's Pitch from Chris Earl on Vimeo.

A first draft of my album artwork and branding of my piece. one of my main focus points was the use of colour. I've used a Burgundy and sky blue in the tint of the photo and on the text to give the retro feel seen in the inspirations below from Jake Bugg, the smiths Morrissey and beady eye.

The logo is mainly inspired from Jake bugg' logo by the use of bold text with an underline on the second word yet it isn't a clear copy but bares a small resemblance. 

The picture in the background was inspired by the smiths original records in which they used old photos on their lp covers. The image itself is from 1996 of sunderland fans. I used a Burgundy tint to give a vintage/retro finish alongside the sky blue title.

The back of the CD is intended to be simple yet cary the colour scheme of the front. I have used inspiration from the smiths first album and miles Kane's first album back's. The simple design fits well with the vibrant front cover. 

below is the rights of this image which gives me the ability to use it if I quote the photographer.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunderland_2777w.jpg

(link to original picture above)

 

 

ianb from Jack Stokoe on Vimeo.

Band logo

The latest arctic monkeys band logo bares simple black and white font that has been edited so the lines are slightly waved and the font gets gradually larger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From looking at British indie rock bands in which my band "the suedes" will be following in the footsteps on, I have made the conclusion that mine will have similarities.  Predominantly the logo is black (or white depending on the album cover colour) and bares the name of the band in a font in which emphasises their image. My particular favourite is the stone roses lemon. This has given me inspiration for a fruit orientated logo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to call a first album

Do most artists name self title their first album?

( from amazon's 100 greatest debut albums)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000332231


  1.  Boy by U2
 2.  Birth Of The Cool (Rudy Van Geld... by Miles Davis
 3.  The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
 4.  Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
 5.  Unknown Pleasures [Collector's E... by Joy Division
 6.  The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (... by Pink Floyd
 7.  Bleach by Nirvana
 8.  Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
 9.  Kill 'Em All by Metallica
10.  Funeral by Arcade Fire
11.  Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
12.  The Smiths by The Smiths
13.  Grace by Jeff Buckley
14.  My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
15.  Horses by Patti Smith
16.  Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno
17.  Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
18.  Appetite For Destruction [Explicit] by Guns N' Roses
19.  The Who Sings My Generation by The Who
20.  Movement [Collector's Edition] by New Order
21.  Slanted & Enchanted (Remastered) by Pavement
22.  Catch A Fire (Deluxe Edition) by Bob Marley
23.  The College Dropout (Explicit) by Kanye West
24.  Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen
25.  England's Newest Hitmakers (Rema... by The Rolling Stones
26.  Pablo Honey [Explicit] by Radiohead
27.  Murmur by R.E.M.
28.  Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
29.  Coltrane by John Coltrane
30.  Ten by Pearl Jam
31.  Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim
32.  The Doors (40th Anniversary Mixes) by The Doors
33.  Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
34.  Ready To Die The Remaster [Expli... by Notorious B.I.G.
35.  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
36.  Van Halen (Reissue) by Van Halen
37.  The Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly
38.  The Clash (UK Version) by The Clash
39.  Enter The Wu-Tang [Explicit] by Wu-Tang Clan
40.  Licensed To Ill by The Beastie Boys
41.  Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's ... by Sex Pistols
42.  Madonna (Reissue) by Madonna
43.  The Chronic [Explicit] by Dr. Dre
44.  Doggystyle [Explicit] by Snoop Doggy Dogg
45.  A Pesar De Todo by Vicente Fernández
46.  Peoples' Instinctive Travels & t... by A Tribe Called Quest
47.  Illmatic [Explicit] by Nas
48.  Marquee Moon by Television
49.  Pink Flag by Wire
50.  Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
51.  The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
52.  Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
53.  Parachutes by Coldplay
54.  Entertainment! (Expanded & Remas... by Gang Of Four
55.  Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
56.  Dummy by Portishead
57.  Gish by Smashing Pumpkins
58.  Music From Big Pink by The Band
59.  The Stooges [Deluxe Edition] by The Stooges
60.  Pretenders [Reissue] by The Pretenders





I have came to the conclusion that most artists dont self title their debut album but it isnt unusual for them to.

 

 

 The album cover bares a close up image of Jake with a backdrop of terraced housing. The backdrop may be a mechanism in which to reach the target market showing that Jake is from this background and is writing music about working class Britain. The image on the back emphasises this by having a mid-long shot of Jake in the working class street. The lettering on the front is simple but effective in clearly showing the artists name and is used as a brand on all of his work ( also on the back of the cd) The CD itself totally contrasts with the cover which is interesting. I'm not quite sure why because usually the image on the cd is relevant to the front cover.

The sepia effect of the cover gives the vintage look in which keeps with the sound of Jake Bugg who has been described as a 21st century Johnny Cash.

Album artwork for Ian Brown Keep what youve got

 

 


 

 

 

 

This is the artwork from Ian Brown's Solarised, the album in which the single "keep what yer got" is from. The distinguishing feature is the low resalution picture with lens flare on Ian Browns's left. The picture isnt a still from the video but its shot in the same style. The picture shows him behind a Japanese arch. the singer has strong connections with Japaese culture which may explain this imageary on his lp cover. The text that is used is the same font yet the album title is larger than the artist's name.

 

The last image on the set is the single cover which holds his logo. The logo of the speach bubble with his name within it. The logo is his brand and is on most of Ian Brown's musical products. Yet the image on the single bares no relevance to the music video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Seen It All

 My first attempt at creating a music video. I am rather proud of the use of cuts and action matches. The film runs smoothly and looks like a real music video. I did use only windows movie maker which limited the amount of editing I could do on the clip but unfortunately I don't have adobe on my home computer. I had filmed allot of other footage of myself playing guitar and miming the words but the quality of the footage wasn't good I believe we were only filming in 720p for these scenes which made them not fit with the other scenes. I had fully put it together but it looked rough and the lip sync wasn't to a good enough standard. If I were to use lip syncing in my final piece I would make sure the auto focus was on my face because on the footage I took the auto focus wasn't steady and kept on jerking.  Yet I've still impressed myself with this piece; it's simple nature contrasts with the song yet fits in the same way.

Something I found in my preliminary research into British indie rock music videos was allot of slow motion, I've played with this on movie maker and I think it gives a good effect. Yet with windows movie maker's limited capabilities I was unable to fade the slow motion back into full speed it just allowed me to cut. I've researched on the internet and found that the adobe software has this capability. I also used a fade function which looks good. Yet again was limited in the amount you could edit the fade.