Our prelim

Our Prelim

Conventions of a CD front/rear cover

Conventions of a CD front/rear cover

Abbey road - Beatles
This is the album cover and rear cover off the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'. Abbey Road is the 11th studio album released by the English rock band the Beatles. It is their last recorded album, although Let It Be was the last album released before the band's dissolution in 1970. Work on Abbey Road began in April 1969, and the album was released on 26 September 1969 in the United Kingdom, and 1 October 1969 in the United States.
The album was released amid tensions within the band. Although it was a commercial success, it received mixed reviews from music critics who found its music inauthentic and criticized the production's artificial effects. Since its initial reception, the album has been viewed by many critics as the Beatles' greatest work and is ranked by several publications as one of the greatest albums of all time. Abbey Road remains their best-selling album.  

Design and layout
Iain Stewart Macmillan (20 October 1938 – 8 May 2006) was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for The Beatles' album Abbey Road in 1969. After growing up in Scotland, he moved to London to become a professional photographer. He used a photo of Yoko Ono in a book he published in 1966 and was invited by Yoko to photograph her exhibit at Indica Gallery. She introduced him to John Lennon. John invited him to be the photographer for the cover of Abbey Road. He worked with the Lennons for several years even staying for a while at their home in New York.

Use of visual images
On the front cover there is a picture of the band walking across a zebra crossing. Paul McCartney has no shoes in this which made people think is he dead or alive.   

Use of text
On the front cover of the album there is small bold white text in the corner, it is in the corner as it is not the main focus of the front cover. On the rear cover they use the same writing for each of the songs as well as the colour. They also have the same on the back of the album in bigger writing in white.  

Genre
This genre is rock.

Representation of ideas about the band

For Beatles obsessives with fevered imaginations, it was ultimate proof of the bizarre theory of the time - that Paul McCartney was, in fact, dead.
According to the legend, Paul had died in a car accident and been replaced by an impostor. The band, it was said, subsequently felt guilty about the deception, and so placed hidden clues on the album cover for their fans. Even today, despite the apparent rude health of McCartney, they insist that if you look closely at the images on the front and back of the album it is packed with deathly symbolism.

Sinners never sleep - You me at six
This is the ablum cover and rear cover of You Me At Six's album 'Sinners Never Sleep'. Sinners Never Sleep is the third full length record from English alternative rock band You Me at Six. The album was released on 30 September 2011 and was released through Virgin Records in the UK, Australia and New Zealand on 3 October 2011. The album was then released in the United States on 24 January 2012. The first and lead single, "Loverboy" was released on 23 September 2011, and was followed by "Bite My Tongue" which was released on 28 November 2011. Their third single from the album, titled, "No One Does It Better" was released on 8 April 2012. The fourth and last single to be released from the album, titled, Reckless was released on 22 October 2012. Sinners Never Sleep peaked at No. 3 on UK Charts and was certified Gold in the UK for 150,000 sales, giving it the band's biggest success to date.

Design and layout and Use of visual images and Use of text
The front cover shows someone holding up a mugshot letter board you’d expect to find in a police station, with the letters spelling out the band name and album title. It’s hinted by the black nails and tank top that the person holding it is a woman (possibly not) suggesting that the majority of the audience for this band may be female. The police board suggest that the band are rebellious, constantly getting into trouble. The band are presented this way on purpose to relate to the alt. rock genre and so that the audience look up to their iconography.

The image is in black and white, which makes the letters stand out more, also reflects on the sort of ‘grungey’ dark vibe that might be expected of alt. Rock, this is teamed up with the darker effects around the boarder that make the image look more aged and battered. The back of the digipak is a photo of all five band members, the same grainy effect is used, following the black and white, dark, grungey colour scheme shown on the front cover and the song list. The band are stood in front of a white with black background, it almost looks like the photo has been stuck onto a separate background, they’re all making direct address, looking out at the audience, which makes them relate more to the band. They’re all in dark clothing to fit the rock image, and the lead, who’s positioned in the very front-middle has got the typical dark clothes, dark messy hair look that’s clique in modern rock or pop rock. Inside of the actual digipak, there are individual photos of each band member with a police board, mugshot style, black and white, (possibly some sepia filters too) in front of a white background. This reinforces the hint given on the front cover that they’re rebellious.  None of them are smiling, mainly because it is a ‘mug shot’ type photo but also to enforce the seriousness of this album compared to their previous ones. The black and white theme, with decaying boarder effects also give this impression too.

Genre
Alternative rock, pop punk, post-hardcore


Representation of ideas about the band

‘Sinners Never Sleep’ is noticeably more mature than their previous two albums, ‘Take Off Your Colours’ and ‘Hold Me Down’, with the band distancing themselves from the popular and slightly manufactured pop-punk music that have earned them their success, and now exploring a somewhat heavier, artistic sound.

The album opens on ‘Loverboy’, a strong single that will be stuck on repeat in your head all day and effectively bridges the gap between ‘Hold Me Down’ and the new album.

Hot on its heels are ‘Jaws On the Floor’, where the jaw-dropping guitar riff is matched by punchy lyrics; and then ‘Bite My Tongue’ – the song that is the epitome of the band’s refreshing honesty throughout the album. Frontman Josh Franceschi delivers cutting lyrics towards his band mates such as “I’ll watch you fall apart, cos in the end what are you without me?” laying bare for the first time the band’s inner disharmony which drove them to near collapse. Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon makes a guest appearance at the end of the track, and Winston McCall from Parkway Drive appears later on in the album, in the track ‘Time Is Money’. The screamo cameos seem quite pointless in that the band’s own performance is more powerful than the guests’, so the only reason to feature them must be to use big names to reach out to a wider audience.

The rest of the album is made up of a delicious assortment of infectious, bouncy songs as well as sweet, intimate ballads .The highlight of the album for me is ‘The Dilemma’, capturing your attention immediately, it opens with Josh singing in an almost Cockney accent, which you may think sounds weird, but it builds to a catchy chorus, and with an infectious riff threaded throughout, this song is fun, individual and intelligent - and instantly lovable.

Our front/rear album cover

These are the front and rear album covers for our prelim. I chose to do this as it has a lot of attitude, which is what the song is all about.

Others Presentations

Others Presentations

 

Matt's presentation:

 

Wrong direction - Passenger

 



Camera - pan - fish tank from beginning, track shot of changing scene, long shot to see the the surroundings.
Editing - animations of fishes - bigger than reality, straight cuts, slow cuts - lack of urgency, fade to black.
Mise-en-scene - old furnishing - maybe a link to when he was young, paddling pool with fish, use of trumpet.
Lyrical links - 'when i was a kid' - old furniture.
Sound - the song, acoustic.
Narrative - A man getting lost. old pictures to refer to past things.
Alot of animation - black and white to show how simple it is. People in relationships.

Beth and Hayden's presentation:

Outkast - hey ya
 



Atwan 'Big Boi' Patton and Andre 3000.
Camera -
Editing -
Mise-en-scene -
Sound - It is about the difficulty in keeping a relationship together.
Narrative -  A music video of a live performance by 'the love below' that miniques the Beatles

Matt and Mitchell's presentation:

Man overboard - Where i left you



It is an illustration video. Filmed in unconventional places. Camera is filming a camera filming them. Was done while on tour in home tow of New jersey. Unconventional clothing. Another band - the story so far, comes into the video. On the beat editing.


Kieran and Dan's presentation:

Disclosure - Latch Ft Sam Smith



Strong stuductvie feel by bold shots. House genre - electronic dance. Conventional video of a none band - people playing or singing. Mid shot - more distant and see surrounding they are in. Characters in the middle of the shots to be the centre of attention. When the rain pours down in the elevator it is like there spotanious kiss has set it off. Graphical face on peoples faces which is there album cover to link them together to create a trade mark. lots of close ups of love and lust of eyes, hands, lips etc. They relate to the lyrics as they are about love and lust. Very strong connection between the three couples to enhance the lyrics and the emotional connection which it gives off. it is like they are interlinked as everything happens to each of them at the same time. It all builds to when they kiss from shots to music and lyrics. the im latching on lyrics links to the shot of holding hands. same shots of the graphic face on the characters as its like they have become the music. Different couples - history and relationships. 

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

 

 

In this they use a cartoon that looks like it has been done on the paint programme. It is very illustrative of the lyrics like:

 This is a shot from the video. It is from the part where they sing 'C'mon everybody and move your feet', it is an exact interpretation of the lyric.
These are the rest of the lyrics:
Everybody, a-move your feet and feel united. Oh Oh Oh!
Oh yeah, Oh Oh Oh!
Everybody, a-move your feet and feel united. Oh Oh Oh!
Oh yeah, Oh 0h Oh!
Yeah!

We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!

Don't - don't - don't - don't stop the beat
I can't - can't - can't - can't control my feet
P - p - p - people in the street
C'mon everybody and move your feet!

Don't stop (don't stop) don't stop the beat!
Can't stop (can't stop) can't stop the beat!
I Won't stop (won't stop) won't stop the beat, and go!

Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!
Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!
Yeah!

We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!
We're going downtown, oh yeah!

Sing - sing - sing - sing - sing my song
And you - you - you - you - you sing along!
Just put - put - put - put my record on
And all of your troubles are dead and gone!

Don't stop (don't stop) don't stop the beat!
Can't stop (can't stop) can't stop the beat!
I Won't stop (won't stop) won't stop the beat, and go!

Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!
Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!
Yeah

Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!

Don't stop (don't stop) don't stop the beat!
Can't stop (can't stop) can't stop the beat!
I Won't stop (won't stop) won't stop the beat, and go!

Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh oh oh!
Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!
Yeah!

Everybody, move your feet and feel united!
Oh Oh Oh!

Yeah!


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My opinion on this song is that it  is very random but it also illustrates the lyrics. It is very funny and colourful which catches the audiences attention and also makes them laugh. It is very strange and the song is very catchy. It is typical dancing song that would get anyone tapping their foot along to it.

Our presentation

Our presentation

 

 

Prelim Brain storm

These are some of our ideas:

Ed Sheeran - Lego House (stop motion)

Ed Sheeran - Lego House (stop motion)

This video is of Ed Sheeran's song 'Lego House'. It is not the original but in my opinion it is amazing. They use stop motion which is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Dolls with movable joints or clay figures are often used in stop motion for their ease of repositioning. Stop motion animation using plasticine is called clay animation or "clay-mation". Not all stop motion requires figures or models; many stop motion films can involve using humans, household appliances and other things for comedic effect. Stop motion using objects is sometimes referred to as object animation. In The video it is the original played next to the stop motion version so you can see exactly how they look the same but just using different techniques which make them both interesting and eye catching as for the colours and other elements which make them both amazing music videos. They both also empathise the lyrics. this personally is one of my favorite songs as i can really appeal to the lyrics.
These are the lyrics:
I'm gonna pick up the pieces,
And build a Lego house
If things go wrong we can knock it down

My three words have two meanings,
There's one thing on my mind
It's all for you

And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm gonna paint you by numbers
And colour you in
If things go right we can frame it and put you on a wall

And it's so hard to say it but I've been here before
Now I'll surrender up my heart
And swap it for yours

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

Don't hold me down
I think my braces are breaking, and it's more than I can take

And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm
If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down

[Album version ending:]
And out of all these things I've done I will love you better now

[Music video version ending:]
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now
I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I will love you better now

Bjork - Full of Love

Bjork - Full of Love

The concpet of this video is very strange as it is a face that is singing on a robot. It is like the song is saying how relationships or love can be robotic or that people are like robots, programmed to do stuff but that love is still an inate feeling that nobody has control over. It is a very interesting video which can be taken in many ways. The slow pace music and the simple white and black colours contrast and give mixed feelings to the audience depeding on who is watching the video. In my opinion this video is very strange but the song is very good. 
These are the lyrics:

 You'll be given love

You'll be taken care of

You'll be given love

You have to trust it

Maybe not from the sources

You have poured yours

Maybe not from the directions

You are staring at

Twist your head around

It's all around you

All is full of love

All around you

All is full of love

You just ain't receiving

All is full of love

Your phone is off the hook

All is full of love

Your doors are all shut

All is full of love!

All is full of love

All is full of love

All is full of love

All is full of love

All is full of love

Alien ant farm ‘Movies’

Alien ant farm 'Movies'

This is the original version they did of this song. This is from when they were just sarting of. the video below this one is the version they released later on when had became more popular and had more money.  

This video has a catching song. It is also very simple but in my opinion because of how simple it is it means that the focus of the audience is more on the song and the bands rather than things that have nothing to do with the song. The song is very catching and it has a good beat which make you really want to listen. It really shows the rawness of the band as this is from when they started out. 




This is the same song as above but this time it has been re-released with a new video. You can see how much the band has changed as for the elements used in this video like the band jumping into the movie screen but also the intertextuality of popualr films at that time from Charlie and the chocolate factory to Ghost busters. They really bring the theme of the song alive as it is based in a movie theatre but also within actual movies. I personally think it is a very good video and this version is as good as the origianl but this one is good for the different elemenst where as the other is good in terms of how it is stripped back, raw and focussing on the band and song.

These are the lyrics:
At slow speed we all seem focused
In motion we seem wrong
In summer we can taste the rain

[Chorus:]
I want you to be free
Don't worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene

Two can play this game
We both want power
In winter we can taste the pain

In our short years, we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away

[Chorus]

You won't cry, I won't scream

In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
And if we make a little space
A science fiction showcase
In our short film, a love disgrace
Dream a scene to brighten face
In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad, just to throw it away

[Chorus]