Updated Album cover and back, please respond

Possible Record Company Logo

Possible Album Cover

Playing arounds on Photoshop I made this album cover. I think the red works really well and the blue and white text really stands out without being too dominating. I have also incorporated the 'key' image from our video but altered it so it appears different.

Experimenting with Images

I'll try uploading the rest when blogger allows me

Experimenting with Images

I used our key image of Liam from the shoot and experimented with it in order to see what effects worked with the image, please feedback. the rest of the images are on the next post as they would not all fit on

Album Cover Concept: Revolution (unfinished)

After discussing how the Album name might be, 'The New Administration', this immediately brought to mind revolution, and in turn revolutionary figures. I know that both Madonna and Coldplay have already played upon this with their own album using Che Guevara and the French revolution as shown in the images below:


Thus in turn thinking about other revolutionary figures came to mind especially, Lenin after seeing this bold image of Lenin that was taken during the peak of the Russian revolution. Not only does he look like a bold figure but he also appears as if he is leading a new frontier. This could then link to our artist being both contreversial and an anarchic figure and so I think the image below could be altered to link to Lenin while at the same time beingrelated to our artist, 'Boy, Interrupted', like in the sketch at the bottom.

New title for group -LXIX

Shooting wnet really well on thursday and during the filming myself and Liam discussed the possiblility of renaming the artist from HRH to LXIX (69 in roman numerals). This idea came from one of the tattoos that we drew upon Liam. Not only is it quite a risque title, but also its quite clever due to the fact it isn't obvious. please comment with any ideas

MIKE

Topless shots?

was thinking today that perhaps we should have at least one topless shot of Liam in video might work to show off some of the better tattoos as well as to go with the whole homoerotic theme. He could even rip off the t-shirt in one of his fits of rage (like when he's breaking stuff with the bat). please comment back as i'm curious to know what the rest of the group think?

Logo Ideas and thoughts on Graffiti in the video

Had a go at creating a possible Graffiti logo for the artist using the website http://www.graffiticreator.net/index.htm. With this first idea I thought about the aggression in the song so I thought that orange would be a good colour to use. I used black and white with this to reflect the monochrome look of the video, and with the other bright colours this logo looks quite punk-ish.

This was my second idea, for the logo. The slightly more feminine colours brings out the slightly more homosexual aspects of the song and of the artist image. At the same time the black background makes the pink and red much bolder and eyecatching, while the red really connotes aggression.

Tattoo Ideas On Designs

After our group discussion on Memeto as a source of inspiration I had a brief think on what kind of tattoo designs might be appropriate for our artist to help portray a certain image.

1) LXIX
Roman numerals for 69, obvious sexual connotations that would help go with the artists risky image and the explicit lyrics of the track

2)

A broken heart would help to go with the very distressed performance of the artist, and would look very eyecatching if it were on his lower arm. Also plays on the pun that the artist is wearing his heart on his sleeve.

3)
The tear would look striking, especially when paired with the artists eyeliner

4)
Sums up the stalker like fixation the artist is meant to have in the song

Possible Scenarios for the Final Idea

Here are a few possible ideas for suppossedly masculine activities:

1) Playing football in the park and a celebration is slightly too friendly/Drinking in pub watching a game (lads at the table the central protagonist eyeing up his 'friend')/Pub toilet of one his mates and the central protagonist are using the cubicles, when the main artist looks at his friend in a suggestive manner
2) If we are to imitate the video of the Kate Perry song, then perhaps it would be worth parodying the opening, where the camera focuses on various parts of Kate Perry's body (like a tilt up her legs). Instead we would focus on the male alternatives (biceps, six packs etc)
3) When Liam is singing in his room, around him his crew could be lifting weights aswell as doing other things such as hitting a punchbag, (slow motion)
4) 30seconds opening, central character gets message off girlfriend (via answerphoe/note on fridge that shes left him). He then smashes up the answerphone or framed photo in a CU Slow Motion shot. This would set up the angry tone to the video
MIKE and MAX

Inner City Pressure Idea (perhaps the final?)

Matt + Mike + Max

Flight of the Conchord Ideas

Today we discussed the thought of doing a Flight of the Concords track and this one, Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros.

The idea centred around of smartly dressed businessmen (grey suits, thick glasses, combovers, etc) being approached in an alleyway by a a group of thugs who are set out to mug them. After about 20 seconds of dialogue where the men are threatened, one if them would pull out a ghetto blaster out of their jacket (like a cartoon) and then the other one would press the button cueing the music to begin. After this we would then use a fish eye camera as we try to make a parody of stereotypical rap video. We would play on the lyrics of the song as well as destroying the usual stereotype of businessmen and how they should behave. This idea on reflection may not be suach a good idea after thinking of how it has several similarities with the original, but it has made us sure as a group that we want to focus on comedy.

MIKE & MAX

initial ideas

Synchronised swimming - matt and his friend in swimming hats and speedos doing a hilarious dance routine in the pool (Liam)


Shaft - Austin Powers esque tryin to be cool but hitting people in face and making a tit of himself etc. (Mike)


Supermarket - people dancing in the isles after hours. E.g. - fat person next to the rolls, hench person next to the beef etc. (Matt)


Bicycle - RUDEBOIS

Flight of the Conchords - inner city pressure - really serious video





5ive - track fillers - hands doing matt's hair

Treatment!!!!

Band Name - North Circ

Members
Kieron - enrique lookalike
Reece - skinhead, bad boy?
Jamie (RJ) - Beach boy - bleach blonde?

General idea for video-
Waking up late for performance, characters trying to get changed whilst running down the busy streets (markets?) - tracking shots from the side of running, closeups for lipsynching

switching characters as they go past walls (see Roll Deep - When I'm 'Ere)

Grab food and hair products from people and stools and apply them on the way. Throw apple away and have a cutaway of apple in bin (slow mo?) have shots of runing in puddles and sliding over car bonnets.
- throw apple away + step in puddle - slow mo? slide over matt's saxo bonnet deodarant

Audience -
Girls 1st
Young boys - idolisation 1st
Gays - 2nd
Old women 2nd
Parents - good role model for kids 3rd

Girls - they like to read magazines such as the now defunct SmashHits! now probably more into heat and now. Therefore we would do lots of interviews and competitions with these magazines. Appearances on Saturday morning shows on channels like CBBC and CITV.
They will buy lots of merchandise and as they will still be at school we could make pencil cases and accessories such as wristbands and fake tattoos.

OR

Beach!!!!

Brighton - gay icons

Bournemouth - sand