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Side and Back cover

Development of front cover

Issues

I have come across a few minor issues as macromedia fireworks does not seem to be functioning properly on my laptop. This may delay my construction process by a couple of days, however I will overcome this by working on different parts of my project at this time so that I do not lose to much important construction hours.

Album Artwork Drafts

I have began working on and developing some album artwork for my CD. I have been inspired by some other covers, however I believe i have come up with an individual and creative design.

Lyrics

After i have made the song choice, I can start looking at the lyrics and this will help me create an image in my head of what the product will look like, and I can get an idea of the story board etc.

Ahh yes

Well looky here looky here
Ah what do we have?
Another pretty thang ready for me to grab
But little does she know
That I'm a wolf in sheeps clothing
'Cause at the end of the night
It is her I'll be holding

I love you so
That's what you'll say
You'll tell me
Baby baby please don't go away
But when I play, I never stay

To every girl that I meet here this is what I say:
Run run run away, run away baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get get away get away darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run run away run away baby

Well let me think let me think
Ah what should I do?
So many eager young bunny's
That I'd like to pursue
Now even now they eating out the palm of my hand
There's only one carrot and they all gotta share it

I love you so
That's what you'll say
You'll tell me
Baby baby please don't go away
But when I play, I never stay
To every girl that I meet here this is what I say:

Run run run away, run away baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get get away get away darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run run away run away baby

See I ain't try to hurt you baby
No no, no I just wanna work you baby
Yup yup
See I ain't try to hurt you baby
No no, no I just wanna work you baby
If you scared you better run (You better run)
You better run (You better run)
You better run (You better run)
You better you better you better

Run run run away, run away baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get get away get away darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run run away run away baby!

From reading the lyrics, I can see that the song is about a man who is telling a female to run away and get away from him as he will only cause trouble if she gets involved. This has helped me as now I have a motif and an incentive to work of when making my product.

Song Choice

After listening to Olly Murs- Heart Skips a beat, over and over, i have established that it is a summer song and the video is also very dependant on the weather. Therefore, before undertaking anymore planning, i am going to change my song choice to Bruno Mars- Runaway Baby. This song is a similar genre therefore i will be keeping the same actors and locations. The style of both Olly Murs and Bruno Mars a also very similar so it will not make too much of an impact on my project.

I have been assessing the area for good locations for my film shoot. For my establishing shot i will need a long road that is not busy. For this i have chosen a road in an estate nearby which rarely has cars coming through. I have also looked at Hanley Bus station as an option for part of my shoot.

In Manchester Salford Quays , there is a vast circle with some unusual modern sculptures, which believe would be suitable for my project.

I will be uploading pictures of all of the locations at a later date.

Casting main actor

     This will be my main actor, Harry Jones. I have chosen him because he has experience singing and performing and will therefore feel comfortable in front of a camera and in a video shoot environment.

    

     Harry's style is also very similar to the genre in which i wish to produce my music video. This will help as if he enjoys the music he will enjoy the filming process and will also be able to understand the things that I am asking for on the shoot.

     Harry is a lot younger than the artist I am asking him to imitate, however, depending on the lighting, clothing, props etc. I think that I will be able to make him look older.

Style

Olly Murs' Style is cross between indie and casual. However his music videos can be perceived as being almost Hip Hop like. The music has a reggae feel to is. Which may have influenced the way that the video has been modeled.

I am now going analyse a few different style outfits to decide what i believe my artist should wear in the video.

Colour Schemes

- Due to my chosen genre and song I will have to pick my colour scheme accordingly. A colour scheme is very important when designing items such as front covers etc. This is because you need a consistent house style throughout the artists work. If this is done properly, it will result in a professional style album cover and it will help the artist become recognisable on a shop floor.

back cover analysis

This is the "Bruno Mars" album called "Doo waps and hooligans".

This is a very unconventional cover because it does not follow the standard layout of a back cover. The song list is centrally aligned in the center of the page.

Also, there is no image. This is unusual for a back cover, therefore making it unconventional.

The colour scheme that they have used is yellow cream and black. This is very basic which matches the layout as that is also very basic and simplistic.

Back cover analysis

This is another conventional back cover, there is a large picture taking up the majority of the page, and the song list is along the left hand side.

Unlike the Lil Wayne cover, the song list is centrally aligned rather than being set to the left. I think that they have done this to break the conventions.

There are many other "Unconventional" features to this, such as the bar code positioned on the bottom left rather than the bottom right.

The artist in the picture is looking directly at the camera. This will automatically make a connection with the user. I think that this has been done because the songs are about things that "Adele" has been through, and by looking into the camera the artist can make the user empathise and emotionally connect with her.

I like the layout of this design, I also like the way that the song list is centrally aligned and i may consider using this in my design.

I dont like the way that the artist is looking at the camera, I think that this should be done on the front cover, and the back the artist should look away. I think that this would give the impression that you are looking "behind the scenes".