Finished!

ok well the project seems to be over!
overall i'm really pleased with the final product and really enjoy seeing my face on the big screen!
this blog is now officially CLOSED!!
:D

Final Album Cover

Front Cover

I think the front cover is really effective as the direct address, coupled with the monochrome image but with the tattoo in colour brands the artist well and will therefore create public interest.

Back Cover

the shot connotes the power and aggression of the artist through the basbeall bat prop and the low angle shot. The text further connotes the harshness and gritiness of the artist and his music.

Music Video!

Here is mine and Matt's version of the video

In this video we have included
-Effective and striking iconography
-There is a clear progression of emotion from the artist from calm and vunerable to angry and psychotic.
-The editing is quite aggressive and unconventional which reflects the performance style and essence of the track
- An unusual use of Brechtian theory in a music video
However i do think that i would make some changes, for example atempt to increase the pace of the edit as the video progresses, and have a larger range of shots with the male model (Matt)

Myspace!

www.myspace.com/boyinterrupted430
Our myspace page has been designed so that it is easy to access and there are no confusing elements to the layout. By doing this we have ensured that potential audiences will not be put off the page.
There are several features on the page such as the artist's blog, his personal photos and tour dates. There is also a link to the two version of the video on youtube.com and the debut single of the artist plays as soon as you log onto the site. By giving the audience all these opportunites to find out about the artist, as well as the contacting function on the site, we have allowed the audience and the artist to develop a rapport with eachother, allowing the audience to relate to the artist easier and therefore increasing his popularity.

Marketing ideas

Today i brainstormed ideas for how we could market our artist
they include:

- contestant slot on Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- features in the Metro
- attempt to get interviews in NME and Kerrang! (send them the album)
- secure supporting artist slot on The Academy Is...'s tour
- play venues such as Camden Underworld and Brixton Academy
- try and get slots on DJ's radio shows (realting to genre i.e. Mike Davies on radio 1)

Editing

Unfortunately the both myself and matt have very different ideas in terms of the direction of the idea and have therefore decided to part from max and mike and make our own video. We feel that both groups will have much more creative freedom in this way and therefore we will be able to create a more effective video. We will also comment on the progress of eachother's video and use aspects of their video to further our own.

Weekend shoot

I think our final weekend shoot went pretty well. We got quite alot done, the matt body stuff and the performance stuff. We shot the perofrmance atleast 3 times, each time with a different style (ie a calm performance, a cheeky confident one, and an aggressive one). However we still need to shoot the baseball bat footage such as the smahing of the telly which we might do in an alleyway near max's house.