Evaulation

Evaluation on PREZI:
http://prezi.com/trcyvofp_pau/media-studies-a2-evaluation/

Album Cover Analysis

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die


This album is a very recently album by the new american sensation Lana Del Rey. She is distinguished for her vintage and indie type of look and uses plain colours to have a sort of an effect that would bring the artists start image out. I believe that teh red lips makes her face stand out due to the brightness of it. She is a more of an alternative rock artist. The song below is a song which is featured on her album:

Leo Blue Logo Font

I have created this logo as I believe that its unique and that it relates to the artist himself in a significant way. I have used the Leo star sign to represent the 'Leo' and placed a hyphen between the two names. The font makes it look stylish and I believe it makes it stand out from the rest as it is not too cliche but simple and good.

The red contrasts with the black here which brings the text out and makes it very attention seeking and outstanding to look at. It still looks simple which I like about and it looks very lush and realistic.

This another style I have gone for by using a render of blue in parts of the font, to play around with it and see whether it looks retro and different

Music Analysis Of A Students Work Last Year

 
This Music Video done last year by a year 13 for their A2 coursework I believe this will be similar to what we intend to achieve in ours. However, I couldn't identify the song and band but nevertheless, you can tell that the song is made by a pop, rock band due to the tempo of the song and the lyrics are about a girl.
What I like about this music video is that the use of shots, code and conventions used. The use of lyrics on a blank piece of paper with the lyrics present on them makes it unique and different from other music videos.
The band used in the video are all in synch with the music and the lead singer who is acted by (Alex Tasselli) a current student in my year shows a good use of body language and did a great job of it.
What I also believe is unique is that settings and locations they used. They used a main hall to record the band peforming which I believe was original but did a great use of it.
The use of all the instruments heard in the song is present in the music video, which I believe is significiant and good to express.

The Actors for Our Music Video

Leo Blue- Fraser Wilson
Fraser or well known as Leo Blue was the actor in which who was the
star of the main production. I believe that Fraser has done well due to origination
in meeting the timing schedules set and did a good acting as a musician for
our music production.


                                                                 


Guitarist & Band member: Conor McGuire
Conor became our guitarist and was filmed
playing in the drama room with a blue jumper and
performed with spot lights on. This made it feel realistic
as if it was a live performance being done on a
stage.

Actor - Hannah Watson

She was the actor in our my music production and acted as
Leo Blues girlfriend who finds out shes being cheated on. She then storms out of the 

house and we get brought back to the character in some bits later on such as ; via Text.

Poster Analysis - The Killers

I have here chosen the 'The Killers' to do my poster analysi on.  They are a famous American rock band formed in 2001.

Members ( The Killers):
 Brandon Flowers ( Lead Singer)
Dave Keuning
Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.
Mark Stoermer

In the poster we can see the bang all together dressed in a more indie style than a rock costume. This shows the evolution of the genre's and the sterotypes of them. I believe that this is a unique but plain poster. The reasons are the lack of colour presented in the design on the posters and position of the band in the photo.
The use of a greyscale (black and white) contrasts with the band name title seen on the bottom left hand corner. I believe the white font bring out the image of the band in the backgroud.\
The reason I chose this poster is that the band relates to Paolo Nutini's genre and the way the present themselves is similar. Their music videos are also similar but some are more upbeat and different. The use of a vintage clothing their style out is the same.