John Fiske....

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In today's post I will be discussing the genre theorists John Fiske:

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Rick Altman....

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In today's post I will be discussing the genre theorists Rick Altman:


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Robert Hodge and Gunther Kress....

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In today's post I will be discussing the genre theorists Robert Hodge and Gunther Kress:





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1 Minute Music Video Task - CD Front and Back Cover....

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These are my designs for the CD front and back cover for the cover of my 1 minute music video task where I chose to do the song Gone Gone Gone by Phillip Phillips. When making both front and back covers I used colour correct in order to achieve the effect I wanted. I enjoyed doing this as I found it interesting and fun to do. This is because of the way how you can change the feel and perception of the image using colour. I also used a preset template on Adobe's Photoshop to achieve both of my CD covers which made it easier to achieve the colour correcting needed.

CD Front Cover:

I intended for the front cover to be more like a silhouette feature, but I didn't want the artist to be fully black because I still wanted the details of the scenery to be seen, including the artist. I also wanted to achieve a mysterious intense visual of the sunset in the background. This is because it overall reflects upon the 1 minute music video of the song Gone Gone Gone by Phillip Phillips which the CD is aimed towards, because of the title.

CD Back Cover:

The back cover is cropped in half in order for me to change the colour of the image more accurately, this being the sky and the ground. I had to do this because when I was trying to make the sky a darker shade of blue and purple, this lead to the change in the colour of the grass to blue. I wanted the sky to be more of a darker shade of blue to try and match the front cover so that both sides of the CD would look like they would match. Therefore, separating both parts of the image was vital to get the different colours needed to create a realistic but yet bolder landscape.
Also, on my back cover I have included a QR Code which actually connects to my blog!

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CD Front Covers Photoshop....

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Here are finished CD front covers fully completed in Photoshop to coincide with the correct genre that each artist is trying to portray:


These are the images that I completed in Photoshop:

The 'Tween' Artist:

The 'Mum Will Like Me' Artist:

The 'Sultry Smouldering' Artist:

These are the images that Josie completed in Photoshop:

The 'Serious' Artist:

The 'Not Looking at the Camera' Artist:

The 'Shadow'/ 'Silhouette':

The 'Tortured' Artist:

These are the ones that Laura completed in Photoshop:

The 'We Are A Lot Of Fun' Artists:

The 'Icon':

The 'I'll Smash Your Face In' Artist:

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CD Front Cover Artist Photos......

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Today me Josie and Laura worked together and was set a task to go and shoot some CD front cover photographs according to the artists genre:





This was a lot of fun to do and gave me an insight on how the genre of music effects the all around style of the artist and what we, as the audience, expect to see. We then later divided up the photos between us and decided to edit them via Photoshop in order to fully interpret the music/artists genre.


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CD/Album Cover Analysis....

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In today's post I will be analysing CD/Album covers, where I compare the iconic Beatles album cover for 'Abbey Road' to the Jonas Brothers inspired CD cover from them for their CD entitled 'L.A.':





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1 Minute Music Video Task - Final Music Video....

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This is my final piece for my 1 minute music video task, enjoy!










This is the original music video for the song Gone Gone Gone, by Phillip Phillips:






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1 Minute Music Video Task - Production....

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I have recently finished the filming for my 1 minute music video task for the song 'Gone Gone Gone' by Phillip Phillips. During filming I made sure that I stuck to Pete Fraser's 'Ten Steps to Success', which included bringing the music on set for timing purposes. Therefore allowing the actor to lip-sync in time with the song.

There where many positives to my location, including the fact that it was very spacious with no-one around, allowing us to explore further within the scenery to develop further shots - including shots for my future CD Cover for the 'single'. 

Here are some photos taken whilst filming:

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1 Minute Music Video Task - Storyboard....

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Here is my first attempt of my storyboard for my 1 minute music video task, as in this case I used a more structured storyboard, usually used for productions that aren't music videos. This is because there is no section in order to write the lyrics in order to make it easier to organise shots with your storyboard.

First attempt at the storyboard:

After realising that this was going to be harder for me to follow when filming due to the lyrics lacking, I then used a different storyboard template which included a segment for lyrics. However, then this one did not have the sections for shot types, but I added this in extra in red pen.

My final Storyboard:

Overall, I will be using both storyboards to help with the idea of camera movements as well, which is explained more in my first attempt.

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