Album Covers

I have taken a number of photos that I may use for my album cover. These particular photos, I feel, will capture the narrative. I have taken influence from Slipknot's own album cover so that I know that mine will be appropriate.

For my album cover, I want to either have a shot of the band, or a narrative. This is because the majority of Slipknot's covers have a shot of the band. Slipknot normally show the whole band together without their instruments, I will take influence from this but I think that I will include the narrative for the cover, this is because I think that it will fit with the particular song well. 

Fonts

I have experimented with many different fonts to help find the most appropriate one for my album cover. I have used software such as Photoshop to create the most suitable font possible. Photoshop also allows me to alter the colour easily which gives me the opportunity to create synergy between all my work. I have created a 'Slideshare' to show my evidence and progress throughout the period of time it took to create the font sample. The font is important as it will be the first thing that people will see when they pick up the album so I will need to create the right vibe for it. This is why I have used dark colours predominantly for the font, I feel this will help to enforce the stereotype for the genre of heavy metal as this colours is used on a range of heavy metal album covers.

Editing

I have started my editing, so I have print screened my progress so far. I have used the program Adobe Premiere Pro to edit my footage. Below you can find the stages of the editing. The most difficult part of editing is the lip-syncing, this is because I need to get the timing spot on. I am still a long way off finishing my editing as I have a lot a footage to go through and I want it to look the best it can.

Here, I have used the bend effect, I have chosen to do this because it think that it works well with
the music in the shot. I feel that it creates a good emotion and will be effective.

Slipknot Album Covers

I have decided to research album covers for Slipknot, this will help me to create an album cover that is similar to Slipknot, this will help to create an appropriate album cover. As you can see, two of the albums have a shot of the band, I think that this is stereotypical of the genre, I will use this for my album cover as I think that it will be effective and appropriate. The band has also used dark colours such as red and black, I will use these colours for my cover so that it fits with the genre.

Storyboards

I have created storyboards for my music video, this so I can structure the video. This means that I will be able to follow my plan and make a professional and organised music video. this will allow me to film my video with the correct timing and use the shots the exact way in want to.

Locations

For the location of my music video, I want to make it similar to locations that Slipknot use, this is because it means that I will be able to set the mise-en-scene. I will try to use dark, secluded scenes, this will help me to set the mood for the video. I have taken pictures of some of the scenes I will possibly use.

I have chosen scenes with fields that are quite open, this because a lot of the scenes that Slipknot use are quite open. I am using these particular scenes for the band performance, this is because I think that it creates an appropriate mise-en-scene and will be able to get some good footage.

I am going to use these shots for the narrative, this is because I think that it will fit well and will help to make the narrative clearer. I am hoping to use locations carefully so it create an emotion for the mise-en-scene.

Audience Research

I have conducted some audience research from some of the students in my school, this will help me to receive their opinion for features I may possibly use for my media video and album cover. Below you can find students looking at the original video for 'Spit It Out' and looking at my album title samples. This will help me to produce work that it suitable and has been tailored by my audience to make it better.