Our song choice

The two most popular songs that we were going to base our music video off were either Sweater weather by The Neighborhood or Old Yellow Bricks by Arctic Monkeys. We decided to go with Old yellow bricks because when we analysed the lyrics we realized that we could create a higher quality production with the lyrics in this song because the shots can be easily planned and the context of the lyrics were easy to understand. The lyrics of sweater weather were more difficult to deal with simply because it would be hard to recreate during filming to give meaning. Also the song is long and is not upbeat which can be a problem for us because it can cause the video to be boring because it is long and not upbeat and having quality content which will make it interesting even though the beat is not uplifting can be a very difficult task. However Old Yellow Bricks is the opposite and is a song that is upbeat and a song where filming quality footage can be easily achieved.

Ancillary image no.3 analysis

This image is very similar to the first image, however we believe it is not as suitable, simply because the character is in the middle of the frame as opposed to the left hand side. This makes it more difficult to feature a track list on the album cover which we feel is an important aspect. We have considered using this image however we will most likely opt for something else.

Ancillary image no.6 analysis

We have all of these images and we think that they may be useful to us in some way, however we have not yet decided where we would use them. These images help to depict the grimier side of the city whilst it is still clear that it is in fact a city. We may utilise these pictures in our digipak as they clearly show that the protagonist is unhappy.

Ancillary image no.2 analysis

We feel like this image would be suitable for the bag cover of our CD case. This is because there is good framing; there is a lot of space on the right that would be perfect for a tracklist. Also, the position of the protagonist provides a very reflective tone which fits with the narrative within our video; the protagonist is trying to work out why he no longer feels like he is at home.

Ancillary no.5 image analysis

We feel like this image would be good for our poster; we wanted to create quite a poster that somewhat strays away from the ideas within our video, our video has a heavy focus on seeing the protagonist's face however with this image we chose one that instead shows the back of his head. This helps to create the representation that maybe there is more to this character than how he is presented within the actual video; he is not this black and white simple character that simply wishes to leave for no reason, there are much deeper reasons behind his choices.

This image will help us to portray this as yet again, it has a reflective tone that leaves the audience wondering what he is thinking about. Again, this image captures a lot of pivotal points about London such as the Thames, the classic lamppost, the bridge and the skyline visible in the background.

Ancillary image no.4 analysis

We really like this image and so do our audience. We think that it encapsulates a lot of elements of the city that are important to our plot. For example, you can see the City of London crest, the cannon street sign, the Barbican Smithfield sign, the red telephone box and the cathedral. These aspects are all common features of a city especially London.

Also, the natural aspect of this image which comes from the trees on the left and the plants on the right helps to contrast the urban scenery; these things capture the natural aspect of the place the protagonist moves to to escape the city.

Overall the mies-en-scene of this image helps to justify us choosing this image as our CD cover. The spacing of the image with the stairs gives us a place to put text which is what we are planning ongoing for out CD cover.

Ancillary image no.1 analysis

We feel like this image is perfect for what we want. The reason as to why we want this image to be the back cover for our album is because of the great lighting and space on the image. The space on the right is big enough to put the songs from the album on.

It also shows the main character pondering; he is reflecting on his time in the city.
The image represents obscured emotion from the character in the city.
This image is preferable to all the other options because of the side angle; we think it creates a more reflective tone.

Action Plan 9

Action plan week 9 from harry johnston

Ancillary images for poster and album