Grime Genre Study

Action Plan 12

Action plan week 12 from harry johnston

Results of disagreement

The image above is showing the results of the disagreement that we had with the album cover.

The first option that Harry insisted was better won and people believed that it looked the better, which resulted in the first option getting the most votes.

The image above is the second option but it was not a popular option with our peers so we have decided to use the other option.

Album Cover Disagreement

During the editing stages there was a disagreement when editing the album front cover. Harry really liked having the title of the album in stages and in capital letters but I personally liked having it on the same level but not in caps lock.

Harry believes by having the title in caps lock it looks more professional. However i believe that having the title in normal casing can reflect on the character. The reason for this is because the character can be interpreted as being quite childish in the video.

To decide which one is best we will be asking our peers on which one they prefer.

We will use the results to see which one is more popular and then we will use the one that is more popular with our peers.

Back of album image

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.

Feedback for edit 2 of OYB

Old Yellow Bricks edit 2

Poster feedback #1

We have received a lot of feedback on our first poster draft. We have been told that we should choose an image that shows more of the main character; he is the sole focus of the video. This is rectifiable as we have a lot of original images that we can choose from.

We are also going to correct the spacing so that the ‘O’ in ‘Old’ is not disrupting the view of the lamppost; this is a stereotypical feature of the city, which we are going to include. We are also going to remove the Domino records logo and move it to the back cover.

Poster draft 1

Action Plan 11

Action plan week 11 from harry johnston

Feedback for edit 1 of album cover #1

Album cover edit 1

Old Yellow Bricks edit 1

Updated Narrative Analysis

Copyright Importance

Copyright explained and importance of abiding to copyright

When we sent an email to Domino records we stated that we wanted to see copyright for the song Old Yellow Bricks by the Arctic Monkeys so we can create a music video for educational purposes. They did not respond to our email but from previous knowledge with Domino records we knew that they had accepted our conditions because previously we used one of their songs and had permission to do so and we didn’t have any copyright strikes against us. If we did not seek permission for copyright then this would of resulted in our video having a copyright strike against it, which will then result in our video being taken down on YouTube, and even potentially face a penalty so it is very important to abide to copyright procedures. However to avoid these procedures being taken we will ensure that we email Domino records to gain access to this song in a legal and professional manor.

Copyright basics

Copyright acknowledges the efforts to create something and giving them the title of the creator and you must ask for permission to manipulate or use something that someone has created. It is effectively intellectual property that someone has created themselves and they control who has access to this and they can make profit from this as well like a YouTube video. YouTube music videos or YouTube videos make money from the advertisements that are on the video and the view count that the video receives. Record labels that represent the artists own most music video copyrights. If we fail to gain access to copyright then we can be excused because we are using this song for an understandable subject, which is for educational purposes.

Textual Analysis Practice

These images show feedback I have received on some Textual Analysis pieces of work, this is going to help me with my music video textual analysis as it has improved my analytical skills. I have focused on things such as post-modernism and I will use these skills in my music video textual analyses.

How we would distribute our music video

There are many ways that we can get our music video distrusted. We are not a studio and don't have our own record label so we cannot get a professional contract to distribute our music video. However there are other ways and one of them would be to use YouTube. On YouTube we would create our own YouTube channel that would have a title relating to the band Arctic Monkeys and through their we would be able to upload our music video with labels so that the audience can easily find it. After uploading this to the YouTube channel we will use social media pages like Facebook and Twitter to send out messages about the upload of the latest music video so that more people are aware. Additionally links to the music video will be put up on fan pages of Arctic Monkeys and message boards for music videos will be used so that more people can view our music video.

Action Plan 10

Action plan week 10 from harry johnston