Friday, 31 January 2014
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The day My Kid Went Punk
This movie is an example of the stereotypical audience member for the genre of punk music. The disrespect of rules and social norms is displayed in the nature of unique clothing and hair. This creative self presentation is one that reflects the inner values of individualism. The lack of conformity is shown in the presentation of the teen.
The Punk Movement - America
"The punk movement has been around for decades, influencing generations and setting trends for both art and fashion." Harriet Coombs.
Flourishing in the 1970s, punk was an expression of youthful rebellion an
d anti-authoritarian.
The term Punk was used to describe unruly youths throughout American history. Therefore, due to the fact that every generation has created a sub-culture of shock and scandal, there is no limit to how far back we can trace the punk culture. Some even say that Elvis Presley was a punk.
The term ‘Punk Rock’ was used to describe rock and roll garage musicians in the 60s who broke the rules of rock due to the fact that they did not know the rules of music, examples of which include The Sonics and The Seeds.
Their manager Malcom McLaren encourage controversial public actions such as public emesis which began the outspoken and challenging attitudes of American Punk culture.
McLaren went on to discover the Punk scene in Britain with his then girlfriend Vivian Westwood, a pioneer of the punk fashion.
American punk represented the ability to achieve dreams. Technical skill was not a requirement making the music universal and available to any who desired to play. The CBGB music club became the birth place of the punk movement, causing punk to emerge from the underground scene into mainstream.
The performer-audience relationship became the main focus of Punk making punk for America what Tricia Henry deemed an, "underground rock movement consisted primarily of middle-class youths rejecting middle-class values." This was to have a profound effect on UK punk as it moved into Britain with McLaren and Westwood.
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Timetable
September - Band and Style chosen: Car Chase City (a punk band with grunge and alternative rock influences), CD cover and website research.
October - December - Research and development (Punk), conventions and similar artists (videos)
January 2nd- 18th - Further expanded research in more detail of similar bands music videos for further influence.
January 19th - Chosen song mixed and finalised : Im Not Drunk (I'm just feeling a little strange).
January 20th - Update blogs with group ideas and concepts.
January 21st - Basic concept for music video conceived.
January 22nd - Expanding upon music video concept.
January 23rd - Finalising core template for music video.
January 24th - Updated blogs with time-plan, Prop-list, costume list, set/ location and actors.
October - December - Research and development (Punk), conventions and similar artists (videos)
January 2nd- 18th - Further expanded research in more detail of similar bands music videos for further influence.
January 19th - Chosen song mixed and finalised : Im Not Drunk (I'm just feeling a little strange).
January 20th - Update blogs with group ideas and concepts.
January 21st - Basic concept for music video conceived.
January 22nd - Expanding upon music video concept.
January 23rd - Finalising core template for music video.
January 24th - Updated blogs with time-plan, Prop-list, costume list, set/ location and actors.
Props / Lighting / Costume / Actors and Location
Props:
-Music Equipment & Instruments:
- Microphones
- Guitars
- Bass Guitar
- Drum Set
- Amps etc.
- Lights
- Cigarette & Lighter
- Car
- Beer cans (empty)
Lighting:
- Need a dark set supported with back lighting.
- Extra sources of artifical light placed at certain angles to elevate or remove casted shadows.
N.B. Possibly ask for extra professional lighting kits from 'Afro' (Music Technician).
Costume:
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Actors:
- Band members : Gerard McCann, Phil Crean, Connor McCaffery, Luke Bell
- Possible outside members portraying crew members and the audience.
Location:
- A desolate/ isolated venue (possibly backstage - dark - no audience)
- A venue typical of where the band would play (bright and populated with an audience)
- Both areas will need to appropriately dressed for the different segments of the music video.
-Fibbers Magee
-Music Equipment & Instruments:
- Microphones
- Guitars
- Bass Guitar
- Drum Set
- Amps etc.
- Lights
- Cigarette & Lighter
- Car
- Beer cans (empty)
Lighting:
- Need a dark set supported with back lighting.
- Extra sources of artifical light placed at certain angles to elevate or remove casted shadows.
N.B. Possibly ask for extra professional lighting kits from 'Afro' (Music Technician).
Costume:
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Actors:
- Band members : Gerard McCann, Phil Crean, Connor McCaffery, Luke Bell
- Possible outside members portraying crew members and the audience.
Location:
- A desolate/ isolated venue (possibly backstage - dark - no audience)
- A venue typical of where the band would play (bright and populated with an audience)
- Both areas will need to appropriately dressed for the different segments of the music video.
-Fibbers Magee
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Website Designs
Website Designs
The Green Day website has a bright, attractive home page which is easy to navigate. The Bright colours and band logo header is important along with the layout of the navigation bar at the top of the page providing an easily accessible service.
We like the idea of having a simple layout with the use of colours to create clear sections of the page for easy access.
We like the simple navigation bar of the above websites and the simple layout. A clear, simple, site where all areas can be easily located is our main concept.
Some common features of Band pages are:- A clearly placed logo that can be easily seen.
- A navigation bar with easy access to different areas of the site.
- Links to subscribe to the website for more updates.
- Links to social media in order to allow the audience to follow the band.
- Samples of music and music videos to draw in a new audience that may be unfamiliar with the band and their music.
- recent tour dates and links to purchasing tickets.
We have found problems when looking at the websites for Blink 182 and New Found Glory as there is little instruction on how to access certain features of the site. We find the darker colours make the site less appealing and that the amount of space taken up by the band’s logo is too much as it creates an absence of more important features.
Jim Lockey and the Solemn sun
The website for Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun has a very clinical, clean appearance due the the use of neutral colours, this clinical attitude can also be portrayed in the banner, which can be viewed add to the professional feel on the site. The site also allows easy access to social media profiles and key information about the band such as tour dates.
Frank Turner
Similar to jlss , Frank turner's website has a very simple clean appearance with the colour scheme taken from his latest album "Tape Deck Heart". Similar to that of Jlss the site allows easy access to Frank's social media profiles and key information about the Artist such as tour dates. also the website has a directly link to the site where merchandise of the artist is sold.
Foo Fighters
Unlike the other pervious two website I studied their is no photo on the band on the homepage for the foo fighters this could be due to the fact Foo Fighters have a a larger following the FT and Jlss and perhaps don't have to market themselves as much. however one criticism is that the site feels outdate, it missing things such as link to media , obviously it has a link to the twitter account for the band but this seems to be the only social media, also a lot the links in the banners leads to empty webpages.
Sum 41
Similar to the website for Foo Fighters the homepage doesn't include a image of the band again this could be to do with the notoriety of the band, meaning there is less empathise on marketing the band apart for that is has everything you would expected links to social media and merchandise, one criticism I would have is that the white writing on the pale background is not aesthetically pleasing or practical,
Green Day
Green day's website is more what I expected of websites for a pop-punk artist it's use of vibrant colours is more of what I expected from our research, I mean in contrast to the other pop-punk bands in this post Sum-41,The Offsprings,New Found Glory,Simple plan and AAR. Also the site doesn't have many links to social media making it atypical of the other websites in two ways.
New found glory
Simple plan
The All-American Rejects
The Offspring
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