The Kooks CD cover and Website: Inspiration

The Kooks album cover is definitely one of my favourite. I love the black and and white theme within these artists as it looks more alluring. Looking at these noir album covers directly makes me think of Indie Pop/ Rock bands as they have a similar exterior.

In this case the album cover name "Inside in Inside Out" which is labelled in red looks rather attractive and initially brought to my attention. It takes away from the dull side of the album which some may consider. There is a slight graduation from the white to the artists sitting down playing their guitars, this doesn't make the album look to chaotic and separates the band to the title/ band name.  At the moment the bands tour is being established so the tour dates are the only page on the website that you can actually get into. From what we can gather, the band has stuck to a black background and a grey font which is written in a large format in Bold (and all capitals). This is similar to what I had in mind.

Paolo Nutini CD cover and Website: Inspiration

Nutini's album 'These Streets' was released on 17th July 2006 and immediately entered the UK album charts at number three. The album cover consists of three colours in strips going along vertically.

I like this cover as I think it works, each colour possibly representing each individual artist. However, in my case I have one artist and this might not look suitable. I could however take separate shots of Jem in different stances and use them. This look is more fun and not as sophisticated, slightly more playful.

Again, this website is rather sleek and clean. The white background works really well with the title and the other interior of the website. The new album cover is what fills in the colour for the font which looks really interesting. This again will remind whomever is looking at the website there is new music being launched/ or launching. All of this acts as a catalyst to help promote the marketing of the band and looks good.

The layout is also really immaculate, it all ties in really well and looks good. Having the same font from the title to the content on the left makes it look more organised and tidy. This is definitely a layout I will be taking into consideration for my website.

Saint Raymond CD cover and Website: Inspiration

To the left, is the website for singer Saint Raymond. I really like the colour scheme for the artist because I think it works for him, a website full of colour wouldn't work for his appearance. In the background there are photographs that have been torn up and put together like a collage/montage which keeps him young and cool (not taking himself too seriously and keeps him youthful).
The photographs could also reflect the songs he produces, possible around the themes of being drunk/young and in love.  The white font stands out and looks effective; swell as the font which works well. This is definitely a concept I would like to use with our artist because again it focuses on a younger audience and looks pretty cool!

This is the CD cover from his album 'Young Blood'. As you can see it is really similar to the website, in fact the photographs are exactly the same. The artist's name and album name have been combined within making it look sleek and out together. I really like this look, I think it is different and works well and lets us think he is pretty laid back and focusing on the music rather then his public appearance instead of having a photograph of him on the front cover of his album.

Editing: Finishing the rough cut

Today, we finished the rough cut for our music video. We need to make sure the next time we edit that we cut more because some of the scenes are too long. Together we also agreed on over laying some of the shots that are next to each other because the projection shot has the same background as the foreground in the prior or following shot.

Overall. we are really happy with the way the video looks at the moment and now we are going to create a survey on survey monkey so we can gather our primary audience.

Artist comparison 'Coasts'

Our artist 'Coats' whom we are using for our music video have a indie/pop genre to their music. I have also been looking at other artists that have similar genres in their music. For example bands and artists such as Smallpools, Saint Raymond and COIN sound the same and fall under the same indie/pop genre. It isn't just their music that makes them similar its also their appearance which make them fall under the same category. They both have a primary audience of 18-25, and have the 'boy-band' look which catalyses themselves for a younger audience.

Editing in todays lesson 2/12/2016

Today in class, Me and Wini tried to finish putting all the shots in order. We are nearly close to finishing the rough cut of the video, and it looks really good. We realised though today that towards the end of the song there is actually about 10 seconds worth of sound of the waves, as it finishes the chorus comes back again but it sounds really interesting and breaks up the video/song because sometimes it can sound quite repetitive.

Although, we realised we need to hurry up editing as we are taking longer then usual. We have nearly finished we just don't want to rush anything. It needs to be finished by next week because we need to present to our different audiences.

Theorist: David Gauntlett

David Gauntlett is a British sociologist and media theorist. He specializes in studying contemporary media audiences, the every making and sharing of digital media, and the role of such media in self-identity and self-expression.

Gauntlett published ‘Media Studies 2.0’ online in 2007, which argues that classic media studies fails to define when the categories of ‘audiences’ and ‘producers’ unite, and that new, altered teaching methods are needed.

He states that because of web 2.0, we as audiences can become our own producers thanks to websites such as YouTube. Through this we can create our own identity and even influence other peoples.


Through this, gender identity for example, has become less constricted to previous representations. Web 2.0 allows us to create our own unique identity that doesn’t necessarily follow traditional understandings of gender. The ability and freedom that web 2.0’s allowed means it is now far more acceptable to be different and accepted for our individuality.