Thursday, 8 November 2012
Band Name Ideas
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Monday, 8 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Song Choice
Our group has decided to do Pelican by The Maccabees. This follows our indie genre which we have decided to follow during our research and planning posts. We have chosen this song because it has quite easy lyrics and the narrative of the lyrics is easy to understand, also the Maccabees are a very indie genre band and has the image we want to go for when creating our own music video.
Image Annotation
Our own ideas/twist to the bands image
After thoroughly researching the genre, we have learned that bands that belong to the indie rock genre tend to dress quite casually, with a modern twist. This is incredibly useful to us, as we can easily attain these items of clothing and therefore can replicate the Indie image. An extremely common visual element associated with the majority of Indie bands would be skinny/drain pipe jeans, therefore we will definitely include this in the performance elements of our music video.
While researching Indie fashion we also discovered that denim is a common feature of popular Indie Group's attire. This also conforms to the casual Indie look, as the faded denim gives this "worn/faded" appearance that matches our initial ideas. They are also incredibly affordable, and easy to attain. The other image shows perhaps a more sophisticated look, although it can also enhance the "worn" image. We are considering using a similar item as many ambient Indie Groups feature them and it conveys what we wish to represent.
The images below show footwear that we believe helps us as an audience distinguish a band as being part of the Indie Rock genre. This is incredibly practical as I actually possess a pair of Desert boots, and a pair of brown loafers can be easily attained. This combined with the previous elements would suggest to the audience that we are from the Indie genre, and that is obviously what we wish to convey.
The instruments below are typical instruments used by Indie Rock musicians, especially the Fender Telecaster. The implementation of hollow body guitars also adds an elegant look that conforms to the relatively smart attire of the band members. This is again incredibly practical as I own both of these particular models; and will distribute them to the band members during the filming stages. I feel that all of these elements will easily help us achieve the casual/smart Indie appearance we originally aimed to achieve.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Monday, 24 September 2012
Analysis of Tellison - Edith
Tellison music video, Edith follows a narrative about a cat that has died related to the main character. The band are shown throughout the video quite plainly in plain white suits and ties performing for their audience which follows a typical convention of an indie/alternative rock music video. The main character in the blue superhero mask (top left) is wrestling people to try and win the trophy to make his cat proud. This narrative of the music video is quite random and doesn't always make sense throughout but the audience can find this quite humourous when he is fighting the different people and when he looks at the cat picturre (bottom right). Comparing this to a video like The Wombats or Mumford and Sons, The Cave video, this Tellison music video seems quite strange and unique and is set in one particular location unlike The Cave which involves the band travelling around on mopeds. The facial expressions from the band shows the audience that they are involved in the fight and are there with them so they aren't just performing as a band they are individual characters. Constant close ups of the instruments such as the guitars and drums shows the audience that they are real and what to show them what talent they have. Also long shots are used at the beginning and at the end of the video to show the similarites between the progress in time of the video and how they all compare to each other as one band. Before the video ends there is a mid shot of a shrine in which the main character has created for his cat, even though the lyrics may be talking about a girl it shows the change in meaning which the lyrics can hold and shows the main character as an obsession with his cat, Edith. Tellison Edith, links with the indie genre because Tellison aren't as well known as other bands such as Two Door Cinema Club, Mumford and Sons etc. This is because indie bands are mainly independent which is the reason why their work is so unique and different from pop music and rock music. Putting it inbetween these two genres shows the audience how different they are and how they represent themselves as a band or artist as becoming a different genre by the conventions they follow.
Record Label Research
Rough Trade are a British Indie record label who were first discovered in 1978 by a man called Geoff Travis who founded the label company in his old Notting Hill record shop. This record label produced bands such as The Smiths, The Fall, and Stiff Little Fingers. Stiff Little Fingers was the first album to be released by Rough Trade records and sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. However, soon after this success the label went bust in 1991, losing a full decade but soon after relaunched back in 2000. Travis, the founder of the company found a small band in New York called The Strokes. The parent company of Rough Trade is now called Beggars Group, although Rough Trade creates bands today like Anthony and The Johnsons. Rough Trade Records base themselves in Greater London and some Rough Trade shops are scattered around the City Of London near Notting Hill and Waterloo. I think this label would be best for our band because it links more to indie bands and quite independent bands just like The Maccabees.
Creation Records are a British label company who created some of the most well known famous bands in society today. It was founded in 1983 and from 1983 to 1999 the company had created the most amazing indie/alternative rock music of all time. As most record label companys attract signings with good deals, Creation sign bands with a 'rock and roll' image related to sex, drink and drugs. Oasis was one of their biggest successes as well as Primal Scream who sold thousands neck and neck throughout their labelling years. Hoever, creation records was very successful when Oasis arrived but the founder Allan Mcgee couldn't keep a decent profit to keep it alive.
Daniel Miller (above) established the most one of the UK's biggest independent labels when he released a single in 1978. The single which happened to be a success had Millers address written on the back in which hopeful musicians sent him demos of their own work. He decided off his own back to release some of these songs and they became very successful. For example, Erasure are now a very well known and successful group still going on today also Goldfrapp was one of the lucky ones to have their single being released by a very successful British company. Mute companys are based in and around the City of London included Fulham and Kingston upon Thames.
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