Final A2 Coursework

Final A2 Coursework 

The video embedded below is the second draft to the music video. It has not undergone drastic changes but there has been some modifications. I have added more cutaway shots and I have tried to make a narrative more clear by including a male subject in the video as the lyrics are about "teenage love" and in the first draft I only included one teenager. I also added more close ups of the band and used more of the green screen editing.

A2 Final Draft - 'She Said' Music Video - Joseph Reeves from Joe Reeves on Vimeo.

Village Green Documentary

Village Green EPQ 

I am in the process of creating a documentary. I have created a video on music festivals with examples and interviews from Village Green, a small arts and music festival in Southend-on-Sea. I used iMovie to create this short film and I have spent time trying to get the timing on the editing and the speed of the video. This video is still in the making. I had the opportunity to work with Metal Arts company who organise the event to film and promote the festival. I also got to visit BBC Essex Radio Station and sit in and then interview the band 'Asylums' who are heavily involved in Metal.

Village Green from Joe Reeves on Vimeo.

Landscape

Landscapes

These are photographs of different landscapes I have taken. The first two were taken on a train. I wanted to get the blur of the trees and the juxtaposition with the stillness of the sky.

 The panoramic was taken in Kingston-on-Thames. The photo shows the true beauty of the river Thames a bit further inland. Also I wanted the forest in the photo to show nature at its best.

The photo below was taken on an iPhone 7. The sky was beautiful and I wanted to capture this moment through a photo and so I did. The silhouettes of the houses and telephone poles add to this photo as it shows that in a built up area, nature still exists and can be stunning.

Gig Photos

Photos from Concerts

These are some photos from different concerts I have been to. When I go to gigs I often take photos for memories and also because often the performance includes lighting and back drops. The pictures are all from mainly indie rock / alternative bands performances. These photos are taken because I often want visual reminders and memories of the gigs I attend. 

Alt-j

The Libertines

Peace

Wolf Alice

Peace 

Swim Deep

Bastille

London

London

These are shots of when I went to London. I took videos of the tube and other unique shots for a project I was working on and still am. I wanted shots that show the true form of London with the hustle and bustle of the city.

London from Joe Reeves on Vimeo.

Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea

Below are photographs I took at Southend Seafront at sunset. These photos capture the true beauty that can be found within nature. Living by the sea I have never truly understood how amazing it is to watch the sun set over the sea and watch it get swallowed into the sea. These photos were taken on my iPhone 7.

This is a time lapse I created in Southend-on-Sea. This was also shot on my iPhone 7. The sun can be seen setting over the sea and also the tide going out can be viewed. There are seagulls flying around and this sums up Southend seafront.

Time lapse of sunset from Joe Reeves on Vimeo.

Photos - Mallorca

Mallorca

These are some photos that I took on my DSLR camera in 2015. These photos were shot in Mallorca, the first three at a port and the final being a view that I had. I added a black and white filter onto these first photo as I was playing about with different filters and this just made the water clear and still and the plants on the left side were also more visible with this filter.

Port

The image below is at the same port and I wanted to get a shot that would show land, sea and sky in one image. This was done by getting the perfect angle and focus on the camera. The boats were very aesthetically pleasing and this fits into the scene.

Port

The image below is a view from a balcony of the beach. This photo has no edit on it as I wanted to get the scenery in it's purest form. The seaweed can be seen with the transition in the light blue and the dark blue in the sea. There is a ship in the water which adds to the scene.

View

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A2 Music Video First Draft

A2 Music Video First and Second Draft

These videos form part of my A2 coursework. I have created a music video for an indie/alternative band. To fit this theme I decided to have a psychedelic feel to the video through the use of the lights being green screened in the background of a few shots.

A2 First Draft - 'She Said' Music Video - Joseph Reeves from Joe Reeves on Vimeo.



 

Subject for A2 Media

Subject for A2 Media

These are photographs of the girl who was the main subject in my music video. These are some shots I took of her for potential use on my ancillary products, however I decided against this because they didn't fit my theme. The photos were taken on my iPhone 7 and I used flash on the second one and it seemed to focus the photo on my subject.

The photo below was taken and then I added the same effect as in my coursework as I was experimenting for the ancillary products. This didn't look right for either the magazine advert or the digipak so I left it out, however I like how the blue effect sits on the subjects plain white t shirt.

A2 Still Image

A2 Still Image - Digipak and Magazine Advert

These images are those that I have taken and produced to support the music video that I have edited. 

Front Cover

This is the front cover of what is going to be my CD case. I have the same effect that is seen in the music video as I wanted to keep up conventions by having a brand identity that is noticeable. I also used a unique typography throughout the digipak to again present this idea of the band having their own brand identity. I used a colour match for the album name to give continuity between the background and the album name. I added a drop shadow to both of the typographies to make it more visual and stand out against the background.

Inside Cover

This is the inside cover of my digipak. I thought that his would be a nice effect as it seems to be the same photo. This is not the same photo but I wanted to show that I have taken multiple shots. I was going to add the same psychedelic effect but I thought that this would be overpowering. The brand identity is followed through the model being the same as her hair is unique and recognisable.

Inside Cover

The inside right cover will be behind the CD itself. I followed the brand identity through using the hallucinatory visuals and also the same typography and colour on the front cover. Around the outside I have written the main copyright and other bits that are conventional in digipaks.

Back Cover

The back cover is slightly larger than the other dimensions as it has to fit into the back cover of the jewel case. Also I have the spines on both sides of the cover. This is conventional in digipaks because of when on a shelf it is easy to spot and chose the album. I have copied the title directly from the front cover to follow the brand identity and in-house theme. The background is a screenshot form the iTunes visualiser. I have made up 10 song names which is average for an indie band because there is not too many songs that it is overpowering but there is enough so that it does not look too minimal and bare. I added a barcode and copyright text as well as the record label to follow conventions for a back cover on a digipak.

Magazine Advert

This is the advert for the new album 'Tainted Eternity'. As can be seen it has the lights as the photo. I dragged the brand name and album title from the front cover to make sure it was exactly the same typography and colour to follow the brand identity. I have used the same font for the date and all the other information included on the advert. i have shown that it is available on different platforms and also it can be bought from iTunes. There is a website link on the bottom too so people can read more about the band on this. Also there is the record label in the bottom right corner to follow codes and conventions of magazine adverts.

Flatplan for A2

Flatplan for A2

These are images of my flatplan sketches. They clearly show my intentions and I feel this has been accurately recreated in my final products.

In my jewel case flatplan I drew six boxes as I was going to create a six panel digipak, however when it came to the production I thought that four was much more conventional and looked more aesthetically pleasing than the six panel jewel case. The drawings were fairly similar to how my final product turned out which I am pleased with.

Digipak Flatplan

The images below are flat plans for different magazine adverts. I initially had a different name for the album but decided to change it as it wasn't linked to anything. I wanted there to be a running theme in both the ancillary products and the music video itself so I took the line "eternity tainted" and swapped the two words to get to my final name. The design itself was going to include a photo of the band or a photo of a landscape but I realised that this would not link to the digipak I had created as there is no actual images of the band on there. With this in mind I decided to keep up the theme of the visualiser and so took a screenshot of that and put that as my main photo.

I created a story board for the video itself. This is similar to my final video however there were different ideas and motifs that I adapted to fit the theme.

AS Level Coursework

Music Magazine for AS Level Coursework

This is my AS level coursework. I created a music magazine front page, contents page and double page spread. I used Photoshop to create my front page and contents page. Photoshop was useful as for my front cover I had a main image and then I edited different texts and images on top of this main image. 

Front Cover

Photoshop was useful for the contents page as I wanted to add lots of different texts such as the band index and other useful news in the music industry. I added lots of different white text boxes to match the white background that I created this page on.

Contents Page

For the double page spread I used InDesign which is similar to Photoshop. This was fairly difficult to grasp how to use because it was difficult to get the text and pull quote out. I used a photo  of my model on the second page and on the first page I wrote an interview with the artist.

Double Page Spread

Sub-culture 

Youth Subcultures: What are they now?

Youth Subcultures have changed dramatically in the past two or three decades. In the mid-80's and the 90's youth subcultures were completely different to what they are now. People used to dress based on the music that they chose to listen to, for example there were the punks who clearly listened to punk music such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Punks used to have brightly coloured mohicans and wore leather jackets with their own customised studs all over the jacket. There were also metallers who listened to heavy metal music. They would stereotypically wear all black with baggy trousers with silver chains on them. There was a clear link to the youth subcultures and music in the 1980's. Nowadays it is clear that this has changed. There are a few reasons why this may be. One reason could be that the youngsters of today are too concerned about their futures in the current financial climate to be creative. Another reason may be because teens are so satisfied by the plethora of entertainment on offer that they don't need to rebel in the way that they dress.

British Youth Subcultures

British youth subcultures were first recognised by an American sociologist named Talcott Parsons who came up with the idea of "youth culture".  Many sociologists worked on subcultures but there was one that really defined Britain. This was Hoggart and Hall who researched different cultures such as Hippies and Skinheads (who are a main part of subcultures in Britain). The Beatles are one of the biggest bands ever from the United Kingdom and they had a huge following. Their crowd were seen as quite outrageous as after one concert they found urine staines on the seats. This shows that the Beatles' fans were quite outgoing and didn't really care what they did and who it affected. Many people thought this was ridiculous but only because they didn't understand the trend of the 60's.

NME and the Death of the Music Press

Music magazines today are now nowhere near as big as they were in the nineties. Q magazine used to be selling three times what it is now. They used to sell around 200,000 copies a month which has now dropped to around 50,000 which is a big loss of customers. NME is the same, selling only 20,000 copies in one week. NME has rebranded completely in the past few months. In August NME sold it's last copy ever. It rebranded and is now a free music magazine as they weren't making enough money to survive. The first copy of the free edition had Rihanna on the front cover who is a pop musician. NME is traditionally and indie rock magazine with Noel Gallagher having been the person on the front cover the most. This is suggesting that NME has tried to appeal to a completely different genre of music by having Rihanna and Taylor Swift on the front cover. The change has completely ruined the experience that the indie, alternative youth subculture used to have before it became free. My genre (indie,alternative rock) now have to suffer as we do not get the pleasure of seeing our favourite bands or rock musicians on the front.

Codes and Conventions of Music Videos

Codes and Conventions of Music Videos

This is a powerpoint I created outlining the basics of music videos and different conventions that are often seen within them.

Codes and conventions of music videos from joereeves1999