Digipack analysis (System Of A Down self titles album)

On this page i will be analysing the digipack of the self titled album produced by "System Of A Down" this album 1998 and happened to be their debut album.

As you can see when the album is purchased is does not only come with one disk, it comes with two disks and the disks appear to be in a vinyl record style but are the size of a CD this is different from other cd's released by other bands and this may attract more customers as it is uique and it shows some sort of  t the album on the inside of the album this may explain to the audience what to expect from this band or it may just briefly be a thank you for buying the album 

Digipack template

When I take pictures to do my album cover i will also need to use some pictures to create a digipack for the album to do this I will be using a template. This will make it easier for me to produce this digipack as I will know where to put the pictures on the digipack so i know which picture is at the front, back etc. the template I will be using is just a simple one i found on google images which is good because i don't want an overcomplicated template when it is going to look the same at the end anyway. 

Video analysis of "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters

This song is a protest song and was wrote about the iraq war. It is also about how the politicians lie to the people and the writer of the song sees straight through all the lies that they tell. "Keep you in the dark, you know they all pretend" when this lyric is sang it would appear asif he is singing directly to the american people and referring to the politicians as "they"and saying they "keep you in the dark" and "pretend"

In the first verse where the lyrics begin "bring in your skeletons" the singer could be referring to soldiers when he says "skeletons" this could just be a word used instead of soldiers or it could also be used because he may think the soldiers are as good as dead

Personal skills audit

From doing Media I will gather a range of skills that I will need in order to create a succesful music idea. I gathered a lot of these skills from doing AS media this will help me in my A2 project but my skills will need to be improved as they are not quite up to scratch to get the grade I aspire to get from  doing this A2 project.

The skills i will need are:

• Camera skills - I will need skills in order to take different shots to put in my video i am producing. 

• Editing skills - I will need to have editing skills as i will need to edit the shots i have taken to put them together at the right time in the music video.

• Creativity - I will need to be creative when I am producing this so when i come around to making my video it will not be boring and will show elements of my creativity in there. 

Photoshoot Planning

On this page I will be explaining what I intend to do when I do my photoshoot. When i get my photos from my photoshoot it will not only be for my photoshoot but i will also be taking shots I have taken to use in my Digipack and my music video advert as this it will be easier to take these shots at the same time and will be time efficient for myself. What I intend to do with my photoshoot is have several individual shots of each member of the band, in the photo of Peter (The singer) I would like to have a picture of he from the side whist he is holding the microphone with the drums behind him but edit the camera lens so that the drums are blurred. i would also use use a spotlight to emphasise on Peter so that would put less emphasis on the drums. I would also put the name of the song where the blurred drums are, I will do this by using photoshop to put the text over the top. I would also like to do the same shot of Peter doing this but facing the camera.

As for jake (the drummer of the band) I would like to take a shot of him with a drum stick in his mouth with his hood up I would like to do this as it would look good as part of a digipack for the band, I could also use this "drum stick in the mouth idea" to do shot where he appears to be writing song lyrics whist doing this. To do this i use a spot light in him and do a close up shot of the thought he is putting into writing the lyrics. I would also like to do a shot where he is leaning against his drum set and the drum stick is in midair and jake is about to catch it i would use lighting from the side of jake and use a medium shot here.

The idea I had for Jerome (the guitarist of the band) would be have a picture of him playing the guitar and have lighting coming from right to left, I believe this would make a more professional look for the digipack. I will also have a shot of him stood up playing in front of a microphone to show him doing backing lyrics this shot will be a close up.

For the bassist (Alex) I would just like to take several different shots of him, mostly without the his bass as if I have all the band playing their instrument it will not show much creativity and will not look like I have put much thought into the photoshoot as everyone will just basically be doing the same thing.

Photo editing software

When I do my photo shoot with my band for my Digipack, album cover etc. the software I will be using to edit the photos when I upload them to the Mac will be Phostoshop CS5 extended edition as this would be the best program I could use to do this to edit it if there is something i do not like in the photo or i just need to change a few things such as reflections etc.

Video editing software

The editing software i will be using is Final Cut HD i will be using this program because it has many uses in editing videos which will come in handy when i come around to editing the shots i have taken for my music video. This program offers a variety of techniques in which can be used to edit videos as you will see in the production of my music video.