Conventions of Indie band posters

This is a presentation on how Indie bands present themselves using posters and how this compares to other artists from other genres of music.

Band name/logos

 This is the first logo we created for the band using 'band name generator'. This style also allowed us to use an anagram for our name going down the left side 'TCS'. However we thought the font didn't suit our intended genre of Indie.

 

 The second logo did suit our Indie genre however the font was again hard to read and didn't look very professional.

The third logo was the one we chose to be the main logo for our band, the font made it easy to read as well as the pattern at the end giving it an Indie feel which is what we wanted.

Call Sheet

For the filming of my music video I have created a call sheet to help organise the filming and make it easier for the people involved to understand what is happening and when.

Call sheet- Music Video 

Domino's Research

This is my research for the infamous indie record label 'Domino's'.

Music video Animatic

Digipak Analysis- The Black Keys

Digipaks are a type of packaging for CDs or DVDs, typically made from cardboard with an internal plastic holder for one or more discs, they are also usually made from recycled materials such as milk bottles and egg cartons etc.

CDs are usually just enclosed within a plastic casing which may contain a booklet giving you information about the CD or artist. Whereas digipaks often enclose CDs in cardboard casing and contains photos and posters of the band.                                                                         

                                                        

 This is a digipak from The black keys 2011 album titled- El camino. The digipak is made from a thin cardboard material which contains the CD. The front cover shows the Black keys first 'tour bus' to symbolise that they didn't start off as a big rock band with lots of money, showing the audience that they are just ordinary people. The digipak is also thinner and more compact than a normal plastic CD case.

The digipak then opens out into four sections each of which shows a picture of a vehicle all within the same town. One of the sections contains a booklet which shows photos of the tour for that album to give the audience some inside knowledge into how the album was made. Another section contains the CD which slides out of the side.

 However if you didn't want to unfold the digipak the CD is still accessible and is able to be taken from the side of the digipak when folded. The back of the digipak also contains a list of the songs that are featured on the album so that the audience know whether or not they'll like or have heard of any of the songs.































                                                                      

Digipak Analysis- Arctic Monkeys

The front cover of the 2007 album Favourite worst nightmare  shows the house where the lead singer Alex Turner use to live showing that the band came from an ordinary background, which is usually found within an indie genre showing their roots.
The front cover also has the bands logo in the top left hand corner as well as the title of the album which is emphasized by the yellow writing on a grey background.

Inside the digipak is the CD in the middle compartment and more art which is the same as on the front cover. Again the art is in bright vibrant colours to make it stand out more compared to the dull background.

The back of the The digipak shows a picture of the back of the house to create a theme that the digipak is Alex turners house. The back also carries on with the same colour scheme of yellow writing on a dull grey background.