Wednesday, 30 November 2011
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
Josh Woodward
This Is Josh Woodwards website it hosts all his music and his blogs, he talks about how the album I have used for the song he has made a remix version of it.
While looking at his website I noticed Josh had made his own vote as to what people want to buy in what for as you can see he discovered that digipaks were the favorite, he has created his own market research!
I found out what he uses to records his songs! And what he thinks about them!
My humble recording gear:
• (2) AKG C-414 mics - These are my workhorses. All vocals and guitars are done through these.
• (2) Shure SM-57 mics - I use these for toms.
• (1) Sennheiser MD-421 II mic - Used for snare and guitar amp.
• (1) AKG D112 mic - I only use this for the bass drum.
• (1) Audio Technica AT822 stereo mic - This is nice small-diaphragm stereo mic used for random stuff.
• (2) Apex 205 ribbon mics - Noisy, but an awesome value ($80) and a super-warm and comfy sound. My new go-to mics for electric guitar, and some vocals.
• Aphex 1100 preamp - Very transparent, but it's become noisy over the years and they can't fix it.
• Portico 5012-H preamp - Awesome vintage tone, very focused midrange.
• Audiofire Pre8 - A beautiful little interface.
• Roland DS-50A Monitors - Near-field monitors used for mixing down. I also use my crappy Labtec computer speakers for an embarassing amount of mixing and recording.
While looking though his photos I discovred his “shoots” I believe I could learn a lot from these as I can learn his style I also think that his sence of black and white contrast he uses a lot so something to keep in mind when taking my photos
While looking at his website I noticed Josh had made his own vote as to what people want to buy in what for as you can see he discovered that digipaks were the favorite, he has created his own market research!
I found out what he uses to records his songs! And what he thinks about them!
My humble recording gear:
• (2) AKG C-414 mics - These are my workhorses. All vocals and guitars are done through these.
• (2) Shure SM-57 mics - I use these for toms.
• (1) Sennheiser MD-421 II mic - Used for snare and guitar amp.
• (1) AKG D112 mic - I only use this for the bass drum.
• (1) Audio Technica AT822 stereo mic - This is nice small-diaphragm stereo mic used for random stuff.
• (2) Apex 205 ribbon mics - Noisy, but an awesome value ($80) and a super-warm and comfy sound. My new go-to mics for electric guitar, and some vocals.
• Aphex 1100 preamp - Very transparent, but it's become noisy over the years and they can't fix it.
• Portico 5012-H preamp - Awesome vintage tone, very focused midrange.
• Audiofire Pre8 - A beautiful little interface.
• Roland DS-50A Monitors - Near-field monitors used for mixing down. I also use my crappy Labtec computer speakers for an embarassing amount of mixing and recording.
While looking though his photos I discovred his “shoots” I believe I could learn a lot from these as I can learn his style I also think that his sence of black and white contrast he uses a lot so something to keep in mind when taking my photos
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
music Video Director
Spike Jonze
The music video director I looked at it Spike Jonze his visual style is very unique and stands out whenever you watch one of this videos. For example the two videos he made that stand out the most for me are Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim and Weezer by Buddy Holly, He seems to specialise in the Pop – rock genre of music as he also has worked with artists such as Jay-Z and Kanye West. His work is mainstream in the sense of very famous music videos and his use of narrative elements, Jonze also has a very quirky way of making the video fit the lyrics as it doesn’t fit like most videos do, this means its more eye catching and helps audiences to remember the song and video meaning more profit for the organisation which makes him popular.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Animation work
At the start of term we created a short animation using photos we had taken ourselfs, we then edited them in photoshop to get the images we wanted so we could layer the images ontop of each other to make a short animation, the end result is a short 42 second clip, I liked doing this and think i might try using this in my music video, below is the link to the clip we made:
Saturday, 10 September 2011
More Music video reviews
I decided to look at music videos that i always remember, this first one I looked at, I always remember because of the story it tells and the emotion it creates.
What I like about this video is that, its editing and styling. I like the clear cuts at the start which get faster with the music, I think a good music video works well if the music and the video is closely linked to each other, so it doesnt seem random or not fitting, i think this music video does that but cutting to the music, but at times dropping the music out to create a story/narrative which fits to the lyrics in the song, which helps make the meaning of the song more powerful. I like the styling of the mise en scene as you instantly assume that they are in afganastan/Iraq which helps the viewer connect with what this song is going to be about and creates a pull for the viewer to carry on watching, as the video goes on I enjoy the way it changes into become some what sc-fi like with the flying tanks, the way they attack it and some people look sacred at it for me the flying objects and the coming togeather or all war items represents war itself, therefore they reaction to it, is simular to peoples reactions of war.
What I like about this video is that, its editing and styling. I like the clear cuts at the start which get faster with the music, I think a good music video works well if the music and the video is closely linked to each other, so it doesnt seem random or not fitting, i think this music video does that but cutting to the music, but at times dropping the music out to create a story/narrative which fits to the lyrics in the song, which helps make the meaning of the song more powerful. I like the styling of the mise en scene as you instantly assume that they are in afganastan/Iraq which helps the viewer connect with what this song is going to be about and creates a pull for the viewer to carry on watching, as the video goes on I enjoy the way it changes into become some what sc-fi like with the flying tanks, the way they attack it and some people look sacred at it for me the flying objects and the coming togeather or all war items represents war itself, therefore they reaction to it, is simular to peoples reactions of war.
Monday, 4 July 2011
Evaluation of transition & Music video presentation
Before we started on our video we looked at what we thought were the best music videos and why, I picked Pink - stupid Girls
I picked this one because it fits with the song and the culture link between the girl having to decide which to pick which is very relevent at the time of the video and still is now. This video relates to goodwins theory in a few ways for example his theory about genre characteristics as it is relbelling against pop culture. there is a clear link bewteen the lyrics and the visuals, for example a girl walks into a door showing she is stupid.
This is the link to my transition video which was created by a group of us (4),
1) we picked this song as we all knew it the best and we could think of ideas of what we could do, as we all used to like them when we were little so already had a good meomry of the band and the band Image which helped us.
2) what I have learnt is that it is important to plan well and to make sure to take extra shots as back ups just incase another shot doesnt work. I also learn much more about editing and believe that some thought is needed before you film as at the end of a section you want to leave a few seconds for a clean cut.
3) Goodwins theory has connections to this also as it does demonstrate, genre characteristics as it is very cheesy and streotypical. there is lots of lots of close ups of the artist.
4) What i would do to for my assesed music video is plan more and take more time to film it, I would plan the editing too, also would like to expreiment with making it less conventional.
I picked this one because it fits with the song and the culture link between the girl having to decide which to pick which is very relevent at the time of the video and still is now. This video relates to goodwins theory in a few ways for example his theory about genre characteristics as it is relbelling against pop culture. there is a clear link bewteen the lyrics and the visuals, for example a girl walks into a door showing she is stupid.
This is the link to my transition video which was created by a group of us (4),
1) we picked this song as we all knew it the best and we could think of ideas of what we could do, as we all used to like them when we were little so already had a good meomry of the band and the band Image which helped us.
2) what I have learnt is that it is important to plan well and to make sure to take extra shots as back ups just incase another shot doesnt work. I also learn much more about editing and believe that some thought is needed before you film as at the end of a section you want to leave a few seconds for a clean cut.
3) Goodwins theory has connections to this also as it does demonstrate, genre characteristics as it is very cheesy and streotypical. there is lots of lots of close ups of the artist.
4) What i would do to for my assesed music video is plan more and take more time to film it, I would plan the editing too, also would like to expreiment with making it less conventional.
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