Thursday, 7 October 2010

Digi Pack Analysis


 Firstly the names of the songs and the videos have been writen in a vey small font but is easy to see because of the colour, the writing is white and the background is a very dark colour. The media has been seperated into three different catagories , CD 1, CD2 and The short films. The background is a very dark shade of brown. it seperates in the middle , on the left it is a very light shade of brown but on the right is a close to black shade of brown, this is good because it makes the writing much easier to see. Although the idea of this CD is to intertain the feel of the colour is very dark and cold with only a thew light colours, this being the red on his leather jacket which is a very masculine colour, this implies that the CD is very masculine and in control. The iconic picture of micheal jackson is on the left of this CD back and is there to draw your attention. They used a vey old picture of Micheal , back when he was just a amazing singer and there was no publicity problems and before he also changed his skin colour. He looks very youthfull in this picture , with his fashionable haircut and what looks like make-up on ( he put alot of efort on posing in this picture). Also i noticed the 15 certificate on this CD , this tells me that there is a age limit which gives them a target audience of people over the age of 15. The gold borders on each side which say it is the 25th Aniversary of the artist symbolises that this CD is special , treasure like. At the bottom it has the long list of companies who have sponsered this CD, making it look very popular and looking like a great soundtrack.

The inside of the CD has two sides, on the left there is a small booklet with a picture of micheal dressed up like he did in his hit music video 'Thriller'. In this picture he is wearing a Red leather jacket which is a very masculing colour, it is also a colour which symbolises being hot or sexy.He is also holding a women under his arm which is also a masculine thing to do because it shows that he is control. The women's face has been hidden by Micheals arm which could symbolise that women are not good enough, it could symbolise sexcism.
The picture on the left compared to the picture on the right is very different but i think it symbolises good and bad or evil and heavinly. the picture on the left is very dark and it symbolises satan with the colour red and black and with his contacts in ( very satanic or devily). The picture on the right although is very dark , Micheal sits in the middle . glowing. he looks very angel like with his pure white suit which would symbolises purity and goodness. Another symbol of purity and kindness is what Micheal is holding , he is holding a baby tiger , this i think would draw in women. This also symbolises his love for animals and shows his sensitive side, it also tells us about his mini zoo in house near his resort neverland. In both pictures Micheal is making eye contact with the camera , this shows him geting in touch with the audience. For the remake of the CD they have used all the old picture what were used on the old cover. Because this CD is an anniversary of Micheals main album it only has pictures of Micheal , this keeps the attention him.



This is the fron cover to Micheals anniversary CD, the first thing i see is the big glowing picture of Micheal in the middle of the cover. He is wearing a pure white suit with his blazer open showing a black shirt underneath. The white suit is symbolising purity and goodness where the black shirt underneatrh might mean his dark side underneath his purity. I think this is a good picture for the front cover because of its editing , i am possitive it has been fixed , it gives Micheal a really good image. His skin is very clear and his hair is close to perfect. It really makes it loo like Micheal takes care of himself. He is looking directly into the camera which would tell us that he is in touch with the audience and therfore connects to them. The way he is possitioed is lying down , this shows he is relaxed and therfore relaxes you , and gives you a hint into the genre of his music.There is a light behind him which makes it look like Micheal is glowing , very saint like.


The cover is borderd with a gold border, this makes the cover look very royal, this makes the audiece also feel like royalty.  Over the top of the photograph of Micheal is a Aughtograph by Micheal himself, this makes the CD cover look very special and personal. This will make the buyer feel like the copy they pick up is personalised.
The  writing on the side of the CD cover says that it was the worlds biggest selling album of all time , this tells the buyer that it is a must buy. This is writen is a white font , this makes it very bold because of the pure black background. It also says that it is the 25th anniversary in gold lettering , once again making it look very royal and expensive.

Friday, 24 September 2010

Rough trade 1970's

Rough trade was created in 1978 by a man called Geoff travis. Geoff travis was traveling in north America and collected a huge range of recored on the way , After collecting all of these records he shipped them back to the UK which then became the basis of the rough trade shop. At the time the most populer genre of music was punk rock and reggae. When the rough trade opened there main aim was'nt money it was just music , they treated all thier artist equally and gave all the independant artists a chance which was a big difference compared to all the other major music companys.
The genre punk rock was making a big statement at the time , it was somthing new and different which was exactly what rough trade gave them. Anothe main record company at the time was virgin records who only really signed the most popular artists which was a big difference compared to rough trade records.
Another way in which rough trade expanded was on the records they sold they printed on the cardboard sleeve how to make your own record which revolutionised the D.I.Y music stage. Rough trade sold the blank records budding artists needed to make thier own records so they can get started with the music industry.

Monday, 21 June 2010

21st June media lesson

This lesson was ment to be used to help the groups film there music videos but it was cancelled because they hould not get hold of any cameras or equipment so we spent the lesson getting ready and developing our story boards.

Year Sevens:
The group of year sevens were keen on developing there story and made alot of improvements.

Year Eights:
The group of girls Tried with there story boards but still are not sure about how or where to film it.

Monday, 14 June 2010

14th June media lesson

For the start of my A2 course we have been asked to help out a year seven and a year eight group out with there music videos, this will help us out with techniques for making our own music video.

Year Sevens:
For the year sevens we had a group of  boys who made a short drum and bass song which only lasted thirty seconds. There idea was to have a dj driving his car and listning to a new song on the radio and likes it. then it continues show how they have risin to fame. In this lesson i learnt how to edit and make songs on the computer.I also developed my knoledge of making storyboards.

Year Eights:
For the year eights we had a group of girls who were very passionate about not working at all. They had made a great song and had a good idea of what the music video was going to look like but when it came to actually doing anythink , they sat there and did there makeup!

Monday, 7 June 2010

Reflecting on As

In the last year i learnt alot of new skill like editing , filming and essay writing. The last year i made a short opening sequence and a continuety piece which i think ended up very well edited and presented. I think i should have used my time more wisely and if i did the films would have had alot more quality. I think that the exams went well and i feel that i will get my desired grade.I hope that the next year will be much more succesfull but with my new skills in the media i think my blog , coursework and exams will be a greater quality.