To research into the conventions of album covers I have analysed Katy Perry's album 'Teenage Dreams'
Katy Perry Analysis

Lip Sync Exercise

On Monday we began the lip sync exercise . We were given set of lyrics to learn (shown below). We split into groups of three , with appointed jobs on set. Each person in the set had to have a turn at singing the lyrics and being filmed by the other two members.

 

 

There were three sets and three groups , a set in front of a green screen , one in front of a track ( which one member of the group would have to push whilst the other filmed on it ) and a basic sofa in front of the camera . We shot at each set three times (all different shots) and then moved onto the next set and changed the person singing .

 

We used a 'playback' which was on an ipad instead of the original board , this allowed us to match up the song when editing . It simply had to be held in front of the camera for 5 seconds before the song began . We all had a turn using the playback , the camera and the lip syncing .

By actually singing instead of trying to lip sync , it made the clips look much more realistic.

 

 

After everyone had been filmed three times , we went into the editing suite to combine all of our clips that were shot by every group. Beginning by putting all clips onto final cut pro and cutting them all to match a point on the playback , so that all the clips started at the same point at the beginning of the song . When adding a new clip we would have to delete the sound as we would only have the song over the top . We simply then cut different bits out of all the clips at points at which the lyrics changed or the beat changed , leaving us with a final product of every person in the set singing part of the lyric.

Homepage

Recently I have been practicing creating a webpage for an artist , I have created my own producer 'PALACE MUSIC' , who produces beats for rappers and occasionally raps himself . I wanted the homepage to follow a futuristic and slightly artistic theme , to connect with his very futuristic sounds . I aim for it to represent PALACE MUSIC as being very influenced by style / fashion and art .

 

 

I analysed the webpages of similar artists working in the same genre , and found that most of them followed the same themes . They were fairly basic , little colour and decoration , options for music videos / tours /photography etc.. and links to their own music .

 Most of the artists webpage had connections with photography , art and fashion . Which I am going to really emphasise on my webpage , but differently I want it look more professional and decorative compared to others.

 

http://fflintwood0.wix.com/palacemusic

Above is my webpage , for my artist . As you can see I have used images to make the page look more professional along with the option of going onto further pages , such as photography , dates or videos. The images I have used , allow the viewers to identify PALACE MUSIC with sculpture and busts , An artistic theme which has allowed me to give