Lip Sync Task - Kesha Tik Tok

For the lip sync task we had to choose a track to mime to and film it in the style of a music video. We chose the song Tik Tok by Kesha and to edit the video we used final cut. This is practice for when we film our music videos next year.

Shot count of Tinie Tempah Frisky video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoKT900YbCc Here is the URL for the Tinie Tempah music video 'Frisky' which I have counted the shots throughout as the embed code has been disabled. The total number of shots in this video adds up to approximately 303.

Analysis of Rihanna Rated R album cover

The images on all covers of the album include Rihanna dressed in black and white looking at the audience and the colours of the covers are also black and white. This shows that the album is darker, moodier and less commercial than her other albums she even said this herself in an interview and also revealed that the album told a story of her life. On the front cover she has her hand over half of her face this could show that she is shy however one of her eyes can be seen and she's looking stern towards the audience. However all of the covers show Rihanna as a strong dominant female with an attitude and this reflects in her music on this album, as she has took it to a different sound and in a different direction to what her music normally is.

The font of the 'R' looks like its been carved in by a knife or some other type of sharp object. This creates a special effect and shows off the edginess of the album. All covers of the album are in black and white this shows that the album is less commercial and reflects the darker sound that Rihanna is trying to create.

Rihanna is usually an R&B artist however the darkness of the cover of this album shows that her genre crosses over into pop and rock and also into other sub genres such as grime and drum and base. She stated this in an interview and also said that she wanted to experiment with different types of music as this is now her fourth album. Also she said that she felt like she was at a certain stage in her career were she had to make a serious album compared to her previous three albums which were fun, upbeat, not taking herself too seriously and full of catchy pop/R&B songs. The singer also announced that the album was like a movie and a life story.

Album Covers analysis

The typical features of an album cover include the artists name and the title of the album, however this is not always the case. If an artist is more established and have already released a number of albums they don't need to include their names, the title of the album or even a photo of themselves. An example of this is Rihanna, she's now onto her fourth album into her career and she's an established artist and this album is called Rated R and is in very small letters in the bottom right hand corner of the cover and because of the dark colours it can hardly be seen also instead of putting her name she's just put an 'R' to symbolise this and she announced in an interview that this is her new logo. Eminem's the same he's been around for more than 10 years and the public can relate to him so therefore on his latest album he doesn't include his name but because its a hip hop album and contains a lot of strong language it has the warning 'parental advisory explicit content'. With the Black Eyed Peas' latest album it doesn't contain a picture of them on the front cover however all of their other albums have, this album has a futuristic vibe to it and contains a robot on the front cover and the Black Eyed Peas announced in an interview that that image was all of their faces put together. Many artists who are releasing debut albums for the first time need to include their name the album name and an image of themselves in order to get the public used to them. An example of this is Lady gaga, The Fame Monster is her debut album, however this has now sold millions of copies worldwide and Lady gaga has become a global superstar in just over a year so for her next album she probably won't have to include the typical features of an album cover. Michael Jackson's Thriller is the biggest selling album of all time and in 2008 it got a re release for its 25th anniversary to include a DVD with all his videos on, remixes of some of his tracks, collaborations with Will.i.am, Kanye West, Akon and Fergie and a couple of new tracks. The album cover is very similar to the original but with gold bits on and better graphics and photography which would have improved over the years since it was released. It also includes two golden discs a special edition book that features pictures behind the scenes of the making of the Thriller video.

Music Video Analysis

A2 Music Video Analysis on Prezi

Here is my music video analysis of Roll Deep Good Times.

Opie and Warhol Self

Here is my Opie and Warhol Self, in order to create these I used photoshop elements and all the different tools and effects. This gave me practice for creating my advert and digipak for my coursework.