Music Poster Reasearch - Jay-z

Music Poster Reasearch - Jay-z

Here again we see another example that shows the album artwork in the corner of this music poster. Also similar to the other posters rule of thirds has been used as the picture of the artist is only on 1 3rd of the page. What is also interesting is how the artists picture is in black and white and very dark this may be because the genre is rap. The red stripes in the middle referee to the album this poster is promoting as it is one of the images that appears on the album art work. Promotional websites are also seen on the bottom of the poster. 





Music Poster Reasearch - Tiesto

Music Poster - Tiesto

I like this poster mainly because of all the different fonts used. They help catch the viewers eye and highlight the important parts of this poster such as the dates of Tiesto's tour. This poster is also very clever as although it is advertising tiesto's tour the imagery in the back ground is the album artworks for his 'Elements Of Life' album and so lots of people will recognise the poster and so should make it memorable. I also like the idea of having an artist logo in the background. However i don't like how much writing there is on this poster as it makes it look like to much is going on in the poster.

Music Poster Reasearch - Gravity

Music Poster - Gravity

I Like this music poster as it is very simple and effective as it is simply a cloes up of the artists face and some simple photography effects have been used to make the face very white and the rest of the poster darker. We also can see the HMV logo in the known font and the dog picture that symbolies HMV. What i also like about this poster is it gives the names of the songs that are on the Album that this poster is premotting. We also see the album artwork apear on the poster which is typical of a HMV music poster.





Digipak Research - The Sound Of Dubstep 3

The Sound Of Dubstep 3

Front Cover = I like this cover because it is very eye catching as there is just a white background and the lettering is very bold. What is also interesting about this cover is i has the ministry of sound (MOS) logo which is typical of all MOS albums. As this album is a compilation album there can be no one artist picture and so instead there is this spike effect which is the main artwork. What is also different about this album compared to many others is the fact that on the bottom we can see the artist's of some of the featured. 
Back Cover = Again the green writing on a white background makes this eye catching. It has the songs divided into two lists as two CD's come with this album. The font is simmilar to that used on the font cover. There is also the barcode which is always on the back of CD's. 

Music Video Research - Devlin - Let it Go (Ft Labrinth)

Devlin - Let It Go (Ft Labrinth)

I think this is a very good effect at the start of the music video. The  camera is made to look through the mirror and travel into the world behind it, this givesthe impression that the character in the narative is looking at himself and thinking about how his relationship is nd having flash backs of everything thats happend. This is a good way of bringing the viewer into the narative.

I like the way they have combined the song with the narative in this music video, by having the artist (Devlin) rap while the action is going on in the background, almost as if he was saying this song to his partner in the music video. This could be a good idea if i chose to run a narative in my music video.

Here we see the shots we would expect to see in a music video of the artist and the camera pans around, we go to these clips during the chorus which is good to mix up the narrative a little.

I like the use of shaky camera footage in this music video as it gives the impression of being mad and that there is arguments and possibly violence. It adds more emotion to the video as it also heps with the themes of the song. Also the quick edits give the impression of action and fighting and works very well with a song like this.













Music Video Research - Lil Wayne - How To Love

Lil Wayne - How To Love

At the start of the music video there is an interlude which sets the scene for the narrative of the song. This is a good idea for this music video as it very much focuses around the story and so this is needed to help the viewer understand what is going on.

I love the use of focus pull in this shot to highlight the male in the background looking at the female caracter, which is part of the narrative of the song and also goes along with the lyrics of the song.

Here we see the typical shot of the artist (Lil Wayne), we expect to see shots of the artist sinnging in music video and the location choice used in this shot is what is expected from the type of music that thos artist produces as it has a grimy feel bein shot in this underground location. However this is one of his more emotional songs and so the acoustic guitar gives a nice contrast to what we would usally expect to see in one of his music videos.

I like the use of colour correction in this shot which helps make this clip more like the inside of a strip club as the colours try to give the impression of lighting in the club. Colour correction is used very well in this music video as it helps to set the mood for the clip throught the video. It also makes the musi video look very proffecinal.

I love this camera angle and i think it gives a very powerfull ending to the music video as Lil Wayne walks of down the underpast through steam.

Music Video Research - Deadmau5 - Sophie Needs A Ladder

Deadmau5 - Sophie Needs A Ladder



I love the opening shot to this music video because i like the camera movement in it, as the camera pans up from the audience in the club to the DJ (Deadmau5) in the DJ booth. The whole of this music video is clips taken from a set deadmau5 did in Brixton. This is very typical of dance music video's as many don't have what is thought to be a music video, instead they show shots from live performances like this to create a video to go with the song. Not all dance music tracks do this, but a few do such as Deadmau5 and Tiesto.



I like the effect created here of having a clip of the lights playing over a clip of the DJ. This gives this shot a very club like feel, almost as if you were actually there as you are seeing the DJ but also lights are flashing at you just like they would be in a club. This helps set the scene to the viewer even if they are sat at home simply watching this in the comfort of their own living rooms.





This is an amazing shot because of the camera angle, it lets the viewer see the DJ at work mixing on the decks, it is typical of dance music videos to see clips of the DJ mixing. Rule of thirds has also been used in this shot which helps keep the viewers attention, but also in the background the lights are in time with the music and so all this adds to this shot.



I like the out of focus effect of this shot and think it works well for the dance music video, this could be symbolic of what people would be actually seeing if they saw Deadmau5 live, because of all the lights that may be dazzling their eyes but also many people drink at these events and so this shot could be giving the impression of being drunk. If i were to do a similar effect like this i would also do a focus pull to bring the DJ into focus, which i think could look quiet good.



This is another very typical shot we would expect to see in a dance music video, the shot off all the people dancing in the club and messing around. The fact that this was filmed at a real performance adds that touch of realism to this music video as none of the shots have been acted.