Showing posts with label Nine Inch Nails. Show all posts
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Sunday, 22 October 2017

DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH - Release Ratio

Look at albums in 2017 to see how the space is between singles released + the music vids, and the full album release.
Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.
One single released before album, followed by three singles in the space of six months afterwards as well as one extra song, ELEMENT, having a video. The second and third single have a video, however the fourth one has yet to release on after three weeks.
Studio album by Kendrick Lamar
ReleasedApril 14, 2017
Recorded2016–17
Studio

Singles from Damn
  1. "Humble"
    Released: March 30, 2017
  2. "DNA"
    Released: May 30, 2017
  3. "Loyalty"
    Released: June 20, 2017
  4. "Love"
    Released: October 2, 2017


Arcade Fire's Everything Now
All Four Singles before the full album release 
Studio album by Arcade Fire
ReleasedJuly 28, 2017
RecordedSeptember 2016 – April 2017
Singles from Everything Now
  1. "Everything Now"
    Released: June 1, 2017
  2. "Creature Comfort"
    Released: June 16, 2017
  3. "Signs of Life"
    Released: June 30, 2017
  4. "Electric Blue"
    Released: July 13, 2017
Kraftklub's Keine Nacht Für Niemand
Studio Album of Kraftklub
ReleaseDate2. Juni 2017
Singles
17 March 2017Dein Lied
7 April 2017Fenster
  31 May 2017.                                          Sklave


Halsey's Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Promotional singles[edit]

On May 4, 2017, "Eyes Closed" was released as the first promotional single.[21] 
On May 26, "Strangers", featuring Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui, was released as the second promotional single. (It debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became Halsey's sixth entry and Jauregui's first as a solo artist.)
Studio album by Halsey
ReleasedJune 2, 2017
Singles from Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
  1. "Now or Never"
    Released: April 4, 2017
  2. "Bad at Love"
    Released: August 22, 2017

Lorde's Melodrama

Studio album by Lorde
Released16 June 2017[1][2]
Singles from Melodrama
  1. "Green Light"
    Released: 2 March 2017
  2. "Perfect Places"
    Released: 1 June 2017
  3. "Homemade Dynamite"
    Released: 15 September 2017

COMPILATION ALBUMS


Michael Jackson's Scream

Compilation album by Michael Jackson
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017
Singles from Scream
  1. "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous(The White Panda Mash-Up)"
    Released: September 6, 2017
  2. "Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)"
    Released: September 29, 2017

Worst of Jennifer Rostock

Greatest hits album by Jennifer Rostock
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017
Singles from Worst of Jennifer Rostock
  1. "Alles cool[1]"
    Released: August 25, 2017[2]
  2. "Haarspray[3]"
    Released: September 22, 2017[4]


RELEASING EPs as part of a jigsaw puzzle:

 The Pixies's Indie Cindy
Nine Inch Nails
The video released eight days for the album's release


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Saturday, 23 September 2017

MUSIC VIDEO THEORY #6 - Dan Miller

(Click here for source)
Floating somewhere between advertisement, video art and short film, the genre is a little tricky to pin down.

 Dan Miller challenges that the track dominates the video, so goes against Vernallis's theory:

YouTube views do not necessarily translate into song sales. We should ask ourselves: are all Music Videos made to advertise a song? Music Video is much more than just an advertisement for a popular song – the way we define Music Video has not kept pace with the genre‟s evolution. 
He states we shouldn't ignore:
The abstraction, motion graphics and experimental nature of many music videos - both old and new.
Goes on to link the history of the development of the music video:

*To be added*

The decline of the monopoly of MTV due to digital disruption. (link to Exam Q1a Digital Technology, this gives me more freedom, I am part of the rise of the independent producers)
There has always been a tenuous relationship between Music Videos and record companies. The record company argument is typically “why should we fund something we can‟t directly make any money from?”.... Most unfortunately for the record companies, technological change has brought a solution to their problem they may not like. Better and cheaper home computers, software, sound and video equipment have seen a rise in independent producers who can now create professional-looking and sounding songs and Music Videos without record company money. (That's me!!!!!) 
Software and internet sites like iTunes, launched in 2001 and YouTube, 2005, have had a democratising effect on the digital media industry (MIT, 2010). Music Videos can now turn a profit themselves through advertising-supported models. Severing contracts with record companies, bands such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails can “finally have a direct relationship with the audience as [they] see fit and appropriate” (Reznor, 2007). Damian Kulash Jr., lead singer of the band Ok Go, highlights that music revenue models are changing and that a large portion of that band‟s income is now generated through sponsorship and advertising in the creation and online viewing of the music videos themselves – as opposed to song sales (2011). In fact, Ok Go „ditched their label‟ after a stoush with them over YouTube embedding rights (Nosowitz, 2010). 
In contrast to the Cambridge definition, it could be argued that some Music Videos are not designed to advertise a song, but to stand as works of art in their own right. As YouTube continues to champion viral media in the form of videos designed to promote themselves, the internet may be killing the TV star and the MTV era may be over. 
That last sentence was a reference to the ironic coincidence(?) that the first music video aired by MTV was "Video Killed The Radio Star", in that case music was being threatened by a visual disruption., and now TV is being threatened by the online digital disruption.




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Saturday, 3 June 2017

PAST STUDENT WORK

NINE INCH NAILS

 STUDENT: Joe, A2 2016 (blog)
ACT: Nine Inch Nails
TRACK: Sunspots
ALBUM: With Teeth
YEAR: 2005
GENRE: Industrial 
ALREADY EXISTING MUSIC VIDEO?: Not quite clear, this video is claimed to be a "banned video", but I can't find any mentioned it elsewhere, so it seems dubious.
SINGLE?: No


The narrative is of a tormented protagonist played by Trent Reznor, which reflects the dark music and lyrics.

Was the track edited at all?

Yes, the last 13 seconds were cut off, it's a bit too abrupt. Also the one swearword (f***ing) in the lyrics was removed.

CRITICISMS

NARRATIVE ENIGMA

I like the narrative enigma, though I feel the takes at the beginning are a bit too long and should have been shorter (though there might not have been enough footage to achieve this)

 This is the first shot where we see of the band, I would have used narrative enigma more with close-ups of especially the masks and feet  instruments, as well as shooting from a low angle to give them are more menacing and dark feel 

This focus shift from shallow to sharp, a focus pull, would have been more effective the other way round with the smoke, it should have been a focus push.




The acting of the protagonist is really good as some moments the torment is often managed well through the cinematography but the moving and crawling around in the corner gets repetitive towards the end.

 BRING ME THE HORIZON

ACT: Bring Me The Horizon
NAME FOR DIGIPAK: BMTH (not very creative, their well known acronym)
TRACK: Throne
FROM ALBUM: That's The Spirit
YEAR: 2015
ALREADY EXISTING MUSIC VIDEO?: Yes (link)
SINGLE?: Yes
BLOG: Click here

MUSIC VIDEO

The narrative of the music video is very conventional, something I want to avoid. 
I think it's a mistake to have the entire band there in the opening/establishing shot, doesn't leave enough narrative enigma.




DIGIPAK

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WEBSITE

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SOCIAL MEDIA
FAITHLESS
STUDENT: 
ACT: Faithless
TRACK: Insomnia
ALBUM:
YEAR:
GENRE:
ALREADY EXISTING MUSIC VIDEO?: Yes (click here)
SINGLE?
DIGIPAKS

2012

MUSE (SamP, Rob + Will) 


SUNBURNT IN DECEMBER (SamB, Rich + Connor)


N'SYNC (Mel + Ellie)


DESTINY'S CHILD (Sophie + Asa)


THE SWING MOVEMENT (Tom + George)


GIRLS ALOUD (Hattie + Faye)


NINE INCH NAILS (Ben, Harry + Kyle)


ROBBIE WILLIAMS (Gina + Jess)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017
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