Showing posts with label branding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label branding. Show all posts

Monday, 2 April 2018

EVALQ2 - BRANDING

How do your products create a sense of branding?

It is common for their to be recurring attributes in the various texts, for example album artwork to be teased in a video (Halsey's Bad At Love)

The locations that are used in the video also feature in the album artwork and in the background of website.

Kristeva:
texts are always in a state of production, rather than being products to be quickly consumed. In her view, ideas are not presented as finished, consumable products, but are presented in such a way as to encourage readers to come up with their own interpretation of its meaning. Kristeva’s new semiotics of production thus blurs the distinction between science, or the logical, and language and imagination.
The music video isn't just the final product, the fan fiction and the cosplaying carry on the narrative.

RECURRING THEMES:

A SERIES OF VIDEOS
It was my intention to hint that my video would be the start of a series of videos, as has been done recently by Halsey with her album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, always leaving her audience wanting more. This was also done by Guns 'N Roses with their trilogy of videos, and by David Bowie with his concept albums Outside and Blackstar.
Then lead singer is also going to be involved in the narrative, it is hinted at him being at the beginning.
The second video would maybe feature the two characters meeting at that location
The location 
Through the trailer it is confirmed that we are going to see more of these characters.

CHARACTERS
Character of Sadie (weird, quirky characters signified through costume and make-up)
The make-up is then worn by the fans as a signifier of their fandom of Suede. In retrospect I wish I could have had the band also wearing the make-up in the segments, however even if that had been possible with all five logistically, I'm not sure everyone would have been comfortable with it.
Just like the Pig of the Animal Nitrate video is featured in the single cover, the character of Sadie is on the front cover of the album:
The same way the music video tells the beginning of Sadie's journey.
The images of the locations of the video are the backgrounds of the website.


SOCIAL MEDIA

I tease pictures of urban locations in social media, like photography of graffiti, or tease the locations by saying Location Scouting:


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MY VIRAL IDEA
The character of Sadie links to my viral concept:

  • her personality and look is developed throughout the video
  • she's on the album artwork, 
  • is the background of the fan sign-up section of the website (she thereby represents the fans) her costume and make-up can be worn as cosplay by fans, 
  • her image has been used for merchandise
  • fans write fan fiction about her character (also being encouraged by the band, which links back to Brett Anderson really seeing himself as a writer)
The other fictional characters in the narrative can also be used as cosplay opportunities by the audience.
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Monday, 12 March 2018

MV TEASER TRAILER #1

A teaser trailer featuring my performer against the wall singing the chorus, using the tagline: "New Suede Video", to go with the branding I am using the decayed font:




This is something I have seen, trailers for music videos show that convergence is growing between them and film and TV, the are seen as a cinematic event almost.

I decided to make this one shorter, and release another one soon which shows clips from throughout the video.

EXAMPLES OF TRAILERS



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Also sharing it on social media:


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Wednesday, 28 February 2018

WEBSITE General: Charlie Puth

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:
  • The splashpage ( video playing in the background)
  • Mention a support act in the touring information (choose an emerging band today that has some similarities, The Duke Spirit would quite likely be a good choice as Brett Anderson is a huge fan of them)
  • I do not want to use use white as the main background colour as has been done here.
  • Integration of social media
  • Use of social media images in the gallery, more than has been done here


ACT: Charlie Puth
                (website link)
TENURE: 2009 - present
CATALOGUE: 1 album + 3 EPs
GENRES: Pop, Pop rock, R+B
LABEL: elevenelven, 
                Artist Partners Group, 
                Atlantic








BRANDING 
Use of several images from social media, and also use of the latest music video.

OVERALL KEY RECURRENT DESIGN FEATURES 

COLOUR: Black and white theme
SHAPES: Squares around key words, these are more visually striking and visible than words alone.
IMAGES: Not a lot of images used, very bare with the white

LIKELY TARGET AUDIENCE/S; MODE OF ADDRESS 
Teens with the images of the singer, however there could have maybe been more effort to make it more colourful, and to expand the gallery with more photography, such as the images from 

LANDING PAGE 
The artist's newest video, How Long, is being played, without sound. Includes multiple links to save and order the music.
A section of the video where there is bright lighting has been chosen, so to glamorise the artist. Also, he is laughing and there are elements of slow-mo, so this covers the cute factor


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You don't have to click to get to the main page, it stays there very briefly


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HOMEPAGE LAYOUT  


TOP FRAME/BANNER 
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NAME/LOGO 
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PAGES/TOP LINKS LIST 
Instead of being top they are below on the landing page, however once you click on the links they switch to above.


AUTO-SCROLLING GALLERIES? 
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PAGE TYPE: MERCHANDISE/SHOP 
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E-COMMERCE 
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PRESENCE OF MUSIC 
These links to music are provided as icons:

YOUTUBE: 
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Further subscriptions , along with social media links.




As seen below, Where the video of the current video will start playing, so the newest single is being pushed without any further clicks.


SPOTIFY: To start following, the free Spotify version.
Again the new single "How Long" is being pushed

SOUNDCLOUD:
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Left same image as on his Facebook account


APPLE:
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The latest album being pushed, and the latest single being the first one on Top Tracks:


DEEZER: 
You get short exerts of multiple tracks 
Head cropped off for effect of narrative enigma


TOUR DATES
The "Show more function", starting with three tour dates
There is a VIP, signifiers of a more commercial approach?
Support act is mentioned (Hailee Steinfield)

GALLERY?
Part of the Links List, billed as "Photos", is less high art than Gallery, which also accounts for the content which consists of four photos, three looking amateurishly like selfies. Though this still a part of convergence, using photos taken by yourself instead of employing a photographer
There are many more photos on his Instagram account.

PERSONAL INFORMATION? 
None included.

CONTACTS/ACT LINKS? 


ARCHIVE? 
any use of clickable calendars?

GAMES? 
Not included.

NEWS
The same colour design, with a title, date and brief sentence description ended with a hyperlink to the article made most visible through the shape.



LANGUAGE:
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MEMBERSHIP/SIGN-UP? 
You submit your e-mail.


VIDEO/VINES 
A YouTube link, no Vimeo or Dailymotion, not used by musicians a lot.


SOCIAL MEDIA 
No feeds. No Snapchat, Tumblr or Google Plus.

FACEBOOK: Image of himself relaxing, a "chilled guy".
*Include screenshot*
TWITTER: Image of himself as a young child used as profile picture, cute factor.
Filter fits theme of nostalgia,
mouth wide open with tongue showing playful boy

INSTAGRAM: When he was younger and hair colour different, slightly dashing.




OTHER EXTERNAL AGENCIES 
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FONTS + FONT VARIATION 
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BEST + WORST FEATURES 
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FAULTY/OUT-DATED CONTENT? 


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Saturday, 16 December 2017

INDIE DP #3: Kraftklub - Keine Nacht Für Niemand

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:
  • The colour of black in my case for Suede as general branding


ACT: Kraftklub
FULL TITLE: Keine Nacht Für Niemand 
                                           (No Night For No One, an intertextual pun on this album title)
YEAR: 2017
TYPE OF ALBUM: Third studio album
DESIGN: 
PHOTOGRAPHY: 

GENRE: Indie rock, Sprechgesang
LABEL: Vertigo (owned by UMG)

Un unwrapping video:

BRANDING
The choice of the colour red fits with the general look and rebranding, their previous album had been black, wearing black costume (the name even being In Schwarz = In Black).
They are now wearing red costumes, in all their music videos and their live performances (however as I discovered when I watched them live they take these off half-way through and underneath is their original classic look)

FRONT COVER:
The theme of the album title: "No night for one", meaning not getting any sleep, is represented through. This could be seen as a cultural code as it can be common to put matches between your eyes to keep yourself awake 
Same colour, font and case (upper), however very different in sizes.






INSIDE:
The opening track of the album, Band mit dem K, is an sarcastic take on the God-like status of bands, with lyrics such as "Through your bras onto our altar" "That's no spotlight, that's a halo". Also the lyric: "Meet us at the bar, we drink W-O-D-K-A" would seem to heavily suggest this whole image is a representation of that song, there can be a relationship between record sleeve and lyrics as well, like Goodwin said about music video.

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Wednesday, 29 November 2017

CROSS-MEDIA BRANDING #2: Music Industry Egs

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:
  • A camera for the photographer
  • The clown-make-up, and the stars inbetween

TRICKY

A slow tracking across the room as an extra video could be an idea (similar to the opening movements across the protagonist's room in my AS coursework), it could also be used as a teaser for the video.

The official artwork of the single, Rule of Thirds is applied, the image is almost symmetrical 



On Spotify as well



The video featuring the red room without the artist.


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YOUTUBE

YouTube was also rebranded with the images from the single cover and official audio video.

*Insert image*

Now replaced with an image from this video


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WEBSITE

Has been rebranded as well and has the video there


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ARCTIC MONKEY - AM SQUIGGLE





Charity Action






SIA
Video released on 5th September 2016


The hair of dark and light.

In the video of Cheap Thrills


The album cover




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BRING ME THE HORIZON

Umbrella

When asking about the umbrella's meaning, Bring Me The Horizon said "The fans gave it meaning"


 
Postmodern definition of reading, more freedom is given to the audience, 


DEPECHE MODE

Multiple examples, seen in 

MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

 have the image of a loudspeaker on their album cover for Music For The Masses, this was present in their music videos for the first three singles: Strangelove, Never Let Me Down and Behind The Wheel. 

VIOLATOR

The image of a rose/flower.

There most successful album, the rose is used still today in videos, such as this UGC example:



ULTRA

Quite less creative, having the album name popping up on a hotel and a flag from a plane (effort of a plane seems a bit of a waste).

SPIRIT

Boots and flags

The striking imagery of Karl Marx beards was also


*Include screenshots of Karl Marx bearded fans on Facebook*

HALSEY

A more interesting and CREATIVE. use of the album title can be seen from a video for the third single Colors from Halsey's debut album Badlands,







THE NEW TAYLOR


Social media accounts deleted 

New Social media accounts, Instagram posts with snakes 

New track:
"I'm sorry the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now"

Written on top of her Instagram account:





SUMMARY:
- Topped Psy's 24 hour record
- Released a few days after audio track released with a lyric video
- Taylor Swift trying to rebrand herself by in the lyrics saying the old Tyler herself, change of personality like Bowie, mimicked by Madonna and then 
- Revenge on Kanye West, mentioned in NME video
- Vernallis saying we can't apply narrative genre to, but there a references to zombie genre as seen in film (Dawn Of The Dead, 28 Hours Later, Zombieland) and more recently in TV (The Walking Dead, In The Flesh, referenced in Game Of Thrones). Though these are mere moments in the video, not a full narrative set in zombie genre like Michael Jackson's Thriller, Die Aerzte's *insert track* and Kraftklub's Fenster
- Numerous dance elements
- Song referencing Game Of Thrones? And if yes is that reflected in the video?




http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/amp12096106/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-arya-stark/

Cameo:

Also mention of the Twitter debate:

Other Sites:

Already been parodied:

ALBUM RELEASED:
Multiple magazine covers, offered in the CD department, really pushing this, grassroots strategy?



ARCADE FIRE - EVERYTHING NOW
Wiki on Promotion:
In May 2017, Arcade Fire performed six new songs at an intimate secret show in Montreal.[6] Later that month, a Twitter account designed to look like a Russian spambot started publishing clues pertaining to the new Arcade Fire album.[7]On May 31, the band released the lead single "Everything Now" on 12" vinyl, selling it at a merchandise stall at Primavera Sound festival in Barcelonawhich they headlined.[8] A day later, a mysterious live stream "Live From Death Valley" was launched[9] and the band released a music video for the song,[10] appearing to have been shot in Death Valley, California.
On June 3, anagrams of song titles were published on Twitter.[11]On June 22, the band published the music video for "Creature Comfort" to its YouTube page. It was marketed with a Facebook postpurportedly from a disgruntled "Everything Now Corp" employee railing against the band's refusal to engage in corporate promotion of its new album.[12]Similar satirical marketing done in promotion of the album stemmed from an agreement the band was in; dubbed a “360 degree agreement” proposed by Everything Now Corp, whereby the band created multiple pieces of fake online articles related to events happening within the company and band. One example involving Arcade Fire providing a "premature premature evaluation" of Everything Now days before release as a spoof of online music reviews, or a review of a fake installment in the rhythm video game series Rock Band titled Arcade Fire: Rock Band, or multiple pieces of fake advertising for products based on names of songs off of Everything Now. A collection of other promotional articles created by the band are included on the side of the fake website that lead to numerous other fake websites.[13]
TWITTER:


FACEBOOK

Some Audience Reactions:


The trailer with the Russian spambot logo:

INSTAGRAM:
Account with 7 posts

First post was the logo:

FURTHER READING:
NME seeminly not getting the joke:

The band carried on with this image long after the full album was released, releasing a double video for the two final tracks, called Money + Love:



Carrying on the images and motifs from the video:




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POSSIBILITY TO GO VIRAL

Psy's Gangham Style and The Harlem Shake owe a lot to their popularity due to be able, 
similar to the Ice Bucket Water Challenge and the Mannequin Challenge (our school even did official videos for the second and fourth).



This front image from Depeche Mode's third studio album Construction Time Again can be mimicked for example of a man with an axe in the hand, but then we didn't have social media.