First attempt at MySpace layout

This is the first layout knocked up in a preliminary fashion by Luke:



Group thoughts:

• too personal/individual- e.g. not conventional of band myspaces, and looks like the myspace page of an individual.
• We also don't really like the background.

-Angela

Myspace Layout

I've made a rough plan of what I thought could be a good layout and everyone seems to be ok with it, so here it is:

It's pretty conventional, which I think is good. It's also simple and easy to navigate.

-Angela

MORE PHOTOS..? =]

-cat (and james)

This is really cool

All we have to do is pull together a bunch of pictures with a cool mix of colours and shove up the contrast and make a collagey, scrap booky effect which would look amazing.
-james

Photo Inspiration

Recently we've been trying to decide what look we're going for as a band i.e. our band image. We've decided we definitely don't want to look indie and are instead going to try and create a really arty, post-modern (and as James said earlier pretentious - see earlier post) inspired look.
I've been doing some research into bands who've done this and have found '3o seconds to mars' to be very influential. (--> also made me aware we need to think really carefully about our band logo)


I think a photo along the line of this would suit our band image very well, not least because it's arty and bot indie but because emphasis is placed on the lead singer (Jared Leto) with the other band members in the background which is something to consider when we film (i.e. our lead is meant to be self-centered, arrogant etc). It is also important to remember that if we're clever about it, we can fake thing for example the bed in the photo - all we'd need is a throw and some tables or boxes. This could even be done somewhere like the drama block as the lighting there is amzing. I've realised lighting is very, VERY important after seeing some of ous slightly grainy, narrative shots.

Others


I think the outdoor location and wintery attire the band are wearing works really well in making them seem quite laid back and easy to identify with whilst retaining a professional air.

I like how the main focus is on the lead singer leaning forward toward the camera with the other band members sitting in the background. The colours used teamed with the high contrast and lighting makes the shot look professional.

-Cat

The loverly band

When thinking about the photoshoot, the album cover, and how everything ties into the music video, we had to create a story for the band and the members of the band. We desided that our lead singer was goign to be a really pretentious, wannabe singer-cum-actor-cum-songwriter-cum-artist-cum-director, so we desided that it would be him who directed the music video, he starred in it and he sings in the band. The photoshoot will be very reflective of the band itself as it would have been planned by the singer, so we want it to be very post modern, aka weird for the sake of weird.

Planning for ending sequence shots & edits (incl. storyboarding)

Quick Storyboard of a shot sequence (near the end):

-The actual sequence used was slightly different to this, e.g. with more cutaways to the performance.

-Angela

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Storyboard of the intimate instrumental section

Try not to laugh =)

-cat