Final draft of my poster

This is what my final image looks like, i added some reviews as well as the album name members and songs, also to fill the space in the bottom i have trouble with i added a picture of the album the song will be on.

Draft three of my poster

Soon i realised, the block over the bottom, did not make the image look suitable, and was different to all the over posters i researched, also i realised that some of the branches off the pole, were not big enough, so i duplicated them, and added more music.

Draft two of my poster

Next i thought there was too much of a space at the bottom of the page so i added a block over the image so i could put writing such as reviews over the block, and this would fill up some empty space.

Draft one of my poster

I started with the basic idea of just deleting the text already on the sign and replacing it with text to do with the album and song.

Andrew Goodwin's music video theory

Andrew Goodwin has identified some key features which differentiate the music video as a form:

• There is a clear relationship between the visual images and the lyrics of the song, with the visual imagery exemplified, strenghtened or contradicting the lyrics.
• The genres in music videos are complex and diverse in terms of music video style and iconography
• Record companies usually like to see lots of visuals of the main artist or vocalists as it helps to promote their image.
• A common feature within music videos is voyeurism, especially in the treatment of females. Examples of this are screens within screens, cameras, mirrors, photos etc.
• There are likely to be intertextual references, either to other music videos or to films and TV texts, these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fans.

Sven E. Carlsson theory on music videos

• Music

- The images on the screen sometimes move at pace and rhythm with the music.

- To create a link between the visual image and the music movements are often synchronized to the beat, such as footsteps and clapping, so that people in the music video seem to move in sync to the music.

• Lyrics

- The lyrics and the visual imagery on screen interact and create meaning.

- The lyrics of the song can take on new meanings through the use of metaphors, similes and other linguistic techniques.

- The greater the distance between the content of the lyrics and the visual imagery in terms of the linguistic techniques used, the more difficult it becomes for viewers to understand, and the harder it becomes for the audience to connect with the musician

- The environment is made to mirror the feelings of the lead characters, (pathetic fallacy)

• The image

- The visual imagery is supposed to represent the musician and his appearance. By manipulating colour, motive setting, story footage, clothing, etc the music video director is able to create ideas which are repeated and varied throughout the music video.

- The concept is to rearrange visual motifs so that the work forms a whole.

There are three forms of visual tradition in music videos they are: performance clip, narrative clips and art clip.

• Performance clip

- When a music video is mainly live filmed footage then it is a performance clip, which shows the vocalist in various scenarios such backstage at a concert or on stage or dancing or singing in a studio. There are three types of performance clip; song, dance and instrumental.

• Narrative clip

- A short silent movie to a musical background, a visual story that is easy to follow and usually relates to the lyrics of the song.

• Art Clip

- An art clip includes no visible visual narrative or connection to the lyrics and contains no lip-synchronized singing. This style of music video is usually stylist and is generally used in specialized genres, such as electro-acoustic.