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Linkin Park is an American rock band from California. They are a very successful band rising to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory. This album has been certified Diamond and Multi Platinum in other countries. Over the years they have adopted many different genres and styles which include, alternative rock, nu metal, rap rock and rap metal. Due to their diversity they have formed many collaborations with other successful artists, perhaps most notably with rapper JAY Z. With whom they produced an EP, Collision Course.

Despite their success and worldwide fame they did originally have struggles in gaining a record deal. The band was originally formed in 1996 under the name, Xero. The band at this time consisted of 3 high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson. After recruiting a few more members they changed their name to Hybrid Theory(where their debut album title came from), when agreeing to recruit vocalist, Chester Bennington. Again the band decided to change the name after still struggling to find a record deal. They originally wanted to change the name to Lincoln Park but had to use Linkin Park to acquire the web domain, linkinpark.com. Eventually they signed a deal with Warner Bros.

The song we are using, Papercut, is of the genre nu metal and rap metal. Considering this for our music video we will be taking the heavy rock/metal feel when filming. We will be using dark themes and have a general dark nature to the video.

Colour scheme example of black and white

Linkin Park follow a very dark colour scheme. They use blacks, whites and purples and blues. This will help us when we do our logo and website. We will follow a similar colour scheme to fit in with the genre.