Poster Review

For our coursework we will also be creating a poster to promote our album, so we are using another poster to analyse and compare our product with.

The poster above is for Metallica's 2003 effort 'St. Anger'.
I'm a fan of the minimal design used on this poster, with it solely comprising of the band's logo, album artwork, title, date and tagline. There are no images of the band, which isn't necessarily needed here as Metallica are very well known and the logo is also easily identifiable.

However, this is in contrast to our own band Fall Line. While we plan on using a similar minimal style with just the logo, album title and release date, we are obviously unfamiliar so will be using a picture of the band as opposed to an album cover so it can stand out more and familiarise our target audience with the band and their style.

Risk Assessment

Causes of Risk:

Wires and Equipment

Camera
Wet Surface
Instruments
General Risks

Wires and equipment would be a risk as you may trip over them and cause yourself harm or damage the equipment. To prevent this we could tape down wires or move them to one side. Also general awareness whilst filming would be helpful.

The camera can cause some risk as it would be easy to drop. The risk of harm here is for the camera rather than personnel. Cameras can be fragile making them easy to break. To prevent this while filming the cameraman will have to wear the hand strap from the camera at all times.

Wet surface and floor is an obvious hazard. wet floors can cause people to slip. Also it is a risk for the wires that may be running nearby too. If you are holding a camera and slip it is a risk to the equipment as well. To prepare for and prevent this we should check the immediate area of filming for wet surface before getting into shooting. Also if a wet surface is found whilst filming we should let everyone know and perhaps move to a different location.

Some instruments are heavy making them difficult to carry to location. This is a risk as it could cause trips and falls. Another risk with the instruments would be having them in bad weather causing damage to the instruments. To prevent this we might only film with instruments indoors or on clear days. We shall also wear the instruments straps to prevent dropping them,

Twitter review

Band - Linkin Park

Introduction - As we have created our own Twitter account for our band, we need to also look at the ones other bands have for further planning and ideas on how to use it.

Purpose - Our Twitter account will be used to keep our followers informed on our progress, as well as joining in conversation and airing our own views regarding music and music videos. We will aim it at our target audience of people around the same age group with similar tastes in music, and hope it appeals to them. For comparisons we will use the Twitter account of the band whose song we are using.

Design - At time of writing the main design behind the Linkin Park account is promoting their performance on public television in February at a charity event, with both their header and background picture of this. They haven't released a single or studio album in a while so I imagine this is why this isn't the focal point of promotion on this Twitter, like how on our blog our finished poster will be the background picture and maybe a picture of our 'band' for the header.

Content - The content of Linkin Park's website is a wide range of things, including posting pictures from both past (for the more senior Linkin Park fans and nostalgia) and present, promoting signings and upcoming shows, releases such as singles and their upcoming charity show. We will follow a similar style, posting pictures from our shoots and promoting our fictional upcoming album but also interacting with other people who speak to us on Twitter which is something Linkin Park don't do.