creativity mindmap

First task- synopsis

for my first task I will be responding to the brief of an EPK based on a rock band that I will be promoting.

Synopsis: the name of the band that i am promoting in called "not much nothing" the genre of this band is rock i have been using example EPK's from the killers. what this EPK is going to feature is the different songs from them and each of the members bios to get to know them. there will be background music done by them so you can have a constant taster of their music.

Target Audience: The target audience I am aiming at is young adults ages 16-25. The gender type would be a mix of both because I do not want to isolate a gender. The type of social group that this will appeal to is the skater/rock group. I have used the killers as an example of how my EPK is going to be shaped for example having interviews to explain who the band are from some of the members and some of their song samples.   

What is needed in an EPK?

• Close ups and low angle close ups
• Colour system
• Text show the artist’s name
• Introducing
• Artist shows achievements
• Relevant location
• Interviews covers all aspects
• Examples from career
• Industry reference
• Background music
• Industry experts
• Aspirations
• Behind the scenes
• Clips of music videos

Three example of websites

Rise Against

This is the home page of the band Rise against they are popular punk rock band. The page is very easy to navigate it has hyperlinks on the side to different sections of the website to there music videos and tour dates. They use a dark background so the writing on the website is clearly displayed. They have all the latest information on the website so you know what is going on.
                                             
                                            

AC/DC

this the website for AC/DC as you can see there is lots of images around the website and the image on the home page shows what genre it is and that it is a rock band. There is a mixture of red and browns and other dark colours at the top of the page it instantly wants to sell you music T-shirts etc and this is a good way of making money.  

 here is more information about tour dates and albums it has different hyperlinks to other sections of the website of music videos of the band. The font colour is in a bold white colour so it is visable to see. the audience for this website would be young adults age 18-25.

Joey Cape

This website is for joey cape and the first thing you see is his name and all the different links to the other parts of the website. The colour scheme is very plain and simple its a sort of cream colour and the font colour is black and the titles of the sub sections are in bold.


It has different links to other websites in the page e.g Facebook. The audience for this site would people from the age of 20-29.

EPK's

what i am doing for my media course work is a EPK (Electronic press kit) on a the genre of rock music. here are a few examples that have sparked a few ideas.



this is a EPK from the killers this was for there first website originally. At the start of the EPK it shows the name of the band "the killers" flashing in various colours. There are flashes of clips from recorded sessions and interviews from the band. they show their different successes by showing clips of music videos and their live sessions and there is behind the scenes footage of them making their music videos it has background music done by them.



This a Epk by Ben folds featuring Nick Hornby they are talking about the new album they have done and this epk most of the time its just them sat in chairs talking how they met and why they did the album. it switches between interviews and music and music videos which I want to do in  my epk. Tells everyone when the album is out and gives little tasters of his songs.

the final result

trailers that have influenced me for my trailer

Die Hard trilogy: the first trailer that influenced me the most is the trailer for the die hard trilogy because the trailer is very fast paced and shows all the best bits and has the deep voiceover but only a brief part.

The Expendables: this trailer like die hard is fast paced and there are lot of explosions and they use a deep voiceover to describe the narrative as well as on screen text.

Predator: this film is good won with one liners for example "knock knock" then he blows the door open with a grenade and has the voiceover again and with explosion every inch of the trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d8-t3W6Ac