Category: Research

Band Research (Genre: Rock)

On By Nathan HamerIn Planning, ResearchLeave a comment

Dark Colours

Sometimes demonic/satanic undertones

Prominent logos or fonts

Drums and Bass are vital; typically a Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer and Vocalist (sometimes a pianist/keyboard player)

Typically Dark colours with bright colours to contrast (Usually white)

Most Album covers are hiding implicit massages (good or bad)

Older videos for some bands used a lot of CGI to get a point across another way other than the lyrics

In the present day a lot of rock bands either spread out into over genres or experiment by doing an album with multiple genres e.g. Linkin Park, Twenty One Pilots

Majority of band are male

There is also many sub genres to rock, too many to name

Many people would try to argue what rock band is the best but they actually all come under their own sub genres e.g. Green Day being Punk Rock and Oasis being Blues Rock yet many bands tend to appeal to the same crowds

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Bauhaus Research

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BauhausBauhaus is an art school founded in Weimar, Germany by Walter Gropius in 1919 but the Nazi’s pressured them to cease operations in 1933 while they grew through the 30’s.

The movement uses bold and bright colours along with shapes that stand out to the eye creating a piece of standing out art that will catch the eye of anyone. Sometimes things will be arranged in strange orders making it different to see meaning people will pay more attention as it is something someone not see everyday making it intriguing. Even the buildings in which students seem out of the ordinary and all came with their own unique designs.

 

 

 

Andrew Byrom

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He uses objects that look like letters from the english alphabet for inspiration to make a full set of letters in the same style.blind7

This for example is the use of plasters to make all 26 letters of the alphabet in a similar style to plasters. Other ideas include furniture and architecture as well.

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One of his first ideas for these types of typography was that one day he saw a chair and believed it looked like a lower case ‘h’ so he wondered what the rest of the alphabet would like like if it was all done in similar fashion and then he continued to create these throughout the years.

Composition

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Composition is the combination of a variety of techniques that can make and image more appealing to the human eye.

Rule of Thirds:

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This is a technique where rather than placing the focus of an image in the centre of the shot, it will be placed off to the left or right instead as it is more interesting and exciting to see. This works because everyday we see our focus is placed directly on what we want to see so taking it out of the traditional way of seeing things can spike interest.

Leading Lines:

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This is an attempt to force the human eye to look at a point without the brain really acknowledging it. This is done by using straight, diagonal, curvy (etc.) lines and making them all end at the same focal point meaning no matter where you start on the image you will always end up looking at the focus point.

Symmetry and patterns:

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Symmetry and patterns surround us in our everyday life but we don’t pick up on it as often as if we were looking for it. It is a technique that can make architecture, images and many more art forms more appealing to the human eye but it can also be used with slight alterations on each half changing the message of the image on one side compared to the other.

Background:

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This is spoken about in more depth when it comes to photography and cinematographers where the background can either isolate the main focus of the image/shot or distract from it. Backgrounds will be made blank so it helps keep the focus on the main image prominent. Sometimes parts of the foreground may be blurred or blanked out so you focus on the background instead.

Depth:Image result for depth composition photography

Depth is similar to background but instead the background tends to be shown to be further away by having depth of field applied. This can either focus the vision on a closer object while blurring out the background or vice versa.

Viewpoint:

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The viewpoint a photo is taken from can heavily effect the ideas behind the photo and can change someones view on the picture completely compared to if it was taken from another angle or view. Views on a picture can be changed just by changing which angle you take it from whether its from the left or right, looking up or down or just looking straight on, these can all change opinions on an image.