Final Brief

My Brief:

Create a music video and digipak for a fictional artist/band you have created, showing the conventions of a genre of your choice.

My Artist:

Name:  

Brief History:  Met at university and formed a band, played open mic nights and local pubs and bars, signed to an independent record label - Chess Club.  Popularity gradually grew, started supporting artists, such as Florence + The Machine, and eventually headlined concerts in small venues around London.  Soon after signed to XL.

Signed to:  XL Recordings

Sound:  Indie/pop

Influences:  Florence + The Machine, Chvrches, Kyla La Grange, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Daughter, Kate Nash, The Lumineers, She & Him.

Ideology:  Work hard to get what you want.

Likes:  Music, vibrant colours, vintage things, nostalgia.

Dislikes:  X-Factor, cheesy boy bands, negativity.

Artist Planning

We started planning our artist and brief in our groups.  We chose a genre that our artist would fit into and brainstormed sub-genres and bands that were of that genre.  This is my brainstorm for rock music:

We then started on our brief, creating a name and background information for our artist, as well as similar bands that could be influences for them.

These are my notes for ouer initial ideas: