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You've made a start in the identification of your initial ideas and of the hypothetical band who will be the basis of this project, but this is disappointingly brief and text heavy. There is no research evident into real artists/bands who might illuminate the creative choices you need to make and no illustration of the kinds of image/visual style you are aiming for. You will need to start investing much more time and effort if you are to benefit from the coursework process at A Level.

James

hypothetical band/artist

Name of artist/band: mr sneeze
Track: tissue
Star image:mr s. is the star, he is a one man DJ. his genre is techno/minimal. he produces club music for 18-27 year olds male and female. he is called mr sneeze because he did toon much cocaine in his youth. he is single so has sex appeal for female listeners. he is 29 years old.
Treatment:sillouetted womens named bodys on screen, colours changing with the beats. body paint ( like in raindrops video by basement jaxx) kaleidoscope camera effects, fast cuts montage high saturation and lots of colours. shots of the mix board and decks. flash cuts of screaming fans underground until the bassline drops, then a wide shot of dancers and mr s shots.

Name of artist/band: cashmere
Track:syrian knights
Star image: ambient hippie rock, the band are all vegans, appeal to a spiritual, hippie like audience, male and female. aged between 17 and 25. the band is aged 29-35 with the lead singer bieng 40. unusual instruments. indian inspired music with a light techno influence. pure band members. no hard drugs, no rock and roll.
Treatment: opium den type set, shesha pipes everywhere, bellydancers. smoke rings. sitting on pillows. walking through slums helping the poor. lots of jewellry, robed clothes. camels outside in desert.

Name of artist/band:the bearded lumberjacks
Track:
Star image:
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members of does it offend you, yeah?:
James Rushent – lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
Rob Bloomfield – drums, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
Dan Coop – synthesizer
Matty Derham - guitar, backing vocals
Chloe Duveaux – bass guitar, backing vocals

does it offend you, yeah? is a british electronic rock band from reading, Berkshire, england.

they fit into a number of genres next to the genres i have given examples of other bands in these genres:
Dance-punk - the rapture, yeah yeah yeah's
Electro house - paris avenue, bodyrox
Indie rock - modest mouse, MGMT
Synthpop - owl city, phoenix
New Rave - shitdisco, new young pony club

does it offend you, yeah? is compared to muse by nme as they have a heavier more 'live' sound.
they are also compared to bands such as justice and daft punk.

Advanced Portfolio in media (100 marks)- This will involve producing a main artefact, two ancillary artefacts and a blog containing my research, planning and evaluation materials.
Multi-media production based in the music industry. Working as a small independent production company, we will need to meet the following brief.
- A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music video, together with two of the following options.
1.A website homepage for the band
2.A cover for its release on DVD
3.A magazine advertismenet for the DVD
THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRODUCTION WORK IS THE END OF AUTUMN TERM (DECEMBER)
Critical Perspectives in media (100 marks)
There are two sections for this
Section A - Theoretical evaluation of production (50 marks)
Section B - Contempory Media issues (50 marks)