Creating my artists identity

Artist name- !The Big Hurt!. This band currently  belongs to the record label "Stay Humble Music".

Age- The age range would be around 20-30,because from the image at the top you can clearly see that there not teenagers. 

Gender- Male

Location- The location for the band is in Kent Island which is located in Maryland, America.

Ethnicity-  The ethnicity of the band is white males.

Brief History- In 1988 a few members of the band wanted to combine different genres of music such as  Reggae, Funk, Acid Jazz, Ska and Punk and Drum-n-Bass. They also then recruited to new members to the band after sending out musician wanted ads and these two new members bought new features into the band and also brought in more experience to the band as well. The band has also released an album called "lessons" which includes quite a lot of different genres of music such as reggae, alternative rock, jazz etc. 

Clothing

 

 

I have decided to choose the pieces of clothing because I think the band doesn't really focus on there physical appearance as much as they focus on their music, as from there profile picture you can clearly see that the band members are dressed quite casual for males their age. But, I could see a few band members wearing t-shirts that have the bands logo on them (if there is one), but other than that I think they would be wearing quite casual clothing. Even though there music is quite funky and new, I think they would keep a simple style of clothing because they rather have there music be heard than what there appearance is.


Typography

 

The reason I have decided to choose these types of typography is because when I listen to there song "low Dow Ho" quite a lot of bright colours come into my mind and I think these colours represent the bands music as there music holds quite a lot of different genres and each genre could represent a different colour and it could reach out to there audience more. Also by having bright colours it is able to grab the audiences attention as its more in your face, than rather having quite plain colours, which would come across as boring. Also I think the personality of the band would come across more in there typography than their appearance ,because there look would be quite casual so it would come down to there typography to grab the audiences attention and become recognisable.

Mise-en-scene objects,settings,lighting,

dark lighting

bright lighting

When it comes to mise-en-scene I think quite a few things can be put in to their music video. As in the song it can be taking in an interpretive way for example in the lyrics it says "And remote control at the pawn store" and the visuals could show the actor walking into the pawn store, plus the money image also relates to the pawn store. When it comes to lighting I think it can be based around both light and dark, as maybe if the music video focuses on a relationship the bright light can connote the happiness of the relationship while the dark light can connote the destruction and sadness of the relationship. Also, the reason why I included an image of a teddy bear is because it could connote some sort of happiness between the couple, as a sort of special possession. When it comes to settings there could be quite a variety, as the image of the garage could be the band playing. The image of the town being a sort of extra shots and a home where the couple could live etc.

  

colours

The reason why I have decided to choose these colours is because I think that the band members themselves come across as ordinary but there music is where all the colours and imagination comes from. Also when listening to their song it comes across as being lively and energetic and I think that bright colours are able to put across the effect of being energetic.














Imagery

When listening to their song quite a few different images come into mind and they are quite different from one another. The main thing that comes to mind is how a relationship starts of all nice and sweet and then it turns out to be horrible, which results in the couple arguing, which three of the images I have chosen shows. The song also evokes a lot of smashing of objects and destruction, mainly because when the songs tempo picks up, the tone of it is fast and aggressive, and I just imagine the couple throwing plates at each other. But, also when the tempo pick up it could have shots between the band and the couple. The reason why I used the images of a man tied up and the woman in green is because also what comes to my mind is that their is this crazy and unstable woman that is keep her boyfriend hostage and treats him like a doll. The image of the cigarette is something that comes up in the   chorus of the song, and the repeat of it just sticks in my mind.



Photo of person I would like to play my actress

In my music video, I would consider Rianne for playing the female in the video as I think she would come across as the ideal girlfriend role and also I could imagine her being able to play the crazy woman role as well, as she isn't camera shy and has an energetic personality to her.