tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68769215675110156172024-03-13T10:10:05.273-07:00a2 mediaTara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-47202390761396796682010-04-01T02:41:00.001-07:002010-04-01T02:41:30.052-07:00Media Evaluation Presentation<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_3610729"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/TaraghCostello/media-evaluation-presentation-3610729" title="Media Evaluation Presentation">Media Evaluation Presentation</a></strong><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mediaevaluationpresentation-100401043523-phpapp01&stripped_title=media-evaluation-presentation-3610729" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mediaevaluationpresentation-100401043523-phpapp01&stripped_title=media-evaluation-presentation-3610729" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/TaraghCostello">TaraghCostello</a>.</div></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-49086579613647751992010-03-31T02:35:00.000-07:002010-04-01T02:51:45.373-07:00How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#66ff99;">Research</span></strong>: NMT did not play a huge part but I regularly used youtube to watch and analyze music videos that I could not access via television music channels. I briefly looked at Soap & Skin's website to read lyrics in order to trigger ideas.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#66ff99;">Planning</span></strong>: </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">- I used blogger to document all planning, changes or general thoughts/comments. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">- Using iMovie I created an animatic to present an idea on what my music video would look like.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">- When filming I used a stereo to play the song so Hannah could mime.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#66ff99;">Evaluation</span></strong>: When collecting audience feedback I used youtube, vimeo and facebook. I recieved two comments on youtube that were very complimentary but did not comment on the way it was constructed, etc. I found facebook rather useful as a number of people commented. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">This allowed me to access a diverse collection of opinions ranging from friends, colleagues, relatives and teachers.</span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-80559366667510495432010-03-30T00:19:00.000-07:002010-04-01T03:18:28.839-07:00What have you learned from your audience feedback?<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">When making my music video I was worried people would not appreciate it. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">I was reluctant to have a clear narrative and plot. I wanted to create something really abstract. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Throughout the editing process I received feedback along the way and learnt that people did not want to watch something they did not understand. I had so many different ideas and so many new things I wanted to try. I thought I could condense them all into a three minute music video. I had to conform slightly and produce something an audience would understand and love. The song alone is a very acquired taste and may be a lot to take in. I learnt that every video needs some sort of narrative. I was not comfortable at first and was very reluctant to create a 'story'. I am now happy with the final product.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">Once I had finished the music video, I recieved nothing but positive feedback. I screened the finished piece to my media class and they were very complementary even if they did not completely understand it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Comments I received: </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- <em>"<span style="color:#66ff99;">There's something <strong>tragic</strong> about it</span>".</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- <em>"<span style="color:#ffffff;">I usually moan about videos without miming, but in this case <strong>it works</strong></span>".</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- <em>"<span style="color:#99ff99;">It's very <strong>elegant</strong></span>".</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- <em>"<span style="color:#ffffff;">It reminds me of something <strong>delicate</strong></span>".</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- <em>"<span style="color:#66ff99;">There's nothing on the TV, but it looks <strong>good</strong></span>".</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Many people have commented on a one shot in particular. <em><span style="color:#cccccc;">A mid-shot focusing on the reflection of the television shown on a polaroid.</span></em> They seem to think it is some sort of edit, but it is just a reflection. I did not plan it, It was a spur of the moment thing and I thought it looked good.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">After the screening, I was eager to find some sort of critism.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">More comments I received:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- "<em><span style="color:#66ff99;">I thought it was wonderful - it had that Chris Cunningham feel tempered by a 'Life on Mars' stuck in time feel</span></em>"<br />- "<em><span style="color:#ffffff;">The child footage looks really good</span></em>"<br />- "<em><span style="color:#99ff99;">It's well put together and I like the shot of the leaf in the gutter</span></em>"<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">The only form of critism I recieved was a comment on the sequence where as a child I am blowing out candles: "<em><span style="color:#ffffff;">You fail at blowing candles out</span></em>".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">I never intended on creating a tragic piece of film. After listening to the song more than once, it reminded me of the notion of remembering, and all I wanted to do was explore this. I am a huge fan of the exsisting artist and I can undertsand why people would havee this perception.</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-18054023750271885352010-03-30T00:13:00.000-07:002010-03-31T02:32:18.454-07:00How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S7MT2LQhbRI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/CVyC8w4GI7o/s1600/FINALCOVEROKAY+copy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 287px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454725395131755794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S7MT2LQhbRI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/CVyC8w4GI7o/s320/FINALCOVEROKAY+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">I believe my advertising campaign as a whole successfully works. I tried to make it as intriguing as possible. It is consistent and the motifs present in the videos are also present throughout the digipack.</span><br /><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">CD</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Front Cover</span></strong>: I used a frame from one of the timelapses to attract the audience. I thought it would be a good idea to use familiar in order to trigger interest.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Back</span></strong>: I used a shot of Hannah with a television. This is an early idea that I never used. By using a similar shot, the idea is to keep the audience engaged.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Inside</span>:</strong> A shot of a piano with a blue tone, as the album (including the first release 'Spiracle') is very piano-driven.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Images</span></strong>: At first I thought using two different shots of Hannah would be <em>too</em> much, but after much feedback people seemed to like the idea of having photographs of Hannah, after all this is <em>her</em> album. Once I made this, I also preferred this idea. I decided to have the out of fous shot of Hannah on the front without any text. I feel this is more striking and works with the title of the album <em>'Out of Focus'</em>. I moved the text on to the spine as I had nothing there. I kept the inside simple, and relevant as I felt this would be better. With an obscure, abstract front cover I decided to tone it down a little and use one of the photographs from the first shoot.</span></div><a href="http://ipreferparis.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b0bd69e2011168a23828970c-800wi"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 188px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://ipreferparis.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b0bd69e2011168a23828970c-800wi" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Track Names</span></strong>: I tried to make up song names which fitted in with the theme of the song, 'Spiracle'. I wanted the album to have an ongoing theme. The theme is focused on the notion of remembering and looking back. I also included the album name as a track, and by the time I got to track number seven I was out of ideas. I used the word 'fuzz' as it reminded me of the televisions, a key motif throughout the process. The last track is called 'Warhola', similar to David Bowie's 'Andy Warhol', I did this as a tribute to the artist as it was a photograph of him that inspired me to work with televisions. I did not want to name the track after him, so I used his real last name.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Poster</span></strong>: Embarrassingly enough, my album poster was inspired by this George Michael one. I simply liked the way the image blended into the background. I applied this theme to my poset, successfully in my opinion. As the CD features a DVD, and this is a key thing I need to sell, I made this text moderately larger than the text above. There is not a great deal to say about this piece of work. It is fairly basic. I decided to use a similar yet different shot on the poster in order to attract an audience. The idea is that they would recognize the consistency and continuity but at the same time realize it is a different photograph. This would engage the audience.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 153px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://lyricsmusic.name/img/posters/80/917074.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 187px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454725690496086962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S7MUHXk3c7I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/bBybVDrv0gs/s320/POSTERPOSTERPOSTER+copy.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Together the video, the poster and the CD cover work together quite well. Each advertises the artist. There is a strong consistent theme running throughout.</span></div></div></div></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-83331581142962479502010-03-29T23:59:00.000-07:002010-03-31T02:31:03.173-07:00In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">My media product to some extent conforms to the hegemonic values of a music video through it's use of matching editing and pace. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">However, it also challenges the conventions by:</span><br /><span style="color:#66ff99;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">- Having very little miming, and no clear storyline.</span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">My genre (experiemental music) does not have a set list of conventions but I wanted to completely ditch this perception of the genre being 'weird'. In general, I wanted to subvert the connotations of a mainstream video. I feel I have successfully done this. I have created a very 'filmic' piece, which is slowly becoming more common, but it is still rather obscure in my opinion. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">My actress did not wish to mime and a performance based video was the last thing I wanted. I shot quite a substanial amount of piano footage and soon realised it was heading in the direction I did not want it too. Once I heard the lyric "When I was a child..." I decided I wanted to incorporate child footage and a narrative was born out of this.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#66ff99;">-Looking very cinematic, considering it's genre is usually considered very low-budget.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#66ff99;">- It's use of timelapse photography.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;">Throughout the video, there is several, brief sequences where this occurs. Two sequences of Hannah and two of traffic, one being out of focus.</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-56377039044011640562010-02-03T14:05:00.000-08:002010-02-03T14:06:32.105-08:00A2 Media Studies Music Video<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dUSohyvLdg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dUSohyvLdg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-9076822533610650542010-01-30T08:21:00.000-08:002010-01-30T08:30:10.888-08:00Opening title.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">When I finished my music video, the last thing I did was the opening credits you see on any music video. This was last thing Friday afternoon, so I put a draft there for now.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S2RdX9Bl-DI/AAAAAAAAA6E/thYB9T8R9Uk/s320/SCREENSHOT.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I placed the basics there, merely to see what it looks like. I will soon be changing it to something similar to this.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S2Rc4I3IKgI/AAAAAAAAA58/HN8klb4a_As/s1600-h/Capture.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S2Rc4I3IKgI/AAAAAAAAA58/HN8klb4a_As/s320/Capture.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432569170036795906" /></a><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">Scart 12 & the Blur</span></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Spiracle"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Out of Focus</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rough Trade Records 2010</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Director: Tara Costello</span></span></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-89211317578234944702010-01-29T04:07:00.002-08:002010-02-24T13:01:09.069-08:00Finished Album Cover.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S4WTfZCFzbI/AAAAAAAAA60/P89ddpCPVc8/s1600-h/FINALCOVEROKAY+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/S4WTfZCFzbI/AAAAAAAAA60/P89ddpCPVc8/s320/FINALCOVEROKAY+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441917892251995570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Images</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">At first I thought using two different shots of Hannah would be </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">too </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">much, but after much feedback people seemed to like the idea of having photographs of Hannah, after all this is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">her</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> album. Once I made this, I also preferred this idea. I decided to have the out of focus shot of Hannah on the front without any text. I feel this is more striking and works with the title of the album </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">'Out of Focus'</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">. I moved the text onto the spine as I had nothing there in last attempts. I kept the inside the same as I was more than happy with it. With an obscure, astract front cover I decided to tone it down a little and use one of the photographs from the first shoot.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Track names</span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I tried to make up song names which fitted in with the theme of the song, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">'Spiracl</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">e'</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, I wanted the album to have an ongoing theme. The theme is focused on the notion of remembering and looking back. I also included the album name as a track, and by the time I got to track number 7 I was out of ideas. I used the word </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">'Fuzz'</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> as it reminded me of the televisions, a key motif throughout the process. I may change this later. The last t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">rack is called </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">'Warhola', </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">similar to David Bowie's '<i>Andy Warhol</i>', this is a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">tribute t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">o the pop artist. It was a photograph of him which inspired me to work with tele</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">visions and I did not want to name the track after him, so I used his real last name.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://www.cccs.uq.edu.au/images-content/warhol.jpg" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div><div></div></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-48716524143261823192010-01-29T04:07:00.001-08:002010-01-29T04:12:06.809-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Music video = FINISHED</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-57231161668119145102010-01-19T11:11:00.000-08:002010-01-19T11:14:35.123-08:00UpdateI am now where I was before. Having to re-do work is annoying, but it is looking better.Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-62712456734284183232010-01-11T13:04:00.000-08:002010-01-11T13:05:25.435-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="325" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/niKT-kJfUz4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/niKT-kJfUz4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="244"></embed></object></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-44180381245250770872010-01-09T11:17:00.000-08:002010-01-09T11:26:55.935-08:00Update.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I have almost finished my music video!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Things that have changed</u></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- A time lapse of Hannah now takes place at the end of each chorus on the word 'spiracle', I think this is repeated about three or maybe four times.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- I have inserted the old child footage every time the line '</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please help me</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">' is repeated. This works well as the footage I have used I seem to be struggling. For example in the first clip I cannot blow my birthday candles.</span></span></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-51769745358472596642009-12-19T09:26:00.000-08:002009-12-19T09:38:06.442-08:00Update<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">I was aiming to have edited half of my music video before breaking up for Christmas. & I have.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">I have been editing for a few weeks now, and I have successfully incorporated child footage. The narrative has a real nostaglic feel to it. Many of the clips are reversed and it feels like the act is looking back and remembering her childhood. With this more resolved narrative, I have also been working on my promotional album cover. I have decided to call the album <em>'Out of Focus'</em>, as I felt it summed up music video and worked well. It ties in with the use of blur, and the use of photography. It is revelant and works. I have also included a rewind sign on the front of my album cover. I am currently working on the track titles but I would quite like them to do consistent and I plan to use this running theme based on the notion of remembering.</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-32685325779452289322009-12-05T05:42:00.000-08:002009-12-05T08:59:06.535-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SxpmX0JLFII/AAAAAAAAA3g/Gsu-J1KVv94/s1600-h/DSC00998.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SxpmX0JLFII/AAAAAAAAA3g/Gsu-J1KVv94/s320/DSC00998.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411750461559215234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SxpmXtQSFBI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/flEH9fds0_s/s1600-h/DSC01003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SxpmXtQSFBI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/flEH9fds0_s/s320/DSC01003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411750459709985810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have spent the last week editing - my concept has developed a lot more.<br />I feel I have perfected the pace, and there is a strong sense of nostagia present. My music video features several different shots, and it feels like my act is looking back (again returning to the <span style="font-style: italic;">'When I was a child..'</span> idea). Next week I plan to incorporate the children footage. I believe that everything has to be our own footage. The old tapes at home I found of myself are 8mm so it is proving quite difficult to upload, but I refuse to give up. I will be uploading it somehow next week!<br />Above are two photographs I am going to include in my music videos. I am warming more to the first one, I took a few shots like this from different angles. I may include another timelapse.<br /></span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-70216720259518801692009-12-04T05:07:00.000-08:002009-12-16T14:46:06.890-08:00Consistency<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SyljC7T4vsI/AAAAAAAAA4A/5hT2M0nCwM8/s1600-h/Picture+22.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SyljC7T4vsI/AAAAAAAAA4A/5hT2M0nCwM8/s320/Picture+22.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415968928821722818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Syli3PwGKJI/AAAAAAAAA34/W6-bYDJNYFY/s1600-h/Picture+19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Syli3PwGKJI/AAAAAAAAA34/W6-bYDJNYFY/s320/Picture+19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415968728150321298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SylibNLAk0I/AAAAAAAAA3w/uR5_tWz4oP4/s1600-h/Picture+20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SylibNLAk0I/AAAAAAAAA3w/uR5_tWz4oP4/s320/Picture+20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415968246421558082" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-88567841017510600882009-12-02T01:13:00.000-08:002009-12-04T05:12:04.458-08:00Update.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>I've started editing</u>. </span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This year I have only used iMovie for uploading footage. I haven't done a rough cut.<br />I was really eager to edit and I don't feel the need to do a one for this particular creative project. I suspect this is because I made an animatic, and was so ashamed of it. So I've gone straight into final cut pro. It seems to be going really well. I was a little frustrated at first as I thought I did not have enough footage. My music video opens with an establishing shot of the TV shoot. I shot this as one long establishing shot, so I have cut it down and placed piano cut aways in between - giving my video a fast, edgy feeling. I forgot how fast the tempo of the song actually is. I really, really don't want my video to be repetitive - despite the fact that most music videos are. When I need to repeat a shot, I always do something different to it. I have flipped a few shots, reserved and added effects too.<br />So early into the editing process and consistency is starting to show. A running theme of televisions, which is good.</span></span></div><div> </div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411367903420121970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SxkKcABOg3I/AAAAAAAAA3I/1qsWdtXuIDU/s320/Picture+20.png" border="0" />Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-13053780576361995462009-11-26T02:26:00.002-08:002009-12-04T05:16:43.723-08:00Magazine Advertisements<a href="http://mynetimages.com/9104025f_md.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://mynetimages.com/9104025f_md.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">As part of this project, I will be creating a promotional poster advertising the album. I am happy about this as I will be able to use some of the photographs I wanted to use when creating an album cover. I had to be very selective.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">I wish to create something similar to this.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">It will feature the album cover at the bottom of the page alongside details. I dislike the way they have used the same image twice. I plan to use a similar photograph, not the exact same.</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-47015257247195259332009-11-26T02:26:00.001-08:002009-11-26T06:57:23.498-08:00Timelapse photos<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sw6Rual0YGI/AAAAAAAAA2I/vyjOC3FIaj8/s1600/DSC00954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408420429116498018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sw6Rual0YGI/AAAAAAAAA2I/vyjOC3FIaj8/s320/DSC00954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sw6RuKMx2LI/AAAAAAAAA2A/x49e0rClU5A/s1600/DSC00874.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408420424716507314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sw6RuKMx2LI/AAAAAAAAA2A/x49e0rClU5A/s320/DSC00874.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><s>I haven't blogged for a while. Been either busy or ill</s>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Above are two photographs from two different series that I am going to be using.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><u>Photograph #1</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><em>ISO: 400<br />Shutter Speed: 0.6<br />Aperture: f/14.0</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">The first photograph has been taken from the first batch. My first attempt was the generic long exposure shot that many people have done. I felt the need to do this just as a starting point. Before getting a successful shot, I had to experiement and test different shutter speeds, ISO and aperture.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><u>Photograph #2</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">ISO: 3200</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Shutter Speed: 1/40</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Aperture: f/5.6</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">I prefer the second shot. In recent years I have grown to love out of focus photographs. I never understood them before, As I was going to be working with a subject area that has been explored many times, I decided to also take some out of focus shots. I wanted to make the most of the location while I was there as I probably wasn't going to find any more time to re-shoot if I needed to. I am definately going to use the out of shot photographs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">I plan to use about five or six in a short sequence. It will appear quickly somewhere in the middle of my music video. I am also eager to play the sequence backwards. </span></div></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-32566501240516932142009-11-14T11:25:00.000-08:002009-11-14T12:02:33.034-08:00Timelapse Shoot.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sv8Eptgp7cI/AAAAAAAAA0k/2xJDc37drPw/s1600-h/photo-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Sv8Eptgp7cI/AAAAAAAAA0k/2xJDc37drPw/s320/photo-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404043192505593282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Yesterday evening I took the still photographs that I will be using for the timelapse.<br /><br />It was very, very windy and there was light rain. Luckily, all the heavy rain happened earlier. I went out about eight in the evening, but I should have gone out later as it was not really dark enough.<br /><br />I stood on a bridge over a motorway - there was so much light around: the light from the cars, and the street lights.<br /><br />It took me many attempts to get what I considered a successful shot. I wanted something quite dark, but not too dark I guess.<br />In order to get my successful shot I chose to use a short exposure as there was a lot of movement in the photographs.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-92228261822897906322009-11-14T04:12:00.002-08:002009-11-14T12:01:33.136-08:00Album Covers<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Everytime I create an album, I'm never happy with it so I am either going to do:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://releasefm.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/momofuku_album_cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://releasefm.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/momofuku_album_cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qU2RGjA2uQo/R45wV_BVNEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/dyhBkvRlyxY/s320/The_Vines_Highly_Evolved.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qU2RGjA2uQo/R45wV_BVNEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/dyhBkvRlyxY/s320/The_Vines_Highly_Evolved.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">A simple yet unqiue cover with just text.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.trip-hop.net/images/jacquettes/big/516.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.trip-hop.net/images/jacquettes/big/516.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Or use a really obscure shot from a photoshoot.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-The-Velvet-Underground-The-Velvet-Underground.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 272px;" src="http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-The-Velvet-Underground-The-Velvet-Underground.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am warming to do promoting a band, but I'm not too sure.</span></span><br /><br /></div>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-61106203581522765862009-11-12T12:50:00.000-08:002009-11-12T13:39:02.321-08:00The missing link!<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So I delivered my pitch to my class Wednesday as planned, and it seemed to me I was missing just one element from my video, something to tie it all together.<br /><br />I have piano footage and shots of gritty stuff.<br />I plan to do shoot some long exposure stuff tomorrow evening.<br /><br />Throughout the song the lyric <span style="font-size:180%;">"When I was a child..." </span>appears again and again, I was thinking of using some footage of a child or perhaps Hannah's home videos if I can get hold of some. I think this could possible be <span style="font-style: italic;">the missing link</span> to my video, as I wanted a juxtaposition and as the song is slightly creepy the happy footage of Hannah's childhood could work quite nicely out of context.<br /></span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-79167386990759206902009-11-08T03:04:00.000-08:002009-11-08T03:53:47.632-08:00Concept Albums<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Welcome_To_My_Nightmare.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 289px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Welcome_To_My_Nightmare.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Wikipedia tells me that concept albums are usually </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /><br />The first concept album I ever came across was Alice Cooper's <span style="font-style: italic;">Welcome to my Nightmare</span>, my dad used to play it when I was younger and I remember it very vividly.<br />Released in 1975, this was Cooper's first solo album.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1 Welcome to My Nightmare</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />2 Devil's Food</span></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">3 The Black Widow</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />4 Some Folks</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />5 Only Women Bleed</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />6 Department of Youth</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />7 Cold Ethyl</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />8 Years Ago</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />9 Steven</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />10 The Awakening</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />11 Escape<br /><br /></span><span>The songs form a journey through the nightmares of a child names Steven.<br /><br />A year later, the sequel album was released.<br /><br /><u>Alice Cooper goes to Hell</u></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Alice_Cooper_-_Goes_To_Hell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 274px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Alice_Cooper_-_Goes_To_Hell.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:78%;" >1 Go to Hell<br />2 You Gotta Dance<br />3 I'm the Coolest<br />4 Didn't We Meet<br />5 I Never Cry<br />6 Give the Kid a Break<br />7 Guilty<br />8 Wake me Gently<br />9 Wish You Were Here<br />10 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows<br />11 Going Home</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><object width="325" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQE0pfBAYQ8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQE0pfBAYQ8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="244"></embed></object></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome to my nightmare</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I think you're gonna like it</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I think you're gonna feel... you belong</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> A nocturnal vacation</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Unnecessary sedation</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> You want to feel at home 'cause you belong</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my nightmare</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my breakdown</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I hope I didn't scare you</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> That's just the way we are when we come down</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> We sweat and laugh and scream here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> 'cuz life is just a dream here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> You know inside you feel right at home here</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my breakdown</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Whoa</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> You're welcome to my nightmare</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Yeah</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my nightmare</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I think you're gonna like it</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I think you're gonna feel... you belong</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> We sweat laugh and scream here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> 'cuz life is just a dream here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> You know inside you feel right at home here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my nightmare</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Welcome to my breakdown</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Yeah</span></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><object width="325" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wxw3ADbi1As&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wxw3ADbi1As&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="244"></embed></object></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Get ready for the lady</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> She's gonna be a treat</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Simmer slightly 'til ready</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Make her soft too</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Make her sweet</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I kiss the tears off from your chest</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> [ Alice Cooper Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ] </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I felt the poison fright that's in your breath</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I knew your precious life and I know your death</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> I squeeze the love out of your soul</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> All the perfect love that's in your soul</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> You're just another spirit on parole</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Devil's food</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Devil's food</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Devil's food</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" >& so on.</span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-36052966913446813732009-11-08T02:33:00.001-08:002009-11-08T03:03:15.515-08:00Album Attempt, #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae2A1wHoI/AAAAAAAAAy8/zYzghHCR09E/s1600-h/spiracle+albumVERSION3+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae2A1wHoI/AAAAAAAAAy8/zYzghHCR09E/s400/spiracle+albumVERSION3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401679453853064834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After experiementing with layers, I was tempted to do the same with a black and white image (as I wanted to use a black and white image in the first place).<br />I decided to use a photograph of JUST Hannah's face. I used my one of my favourites from the black and white series and cropped it, so only Hannah's face was visible.<br />For the layer I used this photograph: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleblackcloud-in-a-dress/4085694486/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleblackcloud-in-a-dress/4085694486/</a> and made it black and white.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae1j5YIeI/AAAAAAAAAys/y7MSpSlBeMg/s1600-h/2ndscreenshot1+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae1j5YIeI/AAAAAAAAAys/y7MSpSlBeMg/s400/2ndscreenshot1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401679446083641826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae1xMiUKI/AAAAAAAAAy0/lhAXzUL6Kh8/s1600-h/2ndscreenshot2+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/Svae1xMiUKI/AAAAAAAAAy0/lhAXzUL6Kh8/s400/2ndscreenshot2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401679449653661858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These two attempts are my first, although I am happy with them I feel like I can produce something so much more better. I want to pay homage to an artist or a musican or something.<br /><br />You can see that on my first attempt there are no track names.<br />I quite like the idea of producing a concept album, but I do not know how I would go about it.<br /><br />Hmm.</span></span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-87800084405881408072009-11-06T02:02:00.000-08:002009-11-08T02:24:36.754-08:00Album attempt #1,<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">I never actually had any idea what I wanted my album to look like. Having said that I knew I wanted to include a shot from the music video on the inside or on the back of the album.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRR84kHZjI/AAAAAAAAAyE/2PjxI2YKO2A/s1600-h/spiracle+albumVERSION2+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRR84kHZjI/AAAAAAAAAyE/2PjxI2YKO2A/s400/spiracle+albumVERSION2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401031959541933618" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" >Here is my first attempt. When I first did this, I wasn't happy with the front cover. It was too dark, and I felt it was really boring and I wanted to include a close-up shot Hannah took of the fuzzy television so I decided use it as another layer:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmF_xFuhI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Jq7KdMbNKTk/s1600-h/screenshot1+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmF_xFuhI/AAAAAAAAAyM/Jq7KdMbNKTk/s400/screenshot1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401054106326776338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGIayV4I/AAAAAAAAAyU/WIdmpnPxbh4/s1600-h/screenshot2+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGIayV4I/AAAAAAAAAyU/WIdmpnPxbh4/s400/screenshot2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401054108649150338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGZibCQI/AAAAAAAAAyc/wQRFk-11llQ/s1600-h/screenshot3+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGZibCQI/AAAAAAAAAyc/wQRFk-11llQ/s400/screenshot3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401054113244580098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGQynQUI/AAAAAAAAAyk/d68x1uYon5M/s1600-h/screenshot4+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6xnu-wmJqwg/SvRmGQynQUI/AAAAAAAAAyk/d68x1uYon5M/s400/screenshot4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401054110896570690" border="0" /></a>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876921567511015617.post-56238096229338171892009-11-06T01:22:00.000-08:002009-11-06T01:25:07.400-08:00<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;">I have two weeks until I am shooting for a second time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">Although, I wanted to film everything all at once, I am happy that it is being postponed as it allows me time to prepare and get off with other things.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"><u>To Do</u></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">- Start researching post-production styles, and think about how I want my video to look.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">- Organize and get props for film shoot.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">- Get on and make my digipack.</span>Tara Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293210783908932297noreply@blogger.com0