Wednesday, 27 March 2019

NEA 2019-2020 - First steps and initial research

1. Knowing the brief:



Annotate, read , repeat, make sure you understand all aspects of the brief.

2. Choosing the song and sketching your artist.
Look at artists likely to appeal to the target - quite a broad spectrum.
Ask parents, teachers etc... quick questionnaires. 

Start with obvious candidates and dig around for similar artists: 
Dido https://www.didomusic.com/


Early Coldplay or Elbow... Anything anthem-like...



Adele http://adele.com/home/



Arcade Fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f3gdyM&start_radio=1&list=RDEM5Hx5EcwHnygJr8M4xuhgMQ


Perhaps slightly more edgy, Imogen Heap http://imogenheap.com/myceliatour.php?
One of her songs:



And here is a video produced by a media student to one of her songs:



Look for similar artists, eg.:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adele-mn0000503460/related


Also explore the record labels mentioned in the brief:

Columbia
http://www.columbiarecords.com/artists/

Parlophone
https://www.instagram.com/parlophone/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlophone

By next Wednesday, come ready with a song choice, the lyrics, with your early ideas. You could start researching videos that could inspire your own work - collage, embedded videos if you have a blog etc...

Start defining your artist. Early sketch of their star text.
Look for past students' videos like these:


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