Album Cover Research - Vic

I have drawn a picture of the three girls and have cut it out on photoshop. I then experimented with different background images from the photos that I have taken of the Location. These are some ideas for the album cover...

This is the picture that originally drew.

Album cover research - Vic

On the 'Sex Pistols' album cover 'kiss this,' I particularly like the writing style of the band name. It looks effective how it stands out from the photo of 'Jonny Rotton' (Lead singer). However I do not like the photo or the album name in the style that it has been displayed.

I have been inspired by the Beatles album cover: 'Abbey Road'. I like the way the photograph has been positioned and also the crossing the road on the crossing. Although if we did create an album cover like this we would have to 'grunde' it up, and obiously have the girls doing something slightly more reckless. However I believe that name of the album and the artists names should be more prominant.      

On this album cover i like the idea of having the red sofa and the trees behind it - the idea being in the wilderness and isolated. However if we were to use this sort of album cover style we would include our band members on the sofa and have the colours not as bright - dull, or possibly in black and white.

This album cover is the C.D cover from the band Hole. I believe that the black and white aspect of the album cover looks very effective, it give it a grundy edge (which we are aiming for). Also the band members have an 'I dont care attitude in the photo. A further good element of this album cover is the cross on fire in the background, this give it a reckless edge (possibly the band set the cross on fire).

                

Although the artist Kanye West does not produce the genre of music that we are creating our video for, I am still fond of his album cover. I like the idea of someone standing in front of the large wooden doors. However if we produced something similar to this then we would have all three of the band members and use grundy colours.

Album Cover Research - Vic

These are the current album covers for 'The pretty reckless'.

I personally am not a fan of this album cover. I think it is slightly 'try hard' with the young child holding a cigarette lighter. I also believe that it is unethical to have such a small child holding a lighter.






On the other hand I think that this other 'pretty reckless' album cover looks effective. I like the black and white element and the entire band being iuncluded into the shot. I believe that if we keep our album cover simple like this it will look more effective.

Ideas for filming - Vic

The idea that I believe will look effective in our video is the lead singer during the party seen dancing. I think to look effective the camera has to be focused on her, she must be in the middle of the croud so therefore the audience's eyes are drawn to her. I envision something similar to this clip of 'effy' in the TV serial 'Skins'.

Website- Emily

Here are some shots from the pretty reckless's website, just to give us an idea on the product we have to create after the video making process. This is one idea we have, or there is also a album cover or poster. This is just and idea to show the group to highlight what were aiming for.

Background information on the Pretty Reckless - Vic

Taylor Momsen is aged 17, she fronts the band and also sings lead vocals. Momsen writes the songs along with Ben Phillips and their producer Kato Khandwala. Momsen has been in the spot light from a very small age beginning at just three years old where she signed onto a modelling company doing a variety of adverts. Taylor then went onto to be one of the key characters in the 2000 film 'The Grinch who stole Christmas' at the age of seven years old. From the large role in the Grinch at such a small age Taylor did a variety of other small jobs mainly in the film industry, until she landed the star role in the US Drama 'Gossip Girl'. However she always wanted to write songs and be in a band.


The Pretty Reckless signed a deal with Interscope in March 2009. She writes the her songs, sings and plays basic guitar on the album. Taylor and the band played their first tour by opening for 'The Veronicas' on their revenge is sweeter tour in spring 2009. The Pretty Reckless has just finished a tour in 2010 and have recently played at a British music festival (V festival): Summer 2010. The band's debut album is called 'light me up' which was released on August 30th in the UK. The singles 'Make me wanna die' and 'miss nothing' were released to promote the album.

Therefore Taylor went from this innocent 7 year old child (Above)

To this seemingly 'out of control' teenager (17 years old) (below)