A2 Proposal and Pitch

Proposal
The brief I intend to pursue is the promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video together with a cover for its release and a website homepage for the band/artist.

For my music video, I had the idea of myself and my friend Jamie recording a song. Jamie is a close friend of mine with whom I have been involved in talent competitions therefore I thought it would be a good idea to record one of our duets. As artists, I do not want us to come accross to the audience as a couple therefore I have had a challenge choosing an appropriate song.

Pitch
Initially, the song I wanted to record is called 'Alone' by Heart an American Rock band, also later sang by Celine Deon. The song is a love song and therefore I thought an appropriate setting to record the video would be the beach. One of the reasons I am unsure about this song choice is that I do not want the artists to come accross as a couple but instead very close friends. Another song I thought about recording is Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsons 'Good Time'. In contrast this is not a love song it is a song that portrays friendship and having a good time. I wanted to get a group of friends together to record this video in a nightclub (on a night time) or again on the beach, in the sea (during the day). I feel these ideas are stereotypical and will give my ideas more thought.

The genre I intend to use is 'pop' therefore my second song choice is more suited. I am undecided about the narrative however I either want to use the theme of love in which case my first song would be appropriate or friendship in which case I would use the second song.

For my album cover I have thought about taking a range of different photos of myself and Jamie adopting different poses and making a collage effect cover. Another idea was a close up of myself and Jamie with a black background. I liked the idea of a long shot walking into the sea with the album name on an angle in the corner in script type font however I do not feel this reflects the genre I want to use. I want the idea of fun to come accross on my cover therefore I liked the idea of myself and a group of friends against a white background covered in multicoloured paint. Although the idea is completely random it was inspired by Kesha's music video 'take it off'.

I want my homepage to be colourful and fun with ways to download songs, get gig tickets and download free posters to print out. I have looked at numerous band homepages including http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/gb/home/ and I particularly liked its simplistic layout with one large central image and information around it.