Bucket Head Logo

This is my final logo design for my music company. I made this logo by using paint and also a website called picnik.com. This allowed me to create the right colours and design patterns to fit the genre of the band we have chosen and to match the music they play. It also made it easy for me to create the image and make it look the best that it could be. I decided to keep a red colour in the logo as it gives a sense of evil in the eyes but the buckets eyes, not the man who's wearing the bucket on their head, therefore it may show an innocent person underneath. This links with the Hollywood Undead band as they all wear masks and they produce mystery for the fans which maybe another thing that is liked by them, therefore they might take interest in the company too because of the similarities.
Bucket Head Productions.com has now got this logo which will hopefully encourage and persuade the public who enjoy alternative rock music to look at more music that the company can offer which gains more fans and overall more money for the company.

Logo Design Evaluation

For the company design I have decided to have Bucket Head as my title and a man wearing a bucket as my logo image. We thought it would be fit for purpose as it reflects the identity of the companies name. Also, It is similar to the band we are working on our music video with as they all wear masks and it shows a bit of mystery to their true identity like the band does. Also the colours fit the genre of music we are working on.
I wouldn't change a lot if I could as I like the logo as it adds a bit of comedy element, links with the genre and band and it is a rememberable image so people will remember our company. I have also put .com on the end of my production as it lets the audience know what the website will be called and notifying them that the company can only be found on the internet.
The target audience is 18 years + so this logo and company name reflects this age group as they enjoy jokes and strange things so it helps them with remembering the logo and company - Bucket Head Productions.com

Mood Board and Website Plans

Here is my mood board and website design and it shows all of my ideas which i might want to include on my website. It also shows all the conventions I have included and gives the audience a good navigation system and easy to understand. This is how I want my website to look.

Introduction to iweb

I used iweb to create a practise site and I used many of the conventions to meet the brief which was the sixth form consortium.
I had a menu bar above that linked to other pages that students or parents may want such as 'news', 'events' and 'blog'. I also provided links to each of the four schools websites individually but it took me a while to add a hyperlink as the internet wasn't working.
I also included widgets such as photos and a countdown for the events page, and I was going to add a clip from youtube of showing some footage produced by one of the schools in the consortium but I couldn't complete this as the internet was down. I added shapes and text to the banner as to make the sixth formers who looked at the site think it was professional and well organised.
I wanted the layout to look good so all people who looked at the site from all ages could use the site and navigate freely and easily.

Website Workings -11/10/10

How did you use your iconography research and web page analysis to inform your homepage design plans?

On my mood board I have put ideas for my banner with the Hollywood sign, but edited it to make it look like the D was falling to make it look not so perfect, then complete it with a decorative Undead font. This shows that the band are rebels and aren't perfect and neither is their music but it is loved by a lot of people and they are passionate about it.
I have also included skulls as their genre has many skulls as the darkness of the music is relevant so in my website design I have also but a skulls head in my banner.
Along with other media conventions I have made my website advertise the bands albums, songs etc which was my main aim. With my logo for the band large at the bottom of the dove and the grenade I feel that this will be a good web page.

Some Music Video Ideas...

Our group brain stormed and come up with some more ideas that we felt would fit our chosen song Paradise Lost.
We firstly thought of a mafia theme in the past which also linked with the 3 blind mice. This included comedy elements and fit well with our songs upbeat rythme. We also wanted it to be a strange narrative video and this fitted it well but once thinking of how we would achieve this and how much it could be we were beginning to think negatively about the idea and then decided to still keep it in mind but carry on brain storming.
We then thought of an idea similar to Fedde Le Grand with his song Put Your Hand Up For Detroit as it involves robotic movement in a narrative way. This brought us to an unnormal world similar to sims which is controlled by one person. Then a rebel breaking free from the controls demanded to them. This also fitted with our genre as indie rock is rebellious with their music. We thought this idea was good and are considering it along with a good narrative story to go with it. It will supply good comedy elements and get our audience interested in the song and most importantly make them remember the video.

Audience Profile

We collected all our results from our survey that we asked people to fill out from all ages and areas.

From this we found out that 64% of our genre fans are females, and this has surprised us as we thought that it would of been more males than females.

Out of the 45 that like our music genre they were between the ages of 17-19 with a total of 71.1%.

We also found out that most of these people were students as an occupation and there main hobbies are to do with music as 73.3% said this with 44.4% also saying creative hobbies.

The clothes these 45 people normally wear according to the survey is skinny jeans and light clothes with a joint result of 57.8%.

We also found out that 71.1% of the 45 favourite genre of film is comedy and 82.2% watch music videos on youtube.

Profile

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Occupation: Student

Our typical fan is a full time student at college. She enjoys listening to music as a hobby especially the genre of indie, but sometimes likes to be creative with drawing etc. She enjoys wearing skinny jeans and light coloured clothes. She normally watches her music videos on the internet on youtube.com. Her favourite genre of film is also comedy and her favourite radio station is Kiss 100 fm.