Media Product

I actually designed this cover art background before i came to study in the UK though without the band's name or logo. I originally planned to use it one day when i do make a CD with my band in Singapore. But i guess it'll have to wait.

Heres another video from X japan

I'm havin problems uploading videos onto blooger so if possible i could just give you the URL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBBqGkjm1o

Can the meaning in images be read wrongly?

Following up from the meaning of images and how some people are adamant that the image be read in a certain way. I believe that sometimes a particular image would be read in a certain way depending on which part of the world you lived in. For example, in Japan, alot of the styles focus on the feminine beauty which is why u would see the styles these band taking being similar to females. Whereas in Singapore and even the UK, such a style would not be widely accepted and most people would look at it with disgust. However, is some cases the particular image might have been meant to give that impression to the viewer but of course makes it hard for the viewer to get it.
Either way, I think i would just stick to music, and understanding the meaning of an image through words. LOL

What i noticed from analyzing images

I noticed that many of the images used a triangle starting from the bottom right and left and ending at the top middle portion. I think that this particular style helps the viewer to properly visualize what the artist would want the person to focus on. Another aspect i noticed is the single point perspective that is usually used which i think also helps to create a sense of realism in the image and to allow the user to really get into the image and understand it better. Colours in the image are usually layered into horizontal rows instead of any other styles which i honestly can say that I'm not too sure why.

Another image froma different museum

This image was also taken from a different museum and shows some of the landscape of early Europe. The image has very distinctive colour tones with the faded colours near the top of the image and coming down to a much bolder look near the bottom. The image also uses a distinct triangle again with the triangle starting from the bottom left and right and ending at the top middle portion. This image lets us see the remains of a castle and the exceptionally beautiful scenery and landscape around Ireland.

An image i took in a museum

This image was taken at a museum when i was in Ireland though i cant exactly remember the name of it. The perspective of this image is very different from some images I've seen as it looks like it utilizes a multi-point perspective but in a somewhat different way from other images I've seen. The image itself also features really faded colours which adds to the whole feeling of it being really old. The image probably shows the houses and the area that many of the richer people during those times lived in. and what kind of lives they lead. The ship in the background also helps to articulate the feeling of a beautiful scenery and landscape.

A video of Versailles LIVE

Sorry i couldn't actually give the video for this. but here is the URL for it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTxQcTccOww&feature=related have a look and enjoy :)

Nightmare (Naitomea)

An album art from 1 of the other bands i like alot.

My Favourite Band

This band is one of the reasons i manged to understand the use of this module.

How I think this module has to do with music

At first when i started this module, I could not understand the reason why i would want to take a module that has almost no relation to music, which i what i am studying. However, after spending the time to learn up this module and to understand more about the visual aspects of music, i started to realize why i had to learn this module. I realized that much of the music i listen to has a very large visual aspect in their dressing style, the hair and even their cover arts used in their albums.

The style of music i listen to has a very focused aspect on music as well as the whole theme or style they wish to portray which i believe also plays an important part in attracting people into listening to their music. In many cases even the music video uses many visual aspects that i think this module would be able to benefit me

Moi dix Mois ( another band i like)

This picture shows another of my favourite bands which uses very dark Gothic themes in their style and make-up. A particular unusual thing is instead of the vocalist of the band being at the front, the lead guitar is at the front due to him being the leader, overall director for everything, and the founder of the band. I think this image uses a multi-point perspective as the image shows the 2 other musicians behind as being much smaller. The colours used in the image focuses on a very dark and haunting theme using mainly black and blues to further emphasize the Gothic feel to it. The image again follows the triangle concept with it beginning at the bottom right and left and ending at the top middle, with the main focus being paid to the person in the front.

Meanings that images can portray in relation to music(Part 2)

To continue from the other post, in the many examples of fine art around the world, individuals would interpret particular pieces in a certain way which many people believe to be the wrong interpretation. I would ask then, "what is right or wrong in that?". I believe that there is no true right or wrong in any interpretations or art forms and that i find is where the true beauty of art lies. Images in art can be closely related to music in that way as both require someone to truly pay attention to the fine details of it to be able to appreciate the style, emotions and thought put into it.

Because art is such a difficult thing to understand, most people therefore shirk away from this, which makes some of the artists or musicians in my aspect live a much more difficult life due to not doing something within the mainstream society, instead choosing to do their own particular style.Its a really sad thing to see and witness the pains they go through to emulate what they enjoy to others

Images in album covers

In album covers, the images need to usually portray a certain aspect about the particular band like roses and skeletons etc. In many situations, a style is usually decided upon creation of the band and usually incorporates images to allow the user to interpret the meaning behind it. However, in most cases, the consumer rarely takes the time to interpret or understand the image and would rather just listen to the music. I think that in certain aspects, the image on the cover also plays a large part whether or not a person would buy the product as it indirectly affects a person's choice compared to 1 with much lesser effort put into it.
Although this is all just my opinion and that sometimes people would just buy it whether or not the cover art looks good or not if that particular band still interests them.

Meanings that images can portray in relation to music( Part 1)

In many images, though a picture may portray a certain meaning to another, someone else might actually pick up on something completely different. I feel that this is highly similar to the way we feel when listening to music and the feeling that is given to us when we listen to it. In music alot of feelings can be put into the song by increasing or even decreasing the volume, using a different style or even the instruments used. I personally feel that in music, emotions are easier to put into words rather than through in instruments which is why i usually pay alot more attention to the instrumentalism than the words.

This is an aspect that many people around the world are still unable to grasp especially in Singapore, as the society there is built highly on commerce with majority of people there still unable to get used to things like this. Even with art and images like we did in this module, much of the society is still not able to understand such a complex piece of art with only a small niche able to truly feel, visualize or understand it. Oh well, I'll continue thinking about this in detail and hopefully continue.

Diablo 3

When i first heard that Diablo 3 was under development, I actually felt a sense of excitement as Diablo 2 was released nearly a decade ago and i loved the game tremendously. This wallpaper which i took off the Blizzard website shows us a ruined cathedral with the altar filled instead by an image presumably Diablo's face. This shows to us that either the users of this cathedral worshipped him or most likely was destroyed by him. I also feel that this image probably edited the picture of the ruined cathedral and just put in the image of his face as it looks very roughly done due to the sky around not completely blending in with the surroundings.

Kylemore Abbey Cathedral

From this picture, we can immediately see that it follows a single point perspective view as we look down the aisle. The picture itself blurs a little the further it goes into the single point. Also if we look at the way the image is taken, it is formed out out a triangle starting at the bottom left and right and ending at the top middle of the image. The cathedral itself uses alot of arcs to show the different points in Jesus's crucifixion all the way to his death and to house the main altar. I figured this image would allow me to show the beauty of the cathedrals in Europe, as we do not have these kinds of cathedrals in Singapore.

Versailles Philharmonic Quintet

This image is of my favourite band called by Versailles from Japan.
They are a symphonic/power metal band even though they don't look like one as the style of such bands differ very much from bands like in the UK and America. From the image, it can be seen that the "floor" they are standing on is in a single point perspective that fades off behind with the front of the light being much larger. The light effects that are behind in the image allows us to have a feeling of mystery or even the feeling of them being stars in the spotlight. Once again, the image is taken from a slightly upward view which i think suggests to us the feeling of superiority of sorts as can be seen from the centre person.The roses each of them holds might be signifying beauty,poise and elegance.

Kylemore Abbey Castle

This picture of the front of the Kylemore Abbey Castle was taken during my trip to Ireland. The image was taken from a slightly upward facing perspective which shows to us not just the size of the castle but also to show us the overall feeling of awe this castle gives to us. The composition in the image are essentially split into 3 sections with the big triangle starting from the bottom left and right and ending at the top right in the middle somewhere above the frame of the image. The colours again are split this time into 3 spots being the castle itself with its grey and darker grey tones, the green grass and trees behind and the white colour of the sky behind the castle.

Waterfall Near Kilkenny

This waterfall was seen on our way to Kilkenny and from the picture taken, it allows us to see the sheer size of the waterfall in comparison with the people standing near the bottom left of the image. This image's element of composition can be seen as a big triangle from the bottom left to the top right as the viewer would most probably focus on the waterfall more than the different colours of the trees around with the mountainside around the waterfall having a much darker brown colour and the bottom area being much greener, splitting the image into 2 distinct rectangles.

Landscape of Sally Gap(up in the mountains)

This is a picture of the landscape of one of the mountain areas in Ireland which i found to be extremely beautiful in the way the trees were aligned in that particular way. Though i suspect that it was planted in such a way by man rather than by nature itself, the scenery was still an absolutely fantastic view from way up in the mountains.

Trip to Ireland

Last Friday on the 26th of march i went to Ireland with my friends for 8 days. the scenery was so beautiful. I kind of feel a little bored now having come back to Bradford..sigh... We of course did a self-drive tour around southern Ireland starting off from Dublin all the way down to Cork, back up to Galway and then back to Dublin again. It was quite an eventful trip there and many things happened there. The view of the landscape when we were driving up in the mountains was really breathtaking and the air was so different from what it would normally feel like in a city. So now that I'm back in Bradford, i have some pictures That i took in Ireland that i can analyze and see what i can derive from the way i took them.