Logo inspiration

I decided to create a logo for my band which I felt related well to the genre. I looked at several other band logos and the fonts they used to create their logos and thought that these would help with inspiration.
I firstly looked at indie bands' logos, such as the Arctic Monkeys, Bastille and many more.
I decided to firstly look at the Arctic Monkeys' logo for their album 'AM', as this was something which I thought was simple but effective. I especially liked how the use of a shape was used, combined with font and a frequency wavelength inside of the circle. I felt that shapes were something that was an indie element and that I could do something which involved a certain shape. I thought that in the middle of the logo, the frequency wave had been manipulated into an 'AM' which relates to the title of the album. I thought that this was clever and effective, as this distinguishes the band.





I then looked at Bastilles' logo, which features their band name, but the use of a triangle which replaces the A. I thought that this was interesting and something which was memorable. It distinguishes the band, as when people see the logo, they automatically know who it is.  I thought that the use of shapes within a logo was a reoccurring thing and that this was something which I could use my own.




This simplistic logo is for a band called The Neighbourhood. Even though the use of the upside down house is simple, it is incredibly effective as the band is recognised through the use of this logo. I feel that the use of shapes are prominent throughout the indie genre logos, and this was something which I felt that I could include in my own.





Another logo which caught my eye was the band Churches'. I liked the way that they had replaced certain letters with different letters; I think that this makes the logo unique. I also liked the way that they had used three lines to make an E. I thought that I could take inspiration from this to create my own logo.

I then looked at a few other band logos such as AC/DC's, Guns N' Roses etc. as I felt that I could get some ideas from their logos too. I especially liked the font on AC/DC's logo, and thought that this was interesting. I also liked the roses on Guns N' Roses logo, and thought that I could combine these two ideas to produce a logo for my band. 

   

I decided to look on a website called 'Dafont' which would allow me to choose different fonts for my band name. I liked the look of the fonts called 'Clothe' and 'The Blacklist', as I felt that these fit the indie genre.

I thought that I would be able to use inspiration from the logos I had researched by maybe having the S and the R in my logo larger than the rest of the font.

Equipment list

For the music video, the items I will use are:

• Cameras - I used a Canon camera to capture my  as this would allow me to record high-quality content.
• Tripods - this would help me to stabilise my footage.
• Coloured filters - the coloured filters were an initial idea for the music video, however with using the software Premier Pro, I will be able to alter the colours and styles within that.
• Guitar - I used an acoustic guitar, as this had an Indie style and reflected the genre. I took the guitar design into consideration, as I needed it to have an indie style to show that I have researched the genre.
• Lighting - lighting is an important element within my music video, as I feel that I need to get the right amount of light to represent the indie genre.
• A high key lighting studio - I will use a high-key lighting studio to capture my videos, as this will allow the music video to have a professional feel.
• Wedding dress & veil - as my plan for the video is a female who has run away from a wedding, I needed to represent this throughout the video.
• CD player/Phone - this will be used to play the song and will allow me to lip sync in time with the lyrics.

I will use a variety of shots within the video including:

• Establishing shots
• Close-ups
• Tracking Shots