The book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens features a character (Miss Havisham) who was jilted at the alter, and believes in wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She wore a white dress with a veil which represented her wedding day. This idea was suggested by my focus group when they were shown my music video. I felt that this related to my music video, as the overall theme of it was that my character had either escaped a wedding or was jilted. I thought that this was a concept of a pastiche idea; my music video imitates the style of another thing such as a book, film etc.
I thought that this was an interesting intertextuality point, along with the Mona Lisa, as it would show that I have tried to convey the overall message of my video correctly.
This is the poster I have created to represent my band Saint Rue. I had taken inspiration from different band posters, and I felt that I have produced something which advertises the album and the new tour. As I found that many band posters also advertise the tour as well as the album, I felt that this was something necessary to add to the poster. I decided to stick with the theme of red, as this is what I have been using throughout the digipak and is also included within my music video. I decided to use an image of a rose that I have captured myself, as I feel that this represents the overall uniqueness of the band. I also found that various album posters have links to social media sites, so I decided to include these, as this would represent the inspiration that I have taken. I also decided to include the band's logo, as this further gives the band an identity. As the overall theme of my album cover, music video etc was red based with lightly coloured font, I knew that this had to be included in the poster so that everything linked well with each other.
I then decided to alter some of the elements within my poster. I decided to delete the logos for social media sites, as I thought that the colour of them didn't work with the overall theme of my poster. I decided to also add in the record label's logo, as this is also included on my digipak. I altered the colour of the band name font slightly, so that it stood out more as it is at the very top of the poster. I felt that my band member's face wasnt; standing out on the previous poster, so altered the filter on the main photo so that both stood out from the background.
