I read this article on ShortList and really enjoyed
reading about the album art.
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/50-coolest-album-covers#gallery-1
The Chemical Brothers - Previous Album Art
To design for the chemical brothers track I decided that looking
at their previous album art would be a good start, from looking
straight away I notice repetitions & photomontage there covers
are really quite broad and jump from both extremes.
Personally out of these designs my favourite is 'we are the night'
without listening as an educated guess the cover is constallations
of a night sky "orion" or something similar.
It would be intresting to know the design decision taken in the
album cover wether it being an impulse or a reason behind I believe
the stars suggests it is well thought out the colour scheme
reflects the night directly linking back to the name of the song.
This album art is inspiring to me as I find it aesthetically pleasing
I have taken inspiration from this and intend to take influence into
my designs.
Video Stills
Out of the entire video I feel these stills are the most important
to the song and connect with song.
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| Bearded drummer - Intro into the song |
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| Main character sleeping - larger image could represent a state of insomnia |
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| If not insomnia a deep dream stage or nostalgia |
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| Another link to time and insomnia or being unable to get up lots of repetition |
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| Repetition, something is expanding - getting out of control |
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| Kaledioscope effect alongside nostalgia |
From watching the video I get the impression of a dream state
if not that something relevant to the effects of drugs. I think
this because of the use of repetition and kaleidoscope effects.
Im going to look at the lyrics to see if my conclusion of the song
is correct and then start designing possibly taking influence
from the stills and previous album covers.
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