Media Blog Post 50 (Part 2) - Colours and Design Ideas

The colours of our ancillary are very important. They need to match our theme , our characters and our songs. Our song is a rather sad , relatable song therefore the colours need to replicate our message which is why it is very important to consider colour despite it seeming like a small thing. As a result some of the colours I have considered include:

• Red
• Black
• grey
• white
• Cream
• Mixture of black grey and other dark colours

I chose these colours because firstly they are commonly used throughout music and ancillary work. Therefore sticking to the common conventions would make the most sense. I also chose these colours because they seem to fit our work more i.e red is the colour of the rose so that would be a direct link. Black and grey are often colours of despair, hatred and anger, which are all characteristics that are shown by our two main male characters. I chose white and cream however because that gives the idea of hope after losing someone , similar to the ray of light shown repeatedly throughout our music video. 

In terms of design it would be wise t use existing work we already have seen. The most obvious one would be 'Krept and Konan - The Long Way Home'. As we used their work it would be a fitting tribute to make a similar cover to their own and we have already started taking similar images.

This is almost the perfect image to use as inspiration as the song came from this album , our characters are almost mirroring them perfectly. The destruction in the background is an example of the recurring theme throughout the album.

However if we didn't want to add our characters we could in fact use an object. With the name of the song being roses we could place an image of a rose in the background of an all black panel. The rose could be bright right or if we wanted to contrast it we could have it be a dying rose. We could then have a faded image of the artists in the background , clear enough to see but not so clear that it takes focus away from the rose. While this can be seen as a quick and easy way out it has been done before many times by other artists.