Band Pose Research

Wanting to create an arrogant image of the bands in our mockumentry we printed out some images of the band interviews we researched. I looked to two images, one of Razorlight and the other of The Killers, the bands I used to research interview quotes. These bands were arrogant and big headed so I expected their poses and positions to reflect this. Whilst I carried out this, Beth looked at the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and PUSA, two more layed back bands who don't take their fame for granted. We both printed out each image in the centre of an A4 piece of paper ready to annotate. These are the notes which Beth took down:

The first of the two bands I looked at was Razor Light.



Razorlight is written at the top of this image in large, bold and capital letters. This particular font is the bands own and is recognisable to any fans of the band. When we look down below the text we are faced with the four members of the band. The big white gap between the men and the text suggests that they don't feel the need for a fancy background and 'faff' as they alone are enough. The band members themselves are looking directly into the camera. Non of the band members are smiling into the lens and are instead pulling moody expressions, personally I don't feel a connection between the audience and band. The black colour of their clothes also reflect the moodiness in the attitudes of the members. The clothes are also a sharp contrast against the white back ground, a simple idea making them striking against the page.



The second egotistical band I looked at was 'The Killers'. Immediately we are made aware of the bands arrogance as they place themselves in mid air on the page. This suggests to me that they are apotheosising themselves. By being above ground level it shows how they think they are better and above everyone else or immortal. The lead singer is at the front of the image, dressed in smart black clothes, looking not directly at the audience but slightly above them. This comes across as quite patronising. The text at the top of the image is in a small font which could let us assume that the band think we should automatically know who they are from image alone.

We can see a clear visible difference between the two bands Beth looked at & the ones I did. PUSA and Red Hot Chilli Peppers have fun poses which shows they take themselves a lot less seriously where as RazorLight and The Killers look more intense. Their positioning makes a difference to the way we see them. The Killers have themselves placed off the ground, showing how they believe they are better than others on the market. Not knowing the two latter bands very well I feel less in tune with them compared to the others. In our mockumentary this is the effect we want our band to portray, arrogant and egotistical.