FINAL CD

These covers are my final works for the CD

FINAL POSTER

My final Ad is a variation of my first one. The differences here are that flames have been added to the bottom a main stay of heavy metal, keeping to the old style 1980's albums. Bullet holes with blood splatters have also been added which help to accentuate the main title. The contrast of colour helps it stick out and it also looks really cool. 
The pictures have had borders put around them so they stand out from the background and so to keep things neater the subtitle had to be shrunk to keep symmetry. 
The big bold "southern state bar" style text was enlarged slightly to be more eye catching, and the original idea of the ironic style of the "red, white and blue" is still there.
In order to choose this one i asked some of my peers which of my ads they thought looked most proffesional and suitable for a heavy metal band. Then having narrowed it down from 3 to 2 i decided to update two of them and then see which would then be the most suitable.

Costume

For my band they come under the catergory of Heavy/ Progressive metal. This means they need to dress accordingly. However they're also a comedic act in an ironic sense. Therefore i feel that the masked or face paint route may be a little hard core for this group. The two bands who my group resemble the most on my picture graph are Avenged Sevenfold and A Day to Remember. This is the sort of atire that i will dress my band in. Not quite so costume based but rather casual clothes with one or two references to another heavy group.

Top 10 rock and metal videos

Heavy Metal background

This is a small amount of research into the brief history of heavy metal in order to get a taste of what styles, costume and locations i may need to experiment with.

Research Questionnaire