R+P Post 13: Influences and inspiration from art, fashion and culture

Though most of our influences have been from products within the music industry, there are some references from beyond this industry that have been quite inspirational.

Wes Anderson - Cinematography

Cinematography is something that interests me a great deal, as I find it fascinating how manipulating the smallest of details can have such a subtle, yet huge impact. Wes Anderson is a director whose cinematography is especially relevant to my ideas.

As can be seen from the picture above, there are many instances during his films in which a shot has a remarkable degree of symmetry. The effect is quite uncanny and has become a recognisable feature of his film-making. In regards to my own ideas, I would like to use a technique like this in my music video, as it could be used to add a greater level of depth to an otherwise normal shot.

Andy Warhol - Pop Art

Andy Warhol's distinctive 'pop-art' style has had an influence on my ideas for our band's album. Specifically, one of our ideas for the album was to have a portrait of each of our band members in a grid similar to the pop-art style. A similar idea to this has been used with reasonable success by Blur and this style has inspired the development of my ideas regarding the album cover.

Rock Culture - Classic Rock and Modern Rock

The development in Rock culture is important for me to consider when producing my own music video, as the genre has evolved over the last few decades.

Classic Rock bands have a very bold, often extreme appearance. This ranges from the more aggressive appearances like that of Metallica to the more radical expressions in the case of Kiss.

More recently, 'Modern Rock' has been the more standard style in the music industry. As this is more current, this will be the more influential of these two cultures to my own video. An example of an influential Modern Rock band would be Bring Me The Horizon.