Influences For My Print Productions

INFLUENCES FOR MY
PRINT PRODUCTIONS
By Jessica Doran
DAVID
BOWIE
Bowie is renowned for his breaking of conventions both

within his art and music. An English singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter, and actor,
he was a figure in popular music for over five decades, and
was considered by critics and other musicians as an
innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.
Bowies album covers have inspired the designs for my
own print productions due to his alternative and unique
look upon the world. He labelled himself as an outsider,
but the one who everybody wanted to be, enabling
individuals to embrace their own style and not feel the
need to conform to societies portrayal of the norm. Bowie
reflects these breaking of conventions in his art. 'The Man
Who Sold The World' featured the famous 'dress cover.'
Mercury Records in the UK went with Bowie's original
album cover design, in which he was pictured in a 'man's
dress' by London designer Mr. Fish; but the German and US
labels chose to create their own covers for the album.
Ultimately the cover didn't seem to matter; while the
music was indisputably great, the record sold very poorly
in all territories and was soon out of print. Only one year
Bowies representation of the outsider will be reflected

in my own print productions. I am using my main actress
Freyas punk style to create an unconventional and
whacky taste to the prints. For example; whilst Bowie
breaks conventions by wearing a dress, Freya breaks
conventions with her punk and less feminine attire,
which separates her from the usual representation of
women on album covers, and avoids the idea of the male
gaze in such videos as Rhiannas Rude Boy or Miley
Cyrus Wrecking Ball. Freyas style will also be reflected
in the print productions as a dominant theme that will
hopefully emphasis her characters dominance in the
music video e.g using images of her repeatedly on each
cover to emphasis who the song is about and what genre
the music video is trying to portray.
DAVID
BOWIE
Another album cover of Bowies that strongly influences my
own print productions, is his 1984 album Tonight.
However, because it was featured in the so called Pop
period it may not push my audience to engage with the
inter textual reference as easily (considering my target is
primarily punk and slightly reggae). Having said this, as an
alternative icon ever since the 70s, even those interested
in Punk will have grown up and listened to Bowie at some
point. I love his use of bright colours to suggest almost an
alien within himself and to emphasise further his outsider
portrayal. I could easily use this same effect on my actress
Freya, to embrace her individuality but also perhaps reflect
the conflicted and confused mind-set with a multi-coloured
montage. This reflects her trapped feeling of being in the
forest/ civilisation, and the splash of colours would bring
the audience into the characters unique yet
unconventional mind. His art also reflects a similar punk
style here, to that of the Sex Pistols, with his use of bright
colouring and collage effect that creates a sort of chaotic/
stick and cut effect used by punk bands to suggest
rebellion.
THE
BEATLES
This album cover by the Beatles looks similar to the works
of Escher that I have posted previously. Because my main
antagonist is conflicted between reality and whats in her
mind, I too, intend to use a montage of images and her
face/eyes perhaps to create a confused and disorientated
effect on the page similar to how I use this idea within
the music video. Additionally, it would be useful to make
an inter textual link between the Beatles and my own print
productions because the Beatles were a massively
acclaimed British band that dominated British fashion and
music. A main focus of my video is the unconventional
style that my female antagonist has, therefore I too want
to use her fashion to provoke an alternative impact upon
my unique target audience and my print productions
similar to that of the Beatles. For example; Nicholas
Abercrombie states that genres permit the creation and
maintenance of a loyal audience which becomes used to
seeing the genre. Here, I need to uphold the punk
conventions in both my video and prints to make this
connection and for my audience to engage with the genre
Escher
PAUL
KLEE
Expressionism: A term used to denote the use of

distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect,
which first surfaced in the art literature of the early
twentieth century. Expressionism is an artistic style
in which the artist attempts to depict not objective
reality but rather the subjective emotions and
responses that objects and events arouse in the
artist. Here, the emotions of my main character fuel
my music video. The audience is supposed to be in
her mind, so my print productions should use the
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German painter. His

highly individual style was influenced by
movements in art that included Expressionism,
Cubism, and Surrealism. Klee was a natural
draftsman who experimented with and
eventually deeply explored colour theory,
writing about it extensively; his lectures
Writings on Form and Design Theory, published
in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held
to be as important for modern art as Leonardo
da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting for the
Renaissance.
Klees use of expressionism I find intriguing and
could be used as a way of expressing my main
antagonists confusion between reality and
dream. I would then be able to combine this
with the punk style of using bright colours to
attract my target audience. The colours I would
use would be more bold and outrageous than

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Bowie is renowned for his breaking of conventions both

Bowies representation of the outsider will be reflected

Expressionism: A term used to denote the use of

Paul Klee was a Swiss-German painter. His

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