RGB Split Glitch Logo

In the Rolling Stones video mentioned previously as well as several interesting graphic designs on the website tumblr is a special effect that I wanted to use whilst making my video. On GIMP I have more or less got to grips with how to accomplish the 'glitch effect' with the use of layers, but the process of making a moving image appear to be malfunctioning proved to be much more difficult. However, using a youtube tutorial, I managed to great an RGB split effect with my band's MF logo.





Another free resource I used was a downloadable sound effect from soundcloud, which added to the illusion of the glitching-out logo of the band. This effect is probably most commonly used in techno and electro music ( the tutorial itself includes a dubstep-sting along with the logo) but I think that it works well with the genre of pop-punk due to the fact that it accentuates the point that Macro Friends are part of a subversive genre. Their aim is to 'hack the system' *general socialist student mumbles* and more or less invade the mainstream.







The finished result is less impressive that that show in the tutorial, but as far as first attempts go, I think it's do just fine for an opening or closing clips for the music video in order to establish the band's brand from the get-go.

Outtakes

Photography

Band photo at school, near the RAC building. The members are leaning on a skip, whereas Summer is sitting (due to the fact that she is short and the height differences of the band are ridiculous).

Second photo of the band at school, looking sideways (except for Dylan); background is a yellow brick wall. They all look to be moving, representing the energy of '|Macro Friends'' music.

Taking at school, outside the playgroup. 'High voltage' song could be a reference to their 'edgy' music.

Dud photo; Summer unfocused. Still, the messiness of the photo ties in with the rock genre.

Texture taken from the bumpy texture of my laptop touchpad.

Close up of my orange shirt.

Frosted glass of landing window: outside is a brick wall. 'Icy' look may look better colorised blue or desaturated.

Another image of frosted glass from a different perspective.

Bare brick wall of old kitchen. 'Beauty in decay' and very grungy, tying into the rock genre and its subversive reputation.

Another image of a more dilapidated part of my house. Orange bricks, yellow plaster and peeling wallpaper. I my used this image as a semi-transparent overlay.

Bare brick wall and central window of my house's outside toilet. Messy paint and bare wires. The brick texture would be useful for an album cover or a web page.

Close up shot of a spider, suspended on its web alongside the murky, plastic window of my shed. Creepy and abstract; I like the colour scheme of brown and beige, and the contrasting patterns.

Wooden crates and old fences that will probably end up on our fire in the winter. They reminded me of the debris in the skip from the first image of the band, and are also reminiscent of urbanism and a junkyard; somewhere the band may perform or sing about.

A shot of the grassy floor with a fallen branch in the corner. Why not?

More firewood. I liked the different colours of the block and the blend that they had with one another.

The faded label of my dustbin. Red contrasting against grey; it also looked 'run down' and befitting punk.

A shot of the patio floor and the corner of our green house skeleton (the glass has been removed). Metal and concrete are typically associated with urban music and rock - as opposed to pop and electro, which have a cleaner, minimalist feel.

Treeline of our garden and a clear-ish sky (clear for Kirby at the very least)

Close up image of a dirty bird bath. The side of the water is only just visible in front of the red algae. I liked the colour - and the fact that it looks like the surface of an alien planet.

Close up of rotting lily pads and dead grass on top. More decay. I like this shade of vibrant green also.

Close up of a rusty saw on a wooden work bench. Reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails' album 'The Downward Spiral'.

Another close up of the saw: this time, of a whole in which the saw is usually hanged upon. Bit of a cobweb can also be seen.

A pretty picture of pretty flours with a red filter added on in the editing process of GIMP

Peeling paint on our shed door. Blue and black is a colour scheme that you don't usually see with punk bands: It's more for RnB and dance music.

Close up shot of hose brick work and cobwebs. More chipped paint and bare wood.

Image of the light bulb in our outside toilet. I really like the colour contract and the amount of light and focus I managed to get on the bulb.

Corner of the outside toilet: a popular hang out for spiders' webs and pubes. Also grimy and befitting the genre.

Cigarette tray in the outside toilet with boosted colour contract add after the editing process.

A shot condensation on my bedroom window: Could be useful for a texture overlay, or if the colours are inversed, a night sky.

Close up photograph of Summer, perhaps useful for an about page for the band.

Quite an intense shot of Danny scowling at the camera. Very befitting of the punk genre.

Dyal posing, high angle. Possibly useful for a propaganda-esque band poster.

Black and white version of the top images, inspired by the back image of Good Charlotte CD cover.