Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Picture ideas
So here are some of the pictures we have taken to get an idea of the places we would like to start/ capture our scene in. I may note that when we do shoot our video there probably wont be any snow !
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Notes on Genre
Girls Aloud : 'Somthing kinda ooh'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3SV2fvoG8
The genre of this music video is pop, as a girl group there is an obvious attraction from the female sex relating to the performance side of the song. The idea that teenage girls use them as a role model and look up to them. However, it also attracts the male sex because of the sexual gestures combined with close ups on specific body features, this means that the males watch the video and fantasise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3SV2fvoG8
The genre of this music video is pop, as a girl group there is an obvious attraction from the female sex relating to the performance side of the song. The idea that teenage girls use them as a role model and look up to them. However, it also attracts the male sex because of the sexual gestures combined with close ups on specific body features, this means that the males watch the video and fantasise.
Muse: 'Super Massive Black Hole'
The genre of this music video we decided was indie/ rock, with a abstract and different video the attention is drawn mainly to the performance side that you would usually expect to see for example playing guitars, drums and singing. The idea or concept of 'Cock Rock' really fits this video drawing the attention from the female audience as well as the male. However, many opinions can argue that this music video is art.
The Street: 'When You Wasn't famous'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm3fPCJ4DQY
The Genre of this video is Rap/R&B, this was a cheap video made purely about the acts of one man. This means that the video has to be purely about performance of the man, this means no shots of instruments but of lip singing. However, this also leaves a place for narrative. This goes with the stereotype of rap and makes people able to relate to the natural setting/ making it feel like real life. this will draw in a specific audience but perhaps not be as wide as others.
The Genre of this video is Rap/R&B, this was a cheap video made purely about the acts of one man. This means that the video has to be purely about performance of the man, this means no shots of instruments but of lip singing. However, this also leaves a place for narrative. This goes with the stereotype of rap and makes people able to relate to the natural setting/ making it feel like real life. this will draw in a specific audience but perhaps not be as wide as others.
Textual Annalysis by Hayley
The music video i chose to do is Britney Spears - Everytime. I chose this video as the lead singer is female and would relate to our music video. This song also has a theme of love in it. Britney stars as her self in the video and her video goes with the lyrics.
The video starts with a crane shot of a the city and hotel Britney is staying in. There is then a shot of Britney on a billboard showing who she is in the video. You then see shot of paparazzi and her inside the limo and this shows how famous she is and the males reaction to her fame. Throughout this you are focused on Britney as she is dressed in white and can always see the emotions on her face. There is a underneath shot of the paparazzis face which portrays them to be scary and threatening.
When they reach the hotel room, there is a series of shot reverse shots of the couple arguing and showing emotion throughout. The emotion of anger is shown by the smashing of props. There is then a sexual element when they both take off their clothes in different rooms, mirroring each other actions. Britney is shown wearing white and against a white background this suggests heaven and death. The fade in the white light shows her dying and looking at her dying self, showing the audience that she is having an outer body experience this represents weakness of the female and the pressures she is going through.
The narrative of the video is that Britney gets hurt when hassled by the paperatzi and argues with her boyfriend and collapses into the bath resulting in her dying in hospital, at the end of the video we see that non of it really happens. Through the song you constantly see and feel the emotion that the singer is going through making the video interesting for the audience to watch.
The video starts with a crane shot of a the city and hotel Britney is staying in. There is then a shot of Britney on a billboard showing who she is in the video. You then see shot of paparazzi and her inside the limo and this shows how famous she is and the males reaction to her fame. Throughout this you are focused on Britney as she is dressed in white and can always see the emotions on her face. There is a underneath shot of the paparazzis face which portrays them to be scary and threatening.
When they reach the hotel room, there is a series of shot reverse shots of the couple arguing and showing emotion throughout. The emotion of anger is shown by the smashing of props. There is then a sexual element when they both take off their clothes in different rooms, mirroring each other actions. Britney is shown wearing white and against a white background this suggests heaven and death. The fade in the white light shows her dying and looking at her dying self, showing the audience that she is having an outer body experience this represents weakness of the female and the pressures she is going through.
The narrative of the video is that Britney gets hurt when hassled by the paperatzi and argues with her boyfriend and collapses into the bath resulting in her dying in hospital, at the end of the video we see that non of it really happens. Through the song you constantly see and feel the emotion that the singer is going through making the video interesting for the audience to watch.
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
More research..
Today we was looking at high grade students music videos and videos with the same genre to give us ideas on what to do in our music video and to achieve a high grade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1gWzXDOFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zY1njHFKY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1gWzXDOFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zY1njHFKY&feature=related
Audience Questionnaire
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Are you Male or Female?
Are you Male or Female?
What sort of genre music do you prefer to listen to?
Rock
Pop
RnB
Indie
Dance
Grime
Other_________
What music channels do you watch?
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Kerrang
MTV
MTV Base
MTV Dance
MTV Classic
4Music
Magic
Box
VHR
Q
Smash Hits
Other_________
MTV Base
MTV Dance
MTV Classic
4Music
Magic
Box
VHR
Q
Smash Hits
Other_________
In music video do you like to watch?
Romance
Action
No Narrative
Band playing
Dancing
Other______
Do you watch music videos on youtube?
What would you expect to see in a R&B video?
Monday, 6 December 2010
StoryBoard ;)
Ok so here is a basic outline of the story line we have proposed to use for our music video:
(click to view larger image)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Information About Our Artist: Courtney Bennett !
Courtney is a young teenage female artist who has made, created and recorded her own music. At this present momment she has 11 tracks and keeps on making them aswell as posting them on sites such as soundcloud and Youtube. Due to Courtney's age she is obviously depending on the power of the internet and word of mouth to become successful simularly to celebs such as Justin Bieber and the Artictic Monkeys.
Here is a picture of Courtney.
Here is a picture of Courtney.
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Textual Analysis on:
The Calling: Where Ever You Will Go
I decided to do my textual analysis on this video because i feel it relates to the song we are doing especially with the romance and reference to love.
At the beginning of this video there is a good selections of shots ranging from the long to medium then to close ups of the lead singer and the girl, this is a good obvious start to tell the audience the two key people in the video that will be the ones to fall in love. The video is set in a under path of a bridge where there is only the band, this is a great idea as you cannot get distracted from anything else around them. As well as this the acoustic start to the video really makes the audience be able to feel comfortable. The most effective part of the acoustic start i feel is the medium close ups and slightly low angled shot reverse shot of the female character.
The song then begins with a performs close up of the lead singer with the guitarist out of focus in the background, this represents power and also makes the audience may attention to what the singer is saying leading to them focusing on the song even more. Straight cut then followed by a panning medium shot of the whole band. One specific words such as "love" the director has edited the video to make shots of the two characters together just after close ups of the female on her own looking depressed or down.
I specifically like how the director has edited the video to intertwine the band/ lead singer with the female character however they have made it so that the female character is completely oblivious to the fact that the band are right next to her. This also relates to the lyrics of "Where Ever You Will Go" as it represents that they will always be close to her. The music video is mostly performance based but has also been combined with a narrative. There is a usual concept of a rock/pop video such as close ups of the band and the instruments such as guitar, drums and bass.
The editor has used a key idea of mise en scene when placing the lead singer in strange places such as on the top of buildings and under bridges. This is a very popular song as it has a total of 3,378,987 views on youtube. The director of this view likes to make an obvious eye contact with the lead singer and the audience, this means that the director has cut and shot the video to have set shots such as close ups.
The narrative in this music video is that the female character gets her heart broken by finding out that the guy she was with slept with someone else. This shows how the song relates to the narrative as it suggests the person is there for them. This is simular to our music video as we have decided to match our lyrics to song.
Finally i feel that the emtion in the piece is really expressed by the gestures of the characters and the emtional expresstions on the lead singers face, this really impacts the video and song which makes the audience feel more involoved, as if they are a part of it. This emtion can also have a large impact on the audience as if someone could relate to the realistic narrative story.
Mark Davies
Here is a link to the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffP0yzMnz8&feature=player_detailpage
I decided to do my textual analysis on this video because i feel it relates to the song we are doing especially with the romance and reference to love.
At the beginning of this video there is a good selections of shots ranging from the long to medium then to close ups of the lead singer and the girl, this is a good obvious start to tell the audience the two key people in the video that will be the ones to fall in love. The video is set in a under path of a bridge where there is only the band, this is a great idea as you cannot get distracted from anything else around them. As well as this the acoustic start to the video really makes the audience be able to feel comfortable. The most effective part of the acoustic start i feel is the medium close ups and slightly low angled shot reverse shot of the female character.
The song then begins with a performs close up of the lead singer with the guitarist out of focus in the background, this represents power and also makes the audience may attention to what the singer is saying leading to them focusing on the song even more. Straight cut then followed by a panning medium shot of the whole band. One specific words such as "love" the director has edited the video to make shots of the two characters together just after close ups of the female on her own looking depressed or down.
The editor has used a key idea of mise en scene when placing the lead singer in strange places such as on the top of buildings and under bridges. This is a very popular song as it has a total of 3,378,987 views on youtube. The director of this view likes to make an obvious eye contact with the lead singer and the audience, this means that the director has cut and shot the video to have set shots such as close ups.
The narrative in this music video is that the female character gets her heart broken by finding out that the guy she was with slept with someone else. This shows how the song relates to the narrative as it suggests the person is there for them. This is simular to our music video as we have decided to match our lyrics to song.
Finally i feel that the emtion in the piece is really expressed by the gestures of the characters and the emtional expresstions on the lead singers face, this really impacts the video and song which makes the audience feel more involoved, as if they are a part of it. This emtion can also have a large impact on the audience as if someone could relate to the realistic narrative story.
Mark Davies
Here is a link to the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffP0yzMnz8&feature=player_detailpage
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