First and foremost we need to get the shooting out of the way and the next priority would be the written coursework. Luckily we have been following the coursework deadlines and have been updating my blog regularily.
More specifically we need to film more of the band, finish the "Lets Make Out" Montage and focus a bit more on the main character, thus putting in a small narrative in the music video.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Monday, 15 December 2008
Updatage
Music Video Update
In terms of footage that has been shot, we have over an hour, but however most of this footage cannot be used because it simply doesn’t fit with the song, its genre and its mise en scene. There is not an effective consistency of the mise en scene, this is difficult because our actors aren’t being paid and therefore will only be ready at when we ask them and even then we have to base them working with us mainly on luck. The change in location is good for the style of the music, but however it is tedious and difficult to film enough footage at close intervals, whereas filming on one location would be considerably easier.
We do however have a minutes worth of footage that is usable and is of reasonable quality in terms mise en scene and location change. We also wanted to get another students perspective on their video and perhaps that would help us to get ideas that we could use for our own. For example, we helped Amber Hall film “the band” shot in her own room. She basically had about 8 people jumping up and down to their favourite band who all had instruments and mimed playing to the song in the background. In terms of mise on scene, this was really effective because Amber used a neon green light that shone up below the band and illuminated the crowds face. In terms of shooting the actual footage, Amber used unconventional methods of filming for example, at one point got a point of view shot of the band from a fans’ view position. She did this by holding the camera by hand which add realism to the overall feel of the video, and included the mise en scene makes the shot quite effective and believable.
This is quite a good idea, especially, getting a POV shot of the band from a fan’s perspective and because the camera is handheld, the shot wont be as steady and therefore it will complement the genre of the song.
In terms of footage that has been shot, we have over an hour, but however most of this footage cannot be used because it simply doesn’t fit with the song, its genre and its mise en scene. There is not an effective consistency of the mise en scene, this is difficult because our actors aren’t being paid and therefore will only be ready at when we ask them and even then we have to base them working with us mainly on luck. The change in location is good for the style of the music, but however it is tedious and difficult to film enough footage at close intervals, whereas filming on one location would be considerably easier.
We do however have a minutes worth of footage that is usable and is of reasonable quality in terms mise en scene and location change. We also wanted to get another students perspective on their video and perhaps that would help us to get ideas that we could use for our own. For example, we helped Amber Hall film “the band” shot in her own room. She basically had about 8 people jumping up and down to their favourite band who all had instruments and mimed playing to the song in the background. In terms of mise on scene, this was really effective because Amber used a neon green light that shone up below the band and illuminated the crowds face. In terms of shooting the actual footage, Amber used unconventional methods of filming for example, at one point got a point of view shot of the band from a fans’ view position. She did this by holding the camera by hand which add realism to the overall feel of the video, and included the mise en scene makes the shot quite effective and believable.
This is quite a good idea, especially, getting a POV shot of the band from a fan’s perspective and because the camera is handheld, the shot wont be as steady and therefore it will complement the genre of the song.
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Creating An Anamatic Of The Music Video
Rough
Here is a rough anamatic of our overall music video. Creating an anamatic helped me to get a better understanding of and estimate the length of the time needed for each shot. The only disadvantage of this is that it's very time consuming, whereas we could be out shooting instead of drawing up an anamatic. It also helped us to do a re-take on footage we've yet to film, for example, at first we agreed not to use the band and in the anamtic we saw that there were shots where we actually did need to involve a band. This was helpful in terms of allowing us to make the decision at such an early stage then instead of doing it whilst shooting. The final anamatic shows this:
Final
The final anamatic is now FINALLY complete. And in comparison to the last anamatic, its come a really long way. We agreed to use the band within the video because including them would tie in with the codes and conventions of the particular genre of the style of the song.
There is also the hint of a storyline within the video, but it is only merely a suggestion, we still dont want the audience to follow any particular plot within the video because that would be going against the codes and conventions thus rendering the video as an unprofessional piece of media.
We wanted to have as little restrictions in terms of what content we have in our video and due to the codes and conventions and our target audience's will more than likely expect explicit and extreme content because of how explicit and extreme the band is and their style of music is too.
Here is a rough anamatic of our overall music video. Creating an anamatic helped me to get a better understanding of and estimate the length of the time needed for each shot. The only disadvantage of this is that it's very time consuming, whereas we could be out shooting instead of drawing up an anamatic. It also helped us to do a re-take on footage we've yet to film, for example, at first we agreed not to use the band and in the anamtic we saw that there were shots where we actually did need to involve a band. This was helpful in terms of allowing us to make the decision at such an early stage then instead of doing it whilst shooting. The final anamatic shows this:
Final
The final anamatic is now FINALLY complete. And in comparison to the last anamatic, its come a really long way. We agreed to use the band within the video because including them would tie in with the codes and conventions of the particular genre of the style of the song.
There is also the hint of a storyline within the video, but it is only merely a suggestion, we still dont want the audience to follow any particular plot within the video because that would be going against the codes and conventions thus rendering the video as an unprofessional piece of media.
We wanted to have as little restrictions in terms of what content we have in our video and due to the codes and conventions and our target audience's will more than likely expect explicit and extreme content because of how explicit and extreme the band is and their style of music is too.
30 second sample clip
Here is a piece of practice video to help us flesh out our ideas and also rehearse editing to a music track. We have managed to adhere to most of the codes and conventions for the particular genre of music. However, their could have been a wider variety of shots and angles. Also, it was difficult to edit to the pace of the opening lyrics - this can be seen where one or two shots enter slightly late. Overall though i feel that we did quite well.
Monday, 14 July 2008
RESEARCH-AGE
Before I decided to tackle my first objective, and that is looking at different students' music videos thus giving me a particular "feel" as to what we, being Harry Lewis and I, would want our Music Video to look like. Of course I came across many videos which were deserving of pure cringe-worthiness, and others which looked good. This would probably be a good example of how not to make a music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQZaKwnqQCw&feature=related and these would be a good examples of music videos:
Madonna -Hung Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYujM-1XsQ&feature=related
well sorta!
Gary Jules - Mad World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9jMwzmuGo&feature=related
Artic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbABiUacPOE&NR=1
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyJVHNvqnBQ&feature=related
My analysis of these videos has been that the time period between transitions is based on the pace and ultimately the genre of music. The faster a song has a beat the more quick cut transitions and more effects will be used in that particular video. Madonnna's original video of "Hung Up" however does not have as many quick cuts and and SFX however it does have a lot of fast paced movements like break-dancing and just general clips of Madonna walking at a fast pace towards the camera.
As another form of research I've been watching a large variety of music channels on Sky ... to be contnued
Of recent I've been looking at the channel MTV Dance.
Ive also looked up the history of MTV(Music Television) which is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, since its premiere, MTV has revolutionized the music industry. Slogans such as "I want my MTV" became embedded in public thought. MTV has a long history of promoting social, political, and environmental activism in young people
Here are just a few of MTV's channels around the world:
MTV (UK) operates 16 channels solely in the United Kingdom.
MTV Networks and Viacom have launched numerous native-language MTV-branded music channels to countries worldwide. These channels include, but are not limited to, MTV Greece, MTV Canada, MTV Ireland, MTV Russia, MTV Spain, MTV Austria, MTV France, MTV Germany, MTV Europe, MTV Portugal, MTV Adria, MTV Hungary, MTV Denmark, MTV Finland, MTV Italy, MTV Netherlands, MTV Norway, MTV Poland, MTV Arabia, MTV Romania, MTV Lithuania, MTV Latvia, MTV Estonia, MTV Sweden, MTV Asia, MTV Japan, MTV India, MTV Indonesia, MTV China, MTV Korea, MTV Philippines, MTV Taiwan, MTV Turkey, MTV Pakistan, MTV Latin America, MTV Brazil, MTV Australia, MTV New Zealand, MTV Ukraine, and MTV Base in Africa. Also an International version of MTV known as MTV International was shown on the Internet. - moving on to the band itself:
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
Genre: Electro Rock + Dance Punk
Claim To Fame: MySpace
They are a British electro-rock band from Reading, Berkshire and have been around since 2006. The band is made up of four members: James Rushent (vocals, bass), Dan Coop (synths), Morgan Quaintance (guitar, synth, live vocal on "Let's Make Out"), and Rob Bloomfield (drums).
They have been compared to dance-oriented acts like Daft Punk, Justice and Digitalism however, NME has also compared them to bands like Muse, and !!! Due to their heavier, more 'live' sound. The group is known for their raucous live shows, which often end in stage diving and broken instruments.
They have remixed songs for major acts such as Muse and Bloc Party. They supported The Cribs on the NME Awards Tour, which took place at venues across the UK and Ireland at the start of 2008.
The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office. In an interview with NME.com, synth player Dan Coop explained: "Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement but it's a quote from David Brent in an episode of 'The Office'. "When me and James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV, we switched it on and Ricky Gervais said 'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?' so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever." It would be prudent to say that the bands character appeals more to the younger generation.
Music Genre
Electro Rock - (also known as or synth rock) refers to music that includes elements of both rock music and electronic music, such as, for example distorted electric guitar, electronic drums and synthesizers. The style of electronic rock is usually the mixture of music genres such as Rock, Heavy Metal, Industrial, Techno, and Electronica.
Dance Punk - Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk-funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.
Pop - a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element, catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure. The term is also sometimes used to refer to any piece of music that appears in popular record charts due to a high number of sales and/or airplay, which is treated in the article Popular music.
DIOYY's particular style/genre of music doesnt appeal to everyone, just mainly the younger generation.
Star Image Development
Harry's work on S.I.D. has helped me research into what a "POP Star's" look should be like and has helped me to get a better understanding of the developments that go with music videos. The way that the POP Star is represented in a Music Video links quite alot into the genre of his or her particular style of music.
"Through studying the star icon “Michael Jackson” I have established that with every new album that comes out a new style of which the artist is represented takes place. In his early albums he shows a lot of innocence and almost immaturity in his videos especially in his “don’t stop till you get enough” video. As each album comes out his image gradually becomes a lot more darker and mysterious and also shows a large amount of sexual dominance. In his final albums you see a lot more of a godly figure where he mainly dresses in white. Audience seem to follow in his videos his steps to save the world." - Harry's Research
Madonna -Hung Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYujM-1XsQ&feature=related
well sorta!
Gary Jules - Mad World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9jMwzmuGo&feature=related
Artic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbABiUacPOE&NR=1
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyJVHNvqnBQ&feature=related
My analysis of these videos has been that the time period between transitions is based on the pace and ultimately the genre of music. The faster a song has a beat the more quick cut transitions and more effects will be used in that particular video. Madonnna's original video of "Hung Up" however does not have as many quick cuts and and SFX however it does have a lot of fast paced movements like break-dancing and just general clips of Madonna walking at a fast pace towards the camera.
As another form of research I've been watching a large variety of music channels on Sky ... to be contnued
Of recent I've been looking at the channel MTV Dance.
Ive also looked up the history of MTV(Music Television) which is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, since its premiere, MTV has revolutionized the music industry. Slogans such as "I want my MTV" became embedded in public thought. MTV has a long history of promoting social, political, and environmental activism in young people
Here are just a few of MTV's channels around the world:
MTV (UK) operates 16 channels solely in the United Kingdom.
MTV Networks and Viacom have launched numerous native-language MTV-branded music channels to countries worldwide. These channels include, but are not limited to, MTV Greece, MTV Canada, MTV Ireland, MTV Russia, MTV Spain, MTV Austria, MTV France, MTV Germany, MTV Europe, MTV Portugal, MTV Adria, MTV Hungary, MTV Denmark, MTV Finland, MTV Italy, MTV Netherlands, MTV Norway, MTV Poland, MTV Arabia, MTV Romania, MTV Lithuania, MTV Latvia, MTV Estonia, MTV Sweden, MTV Asia, MTV Japan, MTV India, MTV Indonesia, MTV China, MTV Korea, MTV Philippines, MTV Taiwan, MTV Turkey, MTV Pakistan, MTV Latin America, MTV Brazil, MTV Australia, MTV New Zealand, MTV Ukraine, and MTV Base in Africa. Also an International version of MTV known as MTV International was shown on the Internet. - moving on to the band itself:
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
Genre: Electro Rock + Dance Punk
Claim To Fame: MySpace
They are a British electro-rock band from Reading, Berkshire and have been around since 2006. The band is made up of four members: James Rushent (vocals, bass), Dan Coop (synths), Morgan Quaintance (guitar, synth, live vocal on "Let's Make Out"), and Rob Bloomfield (drums).
They have been compared to dance-oriented acts like Daft Punk, Justice and Digitalism however, NME has also compared them to bands like Muse, and !!! Due to their heavier, more 'live' sound. The group is known for their raucous live shows, which often end in stage diving and broken instruments.
They have remixed songs for major acts such as Muse and Bloc Party. They supported The Cribs on the NME Awards Tour, which took place at venues across the UK and Ireland at the start of 2008.
The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office. In an interview with NME.com, synth player Dan Coop explained: "Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement but it's a quote from David Brent in an episode of 'The Office'. "When me and James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV, we switched it on and Ricky Gervais said 'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?' so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever." It would be prudent to say that the bands character appeals more to the younger generation.
Music Genre
Electro Rock - (also known as or synth rock) refers to music that includes elements of both rock music and electronic music, such as, for example distorted electric guitar, electronic drums and synthesizers. The style of electronic rock is usually the mixture of music genres such as Rock, Heavy Metal, Industrial, Techno, and Electronica.
Dance Punk - Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk-funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.
Pop - a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element, catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure. The term is also sometimes used to refer to any piece of music that appears in popular record charts due to a high number of sales and/or airplay, which is treated in the article Popular music.
DIOYY's particular style/genre of music doesnt appeal to everyone, just mainly the younger generation.
Star Image Development
Harry's work on S.I.D. has helped me research into what a "POP Star's" look should be like and has helped me to get a better understanding of the developments that go with music videos. The way that the POP Star is represented in a Music Video links quite alot into the genre of his or her particular style of music.
"Through studying the star icon “Michael Jackson” I have established that with every new album that comes out a new style of which the artist is represented takes place. In his early albums he shows a lot of innocence and almost immaturity in his videos especially in his “don’t stop till you get enough” video. As each album comes out his image gradually becomes a lot more darker and mysterious and also shows a large amount of sexual dominance. In his final albums you see a lot more of a godly figure where he mainly dresses in white. Audience seem to follow in his videos his steps to save the world." - Harry's Research
Friday, 11 July 2008
Keeping Track Of What I Do To Create A Music Video (The 30 second one)
Harry and I sat down one early morning and we went through a list of possible songs we'd like to use in our final music video and the 30 second prototype! here's the list:
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
Does It Offend You Yeah - Lets Make Out
Fall Out Boy - Beat It
Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions
Alpabeat - Fascination
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
Gary Jules - Mad World
amongst ALOT more
After looking at all these videos (also including my visual research on the music video's) we agreed that we'd try out "Lets Make Out" because it seemed challenging in the sense that we'd need to do a lot of filming for just 30 seconds of the music video and it seemed a lot of fun!
Lyrics to 'Let's Make Out :
Let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
if the feeling's right you can see it..
it's the same, don't hurt
if you can't stop yourself when you feel it....
ooooooh.
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
if you can't feel your hands on the ceiling
from the clapping on the floor.
you can't stop yourself when you feel it..
oooooooh
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-oo-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
do I have a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does ha ha!
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
do I have a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
- ok that was grrrreat but uh, do it again?
- hahaha no"
We began to shoot for the music video in early July. Our idea was that we were going to have a long line of people shouting "Let's Make Out" at the camera but because within in the song the artist shouts "lets make out" 17 times, that would therefore just look silly, so instead we got 17 people and filmed them all shouting "lets make out" individually. The result was quite pleasing.
We also managed to finish shooting today (15/07/08), after doing many re-shoots due to the tedious tasks of getting our beloved actors to lip-sync with the song itself - which was very difficult indeed! We now await the scepticism of the Great Ford and Mickie.
After Mr Mickie had observed, analysed and critisicised harry and I are now looking at using the same song for our final production.
We have agreed to use the same song but to scrap the idea of using what we already have as a 30 second music video and just re-shoot it, this would help Harry and I to create a more professional and clear opeing to our music video.
We also printed out a few questionnaires which got feedback from people who have watched what we already have as a 30 second video. (MORE TO COME)
We also agreed that tasks had to be given to each of us, objectives that needed to be carried out. As a conclusion my tasks were to carry out the task of researching on music video and on the band we intend to use, helping us to get more ideas for our storyboard and to create a music video that represents our selected band in such a way that audiences expectations are met.
Treatment
We chose Does It Offend You, Yeah? as a good band to use for our A2 Music Video because of their originality and uniqueness. They also come across as quite a young and rebellious band and being recognised through “MySpace Music Generation” make them quite a new and upcoming band with lots of promises. Basic interpretation of the lyrics of “Let’s Make Out” will show sexual frustration and, in the sense of not being able to control your emotions or actions.
Our music video isn’t based on any particular plot or storyline because we felt it was a good idea to stay true to the particular style of the band. DIOYY uniqueness and juvenile style of music condones a music video that is sporadic, in the terms of what the target audience is watching, so since the target audience would be young achievers, the shots that would be used would be fast-paced and there would be a lot of jump shots and many close-ups. We want the content of our video to have shots of people kissing, so there’s a link with the title, shots of a party atmosphere with young people who seem to be having a good time, which in turn links with the band’s personal style. To reinforce the bands style, the type of clothing the characters will be wearing would be young and hip styled clothing, modern and chique so the connection is recognised between the band’s style and the characters.
The video focuses on post-modern youth and they’re idea on entertainment and representing that through the video is critical because if the video is believable and realistic our desired TA will find it quite effective and shows DIOYY in the way that they’d expect that particular band to be represented. We also don’t want too much explicit content in the video because the TA is not all over 18, which means there might be a few restrictions that need to be noted in terms of what content we can actually shoot.
DIOYY’s genre generally has a fast paced tempo to it and being infused with other genre which are considered to be of a fast tempo too, there is the connotations that the emotions created by the music are either very angry or extremely happy or hyper, we agreed to use the latter as the theme we use the most throughout shooting the music video.
We handed in our treatment to Mr Michie who noted that it was missing content to do with our target audience, we hadnt gone into enough detail, so that will need revisiting, we also showed him a large section of our un-completed stroyboard, and he said he liked it, the only criticisms he had was that there wasnt a larger variety of close-up and quick shots, or shots that would reinforce the genre of the band. For our montage of people lip-syncing thw words "lets make out" we need to get a photograph story-board (like ones that are drawn but with photographs instead), which means we need to take pictures that resemble what is happening in our drawn storyboard and put them all in order, then play the song "Lets Make Out" in the background. This will give us an inclination as to how much time we have for each shot.
Update:
As far as the rough storyboard is concerned, we've finished, there were many changes made to it and now all thats left to do is to make a final draft whic I intend to do. Harry is busy uploading the storyboard to the Mactop in order to help create an anamtic of our Music Video
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
Does It Offend You Yeah - Lets Make Out
Fall Out Boy - Beat It
Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions
Alpabeat - Fascination
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
Gary Jules - Mad World
amongst ALOT more
After looking at all these videos (also including my visual research on the music video's) we agreed that we'd try out "Lets Make Out" because it seemed challenging in the sense that we'd need to do a lot of filming for just 30 seconds of the music video and it seemed a lot of fun!
Lyrics to 'Let's Make Out :
Let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
if the feeling's right you can see it..
it's the same, don't hurt
if you can't stop yourself when you feel it....
ooooooh.
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
if you can't feel your hands on the ceiling
from the clapping on the floor.
you can't stop yourself when you feel it..
oooooooh
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
I can't control myself
when I see you there's no one else
when I get down all by myself
you're the one that I think about
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out,
let's make out, let's make out, let's make out, let's make out
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-oo-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
I'm in love with you, my baby girl, I'm in love with you-ooo.
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
have I got a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
do I have a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does ha ha!
too many legs under the table.
too many reasons for trouble.
do I have a girlfriend and
does she get real mean?
yes she does, yes she does
aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
- ok that was grrrreat but uh, do it again?
- hahaha no"
We began to shoot for the music video in early July. Our idea was that we were going to have a long line of people shouting "Let's Make Out" at the camera but because within in the song the artist shouts "lets make out" 17 times, that would therefore just look silly, so instead we got 17 people and filmed them all shouting "lets make out" individually. The result was quite pleasing.
We also managed to finish shooting today (15/07/08), after doing many re-shoots due to the tedious tasks of getting our beloved actors to lip-sync with the song itself - which was very difficult indeed! We now await the scepticism of the Great Ford and Mickie.
After Mr Mickie had observed, analysed and critisicised harry and I are now looking at using the same song for our final production.
We have agreed to use the same song but to scrap the idea of using what we already have as a 30 second music video and just re-shoot it, this would help Harry and I to create a more professional and clear opeing to our music video.
We also printed out a few questionnaires which got feedback from people who have watched what we already have as a 30 second video. (MORE TO COME)
We also agreed that tasks had to be given to each of us, objectives that needed to be carried out. As a conclusion my tasks were to carry out the task of researching on music video and on the band we intend to use, helping us to get more ideas for our storyboard and to create a music video that represents our selected band in such a way that audiences expectations are met.
Treatment
We chose Does It Offend You, Yeah? as a good band to use for our A2 Music Video because of their originality and uniqueness. They also come across as quite a young and rebellious band and being recognised through “MySpace Music Generation” make them quite a new and upcoming band with lots of promises. Basic interpretation of the lyrics of “Let’s Make Out” will show sexual frustration and, in the sense of not being able to control your emotions or actions.
Our music video isn’t based on any particular plot or storyline because we felt it was a good idea to stay true to the particular style of the band. DIOYY uniqueness and juvenile style of music condones a music video that is sporadic, in the terms of what the target audience is watching, so since the target audience would be young achievers, the shots that would be used would be fast-paced and there would be a lot of jump shots and many close-ups. We want the content of our video to have shots of people kissing, so there’s a link with the title, shots of a party atmosphere with young people who seem to be having a good time, which in turn links with the band’s personal style. To reinforce the bands style, the type of clothing the characters will be wearing would be young and hip styled clothing, modern and chique so the connection is recognised between the band’s style and the characters.
The video focuses on post-modern youth and they’re idea on entertainment and representing that through the video is critical because if the video is believable and realistic our desired TA will find it quite effective and shows DIOYY in the way that they’d expect that particular band to be represented. We also don’t want too much explicit content in the video because the TA is not all over 18, which means there might be a few restrictions that need to be noted in terms of what content we can actually shoot.
DIOYY’s genre generally has a fast paced tempo to it and being infused with other genre which are considered to be of a fast tempo too, there is the connotations that the emotions created by the music are either very angry or extremely happy or hyper, we agreed to use the latter as the theme we use the most throughout shooting the music video.
We handed in our treatment to Mr Michie who noted that it was missing content to do with our target audience, we hadnt gone into enough detail, so that will need revisiting, we also showed him a large section of our un-completed stroyboard, and he said he liked it, the only criticisms he had was that there wasnt a larger variety of close-up and quick shots, or shots that would reinforce the genre of the band. For our montage of people lip-syncing thw words "lets make out" we need to get a photograph story-board (like ones that are drawn but with photographs instead), which means we need to take pictures that resemble what is happening in our drawn storyboard and put them all in order, then play the song "Lets Make Out" in the background. This will give us an inclination as to how much time we have for each shot.
Update:
As far as the rough storyboard is concerned, we've finished, there were many changes made to it and now all thats left to do is to make a final draft whic I intend to do. Harry is busy uploading the storyboard to the Mactop in order to help create an anamtic of our Music Video
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