Tuesday 27 October 2009
Groups
Another group have decided to join me in workign on my project. They decided because their own ideas werent practical enough such as not having the orginal soudtrack for the video to be edited to, this would have cost exsive time and money for the group and i had the right resources. This also benefits me greatly because i have a large workload so to have othe people helping me is brilliant. Also one of the girl from the toher group is a photography student so she is familar with photoshop which will benefit the project hugely as im making a dvd cover and a magazine advertisment and she'll be able to give is a proffesional quality look
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Key features of music video by Andrew Goodwin DU
Andrew Goodwin, in Dancing in the Distraction Factory (1992,
Routledge), has identified the following features of music videos:
1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (eg stage
performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band).
2. There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative,
amplifying, contradicting).
3. There is a relationship between music and visuals (either
illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of
close-ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which
recur across their work (a visual style).
5. There is frequently reference to the notion of looking (screens
within screens, telescopes, etc) and particularly voyeuristic
treatment of the female body.
6. There is often intertextual reference (to films, TV programmes,
other music videos, etc).
It is also worth considering:
Whether the video is primarily performance-based, narrative-based or
concept-based and how elements of each are used in it.
You can use Goodwin’s categories to analyse music videos for
yourself.
Routledge), has identified the following features of music videos:
1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (eg stage
performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band).
2. There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative,
amplifying, contradicting).
3. There is a relationship between music and visuals (either
illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of
close-ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which
recur across their work (a visual style).
5. There is frequently reference to the notion of looking (screens
within screens, telescopes, etc) and particularly voyeuristic
treatment of the female body.
6. There is often intertextual reference (to films, TV programmes,
other music videos, etc).
It is also worth considering:
Whether the video is primarily performance-based, narrative-based or
concept-based and how elements of each are used in it.
You can use Goodwin’s categories to analyse music videos for
yourself.
Wednesday 14 October 2009
analysing videos- if i was a boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIkRiqxWcYU - link to video
likes
the black and white effect is good
Although it's not as effective its good to view a song that doesnt edit to every beat
Slight narrative not heavily quite good
dislikes
Straight away i do not like the beginning bit i think it looks cheesy and not in proper keeping with the rest of the video
the slow motion as she steps out the door doesn't look very good because it doesnt keep in fitting with the beat
dont like the break for dialogue however it does give the small narrative a big push
Laura and Rachel also looked into different videos!
likes
the black and white effect is good
Although it's not as effective its good to view a song that doesnt edit to every beat
Slight narrative not heavily quite good
dislikes
Straight away i do not like the beginning bit i think it looks cheesy and not in proper keeping with the rest of the video
the slow motion as she steps out the door doesn't look very good because it doesnt keep in fitting with the beat
dont like the break for dialogue however it does give the small narrative a big push
Laura and Rachel also looked into different videos!
Evaluting music videos- jamie t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwh0Wn5vVwE - link to video
Likes
-I like the mixture of black and white and colour and sepia tpye tones
-like his dull colours compared to the clown if i can do this i will
-love different camera angles as their running down alley way close up static and hand held angles
-no narrative but actions fit the words
-lots of different cast memebers doesnt look out of place
-stupid actions when they dance towards camera looks good worried it wouldn't
-not relient on special effects at all
-friends larking about the look i wanted
-smiling a lot different to beyonces 'if i were a boy'
-dark and night signifies they spend loads of time together close friends
-reverse looks good down alley way
-end is good smoke not just cut to black
Dislikes
There isn;t really anything i dislike about this ilm coming from the angle iw ant to tak with my video. I think this is the exact type of video i want to create. This is my biggest influence and i hope i can work to this standard.
Likes
-I like the mixture of black and white and colour and sepia tpye tones
-like his dull colours compared to the clown if i can do this i will
-love different camera angles as their running down alley way close up static and hand held angles
-no narrative but actions fit the words
-lots of different cast memebers doesnt look out of place
-stupid actions when they dance towards camera looks good worried it wouldn't
-not relient on special effects at all
-friends larking about the look i wanted
-smiling a lot different to beyonces 'if i were a boy'
-dark and night signifies they spend loads of time together close friends
-reverse looks good down alley way
-end is good smoke not just cut to black
Dislikes
There isn;t really anything i dislike about this ilm coming from the angle iw ant to tak with my video. I think this is the exact type of video i want to create. This is my biggest influence and i hope i can work to this standard.
Laura Marling new romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNxar07_9YA
What I like about Laura Marling’s video is the way it is simple yet very effective. I showed it to a selected audience including friends and family members and they commented on how they really liked the video because they said the shadow effects on the wall give the video enough body to watch n its own so it works well. However I want more going on in my video and obviously with this video it just is Marling sitting down playing her guitar.
Noah and the Whale - 5 Years time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4
With the Noah and the whale video it has the sense of happiness I like, it combines a professional quality of video like at the very beginning when there are several videos on screen at once and the way the beat and video have been sync perfectly so it’s a good finished product. It uses goo ideas such as placing the actors in a location where they feel comfortable and happy and it’s not a put on performance it’s happy but also the video doesn’t really have a deal psychological meaning, it’s just a fun and good video to watch and I would quite like to take my product that way, although I would like to put a little bit of meaning to my video because I find it is more appropriate to my song but I don’t want anything to heavy because I think it would burden the piece. What I don’t like about the video is I think it slightly plays up to being a comedy too much, I think it’s a nice video without having comedic costume and wigs on. I want my piece to feel more of just a positive video but without being funny.
With the Noah and the whale video it has the sense of happiness I like, it combines a professional quality of video like at the very beginning when there are several videos on screen at once and the way the beat and video have been sync perfectly so it’s a good finished product. It uses goo ideas such as placing the actors in a location where they feel comfortable and happy and it’s not a put on performance it’s happy but also the video doesn’t really have a deal psychological meaning, it’s just a fun and good video to watch and I would quite like to take my product that way, although I would like to put a little bit of meaning to my video because I find it is more appropriate to my song but I don’t want anything to heavy because I think it would burden the piece. What I don’t like about the video is I think it slightly plays up to being a comedy too much, I think it’s a nice video without having comedic costume and wigs on. I want my piece to feel more of just a positive video but without being funny.
Semiotics in my media work
After developing my understanding on semiotics even further by reading other peoples essays off of the aber website (linked below) I have come to notice what an important role semiotics will play in my music video. I want a black and white video but I don’t want to try and recreate a time when there was no option of colour in my actual video. So I want it to have a vintage feel but a deliberate modern vintage sense. I may well also have splashes of colour in my video. I want my video to have a funky happy feeling about it, I’m going to try and costume people appropriately with any girls staring in it wearing feminine clothing and the men wearing colourful clothes to give the imagery of a sort of festival/ hippy feel and link in the audiences mind a time a kind of peace and happiness. The whether is not an important factor so I won’t be limited as to what days I can film because not only will it be in black and white anyway but also if my actors are showing a happy time in the rain I don’t think it’s a major issue.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/sections/music01.html
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/sections/music01.html
Saturday 10 October 2009
Emailing the band
We emailed the band an interview because it was not convenient to interview the band face to face seeing as they all have full time work. We sent them four questions, then from the answers got an idea of what they were about and how to conduct our music video tot heir ideals.
Q:How would you classify the music you perform?
A: Our music is a mcture of jazz, funk and house style music. Our songs vary so much from track to track so it's hard to categorise our music speicifically. We our influenced by whatever we our listening to at the time of writing our songs.
Q:Who are your influences?
A: We have so many influences, a mixture of everyone from every different genre of music. We seek influence from bands such as Crazy P, The Doors, The Bealtes, Mr Scruff, the talking heads, Echo and the bunnymen, Bob Dylan, the editors and so many more people. It's a huge mixture and we like dfferent aspects of each style of music.
Q: Are their any current music videos which you like and would like your video to be like?
A: We really like the Jamie T video sticks and stones because of the fun feel it's got to it. We love seeingbands live so i suppose a more performance lead rather than narrative lead video would be good.
Q:If you could compare yourself to any artist how would it be and why?
A: It would be so hard to say. Mainly Crazy P i guess because the style of music is similar to ours and their sense of performance we see on stage is very similar to ours.
From this questionnaire i was able to decide certain aspects of the video. I decided i would make the video performance lead, with no realy narrative, the band seem to like more of a post-modern style of music so i want a video to match. I want influencers from their favourite artists so will use certain props to contribute, recently after seeing Crazy P i saw the the lead artist wearing a silver glove, like one of the band members own so i will ensure their wearing it in the video to signify their influences.
Q:How would you classify the music you perform?
A: Our music is a mcture of jazz, funk and house style music. Our songs vary so much from track to track so it's hard to categorise our music speicifically. We our influenced by whatever we our listening to at the time of writing our songs.
Q:Who are your influences?
A: We have so many influences, a mixture of everyone from every different genre of music. We seek influence from bands such as Crazy P, The Doors, The Bealtes, Mr Scruff, the talking heads, Echo and the bunnymen, Bob Dylan, the editors and so many more people. It's a huge mixture and we like dfferent aspects of each style of music.
Q: Are their any current music videos which you like and would like your video to be like?
A: We really like the Jamie T video sticks and stones because of the fun feel it's got to it. We love seeingbands live so i suppose a more performance lead rather than narrative lead video would be good.
Q:If you could compare yourself to any artist how would it be and why?
A: It would be so hard to say. Mainly Crazy P i guess because the style of music is similar to ours and their sense of performance we see on stage is very similar to ours.
From this questionnaire i was able to decide certain aspects of the video. I decided i would make the video performance lead, with no realy narrative, the band seem to like more of a post-modern style of music so i want a video to match. I want influencers from their favourite artists so will use certain props to contribute, recently after seeing Crazy P i saw the the lead artist wearing a silver glove, like one of the band members own so i will ensure their wearing it in the video to signify their influences.
Wednesday 7 October 2009
I've had several different ideas on location and different shoots for the video, seeing as the song i am using is performed by my brother i am able to get a lot of live footage on the band which is a major advantage because thats the type of style i want for my music video. I have decided to use balck and white aswell because i want a retro feel to the video because its my instant first thoughts when i listen to the song
Thursday 1 October 2009
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