Points that were made:
* New concept
By staying away from stereotypical ideas in order to make the video interesting and unique to the view.
* Perfect planning
There is a lot of things to look at before filming, its very important to ensure that every little aspect is planned out and thought through before shooting the video. This will reduce any delays, and make the filming process go smoothly without trouble.
* Good twist
By having a twist to the storyline this makes the music video unpredictable and therefore much more exciting to watch. The most popular music videos are the slightly more unusual ones.
* Clever lip syncs
One of the most important aspects is to make sure that the lip syncing is perfectly in time, it cant be
cheesey and has to be believable while watching the video.
* 3-4 locations
By having different locations this makes the video tell a story and flow well, this also helps to how an interest in what is happening on screen and keeps it from getting boring.
* Visually engaging
By having a wide variety of different camera shots and angles mixes it up and makes it interesting and engaging to the audience.
* First 30 seconds needs to be exiting
You need to catch the attention of the audience from the start of the song, its no good building up to a big ending if the viewer has already turned the video off because it was boring. It important to make sure that the audience will be interested from the start.
* Blocking out
Using a location, which can be re-arranged into a different set.
* Pre plan everything
Ensure that everything is sorted, so that time is not wasted on little things during the filming, you want to get to location set up and start recording and no trying to sort out problems.
* Make sure that you look at the location thoroughly before filming
Ensure that you get to know the area well, waste as little time finding things such as the best camera angles etc.
* Film more than you need
If enough time, film more in which you could add, or perfect.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Friday 30 September 2011
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Auteur Study- Colin Tilley
Music video director- Colin Tilley
Colin Tilley is a well known music video director, creating videos for the likes of Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Usher, Keri Hilson, Wiz Khalifa etc.
Colin Tilley has a very unique style of filming and editing. He seems to use a lot of lighting, quick shaky shots, slow mo, fast lighting transitions etc. Colin Tilley uses the majority of techniques that we have become to like and want to use.
Colin Tilley has won several awards including video of the year at the 2011 BET awards and best male video award. He has also nominated for best male video, best hip hop video, and best collaboration video.
Colin Tilley in this interview seems real motivated and inspiring to anyone wanting to start making videos. A sort of blunt attitude, which is good.
EXAMPLES OF TILLEY'S WORK
This Video of Chris Brown & Chipmunk includes a various amount of panning shots, sped up shots, close ups, jump cuts and a lot of different transition techniques. Tilley also seems to use a lot of glide cam and tracking shots of the performance.
This Video of Wiz Khalifa includes a lot of shots where the camera includes a lot movement. This gives a really good proffesional look. Tilley also uses a lot of filters on his camera to produce various shots with lighting effects. This always makes the artist look so good when performing. Colin Tilley's use of lighting in the background also looks amazing and adds interest to the performance.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Colin Tilley is a well known music video director, creating videos for the likes of Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Usher, Keri Hilson, Wiz Khalifa etc.
Colin Tilley has a very unique style of filming and editing. He seems to use a lot of lighting, quick shaky shots, slow mo, fast lighting transitions etc. Colin Tilley uses the majority of techniques that we have become to like and want to use.
Colin Tilley: My name is Colin Tilley, I was born on June 27th 1988… I’m an international music video director born and raised in Berkeley California.
LegendBLOG: Our blog is based out of Michigan so, what are some things
about California life that people in other state might not know. As
far as music and what’s popular out there, and just life in general
out there.
Colin Tilley: Cali…Damn, anything can happen out here, it’s the land of hustle and dreams. It gets way too hot in LA…. What’s popular…. ?
LegendBLOG: How did you first get into directing music videos/photography?
Colin Tilley: Being from Berkeley I grew up around a lot of Artists, The Pack, The Cataracs, a Bunch of Oakland rappers, etc… I didn’t make music, so I found my niche on the creative side and just jumped in head first with a handy cam about 2 years ago…
LegendBLOG: What are some qualities that you feel separates well done
music videos from bad music videos?
Colin Tilley: emotion, authenticity, creativity…
LegendBLOG: What advice would you give to people trying to get into
this line of work?
Colin Tilley: Just go out and start filming shit. All you need is guts.
(Reference)- http://legendblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/interview-with-video-director-colin-tilley/
Colin Tilley in this interview seems real motivated and inspiring to anyone wanting to start making videos. A sort of blunt attitude, which is good.
EXAMPLES OF TILLEY'S WORK
This Video of Chris Brown & Chipmunk includes a various amount of panning shots, sped up shots, close ups, jump cuts and a lot of different transition techniques. Tilley also seems to use a lot of glide cam and tracking shots of the performance.
This Video of Wiz Khalifa includes a lot of shots where the camera includes a lot movement. This gives a really good proffesional look. Tilley also uses a lot of filters on his camera to produce various shots with lighting effects. This always makes the artist look so good when performing. Colin Tilley's use of lighting in the background also looks amazing and adds interest to the performance.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Goodwins Analysis Of a Real Music Video
50 Cent - Candy Shop ft. Olivia
I have used Goodwins analysis to analyse a real music video. the music video i have chosen to analyse is; 50 Cent - Candy Shop ft. Olivia. I chose this song because there are many aspects of the video that typically are found within the genre of hip-hop/rap.
The music video of Candy Shop reflect the genre characteristics of hip-hop/rap. The video displays many things such as; women of a sexual nature, 50 cent wearing a fur coat and chains. These things reflect the genre of hip/hop because they follow the typical stereotypes found in videos of this nature. Within the video there is a dance routine that shows provocative dance moves. The female body is generally associated with the characteristics of guns, crime and rap/hip-hop.
There is a strong connection between the visuals and the lyrics. This is shown throughout the video, an example of this is when 50 cent says the lyrics "I'm the love doctor" and there is a women in a revealing nurse outfit on top of him which is related to the lyrics.
There are alot of close ups of the singer 50cent singing to the camera. This is so that his "image" becoms more recognisable and people can determine who he is easily when they see his face in the media. This is to booste sales of his songs as his popularity grows. Because there are close ups of his face it puts him in the public eye as an iconic image of the rap genre. The style of 50 cent can be seen accross his videos and his characteristics are relatable across his hole visual range.
Throughout the music video there are shots taken that display 50 cent's point of view within the "candy shop" where he is looking at all the women and then when there is a point of view shot the viewer is put in his shoes and can see all the women from his point of view in an explicit nature. There is a scene where one of the women is in a painting that seems to appear alive in reality. The moving image is representing this theme of notion to looking.
There doesnt appear to be any intertextual references within the music video but because the artist is selling his image and his behaviours so much he stands out and will be advertising other music videos that he creates because people will enjoy his style and becom a part of his fan base.
I have used Goodwins analysis to analyse a real music video. the music video i have chosen to analyse is; 50 Cent - Candy Shop ft. Olivia. I chose this song because there are many aspects of the video that typically are found within the genre of hip-hop/rap.
The music video of Candy Shop reflect the genre characteristics of hip-hop/rap. The video displays many things such as; women of a sexual nature, 50 cent wearing a fur coat and chains. These things reflect the genre of hip/hop because they follow the typical stereotypes found in videos of this nature. Within the video there is a dance routine that shows provocative dance moves. The female body is generally associated with the characteristics of guns, crime and rap/hip-hop.
There is a strong connection between the visuals and the lyrics. This is shown throughout the video, an example of this is when 50 cent says the lyrics "I'm the love doctor" and there is a women in a revealing nurse outfit on top of him which is related to the lyrics.
There are alot of close ups of the singer 50cent singing to the camera. This is so that his "image" becoms more recognisable and people can determine who he is easily when they see his face in the media. This is to booste sales of his songs as his popularity grows. Because there are close ups of his face it puts him in the public eye as an iconic image of the rap genre. The style of 50 cent can be seen accross his videos and his characteristics are relatable across his hole visual range.
Throughout the music video there are shots taken that display 50 cent's point of view within the "candy shop" where he is looking at all the women and then when there is a point of view shot the viewer is put in his shoes and can see all the women from his point of view in an explicit nature. There is a scene where one of the women is in a painting that seems to appear alive in reality. The moving image is representing this theme of notion to looking.
There doesnt appear to be any intertextual references within the music video but because the artist is selling his image and his behaviours so much he stands out and will be advertising other music videos that he creates because people will enjoy his style and becom a part of his fan base.
Saturday 24 September 2011
Editing Process
In any music video one of the most important aspects is the way it is edited together, this is what makes the video work and look professional to the viewer. The editing will be pretty much the most important thing for us, and we will have to allow plenty of time in order to achieve the effects and look we are aiming to achieve.
Cutting
For our music video to flow well and link into the song it needs the clips to be cut to the beat and sync with the song nicely. In addition we want to have the lyrics corresponding to the on screen actions of the characters, this will put the message across the audience nice and clearly. This will be a time comsuming and difficult process as the clip durations vary greatly yet the beat of the song stays consistant throughout. We will have to be careful to edit the video in a chronological order to ensure the duration of the clips are correct throughout the whole video, and there isnt any offbeat cuts in the action.
Effects
No music video is left without effects, the effects are what makes the video jump out and really look good to the audience. We will be using a number of different effects for our video to achieve the look we want to give. As we have a number of things going on throughout the video it will be important that these effects match what is happening on screen.
For example, during 'Emilys' family party we want to give a warm look to the clips to show that the character is comfortable in her surroundings and it a nice place to be. We can get this effect by increasing the colour saturation of the clips. This makes the colours brighter and stand out much more, its adds alot of interest to the action. By increasing the colours it makes the image look much more inviting and warm, we will use this to give the message that 'Emily' is comfortable and relaxed.
When 'Emily' is out with her friends we want to portray a completely different feeling. We want to show that she is vunerable and not completely comfortable at what shes doing and where she is. To show this we can use the opposite effects of what we are going to use to give a happy and comfortable feeling. So we will decrease the colour saturation to mute the colours down so the images are almost black and white. This is done to give a cold feeling to the pictures which is automatically associated with saddnes. Another thing we can do is use high key contrast, this makes the shadows darker and the highlights lighter, to make the images really jump out to the viewer. One other thing we can do is use selective colouring, this is when you select one colour, for example yellow, then all the other colours except yellow will be in black and white and darker therefore making the selected colour jump out more.
Here is an example of these effects used on a clip:
Effects Used
*Decreased colour saturation
*High key contrast
*Selective colour - yellow and orange (candle flame)
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Cutting
For our music video to flow well and link into the song it needs the clips to be cut to the beat and sync with the song nicely. In addition we want to have the lyrics corresponding to the on screen actions of the characters, this will put the message across the audience nice and clearly. This will be a time comsuming and difficult process as the clip durations vary greatly yet the beat of the song stays consistant throughout. We will have to be careful to edit the video in a chronological order to ensure the duration of the clips are correct throughout the whole video, and there isnt any offbeat cuts in the action.
Effects
No music video is left without effects, the effects are what makes the video jump out and really look good to the audience. We will be using a number of different effects for our video to achieve the look we want to give. As we have a number of things going on throughout the video it will be important that these effects match what is happening on screen.
For example, during 'Emilys' family party we want to give a warm look to the clips to show that the character is comfortable in her surroundings and it a nice place to be. We can get this effect by increasing the colour saturation of the clips. This makes the colours brighter and stand out much more, its adds alot of interest to the action. By increasing the colours it makes the image look much more inviting and warm, we will use this to give the message that 'Emily' is comfortable and relaxed.
When 'Emily' is out with her friends we want to portray a completely different feeling. We want to show that she is vunerable and not completely comfortable at what shes doing and where she is. To show this we can use the opposite effects of what we are going to use to give a happy and comfortable feeling. So we will decrease the colour saturation to mute the colours down so the images are almost black and white. This is done to give a cold feeling to the pictures which is automatically associated with saddnes. Another thing we can do is use high key contrast, this makes the shadows darker and the highlights lighter, to make the images really jump out to the viewer. One other thing we can do is use selective colouring, this is when you select one colour, for example yellow, then all the other colours except yellow will be in black and white and darker therefore making the selected colour jump out more.
Here is an example of these effects used on a clip:
Effects Used
*Decreased colour saturation
*High key contrast
*Selective colour - yellow and orange (candle flame)
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Camera Shots, Angles and Movement - Initial Ideas For Narrative 2 ('Emily's' Teenage Party)
The camera angles, shots and movements will be important throughout each of the aspects of our video, including our two different narratives that are within the music video simultaneously being told. Below are some different camera angles shots and movements initial ideas that we had whilst planning.
Narrative 2 ('Emily's Teenage Party)
Camera Shot Ideas
Medium Shot - We will use the medium shot at some point towards the start of the scene to establish who is there, and show 'Emily' with her friends having a party, and showing her having the party that she wants.
Reaction Shot - There will be different reaction shots of 'Emily' at different points throughout the party with her friends. The emotion she will be having will all be positive and her reaction will always be her having fun or happy. This is right up until the end when she doesn't feel good and is on the floor of a field surrounded by alcohol or drugs no longer having a good time.
Point of View Shot - We have had two initial ideas on a point of view shot. Our first one was to have a point of view shot of 'Emily' looking around whilst she's sitting in a circle with all her friends, so the point of view shots her at the party while they're all drinking and having the life she wants. The other idea we had is that because we have decided she will pass out at the end of the night due to drugs/alcohol, we could have a camera view of her falling down to the floor and ending up passed out.
Extreme Close Up - Extreme close ups usually focus on a specific object or characteristic. An idea we had was to have an extreme close up on a bottle of vodka, specifically showing the strength percentage of the alcohol content. This is to show the type of party that 'Emily' is at, and show that she is finally where she wants to be doing what she wants to do.
Camera Angle Ideas
High Angle - The high angle is often used to put someone in perspective and portray them in a certain way. For example, at the end of the night when 'Emily' is drunk we want to show her on the field floor drunk out of head her unable to move, so we want to portray her as weak and not in control. Using the high angle will do this because it will look down on her as if she is below everyone else, and having a horrible time and not in control of herself.
Low Angle - The low angle is used to look up at someone and to put them in good light and show them in control of what is happening and in power. When 'Emily' is out with her friends, we know that it is where she wants to be and she is having fun, therefore she is in control of what she is doing and the situation that she ins in. This is why we will use the low angle to show her out at the party having fun and looking up at 'Emily' showing her in power.
Camera Movement Ideas
Narrative 2 ('Emily's Teenage Party)
Camera Shot Ideas
Medium Shot - We will use the medium shot at some point towards the start of the scene to establish who is there, and show 'Emily' with her friends having a party, and showing her having the party that she wants.
Reaction Shot - There will be different reaction shots of 'Emily' at different points throughout the party with her friends. The emotion she will be having will all be positive and her reaction will always be her having fun or happy. This is right up until the end when she doesn't feel good and is on the floor of a field surrounded by alcohol or drugs no longer having a good time.
Point of View Shot - We have had two initial ideas on a point of view shot. Our first one was to have a point of view shot of 'Emily' looking around whilst she's sitting in a circle with all her friends, so the point of view shots her at the party while they're all drinking and having the life she wants. The other idea we had is that because we have decided she will pass out at the end of the night due to drugs/alcohol, we could have a camera view of her falling down to the floor and ending up passed out.
Extreme Close Up - Extreme close ups usually focus on a specific object or characteristic. An idea we had was to have an extreme close up on a bottle of vodka, specifically showing the strength percentage of the alcohol content. This is to show the type of party that 'Emily' is at, and show that she is finally where she wants to be doing what she wants to do.
Camera Angle Ideas
High Angle - The high angle is often used to put someone in perspective and portray them in a certain way. For example, at the end of the night when 'Emily' is drunk we want to show her on the field floor drunk out of head her unable to move, so we want to portray her as weak and not in control. Using the high angle will do this because it will look down on her as if she is below everyone else, and having a horrible time and not in control of herself.
Low Angle - The low angle is used to look up at someone and to put them in good light and show them in control of what is happening and in power. When 'Emily' is out with her friends, we know that it is where she wants to be and she is having fun, therefore she is in control of what she is doing and the situation that she ins in. This is why we will use the low angle to show her out at the party having fun and looking up at 'Emily' showing her in power.
Camera Movement Ideas
Camera Shots, Angles and Movement - Initial Ideas For Narrative 1 ('Emily's' Family Party)
The camera angles, shots and movements will be important throughout each of the aspects of our video, including our two different narratives that are within the music video simultaneously being told. Below are some different camera angles shots and movements initial ideas that we had whilst planning.
Narrative 1 ('Emily's Family Party)
Camera Shot Ideas
Over The Shoulder Shot - One idea that we had was to have an over the shoulder shot. This will be over 'Emily's' shoulder but looking slightly upwards towards a member of the family. This is to show that when she is at her family party she isn't in control. We will do this to show that she is not in power because she isn't where she wants to be and isn't having fun, and she is where her family wants her to be despite what she wants.
Reaction Shot - This will be a reaction of 'Emily' when she receives her gifts or the cake comes out. This is because as the lyrics suggest, 'Emily' believes that she is too old to be having a party that includes things such as birthday cake and small gifts, so the reaction shot will portray and link between the lyrics and visual of the music video. The reaction shot could show her emotion so could either show her looking upset, or looking slightly angry.
Two Shot - Two shots are often used to show a relationship between two people, or possibly engaging them in a conversation. Within our two shot we could possibly have either a conversation showing 'Emily' looking slightly dissapointed or angry, or even portray the mother or father of 'Emily' patronising her which she hates. We can tell she hates this because the lyrics in the song show that she believes she is being treated like a minor or someone that can't do things for themselves.
Establishing Shot -This could be done at the start of the scene, and could be shown at quite a distance from the party either in the corner of the room or from the next room to show the audience what is happening, and where she is and who she's with.
Close Up - We can use the close up to show important objects within the mise en scene. For example, to make it clear to the audience that it is a birthday party we could do a close up for the cake. However, we could also use the close up to show different feelings aswell, for example showing the party cake with a small gift that we know 'Emily' doesn't approve of, and then do a jump cut to a reaction shot. This could end up being very effective.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - A low camera angle looking up at the object, in our case 'Emily' will be the object, is used to show someone in power or control. When we use a low angle to look up at 'Emily' we will try to get across the feeling of safety and protection that she has in her own home with her family. This could for example be done when she is opening a present.
High Angle - We could also use the high angle in completely the opposite way as we used the low angle. We could use it to look down on 'Emily' when she looks annoyed or slightly patronised. It will show her being looked down upon because she isn't in power and doesn't have the choice about leaving the family party even though she wants to.
Camera Movement Ideas
Crane - The idea we had for using to crane shot is at the end of the video and at the end of the family narrative. The crane often signifies the end of a scene, so when she is about to blow out the final candle in the last verse, the crane can move upwards to portray the end of the scene and the end of the video.
Pan - The pan can almost be used as an establishing shot at the start of our party and the start of the narrative. This will be useful to straight away introduce the location and the scene to the audience so they don't feel lost or confused and know what's going on. The pan will go from left to right showing the family at the party, all having a good time and the last person the pan will show will be 'Emily' sitting looking annoyed.
Tilt - The tilt will be a camera movement to work well with either the high angle or low angle. This can work by showing 'Emily' at eye line and slowly moving the camera down whilst using the tilt movement to slowly show 'Emily' either getting less power or more power. For example, when 'Emily' is being patronised and is clearly annoyed, the camera can move up and tilt downwards, looking down on 'Emily' showing her with little power, placing her in a low angle camera shot.
Track - We thought that we could use the track camera movement within our narrative when she brings out the cake. We will have the cake being smoothly tracked as it is walked towards 'Emily' whilst it still has the candles on it, and the cake will be tracked all the way up until 'Emily' receives it.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Reaction Shot - This will be a reaction of 'Emily' when she receives her gifts or the cake comes out. This is because as the lyrics suggest, 'Emily' believes that she is too old to be having a party that includes things such as birthday cake and small gifts, so the reaction shot will portray and link between the lyrics and visual of the music video. The reaction shot could show her emotion so could either show her looking upset, or looking slightly angry.
Two Shot - Two shots are often used to show a relationship between two people, or possibly engaging them in a conversation. Within our two shot we could possibly have either a conversation showing 'Emily' looking slightly dissapointed or angry, or even portray the mother or father of 'Emily' patronising her which she hates. We can tell she hates this because the lyrics in the song show that she believes she is being treated like a minor or someone that can't do things for themselves.
Establishing Shot -This could be done at the start of the scene, and could be shown at quite a distance from the party either in the corner of the room or from the next room to show the audience what is happening, and where she is and who she's with.
Close Up - We can use the close up to show important objects within the mise en scene. For example, to make it clear to the audience that it is a birthday party we could do a close up for the cake. However, we could also use the close up to show different feelings aswell, for example showing the party cake with a small gift that we know 'Emily' doesn't approve of, and then do a jump cut to a reaction shot. This could end up being very effective.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - A low camera angle looking up at the object, in our case 'Emily' will be the object, is used to show someone in power or control. When we use a low angle to look up at 'Emily' we will try to get across the feeling of safety and protection that she has in her own home with her family. This could for example be done when she is opening a present.
High Angle - We could also use the high angle in completely the opposite way as we used the low angle. We could use it to look down on 'Emily' when she looks annoyed or slightly patronised. It will show her being looked down upon because she isn't in power and doesn't have the choice about leaving the family party even though she wants to.
Camera Movement Ideas
Crane - The idea we had for using to crane shot is at the end of the video and at the end of the family narrative. The crane often signifies the end of a scene, so when she is about to blow out the final candle in the last verse, the crane can move upwards to portray the end of the scene and the end of the video.
Pan - The pan can almost be used as an establishing shot at the start of our party and the start of the narrative. This will be useful to straight away introduce the location and the scene to the audience so they don't feel lost or confused and know what's going on. The pan will go from left to right showing the family at the party, all having a good time and the last person the pan will show will be 'Emily' sitting looking annoyed.
Tilt - The tilt will be a camera movement to work well with either the high angle or low angle. This can work by showing 'Emily' at eye line and slowly moving the camera down whilst using the tilt movement to slowly show 'Emily' either getting less power or more power. For example, when 'Emily' is being patronised and is clearly annoyed, the camera can move up and tilt downwards, looking down on 'Emily' showing her with little power, placing her in a low angle camera shot.
Track - We thought that we could use the track camera movement within our narrative when she brings out the cake. We will have the cake being smoothly tracked as it is walked towards 'Emily' whilst it still has the candles on it, and the cake will be tracked all the way up until 'Emily' receives it.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Camera Shots, Angles and Movement - Initial Ideas For The Band Performance
Within our music video, to achieve the greatest outcome possible and to get the finished product we want, we must select a range of different camera shots and angles to comply with our initial and developed ideas. There are a lot of different ways that we can choose to use the different camera shots and angles, but below are some initial ideas for the performance that the band do within the music video. There will also be planned camera shots, angles and movements for the narrative storyline involving 'Emily's' family, and the narrative involving 'Emily's' friends.
The Band's Performance
Camera Shot Ideas -
Medium Shot - This will be the first shot used within the performance. This is to straight away show the audience the location in which the band are performing, and show the audience each member of the band.
Close Up - This will be used to concentrate on the singers face, so we are able to succesfully lipsync to the song. The closeup could also be used to concentrate on a specific area of the mise en scene. For example, a genre characteristic of indie rock is a grunge and punk feel, so a way in which we may show this is by having one of the band members wearing a big punk stud/earring in their ear, and having a closeup of this.
Cut-In - A cut in is a shot that shows some (other) part of the subject in detail. An idea we had was to have a cut-in shot at the guitar when the guitar solo begins. This would work well as it creates a relationship between the visual and music aspects of the video.
Aerial Shot - The location in which we are filming our band's performance is in a barn, and the barn has a ladder leading to a second level of it, and we believe that incorporating an aerial shot into our music video will be highly effective. This could be shown either before of after the medium shot, as aerial shots can sometimes also be used as establishing shots, and this is how we will use our aerial shot.
Point of View shot - This is a shot we haven't quite decided if we would like to use or not. However, if we were to use it then the point of view would be from the drummer who would be at the back of the band set, looking forward at the other two members of the band and seeing different mise en scene aspects we have chosen to include, such as a candle burning in the background.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - The low angle camera shot will be used when the guitarist is doing his solo. There will also be jump cuts between the low angle and the cut-in shot in the guitar. The reason the low angle is used for the solo is because it used used to make things appear dominant and in power. When the guitarist is doing a great solo, it should be portrayed that he is in control and in power, and this is why we have decided to do the low angle shot.
High Angle - We had the idea that when the lyrics are talking about 'Emily' thinking that she is too old to be inhavin a family party, we would use a high angle. The high angle would be to represent her position of having no power, and wanting to go out and do what she wants but being forced to stay at home with her family, as if she doesn't have authority over her family.
Camera Movement Ideas
Pan - This will be used before our opening medium or aerial shot, and will go from left to right. Once each of the members of the band have been established within the barn through the pan shot, a medium shot will take place, possibly followed by an aerial shot to fully establish the location and mise en scene.
Track - When the lead singer first sings the chorus we will use the track shot. This is because it is a genre characteristic of indie pop to have a punky vibe to it, so this could include the lead singer strutting around and bopping his head to the beat of jumping up and down whilst walking along, so we will use the track to follow the singer whilst he does this. This will also help the audience to establish the genre as we will be complying to the genre characteristics by including this.
Tilt - The tilt is a possibility for a camera shot to do towards the beginning of the performance. We would tilt the camera horizontally, but not over 180 degrees. This would establish the mise en scene, show the location, and show the band and the costumes that the band have got on.
Zoom - We will be using an aerial shot almost as an establishing shot. To go hand in hand with this, once we have completed the aerial shot we could use the zoom. This will be effective because the aerial will start off by establishing the scene and showing the surroundings, and once this has been done we can use the zoom in to focus in on the band and the performance, which is what we are really trying to show to the audience.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
The Band's Performance
Medium Shot - This will be the first shot used within the performance. This is to straight away show the audience the location in which the band are performing, and show the audience each member of the band.
Close Up - This will be used to concentrate on the singers face, so we are able to succesfully lipsync to the song. The closeup could also be used to concentrate on a specific area of the mise en scene. For example, a genre characteristic of indie rock is a grunge and punk feel, so a way in which we may show this is by having one of the band members wearing a big punk stud/earring in their ear, and having a closeup of this.
Cut-In - A cut in is a shot that shows some (other) part of the subject in detail. An idea we had was to have a cut-in shot at the guitar when the guitar solo begins. This would work well as it creates a relationship between the visual and music aspects of the video.
Aerial Shot - The location in which we are filming our band's performance is in a barn, and the barn has a ladder leading to a second level of it, and we believe that incorporating an aerial shot into our music video will be highly effective. This could be shown either before of after the medium shot, as aerial shots can sometimes also be used as establishing shots, and this is how we will use our aerial shot.
Point of View shot - This is a shot we haven't quite decided if we would like to use or not. However, if we were to use it then the point of view would be from the drummer who would be at the back of the band set, looking forward at the other two members of the band and seeing different mise en scene aspects we have chosen to include, such as a candle burning in the background.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - The low angle camera shot will be used when the guitarist is doing his solo. There will also be jump cuts between the low angle and the cut-in shot in the guitar. The reason the low angle is used for the solo is because it used used to make things appear dominant and in power. When the guitarist is doing a great solo, it should be portrayed that he is in control and in power, and this is why we have decided to do the low angle shot.
High Angle - We had the idea that when the lyrics are talking about 'Emily' thinking that she is too old to be inhavin a family party, we would use a high angle. The high angle would be to represent her position of having no power, and wanting to go out and do what she wants but being forced to stay at home with her family, as if she doesn't have authority over her family.
Camera Movement Ideas
Pan - This will be used before our opening medium or aerial shot, and will go from left to right. Once each of the members of the band have been established within the barn through the pan shot, a medium shot will take place, possibly followed by an aerial shot to fully establish the location and mise en scene.
Track - When the lead singer first sings the chorus we will use the track shot. This is because it is a genre characteristic of indie pop to have a punky vibe to it, so this could include the lead singer strutting around and bopping his head to the beat of jumping up and down whilst walking along, so we will use the track to follow the singer whilst he does this. This will also help the audience to establish the genre as we will be complying to the genre characteristics by including this.
Tilt - The tilt is a possibility for a camera shot to do towards the beginning of the performance. We would tilt the camera horizontally, but not over 180 degrees. This would establish the mise en scene, show the location, and show the band and the costumes that the band have got on.
Zoom - We will be using an aerial shot almost as an establishing shot. To go hand in hand with this, once we have completed the aerial shot we could use the zoom. This will be effective because the aerial will start off by establishing the scene and showing the surroundings, and once this has been done we can use the zoom in to focus in on the band and the performance, which is what we are really trying to show to the audience.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Friday 23 September 2011
Mise-en-Scene Ideas
The mise-en-scene will be a very important part of our music video, all the aspects of it will be carefully thought out in order to achieve the overall effect we are aiming for. Mise-en-scene breaks down into a number of different areas;
Lighting
For the effect of two parallel stories to work correctly the lighting will have to be perfect and very closing matched in order for the clips to cut together smoothly and give the video a clean look. In order to achieve good balanced and consistant lighting we are going to have to think carefully about camera set up and the way we use the avaible light, eg making the most of the natural light and not using to much artifical lighting that gives harsh unpredicable shadows.
Costume
The costumes of the different characters will have a large part to do with how people understand the messages we are trying to put across. The customs have to be in keeping with the genre of the music as well as keeping within what is happening on screen. As we will be running parallel stories plus some performance there will be loads of different costumes that will feature in the video.
- The band during the performance will be wearing smart cloths (possibly white suits?) that either match or look very similar to each other. This will show that that the group is a band and is performin the song rather then just other characters within the story line.
- When 'Emily' is at her family party she will be wearing simple understated clothes that show she is confortable within her surroundings. The actor could wear some normal jeans and a plain top that covers her up well, this shows that she isnt trying to impress anyone or make an impression.
- When 'Emily' is going out with her friends she will be the complete opposite to the family party, she will be wearing a very striking outfit that is more revealing and shows that she wants to impress someone and wants to get noticed by people. This shows the rebellious side to the character and fits in with the story line well.
Acting
The acting will be another important part within the music video, by having two storys that completely contrast eachother the acting will have to be believable and well done otherwise it will hard to follow. When 'Emily' is at the family party she will seem quite resevered and quite, showing that she isnt having the best of times. However when she is out with her friends she will seem to act like a rebel showing that she doesnt care very much and just wants to have a good time. During the perforance parts the band will be lip syncing the lyrics and pretending to perform the song to the camera, this is easier to achieve but has to be done well otherwise it will look faked during the editing process.
Sets
The locations have to be in keeping with the genre and whats happening within the music video its self. We want to make the sets believable and natural looking so the whole video looks as professional as possible. The lighting will have a big part to play in how the sets look so it is a key area that will have to be thought about carefully.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Lighting
For the effect of two parallel stories to work correctly the lighting will have to be perfect and very closing matched in order for the clips to cut together smoothly and give the video a clean look. In order to achieve good balanced and consistant lighting we are going to have to think carefully about camera set up and the way we use the avaible light, eg making the most of the natural light and not using to much artifical lighting that gives harsh unpredicable shadows.
Costume
The costumes of the different characters will have a large part to do with how people understand the messages we are trying to put across. The customs have to be in keeping with the genre of the music as well as keeping within what is happening on screen. As we will be running parallel stories plus some performance there will be loads of different costumes that will feature in the video.
- The band during the performance will be wearing smart cloths (possibly white suits?) that either match or look very similar to each other. This will show that that the group is a band and is performin the song rather then just other characters within the story line.
- When 'Emily' is at her family party she will be wearing simple understated clothes that show she is confortable within her surroundings. The actor could wear some normal jeans and a plain top that covers her up well, this shows that she isnt trying to impress anyone or make an impression.
- When 'Emily' is going out with her friends she will be the complete opposite to the family party, she will be wearing a very striking outfit that is more revealing and shows that she wants to impress someone and wants to get noticed by people. This shows the rebellious side to the character and fits in with the story line well.
Acting
The acting will be another important part within the music video, by having two storys that completely contrast eachother the acting will have to be believable and well done otherwise it will hard to follow. When 'Emily' is at the family party she will seem quite resevered and quite, showing that she isnt having the best of times. However when she is out with her friends she will seem to act like a rebel showing that she doesnt care very much and just wants to have a good time. During the perforance parts the band will be lip syncing the lyrics and pretending to perform the song to the camera, this is easier to achieve but has to be done well otherwise it will look faked during the editing process.
Sets
The locations have to be in keeping with the genre and whats happening within the music video its self. We want to make the sets believable and natural looking so the whole video looks as professional as possible. The lighting will have a big part to play in how the sets look so it is a key area that will have to be thought about carefully.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Location Ideas
There are 3 main locations to our video. One of them is the place in which we will be recording the performance aspect of our video, and the two different parties that Emily is having. One of the parties being with her family, the other being with her friends.
Location 1- Performance
This performance done by the band will be based in an old wooden barn. The reason we have decided to have this as our location is because the old feel to it will have good contrast against the suits that all the band members will be wearing. The old barn mixed with the new suits will comply to the genre characteristics of indie rock which is the genre of our song.
Location 2 - Narrative 1 (Family Party)
This will be based inside a house, there will be typical party things such as balloons, food and banners. We will try to get a feeling of comfort and safety across from the location this will help to tell the narrative as the song progresses. There will be family members surrounding 'Emily.' As well as the feeling of safety in her own home, we will also try to get across a mood of boredom and annoyance that Emily is feeling as she wants to leave her home and party with her friends. Her family members will be patronising her and making her feel like she is still a 'little girl.'
Location 3 - Narrative 2 (Typical Teenage Party With Friends)
This will be based in a field, that is deserted and isn't near any other houses. We will base this on the typical teenage gathering, with a group of friends going out to get drunk and been stupid. We will film at this location when it is dark to give an uncomfortable feel, and show that 'Emily' and her friends are vunerable. The field will be grassy with nothing of interest around, this will show isolation and seclusion for her. This location should be a complete contrast to Location 2 (the family party.)
Location 1- Performance
This performance done by the band will be based in an old wooden barn. The reason we have decided to have this as our location is because the old feel to it will have good contrast against the suits that all the band members will be wearing. The old barn mixed with the new suits will comply to the genre characteristics of indie rock which is the genre of our song.
Location 2 - Narrative 1 (Family Party)
This will be based inside a house, there will be typical party things such as balloons, food and banners. We will try to get a feeling of comfort and safety across from the location this will help to tell the narrative as the song progresses. There will be family members surrounding 'Emily.' As well as the feeling of safety in her own home, we will also try to get across a mood of boredom and annoyance that Emily is feeling as she wants to leave her home and party with her friends. Her family members will be patronising her and making her feel like she is still a 'little girl.'
Location 3 - Narrative 2 (Typical Teenage Party With Friends)
This will be based in a field, that is deserted and isn't near any other houses. We will base this on the typical teenage gathering, with a group of friends going out to get drunk and been stupid. We will film at this location when it is dark to give an uncomfortable feel, and show that 'Emily' and her friends are vunerable. The field will be grassy with nothing of interest around, this will show isolation and seclusion for her. This location should be a complete contrast to Location 2 (the family party.)
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Annotation of Lyrics - Rough Plan
We read over the lyrics and have circled key points within them that contribute to our storyline and have developed ideas from the lyrics and analyzed the meaning of the song to help build ideas for different points within our two narratives.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Development of Ideas
For our first song choice "Seventeen Candles" by Pink Spiders we have developed some of our initial ideas that we produced on the spider diagram. We have also created the narrative of our music video.
We read the lyrics of the song to try and understand the story behind the lyrics to help us develop an idea for our narrative, and how we can relate our visuals within the music video to the lyrics.
The song appears to be about a girl called Emily who is celebrating her birthday party with her family and doesn't seem to be enjoying it. But in the chorus it says "Shes a bit over cake and gifts and party favors" implying that she believes shes too old to be at a family party and would rather be out partying with her friends leading the typical teenage life, doing drugs, drinking alcohol etc.
With these two different types of party we decided within our video we would simultaneously tell the story of each party. One of them being the family party and the other one being her out with friends getting drunk. In between the two different narratives we will also have some performance from the band as well as the stories being told. As the song progresses, so does each story progress throughout the night, and by the end of the song the outcome of each story is shown. When Emily is with her friends, within the song the lyrics say "If this is the nightlife, I'd rather stay in, You call this a good time I just call it a trend, If this is as good as it gets, Then I'm packing up my shit and I'm gone." This shows us that although she felt she would rather be out with friends getting drunk etc it didn't turn out as well as she thought it would do so she decides to go home.
The chorus is repeated twice at the end of the song and for each chorus we will show the final outcome of each storyline. The ending to the family party narrative is her blowing out the candles on a cake, and the ending to the life she wants is her passed out in a field with an alcoholic drink next to her passed out, and the candle burning out as the song ends.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
We read the lyrics of the song to try and understand the story behind the lyrics to help us develop an idea for our narrative, and how we can relate our visuals within the music video to the lyrics.
The song appears to be about a girl called Emily who is celebrating her birthday party with her family and doesn't seem to be enjoying it. But in the chorus it says "Shes a bit over cake and gifts and party favors" implying that she believes shes too old to be at a family party and would rather be out partying with her friends leading the typical teenage life, doing drugs, drinking alcohol etc.
With these two different types of party we decided within our video we would simultaneously tell the story of each party. One of them being the family party and the other one being her out with friends getting drunk. In between the two different narratives we will also have some performance from the band as well as the stories being told. As the song progresses, so does each story progress throughout the night, and by the end of the song the outcome of each story is shown. When Emily is with her friends, within the song the lyrics say "If this is the nightlife, I'd rather stay in, You call this a good time I just call it a trend, If this is as good as it gets, Then I'm packing up my shit and I'm gone." This shows us that although she felt she would rather be out with friends getting drunk etc it didn't turn out as well as she thought it would do so she decides to go home.
The chorus is repeated twice at the end of the song and for each chorus we will show the final outcome of each storyline. The ending to the family party narrative is her blowing out the candles on a cake, and the ending to the life she wants is her passed out in a field with an alcoholic drink next to her passed out, and the candle burning out as the song ends.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Testing our Ideas
We decided to test our concept and idea of the candle time lapse, we done two test shots to see how easy or difficult it would be to achieve this effect. The results were quite good and could be implemented into our final video. By successfully testing this idea we can move on and test out some other ideas and continue to develop our video for the song.
Candle Time Lapse 1
Candle Time Lapse 2
Candle Time Lapse 1
Candle Time Lapse 2
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Friday 16 September 2011
Influences on our planning and decision making
For our first choice for our music video, we chose "Seventeen Candles" by "Pink Spiders". For our initial ideas on how we were going to produce and structure our music video, we were influenced by other videos. One influence was the viewing of a candle burning slowly over a time lapse.
This was a big influence on our video, because we thought creating our own time lapse to work with our video it would be very effective. This is because the name of our song is "Seventeen Candles" so we thought it worked well with that, and it would also be the re-occurring theme within our video. This would consist of shots throughout the video showing the candle slowly burning on our own time lapse. The candle would be lit at the start, and by the end of the video it will be burnt out as throughout the video you see the whole candle slowly burn.
Another strong influence on our video choice was a video produced by "Pink Spiders". We watched this to influence ourselves as that is the same band that produced the music to the video we will be producing, and we believed that if we watched their style and ideas within a different video we would understand their music and be able to produce a music video that works well with there style, ideas and genre of music.
This video inspired us with the idea of doing a performance based video, that also has a narrative within it. It also influenced our ideas on costumes, as they were a band they all had the same clothes on which was a white suit, and in our video we will also have a set costume that we will all wear to comply to the genre characteristics and to work well with the performance element of the video.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
This was a big influence on our video, because we thought creating our own time lapse to work with our video it would be very effective. This is because the name of our song is "Seventeen Candles" so we thought it worked well with that, and it would also be the re-occurring theme within our video. This would consist of shots throughout the video showing the candle slowly burning on our own time lapse. The candle would be lit at the start, and by the end of the video it will be burnt out as throughout the video you see the whole candle slowly burn.
Another strong influence on our video choice was a video produced by "Pink Spiders". We watched this to influence ourselves as that is the same band that produced the music to the video we will be producing, and we believed that if we watched their style and ideas within a different video we would understand their music and be able to produce a music video that works well with there style, ideas and genre of music.
This video inspired us with the idea of doing a performance based video, that also has a narrative within it. It also influenced our ideas on costumes, as they were a band they all had the same clothes on which was a white suit, and in our video we will also have a set costume that we will all wear to comply to the genre characteristics and to work well with the performance element of the video.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Spider Diagram Of Our Initial Ideas 2
Our second choice song is called "Future in you" and is by the Artist "Ne-Yo. Below, our initial ideas are shown through a spider diagram.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Spider Diagram Of Our Initial Ideas
Our first choice song is called "Seventeen Candles" and is performed by "Pink Spiders". Below is a picture showing the spider diagram we created with our initial ideas on.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Goodwins Music Video Analysis: Dappy - No Regrets
Dappy - No Regrets
1. This music video is of the R&B genre. We can tell this by looking at the characteristics of the music video, as a lot of conventions of the R&B genre are included in it. R&B genre conventions includes the music being created around a rhythm and this gives it the soulful feel, hence why at the end a choir of soul singers help him with the vocals in the chorus. Another convention is the urban feel that most R&B music videos have. The urban feel is portrayed within this video by the mise en scene. The mise en scene includes urban outfits, e.g a cap and diamond earring and the setting is an American suburb that appears to be run down and a bit dirty.
2. Within this music video there is a strong relationship shown between the lyrics and visuals on a number of occasions. For example, throughout the video it cuts to dappy directly singing to the camera almost as if he is narrating the story that is going on in the background. This reflects upon the genre of R&B. Another example of a lyric and visual connection is when dappy sings "Cause when I look in the mirror, I don't even recognise myself" it starts of with her looking in the mirror and seeing an exact reflection of herself, but when the lyrics say "I don't even recognise myself" her outfit in the mirror changes, but she is still looking into the mirror whilst wearing the same clothes. This connects the lyrics to the visual we are seeing because when looking into a mirror you know exactly what to expect, but her reflection is different to how she looks so she "doesn't recognise herself".
3. Throughout the music video, there are relationships shown between the music and the visuals. An example of this is when towards the end of the video there is a piano solo that comes on, and the link between the visuals and music occurs as soon as the piano solo starts because there is a jump cut straight to a medium shot of the piano player. Another link is shown between visual and the music when the soul singers join in the chorus towards the end they are shown on the roof all singing along with dappy.
4. The demands of the record label include a lot of close ups of the artist to boost recognition of him, and his brand so they are promoting themselves to increase future sales. He is also wearing his own brand of clothing, so as well as promoting himself he is promoting his own brand of clothing to try and gain sales and money.
5. There are often lots of different shots included of the artist within the music video, even at points within the music video when it isn't necessary. This is done to ensure that the audience all have a clear idea of what the artist looks like and producers want the target audience to have this effect done to them. For example, at one point in the video there is a shot of the main women within the music video sitting on the floor and is clearly upset and depressed, but on top of the image is a cross faded picture of dappys face. The same cross fade effect also takes place when the main male actor within the video is training for boxing.
6. 1nch
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
1. This music video is of the R&B genre. We can tell this by looking at the characteristics of the music video, as a lot of conventions of the R&B genre are included in it. R&B genre conventions includes the music being created around a rhythm and this gives it the soulful feel, hence why at the end a choir of soul singers help him with the vocals in the chorus. Another convention is the urban feel that most R&B music videos have. The urban feel is portrayed within this video by the mise en scene. The mise en scene includes urban outfits, e.g a cap and diamond earring and the setting is an American suburb that appears to be run down and a bit dirty.
2. Within this music video there is a strong relationship shown between the lyrics and visuals on a number of occasions. For example, throughout the video it cuts to dappy directly singing to the camera almost as if he is narrating the story that is going on in the background. This reflects upon the genre of R&B. Another example of a lyric and visual connection is when dappy sings "Cause when I look in the mirror, I don't even recognise myself" it starts of with her looking in the mirror and seeing an exact reflection of herself, but when the lyrics say "I don't even recognise myself" her outfit in the mirror changes, but she is still looking into the mirror whilst wearing the same clothes. This connects the lyrics to the visual we are seeing because when looking into a mirror you know exactly what to expect, but her reflection is different to how she looks so she "doesn't recognise herself".
3. Throughout the music video, there are relationships shown between the music and the visuals. An example of this is when towards the end of the video there is a piano solo that comes on, and the link between the visuals and music occurs as soon as the piano solo starts because there is a jump cut straight to a medium shot of the piano player. Another link is shown between visual and the music when the soul singers join in the chorus towards the end they are shown on the roof all singing along with dappy.
4. The demands of the record label include a lot of close ups of the artist to boost recognition of him, and his brand so they are promoting themselves to increase future sales. He is also wearing his own brand of clothing, so as well as promoting himself he is promoting his own brand of clothing to try and gain sales and money.
5. There are often lots of different shots included of the artist within the music video, even at points within the music video when it isn't necessary. This is done to ensure that the audience all have a clear idea of what the artist looks like and producers want the target audience to have this effect done to them. For example, at one point in the video there is a shot of the main women within the music video sitting on the floor and is clearly upset and depressed, but on top of the image is a cross faded picture of dappys face. The same cross fade effect also takes place when the main male actor within the video is training for boxing.
6. 1nch
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Goodwins Music Video Analysis
Goodwins Analysis is a way of analysing music videos, and to cover all aspects of the music video, he believed that there were 6 different areas that he needed to analyse. These were:
- Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (e.g. stage performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band).
- There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
- There is a relationship between music and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
- 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).
- There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, telescopes, etc).
- There is often intertextual reference (to films, tv programmes, other music videos etc).
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