Thursday, 21 July 2011
Research: Idea for Good Charlotte's "I Don't Wanna Be In Love" Music Video
The lyrics tell of two people, a boy and a girl, who have just got out of a relationship. This makes me think I could show the story of two different people, their break-up with their partner, and at the end of each story, they could be making their way to the venue at which "Good Charlotte" are playing. During the last verse and chorus, the two could meet each other at the venue, as the lyrics talk about finding someone new.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Research: Ideas For Music Video
At this moment in time, I am thinking I will more than likely create a music video using a song by the band Good Charlotte, Lostprophets or The Pretty Reckless, as both bands have narrative qualities, i.e. their songs contain some sort of story behind them. This would allow me to film a narrative video, with elements of performance as both of these bands are from the rock genre, so a sense of performance will be required. Currently I am leaning towards a video using a Good Charlotte song, and have therefore looked at a couple of their songs. In particular, I am interested in "Where Would We Be Now" and "I Don't Wanna Be In Love" and have already started to visualise potential scenes if I was to make a video for each song. The lyrics in both of these songs tell a story, which could be portrayed in various ways in a video, thus allowing me to be creative in what I could place on the screen. Songs by The Pretty Reckless that I am considering are "Goin' Down", "Make Me Wanna Die" and "You," as I believe I could creeate a believable narrative for each of these songs. If I was to choose Lostprophets, the songs I would choose from would be "Last Summer,", "Can't Stop, Gotta Date With Hate" and "Last Train Home."
Originally I would have liked to have created a video for the band Hollywood Undead, but seeing as all of their songs contain explicit lyrics. this was therefore not possible. Another band I considered to use was Black Veil Brides, however a vast number of their songs have screaming included, so unless I could find someone who can mime Andy Sixx's screaming authentically, this was also a difficult option. However, I am contemplating the songs "Rebel Love Song", "Fallen Angels" and "Set The World On Fire" as well as "The Legacy," which contains screaming.
For all of my possible options, when the time comes to create the storyboards etc in order to create the video, I will need to make sure I have a band, as all of my possible songs contain a band. Thus, I would have to find people who can play the required instruments to take part in the video. My main aim of my music video is to make it as authentic and realistic as possible, so ideally I would like to have people who can play an instrument like a guitar skillfully, allowing their miming to be as believable as possible. Another aspect I will have to take into account in planning for my music video is wardrobe. What the band wears in a music video is a message conveyed to everyone, demonstrating what the band stand for and their style etc.
Originally I would have liked to have created a video for the band Hollywood Undead, but seeing as all of their songs contain explicit lyrics. this was therefore not possible. Another band I considered to use was Black Veil Brides, however a vast number of their songs have screaming included, so unless I could find someone who can mime Andy Sixx's screaming authentically, this was also a difficult option. However, I am contemplating the songs "Rebel Love Song", "Fallen Angels" and "Set The World On Fire" as well as "The Legacy," which contains screaming.
For all of my possible options, when the time comes to create the storyboards etc in order to create the video, I will need to make sure I have a band, as all of my possible songs contain a band. Thus, I would have to find people who can play the required instruments to take part in the video. My main aim of my music video is to make it as authentic and realistic as possible, so ideally I would like to have people who can play an instrument like a guitar skillfully, allowing their miming to be as believable as possible. Another aspect I will have to take into account in planning for my music video is wardrobe. What the band wears in a music video is a message conveyed to everyone, demonstrating what the band stand for and their style etc.
Evaluation: Busted Music Video Practical
The practical task of recreating Busted's music video to "What I Go To School For" has been hugely beneficial to my editing skills using the program Final Cut. I have learnt how to use the lyrics to effectively edit film. My intentions throughout the task were to stay as close to the original video as possible, and for the editing to virtually replicate the video, shot for shot, with practically the same timings. Ideally, there are a few shots in the video that could have gone better; for exmaple the shot with Matt pushing his way to the front of class, because the other students needed to walk to the seats. However, overall I am pleased with the end result of the task and I feel I have vastly improved my media skills.
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Research: Busted - 'What I Go To School For' (not finished)
Shots & Camerawork
1. The video opens with a close-up shot of the teacher's feet, and tracks as she walks to the front of the classroom.
2. Close-up tracking shot from over the shoulder as the teacher writes "Sex Education" on the board.
3. Close-up shot of the teacher's face as she turns around from the board.
4. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk. Other class members sat in surrounding desks.
5. Close-up shot of the teacher's hand as she flicks off the light switch.
6. Back to medium shot of Charlie, he's fiddling with a pen.
7. Medium shot of the video on the board
8. Extreme close-up of the teacher's eyes (looking at the video on the board).
9. Back to medium shot of Charlie
10. Long shot panning shot from towards the back of the classroom, aimed at the video on the board.
11. Over the shoulder shot from behind Charlie, two girls walk past. Camera tracks up as the girls walk past, then back down again to Charlie (he shakes his head).
12. Medium shot of video.
13. Back to medium shot of Charlie at the desk (zooms in slightly & slowly)
14. Over the shoulder shot of a girl who turns around and smiles (camera zooms slightly)
15. Medium shot of James at his desk, looks up and is repulsed.
16. Long shot of Matt and other students, he pushes past and struts/walks into the foreground to the desk at the front. (Shot taken from the front of class looking towards the back)Camera slightly tracks down as Matt sits down.
17. Very quick extreme close up of the teacher's back of head and then eyes as she turns around from the board.
18. Medium shot between the shoulders of two students at the two desks in front, looking at Charlie, he is leaning over his desk
19. Medium shot (similar to the previous one but at a slight angle, James is positioned slightly to the right) looking at James staring open-mouthed from his desk, between the shoulders of two students at the row in front.
20. close-up low angle shot of Matt at his desk, lifts up a pencil and drops it.
21. Close up slow motion shot of the pencil hitting the floor (Matt's feet in the background)
22. Shot taken from the position of the desks, looking towards the front. Medium shot of the teacher's legs and shoes as she bends down to pick up the pencil
23. Long shot of the teacher crouched down with the pencil in her hand. Camera slightly zooms as she stands up, points at the class with the pencil
24. Long shot of Busted (James left, Matt centre, Charlie right) and students in the background, Busted do their jump
25. Close up of James singing "Even though it is a"
26. Close up of Charlie singing "real bore"
27. Close up of Matt singing "You can call me crazy"
28. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk, teacher is standing in front of him, handing him a piece of paper (two-shot) taken from the side. She then turns to walk away
29. Back to long shot of Busted (slightly low angle), do their jump again
30. Medium shot of a random student for the line "Even though it is a real bore."
31. Medium shot of Matt at his desk (can see Matt's shoulders and head only) Teacher is leaning over him, looking at his work, he is gazing at her, open-mouthed
32. Close up of Cahrlie singing "But none like Miss McKenzie"
33. Back to long shot of Busted "that's what I go to..." (Busted crouch down towards camera, still slightly low angled)
34. For the lyrics "school for..." Shot from the mid/back of the class looking to the front, at the teacher, class have their hands up (one hand up in the foreground) Teacher is positioned very slightly to the left, two students with their hands up in the shot, shot taken from behind students
35, Close up of James as he holds up his guitar to the end part of the chorus, plays his guitar (3 strums)
36. Back to long shot of Busted (Matt in the middle, James on the left, lowers his guitar, Charlie moves forward and crouches down to sing "That's what I go to school for."
37. Long shot taken from the side of James sitting at his desk (camera positioned so desk is not visible) Teachers walks into the shot, walks past James and strokes his shoulder/arm, James looks up
1. The video opens with a close-up shot of the teacher's feet, and tracks as she walks to the front of the classroom.
2. Close-up tracking shot from over the shoulder as the teacher writes "Sex Education" on the board.
3. Close-up shot of the teacher's face as she turns around from the board.
4. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk. Other class members sat in surrounding desks.
5. Close-up shot of the teacher's hand as she flicks off the light switch.
6. Back to medium shot of Charlie, he's fiddling with a pen.
7. Medium shot of the video on the board
8. Extreme close-up of the teacher's eyes (looking at the video on the board).
9. Back to medium shot of Charlie
10. Long shot panning shot from towards the back of the classroom, aimed at the video on the board.
11. Over the shoulder shot from behind Charlie, two girls walk past. Camera tracks up as the girls walk past, then back down again to Charlie (he shakes his head).
12. Medium shot of video.
13. Back to medium shot of Charlie at the desk (zooms in slightly & slowly)
14. Over the shoulder shot of a girl who turns around and smiles (camera zooms slightly)
15. Medium shot of James at his desk, looks up and is repulsed.
16. Long shot of Matt and other students, he pushes past and struts/walks into the foreground to the desk at the front. (Shot taken from the front of class looking towards the back)Camera slightly tracks down as Matt sits down.
17. Very quick extreme close up of the teacher's back of head and then eyes as she turns around from the board.
18. Medium shot between the shoulders of two students at the two desks in front, looking at Charlie, he is leaning over his desk
19. Medium shot (similar to the previous one but at a slight angle, James is positioned slightly to the right) looking at James staring open-mouthed from his desk, between the shoulders of two students at the row in front.
20. close-up low angle shot of Matt at his desk, lifts up a pencil and drops it.
21. Close up slow motion shot of the pencil hitting the floor (Matt's feet in the background)
22. Shot taken from the position of the desks, looking towards the front. Medium shot of the teacher's legs and shoes as she bends down to pick up the pencil
23. Long shot of the teacher crouched down with the pencil in her hand. Camera slightly zooms as she stands up, points at the class with the pencil
24. Long shot of Busted (James left, Matt centre, Charlie right) and students in the background, Busted do their jump
25. Close up of James singing "Even though it is a"
26. Close up of Charlie singing "real bore"
27. Close up of Matt singing "You can call me crazy"
28. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk, teacher is standing in front of him, handing him a piece of paper (two-shot) taken from the side. She then turns to walk away
29. Back to long shot of Busted (slightly low angle), do their jump again
30. Medium shot of a random student for the line "Even though it is a real bore."
31. Medium shot of Matt at his desk (can see Matt's shoulders and head only) Teacher is leaning over him, looking at his work, he is gazing at her, open-mouthed
32. Close up of Cahrlie singing "But none like Miss McKenzie"
33. Back to long shot of Busted "that's what I go to..." (Busted crouch down towards camera, still slightly low angled)
34. For the lyrics "school for..." Shot from the mid/back of the class looking to the front, at the teacher, class have their hands up (one hand up in the foreground) Teacher is positioned very slightly to the left, two students with their hands up in the shot, shot taken from behind students
35, Close up of James as he holds up his guitar to the end part of the chorus, plays his guitar (3 strums)
36. Back to long shot of Busted (Matt in the middle, James on the left, lowers his guitar, Charlie moves forward and crouches down to sing "That's what I go to school for."
37. Long shot taken from the side of James sitting at his desk (camera positioned so desk is not visible) Teachers walks into the shot, walks past James and strokes his shoulder/arm, James looks up
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Coursework Options for A2
- Looking at the two coursework briefs available to you for A2 next year, (music video/short film) which are you thinking of doing? Why?
Based on myself, I am slightly leaning more to the music video option for the A2 coursework. Being a huge music fan, when I listen to a song prior to seeing the video I often visualise some sort of narrative in my mind. I believe this will be an advantage for me in this piece of coursework. Furthermore, the music video option includes creating a DVD cover for the video and a magazine advert promoting the album, which relates back to my GCSE Media Studies coursework, where I designed a campaign advertising a rock festival, which is somewhat related and may help me.
I can see drawbacks and potential problems in making a small film, as there could be complications with the script, actors, storyline etc. I would want my media coursework to be authentic, realistic and believable. Admittedly, I can also see similar possible complications in making a music video, but I believe the soundtrack of the music will perhaps ground the structure of the film, which will help in terms of editing.
My initial thoughts for making a video are that I want to display some sort of narrative, linked to the song itself. Although I do not know what song I intend to use yet, I will look at the potential of several songs, and maybe create some ideas as to what I could show in the music video, if I was to make one for that song. However, all plans for the piece of coursework are quite vague at this current moment in time, as I am not entirely sure who I will be working with.
From past media experiences, I have learnt that keeping to a production schedule is essential, and is definitely something on which I intend to work on for the A2 media coursework. In addition, I would like to be creative in terms of editing, so familiarising myself further with the software available will be crucial.
Based on myself, I am slightly leaning more to the music video option for the A2 coursework. Being a huge music fan, when I listen to a song prior to seeing the video I often visualise some sort of narrative in my mind. I believe this will be an advantage for me in this piece of coursework. Furthermore, the music video option includes creating a DVD cover for the video and a magazine advert promoting the album, which relates back to my GCSE Media Studies coursework, where I designed a campaign advertising a rock festival, which is somewhat related and may help me.
I can see drawbacks and potential problems in making a small film, as there could be complications with the script, actors, storyline etc. I would want my media coursework to be authentic, realistic and believable. Admittedly, I can also see similar possible complications in making a music video, but I believe the soundtrack of the music will perhaps ground the structure of the film, which will help in terms of editing.
My initial thoughts for making a video are that I want to display some sort of narrative, linked to the song itself. Although I do not know what song I intend to use yet, I will look at the potential of several songs, and maybe create some ideas as to what I could show in the music video, if I was to make one for that song. However, all plans for the piece of coursework are quite vague at this current moment in time, as I am not entirely sure who I will be working with.
From past media experiences, I have learnt that keeping to a production schedule is essential, and is definitely something on which I intend to work on for the A2 media coursework. In addition, I would like to be creative in terms of editing, so familiarising myself further with the software available will be crucial.
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