Music Video Questionnaire...

This is a questionnaire I will hand out to thirty people about music videos. This will run alongside my music video so that I can receive the most accurate information from a variety of sources.

Things I'm not going to do...

Stereotypical and overdone music video ideas...

 

Trees.

(00:00 - 00:13)

 

Rain Drops

(00:26 - 00:33)

 

 

Breaking Objects

(02:26 - 04:21)

 

 

Sat in a bath

(complete music video)

 

 

 

Filmed in school/college

(complete music video)

 

 

Of course all of these ideas are dependant upon the genre of the music video and the band or artist that are being filmed however in general i do feel these ideas are overdone and easy. Therefore to challange myself I will not include any of these ideas as not only does it not fit with my genre, but they are also too overdone.



Textual Analysis 3...

Arctic Monkeys - Why'd you only call me when your high?

  

This music video is a-lot more like my chosen song and genre, and the narrative is also quite similar. There is no lip synicing at all through this music video which I think makes the narrative flow better and makes the artist seem completely different from the actual song. Almost like a short film to music. This is the same effect that I want to create with my music video, the sort of disorientation in this music video comes from the cinematography and the shaking camera, this is because they have used a hand held camera so we can almost feel that we are also on drugs and in the unstable position that he is in. The dark leather jacket and vintage hair style also helps re-enforce the vintage look and the indie/rock genre. 

The vintage relived style is popular in many indie/rock music video as the genre itself first originated in 1980's America therefore the development from the 1980's is esspecially important as many argue it is a 'genre stook in time'. However quite often alot of music video's focus on the 1940's/50's and 60's. This is because not only does this make the viewer more intreeged but also adds a different and cool edge to the music video itself especially with the costuming and other elements of the mis-en-scene.

 

This image of the Arctic Monkeys (a band formed in 2002 and still going today) has similar style to these images taken of men in the 1950's and 40's...

 

 

This evidently shows that the indie/rock genre keeps the music modern but likes to keep the style older and vintage looking. This mis-en-scene is the design that I have decided to adapt.



Lizzies Audience Feed Back!

The Making of Katy Perry's Wide Awake Music Video...

Looking at how this music video was created has really inspired me to create more with my camera angles and costuming and how it is important to relate to the setting and the scenery.

The 1975 Interview

An Interview with Matthew Healy the lead singer of The 1975. He talks about the tour in America and trying to break the music industry, as well as the meaning behind the band name.

The history of music videos...

Elvis Presley - Thats Alright (Mama)

 

The Beatles - TV Promos

 

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

 

Saturday Night Fever

 

Video Killed The Radio Star

 

 

David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

 

 

Lyric Timings

Textual Analysis 2...

Coldplay - The Scientist

Coldplay are an indie/rock band who are a little bit different with their style of music video's, this is because they are an indie and rock band who stereotypical reject society's ideologies and create their own rebellious ones.

The narrative of this music video is that the man and woman were in a car crash where the woman is killed by going through the windscreen, the man then runs into a town and ends up laying on an old mattress in the middle of a busy city. The whole music video is in reverse.

The opening shot:
Chris Martin lays on a mattress in a white t shirt and black trousers and shoes. We see a extreme close up of Chris Martins face, this slowly pans out, at this point we are not aware that the music video is in reverse, it is only at 0:35 that we realise that it is in reverse however this is a clever effect because Chris Martins mouth is still going forward and lip synicing the actual words. This makes the music video alot more interesting to watch.

The video then travels back in time with Chris Martin still singing normally, this then takes us to a basket ball court where all the shots are reversed, however in a strange way this sort of fits in as at first it does look like the editing is not in reverse. Although this has nothing to do with the music video itself it is just an interesting sequence to watch and helps develop the plot within the non-chronological narrative.

Everything for the video has been filmed in chronological order where the director has created a narrative, however to add to the audience's intrest this has been reversed. Although I do not particularly want to use this idea within my own story board I do think it is an interesting technique.

The thing I am taking from this music video which I wish to create in my own is the fact of a strong narrative between a relationship, a man and a woman. I also would like my narrative to be based around a murder therefore I have looked at this music video to see how the director has chosen to represent a death as I wish to do this sensitively and with care. In this music video although both of the characters at first seem equal, the underlying meanings do not represent the same ideology. As the man is driving, this could represent that he has control over the situation.