Student music video marking

Grade 36/40

Reason

The reason I have given this grade is due to the editing. The editing is very slick and professional as shown through the moving images being made into a cartoon strip and also the lyrics being shown when they are sung for example when 'INDEPENDENT' is spelled out. Also the shot quality is quite good as the images are bright and not pixelated, which is a challenge to overcome.

Improvements

The improvements I would suggest is shooting in a less common location as London is used in many music videos so it gets a bit dull and repetitive to watch. Also I would have liked to see more convincing acting from the mime people as I felt that they didn't want to be there when they were singing.



Grade 38/40

Reason

I have awarded this video this grade due to the quality of each of the shots. I feel that each shot was thought about well and this clearly shows. Especially when she is singing in the rain I feel that this looks like a professional shot.

Improvements

As this song is sung by Adele the artist looks like her. I feel that this shouldn't be the case and I think that she should be more original in her image.

Music Video inspiration

'Somewhere Only We Know' from Keane has been an extremely influential music video that we have chosen to follow as it incorporates narrative, and performance in similar locations that we would like to have in our video. The performance element in this video takes place in a river. This is a location we would like to use for our video to show the natural style we adopt. The narrative side shows the band carrying their instruments to the river. Again this is a shot that we would like to get as it shows the band on a journey.

Steelomatic

This steelomatic is made up of all the different type of shots and locations we want to incorporate into our music video. The shots vary from long shots to reverse shots, whilst the locations vary from a swimming pool to a river.

Annotated Lyrics

Prior to the lyrics in the song, there is 20 seconds where the music is building in volume and rhythm. This atmospheric music is where we plan to use artistic and original master shots to grab the attention of the audience. This includes the close up of James underwater shouting towards the camera.

Opening verse - With the opening lyrics, I hope to show the performance element of our video. Using an extreme wide shot, the band will be playing in the river and singing the lyrics. This will act as our stabilizing shot and will last roughly two seconds. This will show viewers who the band are and what their roles are.  

0.22 - 1.08
What time you coming down?

We started losing light.

I'll never make it right

If you don't want me around,

I'm so excited for the night,

All we need's my bike and your enormous house

You said some day we might

When I'm closer to your height

'Til then we'll knock around, endlessly
You're all I need

Second verse - This verse has the main chorus of the song in it. For this we are going to have shots of the band laying on the ground with the camera directly above us whilst we sing into it.

1.09 - 1.51
Don't you see me now?

I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you,

Don't you need me?

I, I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you,

And on this night and in this light,

I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you

Maybe you'll change your mind 

I think I'm falling, I think I'm falling

Third verse - In this verse the pace of the song speeds up, meaning the shots will cut quicker. The shots will vary from us performing in the river, to shots of smoke flooding a room.

1.52 - 2.31
I'm caught on your coat again

You said, "Oh, no, it's fine,"

I read between the lines 

And touched your leg again, again

I'll take you one day at a time,

Soon you will be mine,

Oh but I want you now (I want you now)

When the smoke is in your eyes,

You look so alive,

Do you fancy sitting down with me? Maybe?

Fourth verse - In this verse we would like to show more shots of us performing in the river and also shots of us in a car driving around.We want to show a more natural side to the band so we wanted to get shots of them when they're not performing.

2.32 - 3.00
You're all I need
According to your heart,
My place is not deliberate,
Feeling of your arms
I don't wanna be your friend,
I wanna kiss your neck

Fifth verse - Again this verse has the chorus in it so we will cut back to the band singing it on the ground, looking directly into the camera

3.01 - 3.40
Don't you see me?
I, I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you
Don't you need me?
I, I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you
And on this night and in this light
I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you
Maybe you'll change your mind

Group Availability

Here is our group availability for filming. As you can see we have labeled 'Y' for Yes, meaning they are available and 'N' for No they are not available.

Photoshoot

Today we took time out of lesson to get photos for a potential album cover. We looked at photos online of Indie Group album covers and we were inspired by the positioning of the band members as we liked the idea of them standing in
a horizontal line.

Hype Williams

Hype Williams is an American film and music director aged 45. He started directing in 1991 and earned his first music video award in 1996 for best director and best rap video of the year for 'Woo Haa!! Got You All In Check'. In 2006 Williams was honored by MTV with its Video Vanguard Award, presented in honor of his achievements as a filmmaker. Kanye West holds the artist record for working the most times with Williams and one of the most famous videos Williams made with Kanye was 'All of the lights' which premiered on February 19th, 2011.  

Production Diary's

Production Diary 31;
Again in this lesson I got more feedback on my magazine article after improving upon it. This time I had to improve on the icons in the text as the writing has to mould around them, this is something I found tricky to do but managed to over come it to make the final magazine article.

James finished the first draft of the website today in class, creating a gallery page where you can see behind the scene images of the filming in action. 

Steve finished the first draft to the digipack, adding a few more pictures he found on the photo camera we used when filming whilst Will got back to editing the video.

Production Diary 30:
Like the lesson before, in this lesson I got given feedback again. But this time the feedback was on my logo. People said they liked the black and white theme as it matched the Indie style however they said that as we are a small Indie band not may people would be aware that NI stands for No Individual. Using this feedback I got on and improved the logo, ensuring that our bands name was shown in the logo.

Again James added to the website, getting on with the third page which was the tour dates. He researched locations where to play at and added them to the third page. Steve needed to get more photo's for the digipack as the images in the video weren't high enough quality. He needed to get pictures of the band together so at lunch we all went out and got a photo of the three of us standing in a line to use for the back cover of our digipack. Will took time out of editing to discuss potential digipack covers and it was Will's idea to get the picture of the three of us standing in a line.  

Production Diary 29:
In this lesson I got the feedback from the magazine's first draft. I found that people really liked the template design as they thought I matched it very well to the original. However they said that there wasn't enough text in it and the text that was in it wasn't in the style of writing that most magazines are written in as it lacked the quirky element. Using this feedback I did some more brainstorming and enhanced on my knowledge of the band, adding to the text whilst ensuring that I get some humour in it.

James continued to experiment with the home page for our website, changing the background to try and meet the Indie image. He left it as black however we all felt that this was too bland and didn't keep the viewer interested. However he managed to complete the second page which explains each band member in depth, describing each one. Steve continued to gather photos for the digipack. He cleverly decided to get our theme of water clearly shown on the CD by going out in his own time and taking a picture of the ripples of water in a swimming pool. Over the weekend Will saw a music video that had water dropping onto the camera and thought that this would be a useful shot in our video. He took time to attempt to recreate this shot however he hand no way of getting the pipette, which he used for the water droplet, to get out of shot.   

Production Diary 28:
After completing the first draft for the magazine article, I had to wait to get feedback from it. I took this time to look for ideas for our Logo. As we are an Indie band I looked at Indie band logos and found that most of them if not all of them were in black and white. Therefore I designed mine in black and white. I wanted to abbreviate the logo so that it didn't just say 'No Individual' as this could look quite bland and boring. So I experimented with the 'N' and the 'I' and came up with the 'I' moulding into the 'N'.

James and Steve continued carrying on with the website and digipack. James managed to get the theme of water in our music video showing in our website by making the background a flowing image of the sea. Steve trial ran a few pictures from our music video on the digipack. Turning them to black and white to fit the Indie image, whilst Will experimented with different effects on the music video such as fireworks in the background in the performance element of our video. 

Production Diary 27:
In today's lesson I looked at magazine articles and chose one to base the design around. I chose to follow the design of NME magazine articles as they are the best magazine to follow where the music industry is concerned. I chose one article from NME and started copying the template it proposes. I then looked at what was written in NME magazine articles. Most of them talk about the band and how they originated so I got brainstorming and thought of information to include about the band.

James focused on doing research into websites, trying to find out what design to follow. He went on and looked at Indie band websites such as 'The 1975' and 'Alt J'. He found that most of the websites followed a bold theme, ensuring that everything stood out whilst Steve did the same but for the digipack. He looked at Indie digipacks and found out that the majority of them followed a black and white theme and started to base our design around what he found. Will carried onto edit the music video.

Production Diary 26:
Now most of the filming was done it was time to get onto the construction side of the course. This involved making a Logo, Website, Digipack and a magazine article. Each of us was assigned roles. James was to make the website, Steve was in charge of the Digipack whilst I was assigned to do the magazine article and logo.

Production Diary 25:
TENTH SHOOT - This would be our final shoot and it would be a smashing shoot.. quite literally. We went to a wasteland and smashed bottles filled with water. We felt that this would represent the breaking of boys heart in the music video as he cant get the girl he loves. We would experiment with slow motion to capture the breaking glass and water spilling out.

Production Diary 24:
NINTH SHOOT - We took time out of lesson today to go and get more footage. This time we filmed the band walking through Admirals park in Chelmsford whilst each member carried the objects they perform with. I carried the keyboard, Steve carried the drum set whilst James carried the mike and stand.
Production Diary 23:
EIGHTH SHOOT - Today was the day where we filmed Steve drumming in the middle of the school field. The challenge we faced was trying not to get the school in the background.


Production Diary 22:
Today we focused on getting further filming ideas. We needed to get more shots of Steve drumming as the shots we got before showed him drumming off beat. We discussed locations and decided to have him drumming in the middle of a field.

Production Diary 21:
Today we spent time planning on further shots we need to get. We needed to get reverse and slow motion shots but we weren't sure as to what objects to use. We brainstormed ideas and came up with balloons, beer and wine bottles. 

Production Diary 20:
SEVENTH SHOOT - Will and James filmed today in the street. James laid down in his blue suit in the middle of the road  

Production Diary 19:
SIXTH SHOOT - Today Will and I took the time to get more shots done. We went in the green room and took shots in the pitch black where I sat whilst a flash light was used to light up my face, giving it a sinister look.

Production Diary 18;
HALFWAY EVALUATION: Today we presented our half way evaluation and were filmed in the process of doing so. We presented things such as our background and how we got to where we are today, to showing our website which includes information about each band member and where and when we are touring!

Production Diary 17:
For our half way evaluation we decided that we would put an interview of the band into our presentation to give it more of a professional edge. Will was behind the camera and asked us questions to do with how we formed etc.

Production Diary 16:
Today we were told that we had reached the half way evaluation point and are required as a group to present how we are doing so far. We each came together and gave each person allocated roles as to who would do each part of the presentation.

Production Diary 15:
FIFTH SHOOT - Again in lesson we took the time to film again. This time we filmed a long shot of James in the distance walking directly to the camera as in front of the camera stood Aimee, who plays the part of the girl the song is written about. This looks like an extremely sinister shot as James has an expressionless look on his face and gradually gets closer and closer. Plus he is wearing a blue boiler suit which in its self is pretty sinister!

Production Diary 14:
FOURTH SHOOT - Today we took the time in lesson to film close ups of myself and James singing the whole of the song as we needed to get more filler shots. We also took videos of the whole group standing in a vertical line, one in front of the other as we we looked at band photos before shooting and came across looking impressive!

Production Diary 13:
THIRD SHOOT - Another day another shoot! Today we went to our teachers parents swimming pool, who very kindly allowed us to film in it. We wanted to get a range of shots that varied from a lifeless body floating around to James, who was in the pool, screaming at the Go Pro under water. We found it difficult get the light we were holding above the water out of the shot as the Go Pro has a very wide shot.

Production Diary 12:
SECOND SHOOT - Today we went to film our performance side of our video in Widford under the train bridge. We found it challenging to set the cameras up in the water as the ground was extremely uneven, meaning we couldn't get the cameras level correctly. To overcome this we had to clear some of the stones in the water to create a level platform for the cameras. Once this was sorted we got got extremely good shots which ranged from long shots to wave shots.

Production Diary 11:
As the time to filming is getting closer and closer we needed to check that the generator worked. It was a good job we checked that it worked as we had trouble starting it. We had to find the caretaker of the school and he helped us start it. Now we know that it 100% works.

Production Diary 10:
In our lesson today we went out in search of a good location to shoot our performance element of our video. After a long time searching we came across a train bridge in Galleywood that had a stream underneath it which would be ideal to perform in.

Production Diary 9:

In our lesson today we did a production run through where we sung the first 2 verses of the song. It gave us an idea of how it would look and what we found worked and what didn't. We found that we needed a loud speaker in order for us all to hear the words.

Production Diary 8:

In today's lesson I took on the role of emailing the company that released the song 'Falling for You' from The 1975.

Production Diary 7:
FIRST SHOOT - Today we started filming and went to a car park in Chelmsford to place a bath in the middle of it. We then filled the bath with water mixed with red food colouring to symbolise blood and then got James to lie, lifelessly in it. We found it tricky to maintain a steady hand when filming with the Go Pro as we didn't have a tripod so some of the shots were shaky. However on the schools cameras, which had tripods, we managed to get good shots of the water pouring over my face. This shot was influenced by the song 'No Rest'.

Production Diary 6:

In today's lesson we did Lip Syncing auditions to find out who would be the main role in our video. Each person sang the chorus of the song. Each media class voted who they thought would best suit the role and came to the conclusion that it would be James.







Production Diary 5:

Over the weekend we thought of more songs that we thought would go with our sinister images. The song we came up with was called 'Falling for you' from The 1975. We all enjoyed this song as we could picture our thoughts to go with the song whilst is was more upbeat and interesting than 'Fantasy'.

Production Diary 4:

In our fourth meeting we were all having doubts about the song 'Fantasy' by The XX as it was too slow paced which meant our audience could get bored listening to it so it would put more pressure on us to get interesting shots to keep the audience entertained. We wanted to keep our sinister ideas the same so had to find another song that would match our thoughts. We another song from the XX called 'Angels' however it had the voice of a women so would look unrealistic in our video as we are a group of boys. This meant that we had to go away and find some songs for our next lesson.



Production Diary 3:

In today's lesson we came together to discuss the availability of each member of the group from now up until half term which starts the 26th October. We were then able to plan when we would be able to start shooting.

Production Diary 2:

In our lesson today we had to focus on finding a second song to back up our first choice song 'Fantasy'. After a long time searching, we finally found the song 'Love is gone' from Oxford & Co. This song combined the Indie theme that Steve liked as he was a big fan of Ed Sheeran. This song also gave us a different way of how to shoot the video as it is a performance song. It gave us ideas of going to the country side and perform in a field due to the country nature of the song



Production Diary 1:
In our lesson today, our group had a meeting to discuss what song we should decide to do for our piece. Each member of the group had to find 3 songs and out of those 3 had to put forward their favorite one.

 James Grimley suggested that we did the song 'My eyes are red' from Laid Blak. The reason he liked this song was because he thought we could do a lot of effects with the lighting as the song focuses around weed so we could recreate the feeling of being under the influence of weed. However the song had too many views on YouTube.

Steve Harrison suggested that we did the song 'Cold Coffee' from Ed Sheeran as he felt we could do a narrative music video as the lyrics Ed usually writes has a meaning too them. However the draw back again was that the song was too well known and the voice is too distinctive.

 

 I suggested that we did the song 'Crunk' from Siege. This song is completely different to everyone else's as it is a dance song. I had the images of a journey, maybe traveling to a party. However the idea of doing a dance song didn't go down very well with the group as they weren't fans of dance music and thought it would be too hard to make images to go with the music.



Finally Will Craig suggested we did the song 'Fantasy' by The XX. When we all first heard this song we thought of a church setting due to the echoing noise we heard and it personally gave me the thought of it being set in the middle ages where monks were most common. As we carried on brainstorming, our ideas got more and more sinister as we listened to the song in more depth. We thought that this song would be perfect for a concept video as there isn't many words to sing so we would fill the shots with different types of images. An idea that sprung to Will's head was to have someone lying in a bath filled with red water (making it look like blood), whilst positioned in the middle of no where. This backs up the sinister theme in the song

 

Music Song inspiration - 1

Rhodes interest me in their music as they're lyrics are extremely thoughtful which inspires me as it enables me to think of images to go with the lyrics. Their song 'Blank Space' is extremely slow paced which enables me to think of a narrative video. It makes me think of two people coming together and meeting for the first time in a field. A long the way their journey could strike an issue which matches to the slow pace of the song, creating the sense of sadness.

   

Video inspiration - 3

This year I went to 'Holi festival' which is a music festival where you throw powered paint over everyone there, creating an extremely eye filling image. As I got footage of the paint being thrown I would like to somehow include it in our music video so I'm inspired by the video for 'Paint me like a French girl' by Breakdlaw. I feel the slow motion would look extremely powerful, especially with the powdered paint used at the festival.

Video Inspiration - 2

'Prayer in C' from Robin Schulz has inspired me as the pace of the shots match the pace of the song. This is helpful for us as our song is slow paced so the shots would need to match the tempo of the music, like it does in 'Prayer in C'.

 

Video Inspiration - 1

My first Video inspiration was 'LSD' from A$AP Rocky as the effects are very clever in the way that they make the lights blend into different shots in different parts of the video. For example the lights from the car blends into the fire in the next shot.

Song inspiration - 3

Kid Runner's song 'Breaking away' has inspired me as it enabled me to think of a concept video for it.  I pictured a cartoon story as at the start the music sounds as if it is coming from a child's play set and this thought stayed with me throughout the entire song.

 

Music song inspiration - 2

The band 'The Farewell Circuit' are a small band that have inspired me by their song 'Surprise Surprise'. The reason this song has inspired me is due to it being a performance based song, making it easier for us to think of a music video for it. I also like fast paced music which this song is so I prefer it to other songs chosen.

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Lip Sync Trial

In order to find out who should be the main singer in our band we did a lip sync trial of the first few verses of 'Falling For You'. James proved to be the best at the lip syncing and also looked most like an Indie singer. I showed the most enthusiasm so James now needs to adopt that.

Essay

Compare textual analysis between performance, narrative and concept music videos

A narrative music video is one that tells a story. 'Photograph' by Ed Sheeran is a great example of this as it is a montage of real home footage that depicts his life from when he was a child, to the successful pop star he is now. The lyrics occasionally matches the video footage. An example of this is between 0.45 - 0.52 seconds when 'It is the only thing that makes us feel alive' is sung. The footage shows Ed as a baby, overcoming the stage of crawling to standing up and then laughing and smiling, which matches the feeling of being alive and full of life. From the moment the video begins we are immediately sprung to questioning ourselves who this child may be as there is no recognizable sign as to who it may be at this stage. The footage is very grainy which suggests that it was shot a while a go, again allowing us to ask ourselves more questions like asking when it was made. All these enigma codes make help make it a narrative music video



A performance video is one that shows the singer performing, usually on a stage of some sort. Performance Videos were extremely common in the 60's as Elvis Presley brought them to life. A lot of performance videos come from rock bands. An example of this is from the band Kiss in their video 'Forever'. As you can see the shots cut quite quickly to match the uncomfortable nature of the genre of the song whilst the shots also include a lot of movement in them, like the 180 and 360 degree tracking shots. The location is in an abandoned room to give the feeling of a rehearsal going on, potentially saying the song is in its processes of being made so may not be everyone's cup of tea like the genre rock. The good thing about this performance video is that its very cheap to make as there was no special effects used and they only needed a studio and musical instruments.

 

A concept video is completely different to narrative and performance videos. A concept video is one that is filled with art, special effects and abstract elements. A great example of this is the music video to 'Crazy' from Gnarls Barkley. The video could be said to be from a birds eyes view, looking down on a piece of paper whilst paint is used to form images. The first 30 seconds of the video shows the images are symmetrical to one another, immediately creating a sense of interest as to what the images are trying to show as it is quite hard to make sense of them. As concept videos are full of special effects they are aimed at younger audiences as they tend to have a fun, enjoyable nature to them.

 

Representations

Hoes

In 'Blurred lines' by Robin Thicke, girls are represented as being dolls, worshiping and slumping all over the men in very little clothing. They're shown doing very lethargic movements, making them embarrass their selves. The close ups on the girls eyes make them look extremely love struck, showing a stereotypical view that women fall in love easily. As well as the clothes, lip biting is exaggerated to enhance the sexual nature of the hoes.



Pop Princess

In 'Problem' by Ariana Grande, she is shown to be a pop princess by the amount of camera time she gets and the type of clothing she's weaning. Her black outfit immediately allows her to stand out from the crowd as the backing dancers are in white whilst the background varies from bright to dark colours, She is shown as the idealistic character as she gets a lot of camera time, whilst the types of shots on her ranges from long shots to close ups.

 

Diva

Rhianna is probably one of the best known diva's in pop history. In 'Where have you been' she is shown as the most powerful person in the video. Shes shown to be the most powerful as the camera follows her around the shots, constantly keeping the camera on her, meaning she has the longest camera time out of everyone.

Music Video timeline

Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1929) was considered to be the first music video. As you can see the pace of the shots are extremely slow and there are little variations in the type of shots. For example the most common shot is a mid shot of the women singing and a long shot of the room she is in. There are no effects that link each shot together either. They were also no prerecording of the song so the song was sung properly whilst it was being filmed.




Music Videos became more and more popular by the 1960's. Elvis Presley did a music video for 'Return the sender' in 1962. However the videos tended to be a recreation of him singing live to an audience. The shots still tended to be limited in terms of how many there were and the variety of shots, however the songs were prerecorded.



In the 1970's Abba was around and released 'Take A Chance On Me' in 1977. The main thing that stands out in the 70's music videos was the amount of editing used due to the change in the variety of shots. Music videos tended to start to have more of a story to them whilst the amount of shots used to make a video now started to increase as well.




In the 1980's MTV US first started airing. One of the groundbreaking video was 'Sledgehammer' by Peter Gabriel. The main thing I noticed about 1980's music videos is that they started to have a narrative to them, linking the words sung to the images shown.




A big music video in the 1990's was by Cascada 'Every-time we touch'. The main thing that I noticed about the 1990's music videos was the pace of the shots matching the pace of the lyrics. The shots started to speed up if the music was upbeat and slowed down if it was a sad, depressing song. The cameras also improved in the 90's allowing for a crisper picture whilst the artists tended to wear brighter, bolder clothes, meaning they could stand out from the crowd.

How important is music videos today?

I don't feel music videos are as important today as how important they were 20/30 years ago. I think this due to the fact that our generation has been brought up with music videos so are used to them whereas they were seen as a must have in previous years as the generation before us weren't used to music videos with narratives. Also with technology allowing people to listen to music on the go by the use of  Ipods etc people don't want to be walking around holding their gadget watching a video as the music is more important to them. Also with age limits on music videos now it makes it restricts certain people from viewing the video, so will not be as interested in them.

David Bowie Star Profile

Cross Media study

This is disclosures digipack, showing us two young boys that could be Disclosure when they were younger as they are a two person group. The fact that they have transparent masks drawn over them could suggest that there is a hidden identity to the artists. It is also used to symbolism Disclosure, as they want you to think of Disclosure when you see the masks. This sells their music especially in their video for 'F for you' as there is a cartoon theme to it which with the dance music, it attracts the younger audience.

Parody of genre videos

In this Horrible Histories music video they are imitating Lady Gaga's song 'Bad Romance'. The genre to this music video is pop so you would expect to see specific things in the video relating to it. The pop genre is usually dominated by females and you can clearly see that in this video. The lead role is taken on by a woman and she is backed up with woman backing dancers. You can apply Laura Mulvey concept that visual arts are structured around a male viewer as the majority of the shots are filled with females. As it is a pop video you expect it to be very upbeat and joyful. This is shown in the video as the shots cut extremely quickly and on the beat. This links to Andrew Goodwin's thought beat theory as you can visually see the music in your head. Another way this video is clearly shown to be pop is with the excessive amount of make up worn. A typical pop music video is extremely vibrant and outgoing, this is shown by the vast amounts of face make up worn, especially on the main singer.

Audience

Audience from BenClifford

Banana Phone

What did you do and what did you learn?

Banana phone was a task set from the teachers to see if we could meet the demands of what they were asking as we were given a sheet telling us what type of shots to get. It broadened our mind by giving us a variety of shots to accomplish for example the stop shots at the start of the video was a new thing we learned. Also it gave us different editing ideas as we were introduced to cloning, meaning we could get the same person in the same shot.

What could you improve?

In the tracking shot I put the banana up to my right ear. Because the camera is on my right hand side this means that you can't see me lip syncing to the music as my hand blocks the view. So I would put the banana up to my left ear with my left hand next time.

Teenage Dirtbag evaluation

1) Who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you?

For this task I worked with Steven Harrison and Max Gridley. The way we managed the task was by assigning each other certain roles. I was assigned the role of the actor and the editor, Steven was the camera man and Max sorted out what locations were available to use and which weren't as it was filmed on the schools grounds.

2) How did you plan your sequence? What process did you use?

In order to plan our sequences I put together a story board. This made it more practical for us when shooting the shots as we could look at the story board and see what the shot should look like and for how long, rather than having to watch the video over and over again. We also planned a shooting schedule which enabled us to plan when we were going to film making sure we were all available to film.

3) What theories could you apply to the video you chose?

In my music video I could apply Carol Vernallis's theory of narrative where she said the lyrics match the visuals in the video. I could apply this as the lyrics say 'I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby'. When this is sung it shows Jim, who plays the teenage dirtbag, dressed in ragged clothes, so the image matches the description of him.

4) What technology did you use to complete your task and how did you use it?

In order to film our prelim I had to use the cameras the school supply. The footage on the camera also enabled me to have something to edit. In order to edit I used Adobe Premier Pro CS6. To make my music video be as realistic to the actual music video of Teenage dirtbag I had to use some effects. I used a shutter effect to blend the first shot into the second and a ripple effect to blend the second shot into the third.

5) What factors did you take into account when planning, shooting and editing?

When planning the prelim task I had to take into consideration when everyone was would be free in order to shoot the task. I also had to take into consideration what places would have been available to use in order for us to shoot in. Whilst editing I had to take into consideration the length of each shot, as I had to make sure the shot we filmed lasted for the same length of time as the original photo.

6) How successful is your music video? What did others say about your video?

All in all I think our music video worked well. I feel this as others have said they understand what is going on in the video as the shots match up to the original shots. The things that proved difficult to do was run over a bike with a car as no one could drive. We overcame this by pushing the bike over instead.

7) What have you learnt whilst filming?

I've learnt the reality of filming the possible shots from the impossible shots as we are on a restricted budget with limited access to certain places.

8) How does it compare with filming an opening to a film?

I've noticed that a music video requires a lot more shots in it as the start and finish is over within 3 minutes whereas a film opening is setting the scene so requires fewer shots.

9) What are your strengths and weaknesses as a group model?

As a group member I feel my strength was acting and my weakness was editing as it was hard to find the correct effect to use in order to match it to the original video.

10) Looking at other groups videos which do you think were most successful and why?

I feel Will Craig's group, who did 'Stay another day' from E17. This proved very successful as it required a lot of effects, which they successfully matched with the original video.



 

Dry the River - 'No Rest'

In our lesson we listened and watched 'No rest' by Dry the River. The first time it was played we didn't see the video to it as we each came up with separate ideas as to what visuals would go with the music. My idea was that it was to do with a boy being bullied in school and when the song came to the climax the boy overcame the bully by knocking him out. The next idea came from James and will who both thought that the song was to do with a man walking through a corn field singing the lyrics with a guitar which meant it was a more Indie approach.

The next time the video was played we watched the visuals and fed back as to what we thought was going on in the video. We each thought that each of the 5 singers were getting burnt alive. We thought this as they were laying on a bed of rocks whilst getting water thrown over them which we thought resembled petrol. The dark colours of grey and brown resemble a depressing mood which back our thoughts up more.