I filmed my music video over the February half term. I have created a shooting schedule which includes the dates I have filmed in, the locations I've filmed in and the cast who is in the clip.
The dates I have filmed on are;
During February half term
16th February
22nd February
I filmed a few shots on the 16th February and then I filmed the rest of my music video on the 22nd February.
The locations I have filmed in are;
Sarah's House- 16th
Sarah's Auntie's Bar house- 22nd
The cast who is in my film;
Sarah
I filmed the opening sequence on the 16th of February at Sarah's house and then I filmed the rest of the music video on the 22nd of February at Sarah's Auntie's House, I filmed the rest of my music video here because Sarah's Auntie has a bar house which include a bar and pool table which I needed for some of my shots in my video. I got all my filming done over these two days in the February half term, I did this so that when I got back to college I'd be able to concentrate on getting my editing and ancilliary texts finished. I used a college camera to record my music video as I didn't have my own video camera.
I used just one cast member for my music video, the reason I did this was because I knew that Sarah wouldn't let me down and I also knew that she also had a music video to produce to, so she would understand the need to get the music video recorded and edited.
Monday, 30 November 2009
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Cast, Location & Prop Lists
Cast List;
Sarah- GaGa
I choose Sarah to be the artist in my music video as I knew she would be reliable and wouldn't pull out of the video at the last minute.
Location List;
Sarah's House.
Pool House with bar.
I choose to use a pool house with a bar as I wanted a bar scene in my video. I filmed my opening sequence at Sarah's house as I wanted to use a bedroom which had access to a phone.
Prop List;
Costume and make up
Bar
Pool Table
Snooker Cue
Mobile Phone
Chair
Bar Pump
Bed
Telephone
Sarah- GaGa
I choose Sarah to be the artist in my music video as I knew she would be reliable and wouldn't pull out of the video at the last minute.
Location List;
Sarah's House.
Pool House with bar.
I choose to use a pool house with a bar as I wanted a bar scene in my video. I filmed my opening sequence at Sarah's house as I wanted to use a bedroom which had access to a phone.
Prop List;
Costume and make up
Bar
Pool Table
Snooker Cue
Mobile Phone
Chair
Bar Pump
Bed
Telephone
Animatric
To make my animatric, I took still photographs of my storyboard and then loaded them into Windows Movie Maker. I added all my photo's into the movie maker and then added my photo's into the toolbar at the bottom of the program. To make my photo's into an animatric, I just played the photo's back as a video.
For my opening shot, I used a title sequence off Windows Movie Maker. I then just added one photo one by one and then played the photo's back as a video. My final film will last longer than my animatric and the reason for this is that on my animatric I don't have any music, but on my final film I obviously will have music.
Friday, 13 November 2009
Main Idea
I am going to base my video on Bad Romance by Lady GaGa. My video is going to start off in darkness, the lights are then turned on and as the lights are turned on Bad Romance starts to play. Danni is going to be lip syncing to the song throughout the video. Danni is going to be trying to steal Sarah's boyfriend in the video, so she is going to be singing Bad Romance to the boyfriend.
As the chorus begins to play the dancers in the video will come out from behind the curtains and begin dancing to Bad Romance.
Danni will be acting as Lady GaGa, but instead of using Lady GaGa as the artist on the credits of the video, I am going to call Danni just GaGa. I'm going to be using GaGa instead of Lady GaGa as to not cause confusion and give people the impression that the real Lady GaGa is in the video.
The dancers who are in my video have made their own dance to Bad Romance as they all study dance at college and all know how to get the choreography right, as I wouldn't know where to start if I had to make up a dance to the track.
I have chosen to use Bad Romance as I really do like the video to the track, I like all of Lady GaGa's video as they don't really follow the normal conventions which a music video normally has, also the video's are usually a bit wacky and random
As the chorus begins to play the dancers in the video will come out from behind the curtains and begin dancing to Bad Romance.
Danni will be acting as Lady GaGa, but instead of using Lady GaGa as the artist on the credits of the video, I am going to call Danni just GaGa. I'm going to be using GaGa instead of Lady GaGa as to not cause confusion and give people the impression that the real Lady GaGa is in the video.
The dancers who are in my video have made their own dance to Bad Romance as they all study dance at college and all know how to get the choreography right, as I wouldn't know where to start if I had to make up a dance to the track.
I have chosen to use Bad Romance as I really do like the video to the track, I like all of Lady GaGa's video as they don't really follow the normal conventions which a music video normally has, also the video's are usually a bit wacky and random
Idea's
Before I make my music video, I came up with a few ideas for the video.
At first I was going to base my music video on The Killers 'Mr Brightside', I was going to use the song as my backing song for my music video. My first idea was to have a unknown band performing the song in a rehearsal hall or at a band practise, I decided not to do this as I didn't really like the idea and also the band who was supposed to be performing the track wouldn't be in my music video unless they could perform their own track. At first I thought this was a good idea, which leads us to my second idea. Having the band perform their own track at either a gig or a rehearsal hall. But when I thought this idea through, I realised that it wasn't the best idea for a music video because the sound wasn't going to be good, the lightening wouldn't be good and the band wasn't reliable either and also the song which they wanted to perform wasn't really what I would say was a apporiate song.
Finally I decided to have my music video based on Lady GaGa's Bad Romance video. I am going to use Bad Romance as the song that is playing in my music video and base my video on GaGa's video. The reason I choose Bad Romance is because I like the song and I also like Lady GaGa's videos. I like the way her videos are set, the dance routines and the randomness of her videos.
In my video, I am going to have one of my friends lip syncing to the Bad Romance song whilst trying to steal a boy off a girl. Danni (who is lip syncing) is going to be singing Bad Romance to the boy while he is trying to get away from her and his girlfriend is glaring at Danni. Also because one of my friends does dancing at college, she has agreed to be my video as a dancer along with some of her friends. The dancers will be dancing behind Danni lip syncing to Bad Romance.
At first I was going to base my music video on The Killers 'Mr Brightside', I was going to use the song as my backing song for my music video. My first idea was to have a unknown band performing the song in a rehearsal hall or at a band practise, I decided not to do this as I didn't really like the idea and also the band who was supposed to be performing the track wouldn't be in my music video unless they could perform their own track. At first I thought this was a good idea, which leads us to my second idea. Having the band perform their own track at either a gig or a rehearsal hall. But when I thought this idea through, I realised that it wasn't the best idea for a music video because the sound wasn't going to be good, the lightening wouldn't be good and the band wasn't reliable either and also the song which they wanted to perform wasn't really what I would say was a apporiate song.
Finally I decided to have my music video based on Lady GaGa's Bad Romance video. I am going to use Bad Romance as the song that is playing in my music video and base my video on GaGa's video. The reason I choose Bad Romance is because I like the song and I also like Lady GaGa's videos. I like the way her videos are set, the dance routines and the randomness of her videos.
In my video, I am going to have one of my friends lip syncing to the Bad Romance song whilst trying to steal a boy off a girl. Danni (who is lip syncing) is going to be singing Bad Romance to the boy while he is trying to get away from her and his girlfriend is glaring at Danni. Also because one of my friends does dancing at college, she has agreed to be my video as a dancer along with some of her friends. The dancers will be dancing behind Danni lip syncing to Bad Romance.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Research Questionnaire
I have made a questionnaire to find out what type of music people prefer, how often they watch music videos and what their favourite music video channel is.
What genre of music do you prefer? (Please tick)
Pop (....)
Rock (....)
Dance (....)
Indie (....)
RNB (....)
Hip Hop (....)
Electro (....)
Indie Rock (....)
How often would you say that you watched music videos? (Please tick)
Never (....)
Hardly Ever (....)
Occasionally (....)
Most of the time (....)
All the time (....)
What is your favourite music channel? (Please tick)
MTV (....)
NME (....)
Kiss (....)
4 Music (....)
MTV 2 (....)
MTV Dance (....)
I asked a group of four people to complete my audience research questionnaire for me. The questions which I asked the group are shown above.
I wanted to find out which music genre the group preferred, how often the group watched music videos and what the groups favourite music channel is. I asked these questions to gain an idea of how often people watch music videos on what music channel.
Two out of the four people prefer rock music, only one person preferred indie music, one person preferred indie rock music, one person preferred dance music and one person preferred pop music.
Three out of the four people occasionally watched music videos. And one person watches music videos most of the time.
The group of people all preferred different music channels, one person preferred 4 Music channel, one person preferred NME music channel, one person preferred MTV music channel and one person preferred MTV 2.
My findings show that different genres of music are popular, the only music genre that proved dominant was rock music. This finding also reflects people's choices when it comes to preferred music channels as NME and MTV 2 were people's preferred music channels. NME and MTV 2 both show music videos of the indie and rock music genre. All the people who took part in my questionnaire all watched music videos occasionally and one person watched music videos most of the time. This shows that people watch music videos even if it is from time to time.
What genre of music do you prefer? (Please tick)
Pop (....)
Rock (....)
Dance (....)
Indie (....)
RNB (....)
Hip Hop (....)
Electro (....)
Indie Rock (....)
How often would you say that you watched music videos? (Please tick)
Never (....)
Hardly Ever (....)
Occasionally (....)
Most of the time (....)
All the time (....)
What is your favourite music channel? (Please tick)
MTV (....)
NME (....)
Kiss (....)
4 Music (....)
MTV 2 (....)
MTV Dance (....)
I asked a group of four people to complete my audience research questionnaire for me. The questions which I asked the group are shown above.
I wanted to find out which music genre the group preferred, how often the group watched music videos and what the groups favourite music channel is. I asked these questions to gain an idea of how often people watch music videos on what music channel.
Two out of the four people prefer rock music, only one person preferred indie music, one person preferred indie rock music, one person preferred dance music and one person preferred pop music.
Three out of the four people occasionally watched music videos. And one person watches music videos most of the time.
The group of people all preferred different music channels, one person preferred 4 Music channel, one person preferred NME music channel, one person preferred MTV music channel and one person preferred MTV 2.
My findings show that different genres of music are popular, the only music genre that proved dominant was rock music. This finding also reflects people's choices when it comes to preferred music channels as NME and MTV 2 were people's preferred music channels. NME and MTV 2 both show music videos of the indie and rock music genre. All the people who took part in my questionnaire all watched music videos occasionally and one person watched music videos most of the time. This shows that people watch music videos even if it is from time to time.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Conventions
I'm going to research the conventions of a music video.
In a music video, the way things are shown describe the genre of the music video. Music video conventions can vary depending on what the genre of music is. Some conventions that apply to all music videos is the artist/band is shown performing the song, the lyrics are interpreted within the narrative of the video, the pace of editing fits into the beats of the music and what the artist/band reflect the mood of the song. Also close ups are used throughout the video, mainly on the lead singer of the band as this is usually the member that most people know. The band/artist make eye contact with the audience/camera, to give the audience virostic pleasure. The music video usually has 'extras' in the video, for example 'Mr Brightside' has two Amercian stars in the video who are involved in the narrative of the video. Also the video is also shot in more that one location and there are quick editing cuts between the performance and the narrative. In the video, there is usually a reference to the notion of looking, for example in Mr Brightside all the actress' costumes are quite sexy and the dance they do within the video reflects the Moulin Rouge! film.
'Mr Brightside' fits into the indie/pop music genre. I researched the conventions of both indie and pop music video to get a better of idea of what to include in my video.
The conventions of an indie music video are;
The video is usually shot as a live performance and is usually shot on a stage. The structure of the video is mainly performance based.
The conventions of a pop music video are;
The song is usually performed straightforwardly, either on a stage or in a good location. The emphasis is mainly on the performance. The narrative of the song is usually interpreted within the music video.
'Mr Brightside' has both indie and pop music video conventions. The Killers are shown performing the track, but also within the video a narrative story is been told. Fast pace editing cuts are used between the performance and the narrative. 'Extras' are used in the video too, these 'extras' are used in the narrative story of the video. Brendon Flowers, the front man of the band always makes eye contact with the camera, by doing this he is also making eye contact with the audience. Close up shots of Brendon Flowers are used in the music video, this is because Brendon Flowers is the front man of the band and he is the most well known member of the band. The audience know who he is, that's why he is shown the most in the video. Another reason why Brendon Flowers is shown the most is because he is involved in the narrative story and he is the main character in the narrative story. The location of the music video doesn't really change, the video is shot in a dance floor location, the video does cut to a balcony. But apart from that the music video doesn't really change.
The conventions of the Bad Romance music video by Lady GaGa are;
The artist is shown performing the song within the music video, the lyrics of the song are interpreted within the narrative of the video.
The video is shot in more than one location, the different locations are all different rooms within one setting and the pace of the editing fits to the beat of the song.
The artist makes eye contact with the audience, by making eye contact with the audience it gives the virostic pleasure. This means that the audience can watch the artist without the artist knowing that they're being watched.
The artist is the main focus of the music video and close up shots are used to show that she is the main focus.
The structure of this video is both performance and narrative based. The artist performs a dance routine to the song with her extras who are as well as extras the backing dancers. The narrative side of the video is how the lyrics are interpreted in the video.
There is also a notion of looking within the video, as the artist and all the dancers are in quite revealing costumes.
In a music video, the way things are shown describe the genre of the music video. Music video conventions can vary depending on what the genre of music is. Some conventions that apply to all music videos is the artist/band is shown performing the song, the lyrics are interpreted within the narrative of the video, the pace of editing fits into the beats of the music and what the artist/band reflect the mood of the song. Also close ups are used throughout the video, mainly on the lead singer of the band as this is usually the member that most people know. The band/artist make eye contact with the audience/camera, to give the audience virostic pleasure. The music video usually has 'extras' in the video, for example 'Mr Brightside' has two Amercian stars in the video who are involved in the narrative of the video. Also the video is also shot in more that one location and there are quick editing cuts between the performance and the narrative. In the video, there is usually a reference to the notion of looking, for example in Mr Brightside all the actress' costumes are quite sexy and the dance they do within the video reflects the Moulin Rouge! film.
'Mr Brightside' fits into the indie/pop music genre. I researched the conventions of both indie and pop music video to get a better of idea of what to include in my video.
The conventions of an indie music video are;
The video is usually shot as a live performance and is usually shot on a stage. The structure of the video is mainly performance based.
The conventions of a pop music video are;
The song is usually performed straightforwardly, either on a stage or in a good location. The emphasis is mainly on the performance. The narrative of the song is usually interpreted within the music video.
'Mr Brightside' has both indie and pop music video conventions. The Killers are shown performing the track, but also within the video a narrative story is been told. Fast pace editing cuts are used between the performance and the narrative. 'Extras' are used in the video too, these 'extras' are used in the narrative story of the video. Brendon Flowers, the front man of the band always makes eye contact with the camera, by doing this he is also making eye contact with the audience. Close up shots of Brendon Flowers are used in the music video, this is because Brendon Flowers is the front man of the band and he is the most well known member of the band. The audience know who he is, that's why he is shown the most in the video. Another reason why Brendon Flowers is shown the most is because he is involved in the narrative story and he is the main character in the narrative story. The location of the music video doesn't really change, the video is shot in a dance floor location, the video does cut to a balcony. But apart from that the music video doesn't really change.
The conventions of the Bad Romance music video by Lady GaGa are;
The artist is shown performing the song within the music video, the lyrics of the song are interpreted within the narrative of the video.
The video is shot in more than one location, the different locations are all different rooms within one setting and the pace of the editing fits to the beat of the song.
The artist makes eye contact with the audience, by making eye contact with the audience it gives the virostic pleasure. This means that the audience can watch the artist without the artist knowing that they're being watched.
The artist is the main focus of the music video and close up shots are used to show that she is the main focus.
The structure of this video is both performance and narrative based. The artist performs a dance routine to the song with her extras who are as well as extras the backing dancers. The narrative side of the video is how the lyrics are interpreted in the video.
There is also a notion of looking within the video, as the artist and all the dancers are in quite revealing costumes.
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