Advert ideas and draft plan

Lyrics breakdown - timings

Keane - Secondary research

Inspirational music videos

These are some of the music videos that I have researched and looked at I detail. I have tried to look at videos and bands that have a similar style and genre to my theme and genre because that means that I can see how other professional bands have done similar songs allowing to analysis there common or unique effects and camera shots and editing technique’s.

These videos are not just videos that I have chosen to look up for the matter of this project and the research section but videos that I have a keen interest in and music that I listen to often, which means that I am committed to the song and the style of the video and that the music interests me, I believe that this means that I have more of an understanding of this genre and this song as it is a band that is on of my best bands.

Though the research section I have been looking for the song that I am most wanting to do and this task means that I haven able to analysis my chosen genre in depth and look for certain elements in a music video and song that has relevance to me and allows me to create my own video to that song.

The songs that I have looked into so far fit into my chosen genre and are in reach of something that I can create or create around by finding a different way of interpreting the song meaning to shape my own story and effects and choice of location and people involved.

The videos below include, cold play fix you, snow patrol chasing cars, linkin park living things, mc fly obviously, oasis wonder wall and stop crying your heart out.

All of these songs have a deep meaning and all follow a similar story and timeline and I believe it is good to have chosen a narrative though other videos because that allows me to start the ideas and the thoughts about my own music video and what might be in it and what is possible from this genre.      

The videos that I have had a look at and are noted in this documents are embedded below as I wanted to show and document the videos to show others the types of songs I have looked at and there respective official music videos.

Digipak Analysis - Oasis Standing on the shoulder of giants

Digikak analysis - Keane Strangeland

Effects In The Music Video

Effects used in the music video and a description of scenes

Pool – Midshot / camera pans and tilts up towards the window

(Blue effect from H2O led effect) – effect is centred in the middle of the image and goes off towards the end of scene.

Bedroom – mid-shot / camera is static and looks from a low position at the main actor sat at the window – camera in position to show gearing sun and the beams created as the sun comes though the window- effect created from smoke added.

Shed section – this shot shows a side/front shot of jack in one of the main performances areas- stage lighting in this scene shoes a spotlight illuminating jacks face and making him stand out from the water effect background. There is a par in the scene as well on the colour blue to further emphasize the scene.

Shed section – shows a ken burn’s effect showing jack from the front lip syncing to the song, there is two par can lights that appear as the camera pans from left to right the lights will be on blue and will have smoke added to create a beam wash.

Field section – fast faded cuts that show a quick downward tilt/pan left. Then a sweep of the ground going left behind jack looking out over the field and then a zoom out shot with a static camera.

Shed section – this effect shows part of the chorus and all of the stage lighting effects which show the blue beams and the multiple red spinning beams and another ken burns effect showing the effect from right to left.

Street section – this part of the video features a number of clips from different angles showing jack riding a bike along a road passing a street where he hears a voice from what the viewer knows is this person he cares about, he does not know what or who it is but it sounds familiar to him, most of the shots are mid- long shots looking straight at the bike from a side or straight on view and there is a shot of the girl and a quick pan left as jack goes past the camera up the hill. Lighting effects for this where the street lights, I picked the street as it has the new led street lights and it’s a more cool white than the normal halogen fittings so it fit the lighting design and theme better. There is also a led wash light I was using to light up the actor faces because they was not sufficient lighting to do that. 

Beach – this shot was a basic scene and had no real technical elements to it, I was basing the scene on a overcast mostly cloudy day with quite calm weather and sea conditions in order to project a sense of peace and calm but this could also be seen as been alone and isolation which is also a reason for the choice of location. There is also cut shots to show the water coming into the beach in order to break the scene up and get an understanding on the conditions.

Pool area – this side shot shows jack behind the piano while lip-syncing to the song, there is a lighting system set up at the back for the pool, these are cool white led spots and they worked perfect and fit with the theme well. I decided to add lots of smoke in the air around the pool to bring out the lighting and make it look foggy and misty which it’s the whole meaning of the song, about sea fog. This scene is something that I spent a lot of time planning because I wanted it to look the best I could and I think the introduction of smoke really helped the look of the finished scene. There is a couple of cuts to the shed section where there is a mid shot behind jack looking at the piano and spot lighting shining on jack. This cut happens twice.

There is a fade after these shots with extreme close up of jack singing in the study section over the top of the extreme long shot of the pool shot with a dome shining into the air in a very good aerial effect.

To finish there I a final shot of jack in the shed performance section, mid shot of the side of him playing the piano and of the back of him with an overlay with a h20 water effect and close up of his hands playing the piano.

MAP 3 Feedback

This is MAP 3 Feedback. The feedback covers all the sections of the project including research and planning and construction and the levels that the teacher has set for the blog posts. I agree with the Feedback and are working though the action plan to make sure all the points still to do are achieved. I will also work on the tweaking on the music video where I will have a look at shots that could be broken up to make sure the shots don't do on for to long. I will look at other elements of the contraction elements such as the Digipak and Advert to see if I can improve the quality and the layout.   

Comparison of Camera's

Comparison of camera from g321markrattigan

Star Image

The music video is centered on the main character, which is jack. Jack is also the main/lead singer who plays and sings in the performance sections. My idea of making jack the main person in the video and the person who is in shot most of the time was to fit the story and that theme of loneness and dark times.

At the start of the music video there is a shot of jack in the window, this is meant to show jacks feelings, that good times are have gone and that they are behind him and that he has his head turned to darkness. He is also being show by him looking at the picture of him and his girlfriend, his expression shows that he is clearly sad that he can not see her anymore, it is not apparent exactly what has happened to her although there is a sense that she has died but that is not meant to be implied in the music video. The sun gleaming though the window is suppose to represent happier times that have been and gone.

The next shot shows the performance section where he is singing playing the piano as he does in every performance scene, after this it shows the shots of jack on the bike going down the road and up the hill of the road. This again show the lead actor up close allowing the viewer to see the face expressions as he rides past a street and hears a voice he recognizes but has lost connection with. The viewer will see the how much jack really cared for this person. His expression of sadness is something that is reflected from start to finish and the way that the lighting has been used e.g. the direction and the color has helped him get across this effect.

The beach section I believe shows just how loneness jack is, I feel that this location does not just emphasize the isolation he feels but the fact that he is so distant from where he was when he was with the person he cared so much about and I believe he gets this across in the way he walks and where he walks in relation to the water. His body language was key in this shot has the camera captures his movements from behind as he walks forward. The extra cuts of the water as it comes in to the beach were added as a direct link to the lyrics and to add some movement to a static camera shot.

Further shots such as the out side pool shots and the study shot and even field shot all provide that sense of emptiness and sadness, never is jack ever in a shot with somebody else, he is always alone and looking at a picture of happier times but he never looks happy or like he is reflecting, he always looks like that person is gone and never coming back and that he will never be the same. As I director filming and creating this video I had to decide show I wanted to show jack and how he was going to fit the theme of the song, its all to do with how I have interpreted the song and what the song means to me. So I know that other people when that listen to the song might get different ideas and may not feel a certain emotion or the same way as my self but the video allows for that difference in interpretation which I believe is a good thing.