To Do List!

• Think of several concepts to pitch to the band.  (ALL)  (Sci must think of a concept that involves animation)
• Arrange a potential meeting with the band to present our ideas. (Tarryn)
• Group Name. (ALL)
• Group Blog.  (Kia)
• Music video research in the 'Electro-Rock' genre. (ALL)

UPDATE

I've been trying all summer to organize a gig to film, but so far I've been unlucky due to my group being underage for the venues and because of the fact that some of the venues don't allow cameras. I will continue to try to find a gig to film though!

Also, the band has asked me to change the song to make the video for to the song 'U DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE'



This will be okay for our group because we all liked this song and I think it would be easier to come up with a narrative for this song. 

What we need to do now as a group: 

-Organize a gig to film. (or find a studio space to film in)
-Come up with a narrative to go along with the song.

Song we've decided to use

Music video theory lesson notes.

Andrew Goodwin

• Thought beats.
• Narrative and performance.
• The star image.
• Relation of visuals to song.
• Technical aspects of a music video.

Songs fail to give us the complete narrative!

Music videos are repeated a lot, but the combination of the music and the video stops the song from seeming so repetitive due to the video.

Illustrate (Uses a set of images to illustrate the song - most common)

Amplify (Effect of the video being made bigger)

Disjuncture (Meaning of song is completely ignored/ video juxtaposes the song & lyrics... Gets people talking about the video)


Image:

In this video. Lady Gaga's image is very important. This is because the fact that this is one of Lady Gaga's first videos. This means that Gaga was trying to show the audience watching the video what kind of an artist she was going to be though this video. She wanted to show her personality and to show her uniqueness though her image and outfits portrayed in this video.

Techincal Aspects:


This is a performance video with some narrative. 

Camera:

• Intentional camera movements.
• Use of focus. (Low focus and sharp focus variation) 

Mise En Scene:

• Use of costume that reflects the genre.
• Uses a lot of iconography to show the genre of music and to portray the meaning of the song. 

Editing:

• Fast cuts in time with music.
• Transitions used to look like lighting effects. (Eg. sunlight glares.)

Lyrics of Songs.

Fight!!!

Fight!!! -Lyrics by Tarryn Rose

Atomic White Gold

Atomic White Gold - Lyrics by Tarryn Rose

The Black Room

Black Room - Lyrics by Tarryn Rose

Closer

Closer - Lyrics by Tarryn Rose

U Don't Love Me Anymore

U Don't Love Me Anymore - Lyrics by Tarryn Rose

Conversation with Band (05/07/13)

I then texted the singer of the bad to email me the song lyrics.

Now we need to choose a song as a group and look at the lyrics to come up with a narrative to the music video. 

Conversation with band 04/07/13

Facebook conversation: 

He then called me and we discussed ideas and he told me some rough information about potential gigs to film. I also asked him to send me MP3 files of complete songs. 

I texted him my email address so he could send me the files. 

Email: