Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Textual analysis - Pendulum
This is the music video that i have decided to do the second textual analysis on. The song is "Other Side" by drum and bass artists Pendulum.
Genre Characteristics: This video is seen to be very futuristic, much like the music involved. It also includes a sophisticated look, with the way the actor in the video is dressed and the way that the futuristic technology has been portrayed. Bearing in mind, there are not many drum and bass videos, this one has similarities with other Pendulum videos, such as Granite.
Relationships: The relationship between the vocals and the visuals are sometimes seen within this video, as the CGI head sings all the female vocalist's parts, but there is no other real vocal parts in the video that are obviously sung by someone. Also, some of the other lyrics match the video, for example, when the CGI head says "the ship is going down", the actor is portrayed to be falling in a lift.
The relationships between the music and visuals would be that the lighting within the video goes along with the beat of the music. Also, nothing is really ever in true technicolour. The colours are always tinted blue or other primary colours, like red or yellow. There is also use of strobe lights, which would be reminicent of gigs that the artist may play.
Artists: There aren't really any close ups of the artists, as the artists do not make a cameo appearance in this video. In this particular video, there is only a single male actor.
Notion of looking: there is sort of notion of looking, with the bright lights and computer technology used. For example, the bright lights and the actor in the suit. But, the actor is not portrayed to make the viewer look at him in a some sort of sexual way, and there is some connections to the actor and his emotions within the video.
Intertextual references: There are many references to sci-fi films, such as the Matrix. This is shown with the use of technology and computers.
This video is also mostly concept based, but some of it is narrative based, with the acting and the technology used.
By Stacey Luscott :D
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Treatment: proposal for music video
Song/Artist:
End Credits by Chase and Status
Duration:
3 minutes 5 seconds
Genre:
Drum and Bass
Cast:
Will Gough - Singer
Graeme Wilcox - Man who beats singer up
Stacey Luscott - Car driver
Setting/Location:
The video is set in back alleys in Ludlow, this gives a scense of depression which fits in with the song. the areas we have used are:
Camp Lane - Ludlow
Whitcliff (by the side of the river) - Ludlow
Media Room - Ludlow College
Narrative:
The video is based on a story line i created involving a day in a mans life where he goes form happy to very depressed and moody and gets into trouble with someone who then beats him up and throws him infront of a car. The video has a linear narrative and contains several flash backs throughout the video to keep reminding the audience what is going on.
Influences:
The influence for the video was the original video for the song, it is very dark and depressing which fits great with the song. Also something that has influenced the video is my idea of how someone suffering from depression would act in day to day life.
Mood:
The mood of the video is quite dark and depressing to fit in with the narrative of the song and also to link to the origional video.
Format:
Mini DV
Camerawork/Type of shots:
The majority of the filming was done using a camera fixed on a tri-pod for maximum stability.
Length of shots/editing:
The shots used in this video are a mixture of long walking scenes which are gradually faded indo eachother and short scenes which are edited together very quickly and sharply for maximum effect.
Movement and action:
The movement in the video is mainly running and walking, there is very little without movement.
Visual qualities:
Light:
The lighting of the piece is quite dark to fit i with the genre of the song although in the end scene we used a bright light in a dark room to give the effect of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Colour:
The video is all in complete colour.
End Credits by Chase and Status
Duration:
3 minutes 5 seconds
Genre:
Drum and Bass
Cast:
Will Gough - Singer
Graeme Wilcox - Man who beats singer up
Stacey Luscott - Car driver
Setting/Location:
The video is set in back alleys in Ludlow, this gives a scense of depression which fits in with the song. the areas we have used are:
Camp Lane - Ludlow
Whitcliff (by the side of the river) - Ludlow
Media Room - Ludlow College
Narrative:
The video is based on a story line i created involving a day in a mans life where he goes form happy to very depressed and moody and gets into trouble with someone who then beats him up and throws him infront of a car. The video has a linear narrative and contains several flash backs throughout the video to keep reminding the audience what is going on.
Influences:
The influence for the video was the original video for the song, it is very dark and depressing which fits great with the song. Also something that has influenced the video is my idea of how someone suffering from depression would act in day to day life.
Mood:
The mood of the video is quite dark and depressing to fit in with the narrative of the song and also to link to the origional video.
Format:
Mini DV
Camerawork/Type of shots:
The majority of the filming was done using a camera fixed on a tri-pod for maximum stability.
Length of shots/editing:
The shots used in this video are a mixture of long walking scenes which are gradually faded indo eachother and short scenes which are edited together very quickly and sharply for maximum effect.
Movement and action:
The movement in the video is mainly running and walking, there is very little without movement.
Visual qualities:
Light:
The lighting of the piece is quite dark to fit i with the genre of the song although in the end scene we used a bright light in a dark room to give the effect of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Colour:
The video is all in complete colour.
Use of voice and sound:
In this video i have not used any voices or sounds just the song.
Use of target audience:
When creating the video i took great consideration into who the target audience would be for this video and also what i would have to include to reel them in.
Technical aspects:
People:
Will Gough - Singer, Director, Camera man, Creater, Digi-pack designer
Stacey Luscott - Car driver, Camera work
Graeme Wilcox - Man who beats singer, Camera man
Jamsine Underhill - Camera work
Rihannon Morris - Camera work
Katy Ulyatt - Camera work
Cat Halstead - Camera work
Equipment?
Camera
Tri-pod
Time:
The video has taken me around 2 months to film and around the same amount of time to organise.
Budget:
£0
Costs:
£0
Why the video is worth making?:
the video was worth making as it is a well saught after song and so has a large audience and would be watched by loads of poeple who can all leave feedback telling me what they think of my camera work, editing and acting.
Will Gough
In this video i have not used any voices or sounds just the song.
Use of target audience:
When creating the video i took great consideration into who the target audience would be for this video and also what i would have to include to reel them in.
Technical aspects:
People:
Will Gough - Singer, Director, Camera man, Creater, Digi-pack designer
Stacey Luscott - Car driver, Camera work
Graeme Wilcox - Man who beats singer, Camera man
Jamsine Underhill - Camera work
Rihannon Morris - Camera work
Katy Ulyatt - Camera work
Cat Halstead - Camera work
Equipment?
Camera
Tri-pod
Time:
The video has taken me around 2 months to film and around the same amount of time to organise.
Budget:
£0
Costs:
£0
Why the video is worth making?:
the video was worth making as it is a well saught after song and so has a large audience and would be watched by loads of poeple who can all leave feedback telling me what they think of my camera work, editing and acting.
Will Gough
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
DVD inside cover draft
This is our design for the inside cover of our DVDHave found a problem with the cover, i have not used my own images so i am going to have to take more pictures t take their place.
Will Gough
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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