Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Shooting Maps
These show the position the camera people and props will be when we come to shoot our music video. We have chosen to illustrate the main shots.
Shot 1:Male and female argue
Shot 10: Medium shot male strumming guitar
Shot 17:Long shot from behind the female as she stares out of the window.
Shot 29:Close ups of the face of the female smiling. (can apply to all CU of a face).
Shot 27:Long shot of the two characters walking up to the house from over the road.
Shot 38:Tracking shot following the male character towards the window.
shot 42: Final shot of the two characters in an embrace. Medium parallel shot.
Shot 1:Male and female argue
Shot 10: Medium shot male strumming guitar
Shot 17:Long shot from behind the female as she stares out of the window.
Shot 29:Close ups of the face of the female smiling. (can apply to all CU of a face).
Shot 27:Long shot of the two characters walking up to the house from over the road.
Shot 38:Tracking shot following the male character towards the window.
shot 42: Final shot of the two characters in an embrace. Medium parallel shot.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Location 2
We will be using Amys house predominantly for three points of the music video. Here are the photos of these places.
Picture 1:
This is the picture of the shot we will use for the flashback which starts in the instrumental before the 4th verse and after the 3rd. The characters will emerge from behind the car.
Picture 2:
This is the view from the guy's OTS shot when he touches his girlfriend's face. We might also use this as a long shot from behind of the two character's approaching the house.
Picture 3:
This is the shot where the female character walks out of the house on her way to the male's house to see him and press the photos together. For this shot, the camera man/woman will be perching on the staircase as the female character goes from the kitchen (left) out of the front door.
Picture 4:
This is where the female character stands and looks out of the window. This shot is from the wrong angle, but the camera will be facing the window and next to the chairs in the picture.
Picture 5:
This is where the female character walks in to find the half of the photo with the male's face on it. She picks this up and walks out of the room.
Picture 6:
This is a shot from the door into the living room/lounge. Here, the argument at the beginning of the video will take place. The guy will storm off through the door behind where this photo was taken (see previous picture).
Picture 7:
This is Amys bedroom. Here is where the photo will be placed on the wall in the top left of this photo. We will zoom into the photo which will lead onto the flashback (see photo 1).
Picture 1:
This is the picture of the shot we will use for the flashback which starts in the instrumental before the 4th verse and after the 3rd. The characters will emerge from behind the car.
Picture 2:
This is the view from the guy's OTS shot when he touches his girlfriend's face. We might also use this as a long shot from behind of the two character's approaching the house.
Picture 3:
This is the shot where the female character walks out of the house on her way to the male's house to see him and press the photos together. For this shot, the camera man/woman will be perching on the staircase as the female character goes from the kitchen (left) out of the front door.
Picture 4:
This is where the female character stands and looks out of the window. This shot is from the wrong angle, but the camera will be facing the window and next to the chairs in the picture.
Picture 5:
This is where the female character walks in to find the half of the photo with the male's face on it. She picks this up and walks out of the room.
Picture 6:
This is a shot from the door into the living room/lounge. Here, the argument at the beginning of the video will take place. The guy will storm off through the door behind where this photo was taken (see previous picture).
Picture 7:
This is Amys bedroom. Here is where the photo will be placed on the wall in the top left of this photo. We will zoom into the photo which will lead onto the flashback (see photo 1).
Monday, 5 October 2009
Props
This is a list of props that we will need for our production.
* Photo of couple
This is one of the main feature of the video so will be a very important prop, as it features in several scenes. The photo gets ripped in half showing the tearing appart of their relationship however towards the end as the couple get back together the photo is also restored. Before filming we will need to make sure we take a photo and print of some copies.
* Note pad
In the second verse the male pick up a note pad and pen to write down some lyrics.
* Pen
To write the lyrics of the song 'if only you knew'
* Guitar
Our male is composing the song, writing the lyrics. He then picks up a guitar and starts to play the song. Showing that the inspiration for this song has come from a similar situation.
* Photo of couple
This is one of the main feature of the video so will be a very important prop, as it features in several scenes. The photo gets ripped in half showing the tearing appart of their relationship however towards the end as the couple get back together the photo is also restored. Before filming we will need to make sure we take a photo and print of some copies.
* Note pad
In the second verse the male pick up a note pad and pen to write down some lyrics.
* Pen
To write the lyrics of the song 'if only you knew'
* Guitar
Our male is composing the song, writing the lyrics. He then picks up a guitar and starts to play the song. Showing that the inspiration for this song has come from a similar situation.
Costume
As our characters are supposed to be normal people we dont require any specialist costumes. I have put together a typical outfit that they may wear.
Male (Ian)
In one scene when he comes home he takes off his jacket and puts it down. Therefore we will make sure we remember to use a jacket.
Female (Jess)
She will be wearing An everyday out fit, this may consist of jeans and a hoody for example.
All items are typical everyday clothes because of this the audience will be able to realte more to the chracters and the story line as they might wear this type of clothing themselves.
Male (Ian)
In one scene when he comes home he takes off his jacket and puts it down. Therefore we will make sure we remember to use a jacket.
Female (Jess)
She will be wearing An everyday out fit, this may consist of jeans and a hoody for example.
All items are typical everyday clothes because of this the audience will be able to realte more to the chracters and the story line as they might wear this type of clothing themselves.
Casting
Our video only features two characters a male and female. We have chosen Ian Gurney (as he is part of our production it will be easier for shooting schedules) and Jessica Herring, both are 17. We also thought it would be easier to use two people already in a relationship, as this will produce a more convincing an natural relationship.
Ian and Jess
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Ian and Jess
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Locations
Our first locationwill be Ians house. Thesepictures show where the malecharacter will be in the first partof our video. It will also be usedwhen the girl re-enters the video, when she comesto find the male. The photos are shown in black and white as this location will be black and white in the video, it illusr=trates the loccations better. However during the outro it will be in colour.
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Picture 5
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Treatment for our mucic video - 'If only you knew'
Chris Cohen presents “If you only knew” in an alternative rock genre of music, comparing himself to such bands as Coldplay and The Fray. Therefore we intend to plan our music video around themes and ideas used within music videos of this genre and to challenge them also. One way we will seek to be successful in our intentions for example is how the majority of alternative rock music videos do feature the musicians/artists involved, either in a storyline manner or collectively within the band image of singing and playing their instruments in a chosen setting. So the way we will be challenging this theme is enlisting alternative personnel to perform as the chosen characters in the video, yet still including the theme of a musical instrument being played and lyrics being sung with the mouth synchronisation. We do realise that this does decrease exposure of our chosen artist within the video itself; however this can be counteracted later on in the promotional package for our artist, by displaying him in the digipak cover and producing a biography of him.
The narrative presents a couple (male and female) that have had an argument (which the end of the argument is shown as the intro of the song) which shows a photo of both characters together torn in half (dividing the characters in the photo and in the later narrative), this is where the equilibrium is disrupted, fall to the ground leading to the female characters exit from the scene. This will cover the intro consisting on instrumentation lasting 8 seconds. A long shot will be the first shot that is scene establishing the two characters engaged in argument before the female character rips up the photo in her hand. A tracking CU shot will track the pieces fall onto the floor (ideally both halves of the photo facing upwards to shot the audience that the two characters are “torn apart”). A medium shot of the male character bending down to the floor to pick up the half of the photo that displays the female character, before walking out of the room in a different direction, which will be shot with the male character walking towards then past the camera which will also show the female character exiting in a different direction in the background behind him.
The first two verses and the first chorus of the song are perceived from the male characters perspective. Verse 1 lasts 15 seconds, which will see both characters retreating to their own homes upset and in regret of what has happened (the argument). Both characters are from here on (until the final chorus and outro) alone in their respective houses and begin to reminisce past times how they have spent their time together in their relationship. Verse 1 will begin with a long shot of the male character entering his house through the front door, followed by a CU shot of the banister on the stairs that the male character will place his keys (camera will remain static as he walks towards the banister, place the keys and walk on. The camera will be focused on the keys yet movement of the male character will still be seen. The possibility of a long shot at low angle would track the male character as he puts his jacket on the back of a chair (medium shot) and then as he walks across the lounge area to a leather seat where he will sit. A medium shot will follow to see the male character sit down in the chair and pause for a moment (possible idea of him putting his head in his hands or pausing to look at the half of the photo he took with him). A bird’s eye shot would show the half of the photo being placed on a small table to the side of him for later referral as he will continue to use this photo as inspiration for words he will write on a notepad and lyrics he will sing. A shot of the guitar as the male character grabs it and places it on his lap ready to play (I will later reference this idea from City and Colour – Comin’ Home).
Verse 2 will last 16 seconds, and will begin with the male character singing the line “You feel like home”, where the camera will be focused on him picking up a notepad and pen using a high angle shot. This is followed by an over the shoulder shot of him writing on this notepad. “I feel a burning fire for you, I feel it in my bones” follows with the reference to City and Colour – Comin’ Home as we will shoot the male character playing his guitar in the same style, a medium shot of him playing the guitar and the CU of him strumming.
Instrumental will last 15 seconds A panning shot of him writing words on a notepad placed on his lap (lyrics in the way that match the track and as if the male character is composing a song to explain how he feels about the other character). We will use an over the shoulder high angle shot of him writing the word “Understand” on the notepad.
Chorus 1 will last 30 seconds and will feature an ECU of the male character’s mouth singing “If you only knew”, cut away to the female character standing at a window in her house during the line “You might understand” followed by a zoom towards her. To follow on just like the first line in this chorus, the female character will lip sync “You might understand” to the music as a response to the male character in the first line of the chorus. Then we will cut away to the male character sitting in the black leather chair at his house looking at the photo (without guitar and notepad). This will be followed by a low angle shot of the female character walking into her bedroom (as if she is walking into the shot), then back to the male character again still looking at the photo (medium shot).
Instrumental will last 16 seconds before preceding to verses 3 and 4 and the second chorus, which are all perceived from the female characters point of view. Verse 3 will last 16 seconds. This will see her lonely in her house without the male character, finding a jacket or jumper of some sort at the end of her bed (this is set in her bedroom) he gave her when she was cold when they were together one night (this will cue a cut to reminisce the event in question), a scene will be re-acted from the past as the female character is thinking about it, which will show both characters together, and the male character wrapping a jacket/top around the female character as she is cold (either sitting together or walking down a road, leading to second reminisce of male character taking her home?). This will be shot with a tracking shot, following the female character as she finds the item of clothing, a medium shot as she glances upwards towards a photo above her bed, the same shot will zoom into the photo and a scene will be played out whereby both characters are walking together (the female shivering as she is cold, and the male character will put his item of clothing around her to keep her warm (this done over the line “On a cold dark winters night”).
An instrumental will last 5 seconds moving to a long shot as the characters approach the female characters house, and an over the shoulder shot as the male character places a hand on the female’s shoulder.
Verse 4 will last 15 seconds. This will start by showing the same over the shoulder shot of the male character putting his hand on her shoulder, but proceed to kiss her on the cheek, the camera then moving to a close up shot of the female character smiling. This will cue the end of this reminisce and the camera will zoom out of the photo on the wall and pan around to show her smile slightly then looking sad and moving out of the shot. We will from here cut to her finding the remaining half of the photo displaying the male character, this will be shot by a low angle shot of her feet as she approaches the half of the picture (also within the camera shot), bend down to pick it up, cut to an over shoulder shot as she looks at it, provoking her to write a message on the reverse of the photo (which will be shown via superimposition as we will show the male and female characters writing on the back of their halves of the photo in sync in the same shot) before leaving her house to visit the male character as his house. This will also cover the instrumental that follows verse 4, that will last 7 seconds.
Chorus 2 will last 29 seconds to find the female character arrive at the male characters house. We will show a CU of the male character singing “You might understand”, which will be followed by a medium to long shot of the male character sitting in the black leather chair and the female character appearing in view at the door behind him. She will knock on the window/door and push her half of the photo up against the door (CU from inside the house) leading to the male character turning around to see her in the door (long shot); he will proceed to stand up, place his guitar up against the black leather chair (his half of the photo in his hand) and walk towards her at the door (tracking shot) leading to the camera cutting back to the door as he walks into the shot to approach the female character (parallel medium shot). Here we will open the door slightly to allow ourselves to pan around the characters standing at the door for our next shot. We will go from here to an over the shoulder shot from the female’s point of view to see the male pressing his half of the photo up against the door.
It is here that the message that she wrote on the back of the photo comes apparent; it will read similarly to the lyrics being sung at that point “You might understand”, the message she wrote on the photo will read “Do you understand?”
Outro will last 15 seconds. In response to the female character’s writing on the back of her photo “Do you understand?” It will become apparent that the responding message from the male character will read “I understand”.
At this point, the camera will show the two halves of the photo being pressed against the wall from two angles, starting from an over the shoulder shot from the female character panning back round to an over the shoulder shot from the male’s point of view where the camera will stay still. This allows us to show the audience the messages together and picture of both characters being rejoined. These shots will be shown as the lyrics “My puzzles been complete”. The male character will let the female character into his house (opening the door) and into his arms as the song sings “If you only knew” medium parallel shot.
The mise en scene provides a sense of loneliness, regret and happiness. Loneliness and regret is prescribed in the way that both characters are broken up at the beginning of the video and are from that point in the present narrative shown as apart, with the storyline sees the characters both engaging in thinking about the other character and happier times when they are together. This reminiscing and the ending to the video, which sees the two characters resolve their differences and “get back together”, provoking happiness. Regret is presented through the actions that each characters carry out when they are alone in their houses which leads to change in opinion and resolution in the end. Most importantly, these actions are, for the female character, photos and items of clothing that she encounters, reminding her of the male character. These reminders will importantly inspire her to track down the male character and resolve their issues at the end of the video. In regards to the male character, he will express regret through writing key words that will match the lyrics of the song, and singing key lyrics in the same fashion.
In terms of colour in the video, from when the characters in the present narrative are shown to be apart (after the photo was ripped in half), the video will be edited to black and white, to impose the feeling of loneliness in their lives without the other character, and to link in with the theme of the lyrics of how much the characters mean to each other and “add colour” to each others lives. For this reason, when the narrative cuts to times when they are together, including the reminiscing and the ending as the female character enters the male characters house, will be shot in colour.
Lighting in our music video will be dark to follow our theme of lack of enthusiasm between the characters following their argument. The theme would be seen as negative by the audience and the dark lighting would help to reflect this. In contrast, when the video is shot in colour, the lighting will be brighter to change the theme to a more positive and happier mood when the characters were together in their relationship (happier times).
Track structure
Intro 8 seconds
Verse 1 15 seconds
Instrumental 6 seconds
Verse 2 16 seconds
Instrumental 15 seconds
Chorus 1 30 seconds
Instrumental 16 seconds
Verse 3 16 seconds
Instrumental 5 seconds
Verse 4 15 seconds
Instrumental 7 seconds
Chorus 2 29 seconds
Instrumental 21 seconds
Outro 15 seconds
Total duration 3:38
Amendments
The original track of this song lasted over 4 minutes, which is too long to match our set brief for the project for the track to last between 2-4 minutes. Therefore we had to cut two of the verses out, meaning the total duration of the track is now 3:38, which does comply with the set brief.
The narrative presents a couple (male and female) that have had an argument (which the end of the argument is shown as the intro of the song) which shows a photo of both characters together torn in half (dividing the characters in the photo and in the later narrative), this is where the equilibrium is disrupted, fall to the ground leading to the female characters exit from the scene. This will cover the intro consisting on instrumentation lasting 8 seconds. A long shot will be the first shot that is scene establishing the two characters engaged in argument before the female character rips up the photo in her hand. A tracking CU shot will track the pieces fall onto the floor (ideally both halves of the photo facing upwards to shot the audience that the two characters are “torn apart”). A medium shot of the male character bending down to the floor to pick up the half of the photo that displays the female character, before walking out of the room in a different direction, which will be shot with the male character walking towards then past the camera which will also show the female character exiting in a different direction in the background behind him.
The first two verses and the first chorus of the song are perceived from the male characters perspective. Verse 1 lasts 15 seconds, which will see both characters retreating to their own homes upset and in regret of what has happened (the argument). Both characters are from here on (until the final chorus and outro) alone in their respective houses and begin to reminisce past times how they have spent their time together in their relationship. Verse 1 will begin with a long shot of the male character entering his house through the front door, followed by a CU shot of the banister on the stairs that the male character will place his keys (camera will remain static as he walks towards the banister, place the keys and walk on. The camera will be focused on the keys yet movement of the male character will still be seen. The possibility of a long shot at low angle would track the male character as he puts his jacket on the back of a chair (medium shot) and then as he walks across the lounge area to a leather seat where he will sit. A medium shot will follow to see the male character sit down in the chair and pause for a moment (possible idea of him putting his head in his hands or pausing to look at the half of the photo he took with him). A bird’s eye shot would show the half of the photo being placed on a small table to the side of him for later referral as he will continue to use this photo as inspiration for words he will write on a notepad and lyrics he will sing. A shot of the guitar as the male character grabs it and places it on his lap ready to play (I will later reference this idea from City and Colour – Comin’ Home).
Verse 2 will last 16 seconds, and will begin with the male character singing the line “You feel like home”, where the camera will be focused on him picking up a notepad and pen using a high angle shot. This is followed by an over the shoulder shot of him writing on this notepad. “I feel a burning fire for you, I feel it in my bones” follows with the reference to City and Colour – Comin’ Home as we will shoot the male character playing his guitar in the same style, a medium shot of him playing the guitar and the CU of him strumming.
Instrumental will last 15 seconds A panning shot of him writing words on a notepad placed on his lap (lyrics in the way that match the track and as if the male character is composing a song to explain how he feels about the other character). We will use an over the shoulder high angle shot of him writing the word “Understand” on the notepad.
Chorus 1 will last 30 seconds and will feature an ECU of the male character’s mouth singing “If you only knew”, cut away to the female character standing at a window in her house during the line “You might understand” followed by a zoom towards her. To follow on just like the first line in this chorus, the female character will lip sync “You might understand” to the music as a response to the male character in the first line of the chorus. Then we will cut away to the male character sitting in the black leather chair at his house looking at the photo (without guitar and notepad). This will be followed by a low angle shot of the female character walking into her bedroom (as if she is walking into the shot), then back to the male character again still looking at the photo (medium shot).
Instrumental will last 16 seconds before preceding to verses 3 and 4 and the second chorus, which are all perceived from the female characters point of view. Verse 3 will last 16 seconds. This will see her lonely in her house without the male character, finding a jacket or jumper of some sort at the end of her bed (this is set in her bedroom) he gave her when she was cold when they were together one night (this will cue a cut to reminisce the event in question), a scene will be re-acted from the past as the female character is thinking about it, which will show both characters together, and the male character wrapping a jacket/top around the female character as she is cold (either sitting together or walking down a road, leading to second reminisce of male character taking her home?). This will be shot with a tracking shot, following the female character as she finds the item of clothing, a medium shot as she glances upwards towards a photo above her bed, the same shot will zoom into the photo and a scene will be played out whereby both characters are walking together (the female shivering as she is cold, and the male character will put his item of clothing around her to keep her warm (this done over the line “On a cold dark winters night”).
An instrumental will last 5 seconds moving to a long shot as the characters approach the female characters house, and an over the shoulder shot as the male character places a hand on the female’s shoulder.
Verse 4 will last 15 seconds. This will start by showing the same over the shoulder shot of the male character putting his hand on her shoulder, but proceed to kiss her on the cheek, the camera then moving to a close up shot of the female character smiling. This will cue the end of this reminisce and the camera will zoom out of the photo on the wall and pan around to show her smile slightly then looking sad and moving out of the shot. We will from here cut to her finding the remaining half of the photo displaying the male character, this will be shot by a low angle shot of her feet as she approaches the half of the picture (also within the camera shot), bend down to pick it up, cut to an over shoulder shot as she looks at it, provoking her to write a message on the reverse of the photo (which will be shown via superimposition as we will show the male and female characters writing on the back of their halves of the photo in sync in the same shot) before leaving her house to visit the male character as his house. This will also cover the instrumental that follows verse 4, that will last 7 seconds.
Chorus 2 will last 29 seconds to find the female character arrive at the male characters house. We will show a CU of the male character singing “You might understand”, which will be followed by a medium to long shot of the male character sitting in the black leather chair and the female character appearing in view at the door behind him. She will knock on the window/door and push her half of the photo up against the door (CU from inside the house) leading to the male character turning around to see her in the door (long shot); he will proceed to stand up, place his guitar up against the black leather chair (his half of the photo in his hand) and walk towards her at the door (tracking shot) leading to the camera cutting back to the door as he walks into the shot to approach the female character (parallel medium shot). Here we will open the door slightly to allow ourselves to pan around the characters standing at the door for our next shot. We will go from here to an over the shoulder shot from the female’s point of view to see the male pressing his half of the photo up against the door.
It is here that the message that she wrote on the back of the photo comes apparent; it will read similarly to the lyrics being sung at that point “You might understand”, the message she wrote on the photo will read “Do you understand?”
Outro will last 15 seconds. In response to the female character’s writing on the back of her photo “Do you understand?” It will become apparent that the responding message from the male character will read “I understand”.
At this point, the camera will show the two halves of the photo being pressed against the wall from two angles, starting from an over the shoulder shot from the female character panning back round to an over the shoulder shot from the male’s point of view where the camera will stay still. This allows us to show the audience the messages together and picture of both characters being rejoined. These shots will be shown as the lyrics “My puzzles been complete”. The male character will let the female character into his house (opening the door) and into his arms as the song sings “If you only knew” medium parallel shot.
The mise en scene provides a sense of loneliness, regret and happiness. Loneliness and regret is prescribed in the way that both characters are broken up at the beginning of the video and are from that point in the present narrative shown as apart, with the storyline sees the characters both engaging in thinking about the other character and happier times when they are together. This reminiscing and the ending to the video, which sees the two characters resolve their differences and “get back together”, provoking happiness. Regret is presented through the actions that each characters carry out when they are alone in their houses which leads to change in opinion and resolution in the end. Most importantly, these actions are, for the female character, photos and items of clothing that she encounters, reminding her of the male character. These reminders will importantly inspire her to track down the male character and resolve their issues at the end of the video. In regards to the male character, he will express regret through writing key words that will match the lyrics of the song, and singing key lyrics in the same fashion.
In terms of colour in the video, from when the characters in the present narrative are shown to be apart (after the photo was ripped in half), the video will be edited to black and white, to impose the feeling of loneliness in their lives without the other character, and to link in with the theme of the lyrics of how much the characters mean to each other and “add colour” to each others lives. For this reason, when the narrative cuts to times when they are together, including the reminiscing and the ending as the female character enters the male characters house, will be shot in colour.
Lighting in our music video will be dark to follow our theme of lack of enthusiasm between the characters following their argument. The theme would be seen as negative by the audience and the dark lighting would help to reflect this. In contrast, when the video is shot in colour, the lighting will be brighter to change the theme to a more positive and happier mood when the characters were together in their relationship (happier times).
Track structure
Intro 8 seconds
Verse 1 15 seconds
Instrumental 6 seconds
Verse 2 16 seconds
Instrumental 15 seconds
Chorus 1 30 seconds
Instrumental 16 seconds
Verse 3 16 seconds
Instrumental 5 seconds
Verse 4 15 seconds
Instrumental 7 seconds
Chorus 2 29 seconds
Instrumental 21 seconds
Outro 15 seconds
Total duration 3:38
Amendments
The original track of this song lasted over 4 minutes, which is too long to match our set brief for the project for the track to last between 2-4 minutes. Therefore we had to cut two of the verses out, meaning the total duration of the track is now 3:38, which does comply with the set brief.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Chris Cohen - If only you knew
We have found a artist that we like, his name is Chris Cohen he is unsigned. We have chosen the song if only you knew because of its high quality.
These are the lyrics...
When its you and me
And there’s no one else around
I know that you’ve been there for me
The feelings so profound
You feel like home
A place where I can go
I feel a burning fire for you
I feel it in my bones
If you only knew then you
might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
When I look in your eyes
Our first night comes to mind
And the way I held you close to me
On a cold dark winter night
Then you kissed me on the cheek
Just to say goodnight
when I first saw you baby
I had stars in my eyes
If you only knew then you
might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
Now I feel at home
My puzzles been complete
Its all because of you
If you only knew
These are the lyrics...
When its you and me
And there’s no one else around
I know that you’ve been there for me
The feelings so profound
You feel like home
A place where I can go
I feel a burning fire for you
I feel it in my bones
If you only knew then you
might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
When I look in your eyes
Our first night comes to mind
And the way I held you close to me
On a cold dark winter night
Then you kissed me on the cheek
Just to say goodnight
when I first saw you baby
I had stars in my eyes
If you only knew then you
might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
you might understand
oh, oh, oh
Now I feel at home
My puzzles been complete
Its all because of you
If you only knew
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Song and ideas for Music Video
We have chosen a song which is, for the moment, called Problem, Power and Purity. It is a Christ-focused song with a lot of reference to the power God can have in people. In the song, there are two characters; one male and one female. They both have problems at the beginning and, through Christ and the Cross, overcome their problems and end up in a better situation. They start off separately and then come together at the end.
What enigmas does your video create?
Our video, and song to some extent, asks the audience questions, as well as the audiences wanting to know things too.
Why are the characters upset/down?
Where do they fit into the story?
Are they two seperate people, or do they link in some way?
How are they becoming stronger?
What will keep the audience hooked and watching?
The audience will, no doubt, want to know whether the characters can overcome their problems, and therefore how they do. Why is the Cross a dominant symbol in a lot of the scenes? And also there is the question of whether the characters are related or not.
What conventions are you using/challenging?
We are using the convention of part narrative, part performance for our video because we believe that the music video should represent the artist's views of the song. We challenge the audience's perception of Christianity, religion and Faith by being quite controversial. Symbolism is also used with the Church and the Cross necklace.
We have chosen a song which is, for the moment, called Problem, Power and Purity. It is a Christ-focused song with a lot of reference to the power God can have in people. In the song, there are two characters; one male and one female. They both have problems at the beginning and, through Christ and the Cross, overcome their problems and end up in a better situation. They start off separately and then come together at the end.
What enigmas does your video create?
Our video, and song to some extent, asks the audience questions, as well as the audiences wanting to know things too.
Why are the characters upset/down?
Where do they fit into the story?
Are they two seperate people, or do they link in some way?
How are they becoming stronger?
What will keep the audience hooked and watching?
The audience will, no doubt, want to know whether the characters can overcome their problems, and therefore how they do. Why is the Cross a dominant symbol in a lot of the scenes? And also there is the question of whether the characters are related or not.
What conventions are you using/challenging?
We are using the convention of part narrative, part performance for our video because we believe that the music video should represent the artist's views of the song. We challenge the audience's perception of Christianity, religion and Faith by being quite controversial. Symbolism is also used with the Church and the Cross necklace.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Useful links that I have found containing some interesting information about my topic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/20/artists-albums-leaked
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/06/internet-suspension-downloaders-law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/25/filesharers-music-internet-industry
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/kazaa-file-share-case-goes-to-court-1763533.html
http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/a-buyers-market-the-way-we-purchase-online-music.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/20/artists-albums-leaked
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/06/internet-suspension-downloaders-law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/25/filesharers-music-internet-industry
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/kazaa-file-share-case-goes-to-court-1763533.html
http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/a-buyers-market-the-way-we-purchase-online-music.html
Monday, 29 June 2009
Music industry investigation
I would like to investigate the changing way in which people purchase music. Due to the improvement of technology people are changing the way the purchase music. Growing numbers of people now prefer to down load music due to its ease and convenience instead of purchasing the CD. I am hoping to gain the opinions of people regarding this topic, I also plan to interview them to see how they purchase their music.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/24/response-free-downloades
it6 is interesting to see some of the user comments many of which have a divided opinion on online downloading.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/24/response-free-downloades
it6 is interesting to see some of the user comments many of which have a divided opinion on online downloading.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The online age is destrying/ enhancing the music industry
I think that the online age is both enhancing and destroying the music industry. Thanks to online downloading this means more people are able to access music at their will and at a reasonable price. This means more people will be able to hear a band so they may go and buy tickets to one of their gigs as a result. However there are disadvantages to the online age sites such as lime wire and frostwire mean that people don’t have to pay for the music they download but it means that the artist and record company loose out on income. Stricter measure and new programmes are being developed to help combat this and ensure that the online age does enhance the music industry.
Monday, 15 June 2009
Music Investigation
Spotify
Is a music streaming programme that allows you to listen to music instantly with virtually no delays. Users can browse by music by searching for artists or track titles, although this music cannot be downloaded or saved. It is only available on a computer with an internet connection once you’ve downloaded the software. Spotify is financed by advertising although you can buy a premium version without advertising.
How could this affect the future of the music industry?
As users are not paying for the tracks they are not actually paying the record company or artist any money. However the company has struck up licensing deals with many top record companies which allows the music to be played. Another way they combated licensing was to provide direct links when a song is playing to purchase that song. As for the future if the music industry this could mean less people buying tracks because they can listen to free without breaking the law. On the other hand it could lead to wider exposure for artists and companies thanks to the advertising.
How is this useful way for thinking about how/ why audiences consume music?
Along with other programmes like this it shows how audiences are now spending a lot more time on the internet. Most music is now available to listen and download at a moments notice with the users demand, saving time and often money. This programme shows us the demand audiences have for listening to free or cheap music.
Why is this important area for debate in media studies?
As the convergence of music, internet and computers has grown there have been a few issues. Many people choose to download music illegally instead of paying for it. This site allows user to listen to it legally and save play lists but not to download it, allowing users to get free music legally.
Last.fm
Is a music community that collects information from the user, music from devices stations listened to, and then will recommend songs you may like. It also allows you to create playlists in the music library, listen to tracks on demand and download some tracks which the rights holder has authorised. This allows people to share their interests, it allows the music industry to help users discover new music that they like that they previously may not have been aware of. By allowing sharing of tracks it enables the future growth of artists. However as this is a free service no money is paid by the user it could mean that in the future artists are losing out on money as we no longer have to buy their music to listen to it. This service shows us the changing way users consume music. With the growth of online music services companies have to adapt the way they promote and provide their music. Last.fm shows us how audiences demand a way to listen to music for free and share it with others on line. There has been much debate about online music over whether the record company is losing out because of illegal down loads and services like this which provide greater access to music for free.
Subculture
A group of people who have differences which define them from the larger culture. They can be distinguished by age, gender, and ethnicity. Members often signal their membership with specific symbols e.g. bracelet, fashion. Different subcultures may have different music genres that they are particularly interested in therefore they may only buy music from say the punk rock genre because that’s what the rest of the subculture does. This shows us how some audiences choose to listen to and buy music, as they belong to a subculture. Companies will try to appeal to these subcultures as they have a certain interest in music that will be reflected in the magazines and clothes they buy. By doing these they are hoping to sell more products by appealing to a niche market that will promote the product amongst themselves.
DRM
Digital rights management. Access control technologies that can be used by manufacturers and copy right holders in order to limit the use of their music so that it is fairly distributed and paid for. Use of these technologies could mean an end to illegal down loading and file sharing, which many people use because there is no cost. In the future it could mean that more people will have to buy music that that want to listen to because it is impossible to download it for free. Its is useful to consider that a lot of people particularly teen download it free or use file sharing programmes as a way of consuming their music, they will be especially effected by digital rights management. For a while now there has been debate over whether music should be free to download or must be paid for, it has now been made illegal to download music. However some audiences still argue that they have a right to down load or share music for free, audience vs. producer.
Is a music streaming programme that allows you to listen to music instantly with virtually no delays. Users can browse by music by searching for artists or track titles, although this music cannot be downloaded or saved. It is only available on a computer with an internet connection once you’ve downloaded the software. Spotify is financed by advertising although you can buy a premium version without advertising.
How could this affect the future of the music industry?
As users are not paying for the tracks they are not actually paying the record company or artist any money. However the company has struck up licensing deals with many top record companies which allows the music to be played. Another way they combated licensing was to provide direct links when a song is playing to purchase that song. As for the future if the music industry this could mean less people buying tracks because they can listen to free without breaking the law. On the other hand it could lead to wider exposure for artists and companies thanks to the advertising.
How is this useful way for thinking about how/ why audiences consume music?
Along with other programmes like this it shows how audiences are now spending a lot more time on the internet. Most music is now available to listen and download at a moments notice with the users demand, saving time and often money. This programme shows us the demand audiences have for listening to free or cheap music.
Why is this important area for debate in media studies?
As the convergence of music, internet and computers has grown there have been a few issues. Many people choose to download music illegally instead of paying for it. This site allows user to listen to it legally and save play lists but not to download it, allowing users to get free music legally.
Last.fm
Is a music community that collects information from the user, music from devices stations listened to, and then will recommend songs you may like. It also allows you to create playlists in the music library, listen to tracks on demand and download some tracks which the rights holder has authorised. This allows people to share their interests, it allows the music industry to help users discover new music that they like that they previously may not have been aware of. By allowing sharing of tracks it enables the future growth of artists. However as this is a free service no money is paid by the user it could mean that in the future artists are losing out on money as we no longer have to buy their music to listen to it. This service shows us the changing way users consume music. With the growth of online music services companies have to adapt the way they promote and provide their music. Last.fm shows us how audiences demand a way to listen to music for free and share it with others on line. There has been much debate about online music over whether the record company is losing out because of illegal down loads and services like this which provide greater access to music for free.
Subculture
A group of people who have differences which define them from the larger culture. They can be distinguished by age, gender, and ethnicity. Members often signal their membership with specific symbols e.g. bracelet, fashion. Different subcultures may have different music genres that they are particularly interested in therefore they may only buy music from say the punk rock genre because that’s what the rest of the subculture does. This shows us how some audiences choose to listen to and buy music, as they belong to a subculture. Companies will try to appeal to these subcultures as they have a certain interest in music that will be reflected in the magazines and clothes they buy. By doing these they are hoping to sell more products by appealing to a niche market that will promote the product amongst themselves.
DRM
Digital rights management. Access control technologies that can be used by manufacturers and copy right holders in order to limit the use of their music so that it is fairly distributed and paid for. Use of these technologies could mean an end to illegal down loading and file sharing, which many people use because there is no cost. In the future it could mean that more people will have to buy music that that want to listen to because it is impossible to download it for free. Its is useful to consider that a lot of people particularly teen download it free or use file sharing programmes as a way of consuming their music, they will be especially effected by digital rights management. For a while now there has been debate over whether music should be free to download or must be paid for, it has now been made illegal to download music. However some audiences still argue that they have a right to down load or share music for free, audience vs. producer.
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