Sunday, September 23, 2012

Music Video Preliminary Ideas,


MoonBeam Feat. Pryce Oliver - Excess (Radio Mix)

Idea 1 
Starts off with the close up of the girl’s face, mouthing ‘excess’ with a smile, girl looking rough, make up smudged, drugged up look, wearing boys shirt, then close ups of the mess in the room (broken bottles, glass, mirror, clothes on the floor) a two shot, a mid shot of the boy looking at the girl, sitting next to her, her smiling mouthing another excess with a JD in her hand, goes to drink it, he gets up, different shot, grabs her wrist of the hand holding the bottle, jumps from his eyes to her eyes, then two shot, see the anger & tension as another ‘excess’ comes up. As the music speeds up he throws the bottle, they start kissing ‘passionately’, a flash of her kissing another man, he pushes her off, they shout, he walks out, slams the door as music goes quiet, lyrics start, he starts singing walking down the street/ out of the house, shots of him walking into the bar and drinking shots - intercuts with her getting make up and getting dressed (costume important, she’s wearing a tight dress, with stockings, high heels), - walks out of the bar, she walks out of the house, music speeds up, he sees her chatting to someone, music speeds up, he pulls her in, they argue, they push each other, possible ‘flashbacks’, she walks off/gets into a car, cuts to him slamming the door of his house, smoking a fag, singing, gets his records, cuts to him walking into the club, plays music in the club, sees her, gets off the stage, follows her, drags her home, locks the door, they kiss, a lot of intercuts towards the end of them fighting, kissing, smoking together, drinking together, having fun, as last excess comes on he’s asleep behind her, she mouths excess, winks and walks out the door dressed as usual.


Davide Loi & Pryce Oliver - Radioactive. 

Idea 2
The beginning (intro) before singing: Door opens, people come into the house for a party, people greeting, kissing on a cheek, handing over drinks,

Starts singing: a girl walks in, the guy freezes, he looks up and down on her (shots p.o.v.), she walks past him and goes off to their friends, he’s standing still, everyone freezes, he sings (when music builds up), he walks round them, singing,

People come alive and start dancing when music builds up at 1:00, close ups of the dj somewhere in the corner, close ups on people dancig, people drinking, smoking, a shot of the boy looking at the girl from across the room between all of the people (either a two shot or p.o.v.’s) etc
Everything goes dark at 1:45, establishing shot of the room with people, the morning after, few shots of the kitchen/bathroom, people sleeping. Close up on his face, close up on eyes as he wakes up (colourful world), starts singing, sits up looks around the room, close ups on the mess, sees the girl, goes to make a coffee, he comes back girl’s gone

Music speeds up he drops the cup, runs out the door, runs across the streets, shots of him riding the bike, finds himself in some field, running around all lost, sees the girl on her own, sitting down, sits next to her, they talk, he hugs her, smoke cigarettes, song ends. 

Genre & Image.

This is a moodboard of the genre that me and my partner are interested in working with. The moodboard includes pictures of things/colours/locations and atmosphere associated with dance/club music.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Key Terms & Concepts - 17/09/2012. Notes.

distortion,
exaggeration,
consistent, 
concept,
location
feeling the music, 
generating ideas,
different sections in a music video. 

We watch music videos to escape the mundane & boring reality. Music videos are full of exaggeration & messages, no matter what genre/band/type. Location of the music video sets the mood and the feel of a music video, it represents the lyrics and the story of the song, helps the audience to identify with music and the artist. The location is full of meaning, no matter what genre of the music or type of music video.

In music videos, the pictures should 'add to the music' unlike in a film, where music adds to the pictures... (such as soundtrack in a film). The relationships between the visuals and the lyrics, the visuals and the music and visuals and the genre are very important & must make sense.

If a band is used in the music video, it should be signified by the members having an image and a specific look so that the audience knows it is an actual band, so that the members look unified and involved with each other. This is usually by the band wearing appropriate costumes, such as matching t-shirts, specific look (e.g. emo, rock, indie, etc).

All this week we are meant to focus on generating ideas for our music video. We should be doing that by listening to the music and imagine the pictures/ the storyline to go with the music. What the music feels like, how the beat & vocals make you feel, what would be the concept and what would be the colours,lighting and the style of the video/ the type of the music video.

It is important that the concept of the music video (when we come up with one) is consistent. So it's not just jumping from one setting to another for no apparent reason but so it makes sense, the pictures and settings should go with the music and the different sections of the song.

REMEMBER: MUSIC CONTROLS THE PICTURES.


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

AS results.

My AS results 2012
The cut off  point for an A is160
My target for key stage 5 was - C1
My actual grade is : A3
I've gone up 6 sub-levels.

my marks: 167/200
which is * coursework: 87
             * exam: 80