Music Video Theory

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Mood Board

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9 key screen shots of Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

Shot 1: This is the first clip of the band and it sets the tone of the song and type of music. It is impatant to see the key musicians of a band.

Shot 2: This shot introduces the main singer, which is esseutal as he is the main face of the band.

Shot 3: This is the first time you see the whole group, in the background there is an urban city scene. I would like to use outdor shots in my music video.

Shot 4: Shot looking in from a distance, it is focusing on the importance of the drummer. It is like looking trough a window at a character.

Shot 5: A sditory shot which could suggert loneleness and this type of should may be wetal in ny vidio.

Shot 6: This Shot inspires me the most because it is on a beach, it is really gray (almost black and white) and it is this type of seting I would like to create in my video.

Shot 7:  A dramatic picture which craty atmosphere.

Shot 8:  The shows close up detail wich i will have same of in my video.

Shot 9: This is the last clip in the song.  

Textual Analysis of Tom Baxter - 'Better'

Cinematography

The clip starts with a close of two people kissing each other; it is almost black and white. Then the next shot
is of Tom playing the guitar it is a mid shot, he is all black. Then it cuts back to the shot of the two people kissing and it is still really black and white. When it comes back to Tom the light is switch on and he is lit up, it is a mid shot through this. Then there is a close up of two people holding hands, after that there are lot of mid shots of different couples together. Next there is a mid shot of Tom playing the guitar along with the song. Then it goes back to lots of mid shot of the couples holding each other. There are some parts where it has a close up of the guitar being played. At 2:20min it zooms out to a long shot where you can see the hole set where it is being filmed. Then it cut to an extreme long shot where you can see lot of people watch him and in the background there are buildings. Then it cut back to where lot of different couples are playing with each other, it is mostly a mid shot. Next there is a point of view shot of some one watching him in the crowded, witch is a long shot. Then back to lots of people kissing. At 3:20 there is a long shot of two people kissing then back to Tom then it ends.


Editing & Mise-en-scene

Tom through out the whole song is wearing jeans and a black leather jacket. All the different couples are
wearing different normal clothes. Most of the cut are straight cut; there are a couple of zooms about the clip.

Sound

The song is Tom Baxter performing Better.

Textual Analysis of 'David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes'

"Ashes to Ashes" is a single by David Bowie, released in 1980. The musci vidio was released around the same time, it was directed by Bowie and David Mallet

Cinematography

The clip starts off with a close up on Bowie’s face he is sing the song. Then it zooms out to a mid shot to where another small screen pops up and starts playing. On the beach seems the is a red filter and the sky is back. A couple of close up and mid shot latter another small screen pops up. It takes us in side where there is a long shot of a man setting on a chair in a room. Then it goes back to the beach then fads into a close up of Bowie singing. Then into a long shot of 5 people walking in front of a bulldozer, then back to the red filter beach where a photographer is taking a picture of him, it zooms in of his witch look hurt. Back inside Bowie is huddle in a corner and it look like he is cold. The it cut to him in a chair in what looks like kitchen where someone in the background in doing the washing up. In the room thing start blowing up but no one riles. When Bowie is titled to the spaceship there is a blue colour wash and it slowly zoom in on him. There is a low shot of Bowie walk along with blue sky and someone coming in and out of shoot.It goes back to the beach where Bowie is realising a bird into the sky, the back sea is hitting the rocks. There is a Dutch tilt of 4 people on the beach with a red wash and back sky. Close up of Bowie setting in his chair. At the end there is a seceen where Bowie and a granny and walking down a beach. Then it goes back to the spaceship.

Editing & Mise-en-scene

At the beginning of the clip Bowie is wear a clown costume, he wears this for most of the song.There are some fades of Bowie come in and out of scenes. In side Bowie is ware quite plan clothes and there is another plain fade. Next the is a shot with 4 people and 3 of then look like nuns and the last is fairy.  When he is in the kitchen the is a woman and she looks like a made. When Bowie is titled to the Spaceship he is really Wight, Wight cloths, face and hair. All the way through the song there are fades and state cuts.

 

Sound

The sound in the clip is the song ‘Ashes to Ashes’

Letter seeking permission

I have forund an email adress (Sharrin.Summers@disney.com) on the Plain Wight T's webside. I have writen the a letter seeking permission. Here it is:

Dear Sir or Madam,

This year I am doing Media Studies as an A2, in the coursework part of my A2 I am creating a music video. Please may I use your song 'Hey There Delilah' for my coursework? This is an entirely educational purposes and I well get no profit from doing this.

Best Regards,

George Hill,

Year 13,

Duffus House,

Captain of Juniors,

Gordonstoun School.

Hey There Delilah - Genre

I have chosen to make a music video of 'Hey There Delilah'. This song is by Plain White T's and belongs in the Indie Pop and Acoustic genres. Most of the songs in these genres  have one person on a guitar and usually the same person singing. Here are two examples:


Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah



Tom Baxter performing Better

Indie pop key characteristics are guitars, single person singing and innocent lyrics. Acoustic means that there is no electronic or electric assistance for the instruments e.g. guitar.

In most Indie Pop and Acoustic genre you would normally find a guitar, a singer and quite a plain background and setting. There is no elaborate staging for the music videos.

We're Going To Be Friends by Tom Higgenson

Edited - Hey There Delilah

This is the Edit version of Hey There Delilah because the origin song is to long i have cut a bit from the start and a lot from the begging. 

Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

This is the song that I am doing for my coureswork.

First Post

This is my Media Studies blog, this year I am doing a Music video. I think i am going to do 'Hey There Delilah'