UNIT 2 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES UNIT 36 MUSIC VIDEO

INITIAL TASK ANALYSING MUSIC VIDEOS

Andrew goodwin
codes and conventions "dancing in the distraction facotry"

continuity doesn't exist like in film

actions v
compliment contradict or amplify

lyrics and visuals
-illustrate
-amplify
-contradict
-cutting visuals in time to music


genre exists in music videos
-stadium performances
-studio performance
-location
-narrative
-conceptual/experimental


artist close-up
-artistic branding
-celebrity culture
-artistic portayal
-implications on looking good

because of record companies
artists develop motifs


Looking and voyeurism
-nudity/near nudity/revealing clothes
-exhibitionism
-an intimate location like a bedroom
-frame within a frame

usually male gaze appeals to men as well as women in music videos
being able to zoom into a drummer
it's seeing things you wouldn't see


intertextuality
-taking things from other texts or iconography
-other music videos
-fims
-tv programmes


intertextuality


-thought beats - where do you see the sound
-narrative and performance
-the star image
-relation of visuals to the song
-technical aspects of music video

1. to look at the music itself we must take into account the structure of the song

2. the voice is expressive

3. artist is the storyteller, there needs to be sincerity

songs fail to give us the complete narrative
only get a gist of the meaning of the song then make up out own idea of whats being told
goldwyn that explains that music videos should ignore common narrative. artist as both narrator and participants helps to increase authenticity. features and easter eggs for people at all times so people watch repeatedly.

meta narrative with the star image

technical aspect

28/03/17 IMAGES FROM WOODLAND FESTIVAL

27/03/17 COMPILING INTERVIEWS AND MAKING A LIST OF THINGS TO DO

Heres a screenshot from the email from paula cheeseman where she lists what we need to do  in the video, we ticked off the things we included as we went along.

22/03/17 EDITING THE AUDIO FROM THE INTERVIEWS

14/03/17 SENT DRAFT TO PAULA CHEESEMAN

10/03/17 FIRST DRAFT WITH AVAILABLE FOOTAGE

13/03/17 SPENT THE MORNING ON A TOUR WITH THE RANGER. ALSO GOT AN INTERVIEW

Here's some shots from the tour and interview.

My camera malfunctioned near the end after switching the lenses, for some reason it kept stopping the recording during the interview. My camera was actually the backup camera after Abbie's ran out of battery, so this was really inconvenient. Luckily, we had the microphone separate from the camera so it continued to record the audio. The lack of video footage shouldn't be a problem since the draft I edited featured a lot of voice overs with very little video footage.

11/03/17 FILMING INTERVIEWS AND ORGANISING FOOTAGE

03/03/17 LOOKING AT THE WEATHER

We've been constantly checking the weather to see when we can film. We have decided to book out the boom mic on Friday so we can use it on Saturday when the hayes is more popular, so we could collect interviews.

We also decided to bring some of Conners younger relatives with us on Wednesday to film them in the park, while my younger relatives will join us on Saturday to film in the dens.

02/03/17 CONNER CONTACTS THE RANGER

01/03/17 FILMING DOGS IN THE HAYES