Compared to a lot of previously shown videos this seem the most professional with various close ups, different angle and shot types. The original is also black and white but with this song it only seems right to the feel of the video.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Research For music: Review of my favourite previous student video
My favourite previous student video was a video from 2008-2009 candi media students. The was song "The world is yours" by Nas.
I liked the fact they had a fish eye lens as the original did. Our teacher didn't like this and told us they used a circular object to hold infront of the camera to achieve the effect. This may sound long but at least they achieved what they wanted rather than film it and not liking it with the effect affect. You couldn't really tell and it was still very effective.
Compared to a lot of previously shown videos this seem the most professional with various close ups, different angle and shot types. The original is also black and white but with this song it only seems right to the feel of the video.
Compared to a lot of previously shown videos this seem the most professional with various close ups, different angle and shot types. The original is also black and white but with this song it only seems right to the feel of the video.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Research For Music Video - A short summary of the main points of Vernalis's theory
Carole Vernallis's theorys center around 4 main concepts:
- narrative
- editing
- camera movement and framing
- Diegesis
Carole Vernalis saw that edits in music videos are more frequent than those we see in films. The edits stand out as disjuncture. he edits that accompany them. have an occurring rhythmic basis connected to the song.
- Regular continuity editing found in film is broken so our attention is focused to what is performed on screen.
- These edits are made to look nice for the audience to catch there attention. E.G. fades and special effects
- Quick jump cuts are usually always used
- A few base tracks are film with a main base track normally used to give the video a smooth structure so you can identify with the chorus for example.
- The camera may move in synch to the musics rhythm
I found she said this about music videos as a pose to a film:
For example, you may see:Jump cutsBreaks of the 30 degree ruleBreaks of the 180 degree ruleCutting against the movementCutting within the lyricsFancy edits or cutsExtreme jumps in time and spaceExtreme changes in paceJuxtaposed framesGraphic matchesA style of editing that runs through the video and is distinctive to that video
You may not see:Smooth transitionsMatches on actionAn even pace throughout
Street talkin is an example of a music video that illustrates Vernallis’ ideas such as base tracks of each side of the car
Research for music: Analysis of a music video i consider to be the best example of a video form
The video combines two songs and turns them into a joint video.
This video shows the discontent of society and how they are victims of the system. I think this video shows a different state of mind and perspective of how they see the world.
As the video starts the background is shown through the typeface. This gives you an anticipation for the music video. It then goes into loads of very quick fast moving pace, almost staccato like shots. This video portrays a very urban city life, it shows this with great city locations/images starting with the main artist Skitz walking down a London city market with quick shots of the london underground symbol, red telephone box's, vegetables on the market stool and generally loads of different human faces. These shots give you the idea of everyday human life and are very human, these shots make up the artists image. I think this video is very well edited as the video goes very well with the song and effects are added very well. This gives me ideas for how i want to edit our music video.
As the artists start to sing the first verse it quickly changes to them walking down the market with the camera filming them from infront as the camera moves backwards. A lot of shots types from different angles are added like them walking around the market and it coming back to the same shot. I liked when the screen is split showing two different pieces of footage at once. A close up of the main artist and a graffite piece on a van are shown as well as, another close up and him walking past a wall with street art on it. I thought this was very effective and shows the culture of the performer as well as street culture. I will think about how i can put it in my video.
In this video i really like the city landscapes shown. At one point there on a roof in Shoreditch that has old graffite'd London underground trains on them, adding to the urban street culture of London. I very much like this location especially to have in a music video.
Very good editing effects are used throughout such as playing around with the colour, adding in light and having strobe effects. At one point the there is a slow motion shot of Skitz pointing with both fingers and it goes with the beat perfectly.
A lot of creative art forms such as visual art, break dancing and DJing are shown adding more to the artist image. Apart from this first part of the video being called Struggler, it has a very upbeat feel.
One of the artists (Rodney P) calls his friend (Buggsy) and the video turns into a split screen of the two having a phone conversation. It then changes the atmosphere/ tempo turning it into a reggae/rasta vibe as it changes into Buggsy's "Born Inna System".
The camera at first unfocused focuses onto Buggsy holding up his necklace that says RAS BUGGSY with a Jamaican flag background, standing infront of his friend also born into this system, with a graffite'd wall behind them, with a tall council block behind it. This immediately represents himself and tells you a bit about him and illustrates the song through the video. Street art/graffite and very good edits and effects continue on from the last artist.
Shots of a council flat area and his friends around the block are shown. On one shot its starts with his feet and the camera goes up to show two paths in the same council flat area. I think this is a very clever visual metaphor to show how this relates to the world, and how people here don't have much choice of path. He talks about how he is "Born Inna System" and he is a victim and how he all he is ever doing is trying to get away. He says "I was slaved in this system" and the shot where the camera focuses onto him illustrates how people feel like there being treated like slaves in this world.
There are shots of his friends looking like hoodlums smoking joints in the background while he says "Wanna get out". This shows you about youth culture and how they are acting like this because they are in this system and they want to get out. This reminds me of rebelling against the system and the riots that have happened this year. This video was made a year before the riots and i feel gives an insite into why the riots/earlier student protests happened. The youth of today rebelling against oppression, as the artist says "What can i say i was born into this way of life". One of his friends holding a baby makes you empathise.
The whole video is about rebelling against the system and the struggles we have in life. It might not be everyones tastes but to me it is a very considerable best example of a media form.
This video shows the discontent of society and how they are victims of the system. I think this video shows a different state of mind and perspective of how they see the world.
As the video starts the background is shown through the typeface. This gives you an anticipation for the music video. It then goes into loads of very quick fast moving pace, almost staccato like shots. This video portrays a very urban city life, it shows this with great city locations/images starting with the main artist Skitz walking down a London city market with quick shots of the london underground symbol, red telephone box's, vegetables on the market stool and generally loads of different human faces. These shots give you the idea of everyday human life and are very human, these shots make up the artists image. I think this video is very well edited as the video goes very well with the song and effects are added very well. This gives me ideas for how i want to edit our music video.
As the artists start to sing the first verse it quickly changes to them walking down the market with the camera filming them from infront as the camera moves backwards. A lot of shots types from different angles are added like them walking around the market and it coming back to the same shot. I liked when the screen is split showing two different pieces of footage at once. A close up of the main artist and a graffite piece on a van are shown as well as, another close up and him walking past a wall with street art on it. I thought this was very effective and shows the culture of the performer as well as street culture. I will think about how i can put it in my video.
In this video i really like the city landscapes shown. At one point there on a roof in Shoreditch that has old graffite'd London underground trains on them, adding to the urban street culture of London. I very much like this location especially to have in a music video.
Very good editing effects are used throughout such as playing around with the colour, adding in light and having strobe effects. At one point the there is a slow motion shot of Skitz pointing with both fingers and it goes with the beat perfectly.
A lot of creative art forms such as visual art, break dancing and DJing are shown adding more to the artist image. Apart from this first part of the video being called Struggler, it has a very upbeat feel.
One of the artists (Rodney P) calls his friend (Buggsy) and the video turns into a split screen of the two having a phone conversation. It then changes the atmosphere/ tempo turning it into a reggae/rasta vibe as it changes into Buggsy's "Born Inna System".
The camera at first unfocused focuses onto Buggsy holding up his necklace that says RAS BUGGSY with a Jamaican flag background, standing infront of his friend also born into this system, with a graffite'd wall behind them, with a tall council block behind it. This immediately represents himself and tells you a bit about him and illustrates the song through the video. Street art/graffite and very good edits and effects continue on from the last artist.
Shots of a council flat area and his friends around the block are shown. On one shot its starts with his feet and the camera goes up to show two paths in the same council flat area. I think this is a very clever visual metaphor to show how this relates to the world, and how people here don't have much choice of path. He talks about how he is "Born Inna System" and he is a victim and how he all he is ever doing is trying to get away. He says "I was slaved in this system" and the shot where the camera focuses onto him illustrates how people feel like there being treated like slaves in this world.
There are shots of his friends looking like hoodlums smoking joints in the background while he says "Wanna get out". This shows you about youth culture and how they are acting like this because they are in this system and they want to get out. This reminds me of rebelling against the system and the riots that have happened this year. This video was made a year before the riots and i feel gives an insite into why the riots/earlier student protests happened. The youth of today rebelling against oppression, as the artist says "What can i say i was born into this way of life". One of his friends holding a baby makes you empathise.
The whole video is about rebelling against the system and the struggles we have in life. It might not be everyones tastes but to me it is a very considerable best example of a media form.
Teacher feedback
Hello group 11
There are some excellent blogs here (and lots missing.....Sam? are you still with us? Rosetta - you've blogged on the main teacher blog page - I'll show you how to move it if you need help, just ask.
Ryan - you seem to have copied lots of Rebecca's blogs - which is rather worrying. I'll have a chat with you about this on Tuesday morning.
There are some excellent blogs here (and lots missing.....Sam? are you still with us? Rosetta - you've blogged on the main teacher blog page - I'll show you how to move it if you need help, just ask.
Ryan - you seem to have copied lots of Rebecca's blogs - which is rather worrying. I'll have a chat with you about this on Tuesday morning.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Research For Music Video - Copyright Clearance
One of my summer assignments was to ask for clearance to use a song, as we learned about copyright.
Here is my email asking for clearance.
Before we could use a song to make our music videos for, we first had to write to the artist or management for clearance. At first our group emailed a few different artist as we were unsure as to what song to choose. Here are a few emails our group sent, giving us a option of what song to choose. This helped think about what song we could make a better video out of.
Research For Music Video - Skills Audit for the AS year.
Throughout the AS year I had learnt numerous amount of skills that are now properly coming in to use.
Main skills I learnt include learning how to use all the technical equipment. Such as; JVC cameras, memory cards, tripods, lighting equipment, still cameras along with enhancing my skill on apple MAC programs such as Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro, Live Type, Blogger and Hand break. Along with the planing and preparations.
List of steps for when I am filming.
- creating a mindmap of ideas - destinations, mis en scene, narrative structure etc.
- creating a story board - plotting how I want each shot and the arrangement of them.
- schedule - organised so that I can set deadlines for when I either want filming or editing done.
These are the first preparation skills I learnt throughout my AS year. This is the foundation of success whilst filming.
Technical Aspects:
- Hiring the needed equipment such as lightening equipment, umbrellas, JVC cameras, still cameras, batteries, tripods.
- Whilst working with JVC cameras making sure there are memory cards and batteries to take advantage of filming time, by insuring enough memory and battery life you won't waste time coming back another day.
- Insert memory cards properly.
- Different methods of filming for example, by hand or using tripod to consider different angles.
- Uploading footage to computers then saving on hardrives to ensure back ups of all files.
- Using Final cut Pro to edit footage.
- Using Sound Track Pro to create sounds.
- Converting footage on to Hand Break and uploading and distributing on Blogger.
Research For music: How my skills have developed
Throughout the AS year I became familiar with using the technical equipment such as JVC cameras, memory cards, tripods, lighting equipment, still cameras along with bettering my skill with the computer programs such as Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro, Live Type, Blogger and Hand break. Along with the planing and preparations.
List of steps whilst filming:
- Creating mindmaps and ideas- this includes destinations, mis en scene, narrative ect.
- Making a story board- This is a rough plan of how you want your shots to come out and the ordering of the footage.
- Time Table- This keeps your group organised and working within in a proper schedule hence you reach all deadlines.
These are the first preparation skills I have learn, this is the foundation of success whilst filming now moving on to the technical aspects.
- Hiring the needed equipment such as lightening equipment, umbrellas, JVC cameras, still cameras, batteries, tripods.
- Whilst working with JVC cameras make sure you have memory cards and batteries to take advantage of filming time, by insuring enough memory and battery life you won't waste time coming back another day
- Insert memory cards properly.
- Different methods of filming for example, by hand or using tripod, consider different angles.
- Uploading footage to computers then saving on hardrives to ensure you have a back up of all files.
- Using Final cut Pro to cut footage and edit it.
- Using Sound Track Pro to insert sounds.
- Converting footage on to Hand Break and uploading and distributing on Blogger.
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