Monday, 14 May 2012
Moderator Welcome
Welcome to my A2 Media Studies blog, my work is centred around the creation of a music video for the song 'We Were Children' by 'Tribes'. I hope you enjoy viewing the work i have created and research into the already existing products.
Friday, 11 May 2012
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Monday, 20 February 2012
Audience profile
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Shot list- Idea For Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXwU5lUdIas&feature=youtu.be here is the animatic for my video, ihave used postit notes to give some ideas of what i wish to create.
Copyright Letter
Music video brain storm
Friday, 10 February 2012
Video deconstruction-Reflective Analysis
REFLECTIVE
ANALYSIS- Video Deconstruction
This task has been useful, as it has provided me
with the regular codes and conventions noticeable within the Indie/Rock genre
that my music video is based upon. For example from the Tribes video I have
taken ideas to use in shots where it will be a live performance, the shots of
audience and band. From the Young Knives I have taken ideas about the focus on
the narrative of the song I have chosen to do, this will help me to develop my
own visual narrative to accompany the Lyrics and come together to create my
video.
ANALYSIS- Video Deconstruction
This task has been useful, as it has provided me
with the regular codes and conventions noticeable within the Indie/Rock genre
that my music video is based upon. For example from the Tribes video I have
taken ideas to use in shots where it will be a live performance, the shots of
audience and band. From the Young Knives I have taken ideas about the focus on
the narrative of the song I have chosen to do, this will help me to develop my
own visual narrative to accompany the Lyrics and come together to create my
video.
Monday, 6 February 2012
Lyric Deconstruction
Lyrics to We Were Children :It was a day like today,a sunday afternoon when they took you awaydown to Hades in a shopping trolleywith a magazine and a suitcaseThey stole your clothes i took your watch i couldnt look you in the eye why its always those who you love the most you criticise.Oh no stranger your just like me, these things happen we were children in the mid 90'sOh no stranger your just like me, we get older they get younger it was you or me.I stood throwing ice cream in your hair how i solemly swear its the thing in life i regret the most... leaving you standing thereAnd if you asked me id put my eyes out and when i woke up blindif you forgave i would sleep at night knowing i'd led a good life.Oh no stranger your just like me, these things happen we were children in the mid 90'sOh no stranger your just like me, we get older they get younger it was you or me.
Deconstruction:
These lyrics are centred around the idea of loss of childhood, this is shown in the title, We Were Children.
The song refelcets upon childhood moments or things associated with Children. Lines such as "Stood throwing ice cream in your hair" shows us childsplay, not something adults would do, this line will be shown visually in my video.
I hope to use lines such as "Regret the most leaving you standing there to ilustrate my take on the song talking about loss of childhood, by showing it visually, as someone on there own.
Deconstruction:
These lyrics are centred around the idea of loss of childhood, this is shown in the title, We Were Children.
The song refelcets upon childhood moments or things associated with Children. Lines such as "Stood throwing ice cream in your hair" shows us childsplay, not something adults would do, this line will be shown visually in my video.
I hope to use lines such as "Regret the most leaving you standing there to ilustrate my take on the song talking about loss of childhood, by showing it visually, as someone on there own.
Directors Pitch
Idea for video: I will be creating a video based on performance of the band, sticking to codes and conventions these performance shots will be close ups of instruments, singer and. The band playing together. I will also be adding in concept to this video, the idea for this section comes from the idea if the song, 'We Were Children' the past childhood, so I will use shots of child related things, parks, old bikes.
Intertextual: no Intertextual references to be seen in my video.
Location: I will be filming in a forest clearing, I have chosen this location as I think it can link with the song idea, children like forests, it's an adventure to them, so I will be using it as a link to the title and concept. Also the fact that it is an empty forest the attention will not be on the surroundings but on the band instead.
Intertextual: no Intertextual references to be seen in my video.
Location: I will be filming in a forest clearing, I have chosen this location as I think it can link with the song idea, children like forests, it's an adventure to them, so I will be using it as a link to the title and concept. Also the fact that it is an empty forest the attention will not be on the surroundings but on the band instead.
Monday, 30 January 2012
Website Analysis- Tribes
Monday, 23 January 2012
Tribes- Biography
Tribes is a 4 piece indie rock band from Camden in London formed in 2010, the band consists of Johnny Lloyd, Dan White, Miguel Demelo and Jim Cratchley. The band are under the record label 'ISLAND RECORDS'
In April 2011, Tribes released their first EP titled We Were Children. The music video for the song "We Were Children" was filmed in Camden Town, with the band performing a rooftop gig to onlookers and fans on the street below. The song was named "Hottest Record in the World" by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio1 on 14 April 2011
The band have been confirmed for XFM's Winter Wonderland 2011 gig at Brixton Academy on the 15th December along side We Are Augustines, Ben Howard, Miles Kane, The Maccabees, The Horrors, a special guest and the Kaiser Chiefs. Following this they have been announced for the NME Awards 2012 Tour with Azealia Banks, Metronomy and headliners Two Door Cinema Club.
They state their influences as Nirvana, Pixies, Pavement and REM.
Their debut album, Baby, was released on the 16th January 2012
In April 2011, Tribes released their first EP titled We Were Children. The music video for the song "We Were Children" was filmed in Camden Town, with the band performing a rooftop gig to onlookers and fans on the street below. The song was named "Hottest Record in the World" by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio1 on 14 April 2011
The band have been confirmed for XFM's Winter Wonderland 2011 gig at Brixton Academy on the 15th December along side We Are Augustines, Ben Howard, Miles Kane, The Maccabees, The Horrors, a special guest and the Kaiser Chiefs. Following this they have been announced for the NME Awards 2012 Tour with Azealia Banks, Metronomy and headliners Two Door Cinema Club.
They state their influences as Nirvana, Pixies, Pavement and REM.
Their debut album, Baby, was released on the 16th January 2012
Bombay Bicycle Club-Biography
Bombay Bicycle Club is an Indie/Folk/Rock band from London. The band consists of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Ed Nash and Suren de Saram. The band formed in 2005 although since the ages of about 15 they were playing under differant band names like The Canals, they picked BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB which is named after a chain of indian restaurants in London.
Blending together sensual, reverb-slicked post-punk sensibilities with the kind of quirky, rhythmically adventurous bubbliness that brought to mind acts like Orange Juice, Bloc Party, and Vampire Weekend, Bombay Bicycle Club won the competition - which, in previous years, had been won by the likes of Young Knives - and were given a spot opening up V Festival that August. A flurry of offers to put out the band's first album came in from several big labels, but Bombay Bicycle Club opted to self-release their first disc on their homegrown label.
Produced by Jim Abiss (who'd previously worked with the Arctic Monkeys), Bombay Bicycle Club's debut EP, 'The Boy I Used To Be', was released in February 2007; the disc was given a warm critical reception, notably from the folks at NME. Another EP, 'How We Are', was released that October, debuting at the number two spot on the UK indie singles chart.
The members of Bombay Bicycle Club graduated upper secondary school the following June, and the rest of their summer was dominated by the release of a new single,'Evening/Morning' (released on the Young and Lost Club label), and a flurry of U.K. tour dates. Teaming up once again with Abiss, they recorded their debut full-length at Konk Studios that autumn. Bombay Bicycle Club signed with Island Records as the year came to a close; their debut full-length on that label, 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose', was released in July 2009.
Blending together sensual, reverb-slicked post-punk sensibilities with the kind of quirky, rhythmically adventurous bubbliness that brought to mind acts like Orange Juice, Bloc Party, and Vampire Weekend, Bombay Bicycle Club won the competition - which, in previous years, had been won by the likes of Young Knives - and were given a spot opening up V Festival that August. A flurry of offers to put out the band's first album came in from several big labels, but Bombay Bicycle Club opted to self-release their first disc on their homegrown label.
Produced by Jim Abiss (who'd previously worked with the Arctic Monkeys), Bombay Bicycle Club's debut EP, 'The Boy I Used To Be', was released in February 2007; the disc was given a warm critical reception, notably from the folks at NME. Another EP, 'How We Are', was released that October, debuting at the number two spot on the UK indie singles chart.
The members of Bombay Bicycle Club graduated upper secondary school the following June, and the rest of their summer was dominated by the release of a new single,'Evening/Morning' (released on the Young and Lost Club label), and a flurry of U.K. tour dates. Teaming up once again with Abiss, they recorded their debut full-length at Konk Studios that autumn. Bombay Bicycle Club signed with Island Records as the year came to a close; their debut full-length on that label, 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose', was released in July 2009.
'Paper Planes' -Biography
Paper Planes is the new hit band from Camden, London.
The 3 piece Indie/Rock band formely formed in 2011 after playing small gigs at bars and being 'spotted' by a record producer.
The band consists of 3 friends from Camden who all studied music and art at University.
The band members are, Tom Harrow (Guitar and vocals) Jerry Thomas(Bass) and Mark Hatman (guitar), the band has no drummer, they use session drummers for gigs and tours.
The band are currently under the label, Lightbulb, a relativley small label specialising in Rock and Indie music, so was a perfect offer for the band.
Their first single, 'We Were Children' went on sail last month and has a continuous growing popularity, the band have been working on it since their discovery last year, it was written by all members of the band who said "it is important it is a team effort, if one of us doesnt like something about it, its out, thats how we write and always will".
As the band have been growing in popularity over the last year rumours have been circulating of a tour and possible performances at Festivals like Reading in summer this year.
"We hope to release our second single later this year" said Tom Harrow, "the success in the last year has really been worth all the time and work put in by all of us" the band said at an interview on Radio 1 earlier this month.
Draft of advert for 'Paper Planes'
This is the first draft of my advert for the band i made 'Paper Planes'It uses the same imgaes found on the CD cover that i have made as it will be memorable to an audience.
No images of the band have been used as through my research of differant bands adverts in this genre very few have band images.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Music Video Analysis- Evening/Morning-Bombay Bicycle Club
Title: Evening/Morning
Artist: Bombay Bicycle Club
Genre: Indie/Rock/Folk, the differant genres are shown in this video. The Indie side of it is shown through the use of the panda costume in the beginning of the video, it shows how the band are not conforming to standard videos of people singing to the audiences it is a more comical view approach to the video.
Lyrics and Visuals: There is a definate relationship between the lyrics and the visuals in this video, for example the lyrics say "Speak at slower speeds" at this point we see the lead singer running but in a almost slow motion camera. This is showing how the director of this video is reinforcing the lyrics and the message through use of visual imagery to help the audience understand the song. However the rest of the time the lyrics do not seem to match the visuals and there is no relationship between them, possibly showing how this video is not meant to reflect he song as much as others would.
Music and Visuals: In this video there is no relationship between the music and visuals in this video until the band are all playing on the side of the road and their clothes are changing colour in time with the drum beat and tempo of the guitars. After this the editing goes back to not matching the visuals again until the end of the video where they are doing star jumps in time to the music again.
Close ups/Star Motifs: Close up of lead singer at the start of the video as he is chased by the two men through the town and estate area. As the rest of the band play instruments the camera cuts to close ups of each of them aswell, this is aswell as close ups of the artists instruments, a convention seen alot in music like this. No real star persona is attempted to be created in this video ,they dont seem to want to be presented as Stars, this is something usually seen in Pop/R&B videos.
Notion of looking: Once in the whole video we seem to be watching the events take place, the rest of the time we are infront of the action with the artists appearing to be singing to us in a almost self reflexive way.
Intertextual: No intertextual referances I can pick up.
This video is both narrative and performance based, as it shows a story of the band member being chased through streets by two men, this is the narrative even though it appears not to suit the lyrics being sung by the band.
Music Video Analysis- Turn Tail- Young Knives
Title: Turn Tail
Artist: Young Knives
Genre: Indie Rock, video has a greyish tint to it, this video is not shot in a studio but instead on location and uses live footage from the badn, contray to the videos of genres like pop where the videos are usually post edited and shot in high value studios with proffesional dancers and so on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrlgg8Lzi0
lyrics and visuals: Lyrics in this video link with what is being shown on screen. For example at the start the video shows a rat in cage, the focus is on the rat, the song says "These are my hands" at this point the camera cuts to a close up of the rats paws on the cage bars. "They can break down brick walls" shows the cage bars with the rat on the inside again. These show a strong connection of lyrics and visuals throughout this video and is a good example of an artist reinforcing their point through use of visual representaions of what is being sung about.
Music and visuals: There is a relationship with music and visuals, this is the way that when the images on screen cuts to the next image in time with the songs tempo, in this case it is with the beat of the drum. This video clearly demonstrates this at 2:47 into the song where the rat ball is rolling down the road and cuts to differant angles in time with the drum beat of the song.
Close Ups/Star Motifs: There are no close ups of the actual artists until late into the song from the begining until 3:44 the video is folowing the story of this rat escaping into the world and getting out of his cage, perhaps this is metaphorical for the band, they could be using the rat to show a point to the audiences. When the video moves on to the concert footage there are plenty of close ups on the artists and instruments, this is a common convention of Indie/Rock music videos.
Notion of looking: We as the audience are always watching the rat in its ball, in this sense we are looking but not in a voyeruistic sense, more of a bypasser observing something.
Intertextual?: There are no intertextual referances in this video that i can see or pick up.
This video is a mix of narrative, the rat escaping its cage and going on a adventure of sorts, also this idea of escape could be a concept that the band are trying to show and also there is a small degree of perfomance at the end of the song where it shows the concert footage aswell as audiences at the concert.
Artist: Young Knives
Genre: Indie Rock, video has a greyish tint to it, this video is not shot in a studio but instead on location and uses live footage from the badn, contray to the videos of genres like pop where the videos are usually post edited and shot in high value studios with proffesional dancers and so on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrlgg8Lzi0
lyrics and visuals: Lyrics in this video link with what is being shown on screen. For example at the start the video shows a rat in cage, the focus is on the rat, the song says "These are my hands" at this point the camera cuts to a close up of the rats paws on the cage bars. "They can break down brick walls" shows the cage bars with the rat on the inside again. These show a strong connection of lyrics and visuals throughout this video and is a good example of an artist reinforcing their point through use of visual representaions of what is being sung about.
Music and visuals: There is a relationship with music and visuals, this is the way that when the images on screen cuts to the next image in time with the songs tempo, in this case it is with the beat of the drum. This video clearly demonstrates this at 2:47 into the song where the rat ball is rolling down the road and cuts to differant angles in time with the drum beat of the song.
Close Ups/Star Motifs: There are no close ups of the actual artists until late into the song from the begining until 3:44 the video is folowing the story of this rat escaping into the world and getting out of his cage, perhaps this is metaphorical for the band, they could be using the rat to show a point to the audiences. When the video moves on to the concert footage there are plenty of close ups on the artists and instruments, this is a common convention of Indie/Rock music videos.
Notion of looking: We as the audience are always watching the rat in its ball, in this sense we are looking but not in a voyeruistic sense, more of a bypasser observing something.
Intertextual?: There are no intertextual referances in this video that i can see or pick up.
This video is a mix of narrative, the rat escaping its cage and going on a adventure of sorts, also this idea of escape could be a concept that the band are trying to show and also there is a small degree of perfomance at the end of the song where it shows the concert footage aswell as audiences at the concert.
Music Video Analysis-Tribes-We Were Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52QHnUF13hs&ob=av2e
Title: We Were Children
Artist: Tribes
Director: Mickey Voak and Dan White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrlgg8Lzi0
Genre: Rock, the video represents this rock genre by use of live footage, as opposed to studio shot footage that is seen in pop videos. The video is mostly focused upon the audeinces reaction to the rather than have all the focus on the artists. The video setting says alot about the band aswell, it is shot on a shop on camden high street, this is a place where the music will be most appreciated by the people there. Also like many rock videos that use performance footage there are shots of pre-performance set up.
Lyrics and Visuals: Nothing that the band sing about is shown through the visuals, the visuals mostly just stay at the live performance and not stray away to images linking to the lyrics.
Music and visuals: Cuts in time with the beat of the song, this is especially true with shots of the audience as the camera cuts with the beat of the song. It is also true with the shots of the band during the chorus of the song.
Title: We Were Children
Artist: Tribes
Director: Mickey Voak and Dan White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrlgg8Lzi0
Genre: Rock, the video represents this rock genre by use of live footage, as opposed to studio shot footage that is seen in pop videos. The video is mostly focused upon the audeinces reaction to the rather than have all the focus on the artists. The video setting says alot about the band aswell, it is shot on a shop on camden high street, this is a place where the music will be most appreciated by the people there. Also like many rock videos that use performance footage there are shots of pre-performance set up.
Lyrics and Visuals: Nothing that the band sing about is shown through the visuals, the visuals mostly just stay at the live performance and not stray away to images linking to the lyrics.
Music and visuals: Cuts in time with the beat of the song, this is especially true with shots of the audience as the camera cuts with the beat of the song. It is also true with the shots of the band during the chorus of the song.
Close ups/Star Motifs: All the band memebers have close ups of them during the video, the shots are adding to the creation of a rock star persona. There is also a lot of shots of the audience showing the reactions from them to this band. There are also close ups of instruments, again adding to the rock look of this video, this instrument close ups, especially during solos is a common convention of Rock videos.
Intertertextual Referances: There are no obvious intertextual referances in this video, however in some way it is reminiscient of The Beatles concert on top of Abbey Road studios. However this may not be so obvious to the everyday watcher of this video.
The video is purley perfomance based, no narrative or concept is shown, it is just the band performing to the masses and is a way to advertise themselves in this way.
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