Monday, 4 January 2010
Visual Inspirations
These photos were very inspirational photo's from Quadrophenia, a popular film which shows the fashion trends and the lifestyle of the mods which our band incorporates. During the 1960s there was the massive change with the 'youth culture' which paved the way for all the sub cultures that stand today. We had to use the fashion of the mods to appeal to our target audience.
The person on the far right of this photo wearing the bucket hat is Manny from The Stone Roses which are a similar band with their British mod style which is different to the mod style of the 1960s and we thought to incorporate old and modern.
This was very inspirational and we asked Callum to watch the Blur 'Parklife' video for inspiration and so we could get him in to the role as the main singer. We wanted to base him on the lead singer of Blur in this video and this screenshot inspired us to make Callum our lead singer to become like Damon Albarn, the lead singer of Blur.
Fast/Slow task and Britney Spears project
We took part in creating a Britney Spears remake of 'Hit me baby one more time' and this was very helpful for us by showing the production and editing of a music video. We took part in acting in the music video and we watched others take part in filming the project which allowed us to see the importance of lip syncing and making sure the actor actually sang the lyrics out loud so that when editing the lips would be in sync to the music.
We learnt the importance of time and the urgency for the completion of the video which was helpful. There was also a massive importance in a range of different camera angles and different filming methods which are so important at keeping the audience entertained and questioning the music video which is what we needed to do.
In the Fast/Slow sequences we learnt about the importance of a range of different camera angles and shots which keep the audience interested. We did this by doing long shots as well as close ups to intrigue the audience. In the editing process we learnt how to make the shots interlink to become suitable for the music with slow transitions and longer shots for the slower music and quick transitions and quick shots for the fast paced music. This proved helpful at production and editing processes.
We learnt the importance of time and the urgency for the completion of the video which was helpful. There was also a massive importance in a range of different camera angles and different filming methods which are so important at keeping the audience entertained and questioning the music video which is what we needed to do.
In the Fast/Slow sequences we learnt about the importance of a range of different camera angles and shots which keep the audience interested. We did this by doing long shots as well as close ups to intrigue the audience. In the editing process we learnt how to make the shots interlink to become suitable for the music with slow transitions and longer shots for the slower music and quick transitions and quick shots for the fast paced music. This proved helpful at production and editing processes.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Institutional Research
Domino Records are an independent record label who were founded in London in 1993 by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice. They specialise as an independent record label and have become one of the biggest, with their start slow due to competition from the Britpop movement and it's style of signing bands in the American Rock genre and unusual British music.
However it has moved along swiftly now, with signings like Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and The Kills. These are now very succesful bands and starting off with this record company has obviously been very influential for their success.
They have now signed around 50 bands over the years and now there is an American wing to the company called Domino Records USA. This is good for an organisation like this because it means they have contacts working in the USA so that bands from Britain may have a chance to do well over there which is important for business opportunities.
There is obviously a drive with this record company to produce quality indie music that can be a success in the UK and now the USA. With the bands above Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and the Kills. However there was a massive surge in the Post Punk era with bands such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Young Marble Giants.
There is hope for the genre we have chose because it fits in as indie and looks like it has a bright future for our genre with many bands to be signed in the indie and rock genre.
Equipment And Shooting Schedule
Shooting Schedule:
Saturday 17 October 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Sunday 22 November 2009
Sunday 6 December 2009
Friday 11 December 2009
Equipment List:
Digital Camera
Tripod
Tape
Umbrellas
Apple Mac
Harrington Jackets
Parka Coat
Saturday 17 October 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Sunday 22 November 2009
Sunday 6 December 2009
Friday 11 December 2009
Equipment List:
Digital Camera
Tripod
Tape
Umbrellas
Apple Mac
Harrington Jackets
Parka Coat
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Ryans Analysis Of Blurs "Parklife" Video
Analysis Of Blurs video for Parklife
Blurs video for Parklife was released in April 1994 the video stars Phill Daniels who also narrated the video. Parklife was the third blur album and was released after their disappointing second album Modern Life Is Rubbish which was released in 1993. The band consists of Damon Albarn with the vocals, Graham Coxon with backing vocals and electric guitar, Alex James on the bass guitar and Dave Rowntree on drums.
Blur are signed to EMI and the band have benefited from EMI being one of the big four record labels worldwide with a huge marketing budget to advertise their albums and songs. Parklife reached number 10 in the singles chart but when released as a album it went to number 1 in the UK album charts.
The video for Parklife is putting some areas of the song into a visual context for example when the song says “Parklife” a word saying park life comes up on the screen. Also various other parts of the song are shown in the video such as when the song says “you should cut down on your pork pies mate... get some exercise”. There is a fat person in the background of the shot.
The song Parklife is taking the mic out of British suburban living and how Britain is becoming Americanised and Blur not liking it. This is represented through the video by various clips of the band getting annoyed with getting stuck in traffic, being rudely awakened by dust bin men. There are lines which are taking the mick out of Americans such ones about obesity which there is a lot of in America. Blur also take the mic out of joggers saying they run round in circles and in the background there is a jogger looking tired. The jogger is wearing traditional jogging clothes such as a jogging suit and a sweat band round his head this mise-en-scene has been used to make him look more of a idiot.
In the video there are lots of things to represent how British life should be such as kicking a football around near a ice cream van, drinking cups of tea which a very British thing to do and also feed the pigeons which there are lots of in London. In the middle of the video there is a poster on a wall with a picture of a pint of beer with Blur and Parklife around it. This is a traditional stereotype of Britain as a lot of American think all English people do is sit around in pubs drinking beer.
In the video there are lots of close ups on the face of the driver of the car. This makes the audience listen to lyrics because as the camera is close to the face he is singing the song so people want to know what is being spoken about. The video also opens up on two door to door salesmen trying to sell double glazing windows. As the video opens on them it introduced them as the main characters of the video.
There are lots of fast shots in the video with lots going on in each of the shots. This has been deliberately done in order for there to be too much going on for the viewer to take it all in first time of viewing so the viewer has to watch it again to take all of the shots in. The video also has funny shots in such as the jogger and the fat man walking along. These shots are designed to be funny so that the audience wants to see the video again to laugh at the people.
This video is very British and does well to take the mic out of British suburban life and how we are becoming Americanised. Throughout the video there are shots of stereotypical British things such as footballs, drinking tea, terraced housing, feeding pigeons and a pint of beer. These clips also illustrate the lyrics of the song as usually when park life is said the visual word comes up on the screen in British objects such as a red bus which is a unique London object. When the lyrics are about joggers there is a jogger on screen jogging. This song is a typical Britpop bands video with lots of cuts and lively actors jumping around the set.
By Ryan Williams
Blurs video for Parklife was released in April 1994 the video stars Phill Daniels who also narrated the video. Parklife was the third blur album and was released after their disappointing second album Modern Life Is Rubbish which was released in 1993. The band consists of Damon Albarn with the vocals, Graham Coxon with backing vocals and electric guitar, Alex James on the bass guitar and Dave Rowntree on drums.
Blur are signed to EMI and the band have benefited from EMI being one of the big four record labels worldwide with a huge marketing budget to advertise their albums and songs. Parklife reached number 10 in the singles chart but when released as a album it went to number 1 in the UK album charts.
The video for Parklife is putting some areas of the song into a visual context for example when the song says “Parklife” a word saying park life comes up on the screen. Also various other parts of the song are shown in the video such as when the song says “you should cut down on your pork pies mate... get some exercise”. There is a fat person in the background of the shot.
The song Parklife is taking the mic out of British suburban living and how Britain is becoming Americanised and Blur not liking it. This is represented through the video by various clips of the band getting annoyed with getting stuck in traffic, being rudely awakened by dust bin men. There are lines which are taking the mick out of Americans such ones about obesity which there is a lot of in America. Blur also take the mic out of joggers saying they run round in circles and in the background there is a jogger looking tired. The jogger is wearing traditional jogging clothes such as a jogging suit and a sweat band round his head this mise-en-scene has been used to make him look more of a idiot.
In the video there are lots of things to represent how British life should be such as kicking a football around near a ice cream van, drinking cups of tea which a very British thing to do and also feed the pigeons which there are lots of in London. In the middle of the video there is a poster on a wall with a picture of a pint of beer with Blur and Parklife around it. This is a traditional stereotype of Britain as a lot of American think all English people do is sit around in pubs drinking beer.
In the video there are lots of close ups on the face of the driver of the car. This makes the audience listen to lyrics because as the camera is close to the face he is singing the song so people want to know what is being spoken about. The video also opens up on two door to door salesmen trying to sell double glazing windows. As the video opens on them it introduced them as the main characters of the video.
There are lots of fast shots in the video with lots going on in each of the shots. This has been deliberately done in order for there to be too much going on for the viewer to take it all in first time of viewing so the viewer has to watch it again to take all of the shots in. The video also has funny shots in such as the jogger and the fat man walking along. These shots are designed to be funny so that the audience wants to see the video again to laugh at the people.
This video is very British and does well to take the mic out of British suburban life and how we are becoming Americanised. Throughout the video there are shots of stereotypical British things such as footballs, drinking tea, terraced housing, feeding pigeons and a pint of beer. These clips also illustrate the lyrics of the song as usually when park life is said the visual word comes up on the screen in British objects such as a red bus which is a unique London object. When the lyrics are about joggers there is a jogger on screen jogging. This song is a typical Britpop bands video with lots of cuts and lively actors jumping around the set.
By Ryan Williams
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