questions raised by fellow class members

Be careful when filming in dark

Who's in the band, can they play instruments?

Ben has friends, yes they can

Who is the artist?
The Kooks - Walk away

Intertextuality
We're thinking about it

Continuity
Not too many quick shots
Change darkness on computer

what exactly are you doing?
filming in 2 locations, simple shots, mix them up using jump cuts

Put more things on blog about inspiration    

Song choice lyrics and ideas

THE KOOKS - WALK AWAY

Lover, don't you walk away
Near me always I would like you to stay
'Cause it looks like you're the same son.                   

Loving don't have to be so hard
Look inside your stone-cold heart
And you see that I'm just like you

And if I was late, then I'm sorry
And if I was you, I'd be angry, too
I'd be angry, too
But I am not you.

Look at me, I try so hard
Just to be to be a part of oh you
And oh so odd something new.

Yes, I would like to walk away
Near your bosom I would gladly stay
But I'm only base in what I do.

And if I was late, then I'm sorry
And if I was you,I'd be angry, too
I'd be angry, too
But I am not you.

And if I was late, then I'm sorry, girl
And if I was you,I'd be angry, too
I'd be angry, too
But I am not you
I am not you
I am not you.

Loving me don't have to be hard
Oh, darling start from the start
And you see that I'm the same son.

Locations
- The small road near Mcdonalds in town
- A bench that we can find which looks similar to the ones at Long Road
- The white room at college by the bike thingy

Costume
- Smart/casual for the parts where Ben is following the girl
- Casual for when Ben and the rest of the band are "rehearsing" in the white room

Props
- Instruments

Colour
- All footage will be edited so it is in black and white

Performance
- Before the song starts to play, Ben walks into the white room where the rest of the band are waiting for a rehearsal, Ben hangs his jacket/coat up, when Ben sits down the music starts to play (band pretend to play) and when the singer starts Ben begins to write lyrics on the paper.
- After it says 'lover don't you', it cuts to Ben going after a girl who has just walked away from him and trying to catch up with her. Whilst Ben is following her, he will be miming the rest of the first verse.
- For the second verse, Ben catches up with the girl and talks to her through the lyrics, then at the end of it the girl walks away again
- In the chorus, we decided to use a flashback where the girl is shown waiting for him looking at a watch for the line 'And if I was late, then I'm sorry', but as she walks out of shot, Ben walks on to show the fact she was waiting for him, instead of randomly standing somewhere then walking off. For the line(s) 'And if I was you, I'd be angry too, I'd be angry too, But I am not you', It shows the girls emotions by showing her walk away from me with angry emotions.
- For the third verse, it cuts back to Ben in the 'rehearsal' room, writing and miming to the song.
- In the first line of the fourth verse, 'Yes, I would like to walk away', it shows Ben walking away from the girl instead (contrasts first verse) and for the rest of the verse it shows Ben in the 'rehearsal' room again writing the rest of the verse and showing the band play.
- Then for the upcoming chorus', Ben looks at his phone to check the time, realises he's late (again), runs out of the 'rehearsal' room to go find where he was meant to meet her onlt to find out she isn't there.
- For the last verse, it shows Ben standing on his own where he'd have met her and mimes the song to himself until the last line where he walks off.

song choices

track 1, 2, 5 , 10 , 11, 12

1

• locations - on stage, band behind, indoors
• performance - performing, main artist walking alone on street, mic performance
• colour - dark, dark lighting
• storyline - following some lady who walked away from him
• costume - casual, indie, rock clothing
• props - instruments, guitar

2

• locations - on stage, bedroom
• performance -  performing on stage
• colour - light on band
• storyline - sitting on stage playing instruments to crowd
• costume - smart
• props - instruments, microphones

5

• location - farm, picnic, pub
• actors - sitting with someone
• colour - light 
• storyline - day out with girl
• costume - casual 
• props - banjo!

10

• locations - pub
• actors - band performance
• colour - black white
• storyline - pub performance
• costume - casual
• props - instruments

12

• locations - beach bench
• actors - one man, guitar singing, having laughs and ting
• colour - light
• storyling - jolly man
• costume - casual
• props - hat, guitar

Goodwins Method of Analysis

• music has genre characteristics
• lyrics match visuals
• music matches visuals
• promotion of the artist
• inter-textual references included
• voyeurism

The video definitely portrays the genre of hip hop as it includes a lot of voyeurism through women seductively dancing around men and the artist himself. There is also a lot of costume and location changes throughout the video. All of the people in the video when they were 'in da club' they were all dancing in a way that the genre would be expected to do. The artist was shown a lot to promote him, also, Eminem and Dr. Dre were shown as well in the video to promote them too. Music matched visuals otherwise the dancing would like pretty stupid, the beat also matched a few of the cuts.

analysing cd covers

conventions of a digi pack:

• title of the songs
• artist names
• images linked to the genre of the music or the artist/s
• description of cd
• parental guidance 
• logos
• name of prducers
• an insight of what the pack includes
• bar code
• the actual cd disc
• ratings

analysis of 'Top Of The Pops' CD cover

• dark plain background with luminous colours - in order to stand out to customers who are wanting to purchase a digi pack.
• the fact it is a '40th anniversary' edition means it gives more variety of music
• different logo's show time period
• gives context to DVD by describing Top of the Pops history
• time line of songs from each year on the back of the box starting from 1964 - 2004
• pictures of different artists
• special features
• description of what kinds of songs are on the disc above the song list 

analysis of Missy Elliot & Busta Rhymes - Super Human cover

• shows artists on front
• titles in bold yellow writing to stand out to audience
• description of what consists in the CD
• screen shots of video on back of cover
• special features
• director and producer

 In each digi pack we were given/chose, the same colours and visuals were similar to the ones used on the package. For example, on the Top Of The Pops package, a lot of block colours are shown and the logo's which have been used and changed over the years appeared in each song on the disc.

analysing songs from different categories

Spoof video
The Lonely Island feat. Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow:

•  Mocks the stereotypical elements in other songs and imitates well known artists and characters
• Goodwin's point exaggerated as below:
• They show the genre of comedy music; there is more emphasis on things like The Lonely Island getting all the girls like in a stereotypical R'n'B video, but the comedy is added through Michael Bolton singing and pretending to be Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean, which is also an intertextual reference.
• Voyeurism is expressed through the women shown in the video
• There is also a definite match between the lyrics and the visuals, likewise with the music and visuals. 
• Shows artists talents in music studio

Song with a message
Chase and Status feat. Delilah - Time:

• The video shows a message against domestic violence
• Chase and Status not shown in video, but Delilah is in the car
• The video gives each character screen time to get each side of the story presented by their moods
• No voyeurism needed
• Lyrics match visuals
• Video made to seem realistic
• Music more upbeat even though sad message
• Lighting shows mood in different scenes
• Artist in car whilst dark and raining could show that whilst violence is happening could associate with the feelings of the women who is the victim of domestic violence as the background where Delilah is in the car conveys a sad and upset mood, just like the woman is feeling when being beaten.

Music video that provides a sense of shock
MIA - Born Free:

• Was shocking because ginger people are being battered by the police
• The message created a sense of discrimination, prejudice, and racism in a way
• Lyrics sort of matched visuals as did the music

A music video in which the artist shown differently
Ed Sheeran - A Team, Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You:

• His first song, A Team, is more down beat than 'YNMIDNY' as the first shows that he is a good singer, and the second provides Sheeran with a bit of variety portraying that he can rap as well.
• A Team also gives a more meaningful message to anyone, whereas his other one is mainly talking about himself.

advert photoshop

The original image we found was in colour but we changed the image to be mainly in black and white to convey her emotions as well as the emotion on her face. We kept the rose in colour to make it stand out and just to look cool. We chose this picture of Rihanna because the song title matches the mood in which is being portrayed. We used all of the conventions which were written on the board in lesson so it made it seem more realistic.

The Auteur Theory

• This is a French film theory which can be applied to many forms of media now.

• Andre Bazin was a film critic and was one of the people who came up with this idea, he also wrote and edited the film journal Cahiers du Cinema.
• The theory is basically the directors film that reflects directors creativity from the director themselves
• The Auteur is the copyright holder of their product
• The theory was formed in 1954 mainly by Francois Traffaut.
• It championed directors like Alfred Hitchcock
• Theory constructed on mise en scene