Questionaire to receive feedback on our music video

 

I have created a question sheet for people to fill in so that we will bea ble to use it as feedback to base our own idea around, I have tried to keep the questions simple so that it will be easy to fill out but also give us all the details that we need.

Mood board based on other genres

I have created mood boards from other genres to see the other conventions, this is a moodboard for indie music, which although is not the genre we are doing, it might be good to take some aspects and apply them to our own music video since a lot of indie music is accoustic.

I have also completed a mood board based on musicians of the 'Pop' genre so that it is a clear contrast between the different genres.

We can also apply Michel Maffesoli's theory to these mood boards too, since both show the similarities between each of the people in that particular 'urban tribe', this is seen since the people in them are dressed similarly, with bright colours and wacky hairstyles for the pop genre, and a rough, anti-system that each person in the indie mood board share. These conventions will help attract an audience by connecting with certain groups who dress and act similarly.

This is a mood board that we have chosen and created based on the Rock/Metal genre. This is likely to relate to the song we will choose as our final one. You can see the typical conventions of the band in this mood board, there are a lot of dark colours and clothing. However we might not apply these factors since although the song is from a band of this genre, since the actual song is accoustic.

Michel Maffesoli is a French sociologist who has the view that society is separated into 'urban tribes'. He describes urban tribes as micro groups of people who share common interests in urban areas. In these mood boards that I am posting to my blog, you can see that his theory can be applied. In this mood board you see groups of people who dress, look and probably act the same, which are all things that he suggests about these 'tribes', even down to their political and worldly views. By watching music videos by these bands, we can see that they try to target similar people who are from the same groups.


This music video by Falling In Reverse is a good example, we see the same sterotyped clothing, hair, tattoos and other features that are common of many of the bands on this mood board created. It fits the genre of the music, and the people it is aimed at.

Brainstorm Ideas

We think that the best way to make this music video is to follow the narrative. The song has a strong narrative which would seem pointless to ignore. The basic idea will be to have a guy and a girl following the lines of the song (which can be found in the last post) and going to different locations to do this, E.g A beach or the seaside.

We want the video to match the pace of the music, so it will be fairly slow and also peaceful to fit in with the feel of the song. Another possible idea that we have at this time is to keep the people in the video anonymous and to not show their faces throughout the video, to create an element of mystery. This will also inspire us to have to use a lot more creative camera angels, and possibly have to film at lot of it using low angels showing the bottom half of the bodies only.

We feel that in this type of video its not particularly important to "have a lot going on" but more about how the video is made. Slow motion shots are another thing that we are considering to use, and also changing the contrast to make the whole video brighter, as we will be filming in the winter and we want the video to have a warmer feel.

When we finalise the ideas I will post again to show what we have decided to do and how we intend to make it happen.

Looking into song lyrics

Lyrics used in songs have a purpose that could fall under several things, they could be to tell a story; perhaps one personal to the songwriter/band or one that is meant to reach out to the audience. They could be used to share emotions with listners of the song on a particular subject or they could be something that everyone can relate to. When songs are used in films they are normally to convey emotions to the audience, and give the impression that characters or scenarios are good or bad.

Let's talk about the old days
Let's talk about your friends
Let's talk about the summer
and how you wish it wouldn't end.

Did I forget to tell you
how pretty you looked in that dress
In the first time that I saw you,
You cleaned the mess from my head

And I don't mind, if we take our time.
No!
I don't mind

Lets go walkin' on the boardwalk,
Dip our feet into the sea
Lets find ourselves lost anekatips for hours
Until we find ourselves a drink

Lets talk that sun into setting
Just need the sound of your voice
Need that calmin and the comfort
somethin to drown out the noise

And I don't mind, if we take our time,
Cause I'm all yours if you're all mine.

Somethin I've been meanin to tell you,
'bout three years and a day.
I'd very much like to get married,
Maybe have kids and move away,
Cause there ain't nothing like your smile
Your legs and those eyes.
And I will beg and steal and borrow
To keep you safe your whole life

And I don't mind, if we take our time,
Cause I'm all yours if you're all mine

These are the lyrics from the song that we are doing, as you can see these lyrics are used to convey a story. The lyrics tell about a man that is deeply in love with another person, probably a woman who he used to be very close to but was seperated from her (could have moved away, or maybe even died). This song also allows the songwriter to share his thoughts and feelings with listeners, they can understand his emotions through the song.
The genre that the song has been written for often goes into deep, emotional meanings through their lyrics and are designed so that you have to think about the reasons behind them.

I threw a wish in the well,
Don't ask me, I'll never tell,
I looked to you as it fell,
And now you're in my way

I'd trade my soul for a wish,
Pennies and dimes for a kiss,
I wasn't looking for this,
But now you're in my way

Your stare was holdin',
Ripped jeans, skin was showin
'Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?

These are the first couple of verses and the chorus from the pop song 'Call Me Maybe' by 'Carly Rae Jepson' - an artist that I have previously mentioned - as you can see from looking into these lyrics that they are not as complex as the previous, the meaning to which the artist wishes to convey to listeners is simple and clear, you don't need to read into them to get the message. They are catchy and simple, with only a few lines per verse and the lyrics contain slight abreviations on the end of words such as "holdin'" or "showin'". These are typical lyrical conventions of a Pop song since the aim is to be catchy with a simple topic that people can easily relate to.