As the editing of our music video deadline is drawing near, ideas on the print production are needed.
I want to look at similar folky artists to Brian, and see what album artwork they use, and possibly try and incorporate this into my album cover, not only that, but I want the album cover to have some meaning to the song, or it reflects the mood of the song.
Yellow Submarine is one of the most famous songs known, and is illustrated on the album artwork.
This is album work is from REM, as you can see. Despite REM being a mainly folk/pop band, this album cover doesn't reveal this.
These album covers are named after their best selling singles, this could be used as a starting point for my print production, as the song is called "information", I thought I could try and incorporate newspapers or sources of information into the album workout,
This sort of idea would be suitable for my album cover I feel, on the spine of the newspaper the words "information" could be written with some other textual references.
Using Brian as part of the artwork could be a possibility, though I want to be sure that using Brian will work, as Brian has other commitments, such as family and work, and I don't want to draw him away from more important things.
This short video will be put into the music video probably towards the end. It demonstrates the main characters pursuit to find information, and at the end of the video the main character has gathered all of this information, and is "pinning" it up on the wall.
This was created using a DSLR Olympus camera, using the simple stop motion idea, I then processed the images on photoshop in order to make all the images have the same white balence, contrast and brightness, etc, this was done so the video runs smoothly together, and doesn't appear tacky or cheap.
The term tribes can be defined as a
specific group of people who share the same norms and values as each other, subcultures can be seen as a group of people in one culture
for example, Goths, who have created a different style of fashion or taste in
music or behaviour that can be still drawn back to the Goth style, an example
of a subculture could be emos, who have originated from Goths and have grown
out to form their own norms and values.
Youth identity is when young people,
from young teenagers to 25, identify themselves with a certain tribe or
subculture, they do this to make themselves safe and secure as they can relate
to people who are like themselves, once this is group has been formed, it grows
into a subculture, and is seen as part of the youth identity, tribes which
attract the youth identity can be emos, Goths, hipsters, mods, teddy boys, etc.
Cultures used to be very homogenous
and there used to be one significant culture, like in the19th century, the
style was very much large dresses, three piece suits, tweed and the like. Music
would be classical and dancing would be in partners etc, so overall then, the
culture was very enclosed and private.
Now due to the rise in globalisation
and the proliferation of music genres, there has been a significant rise in
cultures and tribes, and from these cultures there has been a rise in
subcultures, like from Goths there has the rise in emos. Evidence that the pick
‘n’ mix approach can be seen in what cultures wear, for example, the big boots
that emos wear can be seen in the punk fashion. Maffasoli believes in this and
suggests that there has been a proliferation of subcultures, which there has,
and this can be supported with the idea that mainstream cultures has
bricolaged, mainstream culture has broken off into different cultures, which it
has.
There are many cultures and
subcultures which the youth identify with, Goths for example, wear black, have
piercings, large boots, wear black makeup, have unique hair styles and act
differently to the rest of society, also Chavs, which are a unique subculture
to Britain, often wear sports clothing, act in an anti-social behaviour, smoke
and drink.
Before the large rise in subcultures,
there were defined cultures, like the Teddy Boys, or the Mods, or the Punks,
which wore clothing that associated them to that particular group, also they
had meanings behind what they wore or how they behaved, for example, Punks
would be very aggressive often and this would be reflected in what they wore,
as they would wear very apparent clothing that looked aggressive, like metal
studs, or metal spiked bracelets.
Now though, the well defined cultures
have proliferated into many smaller, niche cultures, like Goths and emos, and
the meanings behind them have been lost, leading to an easy and quick rise in
subcultures.
Hebdige argues that the youths can be
“read” from what they wear, and to some extent this is true, from what Punks
wear, for example, you can see they are aggressive and want to stand out in
society. But this also can be untrue, for example, due to the pick ‘n’ mix
approach to tribes, meanings behind these tribes have been lost and the only
reason the tribe wears what it wears is because it’s had that style of clothing
since it started, it’s become a norm for the people within the tribe to wear
what signifies their culture. This overall suggests a loss of meaning to the
cultures.
Belonging to a tribe reinforces many
youths norms and values, giving members a sense of security, as the members are
surrounded by other people like themselves, this also shows collective
identity. Many people express themselves through what tribe they join, as the
individuals have norms and values similar to the tribes, but they’ve yet to
discover this tribe, once they’ve discovered it, they join and feel a sense of
belonging and identity, they are then shaped into what the tribe sees as the
correct norms and values for the tribe.
In conclusion, subcultures and tribes
play a massive role in youth identity, its forms the basis of how we interact
when we’re in that tribe and also how we act to a member of that tribe. It
defines who are , what we believe in, how we act, and most of all our life
choices. Subcultures continue to proliferate and grow in size, despite the
meanings behind the cultures being lost, it doesn’t deter the increase in
subcultures and tribes giving young people an identity, sense of belonging and
collective identity.
The costume in music videos often relate to the genre or the meanings behind the music or lyrics, in our case, the costume used doesn't play a great part in the music video, the genre and the meanings behind them.
The main character that is seen in the shots of cut in between Brian singing remains anonymous, this is to add a sense of mystery and uncertainity to the music video. Also the use of the bag suggests this character is moving from one place to another, and that life for him, is always changing, and in the song, Brian sings of things changing and having to make decisions. This is reflected in just one item of the costume.
The use of the hood up represents that this character is a private, possible insecure person, also this will hopefully add a sense of mystery to the video, as this character remains anonymous, suggesting that they could be unpredictable and do rash actions, as the audience can't "read" the character, they cant' understand the characters emotions from just how they walk or the actions they perform. The use of the jeans represents this character as someone who doesn't need designer and expensive clothes, also the popularity of jeans is constant, it never goes out of fashion, and jeans are extremely common, this reveals that this character, again, is trying to remain anonymous and blend in with modern society.
Brians costume isn't linked to the music at all, we asked him to wear a black top which would go with the black background, an intertexual reference to Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U, when the filming took place Brians top and the black background didn't go blend together very well. But this was sorted out in editing, as seen below.
In this post will be what we filmed of Brian, singing "Information"
I can't seem to add more than one video to a post, so in order to add all the videos I will have to add them once I'm at home. Once one video is inserted, I click on the video icon, to add a new video, and it just freezes, this only occurs on school computers. This goes the same way for my other post, the footage of the main character, I will update my blog with the footage asap.
This one is similar, we hoped, to Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U, as she faces the camera with a black background, and sings to the camera, but as Brian's face isn't as "active" as Sineads, this wasn't the only reason we were going to inter-cut Brian singing with a journey that a anonymous person was making, the other reason was we needed to add some narrative to the music video, add something that will keep the audience interested in the video. Below is an example of something that will be used to inter-cut Brian.
We've filmed more of this person making a journey, making decisions on which way to go, referencing what is being sung in the film. Which is about change, and information. I will make a seperate post about this.
This song was written and played by the band called Greenday, it was released in 2005 in the album "American Idiot", it got into the top ten in the charts in over nine countries.
The video focuses on a very loving couple. The boyfriend promises never to leave his girlfriend but they later argue when the boyfriend enlists in the United States Army Corp. The boyfriend interprets his actions as a way to show her that he loves her so much that he would put his life on the line to keep her safe; the girlfriend, however, is heartbroken, as he broke his vow to never leave her, and terrified at the thought that he might die in battle. The video then shows the boyfriend in battle in Iraq being ambushed by insurgents.This scene is intercut with scenes of the girlfriend tearfully mourning in a quiet field.
This music video genre is alternative rock, other alternative rock songs include, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nivana, "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand and thousands more, click here for the 100 greatest alternative rock songs.
Alternative rocks can be characterised as being different
to rock songs, being slightly more punk than rock, it includes heavy guitar and
drums, and often music usually influenced by punk, grudge, goth, indie, as well
as classic rock, sometimes called Modern Rock.
It’s not designed
specifically to be popular, usually doesn’t include any synthesizers or mixed
music, and is usually less “harsh” than what one would classify as Hard Rock.
“When September Ends” can be characterised into this, the song alone, fits into
this genre, as it includes heavy use of the guitar and drums, also it can be seen similar to
other alternative songs, like “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand.
When the band
is seen in the video performing, it reveals the genre again. The image below shows the band performing, the background colour adds to the character of the genre, as red is often associated with rock and punk, the dark edges and dimly lit stage also goes with the genre, as its often seen as a dark genre, it also picks out the performers, especially since they are on pedestals.
But the actual music video, with the boyfriend and girlfriend, also when he is in the army, doesn't seem to demonstrate the genre characteristics, this may be because the heavy music, like the chorus, used with the muted video, makes the audience sympathise and feel the sorrow and pain that both parties must be going through. If you were to look at the video without the music it doesn't seem like it would be associated with a alternative rock music video, this could be due to the fact it is a sad and heart felt video and the fact that this song is quite heavy and loud, wouldn't seem like it would accompany a film like seen in this video.
The relationship between the lyrics and the visuals are very minor, there aren't many relationships between it, as this song was written about Billie Joe's father (Billie Joe is the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist), who died of cancer when he was 10, and he writes this song about how hard it was recovering from his fathers death who died on September 10th and he says "Here comes the rain again." This is saying he is crying again, as he's remembering what he has lost and how much his father meant to him. The video however is how the Director Samual Bayer saw it and Billie Joe agreed it would be good to do that, as including his father would be too personal to him, also it gave thousands of people something to relate to during hard times, as this video adds to the American Idiot anti-war sentiment of the U.S. war in Iraq. Due to the sorrow in the song and possible the video that was released with it, changing the mindsets of people when they came to understand the song, it eventually became a tribute song to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and sound bites were added from various news coverages to the song.
The one connection that can be made to the video and lyrics, which can be seen as quite important is that it`s a song about losing a person you really loved, there's the connection to the video where the girl loses her boyfriend in war. But in order to understand this connection, you had to understand the reason behind the creation of the song.
I think this summarises both the relationship between the lyrics and the visuals and the relationship between the music and the video.
During this music video, there are shots
of the band performing seen left, this would mainly be used to sell the music video. The
close up shots of Billie Joe (Lead singer) and the arrangement of him on the
stage, also note the heavier spot light on him, this reveals to the audience that
this song is being lead by him and the song refers to Billie’s life.
There may be a more emphasis on the performers if this was a different song, for example see 21 Guns, but as this song was written about Billie Joe's loss of his father, and his grievances for him, to make it more understandable to the audience Billie may of put it into a video that people could relate to, and in order to do this, Billie had to give up some of the bands "camera time" in order to get this message across.
Billie Joe’s use of makeup and costume refers to the punk
genre, this may give the idea that Green Day try and edge toward the punk genre
rather than rock, it also perceives the band as a punk rock band, which some of
their songs can be classed as punk rock like Christy Road. The use of make up on Billie Joe and the punk style of fashion in the band, seems to be the only recurring motif in their work.
There doesn't seem to be a great deal of intertexual
references to this music video, again possible because Billie Joe did this song
about his dad, and was a song in reaction to his pain that he endured in
recovering from his dads death.
Whether this can be seen as a intertexual reference or
not, but this song can be seen in rejection to the Iraq war that was occurring at
the time of release, as it depicts American forces coming under attack by
insurgents, rather than the American Army, for example, freeing an Taliban
occupied town. So rather it showing American forces saving everyone’s life and
happy faces, it shows American soldiers coming under attack and being injured,
portraying the Iraq war as negative and despite years and years of control by
the U.S, nothing has changed. (Seen below)
Michelle Maffesoli views on music festivals would be believe that they have stemmed from a proliferation of cultures, as its the time of tribes, he believes the mass culture has disintegrated, causing a proliferation of lifestyle cultures, which cause a growth in different music genres and therefore music festivals.
The proliferation of lifestyle cultures is when there is an increase in individuals norms and values on a mass occurrence, these people with the same norms and values come together to form a culture or tribe.
He would also believe due to the proliferation of lifestyle culture social existence is conducted through fragmented tribal groupings, organised around catchwords, brand names and sound bites of consumer culture, in other words, socialising occurs in many culture groups, which are centred around big bands, famous people, media, music, etc.
This means music festivals are getting more and more niche, they attract a very small amount of the music audience, where identity politics can be put to the side and ignored as people who go to these festivals are all similar in their norms and values, or they belong to a certain tribe which is attracted to this certain music festival.
Over all Maffesoli would say that music festivals have grown from a proliferation of lifestyle cultures, as as these cultures grow, they demand a different type of music to suit them, which would define them as who they are, so large cooperate businesses see this, and then back up smaller, less well known music festivals and boost their budget, meaning famous artists can be booked attracting a certain lifestyle group/culture.
For the music video, we hope to base it around the idea of information, since the song is about information and moving from one thing to another, we would show this by starting off with a newspaper, and the centre of the music video revolves around this newspaper. Shot list is below. (Some steps may not be mentioned or missed out)
Starts off with one cutting or side of a newspaper on a white wall, the camera slowly zooms in, from a wide shot of the newspaper stuck on a white wall, to a picture on the newspaper (unsure of the transition to below)
The idea is that this person is walking around, while the song is being played, this person likes information, the style of shot will predominately be over the shoulder, the person will remain anonymous, possible wearing a hoodie with the hood up, and we will do shots around Norwich of this person walking past, for example, a newspaper stand, or information desk, or something like that, and camera will then pan from this person to the information article, and possibly zoom in to it, so the text of the article fills the screen, then zooms out to find that this article is on the wall, maybe being stuck on by the person, this shot may be close up, with the camera "against" the wall, so the action of sticking the cutting to the wall is imposed and greater.
At this point, mine and Austens music video is half complete.
We've filmed Brian singing "information" using different camera angels and shots, putting variety in our music video.
We've yet to film outside, shots of a person, either me or Austen, walking to a location, this would include worms eye shots, over the shoulder, tracking, and other various media shots.
Once this is completed we will be editing at the start of next week, if all goes to plan.
The last day of the summer holidays, Wednesday 5th September, we met Brian, our artist, in a local cafe in Norwich (Waterstones Cafe, Back of the Inns).
Here is when we showed him our ideas, I showed him my plan of the video (below), and Austen showed him his version, both were very similar, though Austens was a little more in depth than mine.
We discussed what we thought would happen, and ran it through with him. Brian was laid back in his direction of the film, and didn't mind how we understood the song, for himself, there was a meaning behind it but he didn't want to cloud our thoughts on the music video.
He gave his opinion in some ideas we had, for example, when we were explaining that he will walk around iconic places in Norwich, he mentioned that it might look a bit to "tourist-ie", which we took away, and made changes to the music video, in hope of making it look less like a tourist video.
Below is me and Austen with Brian, as documentation for this event.
From studying this festival page
on the internet, I have found many connotations describing the reasons behind
the layout of this page.
The magazine style of the webpage suggests a relaxed nature about the festival, that is cool imaginative, and hard working as when you see these webpages designed differently, like a note pad, or a magazine, you feel that the creators have put a large amount of effort into just this webpage, revealing that maybe they put effort into getting well-known, popular artists.
The tab on to the top which says
“Bars and entertainment” may reveal that this festival is more for the adult generation, this is reinforced with the artist who were at their most popular a
while back, like Noel Gallagher and James Walsh. The use
of the scrap book effect, like with the rolled up paper on the side, the pink badge and the effect that the the "latest festival news" column has been stuck on gives a rough, relaxed feel to the festival, possible connoting that this festival is supposed to be relaxed, hippie "like" this feel of "hippie-ness" can be seen again in the title and the pink badge/sticker, as it seems very free and swirly, with the use of very vintage and 1980s feel to the title, yet again, dating back to the hippie era.
The border around the "latest 2012 videos" suggest a circus touch to the festival, revealing this festival is fun, happy and laid back, this can also link up with the title, which gives off a circus feel to the festival.
The font used suggests a vintage feel to the festival, this vintage art can be seen again in the bottom right border, revealing that, again, this festival is aimed to the mainstream and older generation target audience, as the vintage style has come back into fashion and the artist performing would appeal to the adult generation, 30+.
Outside of the "magazine" , the back ground is grass or earth, suggesting that this festival is "alive" as the earth is alive and beating, it also reminds us of those hot summer days with a magazine and sitting on grass, perfect day.
Over all, this webpage connotes a fun, "chilaxed", laid back feel to the festival, appealing to the adults more than teenagers and "party goers" due to the artists performing and the impression of being relaxed and laid back.
Again, unsure of which label this post should go under.
The increase in the proliferation of music festivals has been created due to the diversification of revenue streams, this has been formed by the advancement in technology, meaning the fragmentation of mainstream and niche music audiences and genres can stop and combine identity at these festivals. These festivals attract corporate businesses which perform consumerism in order to promote a festival for their benefit, they would also promote market and audience segmentation to increase their revenue streams, also, individually, these festivals also lifestyles cultures and experiences to combine both in the music and in the audiences there.
The choice of
images can tell us that this genre of music is dance/hip-hop, this can be seen
by the opening shot of the Police car, with its sirens flashing, signifying
this is a hip-hop/dance music video, also the shots are taken from a downtown
area of a city, we can see rubbish in the alley way, and rundown buildings,
associating the music with the location gives us a well established idea of the
genre.
Also the increase
of the presence of law enforcers, first we see a Police car, with its “blues
and twos on” as well as the security guard who we see at first facing the
camera, then turns to reveal his true identity as a security guard, this again
reveals the genre of the music video.
The only link
between the lyrics and the music video that I can see is when the main
character grabs hold of a fence (see above) and the lyrics are “Let's get
electrified”, this is adds a sense of humourto the music
video, it suggests that the fence that the main character grabbed hold of could
be electrified and that he’s risking his life being somewhere where he doesn’t
belong.
The music is linked to the video in some ways, but there is
very high amount of random movements and actions done by the main character,
this may be done to confuse and add a sense of “rawness” to the music video.
But there are links to the beats and what appears on the screen, for example,
when the arm of the main character falls off and smashes to the ground the
music changes and the tempo of the lyrics becomes faster, it goes from “Let’s
get electrified, Let’s get electrified” to “Pump it, rockin'
it, stickin' it, funkin' it Africa”this is the first scene we see
that would surprise the audience, seeing a arm fall off a man and shatter, like
he was made of pottery, so maybe, with that and fastened tempo puts the
audience into a state of surprise, and they want to see what happens, the tempo
has increased, he’s falling apart, so, they think, the climax of the music
video must be soon, keeping the audience watching.
The lighting is ambient, the light is very grey and almost
monotone, the sort of light you would expect on a cold winters day, which is
the time and season seen on the music video.
This lighting gives off a very depressive and gloomy mood, it
makes the city look dirty, dark and cold to the audience, this may be done to
make the city look at its worst, to emphasise the underlying story.
The use of special effects is profound, despite there being no
CGI, throughout the video, the main character loses body parts as if he was
made of pottery, they smash into pieces as if they were fragile, possibly signifying
his fragility, and how hard and harsh the western cities are. (see right)
The location is in a 21st century American city, and
then the main character is from a poor country, with a lack of food and water,
judging by his appearance. This could be in the music video because the
director, Chris Cunningham, may be trying to make out that harshness of our world compared to
the main characters world and how we have become senseless to other people, for
example, when the main characters arms falls off, the man who caused that, just
stands and stares, before moving on, not a slight sign of remorse or guilt. This
may be a sign suggesting that the western world has lost touch with its
emotions and therefore the cultural signifier could be that the western worlds
have become hard, emotionless and out of touch from their real self’s.
Genre
The first signifier which
reinforces the hip-hop/dance and “Electro funk” is the Police car seen in one
of the first scenes of the video, with its flashing lights on, this signifies
that the music is hip-hop genre music, you would expect to see flashing lights
in hip-hop and dance music videos, this conforms to the genre. Another
convention that goes along with the idea of the hip-hop genre is the rundown
buildings which are seen at the beginning of the video, this reveals the
genre, as hip-hop and dance is sometimes a suppressed genre, which often
include racist, explicit or offensive terms in the songs, making this genre a
“quiet” or discreet genre, not often spoken about with ease at times. Also another generic signifier is the men
break dancing, in underground car park, both the location and men dancing
signify the hip-hop, dance genre. The men break dancing shows what is connected to hip-hop and dance music, and
what type of people this music will appeal to, this reveals that this music
video would appeal to working class people or people who are in that circle,
this idea is very stereotypical and does not occur in all people who like dance
or hip-hop music. The location also reveals that this genre is “underground”
and out of view from the public. With
the wet, harsh and non-ambient lighting of the car park it reinforces the
ideology of the genre.
Narrative structure
Unsure of what the question is
asking me to do.
The music video to me, is
narrative based, the video is played out according to the song, for example, at
one point it says “Let’s get electrified, Let’s get electrified, Let’s get
electrified….” Then at this point the main character grabs a metal fence, which
would have been electrified, revealing that the music video is narrative based.
Inter-textual references
Chris Cunningham , the director
of this video makes this city, most likely New York, look harsh and almost
violent. This video is very much like another video by Gil Scott-Heron called “New York Is Killing Me”, like this video,
it very much goes along with the ideology that cities are dark, gloomy places,
not for the faint hearted.
Also Cunningham also refers to “Blade Runner” where the main
character portrayed as a slave and
alien compared to other people. This is similar because in the black man in
'Afrika Shox' is seen to be alien from what he is wearing, how he acts and what
he’s wearing. This is also shown with the urban landscape, within both 'Blade
Runner' and 'Afrika Shox' there is an urban surrounding which is unfamiliar to
both the main characters in the music video and the film.
Also the film
“Metropolis” has been connected to the film, the characters are seen to be
lining up in a “zombie” state, like the main character in the music video.
These films
both appeal to the younger audience (found on IMDB), this would be the reason
why Cunningham has used these films to reference in the film, to attract a
younger audience, optimising the largest amount of viewers possible.
For our music video we wanted to create a sense of "unique-ness" and originality, rather than going for the common music video of the band performing the song.
We thought of getting the artist, Brian Korteling, to perform his song sitting down in a bandstand, creating a unique and different take on music videos, I got this inspiration from Alex Clare's performance of his single "Too close to love you". I wanted to aim for something like below, a location which is light, uses natural lighting and gives a sense of authenticity.
We thought using a bandstand would give this effect, as its in the open, and as its summer, performance of this would be feasible. We have a few locations of the band stands;
This bandstand is found in Eaton Park in Norwich, this is defiantly one of the most "classy" bandstands, but the issue is the busyness of it, many people go through the area above, creating an issue for sound.
This is found in Chapelfield Park, its in the centre of the park and is very busy at times if we were to shoot here, timing would need to be a priority as we may draw attention to what we doing when we're trying to film.
This is the bandstand found at Mousehold Health, this picture is taken in the winter, so the appearance of it will hopefully look more appealing in the summer.
Another locations have been taken into consideration, but at present, using a bandstand of some sort seems most ideal.
For our music video, as said before, we wanted to include animation, to make this video stand out from the rest, as animation mixed with real live footage of the artists playing isn't something that is seen very often.
I found this website which had a variety of stop motion animation (website link underlined) which is what we wanted to aim for my the end of it.
One of mine and the groups favourite video was the video seen below;
As this one seems to be most possible to create, a simple stop motion animation, with possibly words being written out with the hand or without it, and possibly creating images with maybe lego or newspaper cuttings, which would portray the idea of "information" which is what the song is called, though the artist, Brian Korteling, said that this song "is about leaving a situation with no clear idea if it is the right thing to do or not but going on gut feeling...." , we hope to incorporate this into the music video some how.
The song, "Information" by Brian Korteling is our chosen song, the reasons are stated in my last post regarding this.
Chosen Song - "Information" by Brian Korteling
Lyrics of "Information" :
"Information" by Brian Korteling
I was wishing, I was wishing too bad,
Never moving, glued to something you had,
I think I'm jumping blindly from the life raft,
Think you'd stay and I hope you have a good life,
Nothings do'n and no ones getting sleepy,
It's not just the reason for leavin',
If this is gunna turn out well,
Sure as hell ain't me to tell,
Information, strength and inspiration,
Information, give me information,
Hey sugar, you're pullin' on my leaver,
I'm so busy, flash ya like a cleaver,
Chopping wood never felt like such a waste,
Fill your pockets and get f**ked your sad case,
I don't need your prods and motivation,
At the door without a new vocation,
Tell your troubles to someone else I'm not stuck,
Tell em' if you can, I wish you the best of luck,
If this is gunna turn out well,
Sure as hell ain't for me to tell,
If things don't turn out fine,
At least it's better than your waste of time
Information, stregnth and inspiration,
Information, give me information,
Keep changing the place where you drew the line,
A little every time,
Til' that line is indecipherable,
Keep complaining ever-changin' how you lead your life,
If it's worth the straft,
Maybe you should make yourself comfortable,
If this is gonna turn out well,
Sure as hell ain't me to tell,
Information, stregnth and inspiration,
Information, give me information.
I've been in contact with Brian and have been exchanging emails regarding the song and our role in it, he has accepted the idea of using simple animations and is happy to go with most ideas we have. To access his website click the link HERE.
The emails I've been exchanging are can be seen if you click here for the 1st one and here for the latest email response
First one is done by Jet, called "Cold Hard Bitch", this appeals to me most, as the use of different camera angles used and the video puts us with the audience and the artists, as they are doing ordinary things that a band would do, signing, playing, hugging and socialising.
Another music video which appeals to me a lot is a song by Travis, called "Why does it always rain on me", this is because the song can be related often to our own lfies, it talks about how life can be hard on you, but you can bounce back.
One more video to come- due to the various computers not playing sound at school, will be completing it at home asap.
We have selected a song which has the most suitable lyrics, and song to create a music video around, this song can be listened to at http://tiny.cc/mq13fw
The artist has given his go ahead with the music video, after me emailing him today, we hope to give keep him up to date on what we plan to do.
We hope to aim for a simple animation like the opening titles to "Russell Howards Good News" (Below). This can be mainly possible due to one of the members in our group (Austen Nutall), who is currently taking animation at the Hewett as an A Level, we hope his animation skills will give us the unique music video we are after.
In the music video we hope to cut between animation and live shots of Brian Korteling playing his song, "Information", the animation, we hope, will reveal a story behind the song.
This plan is very much a skeleton plan at the moment, and will be "beefed" up soon.
