Analysing music videos

Music video - Rihanna - We Found Love

The first key shot of the video is when both Rihanna and her partner are both in the bath together, looking at each other with a fierce anger look on their faces as they see the love they had for each other has faded. The shot that is taken is a wide  two shot as we can see the whole picture and we can see both the two people in it.

The next shot that has a significance is when Rihanna and her partner are face to face and about to share a kiss this shows that from the anger they both shared in the pervious shot was gone. The shot is an misd wide two shot as both people are in the shot.

This shot is a close shot of Rihanna and her partner, as Rihanna is holding him from behind both looking bless and comfortable.

This a happy scene of Rihanna and her partner in a field at a rave and they both having a great time together. The shot taken is a wide shot of a group of people raving the main people in the shot are Rihanna and her partner as she is on his back jumping and he is holding her dancing.

This scene is of Rihanna on her own this secne is also a performance secne as Rihanna is singing. The effects within this scene are that Rihanna has been projected on and the projection of clouds suggest that she's high in the clouds oblivious of the bad. the shot taken is a wide shot of Rihanna.

this is a a mid shot of Rihanna, in this scene it shows Rihanna stealing cakes from a shop as she puts the container in to her jacket which she does with out a cared look on her face.

This scene is of money being constantly put into a slot machine as they both are gambling and wasting money on, this is one of the elements of bad. This shot is a close up on the money going into the slot machine.

This scene shows Rihanna and her partner arguing they both are in each others faces as they both share anger with each other. This shot is a mid close up of the two.

This is another performance scene from Rihanna on her own, the projection that has been changed as it is of a house on fire this relates to the feelings and emotions Rihanna is feeling as it suggest that her love is dying. The shot used is a close mid shot of Rihanna. 

This is a scene of Rihanna and her partner as he is trying to look after her as she is drunk and on the floor you can see him comforting her as she is no longer able to walk because she's is very drunk. this shot is a wide two shot as the people are in the shot.

This Scene shows Rihanna's partner tattooing Rihanna's arse 'Mine'. they do this out of madness. the shot taken is a wide mid shot of two.

This is a close up of Rihanna's partners face as he gives a fierce crazy look.

This scene shows Rihanna and her partner high or drunk and her partner acting very aggressively towards her as he is in her face shouting at her. the surrounding behind them are spinning as they are still. This shot is a mid close up of the two.

The scene shows Rihanna returning to her partner after an argument and her partner acting as if everything is fine as she has a very moody angry look on her face.this is a mid close up of the two from outside the car window. this makes out that someone is looking in on the two.

This scene shows Rihanna head under water as if she is drowning herself or her pain and stress. the shot taken is a mid close of Rihanna.

the shot shows Rihanna's partner grabbing at her feet as he doesn't want her to leave him but she packs her stuff and goes. the shot taken is a high angle of a mid close up.

This is an mid shot of Rihanna aggressively slamming the door as she leaves as she has had enough.

The last scene is of Rihanna crawled up into a ball in the conner face hidden as it suggest she is crying. this shot is a wide mid shot.

Codes and conventions about music videos

Musics videos contain lots of key elements such as codes and conventions like:

The genres in narrative music; romance, comedy and tragedy. each different genre has different story lines for example a romance narrative would include a love story involved an example of this would be taylor swift song video - love story.

visual performance for example a band like fall out boys they create there music video all around there performance by playing with instruments.

The props and clothing for a music video have a influence on the theme of the video, for example a gothic music video would have a settling and cloths and props tend to have a dark atmosphere.

Who Uses Chroma Key?

Chroma key is most used by big hollywood music and film directors and also TV shows most commonly use it. Big hollywood directors like famous James Cameron who was the director of avatar the famous films was filmed using all chroma key.Other famous directors like 

History of Video - HOMEWORK

History of music videos on Prezi

http://prezi.com/h6shjiy4wgid/history-of-music-videos/

Music Video Pitch Presentation

Music Video Pitch and Pre-Production Group 1 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

Analyse Music Video

In this section i will be analysing a music video and will talking about what are the good points, bad points and what could be improved.



The music video that i will analysing is Chase and status - Time


Purpose of the music video - To promote the songs awareness against domestic violence and also shows a performance from singer.

The music video is presented like a story of a girl that lives with her mum and dad but is unhappy because her dad is an alcoholic and drinks at night away from the children and then turns very violent and attacks and beats up the mother where the daughter can hear and is worried for her mothers wellbeing. It is also shows awareness about abuse and domestic violence and takes this taboo issue head on and does it in a way that illuminates the subject as well as providing a hard- hitting narrative. notably focusing on the effects of alcohol abuse on a normal family. Mainly taken from the viewpoint of a grown-up daughter – the affected bystander who represents Delilah’s vocal – it shows all too convincingly show how her mother and father become locked into a cycle of behaviour with devastating consequences. The song it self is told from the grown up daughter.

There also is a bit of an performance which includes singer Delilah as we can see she is sitting in a a car singing and there is a gloomy atmosphere as there is rain hitting against the windows. the singer is seen as a affected bystander.




Mise en Scene -  The the props that the music video uses are a normal middle class family living room and also a scene in a car with rain and a scene in a park which the girl is on a swing. the younger girls bedroom and the parents bedroom, there also is a scene in the bathroom where the mother puts on make up to hide her bruises her partner has given her. there is also a scene on the stairs of the houses where the parents are arguing and the father pushes the mother down the stairs and she lays flat at the bottom of the stairs with no strength to get back up so she stays and lays there.then the daughter uses a phone prop to call the police which come and take the father to jail the last scene is the father in a prison cell and then the mother and daughter go and visit him in jail which there they have a sad reunion. the clothes the parents wore where different they had day and work wear where the mother and father had business suits and blazers as they go to work and when they are at home they wore jeans jumpers dresses and long tops. the daughter wore jeans jumpers and jackets and big coats.

Production Schedule

Storyboard

Presentation feedback

Group 1( Shaukta, kamiul, amzol, muddassir) : 


Includes treatment, crew list, location list, shots, mise en scene, risk assessment - well explained and detailed and also explains story line - narrative video: shown through storyboard and what happens within each scene? and crew list? but other than that the storyboard was good and the story line is really interesting 

Group 2 ( Warda, Sabeena, Shuma):

initial idea of the music video is random clips and pictures to keep audience entertained. whats the many idea for the video? and the location list and shot list? but they songs a good song and can do something really good with the song and a good mood board and story board

Group 3 ( Anthony, Shuab): 

the initial idea of this video is a narrative story about a young couple and the girl falls pregnant and it shows the troubles of teenage pregnancy this is a good idea and can show young couples about the troubles of unprotected  sex and also includes awareness about child abuse 

N- Dubz- should of put something on 

Artist permission

Dear Nick Jonas

I am writing to inform you that we are currently working on a BTEC media project that consists of producing a music video and would like the permission to use your song ‘Give Love A Try.’

Nick Jonas - Give Love A Try

Plealry

Monday the 10th of October 

Tasks that have been done today:

• Treatment
• Moodboard 
• Risk assessment for each location 
• Crew list
• Shot list
• Locations list
•  Pictures of Locations

Plan for 13th October:

• Start and complete storyboard

Mise En Scene For Music Video

Monday the 10th of October:

• Clothing
• Props
• Make-up
• Effects

Clothing:

 

Autumn theme
Hats 



















skinny jeans,

shirts, plain t-shirts, bow ties, scarfs and gloves 

Props:
Guitar, 

coffee mugs,

 tables chairs 

bed

Make-up:
Natural looking, nothing ott!

Effects:

• vintage 
• Dark effects
• black and white
• fade in colours 

Risk Assessment

Monday the 10th of October:
Dangers that are possible to happen while filming:

• getting run over
• Falling over - into water/pond, on the stairs
• Can slip 
• Getting bitten by dogs

How can the above be prevented?

• making sure everyone is watching where they are going 
• Keeping distance from the water and ponds and watching where you're going while walking
• Try not to record on a wet day
•  Staying away from animals

Check list

Green- completed 
Yellow- in progress
Red- Homework 

• Existing text analysis(either Music Videos or short films/opening sequences)
• Research into film/music video directors
• Treatment
• Moodboard 
• Risk assessment for each location
• Ask artist for permission via Email, Twitter, Myspace Etc (Music Videos only)
• Timeline analysis of chosen song  (Music Videos only)
• Storyboard
• Crew list
• Shot list
• Locations list
• Film test footage/pictures of location reccy
• Planning rest of Mise En Scene (clothing, props, make-up, effects etc)
• Pitch to gain feedback (presentation to the class about the ideas)

Crew, shot and location list

Monday 10th of October 2011

Crew list:

• Jasreet kaur Bhungu
• Syranpreet Rai
• Daniel Azhar
• Kaseem Mahmood

Shot list:

• point of view
• close ups 
• wide
• mid close

Location list:    Bristol harbour

Coventry

• Coffee shop, costa, Starbucks

• Streets

• Bedroom

• Bridge

 
• Browns