1:48-2:36 - Lawyer scene
4:13-5:08 - Party Scene
7:14-7:23 - Courtroom scene
This all equals 1 minute and 52 seconds.
I shot and edited the lawyer scene and the courtroom scene and helped plan and edited the party scene. I was also in charge of finding music for all the scenes.
For this essay I will be talking about the styles, conventions and techniques within music videos. I will be defining them and giving am example for each.
For some music videos the artists will perform their song for an audience. An example of this would be the song 155 by the band +44.
This is in-concert because the band is performing live to a audience.
Other music videos might consist of the band playing the song live but not to an audience. They would just perform it for the camera. An example of this would be the song Stay Together for the Kids, by the band Blink 182.
This is live footage because the band is playing the song but not to an audience, but to the camera.
Narrative and interpretive music videos are the most popular. This is because the video offers a visual interpretation of the narrative. This means that the video would have a story which either follows the lyrics or completely ignores them. The video might follow the lyrics word for word or may interpret them further. An example of a music video that takes inspiration for the lyrics but develops with further is the song Inhale by the band Stone Sour.
In the lyrics at the start it says "come one, come all to see the broke man". This video interprets this further and makes the lead character homeless.
An example that follows the narrative word for word would be the song Learn to Fly by the Foo Fighters.
This is an example of a narrative following word for word because the song is called Learn to Fly and the band have to learn to fly a plane to save everyone on the plan from crashing.
Surrealist and absurdist music videos are often unconventional and surprising. They also hardly ever resemble the lyrics to the song. They also express the feelings and meaning behind the song. An exmaple of this would be the song Wake Me Up When September Ends by the band Green Day.
This is because the singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this song just after his dad past away. He locked himself away for a few days and wrote this song. The lyrics don't specifically talk about his dads death but the music video gets the point across about loss and what it means for the people who live on.
Impressionist music videos aim to capture the emotional tone and the hidden messages within the song. Rather than following the lyrics word for word. This makes the music video more artistic. The video represents what the artists feels rather than showing the world as it is. An example of this would be the song Heart Shaped Box by the band Nirvana.
This is impressionist because the music video represents what the bands thoughts and feelings were. They used the video to get their thoughts about the world across.
Intertextual music videos reference other media texts and other subjects. Synergy music videos often reference films and TV shows or use footage form the film or TV show. Allusion music videos reference other media texts, an event, a person or a cultural or historical reference. A parody makes fun of another music video and a pastiche is a light hearted imitation of another artists style.
An example of homage is the song Dani California by the band Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
This is an example of homage because the band is dressing up like other artists that have influenced them. They did this by dressing up like them and paying tribute to them.
An example of a parody song is the song Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab.
This is a parody because it takes the well known song Do You Want to Build a Snowman from the film Frozen. Then changes the lyrics to make the parody.
Animated videos include animations. The entire video might be animated or just certain parts. An example of this would be El Manana by the band Gorillaz. This video is animated all the way through.
An example of a music video which is partly animated is Dare by the band Gorillaz.
This is partly animated because it has animated parts and non animated parts. The video is mainly animated but the head is not animated.
In some music videos the singer might need to lip sync. This is often needed when the speed of the song is changed like slow motion with the normal audio used. An example of this is the song I Write Sins Not Tragedies by the band Panic! At The Disco.
The video is lip synced because the music video isn't performed for the camera and the singer is miming.
Some Music Videos are edited so that each cut will be on the beat. This creates a quick and fast paced video which will create rhythm for the video.
This is cut to the beat which makes the video slow smoothly and links the visuals to the audio.
Some music videos involve effects which is added in post production. This could be anything from a bit of fire to the whole set moving. For example the song Rise of the Phoenix by the band Tenacious D
The last scene was created in post production and there is little bits of special effects throughout the video.
Some music videos use a split screen effect to show more than one thing happening on the screen at once. This makes non-linear editing easier to understand. An example of this would be the song All I NEED by the band Radiohead.
This uses split screen to portray show to different sequences at the same time.
Chroma Key is used for some music videos that used a green or blue screen. This is used show any background that is needed. The unwanted color behind the subject is removed (chroma keyed) out so that any image can be projected behind the subject without seeing any of the green or blue screen. An example of this would be the song My Way by the band Limp Bizkit.
This uses a green screen to project a city landscape in the back ground. This puts the focus on the band and also shows interesting and eye catching visuals in the back ground.
Music videos could use different camera movements to make the video more exciting. Using movements like pans, tracking shots, tilts, and crab shots creates flow and a sense of direction for the music video. An example of this would be the song Walk. By the band Foo Fighters.
In the music video there are a variation of camera movements used. For example 1:08 minutes in the camera tracks Dave Grohl as he walks through a traffic jam.
Another example would be 4:22 minutes in when the camera pans into the next scene.
Different camera angles and shot types can enhance the audiences excitement. If a music video only used the same length of shot and one camera angle then it would be very boring. If lots of different angles and shot types are used then it can entertain the viewer. Meaning and tone can be created as well. An example of a music video that uses different shot lengths and angles is the song Ooh La by The Kooks.
This music video uses different shot lengths too make some pasts of the video quicker than others. It does this by matching the quick and slow parts of the song. Within the song there are also different angles.
The mise-en-scene is very important within the music video because it can reinforce the meaning and mood of the music and also give subtle hints at what the lyrics mean. Mise-en-scene can also reinforce the bands image. They might always have the same setting, props or clothing. The mise-en-scene could also play homage to other bands by they dress up like other bands. An example of a band that use mise-en-scene to show their image is Crowder. He always where the same kind of shirt and hat.
This essay is about the techniques involved with singles camera productions. How the techniques differ from multi camera productions and the advantages and disadvantages of everything. Specifically how the lighting, sound and editing differ for the different techniques.
For single camera productions there is only one camera involved. This way the filmmaker can get in close and personal with the subject but they can also go as wide as they like because there are no other camera equipment that is in danger of getting in the way of the shot. The advantages of one camera is that the actors have more time to get involved with their characters and the director has more say over each individual shot. The disadvantages of this is that the shooting takes longer because there have to be more takes it can also be more expensive because they might have to have the location for longer or shoot more footage. An example of a single camera production is Extras.
The lighting for a single camera production is easier to control because you only have to light the scene in a certain way. Whereas for a multiple camera production you'd have to control the light everywhere because there are multiple cameras getting different angles and shots. The advantage of lighting a single camera production is that it's easier to control over the darker and light areas of the shot. The disadvantage of lighting a multiple camera production is that the shot can look fake and like it's shot in a studio. An example of this would be the Harry Potter franchise. They light their shots properly so the shot doesn't look like it was filmed in a studio.
The advantages of capturing sound in a single camera production is that you don't always need to see where the sound is coming form so you can capture the sound without capturing the footage. Also the sound could be taken separately and put over the footage in post production. The disadvantages of this is that it can take time and money to effectively capture all the sound that is necessary. Multiple camera productions would also have multiple sound recording equipment so they could capture all the sound they needed. An example of a product that records sound separately is a nature program. An example of this would be Planet Earth.
The editing phase of the production can be problematic with a single camera production because if you filmed an entire scene with just one camera than you'd have to watch the whole footage just to find the part you wanted. If you wanted to have variation of shots within the scene you'd have to film from different angles and positions. This would mean the footage you'd have to look through to find the shots you wanted would be huge. Multiple camera production would have even more footage to search through but they can also be edited live or mixed. Like on shows such as X factor. Whereas all footage must be edited afterwards for a single camera production. It can also be cheaper to use multiple camera because you can film more than one thing at the same time. This would mean that you can shoot on location for a shorter amount of time which will be cheaper. You'd also waste less footage.
Different genres within TV and film are suited to either single camera productions or multiple camera productions. For example a horror would be suited to a single camera. This is because the camera get in and personal with the actors and the scene so the audience can become more involved with what their seeing. This is the same with thrillers. They are also mainly single camera productions because the director can control the light to show or hide certain areas from the audience. Comedies such as sitcoms use multiple camera because some of them are filmed in studios. The would make the multiple camera setup easy to use and preferred to get all the angles possible. Soap operas would as use multiple camera because they have to quickly change between one set and another and it would save time and money to use more than one camera. An example of a soap that uses more than one camera is Eastenders. This is because they can to film on multiple sets all over the place.
Music videos have many purposes and exist for many reasons. In this essay I will talk about the why they exist and why they are becoming more and more popular. A music videos are made for multiple reasons; they promote the artist and they also the director. Anybody can watch a music video and because they are everywhere like TV and the internet they are free and easy to find.
Music videos can be used to promote the people involved. This can include the artists, the song, the record label. or the director. They can be promoted in various ways. An example of this would be the video for In Bloom by Nirvana.
In this video by Nirvana they are promoting themselves by being introduced so the audience would know who they are and the song they are about to perform. They also have their name on their drum kit. This would let the audience recognize them.
Another example of promotion would be Thnks fr th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy. they promote themselves by having their name in big letters above their head. This would make the audience instantly recognize them and know who their listening to and seeing.
Directors can also promote themselves using music videos. They would produce a music video and make sure everyone knew who made it so the director would get the credit and become more well know. An example of this would be Mark Romanek. He directed the music video for the song Can't Stop for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
when a band has a major record label their music videos will be high budget productions with a huge cast and crew. They would cost a lot of money to make. Have costly special effects to make the video stand out and make people want to watch it. The costumes would be authentic and there might even be a celebrity in the video. An example of this would be the music video for November Rain by Guns N' Roses. This cost about $1 million and included costumes also included 1,500 extras.
Independent bands would have lower budget productions with basic locations and with hardly any cast and crew. An example of this would be the music video for Here it Goes Again by OK go. The video is very simple with just the band and a few treadmills. But the video is considered to be one of the best music videos ever made.
Some artits would make and distribute the video them selves. It is becoming easier to do so because of the internet. They would post the video on such sites as YouTube or Vimeo and anybody could see it. The advantages to doing it this way is that you don't have a producer or director telling you want to do and you could make the video how ever you like it. But the disadvantages of this would be that its expencive, the quality might not be as good and the distribution would be very basic. You wouldn't be backed by a record label that would be able to distribute your video on major TV channels or webistes such as Spotify or ITunes. An example of this would be the music video for Gravity by the bang Against the Current. They self produced their own videos until they were discovered on YouTube by a record label.
Every time an artist music video is seen or their song is played in the radio the record label would get money for it and some of that money would be paid to the artist. Every time the video gets played on a website like YouTube, the record label would be paid money. The more views the video got the more the record label and artist would be paid. This isn't always the cast because it can be quite hard to track every single view. This is also the cast with websites like ITunes. Every time a song is bought the record label and artist would get royalties. Smaller and less well known bands struggle to get their music heard because of the major record labels paying to get their music everywhere. They'd get their music on the radio more so more people would hear it. This would then get the song to the top of the charts and no one would really get a chase to hear the smaller bands music.
The 2 way media outlets people can access music videos is by the internet and TV. The most common way to watching music videos on the TV is on the music channels like MTV and Scuzz. The most popular ways in the internet are YouTube, Vimeo and ITunes. Because it is so easy to upload a music video on to websites like YouTube because its free but its hard to get noticed by a major record label. Artists like Justin Bieber
got noticed on YouTube because there was hardly any music on there when he started. By now there is so many.
For example, the song above and beyond is on both Youtube and on Scuzz Tv.
Sometimes a artist promote them selves by being involved with a popular film. They would sing a song for a films that about to come out. This would then promote the artist every time the film is seen and also promote the film every time the song is played. Everyone would benefit because everyone is being promoted. Each party would also get paid every time either the song or the film would played. An example of this would be the song Ghost busters by Ray Parker Jr. The song was made to promote the film Ghostbusters and it featured the cast of the film as well as scenes from the film. Every time a toy or a piece of merchandise is sold, the people involved with film would get the money. But the popularity of the song would increase sales in merchandise so the song will directly and indirectly promote the film.
I think music videos have grown in popularity is that there are also sorts of genres for any music. The music it's self has become more and more popular so the demand for a music video to be made for each new song has grown. It's also so easy to find them on the internet and on the TV. Plus they're free.
