Thursday 21 October 2010

Similar Music Videos


Madonna- Like a virgin

Cyndi Lauper- time after time


Blondie-One way or another

These are videos from the 1980s that show the style and fashion we want Lucy Star to wear.

Target profile for myself

Target Audience

Monday 18 October 2010

Song Choice

Our song choice is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cynd Lauper)

The Lyrics
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.

The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....

When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun....

Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have

Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....

When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun...

Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.

They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...

Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...

When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...

They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...

Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)

They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.

When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.

They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh,girls...)
They just wanna,
(Have fun....)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un

They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...

Sunday 17 October 2010

Codes and Conventions of a Music Video

Every music video has there own unique approach, but the codes and conventions are always the same. When looking at the codes and conventions they are there to follow the structure of music video because without following them, it could may not be seen as a music video. The codes are especially there to construct meanings in media texts.


There are two different ways a music video can be, either:
Technical:
The way the music video is constructed in way to create meaning
Camera Angles such as the different angles and shots
Editing- How fast the video will reflect the song, Genre
Sound- Diegetic or Non diegetic sound, sound to match the genre
Symbolic:
Meaning has more then meets the eye
Stronger emotion, Facial expressions
Mise En Scene- Whats in the frame

The codes and conventions are there not to be broken, and are there to give the ways in which a music video should made. The codes and conventions are not set in stone but can be adapted, some music video directors choose to challenge the codes but it is never good to challenge the codes and conventions to much because it could turn out that the music video will not look like a music video first and foremost and secondly challenging may lead to a music falling out the genre of what you want it to be.


Styles of a music video
There are different ways a music video can be constructed, this is due to the different genres in the music industry and also the way the artist will be portrayed. These are:
Performance- Band/Artist singing
Narrative- Has a story during the video
Mixture- This is when the video has a narrative and also a performance together
Cameo- The band are in the narrative of the song but do not perform the song
Animation- Digitally made

Camera
With a music video the camera shots are really important for the people watching because they can only see whats on the screen, therefore a variety of shots should be used to give the viewer an all round view of the video, but the variety depends on the genre whether to have so much variety in the shots. Popular shots that are really effective are:
Close up- The close up shot is really effective in music videos, especially in performance music videos. Close up shots could be of the lips, guitar strings, any possible way and it will be successful, extreme close ups are also very effective too.
Birds eye View/Crane- This shot is good because it will enable the shot to hover, in the case of a performance, it could be used as a shot to hover over the stage
Low angles- This will be to show the artist or band in a dominant frame of the video
Long Shots- This shot is constantly used and it just gives a music video a shot that you can always go back to in the video, extreme long shots are also used frequently.
Pans/Tilts- These shots are used for the artist/bands if they want to change to another band member
Tracking- This is a shot that is very frequently used to track the artists/ bands movement in the song to ensure they keep center of the frame
Editing
In the case of editing, it simply has to match the pace of the song. Techniques included with editing are:
Jump Cuts- Very effective for an artist when singing in a new frame and place, but the continuity and flow of the song continuing with the artist is good.
Split screens- Using CGI, Split screens showing two different shots at the same time.
Choosing Diegetic sound to include
Adjusting sound level in some parts of the video
Mise En Scene
The mise en scene will depend on what kind of genre the music video is. The main focus of mise en are scene:
Props- What is used in the video, Equipment reflecting genre
Costume- What the Artist/band wear
Location- Where the video will be set.
Facial Expressions- The way the artist

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Today

Tuesday 12th of October, we disscussed more about our idea and have decieded on a idea that we are all pleased and happy with, we decieded to keep the fashion show but add a cloning machine that changes the models to all the same, we fought of making the cloning machine out of cardboard and glitterly things. We also fought about having parts of the song sung in a charity shop with lucy trying on different clothes :)

Monday 11 October 2010

Lucy Star

Lucy Star (real name Lucinda Strompton) is 19 and comes from a small town in Scotland. After getting to the judges houses round of the x-factor in 2009 but losing out because she was 'too different', Lucy decided to change tack. She used her x-factor exposure to build a fanbase through My Space and released a few tracks as free downloads. She got signed to Rough Trade a few months ago.
Sound: 80s punk/pop revival
Ideology: Be who you want to be, not what society says you should be.
Influences: Janis Joplin, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Florence and the Machine
Likes: Charity shops, clubbing, fancy dress parties
Dislikes: Size zeros, boredom.

Music Video Director

Digi-pack

Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside. Since Digipaks were among the first alternatives to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak-style packaging made by other companies, the term digipak or Digi-Pak is often used generically, even when the media holder is a hub or "Soft Spot" rather than a full plastic tray.
Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Because such packaging is less resistant to abrasion than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear relatively quickly. Manufacturers have helped to reduce environmental impact and improve functionality by introducing recycled components into its trays.

Tuesday 5 October 2010

Today

Tuesday 5th of October, today we fought up with our idea of a fashion show we decieded to make the fashion show mock different sterotypers such as wags, gothic, barbie and some others. We then made a prezi up that showed all our ideas, once we finshed make it and uploading pictures on it we showed our teacher who fought we shouldn't take the mock out of sterotypers. So after the lesson we fought of maybe changing it to not mocking sterotypers but people that are the same.