1. Relationship of music to visuals (e.g. editing sound with image)
Number one is a picture of the shooting star that i created and digitally moved across the screen. the importance of the shooting is what creates the context for my music video, with the slow pace of the video contrasting against the style of a split second moving object. by linking the lyrics to the narrative there is a bridge built to enhance the transition from quick natural objects to the slow pain of love. By linking the stereotype of the image and creating a juxtaposition with the pace and style of the video I was able to create contrasting views on the video. This picture relates to the main lyrics of "looking into the skies, see shooting stars".
2. Mise-en-scene (costume, props, make-up, casting, expression)
This picture is of the bracelet that in the video is the only thing that he holds of his ex girlfriend. The shot is a close up of bracelet making it the main product in the image. By using props there is a connection built for the audience relating to real life situations and what we all may have been through in life. by using a common object as a bracelet, people realise the symbolic image of the throwing away of a bracelet, and how it has a hidden context of throwing away of love. i realised that using a specific camera angle, in this case a close up, the sole frame is based on the representation of the meaning of what a item personal to person can have a more literal meaning.
3. Relationship of lyrics to narrative/visuals
Number 3 is a picture of me lip syncing in part of the video, by using moments in the video with just lip syncing this made the words feel more personal to the boy in the video, using the words of the lyrics as the thoughts and feelings. by separating the lyric sequences and the narrative people could concentrate on the action in the story and still receive the common theme of the artist singing the words. in this frame i used a high angle shot to give the effect of floating, this was an idea that i gained from research in to similar videos.
4. Genre of music and how it is defined
By using the sunlight through the trees in number four this hints at the genre i have addressed, with a carm and relaxing feel, hinting at a summer feel good theme. this then relates to the type of music genre i have chosen. by using the symbolic image of the sun and the thoughts that come with it, people will get an initial idea of the music that this could be. the shot i used in this frame is a moving establishing shot. it is the first thing that the audience see, i wanted to use this clip as a scene setter for what the rest of the music video.
5. Camerawork and editing (shot types, angles, movement; SFX and transitions)
Picture number five is two images overlapping creating a imagination feel from the present to the past. i had to decrease the opacity on one clip to get the overlapping image. this feature allows me to create a narrative of flashbacks and imagination. by using this effect i could join the same styled scene but create a difference in the time periods. both shots are between medium and a long shot therefore i could easily overlap each picture. i always wanted to have flashbacks throughout the video, so i tried to find different ways to achieve, i found that simple cuts between each clip were not clear for the audience. therefore i used the opacity to create this image.
6. Setting/Location
Picture number six is where wanted to focus most of the videos important narrative moments. going back to the place where the couple first met and where in turn the relationship ends. this location is where the boy finally throws the bracelet away to show that he has to change and move on. by using a link in the same location this then enhances the narrative of a break up. i used the gate as a centre point of the frame, then changing the lenghts, form close to long shots. i shot these frames futher into the evening giving a darker gloomy theme contrasting against the start of the video which had the sunlight.
7. Lighting
Picture seven is also a opacity change in one image over the other, by using the lighting from the sun there is a hint at the mood, of a dreamy yet happy feel, by using a natural lighting i can overlap the image and the context that people associate the sun with to reflect the mood of the scene. by creating a image of the sun set, using the lighting it brings I could set the scene for the action happening in the scene. the lighting was something that i had to think about, and i wanted to use the natural lighting as a contestant part of each frame, giving that reflective theme.
8. Representation of artist/band with reference to record label's expectations
Picture eight shows what the video is based around, having a long shot showing the character in despair, the scene is set for a lonely life to come, the gate symbolises how there is always an object that you have to climb over to achieve things in life, by standing behind with no attempt or purpose to climb the symbolism is created for a lack of self belief. by using something simple within my symbolic message as a gate, I hope that it can relate to the audience in some way. this was an idea that i found in my research. i looked into the narrative videos and found that there was a centre point of each love, therefore i decided to use the fence as my centre point.
9. Intertextuality or influence of other music video
In picture nine i took the idea of using projection onto the body from other music videos, by doing this i could create a unique technique by giving a animated images to show the body and lyrics onto the body, therefore hinting that the lyrics addressed that come from yourself. this method had been used on a further scale in other music videos but I wanted to keep to simple and basic animations to give a individuality to my sequences. the camera was positioned as the same place, a medium long shot and each projection was shot in the smae angle but with a different animation.
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