Music Video Research - Rach and Gemma

The video for Rhythm Bandits!

2007-09-17T05:43:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nwSbtJjc6Xg

We found a video for the song we are doing! We thought we were dead original, and now we have found they have a video after about 2 months of planning.
We are sticking with our original idea, and have taken the concept of some special effects, such as dancing in front of a blue screen, and bright colours, and dancing into our music video.
We are trying to make it as different from the original video, and have given our video a storyline as you can see from our storyboard, and pitch.

Music Video Pitch

2007-07-17T08:00:00.000-07:00

Song
Rhythm Bandits by Junior Senior

Overall Concept
The lyrics will reflect just generally allowing people to enjoy themselves and have a good time and dance to the ‘beat’ without feeling embarrassed, shy or judged by others. It will represent the present era and everyday life where people are independent.

Narrative
The video will show typical people in everyday jobs and life just doing the normal things but whilst they are doing this the ‘rhythm bandits’ are getting ready to give society ‘the beat’ and the confidence to dance and enjoy themselves and have a good time. Then the bandits will running round the streets and work place in everyday situations giving society ‘the beat’ back so they all start to enjoy themselves and dance.

Performances
1/2 Bandits.
2 People in the band Lip syncing(Junior Senior).
20+ people at disco.
¾ People cooking.
¾ people in the school.
3/4 people dancing in front of blue screen.

Mise en scene
Costumes: Bandit costumes, Junior and Senior will be wearing the same colour jeans and checked shirt. Chef whites for cooks, Normal everyday clothes for people at the school.

Lighting: lighting will be bright, colourful and sunny to reflect the music of the band. Normal everyday lighting will be used apart from at the disco/gig where disco/ strobe lights will be used.

Editing: editing will be very fast and jumpy to go with the lively beat of the music on the beat, for example the numbers and words will flash up on the beat of the music.

Special effects: Blue screen effects will be used to get the ‘Rhythm’ shots (music notes) across when people are dancing to the beat.

Sound: lip syncing will be used through out the song as the band sings and people of the public join in to show that everyone enjoys the music and dancing.

Story Board

2007-07-17T07:44:00.000-07:00

Shot List

2007-07-17T07:17:00.002-07:00

For our music video in A2, we have decided to do Junior Senior -Rhythm Bandits. The video is a fun, fast paced video in which we have decided to "steal the rhythm" and give it back "to the poor".

The shot list is as follows:

Rhythm Bandits getting ready-
Fast paced shots -
Close up on rhythm gun
Close up on "swag music" bag
Close up on mask
Close up on Rhythm Bandit putting everything on.
Full shot of bandit leaving dressing room

Disco shots-
""""".
Wide shot showing noone dancing. Boys on one side girls on the other.
Close ups on bored faces, as they just stand there.
Full shot of Bandit as he enters through the door.
Close up on his face.
Wide shot as he shoots people with rhythm gun.
Wide shot again as they all dance and "mingle".

Number/Word shots-
On the beat, or as the word is being said.
Close up on numbers and lyrics as words are being sung.
e.g. "1.2.3.4" - Numbers flash up on screen.

Cooking/Kitchen shots-
""""
Two shot of the cooks dancing.
Close up of faces as they go from bored to dancing.
Mid-shot of head chef dancing.

Classroom Shots-
""""
Two shot of kids looking bored.
Full shot of the two dancing.
Close up on excited faces.

Concert/Gig for Junior Senior-
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Wide shot of gig as Bandit walks in.
Close up on his face.
Close up on band playing.
Wide shot of stage.
Tracking shot around the club as everyone is having fun.

Shot List

2007-07-17T07:17:00.001-07:00

Bodyrox- Yeah Yeah

2007-07-09T01:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6xj_vmCQI

This song makes a big statement, it is a strong video for a girl, standing up to a boy.
The lyrics
"You think you got it all worked out, but you don't know nothing nothing NOTHING"
The lyrics, seem to empower the woman in the video, and she gives strong postures, and strong singing voice.
Also the strong beat also gives an image of self strength, and worth.
There's mechanical voices, fast-paced rapping, atmospheric production and a catchy chorus.
Even when the couples ar ekissing in the video the girls seem to be in charge of the men, controlling the kisses.

At the end to reinforce her strong womanly personna, she burns the equipment and pours over gas to itgnite them Showing her carefree, but also fun nature aswell..

Genres of music

2007-07-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

Indie
In the context of popular music, the term indie (from "independent") is often used to refer to a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by (real or perceived) independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_music

Pop
Pop music, often called simply pop, is a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music). The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different depending on the time and place. Pop song lyrics are often emotional, relating to love or dancing.
Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R&B, jazz, electronic, and sometimes folk music.

Rock
Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or synthesizers. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, and often revolves around guitar, either electric or acoustic.

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This Aint A Scene, Its An Arms Race - Fall Out Boy

2007-07-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FcBnaLjxY4

This song is about a lot of things, both a response from fans and the look on the scence of music. First we see the band finishing one of thier songs and they stop and walk through the crowd. The "fans" are all made of cardboard. This is their statment on how all their fans said they sold out with their last album, the fans were in fact fake.

Then they move to a magazine cover which says that they are breaking into the hip-hop genre. This is a message that is displaying how hard it is for bands to be classified and how they are forced into other genres when there are too many other bands like them, hence the line about the bandwagon being full.

Then they are in the recording studio and the people around them are making fun of them, this is about the ridicule from other bands and producers. When the band starts dancing, they end up breaking something which I think says how the band is too wild for the genre.

Then you see a member of the band ready for his photshoot. Another publicity act made by many artists. The photographer has plenty of good cameras there, but instead he chooses a phone. As he asks the person to pose differently, he finally has him take down his pants which the person is hesitant about, but does it anyway. First off, the photographer picking the phone is representing how fans would rather see crappy pictures taken of embarrising things that a person might do than real pictures that the artists try to sell. The whole pants thing is another publicty stunt.

All of the partying scenes are again just about things that people will do to get noticed (stuff a sock down thier pants, get pets, etc.). When one of the band memebers gets flipped out the window, you'll notice the flash of a camera which is a statement on how obsessed the press is with getting the latest story.

Then we flash to a funeral were we see a band member preaching about how hard everyone tries to make themselves seen. We also see some people who resemble the following bands and celebrities: Panic at the Disco and Britney Spears. They are all dancing and trying to make themselves clear to the crowd.

Finally the person pops out of the coffin and it flashes the the band that looks to be early in their carreer. One asks "dreams again" and that signifies that the the life bands lead can be nightmares, and the video ends with the band prefoming in a small auditorium.

Mr Brightside - The Killers

2007-07-04T03:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnwLf88t_Wc

The key in this song is its title. By calling himself Mr Brightside, the speaker is commenting on how he is incurably optimistic - he always looks at the bright side of any given situation.

The song is about a man getting overly involved emotionally with women he has only just met, and suffering heartbreak when his love proves to be not returned. His "destiny" is to continually experience such heartbreak because he always opens up his "eager eyes" to the next possible paramour.

The first stanza:

Coming out of my cage

And I've been doing just fine

Gotta gotta be down

Because I want it all

Here, he is freeing himself from the emotional restraint that was protecting him from having his heart broken and allowing himself to become interested in a girl. The "all" that he wants refers to true love, the kind that you can only get if you are willing to give the entirety of yourself to someone else.

It started out with a kiss

How did it end up like this

It was only a kiss

It was only a kiss

Here, he's wondering how he's gotten to the point that he cares so deeply about her after just one kiss - the answer is because he allowed himself to invest that kiss with meaning that for her was not there.

The next couple stanzas basically tell the story of him seeing this girl that kissed him once hanging out with other guys - and because he feels so strongly for her, he becomes deeply jealous/angry. It's sort of like a situation where two people made out on a dance floor one night, and the girl felt like she was just having fun whereas the guy thought there was actually a connection.

Where we get the best crystallization of Mr Brightside's true nature and motivation is in the following stanza:

But it's just the price I pay

Destiny is calling me

Open up my eager eyes

'Cause I'm Mr Brightside

Here, we should be getting that the "price" he pays is the intense feelings of jealousy, rage, and heartbreak that come from him getting too attached too fast. He asserts that it is out of his hands, that this pattern of behavior is simply part of his core personality by referring to it as his "destiny." His eyes are "eager" for the next girl that he will fall for, which is sure to happen because he is the perpetually optimistic "Mr Brightside" - always looking for and ready for love.

This song can also be interperted as he killed some one who his girlfriend had cheated on him with or even he killed his girlfriend too, this my be because he was in love with her but she just wanted some fun but always came back to him when she wanted to be loved and he didnt no what to do but except it (Mr Brightside)

New Rave Information.

2007-06-27T03:50:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia Research into New Rave, after we saw our music had fun, dancy disco beats, much like "New Rave".

New Rave (Sometimes labelled New-Rave, Nu Rave or Nu-Rave), is a label applied to a style of music fusing elements of electronic, New Wave music, disco music and punk, which developed in the UK in 2006. It has similarities with US-led style dance-punk. Music publication NME is largely responsible for popularising the term, which has connotations of the genre being a 'new' version of 'rave' as well as being a corruption of the term 'new wave'.
Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, Hadouken!, and Shitdisco are generally accepted as the main exponents of the genre.
The aesthetics of the New Rave scene are largely similar to those of the original rave scene, being mostly centred around psychedelic visual effects. Glowsticks, neon and other lights are common, and followers of the scene often dress in extremely bright and fluorescent coloured clothing.

We are looking at a wider audience, teenagers who like to club and have fun 18+.

Dance - Justice

2007-06-27T03:35:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs

This song is very upbeat and lively, and shows teenage culture. The concept of the video is for people just to enjoy themselves and DANCE!
The fun beat and dancing conotations, show the feeling of teenagers at the moment, and that alot of teenagers are looking for a good time, and just to dance, and not to rebel or get into trouble which hasd been focused on in music from other genre's and subcultures.
E.g. Rap, which connotes violence, and often gives alot of messages through the music.
The genre of the music is very disco and "New Rave" with the bright colours and logo t-shirts.
T-shirts with logos fit in with the new sub culture of "New Rave" which has Dance beats and glow sticks and the music just signifies fun.
We want to bring the dancey fun beat through in our own work, and appeal to the new music cultures like "New Rave" and Dance, and Disco.
In our music video we also want to give a message but through having fun, and standing up for yourself and dancing, rather than violence or swearing.

Where is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas

2007-06-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJV9EMkv0u4

This song was inspired by the September 11th attacks. The song touches on a wide range of global issues, including the war in Iraq. They use the red question mark on the black background to symbolise this song because it leaves a question 'Where is the love?' Some of the lyrics are: "People killin', people dyin'Children hurt and you hear them cryin'Can you practice what you preachAnd would you turn the other cheek" . These lyrics are saying that in this world people are only bothered about what they have to say and not what is really goin on in this world.