My Music Video: February 2016

Friday, 5 February 2016

Script For Love Yourself

My music video has no real script as the music is the main audio on the clip, no extra sounds are imported into my music video.

Music Video Progress

https://youtu.be/SH1AB9Wivrc

Beginning and ending is only present, the middle part to the music video isn't working so when i figure out how it plays I will upload the full video.

Production Paperwork: Research

I have given examples for my inspiration for my music video with screenshots above. I've talked about the location and how we came to an agreement on where was suitable to film.

Production Paperwork: Proposal

This is my proposal for my music video. It includes my cast; what I'm looking to get out to my audience, how I want them to feel when watching my music video.
I also talk about the style of my music video and the implications involved.

Thursday, 4 February 2016

My Plan StoryBoard:

Not yet completed but shall be updated when fully complete.

The audio sections are left N/A as the sound isn't relevant and will be covered over by the music we have chosen for our music video which is "Love Yourself" By Justin Bieber.

Production Paperwork: The Treatment

I have tried to upload a screenshot of my treatment but I think it's too small to read so ill upload the text instead:

My Treatment for my music video “Love Yourself” Carlyn Stubley Creative Media

The Meaning

My music video’s music is very emotional and gives a selfless feeling/vibe about it. A young couple are seemingly in love but one cares much more for the other than they do for them, eventually the male character decides it gets too much he knows she’s more interested in herself and becomes controlling. He soon realises she’s not healthy to be in a relationship with. All the positive stuff and happy times aren’t enough as all the controlling and negative pressure out weights the positives. It’s all about being strong and brave enough to break out of something unhealthy rather than stay for the better parts.

The Content, Imagery and Narrative

The content of my music video includes 2 main characters; A male (the boyfriend) and a female (the girlfriend). I also include the artist; Ben Halliday – who is shown singing the song in the music video inside a studio which is our college studio, he sings behind a microphone and into it. There is no taboo language or any profanity whatsoever. It also doesn’t include any advanced words or words some may not understand – meaning that the target audience should be 12 and over when listening to this song as they should be able to understand the meaning and wording behind the lyrics.

The imagery used is rather simple. The angles and shot types used are easy to identify except the footage that we gained from Hollywood Bowl. The one where the female character is stretched over the pool table and aims her pool cue to hit the ball into the put. At first, the focus is on the ball from the puts angle/pov but then changes to the female who is further back, after she strikes the ball the focus changes again to go slightly blurry but still focused on the female. An opening scene of the sunlight glimmering through the trees was a really good shot, show the area/ location making it an establishing shot which set the scene for the audience to know what type of area the couple are in. Also, the lighting in each scene is either natural daylight/sunlight from filming outside in the daytime e.g. Old Brandon Railway/ Waterloo Valley, artificial light such as ordinary bulbs/ colourful flashing light e.g. Hollywood Bowl or an artificial but professional spot light lamp which provides great shadowing or just as spot light e.g. Bens college studio performance.

The Narrative tells a story of a young couple who spend a lot of time, money and effort into each other. However, as you can see in the music video the female gets a bit clingy and controlling gradually the audience will begin to feel sorry for the male as they will notice him being unhappier and not as happy as they once were. The female however, is oblivious to how her behaviour is effecting he boyfriend and they eventually split up. Also, with Ben miming the lyrics which will be included who will obviously be adding some emotion to it when performing.

The Duration

Officially the Music for my music video is 3 minutes 54 seconds, somehow we managed to film enough footage to make this into a music video for the soundtrack. The music we have picked is 2 seconds shorter but it’s not a problem because it only cuts off the blank noise off at the end which isn’t missed. Hopefully, it will feel like it flies by when you watch it. For it to drag would be disappointing and I wouldn’t want my audience to get bored and waiting for the ending to come quicker.

The Pace and Style

The pace and style of the music video is relatively calm; the chorus picks up a bit of speed but then soon slows back down to its original pace when the verses start up. The footage is also calm and nothing too fast or too slow just all similar paces. One scene, down by the Waterloo Valley, is of the male carrying the female on his back and running alongside a small shallow river. Considering that he is running, that scene may feel faster but in the music video its self I may speed this clip up anyway just so the audience doesn’t feel like they have been watching them run for a while, plus it made more room for when I was editing my music video. The Style I would say is Narrative/Performance/studio based as it has a part of each of those elements so it’s hard to just pick one. My view on it is all three.

The Semiotics

The male and female characters hold hands while walking side by side together – this shows they’re in some sort of friendship/relationship. When at the Waterloo Valley, the male wraps his right arm around the female character whilst sitting closely next to each other – this gives off the impression they care for each other and have a close bond to one another. In the arcades when they play on game machines – this could demonstrate their competitive side e.g. when playing pool together or when one a shooting stimulator game or their side which shows good team work bonding e.g. 2p machine they work together in hopes of a reward in return. When the two characters are sat in a photo booth together at Hollywood Bowl they are placed in a small, intimate space whilst posing and taking pictures – this shows a comfortable image, comfortable enough to goof about with no feeling of embarrassment. When the couple are at the Waterloo Valley, the male picks up the female and carries her on his back (piggy back ride) and he runs alongside a river – this could show the trust between the couple as the male could easily trip and the female could end up on the floor or in the river; however, this could also show the males confidence that he has in himself to carry his girlfriend and not drop her.