Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

We have posted this video onto our blog as we like the camera angles that have been used. We think they could work well in our video and will be taking a lot of inspiration from this in our re-storyboarding process. A lot of low angles are used and we have done this in our new plan for our video as we think it also suits are new story line and the way we are showing our narrative.

Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

The parts of this Jessie J video that we like and want to use in our video is the way in which her thought and reflections are portrayed. The camera angles and her expressions make this work and we need to take inspiration from this to show the reflective thoughts we want to use in our video. This is very simplistic but works very well and we will be considering this when re-shooting our video.

Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

This clip from the Arctic Monkeys video shows an effect that we want to use. A younger version of the main singer is used in the clip to show a memory. This is something we will do when refilming our video as we found that, in our draft, it wasn't clear that the singer and the young boy were the same person. Therefore, as done in this clip, we will have them in the same scenes together to make this element, and the overall narrative clearer. We think that we will also keep the idea of the swing and use this in our new video, we think this works well as it is a child like thing to so helps the mise en scene also fit well with the storyline. We will try and have Scott (the young boy) in balck and white to show that he is a memory and that Guy (the lead singer) is looking back.

Tube Chop Analysis - Richard Ashcroft, A Song For the Lovers

This video has given us a lot of inspiration for our own and we hope to create similar effects to this one. The tube chop's below will show which aspects we hope to adapt to our video and area's of it that have inspired us.



This clip shows off well the idea of isolation and lonliness and this is something we want to portray in our video as it fits in well with the song we have chosen. We also like the aspect when he turns on the stereo and the song starts playing. We think this is a really effective use of the amplification/disjuncture genre as he is listening to the song that he has sung. We hope to adapt this idea into our video and we plan to use it but instead with a docking station, and it will be slightly more obvious that our actor is the singer of the song.




In this clip where he is getting ready in the bathroom and singing the odd few word along to his song, we think it is really effective for the genre and we are impressed with the camera work as we are trying to figure out a way of filming in a mirror without the camera being seen. Our video will take inspiration from this clip as we hope to use the idea of having the main actor/singer singing along whilst the background song is playing.



The reason we have selected this part if the video is because we think the camera work is really effective when it goes in to a close up of his face. We can see his emotions really clearly and we can tell that he is confused and thinking about something and he is also feeling lonely. I think this piece of camera work if used in our video could work really well when we need to show our singers emotions before and after we see the flash backs.

Inspiration - The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony

We like this video by The Verve as we think the way in which the main singer appears to be isolated from everyone and everything else links to ideas we have for our video and it has given us inspiration for other factors like camerawork and editing.



This clip is taken from the very start of the video and we like the way that one main shot is used over this time period to introduce the character/singer. The camera moves seems to pan in time with the music and we get to see the singer from his feet and then we are eventually introduced to him and the environment he is in. The way in which this is shot helps to give an immediate understanding to the audience of the singer and perhaps what the story of th esong and video will be about.



In this clip we ar einspired by the simplicity of the camerawork and the fact that only one shot is used the whole time, the camera is on a track which is somethign that we couldn't do, but we can still take inspiration from it for our video. The extras in the shot help to show the singer/chrarcters carelessness and how he is only worried about the problem he has on his mind rather than what is going on around him. This is something that we will try and use in our video to help to show the singers emotions clearly.



In this clip the camera work changes and becomes more varied. This helps to keep the audiences interest as the song approaches the chorus. We see close up's of his face and then of his feet so we are following his footsteps. Then, later on in the clip the camera makes the illusion that we are seeing things through the singers eyes. His lonliness and carelessness is again emphasised through this convention. This is something that we hope to use in our video as it is a unique way of showing the characters emotions.



The final part of this video shows the main singer from The Verve being joined by the rest of the band mates. This is similar to one of our ideas as we want the singer of our bad, JetPack Mockery, to be the main character telling the story of the song and the rest of the band to be only in it for a few shots.

Inspiration - Ed Sheeran, The A Team

This video has inspired us a lot and has given us many of our ideas for our video. We like the black and white colours which run throughout the video and that convention is something that we are strongly thinking of taking away from this video and putting into our own.



This clip shows an idea similar to one we have. The fact that the girl is on a park bench and looks sad and lonely, links to our idea of having the male vocalist of our band sitting in the street with the same emotions. We like how everything works together on this and how little details in the mise en scene make it look authentic and believable. For example, the girl has rips in her tights and the black and white mise en scene fits with her emotions.



Another part of this video that really inspires us is the camerawork and this is shown off really well in this clip. The part where the camera is following the girls footsteps has a lot of impact as it is showing her journey of her everyday life tht she has to live. Then, the part in which the camera is below the girl emphasises how she is looking up and wanting better things in her life. We hope to take ideas from this and be as effective with our camera work so that we can help to aid the storyline and show meaning with it.



This clip of the video inspires us because of the fast paced editing which is combined with the girl seeming as though she is filmed seperately. This is really effective and shows that she feels she is different to other people and is just watching the world rush by infront of her. We are impressed by this level of editing and how it helps to tell a story and we are going to take inspiration from this when making our own video.

Analysing Music Videos - Tube Chop

This Music video by Katy Perry is made very much using the 'illustrative' style. I have chosen to analyse and tube chop this video asIi really like the style and mise enscene of it asIi think it represents the song well and is done in the style thatIi would like to do my video in.I also like the way that the video is made out to be like a small film.




This clip from the video shows really well the effectiveness of the bright colours and costumes included in the mise en scene and how they fit in completely to this 'pop' style music video. It is very literal and the lyrics are shown by what is going on in the scene whilst also being sung by Katy Perry, as if she is telling a story by singing. Close up's are used in this shot to focus in on the singer and to help carry through the 'illustration' technique. The other main type of shot that is used is long shots so the audience can see the whole shot and the relationship between the lyrics and the video is emphasised more.




This section of video is taken from the very beginning and introduces the music video to be film-like, this is done through the use of the opening titles and the whole of the mise en scene as it would be viewed as a very typical american film opening. This was probably done to make the audiecne more interested in the video as it is slightly unconventional and this technique, or something similar, is something I would think about using in my music video to try and make it stand out.




In this clip I like how the music changes slightly so it seems as though it is being performed live by the man on the saxaphone and the rest of the band and this shows further the use of the 'illustrative' genre in this clip. This type of convention engages the audience as the video seems more real. We will take inspiration from this when making our video as we like how the band is made to be part of the video and story.

Task 3 Summer Work



A Promise-Echo and the bunny men.

You said something will change
We were all dressed up
Somewhere to go
No sign of rain
But something will change
You promised


You said nothing will change
We were almost near
Almost far
Down came the rain
But nothing will change
You promised


A promise
A promise
A promise


It's exactly the same
You said
It's always the same
But I'll make it change
Into something the same
I promise


A promise
A promise
A promise


Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
A promise
A promise
A promise
A promise
(Light on the water)
(We could sail on forever) A promise
A promise
(There's light on the water)
(We could sail on forever) A promise
(There's light on the water) A promise
(There's light on the water) A promise
(We could sail on forever) A promise
(There's Light on the water) A promise
(There's Light on the water) A promise
(We could sail on forever)

I think once studying these lyrics and the beet within the song, we could use it and create something different, after using different interpretations we could produce a video that is very independent and original. This video (already attached to the song) is simplistic because of the technology generation it was within, this gives us a brilliant starting point, using our new technologys today.