MEDIA STUDIES BLOG 2015/16

The narrative we wish to portray in our music video is based around the concept of a band whose life is on the up and is on route to becoming a famous band. We see this at the beginning of the music video it starts off with the band behind a car having fun and proud of there accomplishments . There journey to become famous is implied via the long road trip that the band go on. An example of a road trip type effect in another music video is 'Hero' from Enrique Iglesias as it shows clips of him travelling on long journeys in the middle of no where to save a girl but in our music video it is a band trying to become famous and succesful. Although they both may seem like very different story lines they are similar because they both include an individual or group on a mission to get somewhere and have to take a long journey to get there. Our narrative will begin with the group being at the bottom trying to get noticed by anyone which is reiterated in the title of the song which is &

Location 1: studio The studio will  included as a part of the movie where will be singing the song and it will sow us perfecting the music video. The studio we will use will be in the school making it easier to transport the camera and movie it around. This scene shows the band performing the song with musical instruments perfecting the song ready for it to be recording showing that the band is organic. Being organic will help them hopefully break into the music world by being original an focusing purely o the music. This part of the music video sows similarity to other bands and their music video like in the song Home by Daughtry which shows the band practising  there song in a studio before performing to a live audience Location 2: The theatre is also located in school like the studio making it  very convenient meaning we have more time to edit and perfect the look of our video.It will  will be used as another cut scene where it will sow the band performing the song for

Chromatics Lady electronic/retro/alternative star image: vaguely sci fi, retro-very 80s influenced, detached image looked distance and aloof narrative/performance- parting around a big city- organic seen to be playing musical instruments location/setting/costume-car/city/studio performing Goodwin- The song is cut to the beat, dark images on the screen match the mood of the song, focus on the singers performance during the chorus Dyer- star image- lighting, looking away from the camera into the distance, dark glasses worn at night, looking like iconic sixties band such as the velvet underground helps sell there band as cool and retro- Negas- through the use of instruments and studio setting to demonstrate their differences from other electronic bands Mulvey- male gaze-girl singing camera focuses on her lips and body in the taxi