Diary Entry

Diary Entry

I just finished my Digipak Analysis. I analysed Mylo Xyloto by Cold play and I also analysed Babel by Mumford and Sons. The bands are both Indie / Pop bands similar to the music to my music video. I will try and plan my didgipak around these.

Digipak Analysis

Digipak analysis from JamieAllen8

Contact the band

Lyrics

The Vaccines Lyrics Analysis

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This week I have been thinking about my music video song. I have a list of a few songs and the one that stands out to me and my teacher is The Vaccines - Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra). It is an up beat indie tune and will be great for a music video.

Follow a chosen bands career

I have chosen the Indie band...... The Vaccines

Artist career on Prezi

Digipak Research

Digipak Research

Research into similar band

I have analysed the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as a similar band.

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This week I picked a music video, Flotbots 'Handlebars'. The music video is a cartoon and very ironic. I analysed the music video using screen shots and detailed analysis. The music video tells a story of two friends. One takes a path down the route of captilism and one is free 'with the wind' type attitude.

Music Video Analysis

Understanding Music Videos

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Today I am tidying up my blog and adding labels to all of my work so that it is easier to navigate. My blog has automatically updated itself, so I need to sort it out.

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I will now start looking at the equipment that I will use on my video and also brainstorming everything I need to do to complete my video.

Diary Enrty

Today I uploaded my completed power point on Andrew Goodwin's theory of music video. I uploaded it to slide share and then onto the blog. In it, I discuss all of Andrew Goodwin's points about why music videos have and contain certain things such as voyeurism and intetextuality.

Andrew Goodwin Theroy

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I created a powerpoint on music directors today. The 5 most famous directors, I created one slide for each, explaining: who they were, what they did and what famous music videos they had done.

Music Video Directors

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I am about to start to plan a list of possible locations for where I will shoot my music video. They all must fit into the Indie genre, so i will look at different music videos from similar artists in the Indie genre to gain inspuration and ideas of: time, location, setting, lighting etc

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I have just uploaded a mood board which I did on Prezi. The mood board is essentially a collection or collage of pictures that are realted to the Indie genre. I am basing my video on videos by artists such as Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian.

Mood Board

Mood Board on Prezi

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Today I started, finished and uploaded my powerpoint on Codes and Conventions of a music video. It made me think about the things I need to put and do to have a successful music video. For example: Camera movements- 

•The movement of the camera is used to follow and trace the artist or band. Camera movements include tilts, pans, tracking and crane shots.

•Tracking is mainly used in ‘Walk’ as it follows him walking down the road.

•Also zooms and are used to focus on the artist singing. 

Codes and Conventions

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A few days ago I started to brainstorm some ideas about Themes in the Indie genre. This will help me to gain ideas and potentially a setting for my music video. This will be presented in the form of a prezi.