Music video presentation2

Music video presentation2

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  Music video presentation. BY IMOGEN MCKEEVER
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  Song choice. For my choice of song I’ve chosen Paia by Wild Ones. My artist goes by the name of Danielle Sullivan. The song is mainly based on nostalgia and a prominent dream that always seems to make it’s way into my character’s mind.  https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=_2WnA4j7NTM
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  Genre type/Audience I’d like to think that the song I’ve chosen is the indie genre and my target audience would be those who enjoy going to festivals, who listen to bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Tigers Jaw ect…The target age group I’d say that would focus around this type of genre would be the younger generation who age between their teens to early 20’s. However, It could range to other’s who are older who enjoy this type of genre.
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  Concept of myvideo.  The concept of my music video is the idea of loss the loss of someone important, and I plan to suggest that through the colouring of the shots which will be in black and white. In the video I plan for my character Laura to explore places that used to be an important experience for her. Then as a twist it turns out it was just a dream. The whole idea is narrative rather than performance.
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  Concept of myvideo.  During the beginning of the scene it opens with shots of a bike in motion fading in and out to match the sound of the harp playing in the song. As the song progresses we see the bike in the same position however have it look as if it is riding through different seasons, to suggest a progression of time. Then it will cut to the first location which will be a forest type location. My character will be pushing their bike along through a field and come to the entrance of the forest. She will rest her bike up against the gate lead to the forest and begin to make her way through, exploring all the places she used to spend time with the person she had lost. Then she will come to a tree swing and begin to reminisce in all the memories held there and the song begins to get a little faster so I plan to make the shots of the tree swing move rather rapidly to suit the tempo of the song. Then she will get on the tree swing and swing back and forth beginning to think of all the good time she’d experienced. The it will cut to a small bonfire with the light reflecting on her face. During the first sequence I also plan to add images around the location to get an idea of where she is and from the second location to give the suggest that there are other locations.
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  Concept of myvideo  After this it will then cut to the second location of a canal during winter time. The shot will open with a long shot of my character riding along the canal, a reflection of her bike will appear within a mirror and then it will cut to her coming to a stand still next the the canal boarder. It will then cut to a close up shot, from side on of her taking in all of the view. In between the shots there will be cut away shots to establish the location. My character will then get back on her bike and continue to ride away and it will cut to the next shot.
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  Concept.  Onceshe gets in there will be different shots of her relaxing is the water, with cut away shots of the water fall and the things that are running along with the current of the water. She will then look into the camera an brush her wet hair back and take a deep breath. Then near the end the song gets faster so I plan to merge all the shot together as the songs gets faster and there will be a fast sequence of shots before the end comes
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  Concept  Theend will have a slight twist which is her waking up in bed as if it was a dream to suggest she is subconsciously aching about the person she’s lost and hasn’t been dealing with it too well. The ending links with the lyrics of the song which say “I’ve had this dream before, I wish I had it more” It suggests a sense of déjà vu and nostalgia.
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  Lyric sample I’vehad this dream before I heard you at the door You took my bag and suit I’ll wait out by the car, the sun shone on your arm You beckon me into While kneeling on the floor I never wanted more Above a hawk does call I went with heavy heart I’ll never leave you lost where we are bound to go You are the only one to do it right Oh baby, now you know Oh baby, now you know Yeah, you’re the only one to do it right Oh baby, now you know I won’t hide, I won’t fight You make it whole You’re the only one to do it right Oh baby, now you know Oh Oh Oh I’ve had this dream before I wish I had it more I think you have it too The whole Idea of my video is the sense of loss and the nostalgia of the places and the memories that they bring with them. The lyrics suggest event have already happened and it’s a sort of déjà vu. A particular line fits in with my ending which is “I’ve had this dream before, I wish I had it more” and to finish the video off my character wakes up in her own bed as if it was a dream/déjà vu accept she’s lonely rather than having someone to enjoy those moments with her.
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  Influences.  Myinfluences for this video come from another A2 video. The black and white colouring of the shots really influenced my idea. I enjoy the way they looked because it really set the mood of the video. It also gave me ideas in terms of not just keeping the video shots continuously character based. Almost every shot with the character in was made up with my cut away shots to set the scene and give the idea of being “triped out”. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7hCycikFiGE
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  Costume influences For my costume influences I got a lot of costume ideas from the indie type of look e.g plaid shirts, ripped jeans, doc martens, checkered red scarfs, bobble hats, bags ect….  Although the coulour of the clothes won’t really matter within the video I think it’s important to have a certain look to suit the genre.
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  Conventions I willuse.  I’ve decided to use 3 of Andrew Goodwin’s conventions because I feel they are the most suitable for my video.  I plan to use the first convention of the relationship between the lyrics and the visuals. The beginning scene will fade in and out to match the sound of the harp playing and then every scene after that will change upon the beat of the song.
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  Conventions  Thesecond convention I plan to use is also the difference between the lyrics and the visuals, I want the visuals to be more of a metaphor for the lyrics rather than an exact match. The narrative element will be able to tell the story more than the lyrics.
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   The thirdconvention I plan to used is the third ideology which is iconography. The way my character dresses up and the props they use will really set a certain look for them and will make the recognisable. The element that will make them easier to recognise will be the use of a bike in my video,CD and poster. It will have a constant appearance.
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  And, finally Iplan to use predominance of the close up to make the emotion of the lyrics show through my characters expression. The close up shots will also show where the main focus is, which is of my performer.
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  How will Iuse the forms for the performer?  My locations will set the look of the genre which is indie and there will be multiple locations included, such as a viaduct, a canal and a forest in no particular order. To se the scene I will use a mixture of cut aways, pan movement , close ups and extreme close ups just to give and idea of what’s going on in each scene and what’s around the character. The lyrics and the visuals and the difference between them will allow me to use one of the 7 conventions which is the difference between lyrics and visuals. I’m going to manipulate that into the idea of memoires.  Finally, the editing will allow me to put all of the elements together and I will be able to set the effects once the video is completed to get the overall indie/grunge look.