Kate Domaille is known for her theory of the eight forms of narrative.
Her theory suggests that every story told can be fitted into one of these eight
narratives shown below.
Achilles - The fatal flaw that will eventually lead to
the destruction of the 'flawless' for example
Superman.
Candide - This is the story that the indomitable hero
cannot be put down. Examples are James
Bond, Rocky etc.
Cinderella - This story is when dreams come true and
it's happy, more seen in romantic
genre's such as Pretty Woman.
Circe - This is about a chase, hero versus villain.
A battle between the good and the bad.
Faust - This narrative story is more about 'selling
your soul to the devil' and becoming better off
but will ultimately fail and your soul will belong to the devil.
Orpheus - In this narrative, something personal or
loved becomes lost or taken and therefore
the narrative follows the journey in order to
retrieve what has been lost. An example
would be 'Taken.'
Romeo & Juliet - This is the 'love story.' A romance between
two characters. An good
example is
'Titanic' and possibly 'Dirty Dancing.'
Tristan & Iseult - Yet again more often seen in romantic
genres, a love triangle. When a
character
loves another however they are already spoken for or a third party
becomes
involved.
The form of narrative that my product will be seen as is the Circe narrative as it is often featured within the science fiction genre, especially if it includes superhuman powers.
Barry Keith recognized how all genres feature a sub genre within
them, this means that a media text can be divided up into more specific
categories. He suggests that these sub genres allow audiences to identify a
product by their familiar and recognizable characteristics. Sub genres are identifiable sub-classes of a larger category for example biopics, chick-flicks, disaster films and many more.
Some films trailers within the same genre but display Barry's concept of sub genres are:
Thor the movie is classed as an action, adventure and fantasy
Whereas Jumper however is seen as an action, adventure, science fiction. This is due to the sub genres within the film and the mise en scene within the film. Although both protagonists from both films have similar conventions as they are both 'heroes' the narrative within the film can categorize the films in separate genres.
Steve Neal then begins to explain how genre further processes as it is a form of systematization as it changes over time. This is from new conventions forming and culture changing. An example of this would be horror movies, in the early days of cinema horror movies would have been terrifying however since the audience became familiar with the conventions and cinematography they would now be seen as more of a comedy.
Within my product I am going to use current conventions in order appeal to the audience and make my product more consumable. In terms of sub genres I plan to use the diegesis to represent more of a superhero movie as my protagonist will be very selfless and heroic.
The male gaze theory is the representation within the media of how women are portrayed. Laura Mulvey states that women are portrayed within the media as objects and aesthetic products, meaning they are there to be looked at. This is done by the way the camera portrays them through shot types and movement as within numerous products the camera focuses on women's assets and they are composed and choreographed to sexually appeal to the audience.
She refines this by looking at how men view the women within those images as the product and reason for the women used in these videos is to appeal to a male audience. In terms of female portrayal the women are often idolized and seen represented as the perfect image as in order to appeal they must attract. This is why the women featured in these media products are often models and very sexually appealing. The media creates the ideology of a perfect image and essentially create the conception of the subject in this video is what men want and what women should look like.
Mulvey suggests that these media products emphasize the curves (assets) of the female figure, they refer to them as objects and not people. The way the display the women is how men think women should be perceived in order to be classed as appealing. She also says the female viewers view the content through the eyes of a man, thus creating the sense of this is what I should look like in order to be appealing. Women are often sexualised and seen as objects and are portrayed specifically sexual desire and the way they look.
This theory describes how the audience or viewer is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male as the camera lingers over the curves of a woman's body. Mulvey states the within film women are typically the objects, rather than the possessors and this is displayed by the composition and control of the camera and cinematography in turn creating an idealistic view that women should follow. As this is a theory it is all subjective and an opinion as some women may disagree and say that this view of women within the media is empowering and liberating as they are seen as what men desire meaning they have the power.
Mulvey concluded that typically within the media the man is portrayed as a powerful character and is far more dominant and women are passive to the active gaze from the man.
Mulvey also states that the female gaze is the same as the male gaze as women view themselves through the eyes of men, objectifying themselves whether they view themselves as attractive or not and whether they conform to the media perception of attractive.
By looking at three music videos I shall determine whether they comply with Mulvey's theory. The videos that I have chosen are the top three current tracks from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.
The first is Meghan Trainor, All about that bass:
The song focuses on the subject of women's figures and how the media has created the concept of the perfect figure as really slim, often said to be size 6-8 and how more recent debates and controversy of artists within the media beginning to re-shape the ideal figure to larger (size 10) however ideally many people believe there shouldn't be an ideal figure and you should only conform to your own ideology of perfect and you should look how you want. With many current artists focusing on this, much like this artist they talk about their own figure as an example however in today's society they would still be classed as slim to many people but by classifying themselves within the "plus size" category can just create more controversy.
Regarding Mulvey's male gaze theory this video is a very good example as it mainly focuses on figure and more specifically curves as the lyrics refer directly to the whole concept and idea of women appealing to men. In terms of cinematography and camera movement the video shows many pans and tilts going down a women's body following her hands as they exaggerate curves. The video also featires some subjects dancing in a provocative manner "twerking" is one of them. In terms of outfits within this video many of the dancers, which are predominantly female are wearing leotards which fit around the body tightly and again emphasis the curves of the dancers figures.
The second video is Ed Sheeran, Thinking out loud:
This video featues an intimate dance between a male and female the male is a suit, whereas the woman is in a one pice outfit that shows both her legs and upper torso. Instantly you see Mulvey's theory within this video although it is more subtl and not as loud as it is in the first music video the camera still moves in a similar way as it follows the female in the opening scene and focuses on the lpower half of her body. Her legs are completely exposed as it is claessed as very sexual and since media has evolved things such as this become less vulgar and unexpected as there was a time when women couldn't show their ankles as it was too suggestive. The video shows a series of shots that emphasise the womens figure as well as her dancing ability.
The third music video that I looked at was Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Niki Minaj, Bang bang:
This song is a prime example of Laura's theory and not only through the video but the lyrics also. The lyrics within some popular music currently are very vulgar and talk and refer to sex directly there are many lyrics within this song that prove this. Here is a video that I found which highlights many of these lyrics and they comment on how they are portrayed to an audience:
Regarding the music video to this the majority of women in this video are dressed to appeal to men, this is even displayed within the video as the three main singers are dressed in revealing clothing that emphasise their curves and the camera shows men linger around them and are represented as though they desire the women.
Within film trailers the theory is less more prominent but can still be featured especially as a subplot as typically films include a love interest. The trailer that I am going to look at is Chronicle (2012)
With a film lead with male characters, especially teenage ones there is bound to be love interset somewhere as relationships within film are very conventional in terms of subplots. The first shot that Mulvey's theory applies is a quick pan across a football field were a group of cheerleaders are practicing, this was clearly added to appeal to a male audience as the conventional stereotype of cheerleaders are athletic and pretty also by using found footage for this shot as the teenage boys film them connotes how men find such things appealing due to the conventional cheerleading outfit can be somewhat revealing and in the actual film they filmed them numerous times. The only other scene within the trailer that relates to the theory is around 1:06 as there is the protagonists girlfriend/ love interest who is topless and in her underwear the reason for this is to establish a sense of maturity to the film maybe say a viewership of 15 as its target audience is teenagers. By showing her half naked and through the perspective of the handheld camera connotes that she is an object and meant to be looked for entertainment.
Within my film trailer I plan to feature a love interest for my protagonist as a sub-plot as this has became a convention for most films not just specific genres. However I don't think I am going to use a female character in order to appeal to my audience as I only plan to show shots to imply that there is a love interest.
Christian Metz looks and the characteristics of genres and the development stages that can be applied. His theory looks at the four developmental stages that can be applied to genre; Classical, experimental, parody and deconstruction.
The classical characteristic is an original piece of work which developed the initial codes and conventions of the chosen genre, essentially this looks at texts that become seen as iconic and then create the genres conventions.
The experimental stage is all about the progression of the formed conventions of the classical stage. By developing new conventions you then influence future products for an audience, the seismology would be seen as experimental.
The third stage is the parody stage, the codes and conventions within genres are mocked and expected by the audience as it appeals far less.
The final stage from Metz's theory is deconstruction this consists of picking effective and key features and generic elements from numerous genres to form a hybrid genre.
For my film trailer I aim to connote deconstruction by applying conventions from action, thriller and Sci-Fi. My trailer will feature intense action scenes with violence resulting in climactic and thrilling suspense for the audience. By demonstrating supernatural powers and escapism to my product. I feel as though by doing this the genre of my product will be evident.
Below are some examples of films within the Sci-Fi genre that follow Metz's theory:
In 1927 the first ever feature length science fiction movie was released called Metropolis.
This is seen as the classical stage as it managed to capture the optimistic and advanced technology of the speculated future. They used mise en scene heavily within the trailer as this is a great connotation that the film is set in the future as the machines shown in the trailer would have been very impressive and absurd in 1927.
The next trailer that features the experimental stage is Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A space Odyssey released in 1968.
This film began a new era of Sci-Fi as the experimental idea of space and an achievable future appealed to a mass audience. So much that it gave new life to the genre and is the reason why Sci-Fi is so popular today. The film speculated the future of space travel and landing on the moon which since has became somewhat of a convention of science fiction.
Thirdly there is the parody stage Austin Powers is a well known parody with elements from the Sci-Fi genre.
Austin Powers International man of mystery (1997); This movie uses bizzarre technology often seen in Sci-Fi movies set in the future but in this film set in the 1960's. It then moves on and features a large number of other absurd scenes and weapons.
The final trailer applies to the deconstruction stage the well known 007 series, a high action fast paced movie.
This renowned series uses advanced weaponry, with a Sci-Fi element in order to emphasise the action scenes and create a larger sense of escapism and adrenaline. The films often feature a weaponised vehicle with missiles and many other forms of explosives.
Rick Altman suggested that each genre within film offers the audience "a set of pleasures" these are generally defined by the media language within the product for example, semantic elements and codes within a western are conventionally guns, horses, landscapes and stars like Clint Eastwood or John Wayne. As well as the semantic approach he also said they could be defined by syntactic elements too by using ideologies and narrative.
He declared that there are three main pleasure within film.
The first would be emotional pleasures; this is where the pleasure offered to the audience of genre films are significant and generate a strong audience response, this causes controversy and passion.
The next is visceral pleasures, this response is defined by the films stylistic construction and elicits a physical effect upon its audience, for example a feeling of revulsion, kinetic speed or a roller coaster ride.
The final pleasure is intellectual puzzles as particular genres such as thrillers offer the pleasure of mystery or puzzle for the audience to speculate. This pleasure is derived from trying to decipher the plot and forecast the ending.
I aim to apply the intellectual puzzle pleasure to my film trailer as it is a convention of most trailers as they are supposed to hold some form of mystery for the viewer as the plot should be briefly established.
A film that applies to the emotional pleasure would be Gone Girl:
A film that applies to the visceral pleasure would be Avengers Assemble:
A film that applies to the intellectual puzzles would be Now You See Me:
I am going to be looking at the narrative structure within the trailer for the movie Chronicle and how the trailer is used to represent and establish the plot. The opening scene o the trailer shows the three lead characters, a this point they are represented as the protagonists. It shows three teenage guys driving a car and singing along to the radio as they have fun and laugh. This instantly establishes the audience and direction of the film as by these first few seconds show the theme and style of the film as it is fun and aimed at a teenage audience. Regarding narrative theory, more specifically Tzvetan Todorov's narrative structure this has established the equilibrium as there has been no sign of disruption.
The next scene establishes the setting for the film and clarifies both the target audience as well as the age of the characters as the trailer shows a college campus then pans to a group of cheerleaders. The reason for this is due to teenage stereotypes of teenagers and sex. Relating to Roland Barthes these are displays of semic code as these scenes connote the setting and theme of the film.
The trailer then moves past the point of disruption due to an event within the movie as one of the characters stabs the other in the hand with a fork. The way this is portrayed is something like a dare as the character that is stabbed seems to be compliant. As he stabs him the fork bends an the characters and is fine, they all laugh about it. This instantly triggers Roland Barthes narrative code but more specifically enigma code as the reason behind the characters powers is hidden creating intrigue.
The trailer continues to use the enigma code as it display a series of comical events where hey use their Powers in entertaining ways. The way they use the cinematography is meant to create a sense of confusion later within the film as the audience would assume the boy holding the camera, as the film uses found footage for various shots He wold the be the main character, the protagonist however he quickly is presented as he becomes the antagonist as the disruption is then seen as them developing their powers.
During the trailer they talk briefly of their powers, this connotes that they must have recently got them a they are trying to explain it and develop their powers. The series of scenes where they are playing with their powers begins to link to Levi-Strauss and binary oppositions as they soon find themselves choosing/ struggling to right and wrong, funny versus cruel and many more. The antagonist, who was seen as the main protagonist at one point; faces lots of binary oppositions within the trailer as he becomes power hungry and loses his friends this creates the conflict of power or friendship.
The trailer then begins to reach the climactic point within the film, known from Todorov's theory as the conflict. As Andrew the recently established antagonist has became corrupt and power crazy as the protagonist try to stop him. The scene that shows Andrew crushing a car with an angry look on his face this connotes his recent role. The montage of climactic scenes of violence and explosions are voiced over with numerous characters shouting at Andrew telling him to stop and warning him.
The trailer then rewinds to show the initial disruption as it shows the scene of where they initially got their powers. And then Ends, within the trailer their is no new equilibrium as is a convention within film trailers as this would show how the film would have ended, for example the hero would have clearly won. However with this films, since their are so many perspectives and potential protagonists it is much less clear to who would have won creating a great sense of suspense for the audience. Overall, the narrative structure of the film would be that of a circular structure as it goes from various points of the film, end to beginning as the trailer rewinds.
Todorov proposed that all forms of narrative (live performances, books, film ect) contain five fundamental stages. The first been the state of equilibrium, this is conventionally the world that is established within the beginning of the film and how the protagonist is represented to the audience.
Then there is the disruption, this disrupts the balance between the protagonists equilibrium causing a chain of events that will be used to establish and advance the narrative. During the disruption there will be the recognition that the disorder has occurred this is often a symbolic or verbal code as the protagonist realises the disorder. This is followed by an attempt to repair the damage of the disruption creating a solution and in film this often around the second half of the film as it is often more entertaining. And finally the stage of restoration seen as the new equilibrium where the protagonist has resolved the disruption and found a new balance thus creating a new form of equilibrium.
How I plan to use Todorov's narrative structure within my product,
My trailer will feature the protagonist, seen as an outcast and strange as he has presumed physiological issues as he hears voices in his head, which when acknowledged lead him to the disruption (related to Todorov's theory). He takes medication to prevent the voices until one day the bullies discard his medication leaving the voices in his head very loud and irritating causing him to react during a lecture and making him aggravated and run out of college and keeps running until he realises the voices have stopped as they guided him to the ring (disruption). He equips the ring to then black out and somehow wake up in his bed the next day. Heads to college but misses the bus as he notices he no longer needs to wear his glasses and he doesn't hear any voices. As a result of this he begins to run to college and unknown to him teleports to college. With this new found mystery he begins to document his abilities until one day he is confronted and chased by the antagonist who has recently began tracking the ring as his farther had been tracking it for years and failed as he died due to an illness. The protagonist realises how serious and deadly the antagonist is as he captures the protagonists best/ only friend. He then gives up the ring to the antagonist to then see he uses it for evil and self gain. After a short while the protagonist regrets giving the ring as it is been miss-used. The voices then come back
My concept is to create a trailer that represents the sci-fi
and action drama. To do this my trailer will have a range of paces, starting
climactic and slowing down towards the end. To do this I plan on having the
trailer start/ portray the later stages known as the disruption and then
suggesting the equilibrium towards the end as it rewinds, much like the
Chronicle trailer at 1:46.
The beginning of the trailer will feature the protagonist in
a beaten and bloody state then featuring a flashback of some key scenes within
the film that capture the general plot. I may even feature a rewind instead of
a flashback as this may look more effective as well as help establish the
story by including a female interest it will help establish a sub plot. The trailer will also feature the protagonist’s current equilibrium of
being bullied and seen as a misfit and outcast. This is due to alleged mental
issues however these voices lead him to a ring that grants him powers (Much like Steven from The Tomorrow People).
I shall
have a narrative within the trailer of an older figure saying that the ring
chose him as this helps represent the protagonist’s role as a hero. Similar to the scene within the Flash trailer at 0:40 seconds.
There are many forms of existing genres, the genres that I have chosen to follow is Action Adventure, Sci-Fi and drama.
The action genre is one of the major genre types if not the main genre type. With such a mass audience that are appealed to the conventions within the genre. Action films generally have tremendous impact, features continuous high energy, lots of physical stunts and activity, chase scenes, races, rescues, battles, martial arts, destructive disasters, fights, escapes, fast pacing and adventurous heroes. The reason action is so popular is due to the sense of escapism the film bestows upon the audience and how it can empower a general gender, often males as they are the conventional protagonist.
Action typically centers around a male protagonist, these are often portrayed by a number of prominent actors known within the genre, Bruce Willis for example. Whereas women within action films often feature as an accomplice or romantic interest of the protagonist. Recently some action films have featured strong female characters to broaden the demographic appeal.
The general structure within the action genre features
A film trailer is a short representation of an upcoming feature film. Trailers are conventionally formed from a variety of segments throughout the film showing significant and appealing scenes throughout the film. A trailer should be very fast paced with a dramatic soundtrack to make the product look climactic and appealing to a mass audience. The purpose of a trailer is to promote the film in such a way that the audience desire and anticipate viewing the film.
A trailer should, make the film seem exciting, interesting and very appealing, it should raise the expectations of the audiences in order to engage with the audience, as well as promoting the stars and the genre of the film whilst showing the basic plot and structure of the film in order for the audience to categorise the film to a specific genre and more importantly to the audience that are appealed to that genre. The final major objective of a movie trailer is to showcase the unique selling point and originality of the film plus highlighting any cast and production that the audience may recognise.
After looking at numerous music videos and identifying what makes a good product I then began looking at film trailers as they relate more to my chosen brief as well as giving me a reference to a successful movie trailer.
The first movie trailer that I have chosen is Guardians of the galaxy a recent summer blockbuster that is renowned for its film score especially within the movie trailer.
The trailer for this film was very appealing to a mass audience because it was a very bankable concept with a very popular franchise that has a very large fan base. The factors of this been a bankable concept is because it is based on a comic book and has aspects of a large variety of genres, it has lots of science fiction elements and like most modern Marvel Superhero films it has an appealing comedy aspect. It also obviously an action/adventure and finally comic book/superhero which has a very avid fan base within itself as Marvel fans. What I like about this trailer is how it display all aspects of the genres just mentioned in under 3 minutes. It also has a very unconventional soundtrack by using familiar and popular songs that are familiar to their target audience.
The next trailer that I chose was The Lord Of The Rings: The fellowship of the ring.
What I found appealing about this trailer is the epic shots that are featured, the opening shot shows the camera gliding above a large forest area with beautiful scenery. Also it features a voice over, however the voice over isn't the conventional protagonist instead it is Gandalf, although he plays an important role he isn't the protagonist that would be generally featured. The voiceover narrates the trailer as it features a montage of shots relating to the subject mentioned. An interesting feature of this trailer is how it ranges from climax to climax with slower scenes throughout.
The final trailer that I am looking at is for the movie Cloverfield:
I find that this trailer represents Tzveten Todorov's theory of equilibrium really well as the beginning sequence represents his friends and current happy lifestyle, followed by the disruption . By using just these two factors within the trailer it really appeals and intrigues the audience as tho what happens next. Another way that this trailer appeals to me is how it is all portrayed through the characters within the filmas it is all handheld and diegetic.
Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag: I like the narrative and how it was created alongside the movie "Loser" as it features the characters from within the movie. What I don't like is that the narrative of the video isn't parallel to the movie.
Smash Mouth- All Star: What I like about this music video is the vibrant and comical value, many of the scenes are far-fetched and bizarre. I also like how they included recognisable actors like Ben Stiller. However I do not like how the video lacks narrative as some of the scenes don't relate to the song.
Outkast-Roses: I like the stereotypes included and how comically they represent them especially with the choreography, however there are scenes within the video that for effect include sound. Personally I feel as though this was not needed.
Mayday Parade-Hold on to me: The contrast between the mellow and uplifting scenes. They could have however used a variation of speeds for the clips as the whole video was slowed down for a more dramatic fell however the song at parts became lively.
The Maine- Run: I feel as the simplicity of the lighting and whole video very appealing and effective. The variation of dark and colourful light has an aesthetic appeal to it. The only thing however is how they include no narrative as it is all continuous.
I then looked at several other videos but instead of focusing on what I liked and what I didn't I began to look more at the narrative and the techniques and conventions used within the videos.
Crystal Fighters- Follow (Alt, electric): I found the narrative of this video strange and abstract, it was very minimal in terms of narrative however narrative is included. The composition of the whole video and the style that it is represented is in a very artistic and creative way. In a sense the video could be interpreted as our own curiosity of the video as the antagonist unconventionally followed the strange character. Some techniques and conventions used within the video some from this video that I noticed were the establishing shot at the start, lip syncing and the high key lighting and pace of editing was very fast and light much like the pace of the song. An unconventional technique used for this video was stop motion and a large change in costume.
5 Seconds of Summer- Amnesia (pop): The narrative of this video was more sentimental as the video was looking back hence the title amnesia. It was also interpreting a love story which is a very conventional theme within both boy bands and pop music. The video featured the band looking back at numerous memories that they shared with a companion and each other. This video had a lot of techniques and conventions. For example, there were numerous slow motion scenes this can add drama and help capture the expressions and composition of the scene much more. There was also a title, this is a conventional form of branding and used by many artists. Also the pace of the editing and duration of the scene matches the speed of the song very well as the song uses a combination of slower acoustic sections plus a range of instruments later on. The last thing from this video that was effective was the blurred lens motif to signify the flashback.
Rhianna- We Found Love(pop): Another love story however it was more the love story of this video that was unconventional as it was essentially a montage of arguments and bad influences that they both shared and how they essentially "found love in a hopeless place" hence the song title. One of the editing techniques used that I really like was the scene were the frames were reduced so the video was staggered to give a similar effect to stop motion.
The brief that I have chosen is to create a promotion package for a new film, I will need to include a teaser trailer as well as two of the the following three options:
-A website homepage for the film;
-A film magazine front cover, featuring the film;
-A poster for the film
I chose this as I feel very comfortable creating both a poster for the film and a magazine front cover as I enjoy using Photoshop and look forwards to manipulating and creating a series of digital images to include on both products.
Overall, I am pleased with my final product and how much it resembles the original video that we was recreating. The city centre was a great location as it provided us with similar architecture as well as plenty of lighting. Also myself (Acting) and Luke Hallet (Cameraman) decided to begin filming at 9 o'clock as this allowed us to film the light shot that pans down and fades to the same shot but at a later time. This also meant that there were a lot less interruptions in terms of people walking in frame however this could be seen as a flaw as in the original there were a few people that would walk into the frame.
The things that I would change about the final product is a few shots that wasn't as successful as I had hoped. The first shot is the opening shot as the angle was more of presented as more of a high angle shot than a birds eye view shot. The final thing that I would change would be is the fade effect 20 seconds through as although we had the shots needed we couldn't figure out how to fade them into each other.
The thing I found most challenging was choosing an achievable song with the resources available. I say this because I originally decided to recreate The Vaccines- If you wanna, however due to overbooking of the theatre and time available for cast this was unachievable. Although I did manage to create the beginning quarter of the song.
In terms of what I would do different next year for my A2 product is consider the song choice and video more thoroughly as I lost a lot of time from having to restart my idea and video. Also I would maybe consider looking at a lot more videos within the pop genre as they seemed to be more appealing and effective to recreate.
By doing this task not only did I become more confident with a camera I also improved my editing skills. Also I now know to ensure that I am more prepared when doing such projects as during the shooting for If you wanna I realised how unprepared and deficient myself and group were.
Overall I feel as though this was a great product to recreate for the transition project as I learnt a lot of useful and relative things that will be very beneficial throughout the A2 year.
Here is the final product that we created. I feel as though the video works really well and is very succesful in contrast with the original music video. However the only things that we didn't quite capture were the opening shot as it is a high angle and not a birds eye shot, to resolve this we should have found a better location that had higher levels than the one that we used. Another issue that we had was editing the shot at 20 seconds through as we couldn't figure out how to include the fade transition, although we did have both shots filmed. Finally the last problem that occured was the fade to black at 37 seconds was fairly longer than in the original.
Shooting will begin and finish 19th June. We plan to shoot the 8 shots from the storyboard around hull city centre around 21:00 this evening. Streets like Paragon street around the City Hall and Lowgate will provide suitable locations for shooting.
Equipment needed for the shoot will be: Camera Tripod Ladders Portable speakers
Clothes: Dark/Black shirt Dark black/grey jeans Grey plain trainers
Liam Johnson will be playing the part of Gary Lightbody.
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
36 to 38
If I lay here
40 to 44
If I just lay here
45 to 51
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
57 to 61
I don't quite know
63 to 65
How to say
67 to 70
How I feel
76 to 79
Those three words
81 to 83
Are said too much
85 to 88
They're not enough
91 to 94
If I lay here
96 to 99
If I just lay here
101 to 106
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Due to our inability book out the theatre space for a second filming session, we decided it be best to start work on a different music video. All of our work for the previous video will be included as development. With this video we will reconstruct 0:35-1:35.
Due to the busy schedule of the theatre and recourses it made the filming process far more difficult, due to this we decided to change the song to an easier and more accomplishable video. Snow Patrol-Chasing Cars, however we did film some footage for If you wanna:
Start (18 seconds)
Well, I don't wanna wake up in the morning But I've got to face the day That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say End (30 seconds)
Start (32 seconds)
I don't wanna do things independently But I can't make you stay That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say End (43 seconds)
Start (47 seconds)
But if you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright It's alright if you wanna come back Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright It's alright if you wanna come back to me End (60 seconds)
In order to prepare for your A2 media studies coursework- the advanced portfolio, you need to:
-Work in groups of 3 or 4 people to plan and produce a reconstruction of a minute from an existing music video.
-Set up your individual A2 coursework blog and choose your coursework brief.
-Gather evidence research into the conventions of your chosen brief over the summer starting with codes and conventions of your media form with examples, and also the genre of the text you intend to produce. (i.E. Music video conventions and rock conventions as an example.
