Contents Draft

I will use this as my contents, this will go in the middle of my digi pack, this is the first picture which is also of a clock, i wanted to keep the inside simple but also have alot of significance, i have chosen to keep it simple to represent the song which is simple but also has alot of meaning which also reffers back to time and its importance.

Album cover - Draft

this is an image which i have put together to show an idea which i may use for my album cover, i have decided to take photos of clocks in different locations and different types of clocks. Once i have made a collection of clocks i will put them together in a collage and use it as the base for my album cover, i would like to add a photo of the artist also for promotional reasons, the image i will use will be the face of the artist faded out so it is more subtle against the main images of the clocks. i will also also the album name time after the hit single, i will write this on a banner across the bottem of the cover so it stands out against the clocks.

Music Poster

This is advertisment for my single time, This is a draft i made with some ideas i have put together to give me an overall view of what the poster nay look like once the video is completed. I have gone for black and white which relates to the music video, i have used them specific colours for this to give a lifeless feel, the reason i want everything to look dark as the song is emotional so and understated. I also added a clock which is the main theme of the song, i blurred the clock so it looks as if it has is moving with alot of pace to emphasise the time going on, i have also used a hand reaching out, this would symbolise the artist reaching out for someone, the person who the song is written about as it is about time and love. I have written time at the bottem in the biggest writing to signify the importance, as it is the main thing people will see, i have chosen writting that have a distored look about it so it has a bit of character and age but also looks like the words are fading away or eroding due to the period of time it has been there. Putting an effect on the wording 'Lauren Chard' who is the artist also makes her name stand out, i have used this effect to generate perspective.

Design Inspirations

Design inspirations on Prezi

Project Proposal

For my A2 media studies coursework I will be producing a music video,  firstly I needed to choose  a song which I could put my ideas into on my video, the song I have chosen is Chase and Status time. The first reason I chose this song is because I enjoy the song and I also wanted to do a type of song which I could build a narrative to link with the lyrics, the song is also quite simple so I could build on ideas to make the song more interesting.  The type of video I have chosen to produce with this song is a narrative video which tells a story, this story may only take place over a short period of time, such as a week just to give an insight into the person’s life in which the lyrics are based around.

The music video I have chosen is quite unique because I have chosen I new genre of music - break beat, which is a style of music which has a collection of different sub-genres influencing the final piece of music (Hip hop, Funk, Jazz, Electro, Electronic dance). I feel that this type of music will be more popular because it does not have a selective group which they are able to aim the song at, neither male nor female and also fits into a variety of different music genres, for example it reached number 6 on the dance chart. As the duo ‘Chase and Status’ are not commonly known as the only became popular in the last few years, this may help me as audiences will not already have previous expectations about what the duo may produce as a music video.

I have already decided that I will be making a narrative video; I have chosen to keep it more realistic to be able to amplify the drama and realism within the video. The reason for this is because the song links with everyday dramas, which would be kept true to life where the audiences can relate to the song and the music video. Although I would like to keep the video as a narrative type of video, I may include green screen and studio locations to give my video a more professional and unique look, I may also choose effects which I will have to add to the video, or parts of the song which I may find difficult filming in an outside location. As I have chosen a simple song I am planning on keeping the music video fairly simple, I am not going to use to many people in my video to keep it less complicated, I will use a main character in the video, which will be a female, and try to keep the number of people in the video to a minimum. Upon release I have decided to use viral marketing because the song isn’t a well known song I would be able to make it more popular by putting in on websites such as face book and MySpace.

Holiday Diary

Holiday Diary

While in the summer holidays I have been gathering ideas for my media music video, doing pieces of coursework has helped me put ideas together which are taken from locations which I have travelled to and linked them with my video, and every day locations such as bedrooms, houses which will put the narrative together and give it a more realistic feel that I am going for. By going to certain places in the holidays gave me more visual ideas for the video, but due to the song I have chosen I have decided not to use iconic landmarks and keep the video simple.

Using my research in coursework has helped me explore different types of music videos, popular music videos which I have noted down in my iconic Music video stills also helped me to put together different ideas, obviously it would be difficult for me to make some of the videos I have found in the iconic music videos because I have limited amount of time, money and equipment to be able to get my video as professional looking as some, I also do not have as much experience in making music videos but with practise I will be able to create a more authentic look.

By looking at various locations it gave me different ideas about my music videos and linking the locations and mise en scene to the lyrics of the song. Also by having locations around me I am able to see what locations are available to me and which are more accessible to shoot a video in.

After all my research I decided on two songs, both are very similar because they both have dub step music in them, the first one I thought of was Adele – Someone like you remix, I decided on the remix because it has a faster beat which I can add a better narrative to, the second song I would like to do was Chase and status – time, I would prefer to do this one as it has more lyrics which I can add a wider range of narrative.

Overall I decided to choose chase and status because I can make a story with the lyrics and keep it simple but also have an authentic look, I will also not need to do many close ups with the artist singing which I would prefer not to do because it may be difficult keeping the song person singing in sync with the words, and would prefer to make it like a story.

Song lyric Analysis

An analysis of the song 'Time' By chase and status, the song I have chosen to do for my media coursework.

10 Iconic music videos

Here i have print screened some iconic video stills, a few famous ones such as Michael Jackson - Thriller which, Britney Spears song from the 90's hit me baby one more time and other more recent iconic videos such as Ok Go - here it goes again song.
Michael Jackson - Thriller
The First most famous music video which i thought of was Micheal Jackson's Thriller, this was a smash hit in the 80's and became the best selling record of all time, Micheal Jackson was one of the first artists of his era to use his music video as a promotional package. Also once the video was made for this song, the dance also became popular world wide.
Kylie Monogue - Cant get you outta my head.
This is also an iconic music video, the song was a dance pop song released in 2001 and became kylie's signiture song. The video also became famous as the video was very contemporary and fresh at the time, with in the video were shots of kylie in very revealing clothes, the screen print that i have taken has a very contemporary and abstract look as Kyle has been made to look angelic compared to her background dancers.
Britney Spears - Hit me baby one more time
This is also another very famous videos, it was one of the first videos released by Britney, this was used to sell her and immeadately give her a signiture look as having such an iconic video asured her that she will always be remebered.
Village people - YMCA
I think this is another iconic video because due to this there is now a iconic dance which also goes with the song.
TLC -Waterfalls
I chose this video because the video was very contemporary at the time, it also became TLC's signiture song, which gave TLC an image of a new fresh girl group which do different types of songs.
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Like a virgin was the second album made by Madonna, i think this is iconic because everything with in the video represents the song lyrics, it was shot in a european country to give the full romantic fill, and Madonna even wore a white wedding dress to amplify the lyrics 'like a virgin', i think this was the video where people seen another side to Madonna and she become more of a sexual icon.
Ok Go - Here it goes
This video has become iconic because with such a simple song the artists have added a very complex video, they have a whole syncronised routine on tredmills which has given music videos a wider range of ideas which are avaliable to them with ease.
Destinys Child - Bootylicious
I feel that Bootylicious is an iconic music video because it was also another girl group which produced a new contemporary video, with different sections for each individual character, they also kept their music video simple but produced an upbeat video.
Missy Eliot - Get your Freak on
This is another video which has became popular music video, the music video made was very unique at the time, the song is combined music and the songs beat is based on bhangra, this video illustrates the lyrics well and gives it a dark mysterious twist.
Pink - Just like a pill
I feel that this music video is iconic because it breaks the mould with music videos, she includes many random parts in the music video, such as including animals such as elephants and rabits, i feel she done this to contrast the images in the video with the lyrics as the lyrics are quite distressed where as rabits are calming animals, also having the song about taking drugs may symbolise her hilucinations.

Location Reccie

Bedroom
As i am keeping my music video simple i am using places such as houses and bedrooms which give an every day story line, i may also use other rooms with in the house such as living room and kitchen to link with my story.

Train station
i have decided to use places such as train stations as the lyrics of the song relate to time, and i would like the visual to be time passing such as trains, or other forms of transport.

Motorway Bridge
this also links with the lyrics about time passing, using a location like this also would give more hidden meanings as bridges are also known to 'link' things together.

Northolt Hills
a place such as Northolt hills would be an ideal place to use for my video, it is local and easily accessible, places such as this will allow me to illustrate time, such as the cars passing.