Tuesday, 19 October 2010
PLANNING: Permission Email
This is a copy of the permission email i sent to the record company who own "aint no rest for the wicked" to use the song for my coursework
Dear Sir or Madam
For our ‘A’ Level Media Studies coursework we have to make a music video to accompany a song. For our project we would like to use Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant and are seeking your permission.
The resulting music video will not be used for commercial gain, will be hosted on a private coursework blog and also rendered on to DVD for the attention of our teacher and the coursework moderator. Should we not hear from you to the contrary within 14 days of the date of this email we will assume that your are happy for us to use this music under a fair use arrangement.
Should you require any further information please contact our teacher, Mr Scargill on scargill@guilsborough.northants.sch.uk
Dear Sir or Madam
For our ‘A’ Level Media Studies coursework we have to make a music video to accompany a song. For our project we would like to use Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant and are seeking your permission.
The resulting music video will not be used for commercial gain, will be hosted on a private coursework blog and also rendered on to DVD for the attention of our teacher and the coursework moderator. Should we not hear from you to the contrary within 14 days of the date of this email we will assume that your are happy for us to use this music under a fair use arrangement.
Should you require any further information please contact our teacher, Mr Scargill on scargill@guilsborough.northants.sch.uk
So far i have not received an email back.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
PLANNING: Desicions
The song I have chosen to do for my Music Video is - Ain't no rest for the wicked By Cage The Elephant. I have chosen to work on my own to do this music video because not many people know the song and would be hard to do it well with people who don't know the song. Also I have a very strong idea of how I want the video to look already.
Monday, 20 September 2010
RESEARCH: A Beautiful Lie - Digipack Deconstruction
This is my second deconstruction of a digipack, this one is for Thirty Seconds To Mars's album, A Beautiful Lie.
The front cover of the album is white with the Thirty Seconds To Mars logo down the left hand side, then on the right hand side there is an image with some skulls and " A Beautiful Lie" written on it. The skulls are very typical of the genre of music that the album is and are the kinds of things people would expect to see on a rock album.
The inside of the booklet has double pages, one which has a picture of a band member and the other has the lyrics from a song/ a few songs. It is all very red and black with the band members looking very pasty. It is very stereotypical idea of what people who listen to that kind of music look like.
The front cover of the album is white with the Thirty Seconds To Mars logo down the left hand side, then on the right hand side there is an image with some skulls and " A Beautiful Lie" written on it. The skulls are very typical of the genre of music that the album is and are the kinds of things people would expect to see on a rock album.
The inside of the booklet has double pages, one which has a picture of a band member and the other has the lyrics from a song/ a few songs. It is all very red and black with the band members looking very pasty. It is very stereotypical idea of what people who listen to that kind of music look like.
RESEARCH: Scream Aim Fire - Digipack Deconstruction
This is my deconstruction of my first digipack for Scream Aim Fire
The front cover shows the front of a building with crows and the Bullet for my Valentine logo with the album name (Scream Aim Fire) underneath. The whole cover is in dark brown and black colours and is a very stereotypical idea of what a rock/metal album would look like.
The inside of the digipack is also very stereotypical of an mteal/rock album, its mainly black with grey writing and no pictures, except the middle section which is just a large picture of the band but it is still very brown and black like the front cover.
I think the album relates to the uses and gratifications theory because it is obvioulsy related to a rock or metal album and that is easily noticeable just by looking at it, this makes it very obvious that the person who listens to it is into that kind of music and therefore satisfies peoples need to be classed within a certain view IE, goth, chav etc.
The front cover shows the front of a building with crows and the Bullet for my Valentine logo with the album name (Scream Aim Fire) underneath. The whole cover is in dark brown and black colours and is a very stereotypical idea of what a rock/metal album would look like.
The inside of the digipack is also very stereotypical of an mteal/rock album, its mainly black with grey writing and no pictures, except the middle section which is just a large picture of the band but it is still very brown and black like the front cover.
I think the album relates to the uses and gratifications theory because it is obvioulsy related to a rock or metal album and that is easily noticeable just by looking at it, this makes it very obvious that the person who listens to it is into that kind of music and therefore satisfies peoples need to be classed within a certain view IE, goth, chav etc.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
RESEARCH: Second video deconstruction, Lostprophets - A Town called Hypocrisy
The second video ive looked at is A Town Called Hypocrisy by Lostprophets. Like the first video it is also a rock/metal video.
Genre Characteristics - Rock or metal Videos tend to have the band playing infront of the camera, with some sort of background related to whats going on in the rest of the video and then have a separate section of the video that tells a story, usually related to the lyrics.
What is the relationship between the lyrics and the video? - The songs lyrics talk about how people are hypocritical and the video shows exactly that, it shows the band as the presenters of a children's TV show teaching kids to share and be nice people, saying please and thank you. But it then also shows the band at a party after filming with the crew and people in the TV programme doing everything that they teach kids not to do through the programme and are therefore being hypocritical
What is the relationship between the music and the video? - The music for the song is quite cheery and upbeat, and so is the video, everyone seems to be having fun and a party, but the video is also a bit tongue in cheek in the same way the music is.
Are there close ups of the artist and star image motifs? - Yes, like the previous video there is alot of shots of the band playing, but then also in the parts of the video that tell the story the band stars as the people who are in the TV show.
Is there a reference to the notion of looking? - Yes, a large one, the entire video is set as though you are watching a TV programme for kids. There is also a section that is done entirely through looking through a telescope.
Are there intertextual references? - I cant think of any.
Is it performance based, narrative based or concept based? - I would say that it is largely concept based because it is all based around the concept that everyone is hypocritical and it shows that noone is perfect, even the people who present TV shows to kids.
Genre Characteristics - Rock or metal Videos tend to have the band playing infront of the camera, with some sort of background related to whats going on in the rest of the video and then have a separate section of the video that tells a story, usually related to the lyrics.
What is the relationship between the lyrics and the video? - The songs lyrics talk about how people are hypocritical and the video shows exactly that, it shows the band as the presenters of a children's TV show teaching kids to share and be nice people, saying please and thank you. But it then also shows the band at a party after filming with the crew and people in the TV programme doing everything that they teach kids not to do through the programme and are therefore being hypocritical
What is the relationship between the music and the video? - The music for the song is quite cheery and upbeat, and so is the video, everyone seems to be having fun and a party, but the video is also a bit tongue in cheek in the same way the music is.
Are there close ups of the artist and star image motifs? - Yes, like the previous video there is alot of shots of the band playing, but then also in the parts of the video that tell the story the band stars as the people who are in the TV show.
Is there a reference to the notion of looking? - Yes, a large one, the entire video is set as though you are watching a TV programme for kids. There is also a section that is done entirely through looking through a telescope.
Are there intertextual references? - I cant think of any.
Is it performance based, narrative based or concept based? - I would say that it is largely concept based because it is all based around the concept that everyone is hypocritical and it shows that noone is perfect, even the people who present TV shows to kids.
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