Hi, my name is Adam. I'm 18 years old and am here to share with you my 2 year media blog that has been part of my A-Level course at school. It starts with the making of a Thriller sequence and ends with a Rock'n Roll bash. I hope you enjoy and start creating something extraordinary yourself.
In our music video we would like to increase the years as if we are going through a timeline and add small aspects of key events that happened in the 70's,80's and 90's. In this case we will incorporate our music video like this Aerosmith and Run DMC live performance, and make it like an old MTV music video by adding the faded and blurred title of the band on the screen. But we would like to add our record company as it is a debut video so it will give fans more of an introduction to who we are. It will again widen our audience as we are getting everyone to recognize key parts of their past in a modern era. Hopefully it will increase our views and produce a hype.
In our music video we would like to emphasize the idea of having a 1950's TV show by having a television presenter who is rather up-beat, excited and is able to put on a stereotypical American accent. We have cast our media teacher (Mr Wood) but what better way to make a presenter and use two very famous men and combine them to make one man. Ed and Wood coming from the 1948-1971 TV show that Sullivan hosted as well as Mr Ed Wood, famous sci-fi film maker, actor and author.
Ed Sullivan was always known as a quirky TV personality and always managed to project and give himself a recognizable voice. Also you may have noticed that he is wearing a suit which is a key part of our video so we want our presenter to be wearing a normal suit. On the other hand we would like our presenter to keep his surname so Ed Wood is close enough. Furthermore we would preferably like our presenter to be good looking (which he is) so it coheres with Ed Wood's savvy, cool traits... Not only off screen but on screen too.
Overall we would like our nostalgic part of the video to mix in and relate with Ed Sullivan's 1964 show when the Beatles were playing live in-front of an audience of women. Here is the video...
As you can see Ed starts off by presenting the band in a wide shot whilst standing up and with a fairly normal background. He is wearing a dinner suit as if it connotes the evening and that people will be watching the show in-front of the television whilst eating dinner. Ironically this period was a time where tv dinners took a toll for a different lifestyle. He then points and the camera fades into another wide shot of the band about to play 'Twist and Shout'. A lot of zooming occurs as well as footage from a very rowdy and ecstatic audience. There is a lack of variation when it comes to camera angles as those times didn't really expect or even think about having creative angles within the performance. Not to mention they probably didn't have many cameras filming them either, they just wanted to sell themselves by using simple wide shots of the whole band. Therefore we would like to incorporate this but combine it with modern technologies to give it a look that several cameras are being used to film the band. Also we will sell ourselves by using individual shots of each band member so it acts as a debut, thus giving fans a small insight into each and every one of us playing in the band.
Here is a little slideshow just giving examples of pastiche and parody and what they mean. It is significant for our music video as we would like to use elements from several different sources (preferably the past) and incorporate them as either pastiche or parody. For example Ed Sulliven's show or even the dance moves of a 20th century black rock/blues artist. Intertextuality not only represents convergence, but you know when you are watching a film, tv show and you know there's a prop or character that relates to a piece of media? Well here is an example...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers use very obvious intertextual references as they are live on stage dressed up as several famous musicians such as; The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Kiss. This would be an example of pastiche and parody as they take the mick but also create artistic replica's of what each artist is or was like. Things like their costumes act as the main focal point of the video as it gets fans to view their content because of the mick taking and connections it has to peoples past. Furthermore creative aspects such as the colors and black and white used act as what is called background references as they do not act as the main focal point but an emphatic tweak to make it more realistic. Overall we would like to evolve on this idea of intertextuality and add it to our upcoming music video. Many music videos including Dani California, will be analysed to further our research.
This is one of the Arctic Monkeys most treasured songs that gained them an NME award. As you can see from the video its taking place as a live performance in a small venue. The clothes are simple and different from each other linking to the idea of being individual. They do not have severely groomed faces which synthetic artists would receive. There are several quick cuts that go towards closeups of the band which individually shows every musicians talent and their roles within the band. The video quality isn't immaculate which again shows authenticity. Furthermore there are close-ups of the instruments demonstrating talent and organic qualities. In our music video we would like to include humorous qualities to show we are having fun, for example there is a wide shot of the drummer chuckling at the camera. These shots show each member's emotional state and how they enjoy being musicians and playing live unlike some synthetic artists who can get uptight if they do something wrong. We would like to incorporate this in our music video by making it similar to this, however we will make a bricolage and add add comical qualities to make it more entertaining.
In our new idea we would also like to capture the essence of new and modern rock artists who captured the audiences attention by engaging and entertaining them in funny ways. An example of a rock singer is Pelle Almqvis. He is the lead singer of The Hives and has always been known for his very chaotic and cool moves on stage in which he controls the crowd. An example of this is when they performed 'Hate To Say I Told You So' in 2012.
He is seen here as being partly the main focal point of the show and emphasizes his role by showing the audience many moves that he can pull off whilst singing a song. For example he dances a few times as well as reaching out to his fans which shows how he is enjoying his performance and that he is making it more entertaining for the audience by acting mischievous. Like Mick Jagger he also shows many facial expressions that act as a part of the show as if he is really captivating himself within the music. Overall we would like our lead singer to take inspiration from him as well and hopefully recreate some famous moves that will add a bit more swagger like jagger to the live performance we are creating.
In our new idea we would like to capture the nostalgia of old rock artists and especially old rock front-men who captured the audiences attention by engaging and entertaining them. An example of a famous rock singer is Mick Jagger. He is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones and has always been known for his very smooth and cool moves on stage. An example of this is when they performed 'Undercover of the Night' in 1989.
He is seen here as being partly the main focal point of the show and emphasizes his role by showing the audience many moves that he can pull off whilst singing a song. For example he dances a few times which shows how he is enjoying his performance and that he is making it more fun for himself. He also shows many facial expressions that act as a part of the show as if he is really captivating himself within the music. Overall we would like our lead singer to take inspiration from Mick Jagger and hopefully recreate some famous moves that will add a bit more swagger like jagger to the live performance we are creating.
