Showing posts with label Jack Brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Brown. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Friday, 10 December 2010
Student Digipak Analysis - Jack Brown
This digipak follows a lot of the typical conventions of a digipak. The artist name and album name is clearly printed on the front cover. The colour scheme and the images used portrays the style of genre the artist is involved in. It has track listings on the back of cover. It doesn't seem to contain any kind of price and images of the band, but it does contain an image from the music video. I't doesn't contain any artist info.
As a whole the album is well designed because it portrays the genre of the artist, the dark colours and sharp dark writing portrays a dark genre. It could of contained more information on the band and images of the band, maybe some reviews from peers. It could of contained lyrics as well. The album design relates to the genre but it could be considered as boring.
Editing - Jack Brown
Today i have finally piecing together the clips that we have recorded and I am finishing up the editing, all i need to is ask is the group is to film the remaining clips.
I have finally finished the reverse editing part of the film, and placed it all together so the film looks smooth, fluent and consistent.
All the lip syncing fits together, and the final piece looks fine, but with the lack of clips available and no filming time left i have had to work with what we've got and make sure the editing fits with the tempo of the music video.
The final product looks very good in my opinion, consistent paced editing and cuts, the video makes sense and links to the song as well. The lip synching and reverse editing looks very good and I am very happy with the final product.
Oasis Digipak - Jack Brown
I have chosen the digipak by Oasis as my research.
The digipak follows the typical conventions because it has the name of the band and images of the band and artist. The name is also on the spine of the pack. On the pack and on the CD it has track listing as well. The colour scheme follows the type of genre of the band and it also has an image of the instrument used by the band.
The back of the pack also contains website information, band website and record label information. The inside manual has credits and pictures of the band and also contains background information on the band, images and videos of them performing. It also contains bonus acoustic versions of their songs.
The overall design of the digipak is very basic, the colour scheme reflects the style of the music the band plays, and the image of the guitar also displays the genre of music they play. The band name is in a bold white text so the buyer instantly recognizes the band. The text followed by the band name is the shows the type of music within the album, this enables the user to fully know what they are buying.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Pitch
In the end we didn't use this idea as it lacked narrative and our feedback was quite negative. The feedback received in our group felt that we lacked creativity and that we didn't plan thoroughly enough, as the music video was based around 4 monkeys running around in different places. We decided to change our music video to House of fun by Madness as we have a better narrative and fits our idea well. The previous song we were going to do didn't have a music video as well, this made it difficult for us to think of a music video, whilst House of fun by Madness had a music video which gave us a couple of ideas o what to do and to help us follow the style they achieved in their music video.
Friday, 1 October 2010
The Scientist By Coldplay - Jack Brown
"The Scientist" is the second single from English alternative rock band Coldplay's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The song was written collaboratively by all the band members for the album. It is built around a piano ballad, with its lyrics telling the story about a man's desire to love and an apology. The song was released in the United Kingdom as the second single from A Rush of Blood to the Head and reached number 10 in the UK Charts. It was released in the United States as the third single and reached number 18 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.
Critics were positive towards "The Scientist" and complimented the song's piano ballad and falsetto. Several remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely sampled. The single's music video won three MTV Music Video Awards, for the video's use of reverse narrative. The song was also featured on the band's 2003 live album Live 2003.
The song heavily uses reverse editing, and from the video our group have gained a lot of influences. The song also has a lot of lip syncing, and it can be considered as abstract.
The song's use of reverse editing is extremely clever and it shows a story, instead of the accident being at the beginning and showing his feelings it shows us him after a considerable amount of time.
Critics were positive towards "The Scientist" and complimented the song's piano ballad and falsetto. Several remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely sampled. The single's music video won three MTV Music Video Awards, for the video's use of reverse narrative. The song was also featured on the band's 2003 live album Live 2003.
The song heavily uses reverse editing, and from the video our group have gained a lot of influences. The song also has a lot of lip syncing, and it can be considered as abstract.
The song's use of reverse editing is extremely clever and it shows a story, instead of the accident being at the beginning and showing his feelings it shows us him after a considerable amount of time.
Plan
(1) 16 year old male looking forward too his birthday party except no one turns up. He realises that he’s too old for “this” (the cake the jelly party hats, basically a young kids party).
(2) Goes through cards and presents and notices a secret party invite in one of them inviting him to the house of fun.
(3) Gets ready for party, he starts to reach for clothes, and he is dressing younger for his actual age.
(4) Journey to the party and during the trip he is gradually maturing, people are beginning to follow him
(5) Gets served in the shop i.e. cigarettes, beer and condom and he walks towards the house
(6) Party is at his own house and when he turns up he is older than everyone.
• Starts with a close up of a hand pressing the play button on an oldish stereo.
• Long shot party room being empty with only the main character on his own =(
• Medium shots of scenery i.e. cake and party hats.
• Medium view of all presents
• Point of view of opening presents (small gifts like socks)
• Medium view or pile of cards and a one card stands out more then the others (bright colour)
• Point of view close up of an invite to a party
• Close up shots of him reaching for clothes (hands only)
• Pan shot of him starting from the bottom and going to the top
• Leaves his house and close up of his door number
• Medium close up shots of clothes flying up on him (individual shots of the clothes flying on)(reverse editing)
• Point of view of people following him
• More shots of the reverse editing
• Medium shot of only his clothes maturing
• Close up of hands reaching for different items
• Point of view of the main character handing over the money
• High status shot of him walking out the door
• More reverse editing showing him maturing even further
• Pan shot of him walk towards door
• Close up of the door number of his own house
• Low status shot of him walking through the door
• Quick cross cutting between the main character and the young children playing
(2) Goes through cards and presents and notices a secret party invite in one of them inviting him to the house of fun.
(3) Gets ready for party, he starts to reach for clothes, and he is dressing younger for his actual age.
(4) Journey to the party and during the trip he is gradually maturing, people are beginning to follow him
(5) Gets served in the shop i.e. cigarettes, beer and condom and he walks towards the house
(6) Party is at his own house and when he turns up he is older than everyone.
• Starts with a close up of a hand pressing the play button on an oldish stereo.
• Long shot party room being empty with only the main character on his own =(
• Medium shots of scenery i.e. cake and party hats.
• Medium view of all presents
• Point of view of opening presents (small gifts like socks)
• Medium view or pile of cards and a one card stands out more then the others (bright colour)
• Point of view close up of an invite to a party
• Close up shots of him reaching for clothes (hands only)
• Pan shot of him starting from the bottom and going to the top
• Leaves his house and close up of his door number
• Medium close up shots of clothes flying up on him (individual shots of the clothes flying on)(reverse editing)
• Point of view of people following him
• More shots of the reverse editing
• Medium shot of only his clothes maturing
• Close up of hands reaching for different items
• Point of view of the main character handing over the money
• High status shot of him walking out the door
• More reverse editing showing him maturing even further
• Pan shot of him walk towards door
• Close up of the door number of his own house
• Low status shot of him walking through the door
• Quick cross cutting between the main character and the young children playing
Reverse Editing - Jack Brown
This is what we want to do for our music video. This can happen by using reverse editing, this will be important for our music video as it will look good and it also shows the importance of time going by.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Pitch-Song choice and Artist Background
Song title/band: "House of Fun" by Madness
Genre/Style: Ska/Pop
Band Members:
Graham "Suggs" McPherson
Mike Barson
Lee Thompson
Chris Foreman
Mark Bedford
Daniel Woodgate
Carl Smyth
Record labels: Stiff, Virgin, Lucky 7 Records
Years together: 1976–present (on and off)
Song Released in 1982 and was their only number 1 UK hit.
We decided to change our idea from The Monkees (see below), as we felt that our idea was not specific, would cost a lot and the performance side of it would be too hard whilst wearing the suits. And whilst the song fitted in with the Monkey suit idea, we decided to do "House Of Fun" instead without the Monkey suits and with the idea stated above.
Original Idea
Song/ Artist- Hey Hey, We're the monkees (theme from the monkees) By The Monkees
Target Audience- Teenage girls
genre/Style-Bubblegum Pop (which was targeted at a teenage girl audience between 1967-77)
Our idea was to go around in Monkey suites doing different things and creating a narrative through the lyrics of the song, as well as incorporating performance.
Genre/Style: Ska/Pop
Band Members:
Graham "Suggs" McPherson
Mike Barson
Lee Thompson
Chris Foreman
Mark Bedford
Daniel Woodgate
Carl Smyth
Record labels: Stiff, Virgin, Lucky 7 Records
Years together: 1976–present (on and off)
Song Released in 1982 and was their only number 1 UK hit.
We decided to change our idea from The Monkees (see below), as we felt that our idea was not specific, would cost a lot and the performance side of it would be too hard whilst wearing the suits. And whilst the song fitted in with the Monkey suit idea, we decided to do "House Of Fun" instead without the Monkey suits and with the idea stated above.
Original Idea
Song/ Artist- Hey Hey, We're the monkees (theme from the monkees) By The Monkees
Target Audience- Teenage girls
genre/Style-Bubblegum Pop (which was targeted at a teenage girl audience between 1967-77)
Our idea was to go around in Monkey suites doing different things and creating a narrative through the lyrics of the song, as well as incorporating performance.
Thursday, 16 September 2010
The History Of The Music Video- Jack Brown
In the late 1950, the Scopitone, a visual jukebox, was invented in France and short films were produced by many French artists, such as Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc to accompany their songs. Its use spread to other countries and similar machines such as the Cinebox in Italy and Color-Sonic in the USA were patented. In 1961 Ozzie Nelson directed and edited the video of Travelin' Man by his son Ricky Nelson.
In 1965, The Beatles began making promotional clips for distribution and broadcast in other countries.
The location clips are considerably more elaborate and use vibrant colour footage shot on location in the grounds of Chiswick House, London. Both clips are notable for their use of hand-held camera work, rhythmic editing, slow motion shots and reversed film. Most notably, apart from a few brief shots the Rain clip virtually abandons any pretense of performance and has no obvious narrative structure.
The Rolling Stones appeared in many promotional clips for their songs in the 1960s. One of the earliest, dating from 1964, showed the band on a beach, miming to their single Not Fade Away, but this has apparently since been lost. In 1966, Peter Whitehead directed two promo clips for their single Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, and Standing in the Shadow?
Many countries with local pop music industries soon copied the trend towards promo film clips. In Australia, promotional films by Australian pop performers were being made on a regular basis by 1966; in 1968 singer Lynne Randell featured in one of the first promotional clips for an Australian act that was filmed in colour, but most Australian clips from this period were in black and white, because Australia did not convert to colour TV until early 1975.
During late 1972–73 David Bowie featured in a series of promotional films directed by pop photographer Mick Rock, who worked extensively with Bowie in this period. These clips are important landmarks in the development of the music video genre in the 1970s, and they are also notable because they were made by a professional photographer rather than an established film or TV director, and because Rock was given total creative control over the clips.
The Australian TV shows Countdown which premiered in 1974, were significant in developing and popularizing the music video genre in Australia and other countries, and in establishing the importance of music video clips as a means of promoting both emerging acts and new releases by established acts.
In 1965, The Beatles began making promotional clips for distribution and broadcast in other countries.
The location clips are considerably more elaborate and use vibrant colour footage shot on location in the grounds of Chiswick House, London. Both clips are notable for their use of hand-held camera work, rhythmic editing, slow motion shots and reversed film. Most notably, apart from a few brief shots the Rain clip virtually abandons any pretense of performance and has no obvious narrative structure.
The Rolling Stones appeared in many promotional clips for their songs in the 1960s. One of the earliest, dating from 1964, showed the band on a beach, miming to their single Not Fade Away, but this has apparently since been lost. In 1966, Peter Whitehead directed two promo clips for their single Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, and Standing in the Shadow?
Many countries with local pop music industries soon copied the trend towards promo film clips. In Australia, promotional films by Australian pop performers were being made on a regular basis by 1966; in 1968 singer Lynne Randell featured in one of the first promotional clips for an Australian act that was filmed in colour, but most Australian clips from this period were in black and white, because Australia did not convert to colour TV until early 1975.
During late 1972–73 David Bowie featured in a series of promotional films directed by pop photographer Mick Rock, who worked extensively with Bowie in this period. These clips are important landmarks in the development of the music video genre in the 1970s, and they are also notable because they were made by a professional photographer rather than an established film or TV director, and because Rock was given total creative control over the clips.
The Australian TV shows Countdown which premiered in 1974, were significant in developing and popularizing the music video genre in Australia and other countries, and in establishing the importance of music video clips as a means of promoting both emerging acts and new releases by established acts.
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Evaluation Questions For Prelim Task - Jack Brown
Identify The Task And The The Song/Artist
The song we were given was No More Mr. Nice Guy By Alice Cooper, and we had to make a music video for the song, we were allowed to cut out some of the song if we wished to.
How Have You Used Digital Technology In The Construction Of Your Video?
Digital technology had a huge input towards our media product, we were given a hand held camera with a stand to record the music video. Then we had access to Apple Macs, and an editing software called iMovieHD. We was also enabled to show our video to the public via YouTube.
Discuss The Planning Stage Of Your Production And The Steps You Went Through.
To plan the media product we made a list of all the various shots and we made a rough storyboard as an visual aid to help us contruct the shots. Whilst some of our group was creating the storyboard the half started taking notes from music videos by the same music artist of the same genre, this helped us understand the generic conventions for the genre Rock in a music video.
How Did Your Research Into Music Videos Contribute To The Development Of Your Own Production?
We looked at what other media groups from previous years did that had the same genre as us and from that we were able to copy what they did and see what worked well, we also look at general rock music videos to see how the editor has enabled the video to flow with the tempo of the music video.
What Do You Think Are The Main Strengths/Weaknesses In Your Production? (Consider The Audience Feedback)
I think the main strength is that at the beginning the sequence flowed really well with the music and the tempo. There was a good structure and alot of contuinity editing throughout the piece. Near the end of the sequence the video began to colapse and we got lazy, we didn't have enough shots so we added a few random shots to fill the time. The plot of the sequence was very good according to the audience feedback, altough near the end the quoting back from my previous comment, we got lazy and the acting was getting drowzy. The worst part of the sequence was the lip synching, we have now learnt that singing into a webcam was a horrible idea and we have now learnt from the mistakes.
The song we were given was No More Mr. Nice Guy By Alice Cooper, and we had to make a music video for the song, we were allowed to cut out some of the song if we wished to.
How Have You Used Digital Technology In The Construction Of Your Video?
Digital technology had a huge input towards our media product, we were given a hand held camera with a stand to record the music video. Then we had access to Apple Macs, and an editing software called iMovieHD. We was also enabled to show our video to the public via YouTube.
Discuss The Planning Stage Of Your Production And The Steps You Went Through.
To plan the media product we made a list of all the various shots and we made a rough storyboard as an visual aid to help us contruct the shots. Whilst some of our group was creating the storyboard the half started taking notes from music videos by the same music artist of the same genre, this helped us understand the generic conventions for the genre Rock in a music video.
How Did Your Research Into Music Videos Contribute To The Development Of Your Own Production?
We looked at what other media groups from previous years did that had the same genre as us and from that we were able to copy what they did and see what worked well, we also look at general rock music videos to see how the editor has enabled the video to flow with the tempo of the music video.
What Do You Think Are The Main Strengths/Weaknesses In Your Production? (Consider The Audience Feedback)
I think the main strength is that at the beginning the sequence flowed really well with the music and the tempo. There was a good structure and alot of contuinity editing throughout the piece. Near the end of the sequence the video began to colapse and we got lazy, we didn't have enough shots so we added a few random shots to fill the time. The plot of the sequence was very good according to the audience feedback, altough near the end the quoting back from my previous comment, we got lazy and the acting was getting drowzy. The worst part of the sequence was the lip synching, we have now learnt that singing into a webcam was a horrible idea and we have now learnt from the mistakes.
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