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Thursday, 15 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Directors commentary script
Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms + conventions of real media products?
Livvy: The genre of the song we chose was folk rock/ indie, which gave us a wide range of possibilities for our music video, as the conventions were very open. The main convention was it could be artistic and very creative, but also we had to avoid mixing it with the genre conventions of pop music. We decided to emphasis the main convention by our main character in the narrative being a mime, which is a very profound and skilful art form.
Rachel: Our music video is controversial to many conventions of real media products as usually there is a link present within the video to the lyrics of the song. Although some actions of the mime are featured in the lyrics, for example the mime making a heart shape with his hands to the lyrics ‘loving somebody doesn’t make them love you”, the plot of a mime love story is totally unrelated to the song. This gives a unique twist to our music video that perversely conforms to conventional music video requirements of selling the artist and attracting viewers.
Maura: By shooting a lot of our footage in a natural environment like the park scene we also followed the other conventions of a folk rock video as many include natural instruments or just singing so the setting goes well with what the music is about such as in Bon Iver’s video Holocene where it is set in a very natural outdoors setting.
Rachel: Our music video uses the conventions of other music videos by using footage of the artist throughout quite a lot of the video and shows them singing to the camera so that it is clear who the artist is to the audience. A lot of these shots are close ups so that we could comply to the demands of the record label which are to sell the artist as a product and to ensure the audience knows who the are. We also used notions of looking (voyeurism) as the mime is looking longingly at the girl within the video as he is trying to get her attention, which is similar to other music videos.
Maura: Although I think to improve we could have used more props for example a guitar as they are usually included in folk rock videos and I think it would have made it even clearer what genre it came from.
Q2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
Livvy: Our music video and ancillary products (a magazine advert and a digipak) have a very strong link, even though we didn't directly use images from our music video. We thought that it would be better if we used a strong theme that linked the two products with subtle reference to the music video, as if it is a complete package. We chose the theme of circus advertisements, but not modern times advertisement, but older, almost Victorian style. In the planning phase we found a film called "Les Enfants du Paradis" which we found had a really nice feel to it and this made us choose this style.
Rachel: The aim of this style is to make the audience feel as if by getting the digipack they are being admitted to the weird and wonderful world of Jack Johnson the artist and would get access to exclusive behind the scenes action such as on the video set and tour, which we have included as two of the special features of the digipack. All three products work together to create a slightly eccentric view of the artist that encourages them to want to find out more by buying the products.
Rachel: The unique and unusual theme of mime artistry promotes the artist as he is shown to stand out from other conventional artists that may conform to regular music video ideas.
Maura: We could have however done a lot more with this and added more to our DVD by creating and inside design which used the juggling balls in more focus which I believe would have worked well in the place where the DVD itself would go as the shape of both would fit together. But overall I feel that we were able to create three products that when seen next to one another it would be clear that they were all related to the same video.
Q3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
Livvy: The feedback we got from our audience was in general positive, they said our lip-syncing was of a high standard, which has taught me that the method of putting markers on our music track, to mark when the beginning of versus and choruses, worked well. Although they said our music video was to narrative heavy, so it would have been useful if we had filmed more scenes of the artist singing.
They also enjoyed our use of multiple locations because they found it made the video more varied and interesting, thus making it more watch-able.
Rachel: The feedback from the rough cut showed us that we needed more close ups on the artist as we hadn’t got and it wouldn’t sell the artist enough but the lack of close ups until the end did make the ending where the two mimes meet very powerful. Our final cut feedback showed us that although we had increased the number of close ups there was still not enough so in future products we need to include more.
Maura: I think we have developed our video a lot from when our rough cut had feedback as one of the main points for that was to change the tone of the video and we done this by using filters so the whole mood of the video is changed. They also said that they did not see enough of the performer so we added some shots of him so that it would break up all the scenes of the mime.
Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning and evaluation stages?
Maura: Throughout the process I have learnt how to use many different types of technology and been able to develop skills on those I have used before. The first thing I used when in the planning and research stage was ‘blogger.com’ this is where all my research and planning would be displayed. To research into music videos I used youtube.com which was able to give me so many music videos and ideas as to what kind of thing is usually included in different music videos.
Rachel: Final cut was used a lot during the production of our music video and it helped a lot to create the old style atmosphere of the video because of the wide range of effects it has on offer such as the noise filter and colour corrector we used to make it look dark and grainy and in the style of old mime films. Photoshop was useful for creating the digipack as it allowed us to edit the circus poster and ticket we found to show the information we wanted to include.
Livvy: In the construction of our music video we used HD handheld cameras, which were easy to use and gave use the opportunity to film close up shots without the camera feeling overpowering over artist and mime.
Having a blog was also very useful to us in the research and planning stage, and the evaluation stage, because it meant all our work was online so we could look at home, or in college, or blog articles where ever we were, if we suddenly found inspiration or found a good location etc. Using a blog also meant our work was neatly stored, and made it easier to link all our products together as we could get inspiration for work we'd previously done for the Music Video.
Livvy: The genre of the song we chose was folk rock/ indie, which gave us a wide range of possibilities for our music video, as the conventions were very open. The main convention was it could be artistic and very creative, but also we had to avoid mixing it with the genre conventions of pop music. We decided to emphasis the main convention by our main character in the narrative being a mime, which is a very profound and skilful art form.
Rachel: Our music video is controversial to many conventions of real media products as usually there is a link present within the video to the lyrics of the song. Although some actions of the mime are featured in the lyrics, for example the mime making a heart shape with his hands to the lyrics ‘loving somebody doesn’t make them love you”, the plot of a mime love story is totally unrelated to the song. This gives a unique twist to our music video that perversely conforms to conventional music video requirements of selling the artist and attracting viewers.
Maura: By shooting a lot of our footage in a natural environment like the park scene we also followed the other conventions of a folk rock video as many include natural instruments or just singing so the setting goes well with what the music is about such as in Bon Iver’s video Holocene where it is set in a very natural outdoors setting.
Rachel: Our music video uses the conventions of other music videos by using footage of the artist throughout quite a lot of the video and shows them singing to the camera so that it is clear who the artist is to the audience. A lot of these shots are close ups so that we could comply to the demands of the record label which are to sell the artist as a product and to ensure the audience knows who the are. We also used notions of looking (voyeurism) as the mime is looking longingly at the girl within the video as he is trying to get her attention, which is similar to other music videos.
Maura: Although I think to improve we could have used more props for example a guitar as they are usually included in folk rock videos and I think it would have made it even clearer what genre it came from.
Q2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
Livvy: Our music video and ancillary products (a magazine advert and a digipak) have a very strong link, even though we didn't directly use images from our music video. We thought that it would be better if we used a strong theme that linked the two products with subtle reference to the music video, as if it is a complete package. We chose the theme of circus advertisements, but not modern times advertisement, but older, almost Victorian style. In the planning phase we found a film called "Les Enfants du Paradis" which we found had a really nice feel to it and this made us choose this style.
Rachel: The aim of this style is to make the audience feel as if by getting the digipack they are being admitted to the weird and wonderful world of Jack Johnson the artist and would get access to exclusive behind the scenes action such as on the video set and tour, which we have included as two of the special features of the digipack. All three products work together to create a slightly eccentric view of the artist that encourages them to want to find out more by buying the products.
Rachel: The unique and unusual theme of mime artistry promotes the artist as he is shown to stand out from other conventional artists that may conform to regular music video ideas.
Maura: We could have however done a lot more with this and added more to our DVD by creating and inside design which used the juggling balls in more focus which I believe would have worked well in the place where the DVD itself would go as the shape of both would fit together. But overall I feel that we were able to create three products that when seen next to one another it would be clear that they were all related to the same video.
Q3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
Livvy: The feedback we got from our audience was in general positive, they said our lip-syncing was of a high standard, which has taught me that the method of putting markers on our music track, to mark when the beginning of versus and choruses, worked well. Although they said our music video was to narrative heavy, so it would have been useful if we had filmed more scenes of the artist singing.
They also enjoyed our use of multiple locations because they found it made the video more varied and interesting, thus making it more watch-able.
Rachel: The feedback from the rough cut showed us that we needed more close ups on the artist as we hadn’t got and it wouldn’t sell the artist enough but the lack of close ups until the end did make the ending where the two mimes meet very powerful. Our final cut feedback showed us that although we had increased the number of close ups there was still not enough so in future products we need to include more.
Maura: I think we have developed our video a lot from when our rough cut had feedback as one of the main points for that was to change the tone of the video and we done this by using filters so the whole mood of the video is changed. They also said that they did not see enough of the performer so we added some shots of him so that it would break up all the scenes of the mime.
Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning and evaluation stages?
Maura: Throughout the process I have learnt how to use many different types of technology and been able to develop skills on those I have used before. The first thing I used when in the planning and research stage was ‘blogger.com’ this is where all my research and planning would be displayed. To research into music videos I used youtube.com which was able to give me so many music videos and ideas as to what kind of thing is usually included in different music videos.
Rachel: Final cut was used a lot during the production of our music video and it helped a lot to create the old style atmosphere of the video because of the wide range of effects it has on offer such as the noise filter and colour corrector we used to make it look dark and grainy and in the style of old mime films. Photoshop was useful for creating the digipack as it allowed us to edit the circus poster and ticket we found to show the information we wanted to include.
Livvy: In the construction of our music video we used HD handheld cameras, which were easy to use and gave use the opportunity to film close up shots without the camera feeling overpowering over artist and mime.
Having a blog was also very useful to us in the research and planning stage, and the evaluation stage, because it meant all our work was online so we could look at home, or in college, or blog articles where ever we were, if we suddenly found inspiration or found a good location etc. Using a blog also meant our work was neatly stored, and made it easier to link all our products together as we could get inspiration for work we'd previously done for the Music Video.
Timed Assessment of Evaluation Questions
1. In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The genre of the song we chose was folk rock/ indie, which gave us a wide range of possibilities for our music video, as the conventions were very open. The main convention was it could be artistic and very creative, but also we had to avoid mixing it with the genre conventions of pop music. We decided to emphasis the main convention by our main character in the narrative being a mime, which is a very profound and skillful art form. The use of the mime also spurred on further ideas for the ancillary products, which were also supposed to be creative and artistic, and also linked to our music video. We decided to emphasis the mime aspect of our music video and use the theme of the circus style posters. So, we made our magazine advert in the style of a Victorian circus advertisement with all the necessary information to sell our product.
We also used a lot of amplified lyrics and visuals to emphasis what our artist was singing about, to make it more understandable. The lyrics had a general narrative that showed us a failed love story, where a man spends a lot of time chasing after a girl, doing all the things she wants him to do, and being the person she wants him to be, and then not showing him any affection or interest. Our narrative amplifies this by showing a mime, chasing after a "normal" girl, and her completely ignoring him. Using the mime for this, instead of a normal person or using the artist, makes the video far more interesting for the viewer, because it makes it more unique and different.
One convention we could have used was that most folk rock songs used guitars, or showed the artist playing a guitar whilst singing, which makes the audience make a clearer link to what the genre is, as to attract the target audience. We could have also used nature to our advantage, because through watching other musics videos from this genre, we noted that most used forests or open farmland or fenland as their backdrop, and we only used this in half of our song. Our local area would have provided us an array of different natural locations, although then again, using half our set as a built up town area, and then switching to the natural side could have worked to our advantage as it meant it showed a clear distinction between the first part of the narrative, where the mime is chasing after this "normal" girl, and the second part, where the mime and the artist come together, and the artist solves the mimes problem.
2. How effective is your combination of you main products and ancillary texts?
Our music video and ancillary products, (a magazine advert and a digipak) have a very strong link, even though we didn't directly use images from our music video. We thought that it would be better if we used a strong theme that linked the two products with subtle reference to the music video, as if it is a complete package. We chose the theme of circus advertisements, but not modern times advertisement, but older, almost Victorian style. In the planning phase we found a film called "Les Enfants du Paradis" which we found had a really nice feel to it and this made us choose this style.I think that all our products work together as a nice little package and compliment each-other, due to this theme. If we had thought a little less out of the box, I don't think our products would have worked so well. One part of the image of the mime I really liked was the fact that mimes were were originally supposed to teach moral lessons and it links to our narrative in our music video.
Although we could have produced the ancillary texts a bit better, if we had used our time wisely, they would have been more effective. and also if we had emphasized a bit further or improved the use of the vignette and colour correction in our music video, they would have looked even more connected.
3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
The feedback we got from our audience was in general positive, they said our lip-syncing was of a high standard, which has taught me that the method of putting markers on our music track, to mark when the beginning of versus and choruses, worked well. Although they said our music video was to narrative heavy, so it would have been useful if we'd have filmed more scenes of the artist singing.
They also enjoyed our use of multiple locations because they found it made the video more varied and interesting, thus making it more watch-able.
I have also learnt that the audience likes it when the lyrics and visuals are strongly linked as it makes what the artist is saying more interesting and understandable.
From our Rough Cut, we had some feedback that told us our music video looked too bright and realistic and if we wanted the theme of the mime to work, we had to do something about it. So we went through final cut and darkened all the shots so that it had a slightly more moody feel to it, and also added a filter called a vignette and another one called noise, as to make it feel like its old footage. The mix of the old looking footage, and the modern clothing of the artist and girl, made the mime stand out in the shots more, because after adding these filters, the mime looked like he was black and white, in a colourful world, making him look odd and out of place.
On thing we learnt but couldn't change, was it was repeated several times to us that we needed to film more close up shots, or at least more varying shots, to make the music video more technically difficult, and to make the music video in general more interesting, because as I mentioned before, the audience like the varying locations, and if we had varying shot, it would have been even better.
Without the audience feedback, I don't think we would have noticed and our music video wouldn't be as good.
Also the feedback we got from our teacher was that she really liked the circus theme because it could be used across several different products, such as CDs and full size posters, so our choice of theme was very good, like the use of the cowboy hat used in a line of Madonna products, which successfully linked them all together.
4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction, research and planning, and evaluation stages?
In the construction of our music video we used HD hand-held cameras, which were easy to use and gave use the opportunity to film close up shots without the camera feeling overpowering over artist and mime.
When we were putting all our shots together we used Final Cut, which enabled us to stack our short up like a staircase, in different tracks, which made it easier to find good shots for a particular scene. Also we were able to lock our lip-syncing track, so that it wasn't accidentally moved, and we were able to make sure it stayed in sync with the music. Final Cut was also useful because it had lots of filters and colour correction, which meant we were able to adjust our footage, so it doesn't feel raw, and we also used a Vignette filter, to give our footage an older, worn feel.
Also we used photo-shop in the construction of our ancillary texts. This meant we were able to layer images and texts onto our products. We found two useful images of an old style poster and a ticket to the circus, and we were able to strip them down, to the basic outline using various different tools, such as a colour matcher, which meant we could find the exact colour that was already on the poster, and use it to paint over the original text, and a smudger tool, which meant we were able to blend colours together, so that it looked smoother. We also used an artistic paint brush filter to give the images on the posters a feel of being painted, like the old style circus posters. Although one thing that caused us alot of problems was not knowing this technology as well as we should, because it meant when things went wrong we were unable to sort them out quickly, and when finding the right filters and tools, it took longer, which meant we had less time to complete our tasks, and meant they were of a lower standard, for example, if we had know how to cut a picture of a person out without having to precisely draw around the outline, we wouldn't have lost so much time.
Having a blog was also very useful to us in the research and planning stage, and the evaluation stage, because it meant all our work was online so we could look at home, or in college, or blog articles where ever we were, if we suddenly found inspiration or found a good location etc. Using a blog also meant our work was neatly stored, and made it easier to link all our products together as we could get inspiration for work we'd previously done for the Music Video, such as the post about "Les Enfants du Paradis", inspiring us to use old circus posters as inspiration for our magazine advert and digipak.
The genre of the song we chose was folk rock/ indie, which gave us a wide range of possibilities for our music video, as the conventions were very open. The main convention was it could be artistic and very creative, but also we had to avoid mixing it with the genre conventions of pop music. We decided to emphasis the main convention by our main character in the narrative being a mime, which is a very profound and skillful art form. The use of the mime also spurred on further ideas for the ancillary products, which were also supposed to be creative and artistic, and also linked to our music video. We decided to emphasis the mime aspect of our music video and use the theme of the circus style posters. So, we made our magazine advert in the style of a Victorian circus advertisement with all the necessary information to sell our product.
We also used a lot of amplified lyrics and visuals to emphasis what our artist was singing about, to make it more understandable. The lyrics had a general narrative that showed us a failed love story, where a man spends a lot of time chasing after a girl, doing all the things she wants him to do, and being the person she wants him to be, and then not showing him any affection or interest. Our narrative amplifies this by showing a mime, chasing after a "normal" girl, and her completely ignoring him. Using the mime for this, instead of a normal person or using the artist, makes the video far more interesting for the viewer, because it makes it more unique and different.
One convention we could have used was that most folk rock songs used guitars, or showed the artist playing a guitar whilst singing, which makes the audience make a clearer link to what the genre is, as to attract the target audience. We could have also used nature to our advantage, because through watching other musics videos from this genre, we noted that most used forests or open farmland or fenland as their backdrop, and we only used this in half of our song. Our local area would have provided us an array of different natural locations, although then again, using half our set as a built up town area, and then switching to the natural side could have worked to our advantage as it meant it showed a clear distinction between the first part of the narrative, where the mime is chasing after this "normal" girl, and the second part, where the mime and the artist come together, and the artist solves the mimes problem.
2. How effective is your combination of you main products and ancillary texts?
Our music video and ancillary products, (a magazine advert and a digipak) have a very strong link, even though we didn't directly use images from our music video. We thought that it would be better if we used a strong theme that linked the two products with subtle reference to the music video, as if it is a complete package. We chose the theme of circus advertisements, but not modern times advertisement, but older, almost Victorian style. In the planning phase we found a film called "Les Enfants du Paradis" which we found had a really nice feel to it and this made us choose this style.I think that all our products work together as a nice little package and compliment each-other, due to this theme. If we had thought a little less out of the box, I don't think our products would have worked so well. One part of the image of the mime I really liked was the fact that mimes were were originally supposed to teach moral lessons and it links to our narrative in our music video.
Although we could have produced the ancillary texts a bit better, if we had used our time wisely, they would have been more effective. and also if we had emphasized a bit further or improved the use of the vignette and colour correction in our music video, they would have looked even more connected.
3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
The feedback we got from our audience was in general positive, they said our lip-syncing was of a high standard, which has taught me that the method of putting markers on our music track, to mark when the beginning of versus and choruses, worked well. Although they said our music video was to narrative heavy, so it would have been useful if we'd have filmed more scenes of the artist singing.
They also enjoyed our use of multiple locations because they found it made the video more varied and interesting, thus making it more watch-able.
I have also learnt that the audience likes it when the lyrics and visuals are strongly linked as it makes what the artist is saying more interesting and understandable.
From our Rough Cut, we had some feedback that told us our music video looked too bright and realistic and if we wanted the theme of the mime to work, we had to do something about it. So we went through final cut and darkened all the shots so that it had a slightly more moody feel to it, and also added a filter called a vignette and another one called noise, as to make it feel like its old footage. The mix of the old looking footage, and the modern clothing of the artist and girl, made the mime stand out in the shots more, because after adding these filters, the mime looked like he was black and white, in a colourful world, making him look odd and out of place.
On thing we learnt but couldn't change, was it was repeated several times to us that we needed to film more close up shots, or at least more varying shots, to make the music video more technically difficult, and to make the music video in general more interesting, because as I mentioned before, the audience like the varying locations, and if we had varying shot, it would have been even better.
Without the audience feedback, I don't think we would have noticed and our music video wouldn't be as good.
Also the feedback we got from our teacher was that she really liked the circus theme because it could be used across several different products, such as CDs and full size posters, so our choice of theme was very good, like the use of the cowboy hat used in a line of Madonna products, which successfully linked them all together.
4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction, research and planning, and evaluation stages?
In the construction of our music video we used HD hand-held cameras, which were easy to use and gave use the opportunity to film close up shots without the camera feeling overpowering over artist and mime.
When we were putting all our shots together we used Final Cut, which enabled us to stack our short up like a staircase, in different tracks, which made it easier to find good shots for a particular scene. Also we were able to lock our lip-syncing track, so that it wasn't accidentally moved, and we were able to make sure it stayed in sync with the music. Final Cut was also useful because it had lots of filters and colour correction, which meant we were able to adjust our footage, so it doesn't feel raw, and we also used a Vignette filter, to give our footage an older, worn feel.
Also we used photo-shop in the construction of our ancillary texts. This meant we were able to layer images and texts onto our products. We found two useful images of an old style poster and a ticket to the circus, and we were able to strip them down, to the basic outline using various different tools, such as a colour matcher, which meant we could find the exact colour that was already on the poster, and use it to paint over the original text, and a smudger tool, which meant we were able to blend colours together, so that it looked smoother. We also used an artistic paint brush filter to give the images on the posters a feel of being painted, like the old style circus posters. Although one thing that caused us alot of problems was not knowing this technology as well as we should, because it meant when things went wrong we were unable to sort them out quickly, and when finding the right filters and tools, it took longer, which meant we had less time to complete our tasks, and meant they were of a lower standard, for example, if we had know how to cut a picture of a person out without having to precisely draw around the outline, we wouldn't have lost so much time.
Having a blog was also very useful to us in the research and planning stage, and the evaluation stage, because it meant all our work was online so we could look at home, or in college, or blog articles where ever we were, if we suddenly found inspiration or found a good location etc. Using a blog also meant our work was neatly stored, and made it easier to link all our products together as we could get inspiration for work we'd previously done for the Music Video, such as the post about "Les Enfants du Paradis", inspiring us to use old circus posters as inspiration for our magazine advert and digipak.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
Feedback for group R2-23, Couldn't post a comment on thier blog for some reason!
Feedback from R2-22
I really liked your music video, originally the idea sort of confused me, but now i can see the finished product, I'm really starting to love it!
I liked the amplification of the lyrics with the use of cards, i didn't realise before that the lyrics even mentioned cards, and this amplification, makes the lyrics more catchy.
I also like the reference to "Bunny Chow" in relation to the use of the rabbit costume, I don't know the story myself but it was a nice reference to use. Made the story oddly credible.
The filming of this project was very well done indeed. You had fairly ranged shots, from longshots of the bunny climbing out of the skip, to the close up of the skateboard as he is riding it. I also liked the way you put that in time with the guitar strums.
The only thing I have to pick at with this video, is that at some points the lipsincing seems to be slightly off, and also the enthusiam of the artist, but then again, it is difficult to sing infront of a camera, in the knowledge that it will be on the internet shortly.
I really liked your music video, originally the idea sort of confused me, but now i can see the finished product, I'm really starting to love it!
I liked the amplification of the lyrics with the use of cards, i didn't realise before that the lyrics even mentioned cards, and this amplification, makes the lyrics more catchy.
I also like the reference to "Bunny Chow" in relation to the use of the rabbit costume, I don't know the story myself but it was a nice reference to use. Made the story oddly credible.
The filming of this project was very well done indeed. You had fairly ranged shots, from longshots of the bunny climbing out of the skip, to the close up of the skateboard as he is riding it. I also liked the way you put that in time with the guitar strums.
The only thing I have to pick at with this video, is that at some points the lipsincing seems to be slightly off, and also the enthusiam of the artist, but then again, it is difficult to sing infront of a camera, in the knowledge that it will be on the internet shortly.
Directors Commentary
Directors Commentaries are a standard part of most films and releases today. It all started in December 1984 with an audio commentary on the original King Kong film in a special collection, called the Criterion Collection. The commentary was voiced over by film historian Ronald Haver, here is a quote of what he said:
“Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ronald Haver, and I'm here to do something which we feel is rather unique. I'm going to take you on a lecture tour of King Kong as you watch the film. The laserdisc technology offers us this opportunity and we feel it's rather unique — the ability to switch back and forth between the soundtrack and this lecture track...”
The actual definition of an audio commentary, or a directors commentary, is an extra audio track containing single or multiple speakers which can be played over the sound track of a film or other release, where the speakers give in depth details of what is happening at any given moment, so the audience can furthur understand the technicalities and background information in the release. Directors commentaries can be very formal to incredibly light hearted, depending on the character of the person speaking and the type of release it is. Even video games are using audio commentaries today.
“Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ronald Haver, and I'm here to do something which we feel is rather unique. I'm going to take you on a lecture tour of King Kong as you watch the film. The laserdisc technology offers us this opportunity and we feel it's rather unique — the ability to switch back and forth between the soundtrack and this lecture track...”
The actual definition of an audio commentary, or a directors commentary, is an extra audio track containing single or multiple speakers which can be played over the sound track of a film or other release, where the speakers give in depth details of what is happening at any given moment, so the audience can furthur understand the technicalities and background information in the release. Directors commentaries can be very formal to incredibly light hearted, depending on the character of the person speaking and the type of release it is. Even video games are using audio commentaries today.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Idea for digipak and Magazine ad!
Theme : Mime/ Circus
Basically for our magazine ad and digipak we want to emphasis the use of the mime in our music video. In other words for our magazine ad, we would like to create an old style circus poster, which we think will be interesting and eye-catching as well as linking to the video. Here is an image of what sort of style of circus poster we want to create.
Basically for our magazine ad and digipak we want to emphasis the use of the mime in our music video. In other words for our magazine ad, we would like to create an old style circus poster, which we think will be interesting and eye-catching as well as linking to the video. Here is an image of what sort of style of circus poster we want to create.
For our digipak, we'd quite like to link the idea of the old style circus, on the front we'd like to create another circus style poster with an image of the artist of it, and on the back, we'd like to have it in the style of an old ticket to a circus with all the information of the digipak on it, such as a barcode, age rating, what is on the DVD etc. On the inside of the front cover, we'd like to puts some reviews and
possibly the lyrics to the tracks, possibly on a scroll included in the digipak. The inside design will be a tea-stained colour with lots of references to circus stuff. Heres an image of the ticket, similar to the one we wish to create for the back cover of our Digipak:
We will use images of the mime on the back cover.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Techno editing
Filming
When filming, we took full use of digital HD handheld cameras supplied by the media department. We used varying camera shots including close ups, zooming, longshots and techniques such as tracking. Although, we found that in different locations the lighting severly varied, requiring extencive use of colour corrector in order to rectify a neutral colour pallet.
NB: the public are a nuisance. (as mentioned in a previous post)
Editing
When editing we used final cut express to compile all of our shots into a beautiful music video. It wasn't too much of a challenge to sync the artists vocals with the footage of our artist singing, although our artists mouth moved slightly abnormally, so sometimes it didn't look like our artist was singing the right words in comparison with the accent and tonality of the original artist.
We used many layers footage tracks in the compilation of our music video, as this allowed us to clearly view raw footage and edit accordingly.
The filters in final cut express were also very useful to us. We used a filter called "vignette" and also put a layer of light noise on it in order to achieve the effect of old style filming, to get the feel of an aged piece of tape that has been exposed to light, dust, and years of love. We also used colour corrector to even out the lighting and tonal differences, for the use of different locations and times of day.
When filming, we took full use of digital HD handheld cameras supplied by the media department. We used varying camera shots including close ups, zooming, longshots and techniques such as tracking. Although, we found that in different locations the lighting severly varied, requiring extencive use of colour corrector in order to rectify a neutral colour pallet.
NB: the public are a nuisance. (as mentioned in a previous post)
Editing
When editing we used final cut express to compile all of our shots into a beautiful music video. It wasn't too much of a challenge to sync the artists vocals with the footage of our artist singing, although our artists mouth moved slightly abnormally, so sometimes it didn't look like our artist was singing the right words in comparison with the accent and tonality of the original artist.
We used many layers footage tracks in the compilation of our music video, as this allowed us to clearly view raw footage and edit accordingly.
The filters in final cut express were also very useful to us. We used a filter called "vignette" and also put a layer of light noise on it in order to achieve the effect of old style filming, to get the feel of an aged piece of tape that has been exposed to light, dust, and years of love. We also used colour corrector to even out the lighting and tonal differences, for the use of different locations and times of day.
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Feedback from Amar and Andrea
Camerawork - All camerawork good, but need more close ups of artist and mime, and more shots in general of artist. We will possibly do some more filming in class, on site, so we can have these close ups. On the other hand, the lack of close up does make the end scene more powerful, but all the shots at the begining are very similarly framed, so there is need of some variation.
Editing - Possibly a change of tone, so that the music video doesn't look too "concrete" because most of the buildings are grey or beige. Our shots on mill pond are alot better because of the bright greens or the grass and trees, makes the colours seem alot bolder. More frequent shots of performance.
Concept - both really like the idea, and thought thats the ending was beautiful, but we need more close ups.
Editing - Possibly a change of tone, so that the music video doesn't look too "concrete" because most of the buildings are grey or beige. Our shots on mill pond are alot better because of the bright greens or the grass and trees, makes the colours seem alot bolder. More frequent shots of performance.
Concept - both really like the idea, and thought thats the ending was beautiful, but we need more close ups.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Editing - 18/10/11
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Analysis of Lyrics to Jack Johnson's "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
Well I was sitting, waiting, wishing
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
The opening lines of the song set the theme of 'waiting, wishing'. We assume the 'you' is a reference to a lady (male singing) and the basic story is that she doesn't love him and is ignoring him. 'The signs' could be seen as a reference to his own actions. This gives the listener the idea that he has been dropping clues to her that he is not happy with the way he is being treated.
The rhyming pattern of the verses are the first two lines rhyming and the last not. It has a regular beat in 4/4 timing with a line to each bar, this is a usual layout for popular songs as it means that the song is easy to listen to and has a fluid motion as it is easy to predict due to the simple layout.
The Lord knows that this world is cruel
I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you
These lines emphasize the desperate feeling of the last resort. It is clear that the singer has had enough and references 'The Lord'. A god is generally turned to in a time of need, further emphasizing the desperation of the singer to get attention from the lady.
The use of 'fool' as a term referring to himself was an inspiration for the central character of the video being a mime as they are typically associated with foolery and clowning. This also makes the character laughable and lighthearted, which coincides with the light feel of the song.
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
The chorus has the feel of begging due to the use of 'must i always'. It is a direct plea to the lady but almost seems to speak to the listener. **
I sang your songs, I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
This part shows the effort the artist has put into this love of his. He seems to have tried his hardest to fit in to certain aspects of her life, even if they don't fit in with his own life.
But putting up with them
Wasn't worth never having you
This show that he is feeling let down and angry because obviously after giving her friends a chance it turns out they are not pleasent to him, This will obviously hurt.
Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you
This shows that he is naive to the chance that this love may not work, because he's never felt like this before, so it may just be an infatuation. This links to the part in our video when the mime sits down with the artist, who eventually shows him the mime girl whom he falls in love with.
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
**
I keep playing your part
But it's not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I've had enough mystery
Keep building it up
Then shooting me down
But I'm already down
This part shows us that he's finally getting fed up and not losing interest exactly, but starting to realise that this may not go his way in the end. Also the link to "plot" and "scene" is very theatrical and links directly to the mime and also "Les Enfants du Paradis" where the mime is on stage with the beautiful woman, whom the mime is madly in love with, and rejects him. breaking his heart.
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Another link to begging for attention "just wait a minute" makes it seem like he's asking the girl to stop and listen for once instead of ignoring all his moves.
Well, if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long
This the final point in the song where he realises that this is not right and loses his naivete. He realizes that this girl is not the person she though she is and as he says in the next verse, that she is "cruel" for playing him like this.
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waitin' on love aint so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
**
No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
This is where he denounces himself from following this "cruel" girl about. This links to the point in our video where he holds hand with the mime girl, the person our mime should be in love with, someone who shares the same interests who has also been mucked about.
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
The opening lines of the song set the theme of 'waiting, wishing'. We assume the 'you' is a reference to a lady (male singing) and the basic story is that she doesn't love him and is ignoring him. 'The signs' could be seen as a reference to his own actions. This gives the listener the idea that he has been dropping clues to her that he is not happy with the way he is being treated.
The rhyming pattern of the verses are the first two lines rhyming and the last not. It has a regular beat in 4/4 timing with a line to each bar, this is a usual layout for popular songs as it means that the song is easy to listen to and has a fluid motion as it is easy to predict due to the simple layout.
The Lord knows that this world is cruel
I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you
These lines emphasize the desperate feeling of the last resort. It is clear that the singer has had enough and references 'The Lord'. A god is generally turned to in a time of need, further emphasizing the desperation of the singer to get attention from the lady.
The use of 'fool' as a term referring to himself was an inspiration for the central character of the video being a mime as they are typically associated with foolery and clowning. This also makes the character laughable and lighthearted, which coincides with the light feel of the song.
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
The chorus has the feel of begging due to the use of 'must i always'. It is a direct plea to the lady but almost seems to speak to the listener. **
I sang your songs, I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
This part shows the effort the artist has put into this love of his. He seems to have tried his hardest to fit in to certain aspects of her life, even if they don't fit in with his own life.
But putting up with them
Wasn't worth never having you
This show that he is feeling let down and angry because obviously after giving her friends a chance it turns out they are not pleasent to him, This will obviously hurt.
Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you
This shows that he is naive to the chance that this love may not work, because he's never felt like this before, so it may just be an infatuation. This links to the part in our video when the mime sits down with the artist, who eventually shows him the mime girl whom he falls in love with.
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
**
I keep playing your part
But it's not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I've had enough mystery
Keep building it up
Then shooting me down
But I'm already down
This part shows us that he's finally getting fed up and not losing interest exactly, but starting to realise that this may not go his way in the end. Also the link to "plot" and "scene" is very theatrical and links directly to the mime and also "Les Enfants du Paradis" where the mime is on stage with the beautiful woman, whom the mime is madly in love with, and rejects him. breaking his heart.
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Another link to begging for attention "just wait a minute" makes it seem like he's asking the girl to stop and listen for once instead of ignoring all his moves.
Well, if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long
This the final point in the song where he realises that this is not right and loses his naivete. He realizes that this girl is not the person she though she is and as he says in the next verse, that she is "cruel" for playing him like this.
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waitin' on love aint so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
**
No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
This is where he denounces himself from following this "cruel" girl about. This links to the point in our video where he holds hand with the mime girl, the person our mime should be in love with, someone who shares the same interests who has also been mucked about.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Inspiration
Les Enfants du Paradis
Les Enfants du Paradis or The Children of Paradise in cludes a mime being rejected in its plot. In detail, the mime is on stage and dancing for a "beautiful woman" and she end ups rejecting him completely. This film was made in 1945, in France, by Marcel Carne and writted by Jaques Prevert and is French with English subtitles. Apart from a good cup of tea one cold morning (the moment of Rachel's epiphany), this film inspired us as it has a wonderfully classic feel and is one of the first filmed appearances of a traditional french mime.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Location Shotlists
Because we had so many different locations with different shot, which appear at varying times in the music video, we grouped the shots together in which location they appeared in, so our filming was more organized and ran smoothly.
Possible Magazine ad Photos
These are the pictures we took on a still camera while on the video shoot in Cambridge. They will be used in our digipak as images for our magazine advert and the other products.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
lyrics for sitting, waiting, wishing
Well I was sitting, waiting, wishing
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
The Lord knows that this world is cruel
I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
I sang your songs, I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
But putting up with them
Wasn't worth never having you
Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
I keep playing your part
But it's not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I've had enough mystery
Keep building it up
Then shooting me down
But I'm already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Well, if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waitin' on love aint so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
The Lord knows that this world is cruel
I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
I sang your songs, I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
But putting up with them
Wasn't worth never having you
Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
I keep playing your part
But it's not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I've had enough mystery
Keep building it up
Then shooting me down
But I'm already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Well, if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waitin' on love aint so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
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