Thursday, 4 October 2012

Initial inspirations

I have identified a few songs and music videos to demonstare the type of video I would like to produce, each with different aspects that have inspired me....


Text 1: Alexandra Burke-The Silence


  • Black and white very effective
  • Well framed shots
  • A lot of shots of the artist singing
  • Very emotional facial expressions
  • Lack of narrative yet replaced by various locations of artist singing and emphasis upon this
  • Quick, sharp editing to coincide with music
Text 2: Leona Lewis-Happy


  • Shots of the artist singing are actually in teh same place as where the parralel narrative occurs
  • Well thought out, harrowing narative
  • Glum tone contrats with happiness of wedding
  • Ironic opening shot (happy face)
  • Track is meaningful and easy to develop a narrative for
      Text 3: Emilie Sande-My Kind of Love


  • Extremely meaningful narrative which is very emotional
  • Narrative ehavily relates to song
  • Lovely balance of singing and narrative-something which I would like to replicate
  • Separate setting for singing and narrative, highlights two sections and perhaps privacy of singing scenes
  • Costume and setting very realistic and reflects time of year (winter)
  • Glum time of year, adds to 'cold' situation, lonely


Text 4: Katy Perry-Firework

  •   Intresting use of shots, alot of close-ups gives a sense of how the characters situations are 'closing in'
  • Follows three different narratives, giving different prospectives of the song
  • Very upsetting topics which audience can relate to
  • Sophisticated manner of dealing with issues
  • Children used to evoke sympathy-innocence
  • Darker lighting to reflect sad tone
I have took great inspiration from these texts and the way they develop meaning through language. However, in order to construct the most realistic outcome, I will research some other texts in more depth (some of which may have been identifierd here) and continue to search for inspiration. 

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