Wednesday, 19 December 2012
the little beggar video
In the video of the Little Beggar, I was given a plain copy of the film that lasted 30 seconds, the video itself had no music or anything else on it. I had to rebuild the music and soundtrack from scratch. What I did is that I went on to 'youtube' to collect sounds like coins being rattled, scary footsteps as well (this was foley sound), when doing this task instead of doing this on Garageband I did it on Logic Pro, mainly because I find it easier to use when doing work like this. When I got all the sounds and then uploaded them up I had to automate them so there was a slight touch of reverb on the sounds and whilst automating them I managed to make the music in the background quiet so it didn't climb over the rest of the video and sounds, which would spoil and ruin all of my work, to make the reverb louder on my sounds I would have to mix it by either decreasing or increasing how much tone and reverb I want on it, and to do this I would go on to logic then go into mixer and then click on which sound I want to increase or decrease the reverb on. As well with the automation on Logic I used it to make the volume of the music quiet so it would be work on the track, plus I could make the music fade out, which is quite cool, at the end by picking the point I want to start the fade out and where the fade out should end.
Monday, 3 December 2012
van halen and the cradle will rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkImTbOV_E&feature=related
This song is called "And the cradle will rock", and this song was created and performed by Van Halen for their third album "Women and children first". The song is their opening track on this 1980 album.
The convention that this video uses is live performance, this is because when the video begins it opens up to a live audience.
This screen shot gives the game away showing that it was performed live, when the song was performed live it would have been shown on music programme like top of the pops that were back in the 60's or 70's, or in this case in the 1980's.
This song is called "And the cradle will rock", and this song was created and performed by Van Halen for their third album "Women and children first". The song is their opening track on this 1980 album.
The convention that this video uses is live performance, this is because when the video begins it opens up to a live audience.
This screen shot gives the game away showing that it was performed live, when the song was performed live it would have been shown on music programme like top of the pops that were back in the 60's or 70's, or in this case in the 1980's.
they dont care about us michael jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNJL6nfu__Q
This is an example of location due to it being set in rio.
humans being van halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LeLKwtY-JI
this is an example of publicity and pin ups (inserted photos).
convention photographs
These two photos show me with an electric guitar and the shots show a medium shot and really out of the 5 options that are candid or inserted shot, location shot etc, i don't think that it is any of these shots except for the medium shot but really i think that the only shot it could be is another live shot like the first photograph. But the photo that you can see on the left looks like a guitar rehearsal in there.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
photoshopped audiobook photos
http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/69022730&show_artwork=true
http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F69921606&show_artwork=true
http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/69022729&show_artwork=true
These two photos maybe separate and look completely different but i can promise you that they are in the same building in my school and the building that the photos were taken in was Portman place, and the first recording was to close thee door of what building I was in and then i had to record someones footsteps behind the closed door but somehow make the footsteps somehow sound like that they are approaching the door so the footsteps would sound like they are getting louder. The second recording was to record 30 or more people at once so it sounded like a i had to record a crowd so i thought that maybe Portman would be the best idea to do because you have a lot of people coming out of d.t, science and art so a lot of people would be talking. And finally the second photo shows where the sound may have travelled to because the location of the sound is quite hollow and the sound has a large area to cover so in that photo i explained where the sound may have travelled to. and the effect that this has on the recording is that the audio recorder was held a fair distance away from the glass of the building creating a faint sound and another problem is that the size of the room also created a faint sound which is reverbed. And with the sound of ambient noise of people talking in a large room, this was a problem because when people talk in portman place the size creates an echoing delay feeling when you get more than one person talking.http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/69022731&show_artwork=true
http://soundcloud.com/jordan-barnaby/stair-walking
Friday, 16 November 2012
one way to rock
'One Way To Rock' by Sammy Hagar with Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnF0L5eeAJ4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmFBZThIxc&feature=related
This song is a full out rock song by the red rocker Sammy Hagar for the album 'Standing Hampton' in 1982. The song was written and performed by Hagar in the 1980's then performed it with Van Halen on the 5150 tour and 0u812 tour.
The 5150 tour is known as 'Live without a net.'
When the song was performed with Van Halen the ending changed instead of the chorus being repeated, Eddie and Sammy both have a guitar duel.
The song is unconventional this means that it has no convention where as other songs do, because there is only the live versions of the song.
On youtube there is a cover version of the 'live without' version the video of it has user generated content this means how was the video filmed so in this case the person playing the kramer 5150 guitar is filming himself so he can get views on youtube the total views on youtube now is 72,072 views, so this is another way of selling yourself to the audience to get more views.
The target audience for this piece of music is "wannabe rockers", wannabe rockers are people who want start off their baby steps to rock music.
I think that the song has a message in it that's saying " one way to rock" which is the"Van Hagar" way of performing rock songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnF0L5eeAJ4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmFBZThIxc&feature=related
This song is a full out rock song by the red rocker Sammy Hagar for the album 'Standing Hampton' in 1982. The song was written and performed by Hagar in the 1980's then performed it with Van Halen on the 5150 tour and 0u812 tour.
The 5150 tour is known as 'Live without a net.'
When the song was performed with Van Halen the ending changed instead of the chorus being repeated, Eddie and Sammy both have a guitar duel.
The song is unconventional this means that it has no convention where as other songs do, because there is only the live versions of the song.
On youtube there is a cover version of the 'live without' version the video of it has user generated content this means how was the video filmed so in this case the person playing the kramer 5150 guitar is filming himself so he can get views on youtube the total views on youtube now is 72,072 views, so this is another way of selling yourself to the audience to get more views.
The target audience for this piece of music is "wannabe rockers", wannabe rockers are people who want start off their baby steps to rock music.
I think that the song has a message in it that's saying " one way to rock" which is the"Van Hagar" way of performing rock songs.
The song dream warriors is a rock song by the band Dokken released in 1986 for the movie 'A Nightmare On Elm Street 3', the music video has two of the actors playing their role for the music video as well as the film, the actors in the music video are Patricia Arquette and Robert Englund. Robert plays his role as Freddy Krueger in the film, and in the music video.
I think that the audience of the song are either the fans of dokken or fans of the 'Nightmare On Elm Street' series.
The differences of this song and the song one way to rock is that this song is a studio version with a video that i could find and i think that the song was filmed on the same set as the making of 'Nightmare On Elm Street 3.'
The similarities of the music video is that the technical playing of the guitar, the technical playing is very similar to Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing. And another similarity is that the genre of music, the genre of this music video is hard rock, heavy metal and this would promote the film as well as the music video.
eruption by eddie van halen
Links to eruption by eddie van halen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHhUy6sBiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOFIttS69I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6jy3L0B70&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfiefQsjLPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31nem4x98w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCznaRsm1pQ&feature=related
'Eruption' is a guitar solo which is written by Eddie Van Halen and is accompanied by Alex Van Halen on drums. The whole solo lasts for nearly two minutes, the only Van Halen cd or record is the very first Van Halen record which is called Van Halen.
This solo is also unconventional because it cannot be compared to another song because firstly it is very short and secondly there are no vocals in the song it is mostly guitar that is being played.
The audience for this is yet again 'wannabe' rockers or big fans of Van Halen. And even other famous rock stars like I think Zakk Wylde for example.
In Goodwin's theory with this solo it is a performance because if it was narrative then it would have a story behind the solo and there is not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHhUy6sBiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOFIttS69I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6jy3L0B70&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfiefQsjLPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31nem4x98w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCznaRsm1pQ&feature=related
'Eruption' is a guitar solo which is written by Eddie Van Halen and is accompanied by Alex Van Halen on drums. The whole solo lasts for nearly two minutes, the only Van Halen cd or record is the very first Van Halen record which is called Van Halen.
This solo is also unconventional because it cannot be compared to another song because firstly it is very short and secondly there are no vocals in the song it is mostly guitar that is being played.
The audience for this is yet again 'wannabe' rockers or big fans of Van Halen. And even other famous rock stars like I think Zakk Wylde for example.
In Goodwin's theory with this solo it is a performance because if it was narrative then it would have a story behind the solo and there is not.
goodwin's theory
I agree with Goodwin's theory because one of the theories says that a lot of close ups are used on the artist to sell themselves to the audience, which is true because when you watch a music video if you look at the main singer there would be a lot of close ups on that person or if there is a rock band for example Van Halen then there would be multiple close up shots of different members of the band so that either the singer or band members could promote themselves.
Another convention that Goodwin's theory analyses is that ideas from other music videos are taken to make something similar, this is called intertextuality, for example the Ed Sheeran song "You Need Me" this is a good example because the idea of colour was taken by Van Halen to produce the song 'Tattoo' which is on the album 'A Different Kind Of Truth'. another idea that could be performed is the song by Blink 182 'All The Small Things' is another good example because it copies ideas from multiple songs 'Livin La Vida Loca' by Ricky Martin is also translated as 'living the crazy life', an idea is taken from that.
As well with Goodwin's theory, the theory tells us that female characters are objectified this means that the female characters could be represented as sex objects, for example the girl band Pussycat Dolls, the way they act makes them look as if they were prostitutes. the reason I have said this is because in their music videos they hardly wear any clothes.
Goodwin's theory also explains that music videos contains performance, narrative or concept. Performance means the way it is performed, narrative means if there is a story behind it and concept means the main idea behind it.
An example of this is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcr52GgWjk0
this is a good example.
A bad example is this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfQ-hV3WtA
This song is a bad example because it only uses few conventions.
this song uses the convention so it looks like they are recreating one of their past tours from 2007-2008.
The conventions used are :
. Genre
. Close up shots
. Performance
. Star image
Another convention that Goodwin's theory analyses is that ideas from other music videos are taken to make something similar, this is called intertextuality, for example the Ed Sheeran song "You Need Me" this is a good example because the idea of colour was taken by Van Halen to produce the song 'Tattoo' which is on the album 'A Different Kind Of Truth'. another idea that could be performed is the song by Blink 182 'All The Small Things' is another good example because it copies ideas from multiple songs 'Livin La Vida Loca' by Ricky Martin is also translated as 'living the crazy life', an idea is taken from that.
As well with Goodwin's theory, the theory tells us that female characters are objectified this means that the female characters could be represented as sex objects, for example the girl band Pussycat Dolls, the way they act makes them look as if they were prostitutes. the reason I have said this is because in their music videos they hardly wear any clothes.
Goodwin's theory also explains that music videos contains performance, narrative or concept. Performance means the way it is performed, narrative means if there is a story behind it and concept means the main idea behind it.
An example of this is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcr52GgWjk0
this is a good example.
A bad example is this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfQ-hV3WtA
This song is a bad example because it only uses few conventions.
this song uses the convention so it looks like they are recreating one of their past tours from 2007-2008.
The conventions used are :
. Genre
. Close up shots
. Performance
. Star image
van halen she's the woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3ul98CnRg&feature=relmfu Van Halen 'She's The Woman'
The first video that i am talking about is Van Halen 'She's The Woman' and firstly the lighting in the beginning of the video starts off as an overhead light, but later on in the video there are different lights, for example there are two other light rigs and they are follow spots and lights behind the stage. In the video as well, each performer has their own spotlight so Eddie has his own spotlight, Dave has his own spotlight, Wolfgang has his own spotlight and Alex has his own spotlight but what is interesting about his is that his reflects off the drums.
The first video that i am talking about is Van Halen 'She's The Woman' and firstly the lighting in the beginning of the video starts off as an overhead light, but later on in the video there are different lights, for example there are two other light rigs and they are follow spots and lights behind the stage. In the video as well, each performer has their own spotlight so Eddie has his own spotlight, Dave has his own spotlight, Wolfgang has his own spotlight and Alex has his own spotlight but what is interesting about his is that his reflects off the drums.
In this photo it shows Alex Van Halen on drums and if you look at the details on the drums you would find the same detail as you would find on a car or truck reflector, the details help the light to reflect more when the light hits the drums that makes the crowd or audience more excited.
The camerawork in the video uses different shots through out the video the video uses low angle shots - to make the performers look powerful and dynamic, close up shots, mid shots and i think either long shots and extreme long shots.
This is a long shot in the video, if this was a long shot of the video then Dave and Eddie would be further back.
This photo is a mid shot photo of dave and eddie, this is a mid shot photo because it is only showing half of the stars body, this is different to a long shot because whenever you see a long shot of someone's body when recording a music video it always shows the star's whole body.
This shot is known as a close up shot this is when the camera focuses on a particular part of the star's face and zooms in. This is different from a long shot and a mid shot because a close up only focuses on the head shot, a mid shot only focuses on half of the body in a long shot only focuses on the whole body.
In the video 'She's The Woman' the camera moves round very fast, this makes the audience or fans more excited and with the close up shots of David Lee Roth and the rest of the band this sells the band out and promotes the band's album a different kind of truth, where this song is the second track of the album. And at the start of the music video Eddie does a unison bend with the Dunlop V wah wah pedal or the cry baby pedal which is its correct name.
The camerawork in the video uses different shots through out the video the video uses low angle shots - to make the performers look powerful and dynamic, close up shots, mid shots and i think either long shots and extreme long shots.
This is a long shot in the video, if this was a long shot of the video then Dave and Eddie would be further back.
This photo is a mid shot photo of dave and eddie, this is a mid shot photo because it is only showing half of the stars body, this is different to a long shot because whenever you see a long shot of someone's body when recording a music video it always shows the star's whole body.
This shot is known as a close up shot this is when the camera focuses on a particular part of the star's face and zooms in. This is different from a long shot and a mid shot because a close up only focuses on the head shot, a mid shot only focuses on half of the body in a long shot only focuses on the whole body.
In the video 'She's The Woman' the camera moves round very fast, this makes the audience or fans more excited and with the close up shots of David Lee Roth and the rest of the band this sells the band out and promotes the band's album a different kind of truth, where this song is the second track of the album. And at the start of the music video Eddie does a unison bend with the Dunlop V wah wah pedal or the cry baby pedal which is its correct name.
beat it michael jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0 Michael Jackson beat it.
The second song that I am going to talk about is 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson, this song is featured on the album 'Thriller' that was released in 1982.
The story behind the song is that it shows two rival gangs being brought together by the power of dance, this song also involves an agressive guitar solo which is played by Eddie Van Halen in the song and the only reason why Eddie did the solo is because back during the 1980's Eddie changed the way that guitar is played and was classed as a guitar hero back then, and so he was the best option for the song.
The facts behind this song are that michael wanted to write a typical rock song that was catchy like the song 'My Sharona'. and Eddie performed live with Michael Jackson on the Victory tour.
This photo here is a close up shot of Michael, the close up shot focuses more on what the face is. doing.
This view is a mid shot, I know this because a mid shot only focuses on what half of the body is doing.
The second song that I am going to talk about is 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson, this song is featured on the album 'Thriller' that was released in 1982.
The story behind the song is that it shows two rival gangs being brought together by the power of dance, this song also involves an agressive guitar solo which is played by Eddie Van Halen in the song and the only reason why Eddie did the solo is because back during the 1980's Eddie changed the way that guitar is played and was classed as a guitar hero back then, and so he was the best option for the song.
The facts behind this song are that michael wanted to write a typical rock song that was catchy like the song 'My Sharona'. and Eddie performed live with Michael Jackson on the Victory tour.
This photo here is a close up shot of Michael, the close up shot focuses more on what the face is. doing.
This view is a mid shot, I know this because a mid shot only focuses on what half of the body is doing.
jessie j 2 videos
In the video "Do It Like A Dude" by Jessie J, the video has that satanic environment to it, the video itself is quite gritty, dark and gothic. The tune that is played is very urban and hip hop, in the video as well Jessie J is supported by backup dancers that look over heated, stinking, sweaty and very manly. As well in the video the way that everyone is acting is very unfeminist and is much the same as what a man does. The representation of Jessie J in the video would suggest that she is an underground hip hop artist, this would attract teens and people who are fans of urban music.
The visual effects of this music video are generated by green screen. The makeup in the music video is very realistic, for example on her lips she is wearing black plastic studs and other plastic stuff that make her features more realistic. And in the music video as well the mise-en-scene for this is very disgusting and looks like the inside of a deep fat fryer even though it was clearly in a studio.
The props of this video are very realistic, for example there is a part where someone is carving into a pig's trotter is very barbaric. In the video it shows people in a drug factory and people smoking, these two things are associated with men and they are the opposite from anything good.
But in the video 'Price Tag' everything is different from 'Do It Like A Dude,' for example the video shows the lighter side of life and is geared towards a different audience, the two differences between this video and the other video is that this video is very soft and is more suitable for a younger audience.
The camera work in this video is very dynamic - using quick camera movements because there is a part in this music video when Jessie J says "everybody look to the left, everybody look to the right", when she says left the camera goes left and when she says right, as if it was us she was talking to and moving with her inside the video, so the director is trying to relate to the audience through the camera.
The props of this video are very realistic, for example there is a part where someone is carving into a pig's trotter is very barbaric. In the video it shows people in a drug factory and people smoking, these two things are associated with men and they are the opposite from anything good.
But in the video 'Price Tag' everything is different from 'Do It Like A Dude,' for example the video shows the lighter side of life and is geared towards a different audience, the two differences between this video and the other video is that this video is very soft and is more suitable for a younger audience.
The camera work in this video is very dynamic - using quick camera movements because there is a part in this music video when Jessie J says "everybody look to the left, everybody look to the right", when she says left the camera goes left and when she says right, as if it was us she was talking to and moving with her inside the video, so the director is trying to relate to the audience through the camera.
The props in this video are very soft and less hardcore than 'Do It Like A Dude' because in this video Jessie J uses the same sort of iconography on her lips but shows that it is more gentle, the next thing that is to be noticed in this video is that she uses the same orange sweat shirt in "do it like a dude" to take the mickey out of herself, one final thing in this video is that we know that american currency is used to be used on a money tree in the video - so aiming at a larger market than 'Do It Like A Dude' was. And the doll's house could represent her childhood or another girl's childhood.
The lighting in the video as well is lighter than in 'Do It Like A Dude' because in that video the lighting is more dimmed so it gives it that dead atmosphere whereas in this one the lighting is more alive and more light so it gives it that happy atmosphere.
In the video 'Price Tag' one of the close ups is an outtake of when she smiles, I think that this was added to give that funny sense to it, and in 'Do It Like A Dude' the close up has that nasty side to it. Finally the video includes the rapper BoB, his role in this video is to promote the music video and the close ups are also done to both stars in the music video to sell themselves to the fans or audience.
links to these two videos:
Friday, 28 September 2012
bob dyaln and queen song difference
The song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is very different from Bob Dylan song Subterranean Homesick Blues. The technical difficulties have changed over a decade the are more or new things that are used let me explaine.
Firstly the camera is moving at different angles this known as different angle shots,where as in the Bob Dylan song the camera is a fixed camera and is froze to the ground throught the whole song.
The techincal features also involve the camera focusing on different shots of the singers, the camera is doing close up shots of each of the singers faces where as in the previous music video it did not.
The second technical feature of this that the camera is doing new features that were not seen on the Bob Dylan track this is when a picture or a scene in a video starts of solid and starts to water down to a thin scene before disappering before going in to another close up of the singer.
The final technical feature is the lighting used in the video, now in the the Bob Dyaln song no lighting effect was used but when i listend to the queen song i noticed that reflector's were used to shine extra light on to the singers face to be seen more, reflectors are mostly in music songs where they are mostly shooting dark scenes.
Other techniques used in the song were harmonies, harmonies are used in singing but it needs two or more people to do, this is when one person starts off with the lowest note and the other people make the notes higher.
Firstly the camera is moving at different angles this known as different angle shots,where as in the Bob Dylan song the camera is a fixed camera and is froze to the ground throught the whole song.
The techincal features also involve the camera focusing on different shots of the singers, the camera is doing close up shots of each of the singers faces where as in the previous music video it did not.
The second technical feature of this that the camera is doing new features that were not seen on the Bob Dylan track this is when a picture or a scene in a video starts of solid and starts to water down to a thin scene before disappering before going in to another close up of the singer.
The final technical feature is the lighting used in the video, now in the the Bob Dyaln song no lighting effect was used but when i listend to the queen song i noticed that reflector's were used to shine extra light on to the singers face to be seen more, reflectors are mostly in music songs where they are mostly shooting dark scenes.
Other techniques used in the song were harmonies, harmonies are used in singing but it needs two or more people to do, this is when one person starts off with the lowest note and the other people make the notes higher.
Thriller michael jackson
The song thriller is a pop song by the late king of pop Michael Jackson, the song was off the album thriller in the year 1982 along with the song Beat it.
The song has many technical features the first feature is that the song has different animals howling in the background to give it that spooky sense about it, maybe the animals howling was used to show the frighting side to the song because when you hear wolves howling you automatically think that it is danger, which gives it the chill that curdles your spine whilst watching the video.
Then second technical feature of this is how they used Vincent Price to do a voice over the graveyard part of the song, when i saw this i automatically thought that while Vincent was talking he was summoning the dead from the underworld back to life just through talking, in addition to this the way Vincent talks gives that kind of gritty dead texture firstly to his voice and secondly to the video which is kind of cool from my point of view.
Finally the third technical view for this video is the effects that are used. Firstly no reflectors were used so the video is constantly dimmed through out the video so it gives that coat of death for the video, secondly the smoke screen effect around the grave is the ultimate halloween trick or treat theme to it, thirdly the makeup used for the zombies and when they turn Michael into a zombie was most probably classed as realistic back then because it gave zombies that gut pouring image they are supposed to have.
Overall i think that this song was pushed to the limit so it can sell itself to the audience by making it look like a mini movie so when it was shown on m.t.v. It was the first music video to look like a film but also the first music video with a story behind it. it was the first music video to be sold to people.
The song has many technical features the first feature is that the song has different animals howling in the background to give it that spooky sense about it, maybe the animals howling was used to show the frighting side to the song because when you hear wolves howling you automatically think that it is danger, which gives it the chill that curdles your spine whilst watching the video.
Then second technical feature of this is how they used Vincent Price to do a voice over the graveyard part of the song, when i saw this i automatically thought that while Vincent was talking he was summoning the dead from the underworld back to life just through talking, in addition to this the way Vincent talks gives that kind of gritty dead texture firstly to his voice and secondly to the video which is kind of cool from my point of view.
Finally the third technical view for this video is the effects that are used. Firstly no reflectors were used so the video is constantly dimmed through out the video so it gives that coat of death for the video, secondly the smoke screen effect around the grave is the ultimate halloween trick or treat theme to it, thirdly the makeup used for the zombies and when they turn Michael into a zombie was most probably classed as realistic back then because it gave zombies that gut pouring image they are supposed to have.
Overall i think that this song was pushed to the limit so it can sell itself to the audience by making it look like a mini movie so when it was shown on m.t.v. It was the first music video to look like a film but also the first music video with a story behind it. it was the first music video to be sold to people.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
The song "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan is a black and white film from the 1960's, the video shows someone with a load of cue cards and as the lyrics roll in the song the cue cards are being discarded, but with different words on it.
The technology used in the video is quite plain and simple. I know this because firstly the thing that i noticed is the way the camera is focused to the person with the cards, the camera dose not move, dose not do any close up or any mid shots it just stays on a long shot for the whole music video.
Another technical point to the video is that it is in black and white, during the 1960's colour television was invented or better yet around. I think that the black and white vision was used because the video for the song is similar to a silent movie where the acting was going on then if someone spoke then cards with what the person said, so i could say this is exactly like a silent movie.
The third technical point is that the person with the cue cards that the camera is focused on in the whole video is completely silent through out the video he is using the cards to speak for him, like he is a mime. But on the cue cards the words are part of the lyrics so when Bob is singing the cards change to different parts of the song. Maybe the cue cards are there incase he forgets the lyrics of the song.
Overall i think that "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is ok, but in my opinion i think that the camera needs to move around a bit more instead of being continuously glued to one place for the music video, and another thing with the camera is that it needs to use different shots like close ups or even mid shots because this brings no excitement to the song at all it makes the music video seem dull and boring in my opinion. Also in my opinion i think the song is very unattractive it brings no excitement to the viewer,where as if we watched a modern song from this year there would be a fizz of excitement in that video that makes the viewer want to listen to song over and over again where as this song dosent show this, but it shows how much music videos have changed through out the 50 years that this was made, it also shows how much technology has changed over the past 50 years .
The technology used in the video is quite plain and simple. I know this because firstly the thing that i noticed is the way the camera is focused to the person with the cards, the camera dose not move, dose not do any close up or any mid shots it just stays on a long shot for the whole music video.
Another technical point to the video is that it is in black and white, during the 1960's colour television was invented or better yet around. I think that the black and white vision was used because the video for the song is similar to a silent movie where the acting was going on then if someone spoke then cards with what the person said, so i could say this is exactly like a silent movie.
The third technical point is that the person with the cue cards that the camera is focused on in the whole video is completely silent through out the video he is using the cards to speak for him, like he is a mime. But on the cue cards the words are part of the lyrics so when Bob is singing the cards change to different parts of the song. Maybe the cue cards are there incase he forgets the lyrics of the song.
Overall i think that "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is ok, but in my opinion i think that the camera needs to move around a bit more instead of being continuously glued to one place for the music video, and another thing with the camera is that it needs to use different shots like close ups or even mid shots because this brings no excitement to the song at all it makes the music video seem dull and boring in my opinion. Also in my opinion i think the song is very unattractive it brings no excitement to the viewer,where as if we watched a modern song from this year there would be a fizz of excitement in that video that makes the viewer want to listen to song over and over again where as this song dosent show this, but it shows how much music videos have changed through out the 50 years that this was made, it also shows how much technology has changed over the past 50 years .
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
How have music videos changed over the years, Firstly we need to know what is the purpose of of a music video.
The purpose of a music video is to sell the song and to invoke a reaction so it leaves the audience remembering the song, it gives the listener a better under understanding of the song. to entertain (to show off other talents),the musician may have for example dancing or acting to sell cd's and dvd's to the viewers, to create a memorable visual for the song increasing it's chances to sell and marketing for the purposes of exposures and expansion of the artist's profile (reasons from www.slideshare.net).
Secondly,the first era of music was during (1902-1917),this was formally known as "the Phonoscene era", phonoscene was introduced to london in 1907 when Buckingham palace got it on april 4th 1907.
During 1926-1959, talkies came on to the scene, they were produced for musical short films, warner bros produced a similar thing known as the "Vitaphone" (first national stock from 1926 to 1931), the last major analog "sound on a disc system".
Thirdly the way music video's were performed was that the artist or musician would have to perform it live on stage up until 1982 when the song "thriller" by michael jackson (1958-2009). The song thriller was the first music video to be recorded that has a story behind it. But before that happend, artists would be performing their songs live without a music video, they would be performing their shows on shows like Top of the pops. For example the song "you really got me", produced and originally sung by The Kinks then later through the years another version was done by american hard rock band Van Halen in the year 1978 for their first album Van Halen along with other tracks such as eruption.
The purpose of a music video is to sell the song and to invoke a reaction so it leaves the audience remembering the song, it gives the listener a better under understanding of the song. to entertain (to show off other talents),the musician may have for example dancing or acting to sell cd's and dvd's to the viewers, to create a memorable visual for the song increasing it's chances to sell and marketing for the purposes of exposures and expansion of the artist's profile (reasons from www.slideshare.net).
Secondly,the first era of music was during (1902-1917),this was formally known as "the Phonoscene era", phonoscene was introduced to london in 1907 when Buckingham palace got it on april 4th 1907.
During 1926-1959, talkies came on to the scene, they were produced for musical short films, warner bros produced a similar thing known as the "Vitaphone" (first national stock from 1926 to 1931), the last major analog "sound on a disc system".
Thirdly the way music video's were performed was that the artist or musician would have to perform it live on stage up until 1982 when the song "thriller" by michael jackson (1958-2009). The song thriller was the first music video to be recorded that has a story behind it. But before that happend, artists would be performing their songs live without a music video, they would be performing their shows on shows like Top of the pops. For example the song "you really got me", produced and originally sung by The Kinks then later through the years another version was done by american hard rock band Van Halen in the year 1978 for their first album Van Halen along with other tracks such as eruption.
van halen panama history
Song: panama
album: van halen 1984
release date: june 1984
song information: the song panama is the third track from the album 1984, the last album for van halen's first and original singer David Lee Roth (who is now officially back with van halen through their reunion tour from 2007-2008, whilst also recording their new album a different kind of truth from this year 2012).
the song was officially recorded in the year 1983 before the album 1984 was released, the song and album was recorded in Eddie Van Halen's home recording studio the 5150 studio (the term 5150 is an american police term for someone who is crazy and flipped out).
Format: the song panama was produced by Ted Templeman and was labeled by warner music group, and was directed by Pete Angelus, when Panama was viewed, the video was recorded as it was at a real rock concert, the song also has bits of comedy in the song, the song shows members of the band (Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony) flying through the air on a bit of cable.
The purpose of this song is to make the listeners dance to the music even though Van Halen's genre of music is hard rock, fast rock and heavy metal.
The song facts of panama is that the song was based around a car known as the panama express.
the second fact is that after Eddie's solo the song goes into a middle 8, and during the middle 8 Eddie reves the engine on his lambo which you can hear in the background.
the last songfact is that this song is a well known yet famous song aswell as jump, drop dead legs (has a stunning guitar solo) and hot for teacher.
album: van halen 1984
release date: june 1984
song information: the song panama is the third track from the album 1984, the last album for van halen's first and original singer David Lee Roth (who is now officially back with van halen through their reunion tour from 2007-2008, whilst also recording their new album a different kind of truth from this year 2012).
the song was officially recorded in the year 1983 before the album 1984 was released, the song and album was recorded in Eddie Van Halen's home recording studio the 5150 studio (the term 5150 is an american police term for someone who is crazy and flipped out).
Format: the song panama was produced by Ted Templeman and was labeled by warner music group, and was directed by Pete Angelus, when Panama was viewed, the video was recorded as it was at a real rock concert, the song also has bits of comedy in the song, the song shows members of the band (Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony) flying through the air on a bit of cable.
The purpose of this song is to make the listeners dance to the music even though Van Halen's genre of music is hard rock, fast rock and heavy metal.
The song facts of panama is that the song was based around a car known as the panama express.
the second fact is that after Eddie's solo the song goes into a middle 8, and during the middle 8 Eddie reves the engine on his lambo which you can hear in the background.
the last songfact is that this song is a well known yet famous song aswell as jump, drop dead legs (has a stunning guitar solo) and hot for teacher.
panama key features
The tempo of the song panama is 4/4 beats per bar, the genre of the son is classed as fast rock.
Aspects: The way that Eddie Van Halen plays the guitar is very technicle, because the different techniques that eddie used are mostly based around Jimi Hendrix, Chuckberry and even Eddie's own techniues that he invented due to him not taking formal guitar lessons when he was younger. An example of Eddie's guitar technique is called a scoop. Other techniques that he used are also Eric Clapton licks just sped up into a rock tempo.
Difference: The way that this video is different from other rock videos is the way the band or artist performs during the performance, they dress as if they were crazy.
Promotion: It promotes the band by the way they play, it is very different from other rock bands they play what the audience wants to hear.
Wire work: I think the wire work was used to somehow make the music video more 5150 (crazy) looking, and to also make the viewer/listener more excited and more urged to see Van Halen.This was a new technique for the band (Bon Jovi done a similar thing in the song "Livin on a prayer".
Clothing: The way that Van Halen's bass player Michael Anthony dresses is kind of out of fasion and crazy looking, this would sell the band out so fans would get more excited, the second reason to the way michael dresses is that it is so wacky and off the wall, the style that people never dressed in, he makes the music video more exciting and electrifiying. In the song Jump Anthony dresses in the same style but in the song jump the clothes that he incredably wears the same clothes with its similaritys, they were nearly the same clothes that Anthony wears as in the song Panama.
Aspects: The way that Eddie Van Halen plays the guitar is very technicle, because the different techniques that eddie used are mostly based around Jimi Hendrix, Chuckberry and even Eddie's own techniues that he invented due to him not taking formal guitar lessons when he was younger. An example of Eddie's guitar technique is called a scoop. Other techniques that he used are also Eric Clapton licks just sped up into a rock tempo.
Difference: The way that this video is different from other rock videos is the way the band or artist performs during the performance, they dress as if they were crazy.
Promotion: It promotes the band by the way they play, it is very different from other rock bands they play what the audience wants to hear.
Wire work: I think the wire work was used to somehow make the music video more 5150 (crazy) looking, and to also make the viewer/listener more excited and more urged to see Van Halen.This was a new technique for the band (Bon Jovi done a similar thing in the song "Livin on a prayer".
Clothing: The way that Van Halen's bass player Michael Anthony dresses is kind of out of fasion and crazy looking, this would sell the band out so fans would get more excited, the second reason to the way michael dresses is that it is so wacky and off the wall, the style that people never dressed in, he makes the music video more exciting and electrifiying. In the song Jump Anthony dresses in the same style but in the song jump the clothes that he incredably wears the same clothes with its similaritys, they were nearly the same clothes that Anthony wears as in the song Panama.
This is my magazine cover that took me quite a while, as you can see it is based around van halen seen as i am a really big van halen fan amongst other guitarists like zakk wylde and slash.The only cool thing that i did is that i kept the photo in black and white whilst keeping the les paul styled guitar in its golden orb colour (thanks mr.keil for the insperational idea keep rocking on), this made the guitar stand out so much in the photo (well it would do being the only colourful object there), but really the guitar is the man thing there due to it being out van halen and mostly eddie van halen.In my opinion the things that i should have improved on is by making the magazine look more appeling to the audience or reader (basicly for the person buying it).But overall i think that this is the best piece of work that i created even though its the first magazine cover i have done and accomplished.Hopefuly in the future i will get more oppotunities like this (which i doubt).
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