Music Video Analysis Ideas

Music Video; Annotated Lyrics

Music Video; Shooting Maps

Rehearsal Room:

Classroom:

Gig Venue:

Music Video; Casting

ORIGINAL:
Our characters for the music video go as follows:

Guy- Jesse
Girl - Harri
Girl's friend - Matt
Teacher -
7 Students - Rebekah Watts, Matt Northwood, Guy Walker, Catherine Riley, Justin Pryce, Louise Stagg, Freya Lincoln.
Band (only used for close up of instrument shots) - Matt, Mark, Sam.

We have decided on these characters because they are friends and are all reliable.
We still need to upload pictures, but our main characters are chosen to fit in with the indie/edgy scene as this is their style.

CHANGES:
Our cast for the music video completely changed due to unreliability in our chosen actors, they instead went as:

Guy - Josh Waterman
We chose Josh as our lead male role as he is reliable and was free to film when we needed to, he fits the role well as he has quite an average, indie style, wearing cardigans and jeans, although we would have liked to use someone a little edgier, like the style of the Blighters. It was also a good idea to use Josh as the male role as him and Yasmine are dating so there is perhaps some chemistry between them which the camera could pick up on, it is more natural between them.

Girl - Yasmine Galt
Yasmine was chosen as our second female role as she has quite a similar style to Josh, simple and individual. She is also good at acting and very reliable too!





Other girl - Gillian Mee
Gillian has a slightly different look to Josh and Yas and was chosen as our second female as she was very responsive and fitted the role well, she has a good style and can pull off the 'hot girl' character that Josh's character also dates.





Teacher - Mr Bloomfield.

Classroom students: Justin Pryce, Ben Pant, Theo Elliot, Emma Wilson, Sally Bailey, Sarah Pooley. We used different people from our sixth form who were available to film, to make it look as natural as possible. They didn't need to have many acting skills, simply acting like they were in an exam!

Music Video; Lyrics

Blighters – The Exam

Hello
Sit down
In your seat
Don’t look; don’t speak; don’t cheat
Who’s that sitting down,
Sitting next to me
I want her
And she can say
Examine -oooh-


Examine me
I’ll examine you
I like you too
Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me

It’s what I do


Little dress, little desk, I’m impressed
So cool, so calm, so not stressed
I wish I was your pen
You can chew me again and again

Examine –oooh-

Examine me
I’ll examine you
I like you too
Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me
Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me

Your time is up
Your time is up
(Your time is up, your time is up)
Your time is up
Your time is up
(Your time is up, your time is up)

Don’t go
This is just the beginning

Examine me
I’ll examine you
I like you too
Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me
Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me


It’s what I do

Don’t look; don’t talk; don’t cheat on me (x4)

It’s not what we do

Sitting at your little desk
Sitting at your little desk
Sitting at your little desk
Sitting at your little desk

Examine.

Music Video; Ideas

Our initial idea involves flicking between performance scenes and a narrative, and perhaps interlinking the two at some point.

• The performance footage would be shot in vivid colour, to tie in with the 80's indie-pop genre of the music. This would contrast with some of the narrative, shot in sepia or black and white, in an old style classroom.


• The narrative would bascially be following the lyrics, a guy trying to get a girl's attention. However towards the end there would be some kind of twist, to do with the girl cheating on him, but in an unpredictable way so it's not too cliché.


• The performance side would include shots of the crowd, at a gig and close up's of instruments being played. We thought of starting the song with close ups of speakers/amps being plugged in, guitars being plugged in, drum sticks being picked up etc, and on the last beat of the song, a shot of a lead being pulled out, before fading to black.


• We also decided to have the titles and some lyrics, on a blackboard, in the classroom. Perhaps appearing using stop motion, or using a teacher character to write them on the blackboard.


• To link the performance and narrative, we thought of showing the guy and girl attending the gig where the band are playing, so that we can use other locations outside the classroom.

Music Video; Our Song

The song we've chosen is The Exam by a local band called Blighters.
The song can be found here: www.myspace.com/blighters

Media Investigation: Research

As part of my research, I decided to formulate a questionnaire to find out young people's opinions of the 'emo' stereotype and how it is linked to the music genre. This will give me a better idea of the youth culture and the stereotypes they form. I distributed this questionnaire on social networking site 'Facebook', as this is what many young people spend their time on.



Media Questionnaire

Age:
Gender:

Which genre of music do you listen to the most?

How do you consume this music genre? (tv, radio, iPod, online)

What common youth cultures/stereotypes can be linked to particular music genres?

Which of these do you find is the most common in today’s society?

How would you describe the ‘emo’ stereotype, through:

Culture:
Image/Fashion:
Music:
Lifestyle/Behaviour:

Do you find that it is a positive or negative stereotype? Why?

How is this stereotype portrayed in the media today? (through television, radio, film etc)

Do you think the media shapes this genre and stereotype or vice versa?

Can you name any ‘emo’ bands or artists, why are they in this genre?

Can you name any ‘emo’ magazines, films, clothing brands etc?