MUSIC VIDEO RESEARCH TASK PART 1

ROCK, AMERICAN IDIOT BY GREEN DAYAmerican Idiot, a punk rock song by Green Day is about the mass media and how it has created paranoia and idiocy among the American public. It is a song known world wild for it’s catchy tune and being sung by the very popular band, Green Day. It’s known as the band’s most famous song’s and been nominated for many awards including a whole four Grammy awards. Watch it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI

ANALYSING THE MUSIC VIDEO….The music video is 2:54 minutes long and is set in a large deserted warehouse with a large green American flag behind Green Day. Around half way through the music video a load of green liquid flows in behind them as they continue to sing. There is a mix of slow motion, and sped up camera scenes that make the video seem exciting and “rock like”. Furthermore the range of different camera shots and camera angles make the one set despite being quite limited seem very interesting and exciting. Around 1:50 where the green liquid sprays out, there is a very interesting camera shot where there is a straight on, high angle shot which quickly changes to a side angle, mid shot which is slow motion showing the green liquid gushing towards the lead singer.

HOW HAS GREEN DAY BEEN CONSTRUCTED? Green Day has a punk rock style about there dress and visual approach. There clothing hair, make up makes them look very dark and mysterious and definitely appeals to the subculture of being a punk. Many followers of this band like there style because they are not afraid to express what they are like which is definitely shown in the video. The big American flag could show the whole nation being united and how mass media may create paranoia but people can still be individual to who they are which is shown slightly in this song.

IDEAS I COULD USE THIS FROM THIS VIDEO….

This video is very interesting in the fact that it is filmed in one place but still makes an engaging music video. When I construct my own music video I would like to use the range of camera angles, shots and speeds to make my music video engaging and exciting.

POP, SUGAR BY MAROON 5 Sugar the pop song by Maroon 5. The music video was based on the story of the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers staring actors Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. In the Music video the band Maroon 5 goes round surprising people at their weddings singing this song about love. Sugar received positive reviews from music critics and reached number 2 on Billboards top 100.

ANALYSING THE MUSIC VIDEO…. The music video is 5:01 and is set in sunny L.A. and the story line, or narrative, is basically the band filming themselves at many people weddings surprising them by singing this song sugar which is about love. At the start of the music video the lead singer of the band Adam Levine explains to the viewers (us) what they are doing which is trying to hit as many weddings in one day. Then in the verses of the song you have the band travelling to their next wedding and setting up ready to perform the song, which leads to the chorus and when they are revelled to the people at the wedding which leads to celebration and lots of different camera angles showing the people at the weddings expressions. Around 2:50, I like the use of the changing the camera shot’s to different locations as it creatively continues to show the narrative and show off the main member of the band singing his song at the same time. It keeps the audience engaged and makes the video flow well.

HOW HAVE MARRON 5 BEEN CONSTRUCTED?

Since 1994 Maroon 5 has been constructed as a modern American pop rock band. There clothing is very modern day and contemporary and have the style of a pop band. They are internationally known and have sold more than 27 million albums and 48 million singles worldwide. They are very interesting in that "Everything that's written and performed and put together pretty much comes from us. I just think people would be surprised to know that we’re a self-contained unit. We’re a band that does their own thing. There’s no puppet master.“ They base there music on there own events and it changes from album to album.

IDEAS I COULD USE FROM THIS VIDEO…. I could use the very good use of a narrative and story line in my music video because it gives such a good concept to the music video. The use of having a background story keeps the viewer interested and entertained.

RNB, CRY ME A RIVER BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

“Cry Me A River” is a song about a broken hearted man who moves on from his last girlfriend, who had cheated on him with another man. The RnB music video is very dark and captures the essence of his feelings through this heartbreak. The music video follows him trying to get back at his ex as he wants her to cry over him and be upset which she does not.

ANALYSING THE MUSIC VIDEO…. The Music video follows Justin Timberlake as he pours his heart out over his ex girlfriend who cheated on him. The music video captures darkness and sadness of his heartbreak. It starts at him in the rain and as the video progresses it see’s him trying to get back at his girlfriend by recording a video of him kissing another woman and putting it on her TV towards the end of the video. The music video which is 4:50 long experiences some nudity which is quite often in RnB music because it is very adult theme in this type of music and have very serious topics which actually express meaning and narratives. One of my favourite camera shots is one of the first shot’s which is when the lyrics start and the window rolls down revealing Justin singing his song. This clever use of camera work makes him appear in a very clever way .

HOW IS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONSTRUCTED? Justin Timberlake is a well known actor, singer/songwriter who has a very clean fresh cut appearance in most of his acting jobs but in his music it is a lot more of a “bad boy” appearance. His RnB music shows a different side to him which is very expressive shown so much in his work.

IDEAS I COULD USE FROM THIS VIDEO….

Again like Maroon 5 song Sugar I would definitely use the story line and narrative which gives something engaging to keeps the audiences attention. Also if I was thinking of doing an RnB song I would definitely use the dark colours and serious meaningful narrative.

HIP-HOP, WATCH ME (WHIP/NAE NAE) BY SILENTÓ Hip Hop music is a genre that entails a lot of dancing and partying because it is up beat fun music. Much like this popular song by Silento, watch me has no particular narrative other than the fact it is about a dance that everyone does. (In a way like the Macarena). It is one of 2015’s favourite Hip Hop songs and very popular due to it’s catch tune and well known dance, which is shown in a music video viewed over 2 Million times. Watch it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW8wmF5VWc&list=RDvjW8wmF5VWc#t=3

ANALYSING THE MUSIC VIDEO…. The music video which is 3:22 is a fun, party dance music video which is kind on like an instructors manual of how to dance to this song. At different intervals when Silento tells them “To Do” different dance moves and “Watch me” is kind of like a Simon says of dance which is very unusual to normal hip hop videos which usually consists of partying and dancing but Silento took it this one step further. The music video is set on a basketball court where there is a large rave, dancing theme. But it cut’s the screen up into different part’s with sent in videos by the public doing the different dance moves. This is very creative and makes use of no narrative and still makes the video interesting and captivating. One of my favourite camera shots is where around 0:47 the camera is on the floor and Silento sings down to it which is very unusual and very clever camera angle.

HOW IS SILENTÓ CONSTRUCTED?

Silentó is a very young and new artist and at the age of 17, he hasn’t really had the time to show what he is like as an artist. But from the music video you can tell his style has been constructed as “Cool” and has a swagger to him which kind of defines him as a Hip Hop/ RnB artist.

IDEAS I COULD USE FROM THIS VIDEO….If I was to do a song from the hip hop genre I would definitely use the instructions on how to dance to the specific song and it is interesting and follows the genre’s party, dancing theme.

WHIP NAE NAE

INDIE, LITTLE TALKS BY OF MONSTERS OF MEN Little Talks by Monsters Of Men is not a really well known song mainly because it’s placed into the indie genre which isn’t that popular. There are the odd song’s in this genre that is quite popular like Mr Brightside and Make you feel my love by Adele.

ANALYSING THE MUSIC VIDEO….

The music video starts with Of Monsters Of Men looking at an object that fell from the sky. They have a look an a large rock reveals a woman that joins them on there quest. The lady keeps saving the men from multiple monsters and then they are met by an animal group in the same colours as the female creature. She re-joins her people happily. This music video is very different to the normal music video’s as it is in cartoon form. It experiences another form of music video which kind of links to indie music as it alternative. One of my favourite shot’s is where when the beautiful woman appears from the rock as it makes the dark coloured video bright and colourful. Like a diamond in the rough

HOW IS OF MONSTERS AND MEN CONSTRUCTED?

Of Monsters And Men is a indie band formed in 2010. There style is very alternative to normal bands, as they have four male members and one female member which is not normal. For example you usually have a boy band or a girl band they are mixed which is quite normal for indie music. They are very normal to every day people which people can relate too which makes there music relatable and popular as a band.

IDEAS I COULD USE FROM THIS VIDEO…. I probably wouldn’t use much from this video as I won’t be creating a cartoon made music video but I do like the music video and it was very entertaining.

DEVELOPING MY IDEA PART 2

WHAT SONG AM I GOING TO MAKE A VIDEO FOR?

I have researched many different songs in many different genres and I have created a mood board below which shows some of my ideas.