Evaluation Q1

 

 

 

1.      This shot is an example of where we have tried to create a connection with the lyrics of the song and the visual action that is happening in our video. The lyrics of the song ‘You’ve got to make the move’ gave us the idea that the character in the music video must be about to make his move in the activity that he or she is doing. So for example in this shot we can see the character breaking through the gate of the house as the lyrics are sung. This creates the impression that the character is making his move by breaking through the gate of the house and running towards the front door of the house.

2.      The shot of the artist of the song shows best how we wanted her to look like in our video. She is dressed in black leather with black make up to portray a sense of danger and authority. This was done to try and create a suitable connection with the artist and the storyline that is being played throughout the music video. The record company would want this to be the case as the music video Is also advertising the game ‘Surker’, and the connection in appearance of the artist and the story of the game will create a better bond between the game and the theme song of the game, sung by the artist.

3.      The super slow motion shot of the foot stepping in the puddle is a good connection with the genre of dubstep in the music industry. This is because the image of the water moving in such slow motion intrigues the viewer much in the same way that the noise of some dubstep songs will intrigue the listener. The movement of the water is sum lot strange much like the sounds that are related to dubstep music. The distorted image of the water is a reflection of the abstract nature of the music.

4.      The shot of the gaurd shooting his gun is a good example of intertextual reference. This is because the image of a man in a balaclava is a common image seen in many games and movies. He would most commonly be related to as the ‘bad guy’ and in some ways in our video we have also created this stereotypical view of the character. A specific example of this may be seen in the film ‘Green Zone’ with the terrorist characters.

5.      This shot demonstrates a close up shot of the artists face from a side angle. You can also see that we have focused this shot so that the background around the artists head is blurred slightly to make sure that all focus is pronominally on the artist rather than her surroundings.

6.      For this shot of the character once he has entered the house, we had to use a portable light to light up the porch of the house. This was due to the fact that the porch had no original lighting so the use of the lamp helped us bring the light level of the porch back up to the same light level as the rest of the house.

7.      The shot of the character running out of the drive way and into the woods is a good example of where we have used mise-en-scene. Our character is dressed in a hoody with the hood up and is carrying a gun in one hand and the stolen suitcase in the other. The use of the props and the way the character is dress all contribute as forms of mise-en-scene towards the image we are trying to create of the character as a thief.

8.      This close up shot is of the artist singing the lyrics of the song. This is the most common image seen in a music video and therefore a good example of where I have seen other music videos and then used this knowledge to create the same effects in our video.

9.      The medium shot of the character walking in slow motion taken from behind is a shot which I believe to be quite common in other music videos for example in the music video for promises by Nero there is shots of taken from behind people as they are walking. This is also the case in Modesteps music video for show me a sign, where the female characters are shown walking in slow motion from behind.

1.       The clip from Zeds dead- You and I, is a good example of where the lyrics have been matched with the image shown in the music video. The lyrics ‘light me up a cigarette’ clearly matches with the image shown of the character smoking a cigarette in the music video.

2.       This shot from Birdmans- Money to blow, shows the artist standing around two new and expensive looking cars. He is also shown throwing money on the floor. This relates well to the lyrics of the song ‘ive got money to blow’ as he is throwing money on the floor like it is worth nothing to him. The image is also shot in this way so that the record company can show off the wealth of their artists and the stereotypical image of a rap or hip-hop artist.

3.       This shot is taken from Modesteps- show me a sign. It clearly illustrates a man sitting at a DJ deck broadcasting music. This relates well with the music genre of dubstep as DJ decks are one of the main pieces of equipment used to create dubstep music.

4.       This clip is taken from the Beastie boys- Sabotage. It is a great example of intertextual reference as we can clearly see how it has taken a tole of a 80s undercover police car. It is almost completely renacting the scene from the movie scarsy and hutch. With this similarity between scenes from movies and the scene in the music video it is a good indication of intertextual reference.

5.       This close up shot of a samurai sword is a good example of the use of camera in the music video for Modesteps- show me a sign. We can see how the camera has been focused so that only the sword is in focus and the face of the woman in the background is slightly blurred. This is done to draw the audience’s attention to the weapon more than what is happening in the rest of the image.

6.       The long shot of the women walking through the tunnel in Modesteps- show me a sign is a great example of where lighting has been used. We can see in the image that there are positioned lights along the floor of the tunnel lighting up the walls. This is done to make the characters seem even more dark and camouflaged as they are walking through the area of the tunnel that has no lighting.

7.       This long shot of the woman walking down the alley is taken from Modesteps- show me a sign. The use of Mise-en-scene in this shot is portrayed in the way that the character is dressed. The woman is dressed smart in a coat and boots.  This does not relate to what you would expect a character to dress in a dubstep music video. However there is the use of props in the form of the headphones she is warring. These headphones create a connection with the music in the video as they are DJ headphones much like the ones the DJs of Modestep would actually ware when playing there music. When we move on into the music video we see that when she takes off the jacket she is warring an assassins outfit. This now relates well with the genre of dubstep with its violent and aggressive sound much like the image of an assassin gives off. The alley way that the shot is filmed also gives of connotations of mystery. They alley way is looked at as a grim or unpleasant location where a scene of a movie is shot.

8.       And  9. Both demonstrate a common appearance in a dubstep/ dance music video. In most music videos for dubstep or dance there is almost always some form of abstract imagery in the video. The examples hear are images of waves in Subfocus- tilde wave and a disfigured face of a man in Calvin Harris- She wolf. The abstract movement of the images in the music video is always in sync with the music some lot like an visualizer.