Tuesday 4 May 2010
Synopsis and Treatment
Synopsis
A boy in the church looking worried, he goes outside as he has finished doing what he needed to in the church. Whilst outside the clock strikes 12midnight and as soon as it does some vampires come out of the graves in the grave-yard and start to chase the boy, and this is where the song starts, and whilst running along the boy lip-syncs/sings along with the song.
Treatment
A teenage boy sitting in the local church looking worried and seems to be praying about some problems he is having, he then decides to go outside as he has finished doing what he needed to in the church. It’s a dark and gloomy night with a full moon, Whilst outside the church clock strikes 12 midnight and as soon as it does this some vampires pop out of there graves in the grave-yard behind the church and they start to chase the boy down the grave-yard and along the road, this is where the song starts with the opening few chords, and whilst running along the boy starts to lip-syncs/sing along with the song.
A boy in the church looking worried, he goes outside as he has finished doing what he needed to in the church. Whilst outside the clock strikes 12midnight and as soon as it does some vampires come out of the graves in the grave-yard and start to chase the boy, and this is where the song starts, and whilst running along the boy lip-syncs/sings along with the song.
Treatment
A teenage boy sitting in the local church looking worried and seems to be praying about some problems he is having, he then decides to go outside as he has finished doing what he needed to in the church. It’s a dark and gloomy night with a full moon, Whilst outside the church clock strikes 12 midnight and as soon as it does this some vampires pop out of there graves in the grave-yard behind the church and they start to chase the boy down the grave-yard and along the road, this is where the song starts with the opening few chords, and whilst running along the boy starts to lip-syncs/sing along with the song.
Friday 26 March 2010
Evaluation
Evaluation
During this assignment when we were making our music video some of my main resposibilities were to act in the video, as the scary guy who chases the main character. To sing the chorus of the song, you can't hear me as much as the other two as i'm more of an echo of the chorus. Whilst editing myself and Vic did nearly all of the basic edit, then Mark came in and myself and him edited the 1st half of the video together, and then him and Vic did the 2nd half of the video together. During pre-production, we all went location spotting whilst doing this my job was to take the photos on the digital camera so we could get an idea of what it would look like when filmed on video. I also did my own idea for a storyboard of which we took some ideas from to make the final video, I did a risk assesment for the abandoned railway line that we used.
To the making of our video I would say that my contribution was fairly successful, as I did all of my work on time as well as the others, so we ended up working well as a group with no arguments listening to each others ideas and all having a fair say in what the final video would look like. Although if we were to do this project again I would try to make sure that I was more involved in the making of the song and the actual singing of it, and that when we edited the final video I would like to have been a bit more involved, but other than that I thought I and the rest of the group worked well together.
From making this video I have learnt a lot about lighting and how to light different areas with different effects and how to light things so that they look good on the video. As we did our video in black and white, I have also learnt how to desaturate the video and a lot about the editing programme final cut pro, I have learnt how to be more precise with the cutting of the length of the video and how to change the speed of the different sections of video. Although one thing that we did struggle with was the compresser programme as whenever we have compressed it, it has made the video all pixelated and it has skipped some of the vital parts of the video, the ones that you need to see, one of which was in the fight scene so in the finished video you dont see the block from a punch and myself getting kicked in the leg meaning why I fall to the ground. I also noticed other groups having problems with this so it wasnt just us as many had problems with when theirs was compressed the lip syncing they had done had all gone out. I have also learnt how to do, risk assesments and found out how detailed they actualy have to be.
The overall technical quality of our video was to a very high standard, with a lot of the fast cuts we had it will keep potential audiences intertained and interested. The imagery in the video and the footage that we have is good with a variety of different angles and shots, although some that we originaly had in there have been lost through compressing it. The sound to the video, is not as higher standard as none of us could really sing, its not one of our greatest talents. However the editing is to near profesional standard as we have sped up some shots and we have many fast cuts and we have even turned it into black and white, so this is one of our greatest talents, if only our singing was just as good.
The effectiveness of our editing was near professional standard as I have already mensioned, the cinematography, is again excellant with all the variety of shots, pans tilts these all help to keep the video entertaining and interesting. The mise-en-scene is again good as all the lighting looks good on camera and in the final video, and I think that all of the locations we used fit well with the video. As I have already mensioned the sound isnt the best as our singing isnt our greatest attribiute, however, I think the lyrics are good and go with the video well. The narrative of our video maybe isnt the best, but I think if you think about it, then it makes sense and works well. The representation, makes me look like a bit of a thug and Mark like a vulnerable young boy/man however I dont think this is too bad as this is a good theme that you could carry onto future videos.
If we did this video again, I think that we would get a bit more footage, as we did us a couple of shots more than once, and in a few cases more than twice but I think with all the fast cuts and quick pace of it then most people wouldnt notice this. I think we would also try to learn a bit more about the compresser programme as that did miss out a few bits of our video, some of the most important bits as well.
To get some audience feedback, we did a screening within the class, they though that some weak areas within our video were the 1st fight scene, however we can explain why this was weak as when compressed, it for some reason has now skipped, the most important shots within that scene, they also thought that it was a confused narrative, but I think if you think about it then you can work out the narrative, which I think is a good thing because sometimes, things can be too easy and then they, dont keep the viewer interested the whole time, because they can guess what might be coming next. However, they did like all our variety of interesting shots they thought they worked well, they also thought that it wasn't dull and it was visualy interesting. So with this we can see that overall the video worked well as they thought it fitted to the genre of music and it was suitable for the target audience, however we can see areas that could be improved if we did it again such as the narrative, if we did it again we would make it a bit stronger so it wasnt as confusing.
Some things that went right on this project was the fact that we worked really well as a group listening to each others ideas and not reverting to any arguments, and because of this we quickly got a song and an idea down, meaning we were the only group that had time to go location spotting, and because of this we also got our filming down quickly meaning more time for an edit, however this wasnt all good as I think with some of the spare time we should have got some extra footage as it in some places could have used a bit more footage.
We can't really guve many examples to this type of genre as there aren't many techno-rock groups out there at the moment so maybe our video could be a pioneer ambassador for this type of genre maybe now this genre will now take off and become big all because of our one small video.
Although, overall I think our finished project was very close to a profesional standard, even if the singing isnt its the video that really counts. I think that the finished edit is close to profesional with all the quick cuts, these help to keep the viewer visually interested with the song keeping there ears interested. I also think that all the variety of shots keeps the viewer visualy interested and it shows of our skills with the camera. However if we did this again I think that we should get more footage to fill the fight scenes with also I think that we should learn about the compressor programme more so that when compressed our video we didnt loose some of the footage and that it didnt go all pixelated and wont play widescreen very well.
During this assignment when we were making our music video some of my main resposibilities were to act in the video, as the scary guy who chases the main character. To sing the chorus of the song, you can't hear me as much as the other two as i'm more of an echo of the chorus. Whilst editing myself and Vic did nearly all of the basic edit, then Mark came in and myself and him edited the 1st half of the video together, and then him and Vic did the 2nd half of the video together. During pre-production, we all went location spotting whilst doing this my job was to take the photos on the digital camera so we could get an idea of what it would look like when filmed on video. I also did my own idea for a storyboard of which we took some ideas from to make the final video, I did a risk assesment for the abandoned railway line that we used.
To the making of our video I would say that my contribution was fairly successful, as I did all of my work on time as well as the others, so we ended up working well as a group with no arguments listening to each others ideas and all having a fair say in what the final video would look like. Although if we were to do this project again I would try to make sure that I was more involved in the making of the song and the actual singing of it, and that when we edited the final video I would like to have been a bit more involved, but other than that I thought I and the rest of the group worked well together.
From making this video I have learnt a lot about lighting and how to light different areas with different effects and how to light things so that they look good on the video. As we did our video in black and white, I have also learnt how to desaturate the video and a lot about the editing programme final cut pro, I have learnt how to be more precise with the cutting of the length of the video and how to change the speed of the different sections of video. Although one thing that we did struggle with was the compresser programme as whenever we have compressed it, it has made the video all pixelated and it has skipped some of the vital parts of the video, the ones that you need to see, one of which was in the fight scene so in the finished video you dont see the block from a punch and myself getting kicked in the leg meaning why I fall to the ground. I also noticed other groups having problems with this so it wasnt just us as many had problems with when theirs was compressed the lip syncing they had done had all gone out. I have also learnt how to do, risk assesments and found out how detailed they actualy have to be.
The overall technical quality of our video was to a very high standard, with a lot of the fast cuts we had it will keep potential audiences intertained and interested. The imagery in the video and the footage that we have is good with a variety of different angles and shots, although some that we originaly had in there have been lost through compressing it. The sound to the video, is not as higher standard as none of us could really sing, its not one of our greatest talents. However the editing is to near profesional standard as we have sped up some shots and we have many fast cuts and we have even turned it into black and white, so this is one of our greatest talents, if only our singing was just as good.
The effectiveness of our editing was near professional standard as I have already mensioned, the cinematography, is again excellant with all the variety of shots, pans tilts these all help to keep the video entertaining and interesting. The mise-en-scene is again good as all the lighting looks good on camera and in the final video, and I think that all of the locations we used fit well with the video. As I have already mensioned the sound isnt the best as our singing isnt our greatest attribiute, however, I think the lyrics are good and go with the video well. The narrative of our video maybe isnt the best, but I think if you think about it, then it makes sense and works well. The representation, makes me look like a bit of a thug and Mark like a vulnerable young boy/man however I dont think this is too bad as this is a good theme that you could carry onto future videos.
If we did this video again, I think that we would get a bit more footage, as we did us a couple of shots more than once, and in a few cases more than twice but I think with all the fast cuts and quick pace of it then most people wouldnt notice this. I think we would also try to learn a bit more about the compresser programme as that did miss out a few bits of our video, some of the most important bits as well.
To get some audience feedback, we did a screening within the class, they though that some weak areas within our video were the 1st fight scene, however we can explain why this was weak as when compressed, it for some reason has now skipped, the most important shots within that scene, they also thought that it was a confused narrative, but I think if you think about it then you can work out the narrative, which I think is a good thing because sometimes, things can be too easy and then they, dont keep the viewer interested the whole time, because they can guess what might be coming next. However, they did like all our variety of interesting shots they thought they worked well, they also thought that it wasn't dull and it was visualy interesting. So with this we can see that overall the video worked well as they thought it fitted to the genre of music and it was suitable for the target audience, however we can see areas that could be improved if we did it again such as the narrative, if we did it again we would make it a bit stronger so it wasnt as confusing.
Some things that went right on this project was the fact that we worked really well as a group listening to each others ideas and not reverting to any arguments, and because of this we quickly got a song and an idea down, meaning we were the only group that had time to go location spotting, and because of this we also got our filming down quickly meaning more time for an edit, however this wasnt all good as I think with some of the spare time we should have got some extra footage as it in some places could have used a bit more footage.
We can't really guve many examples to this type of genre as there aren't many techno-rock groups out there at the moment so maybe our video could be a pioneer ambassador for this type of genre maybe now this genre will now take off and become big all because of our one small video.
Although, overall I think our finished project was very close to a profesional standard, even if the singing isnt its the video that really counts. I think that the finished edit is close to profesional with all the quick cuts, these help to keep the viewer visually interested with the song keeping there ears interested. I also think that all the variety of shots keeps the viewer visualy interested and it shows of our skills with the camera. However if we did this again I think that we should get more footage to fill the fight scenes with also I think that we should learn about the compressor programme more so that when compressed our video we didnt loose some of the footage and that it didnt go all pixelated and wont play widescreen very well.
Shooting Schedule
Monday-
Morning:
Film the Church exteriors
Midday/Afternoon-
Film Church Interiors
4pm-
Film Green Screen Footage
Tuesday-
Morning:
Film the Chase Sequence
Midday:
Rehearse and Film Fight Sequence 1
Afternoon:
Film woods scene part 1
Wednesday-
Morning:
Finish off filming any extra material
Midday:
Rehearse and film fight sequence 2
Night:
Film and Extra material needed
Thursday-
Morning:
Film Extras
Afternoon:
Upload and edit
Morning:
Film the Church exteriors
Midday/Afternoon-
Film Church Interiors
4pm-
Film Green Screen Footage
Tuesday-
Morning:
Film the Chase Sequence
Midday:
Rehearse and Film Fight Sequence 1
Afternoon:
Film woods scene part 1
Wednesday-
Morning:
Finish off filming any extra material
Midday:
Rehearse and film fight sequence 2
Night:
Film and Extra material needed
Thursday-
Morning:
Film Extras
Afternoon:
Upload and edit
Thursday 25 March 2010
Location Spotting Photos
Before we went out filming we decided to go location spotting and find some possible locations that we may use. Below are some of the photos we took:
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Video Production For Interactive Media
Video Production for Interactive Media
Interactive media is something that normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user’s actions by presenting content such as text, graphics, animation, video, audio etc. However for this report I will be focusing on video in interactive media.
Since film was first introduced in 1895 and the first TVs were introduced in the 1940’s, we then had to wait until the 1960’s for colour TV. However since the 1990’s and the World Wide Web became prevalent video technology has come a very long way below are a few examples of the new and old pieces of technology that we now have.
Platforms of Video
The world wide web is a big platform for videos , as there are many videos on such websites as YouTube and there is also all the catch up sites from the different television channels such as BBC Iplayer and 4od (on demand), all of the catch up sites are very popular as video recorders have now gone out of date and are hardly used anymore and its now more DVD but not many people have a DVD recorder so its mainly catch up sites that are used if they miss there favourite show. Although some cons to these sites are that they can easily be pirated and put onto a DVD so if people are doing this then they loose money for if they were to in the future release a DVD of the programme.
Another platform is email attachments as they can have photos or videos added as attachments to them, for many companies this is good as it is a cheap and easy way to advertise. Although for many it could be bad as when most people see these types of emails with these attachments they put them in there junk mail straight away and never read them. DVD’s used to be a big platform for videos but now they are starting to go out and now its more Blu-ray , although not many people have a Blu-ray player at the moment so they are still a big part and are still sold all over, but in the near future they will get overtaken by Blu-ray.
CD-ROMs are another platform for videos in interactive media they are mainly used for educational purposes, which is a con as it means the target audience for whatever is on it will have to be for quite a narrow target audience, although it could be good as some students may remember the video that they saw then go home and show parents and others on YouTube which can then spread the video very quickly so it can be very effective and it can also be very ineffective.
Kiosks are a very new sort of interactive media, they are mainly information desks which are used to distribute information, such as maps of the surrounding town in which they are placed they also have internet access where in the lower tool bars different companies can advertise so this can be a very successful was as people will look at them if they are lost so then they will see the adverts, although if people know where they are going then they may very easily miss it and not bother looking to see what it is.
Presentations are another use, although they usually contain certain information and are usually made on PowerPoint’s which are good as they can have videos embedded into them, they can also be made on blogs which again can have videos embedded in them, they can also have videos, photos and text uploaded onto them so they are in some ways better than a power point.
Some thing that is now coming on and is fast becoming very popular is the TV click through the red button, with this you can vote, sing/play along with game or singing shows and you can get up to date news, sport and weather for your area, this is a new type of media technology and is only really used by the Bbc, Sky and Itv, on itv and sky they also have different videos in them and adverts over them, and bbc sometimes have some shows put onto the red button for so long so people that have missed them can catch up, rather than having to go on Iplayer.
Mobile devices (phones, Pda’s and games consoles.) are a newer sort as they can now record play and send things around to friends, this is good as some phone companies pre-load adverts and things onto some phones, which can them be sent around and advertise that particular company also if the phone is a good one and one person likes it and recommend it to there friends then the phone company get more sales, also if the phone isn’t very good then they will get a lot less sales.
Interactive Media
Short films are a use of video in interactive media; there are many of these on YouTube, new grounds and Britfilms they all host and encourage short films. This is a medium for aspiring directors (usually young) to show their work and get recognised. One big pro is that this is a very good way to get recognised especially if it’s a good video as it would mean that you would get recognised easier although if it was a bad one then people would loose respect for you and then may expect that all your videos would be as bad so would then not check out your videos or your site again.
Promotional material is where companies use to promote aspiring films/projects such as music videos and film trailers, this can be could as it could turn a small film into a hit blockbuster, although it could work the other way round and it could totally destroy as small film so that no-one would ever go and watch it.
Film trailers are another use of video in interactive media they are mainly used for promotional purposes, to promote the film, it can be in the form of a short film, and is often found on many websites, this is a real pro for the makers of the film as it means that the film is advertised well, although one down side to this could be that they could be taken out of context, so they have to be very careful of what they put into them.
User generated content is material that is produced by random people who may aspire to be a director or somehow work in the industry, they are usually posted on sites such as YouTube, a pro of these are that they could get spotted and get a good job in the industry. However, a downside to this is that someone in the business could steal there idea and then get all the credit for it.
Another use of interactive media is Viral Marketing this is a tool that is used to advertise things quickly. One pro is that it is cheap as it only costs to make it, however a downside is that as soon as some people see it in there in box they count it as junk and delete it without taking the time to read it.
Advertising on a website is also an interactive media as it could be an advert (video) embedded into the webpage; a pro of this is that as soon as they go onto the site you would see it. A con is that some people would see it was an advert then think they hadn’t got the time so didn’t bother looking at it.
One newer interactive medium is virtual reality tours they are a simulation of an existing location usually composed of a sequence of images, the newest example of this is Google’s street view, a pro of this is that a lot of people find it fun and a laugh to find there house and see if they can see there cat or dog or someone they know, although a con of this is that some people thing its invading their privacy and helping prospective burglars to see what there house is like and where the best place would be to get in and get what they wanted.
Games are now more like a DVD in the way that it is so realistic and that you can get hints up onto the screen, a pro of this is that its life like and more fun to play, you feel as if your there, although a con is that many people think at times its too life like and too gory and that its teaching younger children to ‘kill and maim’.
E-learning is where you find info off the computer, rather than learning from a person. Some problems are that they don’t know whether your doing the work or not, it can also get boring. One good thing is that you can get it anywhere, so teachers would say that there is no excuse for not doing it!
Interactive Media Technologies
Video compression is where you make the size of the video smaller so that it’s easier to transport around although it can result in the video being of a lower quality. Although if this is done, it means that it can be uploaded to sites such as YouTube much quicker and it will play better when up, so sometimes loss of quality is a sacrifice you have to make.
A codec is when a file is able to be played on a certain programme. For example an Mp4 file could be played on windows media player. However a con of this is that if you can’t find the needed codec you can’t play the file, also if the codec isn’t compatible.
One Media technology that has become much bigger is recent years is streaming and download, streaming is a sequence of data elements made available over time. A con of this is that sometimes it can be very slow and can keep stopping, and this takes even longer if the video is in high definition. Download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system. A pro of this is that quite a lot of the time it can be free, however a con of this is that sometimes from downloads you can get virus’s attached to the download so end up with virus’s in your computer system, also there are quite a lot of illegal download sites, so if you pick the wrong one to use and are found out you could get into a lot of trouble.
There are many different interactive video formats, a few of them are MPEG, this is the moving picture experts group and was formed to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission. Another is AVI, the audio video interleave and is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft. One con of this is that it is only compatible with a Microsoft computer. MOV, the QuickTime (.mov) file format functions as a multimedia container file that contains one of more tracks. WMV, Windows media video is a compressed video compression format; once again a con of this is that it will only work with windows media player.
Data Transfer rates (Bandwidth) is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources. A con of this is that if you have low internet speeds and not a very quick broadband then you will not be able to see that particular website or it will take absolutely ages to load up for you to see.
One media technology that has been around since the start of film and video is frame rates; these are the amount of frames shown each second. Usually it’s 25 per second in any film or normal video, but it changes to 24 per second when in TV. A con of this is that it can easily be confused between the two and it they are crossed over then it can sometimes cause some problems.
Screen resolutions are a fairly new media technology as they have only really been around since Colour TV, but they have only really been started to use more than anything with computers. But they are the amount of information passed through, the more information passed through the better quality.
File sizes have again only really been around since computers, they are the amount of data in a file; a con of these is that if it’s a big file then it takes ages to load/move around, and if you try to compress it then you loose quality. However a pro is that most computers are now quick enough to deal with all files however big they are.
Picture ratios or aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of the width of the image to the height, expressed as two numbers separated by a colon, some examples of this are 4:3 and 16:9 the latter the one that is used the most. One con of this is that a lot of the time if it changes from one to the other you loose quality in the picture, although a pro is that the 16:9 size can fit quite comfortably onto a HDTV screen and have now been issued on DVD without black bars.
Digital Rights Management or DRM for short is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware, manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devises. A con of this is that they can never limit too much what people can see or use as if one person gets it now they have ways of sending it round to all there friends which means every one can then get it and there is nothing that anyone can do about it.
There are now so many media players each doing a different thing and each one meant for a particular programme that won’t work on a different computer meaning you have to spend more money to either get one it will work on or buy a converter to convert it so it will work, a few different media players are; DVD, digital versatile disk or digital video disk is an optical disk storage format and is mainly used for videos and data storage as this is one of the few things that is compatible with nearly everything. Iplayer is an internet television service that is used for television and radio catch up, the con of this is that it can only be watched over the internet and is usually only available after release, so if you don’t have the internet then you cant catch up with your show. QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia frame work and is capable of handling various formats of digital video, 3D models, sounds, text, animation, music, panoramic images and interactivity. One pro of this is that it is compatible with most programmes. Windows Media Player (WMP) is a proprietary digital media player and media library application, one big con of this is that it’s only compatible with windows computers. Real player is a closed source cross- platform media player by Real Networks that plays a number of multimedia formats including Mp3, Mpeg-4, QuickTime and Windows media. A pro of this is that its compatible with nearly everything.
Embedded Video is where the video is put into the site/page and it will play without the need of opening another window to see the video or with the need to open any of the above media players, which is a pro itself, although a con is that sometimes it can take longer to steam and that not all videos are able to be embedded so there will be a box there but they just won’t play.
One of the newest Media technologies is Video tagging this was mainly introduced for social networking sites and YouTube where you can either tag yourself in the video, or you can tag a particular spot on the timeline where you can make a comment on it. A con of this is it will still be some time before all the browsers start supporting it and much more time before most people upgrade to that browser so they can all see it. One pro is that it is not dependent on a single commercial 3rd party entity Adobe, which means you, would have to keep updating your adobe programme so you could keep up to date with it all.
Interactive media is something that normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user’s actions by presenting content such as text, graphics, animation, video, audio etc. However for this report I will be focusing on video in interactive media.
Since film was first introduced in 1895 and the first TVs were introduced in the 1940’s, we then had to wait until the 1960’s for colour TV. However since the 1990’s and the World Wide Web became prevalent video technology has come a very long way below are a few examples of the new and old pieces of technology that we now have.
Platforms of Video
The world wide web is a big platform for videos , as there are many videos on such websites as YouTube and there is also all the catch up sites from the different television channels such as BBC Iplayer and 4od (on demand), all of the catch up sites are very popular as video recorders have now gone out of date and are hardly used anymore and its now more DVD but not many people have a DVD recorder so its mainly catch up sites that are used if they miss there favourite show. Although some cons to these sites are that they can easily be pirated and put onto a DVD so if people are doing this then they loose money for if they were to in the future release a DVD of the programme.
Another platform is email attachments as they can have photos or videos added as attachments to them, for many companies this is good as it is a cheap and easy way to advertise. Although for many it could be bad as when most people see these types of emails with these attachments they put them in there junk mail straight away and never read them. DVD’s used to be a big platform for videos but now they are starting to go out and now its more Blu-ray , although not many people have a Blu-ray player at the moment so they are still a big part and are still sold all over, but in the near future they will get overtaken by Blu-ray.
CD-ROMs are another platform for videos in interactive media they are mainly used for educational purposes, which is a con as it means the target audience for whatever is on it will have to be for quite a narrow target audience, although it could be good as some students may remember the video that they saw then go home and show parents and others on YouTube which can then spread the video very quickly so it can be very effective and it can also be very ineffective.
Kiosks are a very new sort of interactive media, they are mainly information desks which are used to distribute information, such as maps of the surrounding town in which they are placed they also have internet access where in the lower tool bars different companies can advertise so this can be a very successful was as people will look at them if they are lost so then they will see the adverts, although if people know where they are going then they may very easily miss it and not bother looking to see what it is.
Presentations are another use, although they usually contain certain information and are usually made on PowerPoint’s which are good as they can have videos embedded into them, they can also be made on blogs which again can have videos embedded in them, they can also have videos, photos and text uploaded onto them so they are in some ways better than a power point.
Some thing that is now coming on and is fast becoming very popular is the TV click through the red button, with this you can vote, sing/play along with game or singing shows and you can get up to date news, sport and weather for your area, this is a new type of media technology and is only really used by the Bbc, Sky and Itv, on itv and sky they also have different videos in them and adverts over them, and bbc sometimes have some shows put onto the red button for so long so people that have missed them can catch up, rather than having to go on Iplayer.
Mobile devices (phones, Pda’s and games consoles.) are a newer sort as they can now record play and send things around to friends, this is good as some phone companies pre-load adverts and things onto some phones, which can them be sent around and advertise that particular company also if the phone is a good one and one person likes it and recommend it to there friends then the phone company get more sales, also if the phone isn’t very good then they will get a lot less sales.
Interactive Media
Short films are a use of video in interactive media; there are many of these on YouTube, new grounds and Britfilms they all host and encourage short films. This is a medium for aspiring directors (usually young) to show their work and get recognised. One big pro is that this is a very good way to get recognised especially if it’s a good video as it would mean that you would get recognised easier although if it was a bad one then people would loose respect for you and then may expect that all your videos would be as bad so would then not check out your videos or your site again.
Promotional material is where companies use to promote aspiring films/projects such as music videos and film trailers, this can be could as it could turn a small film into a hit blockbuster, although it could work the other way round and it could totally destroy as small film so that no-one would ever go and watch it.
Film trailers are another use of video in interactive media they are mainly used for promotional purposes, to promote the film, it can be in the form of a short film, and is often found on many websites, this is a real pro for the makers of the film as it means that the film is advertised well, although one down side to this could be that they could be taken out of context, so they have to be very careful of what they put into them.
User generated content is material that is produced by random people who may aspire to be a director or somehow work in the industry, they are usually posted on sites such as YouTube, a pro of these are that they could get spotted and get a good job in the industry. However, a downside to this is that someone in the business could steal there idea and then get all the credit for it.
Another use of interactive media is Viral Marketing this is a tool that is used to advertise things quickly. One pro is that it is cheap as it only costs to make it, however a downside is that as soon as some people see it in there in box they count it as junk and delete it without taking the time to read it.
Advertising on a website is also an interactive media as it could be an advert (video) embedded into the webpage; a pro of this is that as soon as they go onto the site you would see it. A con is that some people would see it was an advert then think they hadn’t got the time so didn’t bother looking at it.
One newer interactive medium is virtual reality tours they are a simulation of an existing location usually composed of a sequence of images, the newest example of this is Google’s street view, a pro of this is that a lot of people find it fun and a laugh to find there house and see if they can see there cat or dog or someone they know, although a con of this is that some people thing its invading their privacy and helping prospective burglars to see what there house is like and where the best place would be to get in and get what they wanted.
Games are now more like a DVD in the way that it is so realistic and that you can get hints up onto the screen, a pro of this is that its life like and more fun to play, you feel as if your there, although a con is that many people think at times its too life like and too gory and that its teaching younger children to ‘kill and maim’.
E-learning is where you find info off the computer, rather than learning from a person. Some problems are that they don’t know whether your doing the work or not, it can also get boring. One good thing is that you can get it anywhere, so teachers would say that there is no excuse for not doing it!
Interactive Media Technologies
Video compression is where you make the size of the video smaller so that it’s easier to transport around although it can result in the video being of a lower quality. Although if this is done, it means that it can be uploaded to sites such as YouTube much quicker and it will play better when up, so sometimes loss of quality is a sacrifice you have to make.
A codec is when a file is able to be played on a certain programme. For example an Mp4 file could be played on windows media player. However a con of this is that if you can’t find the needed codec you can’t play the file, also if the codec isn’t compatible.
One Media technology that has become much bigger is recent years is streaming and download, streaming is a sequence of data elements made available over time. A con of this is that sometimes it can be very slow and can keep stopping, and this takes even longer if the video is in high definition. Download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system. A pro of this is that quite a lot of the time it can be free, however a con of this is that sometimes from downloads you can get virus’s attached to the download so end up with virus’s in your computer system, also there are quite a lot of illegal download sites, so if you pick the wrong one to use and are found out you could get into a lot of trouble.
There are many different interactive video formats, a few of them are MPEG, this is the moving picture experts group and was formed to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission. Another is AVI, the audio video interleave and is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft. One con of this is that it is only compatible with a Microsoft computer. MOV, the QuickTime (.mov) file format functions as a multimedia container file that contains one of more tracks. WMV, Windows media video is a compressed video compression format; once again a con of this is that it will only work with windows media player.
Data Transfer rates (Bandwidth) is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources. A con of this is that if you have low internet speeds and not a very quick broadband then you will not be able to see that particular website or it will take absolutely ages to load up for you to see.
One media technology that has been around since the start of film and video is frame rates; these are the amount of frames shown each second. Usually it’s 25 per second in any film or normal video, but it changes to 24 per second when in TV. A con of this is that it can easily be confused between the two and it they are crossed over then it can sometimes cause some problems.
Screen resolutions are a fairly new media technology as they have only really been around since Colour TV, but they have only really been started to use more than anything with computers. But they are the amount of information passed through, the more information passed through the better quality.
File sizes have again only really been around since computers, they are the amount of data in a file; a con of these is that if it’s a big file then it takes ages to load/move around, and if you try to compress it then you loose quality. However a pro is that most computers are now quick enough to deal with all files however big they are.
Picture ratios or aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of the width of the image to the height, expressed as two numbers separated by a colon, some examples of this are 4:3 and 16:9 the latter the one that is used the most. One con of this is that a lot of the time if it changes from one to the other you loose quality in the picture, although a pro is that the 16:9 size can fit quite comfortably onto a HDTV screen and have now been issued on DVD without black bars.
Digital Rights Management or DRM for short is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware, manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devises. A con of this is that they can never limit too much what people can see or use as if one person gets it now they have ways of sending it round to all there friends which means every one can then get it and there is nothing that anyone can do about it.
There are now so many media players each doing a different thing and each one meant for a particular programme that won’t work on a different computer meaning you have to spend more money to either get one it will work on or buy a converter to convert it so it will work, a few different media players are; DVD, digital versatile disk or digital video disk is an optical disk storage format and is mainly used for videos and data storage as this is one of the few things that is compatible with nearly everything. Iplayer is an internet television service that is used for television and radio catch up, the con of this is that it can only be watched over the internet and is usually only available after release, so if you don’t have the internet then you cant catch up with your show. QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia frame work and is capable of handling various formats of digital video, 3D models, sounds, text, animation, music, panoramic images and interactivity. One pro of this is that it is compatible with most programmes. Windows Media Player (WMP) is a proprietary digital media player and media library application, one big con of this is that it’s only compatible with windows computers. Real player is a closed source cross- platform media player by Real Networks that plays a number of multimedia formats including Mp3, Mpeg-4, QuickTime and Windows media. A pro of this is that its compatible with nearly everything.
Embedded Video is where the video is put into the site/page and it will play without the need of opening another window to see the video or with the need to open any of the above media players, which is a pro itself, although a con is that sometimes it can take longer to steam and that not all videos are able to be embedded so there will be a box there but they just won’t play.
One of the newest Media technologies is Video tagging this was mainly introduced for social networking sites and YouTube where you can either tag yourself in the video, or you can tag a particular spot on the timeline where you can make a comment on it. A con of this is it will still be some time before all the browsers start supporting it and much more time before most people upgrade to that browser so they can all see it. One pro is that it is not dependent on a single commercial 3rd party entity Adobe, which means you, would have to keep updating your adobe programme so you could keep up to date with it all.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Purposes of Music Videos
Brief History Of The Genre
1960's- Experiments with promotional short films began in the mid 60's such musicians as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The ability to show a short film of the latest release meant that the act themselves didnt need to acutally appear 'live' to perfom the track. Therefore the appeal of bands grew furthur. Some Examples of Pop Promos: Bob Dylan; The Animals; The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; The Small Faces.
1970's- Pop Promo Examples: Queen; David Bowie; The Jackson Five; Abba; Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry).
1980's- With the launch of Mtv in 1981 there was now a real need to create music videos in order to ensure your music was heard globally. Initialy however it was mainly british acts creating the videos for the broadcast- hence a massive 'brit invasion' into the us charts in the 1980's.
1980's Examples of music videos: Duran Duran; Adam and the Ants; The Cure; Michael Jackson; Aha. Promotional It is a visual representation of a piece of music and is a further opportunity for the track to be 'heard', it's also a great way to promote a particular artist or track to illustrate three/four tracks from an album.
Extension of Income.
To keep the artist in the public eye for as long as possible, this could be months after the album has been released. Its also to help recoup some of the production costs of recording the music initially.
Extension of Outlets
Television- Mtv; Vh1; Kerrang; 4 Music;
Internet- Youtube; Voolpool; Video Cure;
Downloads- Ipod; Mobile; Phones; Mp3's; Blackburrys/Iphones;
From some of the Youtube figures we can see that pop promo videos have taken over, and most people see them, as youtube had internet 14.8 billion online videos viewed in January 2009 alone, if we take that as an average for each month then youtube would get around 177.6 billion viewers a year showing that internet technology and pop promos on the internet have really taken off over the last few years.
Links to Film or Tv Programmes (synergy)
Soundtracks- Clips of films appear as part of narrative/performance.
X-factor; Battle of Bands; Live and Unsigned;
Celebrity appearances.
X-Factor is another show that has publicised music and pop promos this show has taken over and become a lot bigger over the years that it has been running. When it first started in September 2004 it did 23 shows in that year and it got an average of 6.90 million viewers. Now in August 2009 when it was last on it had 31 shows and got an average of 13.31 million viewers which shows us that it is another thing that has taken over in the last few years.
1960's- Experiments with promotional short films began in the mid 60's such musicians as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The ability to show a short film of the latest release meant that the act themselves didnt need to acutally appear 'live' to perfom the track. Therefore the appeal of bands grew furthur. Some Examples of Pop Promos: Bob Dylan; The Animals; The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; The Small Faces.
1970's- Pop Promo Examples: Queen; David Bowie; The Jackson Five; Abba; Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry).
1980's- With the launch of Mtv in 1981 there was now a real need to create music videos in order to ensure your music was heard globally. Initialy however it was mainly british acts creating the videos for the broadcast- hence a massive 'brit invasion' into the us charts in the 1980's.
1980's Examples of music videos: Duran Duran; Adam and the Ants; The Cure; Michael Jackson; Aha. Promotional It is a visual representation of a piece of music and is a further opportunity for the track to be 'heard', it's also a great way to promote a particular artist or track to illustrate three/four tracks from an album.
Extension of Income.
To keep the artist in the public eye for as long as possible, this could be months after the album has been released. Its also to help recoup some of the production costs of recording the music initially.
Extension of Outlets
Television- Mtv; Vh1; Kerrang; 4 Music;
Internet- Youtube; Voolpool; Video Cure;
Downloads- Ipod; Mobile; Phones; Mp3's; Blackburrys/Iphones;
From some of the Youtube figures we can see that pop promo videos have taken over, and most people see them, as youtube had internet 14.8 billion online videos viewed in January 2009 alone, if we take that as an average for each month then youtube would get around 177.6 billion viewers a year showing that internet technology and pop promos on the internet have really taken off over the last few years.
Links to Film or Tv Programmes (synergy)
Soundtracks- Clips of films appear as part of narrative/performance.
X-factor; Battle of Bands; Live and Unsigned;
Celebrity appearances.
X-Factor is another show that has publicised music and pop promos this show has taken over and become a lot bigger over the years that it has been running. When it first started in September 2004 it did 23 shows in that year and it got an average of 6.90 million viewers. Now in August 2009 when it was last on it had 31 shows and got an average of 13.31 million viewers which shows us that it is another thing that has taken over in the last few years.
Textual analysis of two contemprary music videos
Chelsea Dagger By The Fratellis
Directed by Ben Crook , and released in August 2006, 'Chelsea Dagger' was part of The Frattelis debut album 'Costello Music'. It is supposed be named after Jon Fratteli's wife Heather, who is a burlesque dancer, and her stage name is Chelsea Dagger. This song is well know around most football grounds and is mostly played to celebrate a team scoring a goal, it also appears in eight different Tv Commercials/Film Trailers so is a widely know/used song.
The video comprises of both 'as' live footage of the band playing and of different pieces of action which links to the lyrics of the song. It works well together, and it keeps you thinking of when the next piece of footage could be, although at times it doesn't link as well with the lyrics such as at 1:06 where I dont think that the lyrics and the footage link too well, if I was to do it I would have had a man and a women in shot playing as 'Steven and Joanna', However one thing that I think works really well is the start where when they first start playing they have, some as live footage, I think it works where they have each person get lit up as they start to play, and how they keep cutting to shots of the different girls this builds up a bit of tension, and gives a bit of an insight into would could happen when the video gets into full swing, and the song starts properly.
The relationship between the lyrics and the visuals is usually very good and they relate quite well, however at 1:06 they dont relate as well as they possibly could, the music and the visuals is again around about the same, most of the cuts are to the beat and the video is to the same pace and tempo of the music. Other than just cutting from as live action to video recordings that go with the lyrics there isnt really any interesting editing or visual effects.
In this video most of filmed shots which are supposed to link to lyrics are mostly of long shots, also so are all of the shots of the girls dancing around which are often cut to during the chorus. However when cut to live action there are a few close ups of the different band members singing or playing there respective instrument. Other than this most of the other shots of the band members singing are of long shots where we can see them all in the shot, playing there instruments and singing the lyrics.
When it cuts to a long shot we can see the lighting where it is more of a spotlight on each band member so its only them and a tiny bit of the background that is lit up when in shot most of the rest of the background is dark, which shows that it could be a deep and mysterious song/video, this works well as it puts all of the focus onto the band members and of them singing the lyrics and playing the music, it also creates some nice shadows which work well.
There isnt really any interesting ise of mise-en-scene, as most of the shots are of the band playing as live or of the different girls in the video acting along relating to the lyrics, or when they are in the background dancing, so not many things that could be used as mise-en-scene are able to be seen in the video.
Once again there arent too many interesting uses of cinematography, as nearly all shots in the video are of long shots, so they arent to interesting, although they have some nice close ups of the band singing, although there are quite a few nice low angle shots, which create some interesting angles.
Be Somebody By The Enemy
This song was originally released by The Enemy in 2009, to start of with it was only released for download and the video was put onto youtube, as it became so popular it was then put into the charts, this meant that it had a lot of views on youtube. This is another song that is really well known, as it features in fifa 10 and it is also part of the opening, stings, and credits to the itv's f.a cup shows. Its not as well know as most people only know the lyrics rather than what the song is called or who it is by.
This song is mainly made up of footage from there tour which was at coventrys ricoh arena ground, as part of there tour. Once again there is live footage of the band singing, this is combined with the fans dancing along with the music, this is once again live footage, nearly all of the footage in this video is live.
There are some very interesting cinematography, there are so many different varietys of shots, there are long shots, close ups, pov's, and even some fish eye. The fish eye shots are especially interesting as they are not used very often, this also gives the illusion of us seeing through there eyes or as if we are looking through our own eyes. The Close-up's give us a good chance to see the band up close, as if we are there, and the long shots, of the crowd show how many people there were there and how well supported the enemy are. There are also some shots of the road, going upto the stadium, this shows traffic jams and lots of confusion and many people waiting to get there. This again shows us how well supported they are and how many people actually went to the concert.
Again there isnt much mise-en-scene in this video as its nearly all of live footage of the band and there fans. Although there are a few shots of the coventry city fc badge and a few of the advertising hordings get into shot, so this could have been on purpose to give them advertisment, although I think that this was more of it got into the shot, so they just got the advertisment for free, and I dont think that too many people would notice it if they were watching, I think if it was meant then it would have been more obvious such as close-ups of the different signs. As I dont think too many people would notice them from afar in a long shot.
There arent too many interesting editing or visual effects, although you can notice that some of the sequences have been slowed down or sped up to fit with the beat of the song, this is a theme all the way through the video where it keeps up with the speed and tempo of the video, this works well. There isnt really a relationship between the lyrics and the video as all the video is live footage of the concert and a few parts of them kicking a ball about, its the same with the music and the video, although with this the video does keep up with the pace and tempo of the music so they are related in one way.
For this video I think that the intended audience would be the late teens to early adults as I think it would be too 'heavy'/'rocky' for older people and younger ones wouldnt really understand it. Also we can see from the people that are at the concert that appear in the video, mostly range from late teens, to early adults, thus why I think that this video and song would be aimed at this age group.
Directed by Ben Crook , and released in August 2006, 'Chelsea Dagger' was part of The Frattelis debut album 'Costello Music'. It is supposed be named after Jon Fratteli's wife Heather, who is a burlesque dancer, and her stage name is Chelsea Dagger. This song is well know around most football grounds and is mostly played to celebrate a team scoring a goal, it also appears in eight different Tv Commercials/Film Trailers so is a widely know/used song.
The video comprises of both 'as' live footage of the band playing and of different pieces of action which links to the lyrics of the song. It works well together, and it keeps you thinking of when the next piece of footage could be, although at times it doesn't link as well with the lyrics such as at 1:06 where I dont think that the lyrics and the footage link too well, if I was to do it I would have had a man and a women in shot playing as 'Steven and Joanna', However one thing that I think works really well is the start where when they first start playing they have, some as live footage, I think it works where they have each person get lit up as they start to play, and how they keep cutting to shots of the different girls this builds up a bit of tension, and gives a bit of an insight into would could happen when the video gets into full swing, and the song starts properly.
The relationship between the lyrics and the visuals is usually very good and they relate quite well, however at 1:06 they dont relate as well as they possibly could, the music and the visuals is again around about the same, most of the cuts are to the beat and the video is to the same pace and tempo of the music. Other than just cutting from as live action to video recordings that go with the lyrics there isnt really any interesting editing or visual effects.
In this video most of filmed shots which are supposed to link to lyrics are mostly of long shots, also so are all of the shots of the girls dancing around which are often cut to during the chorus. However when cut to live action there are a few close ups of the different band members singing or playing there respective instrument. Other than this most of the other shots of the band members singing are of long shots where we can see them all in the shot, playing there instruments and singing the lyrics.
When it cuts to a long shot we can see the lighting where it is more of a spotlight on each band member so its only them and a tiny bit of the background that is lit up when in shot most of the rest of the background is dark, which shows that it could be a deep and mysterious song/video, this works well as it puts all of the focus onto the band members and of them singing the lyrics and playing the music, it also creates some nice shadows which work well.
There isnt really any interesting ise of mise-en-scene, as most of the shots are of the band playing as live or of the different girls in the video acting along relating to the lyrics, or when they are in the background dancing, so not many things that could be used as mise-en-scene are able to be seen in the video.
Once again there arent too many interesting uses of cinematography, as nearly all shots in the video are of long shots, so they arent to interesting, although they have some nice close ups of the band singing, although there are quite a few nice low angle shots, which create some interesting angles.
Be Somebody By The Enemy
This song was originally released by The Enemy in 2009, to start of with it was only released for download and the video was put onto youtube, as it became so popular it was then put into the charts, this meant that it had a lot of views on youtube. This is another song that is really well known, as it features in fifa 10 and it is also part of the opening, stings, and credits to the itv's f.a cup shows. Its not as well know as most people only know the lyrics rather than what the song is called or who it is by.
This song is mainly made up of footage from there tour which was at coventrys ricoh arena ground, as part of there tour. Once again there is live footage of the band singing, this is combined with the fans dancing along with the music, this is once again live footage, nearly all of the footage in this video is live.
There are some very interesting cinematography, there are so many different varietys of shots, there are long shots, close ups, pov's, and even some fish eye. The fish eye shots are especially interesting as they are not used very often, this also gives the illusion of us seeing through there eyes or as if we are looking through our own eyes. The Close-up's give us a good chance to see the band up close, as if we are there, and the long shots, of the crowd show how many people there were there and how well supported the enemy are. There are also some shots of the road, going upto the stadium, this shows traffic jams and lots of confusion and many people waiting to get there. This again shows us how well supported they are and how many people actually went to the concert.
Again there isnt much mise-en-scene in this video as its nearly all of live footage of the band and there fans. Although there are a few shots of the coventry city fc badge and a few of the advertising hordings get into shot, so this could have been on purpose to give them advertisment, although I think that this was more of it got into the shot, so they just got the advertisment for free, and I dont think that too many people would notice it if they were watching, I think if it was meant then it would have been more obvious such as close-ups of the different signs. As I dont think too many people would notice them from afar in a long shot.
There arent too many interesting editing or visual effects, although you can notice that some of the sequences have been slowed down or sped up to fit with the beat of the song, this is a theme all the way through the video where it keeps up with the speed and tempo of the video, this works well. There isnt really a relationship between the lyrics and the video as all the video is live footage of the concert and a few parts of them kicking a ball about, its the same with the music and the video, although with this the video does keep up with the pace and tempo of the music so they are related in one way.
For this video I think that the intended audience would be the late teens to early adults as I think it would be too 'heavy'/'rocky' for older people and younger ones wouldnt really understand it. Also we can see from the people that are at the concert that appear in the video, mostly range from late teens, to early adults, thus why I think that this video and song would be aimed at this age group.
Research into a Music Video Director
Tim Burton is a 51 year old american director who was raised in Burbank, California, who specialises in dark, gothic and quirky-themed films and has recently started directing music videos.
We can see a few of these themes reflected in the video Bones by The Killers which he directed.This is the only music video that he has done so far, however I'm sure that he'll be directing more in the near future.
This video was a big hit with fans of 'The Killers' but also with fans of Tim Burton himself as he has a large fan base due to all the big hit films that he has directed. The video recieved a range of positive reviews on YouTube such as "Trippy Video","This song is amazing, the video is awesome, brandon is hot... what more can I say? love the killers!" and "Yet another Tim Burton classic...Love it and Love Him!" so once again this show that is is a succesful video. However, not all of the reviews that this video recieved were good ones such as "I hate the thought of breaking bones. Seeing or even hearing people talking about it makes me feel sick!" and "why are they skeletons? what is that symbolic of? what is the message they are trying to send?" which suggests that not vryone understands the video and how it relartes to the song but also that it is appealing to a certain type of audience which in this case is Indie fans.In another review someone said "The Clip at the beginning and the CGI are obvious and cheap looking" showing that this person was disappointed with the video and thought that it could of been beter as Burton is renound for his creativity and brilliant use of CGI and other visual effects. Overall, I think YouTube is a good source for directors and artists to use to show the public their work as the people who go on there are a variety of ages which means that thye will recieve comments from a variety of people and not just a specific target audience.
Burton's work sugests to us that his target audience is most likely to be Late Teens to Early adults, as most of his films have been animated. For example "The Corpse Bride" and "Alice in Wonderland" have both been popular wth this particular age group.Also, most fans of 'The Killers' tend to be teenagers as 'Indie Rock' has become very popular wiht younger generations ove rthe past couple of years.Some teenagers are into gothic/emo themes which are mostly dark and mysterious and this is why Tim Burton has such a high teen fan base.
We can see a few of these themes reflected in the video Bones by The Killers which he directed.This is the only music video that he has done so far, however I'm sure that he'll be directing more in the near future.
This video was a big hit with fans of 'The Killers' but also with fans of Tim Burton himself as he has a large fan base due to all the big hit films that he has directed. The video recieved a range of positive reviews on YouTube such as "Trippy Video","This song is amazing, the video is awesome, brandon is hot... what more can I say? love the killers!" and "Yet another Tim Burton classic...Love it and Love Him!" so once again this show that is is a succesful video. However, not all of the reviews that this video recieved were good ones such as "I hate the thought of breaking bones. Seeing or even hearing people talking about it makes me feel sick!" and "why are they skeletons? what is that symbolic of? what is the message they are trying to send?" which suggests that not vryone understands the video and how it relartes to the song but also that it is appealing to a certain type of audience which in this case is Indie fans.In another review someone said "The Clip at the beginning and the CGI are obvious and cheap looking" showing that this person was disappointed with the video and thought that it could of been beter as Burton is renound for his creativity and brilliant use of CGI and other visual effects. Overall, I think YouTube is a good source for directors and artists to use to show the public their work as the people who go on there are a variety of ages which means that thye will recieve comments from a variety of people and not just a specific target audience.
Burton's work sugests to us that his target audience is most likely to be Late Teens to Early adults, as most of his films have been animated. For example "The Corpse Bride" and "Alice in Wonderland" have both been popular wth this particular age group.Also, most fans of 'The Killers' tend to be teenagers as 'Indie Rock' has become very popular wiht younger generations ove rthe past couple of years.Some teenagers are into gothic/emo themes which are mostly dark and mysterious and this is why Tim Burton has such a high teen fan base.
Lip Sync Project
Lip Sync Project
For our Lip Sync project we were given the task of creating a video for the song 'Could It Be Magic' By Barry Manilow in which we would have to lip sync to. The first problem we had was to be able to listen to the song outside so we used my Mp3 player as I was the only member of my group with a cable to connect it to the macs to transfer the song. The first thing we decided to do was to buy a set of speakers to plug into the Mp3 Player so that we would all be able to listen to the song out loud, we thought that this would be easier when we came to the lip syncing part, although it turned out to be unsuccessful as the music was a bit to quiet so we decided to use a set of headphones instead. The second problem that we came accross was that the only version of song that could be found was nearly seven minutes long which meant we would have to fill around about 3-5 minutes of instrumental time. Also when given the lyrics for the song it turned out they were the wrong ones and were for the take that version so we had to take extra time to re-write some off them by listening to the song a few times over this took out some valuable shooting time. We thought that it would be best to start of by filming the actual lip sync, it took a couple of goes but it went fairly well. Although we still had some fairly major problems with it mainly because of the lyrics and the fact that the tripod we were given was broken and kept falling apart. After lunch we returned to college to edit our video, whilst doing this we realsied that the tape/camera had been faulty and this resulted in most of our work having stripes over it, we are not really sure why this happend we think that it was because of a combination of the camera heads where dirty and that in places we filmed over old footage thus making it stripy. This meant that we did have enough footage to fill the gaps and some of our actualy lip syncing was now not useable, so we had to go film some more footage during the afternoon to make up for the recordings that we had lost. In the end we were able to get most of the footage that we wanted, however it was not as good as we would have liked/hoped as some was rushed as we did have much time. If we were to do this lip-sync again, we would like to get a better version of the song so that we didnt have as much time to fill and we would get a better way of hearing the music so that the actual lip syncing itself was of a better quality, we would also make sure that we were shooting in the correct size so that our video didnt play as widescreen and look a little bit silly when played back on a normal video or a normal screen.
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