Ancillary Task Draft/Attempt

Here is a draft attempt at an ancillary task, in this instance a poster to promote my product.

I feel for a first attempt and with no knowledge of photoshop (of which I taught myself thanks to youtube and help from fellow peer, Charlie Davey).

I researched various products into what a music poster looks like, and how the poster must apply to the genre and style of the music. 

I decided not to pursue the fancy typical stars and went for something different. The font for me fits very well. It gives it a dreamy space feel, something I can apply to the genre, as the song sort of feels like a dreamy song. And therefore the space atmosphere applies very well and fits. The image of torquay is very well lit and applies more to a 'dream' like city feel. To further emphasis the mood and feel of both song and poster. 

What I learnt from making this is how crucial the poster is for first impressions on whats in store in the text. It also allows me to focus on a set audience and if the aesthetic isn't right, people aren't going to like it. i have asked about and people have said it looks very good, a good MALE friend of mine said he even liked it, which is good as if the imagery applied in the poster looks good, then the in film imagery will be much more appealing.

Women in the media

Women's image in media is a forever changing concept, they have always been promoted as beautiful 'works of art' and in sexual fashions, if they're off 'the right factors.' In this case, predominantly skinny and blonde haired such like Jennifer Aniston.

This image has gone on to be the mainstream 'look for' in women, especially brunettes. However with an ever changing society, people are slowly starting to accept the larger sized women, a controversial decision to some, where you can apply Stuart Hall, in that some accept this new change in society and some just don't.

The first example of a change to women representation was Marilyn Monroe, the 'curvy lady'. Not quite a 'plus size' but it was the best women like her were getting at the time.

This was revolutional for society, however the change still wasn't applied. TV ads still went for the skinny models, impacting on younger people in society wanting them to be something that wasn't. Victoria's secret was verty guilty for this.
They used the skinny models to promote and inspire the younger generation to be like, them which leads to more discrimination against those who arent blessed with bodies such as.

Thankfully for the female image, DOVE released a new advert where they used the larger models in revealing clothes, to show how society has changed and how they should be accepted.

The whole point of this post is to show how far women in the media have come. And that my idea as explained is to present the more un accepted side of women in the media, to follow the changing concept of society and ensure its acceptable to be what ever size you want or anythign is beautiful (however, do not confuse with feminism, im implying despite size, people do find 'larger' women attractive and that they should accept themselves).

By applying this changing concept, It can help me with future research and add an enigma behind the choice of actors, and there I can apply Stuart Hall and his theory.

Reviewing Ancillaries

Here are 3 posters I have found after vigorous research, one from a student of last years work. The other's two music posters promoting either an event or artist

This one is a product from last year, where we see both actors present with a beautiful shot, and everything (text and protagonist) are well structured in that they stand out. It is well spaced out, it is very clear to see and read. 

It is clear to see this is an indie poster in that there is a potential relation at present, signified by the love heart balloon, and that typically the 1975 produce indie songs.

I do quite like how the text works with the image, however the image can be misinterpreted as perhaps a horror film which is something I will need to look for when making mine. It is very brief and sharp and being for an indie song, is something I will refer to if necessary however there are clear flaws which I can avoid, unlike this one.

Here is a music poster for a SuperBowl game half time show, obviously a far bigger artist than the one I have chosen, but you can tell it fits well with the topic, in this case sports, signified by Katy holding a football. Once again the poster is formal and looks sharp with the bold text and colouring.
As you can see sponsoring is also present, something I will need to ensure I include.

Lana Del Reys advert is very brief, but smart, it she is the main figure of the image and the colours present compliment her very well. There is no info, which is not an issue but it stands out very well, and is noticeably indie, perhaps something I can look to do with mine. It is clear though this is something that will appeal more to female audience, something I want to as well, so will be important for me.

The importance of this post, is that I can evaluate other work/student projects and use them to influence my piece, and notice flaws or imperfections with others that I can focus on not to do. not only but they're all typically indie expect the SuperBowl one, but by using a set genre of music it allows to direct me for my indie song poster, as evaluating a pop poster or rock n roll, wouldn't be any benefit to me at all.

Actor update!

After a complete revamp of ideas, this has led to forced actor change. Thankfully I have the luck of people who are willing to help. My girlfriend India, has reluctantly volunteered after realising she was the last and only option.

For me she is the perfect fit of choice of character. Not only does she look rather indie, and fit the genre of my song. She will also fit the unconventional feature of the female image. She will not be your typical skinny blonde actress in one of those love/fantasy songs, she will infact be a little larger. The reason being with modern media, text is making t far more conventional and acceptable, and what helps me say online with conventions and please some views, is that she is a natural blonde, blue eyed female which will work perfectly as that is the typical stereotype for your actresses in fantasy songs.

 As you can see by some of the images, regardless of the lighting she sticks out, and as she is naturally good looking this will help furthermore when filming for a male gaze and femae interest.

What I can learn by talking about this, is how important it is to choose wisely when character planning, as if you dig deepenough you can draw up ideal nominess. Fortunately for me however, I didn't have to dig too deep.

India, will fit in many key categories, Representation, Audience, Genre and even Narrative;

Representation - Because of who I am representing, and how she looks visually and due to modern concepts, I'm/she is representing todays women who don't feel appreciated because of their image, therefore I will aim to represent.

Audience - Being blonde, she will perfectly fit the storyline and appeal to the female eye. The male audience I aim to use shots and dress her appropriate to the male gaze, not too visual however, just not so much that the males are gazing to the extent they pause the video. What this allows is for me to appeal to both audiences of each gender. Her indie apparel will hopefully inspire and influence not only my primary audience but my secondary yoo.

Genre - Being an indie-ish song, India has short hair, and if she can be dressed and portrayed right, will look really strong and have good relation to the genre of the song.

Narrative - As the song is about love/fantasy, her natural features (eye colour, hair etc) will help me fit the stereotype, take Taylor Swift for example, always in love music videos, popular with the female audience, and as you can see, she is also blonde and blue eyed.

I will post costume/make up previews soon when I go to Torquay and aquire some establishing shots and others crucial for my film.

Music video inspiration

Here is some inspiration for my music piece. I am not wholly inspired by what is going on in the texts, but simply some brief parts of them, that I will use in my piece, simply as this is what modern day media (post modernism) has become, taking brief ideas from other media texts.

The first video is Meghan Trainor - 'All about that bass' a text in which she inspires women that you don't need to be skinny to be pretty etc. Not the full message that she aims to promote but an idea I am decoding, visually you can tell also that Meghan isn't the most slim women herself, which inspires me to follow the same prospect in terms of character presentation. This is the first idea of mine.

The second is Wiz Khalifa - See you again, where he uses some fantastic imagery, very aesthetic to the viewing eye. I have chosen to follow this convention of the well framed establishing shots to draw in viewers and keep the text aesthetically pleasing. It will be hard to compete with this one as this was written after the death of star Paul Walker, however the fantastic imagery (establishing shots) is something I wish to use, with similar natural lighting as it looks strong and would set my fitting well.

What I can learn by watching all these various videos are, is what appeals to todays audience and how popular some videos are dependant on the song or simply the visuality of the song. And by this I can apply post modern features to my text by picking apart other famous texts and applying parts of them into my piece. 

New Storyboard

Here is a storyboard of my new proposed project. There is no sound and the clips wont fill the whole sequence, however, a storyboard doesn't always have to be visual to visual. It can simply be just a prompt for inspiration when filming. I know fully of the top of my head, what proposed shots I wish to do. There will be some complicated shots particularly animation, something I will try with after effects.
So if their are bits that remain unclear or have writing assume they're cartoon scenes with after effects.
This idea is inspired by the last sequence of MGMT - Kids which I feel will work, given my film is essentially meant to be a dream.

Location Shots

The first Images you see are of Sidmouth. I hope to film there at sunset to add a created lighting effect and implement silhouttes into my piece to contrast with the lighting. Sidmouth is easily accessible, and as clear to see, you can tell the images will be fairly symmetrical and look srong given added natural lighting.

Torquay will be responsible for a fair amount of my shots, therefore I will look to book a weekend away soon to have time to film. What helps, is that according to a Telegraph article, Torquay is one of the 3rd top destinations in England for tourism or even seaside visits. Therefore it will be good to use for imagery given how remarkable the place looks at night, and the potential I have at my disposle. As you can see from these images, there is already aesthetic potential.

Stuart Hall | Reception theory

Stuart Hall IS an IMPORTANT theorist, perhaps one of the most crucial I can learn about.

He is behind the Reception theory whereby the media is the encoder (who set the set the idea), and us (Society) are the decoders (people who interpret and breakdown the text in our own ways).

Hall claims there are 3 different ways the audience can interpret the proposed idea;

1. The Dominant Reading - where the audience agrees and accepts the codes of the texts that the director purposely gives off, in which the audience reads and agrees. This makes the code more natural and transparent.

2. The Negotiated Reading - The reader partly believes the code, and breifly accpets whats infront of them. However, they may still wish to partially challenge and interpret some views of their owns to reflect own interest.

3. The Oppositional Reading - The background of the viewers plays influence, and they simply do not agree with what is being encoded and therefore reject the product.

This is important particularily to my piece, due to the way I wish to interpret the female gender. I will film it in a Negotiated Reading portrayal as there are some aspects into which will adhere to some viewers, but some features will not. However my piece is inspired by modern day textuality where new ideas that are not old, are now socially accepted, and with Hall's theory I can apply it perfectly to my piece.

Smply because people will agree with the piece, and feel revolutional. Perhaps interpret it differently but still essentially agree with what is being encoded, or just completely disagree and not accept what is portrayed. This all depends on the background of my social audience and their philosophy (Conservative- More for the Oppositional Reading, Liberal - More for the Dominant Reading).

Shot List

Here is a mock up of my first planned shotlist. Some dates are unconfirmed or not written down due to the fact I am unsure when we can arrange a trip to the place (in this instance Torquay). However, I know for sure it is possible to film there way before the deadline, just exact dates I am unsure on.

The shot list helps me as it allows me to see what proposed scenes I need to film are there and when done I can tick off. It gives me power to understand, when, where who and what I will be filming on the given days written. As you can see, some dates look unrealistic, however this does still help me as it's a reminder that I will need to film the given shots anyway.

NEW song choice

The new choice of song for my idea is 'Sleepwalking - Chain Gang Of 1974.' I used this song in my piece last year for added effect on a drama genred opening, I feel given the context im using the song in it will fit perfectly. However, it is popular but this is given to its promotion by GTA V, which in its self challenges ordinary conventions, as you'd expect 18* rated stuff however, my text will not follow those conventions of the song, nor will it follow the representation in the original video.

Here are the Lyrics:

Destiny turned her face

Nightmares and violent shapes

State of dreaming 

Has left me numb

Blue eyes and wandering lips

True lies with fingertips

Hidden tales of forbidden

Love

You've left me miserable

Miserable

Miserable

Mis-er-a-ble

Love

You've left me miserable

Miserable

Miserable

Mis-er-a-ble

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Visions of better times

Kingdoms and lilac wine

Why did God fail

To improve us

Teardrops of acid rain

Burning down through my veins

Can't I just sleep for now

Now

Despite my fears 

I dance for you

And did what others knew

I

Would care

Would wait

And live again

More desperate

Desperate

Yeah

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Yeah

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

(Now despite my fears I dance for you)

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

(Oh would care would wait and live again)

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Maybe we're just sleepwalking

Orange highlighted text,  simply signifies that the visuals will remain ambient to the lyrics.

Blue Highlighted text, will signify the area of the song where it will be animated to represent a dream.

Learning the lyrics helps me as it allows me to plan my shots to the lyrics, but also to the timing of them, therefore if I choose to use lip-syncing the piece won't look off.

Equipment list

As I'm producing a music video, I will not need sound equipment. However equipment is still key for me to achieve my full film potential. What I will be using is;


A Camera - To which I can capture images.
A Tripod - To stabilise the camera and achieve a steady moving frame for professionalism.
An iPad - To double images captured and be able to preview and edit on sight to ensure shots used are sufficient to my piece and editing.
Premiere pro - Editing website to piece my product, finalise and perfect.
After Effect - Achieve added effects to accomplish proposed idea of animation etc.

Half-term weather planning

During half term I hope to potentially get my first draft/mock up of my new proposed idea. I am hoping to film the shots at dusk for full visual effect, from my potential taken shots. I will be travelling to two locaions of which fit both my genre, and frame planning. These places are Torquay and Sidmouth, both coastal areas which are very common in relationship videos, and are a key signifier to genre.

Filming in Sidmouth looks fairly comfortable given the weather predicted, as I personally want the sun to have an influence on the frame as the effect it has on the sky can make for a really good aesthetic shot. I will go down later in the day which means my schedule doesn't clash with my working hours. For me the weather is the biggest factor in Sidmouth, as its half the harbour Torquay is visually, so I will need weather to be onside to construct the best composed shots I can take to increase the quality of my final piece. To achieve this I will focus on going perhaps on the Sunday (quiet time, avoid frame interference), as it offers me an advatage and looks to be the best possible day to do it given extensive weather research.

Torquay will be the bigger issue given its distance from where I am based in Devon, however having plans to partake a holiday with my girlfriend one weekend will be a huge factor to contribute with my plan of Torquay. As it means we're there for a period of time where we have far longer to focus on muiltiple of the same frames, and not worry about travel times to come back home, it would also be too costly to go for one day, so I have chosen to go up for a weekend, whereby I have muiltiple chances to perfect my frame potentials, which means I will not be going during half-term. 

It is important I can learn the weather and pre-plan, so that I dont last minute turn up anywhere, rush my shots and have the visuals ruined (like last year where the weather was bland, and poor). This is also key for me as it allows the chance to visualise the best possible weather times and work around this. Using this info, I can use the weather to my advantage, pre plan trips and get the best possible weather that fits my creativity and the audience' visual needs, and achieve a top quality production.

Project update!

After recent evaluation and thought. I have decided to change my idea. I felt the project proposed simply wouldn't work, and if it was to work I simply wouldn't have the high budget to include the aesthetic shots, like seen in all of the researched videos I proposed. This however is not an issue. I have had talks with teachers and have a new idea and song I will opt to do.

More to follow.

Brief for new A2 task

My new final decision is to do a music video based on relationships. I have used a contrast between Music and genre to pull in both audiences male♂ and female♀. The music is used in a male based audience game, and the genre (idea) is commonly viewed by females in music videos produced by artists such as Taylor Swift. This is an example of my text being post modern as I'm contrasting two different kinds of media and combining them. I I will also challenge the media concept of relationships by including animation (inspired by MGMT - Kids) to add a post modern aspect - Playfulness.

The whole idea is to show the narrrative of a guys dream about the girl, which will be emphasised by the Lyrics/song of choice. My key way to draw in the audience is by using strong aesthetic visuals and by that I will be usign Torquay and Sidmouth, two places of representative beauty which also give added effect to the relationship context of my project.

Types of Music Videos

→In the music video industry there are 3 kinds of videos that directors have the choice of. These are

• Performance Based Videos - NOT APPLIED
• Narrative Based Videos - NOT APPLIED
• Concept Based Videos - APPLIED

Performance based videos - are texts in which the main band of the piece can be seen on set. Normally they can be actual production shots of the band in which the editor has edited in furthermore visuals to add creativity to the piece. An example would be Two Door Cinema Club's - What You Know. Where the band can be seen playing and singing with a group of girls doing various actions on stage in time to the beat. These texts are identifyable by;

• The use of the band/live or edited
• Various close-ups of the artists
• Particular visuals
• Filmed in unusual places

Narrative based videos - Narratives are particularily popular with the teenage female audience, they tend to be either sad or love stories which tend to include the artist. Someone guilty of this is Taylor Swift who writes various romance/break up songs in this case her latest 'Love Story' in which its a story of her getting with a guy. These can usually be short-film meets music video-esc kind of texts. The importance of these are trying to get the audience to sympathise or relate. Particularily Taylor who enjoys writing romance songs which never seize to be unpopular with the female audience. Ways to pinpoint a Narrative video are;

• Fast paced - muiltiple cuts
• A lot of intertextuality
• Mimic of films/shows
• Contadicts for effect
• Artist is part of the story

Concept based videos - tend to be based around a single idea, usually obscure or unusual creating surrealness for the audience - how it draws views in. Its success comes in its playfulness by how it draws the audience in. However there are two themes for a Concept video:

• Thematic - Depends on the Genre of the song - Rap, lots of streets etc.
• Symbolic - Uses symbols to build up a meaning, large use of montage. Fast paced, with lighting to set the tone. Visuals dont always have to apply to lyrics
• How to spot - Visuals not linked to lyrics, creative/anything. Unusual elements



More inspiration

After doing further extensive research on Youtube for similar ideas, I have had further success! I found 2 more videos similar to my idea I wish to follow. These are;

• 100 people of Dance
• Where the Hell is Matt 2012

These videos apply rather well to my idea as the background, is constantly flickering between scenes, the actions never change and there is always that one star image.

What I particularily like is how well the frame transitions are and the unity between the people on screen. I propose to possibly have people doing things in the back of my shots to give it added effect as seen in both of these videos. What helps me is how viewed these two pieces are. And given they have music overplaying this is key to helping me plan my piece. 

What I wont be able to achieve is the locations these guys have, simply because of our budget and time differences. However I will look to get good locations/shots in select areas (picked by audience) in my own country to make it more visually noticeable.

Pitch

The other day I pitched my idea to my fellow peers of Media. Personally It could have been a lot better (presenting) as I forgot to mention some key personnel. However, feedback wasn't too great, something I'll look into and ask a wider audience instead.


Some feedback I recieved: (As i've said not too much primary audience feedback whether thats as it doesnt need improving or what)
- Switch up the idea of going all around the world as far to much $
- Perhaps keep it local or national where then you dont have to green screen which could make it a lot better


Pluses:
- Very creative idea could work well
- Very relaxing, chilled music choice
- Could b very aesthetically pleasing

Dylan here is a man who was a big fan. Dylan enjoys all sorts of music, particularily relaxed music where he can chill to and play games or simply study. Dylan doesn't have a particular favoured genre. However because Dyl has said he enjoys the context this is a plus for me, because it goes to show its not just the visuals that are key. The music also needs to be enjoyable for your audience to stay. And in Dylan I can learn that males of the 17-19 age range may particularily enjoy my product. Something I will produce a study on to further back up this case.

Storyboard

This is my storyboard, it may be short but had it been larger you'd just see multiple frames of similar context which would seem pointless in a storyboard. The text will finish how it starts hence why Ive not included the end. As it is far easier to summarise it here. This will help ME refer back to the basis of a plan. A more detailed animatic will be up soon to clear up the backbone of the storyboard.

Theorists that apply to my piece

Doing a music video I need to follow the conventions of some media theorists.
Some of these theorists include -

• Andrew Goodwin - Narrative theory 
• Roland Barthes - Enigma theory

I am using those two as they fit the codes I wish to follow.

Roland Follows an enigma code by which the director purposely builds a puzzle within the set text in which the eagle eyed audience connote and pick apart to answer these codes left by the director. What these do is allow the audience to remain engaged - so your video doesn't lose its interest. Enigma codes I will use I will explain in a newer post when I have filmed (partially) my text. However as Barthes is a film theorist, his conventions aren't necessary for me to follow, but something I wish to follow.

Andrew Goodwin is the most crucial theorist for me, as he is the one I can relate to the most, that and he is also a music video theorist. He states that there is a lot of intertextuality (film inspiration), mine is more Youtube inspiration. He also follows ambience, whereby lyrics and visuals relationship match. This means say the song was about a boat, you'd expect the visuals to be of a boat or something of the same correlation. I wish to challenge this however, this is called a disjuncture, where visuals dont match their lyric counterparts, this is very common in electropop/indie songs of which I have intensly researched (Lady Gaga) to inspire my piece. Goodwin also believes in a star image - of which I will persue and represent my character in a bright way, similar to Katy Perry in roar. He claims this is vital as it engages this audience and keeps the star in good light. These main conventions of Andrew are crucial and must follows for me, I will post updates soon where I research other videos who apply Goodwins theory to help with my planning.

Costume idea for Actor | Mise-en-scene

 Mise-en-scene is important in music videos as it gives it an added effect.

In my piece I wish to dress my actor in a casual indie kind of way, with similar clothing to the pictures.

I chose the glasses as you see these a lot at festivals and they are often associated with indie songs. They also look really good and can give any person the look/feel that there a band member/singer - something I'm attempting to do.

The black jeans simply because they take attention off of the lower part of the body (despite the whole of my character going to be on show), but it takes away attention so the audience focus on the more representative areas of my character, such as the brighter jacket and glasses. The more indie aspects.

The jacket because its not fully indie but with Rubens hair and the glasses I opt to give him will look really strong, I've seen him in the outfit before and he definitely fits the indie-like stereotype, something I'm aiming for to fit the tone of my given song.

The shoes simply because they're old school and very popular today, obviously doesn't have to be them exact, but similar, as they are associated with the indie stereotype and create a strong look for my archetype.

What this post helps me with, is how important costume planning is in any text. And that it impacts the text as being an star image its is important to make my character representable in a recognisable way that fits not only the song, but the on going frames. I can learn from this, as last year costume planning was last minute and we told our actor to where something skate-like, whereas with pre planning, my actor will be well informed and everything will be ready to be filmed earlier.

MOVE STA Travel | Music video idea

Here is a video I found after ages, It previews a guy walking towards a camera in multiple different places, to the beat, it just looks really cool and creative and will work fantastically well to my choice of music. It could be possible to fly to locations and take shots rather than green screen however it will cost lots and I will need to take my actor Ruben (with permission and fund him aswell).

This is the exact Idea I want, except i will have lip-syncing and different scenes, another thing is that the angles change and he walks towards the camera, I however will have the camera moving as well, and only have two angles from my character (in front and behind). this video helps as it allows me to refer to it and obtain motivation to plan how to do my shots. I will ensure my actor has the same outfit on at all times however to create a better effect. Thankfully as its not a music video I can take small ideas away from it to utilise on my text, watching it I am more motivated to try and film the shots for real (something Ill consider if possible). It also helps as if trying to describe my idea I can pitch this and it sums it up perfectly.

Learning Audio | Audio review in film

In our lesson we have been looking at an experimenting with audio.

A favourite audio of mine particularly is from Star Wars Episode I. It's not a small bit of audio, it is a full scene of audio which I enjoy. Mainly for 2 reasons;

1. There is a strong contrast of diegetic and non-diegtic audios
2. The visuals are backed well by the audio and the scene works really well.

The non-diegetic sound in the piece is the overplaying of the score: 'Duel Of Fates' - John Williams. This is good use of audio because the audio fits the scene well and is a crescendo as it signifies something is about to kick off as its cued with the introduction of a antagonist.

There is little dialogue used in the set scene, but this adds to the atmosphere of the fight. The variety of sound used contrasts all together well, and makes it one of the best fighting scenes in the Star Wars saga. It is also one of my favourite bits of audio simply because of the various sound techniques used;

• Sound Bridge
• Diegetic/Non-Diegetic sound
• Crescendo 
• Dialogue
• Ambient
• Synchronous sound
• Score
• Incidental/Sound Motif

This evaluation and audio knowledge helps me have a better understanding of audio in film, and with help of audacity I can create my own sounds even if I'm not doing a short film. Having tried to use narration last year and playing round with audacity, I have already developed skills that I don't need to consume time with to learn them, as I already have last year. This is useful however as it allows me to further improve my knowledge and evaluate audio in texts. (Pratical audio task to follow)

Conventions of an Electopop/indie song

Electropop definition-
-a style of popular music characterized by the use of electronically created sounds, with a synthesizer as the primary instrument.
Examples -
-Lady Gaga
-Passion Pit

Video conventions-

• Fast cut montages
• Unique and Bold/creative mise-en-scene
• Concept or Narrative
• Modern and Bright/colourful
• Lighthearted and Relaxed
• The use of bright colours
• Videos tend to be experimental
• The editing is to the beat
• Very little lyric reference (lip-syncing)
• Little lyric-image relation (disjuncture)

These fit my plan well, as I wish to use a disjuncture piece (Andrew Goodwin theory) unlike some electropop songs. It also requires the use of creativism and boldness. Of which I wish to do to my full potential. These conventions are all ones I wish to follow and will do witgh (I hope) success. I will furthermore blog about how I will follow some conventions of the genre in a pitch (soon to come).


How researching the music conventions helps me, is because it gives me an insight as to what is expected from different genres. And whether my video idea would suit the given genre.

Passion Pit - Take A Walk (Song choice)

The song I have chose is an Indie song. I first heard it playing a video game and from that I decided to speculate t as a choice of music for my project. I particularly wanted a video game song as I am always hearing them that way they're easier to plan with.

The lyrics to the song are;

All these kinds of places

Make it seem like it's been ages

Tomorrow's sun with buildings scrape the sky

I love this country dearly

I can feel the lighter clearly

But never thought I'd be alone to try

Once I was outside Penn Station

Selling red and white carnations

You were still alone

My wife and I

Before we marry, save my money

Brought my dear wife over

Now I want to bring my family state side

But off the boat they stayed a while

Then scatter cross the course

Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

I take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Practice isn't perfect

With the market cuts and loss

I remind myself that times could be much worse

My wife won't ask me questions

And there's not so much to ask

And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse

Once my mother-in-law came

Just to stay a couple nights

Then decided she would stay the rest of her life

I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen

And I sit and pray they never feel my strife

But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone

He made some bad investments

Now the counts are overdrawn

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Honey it's your son I think I borrowed just to much

We had taxes we had bills

We had a lifestyle to front

And tonight I swear I'll come home

And we'll make love like we're young

And tomorrow you'll cook dinner

For the neighbors and the kids

We could rent the Wart of socialists

And all their ten taxes

You'll see I am no criminal

I'm down on both bad knees

I'm just too much a coward

To admit when I'm in need

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

Take a walk, oh-oh-oh

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

I took a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

The Highlighted Orange texts are how my video applies to the song. But for the verses, my video will be a disjuncture. I will have some lip syncing involved but not fully. I also like the song, because there are a lot of beats in which I can edit to. Not only, but it will allow me to be fully creative as its an indie song - to which you associate creativeness etc.

What I can learn from viewing the lyrics is planning of the song, obviously I will need to learn the timing of the lyrics to help me fully understand the song.

Briefing ideas for my music video

At this current time, I am unsure fully what frames I wish to include in my piece, I am tempted to make the video perhaps historic, and by the lyrics - take a walk - could suggest take a walk back through time, as its a positive song, and could reflect this. If I do, it is most likely to be chronological, from the early 1900's onwards. Obviously I don't have a time-machine so therefore the piece would be majority of green-screen, not an issue, just a new skill I would have to develop suiting.
The reasoning is because I took history as an A-level subject, which I am heavily interested in, this could help me as I will be more motivated for the piece and with the knowledge I can make it effective.

Here are a few examples of potential shots (will have to be green screened and maybe have archetypes mise-en-scene change with the frames). With obviously Ruben walking in front of the moving frames to ensemble 'take a walk'.

 The first car 1912
(Will be a short clip of perhaps the car driving or under production)

 Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948
(Possibly a street march shot with Gandhi to make it seem as if character is really there)

 The Berlin (Nazi) olympics and Jesse Owens (Black Americans huge upset) 1936


(Maybe have the archetype on the field if possible)

 The Spanish Civil War Communism V Fascism 1936-39
(Have character walk through streets of 'destroyed' Spain

The Nazi uprising 1924-(1933-45)
(archetype walking in front of Nazi march)

 One of histories worst and most upsetting religious slaughters 1944
(Have character walk on the train tracks)

Little-boy and Fat-man (atomic bombs) dropped on Japan
1st and last ever use of Nuclear weapons 1945
(Have character walk on frame shown)

 The JFK assassination 1963


(Have character walking in front of car, wont use the actual assassination footage or will have to change age rating, could be an option however)

Black Civil Rights Movement and MLK 1950's-60's


(Have protagonist in front of the march or at MLK speech)

The Vietnam War 1961-71


(Use iconic clip, have character walking through shrubbery or famous photo of the young napalm victims)
















What this reviewing allows me to do is plan more than one idea for my pitch and have a back up plan if all else fails. It gives me chance to pitch to the audience, and experiment about. It would require a new set of skills (green screen) as I have never used it before so It would be a new experience for me.