FINAL IDEA.

The Script - If You Ever Come Back

For my A2 media i have picked an alternative rock/indie/soft rock song to make a music video for.

For my video i am planning to make a narrative video. The Script's songs are normally stories with the lyrics they write, they help you to imagine whats going on. In their videos they are normally narrative and telling a story with the words of the songs.

For my music video i plan to do the same to keep up with the usual conventions of their videos.

Thr song i have picked is about a girl that leaves her boyfriend so partner and the lyrics are sort of whats on his mind or what his feeling. I plan to have no performance or abstract in this, just narrative.

The first line is "if your standing with your suitcase" i plan to have my sister (Jess) standing by a train station with a suitcase thinking about her partner (Jarrad) because the next line is "but you can't step on the train"

After this i plan to follow the lyrics of the song so it fits with the lyrics. Most of the video is going to be about Jarrad because its his feeling and thoughts the lyrics are expressing. I plan to make flashback footage for a part in the song where the lead singer Danny says, "and i wish you could give me the cold shoulder, and i wish you could still give me a hard time" here i plan to but footage of the couple arguing.

At the end of the video after its gone thourgh the story of the lyrics i plan to have the couple being reuntied together at the door, by the hall way, because the lyrics say "i'll leave the door on the latch, if you ever come back."

Lyrics.
If you're standing with your suitcase

But you can't step on the train

Everything's the way that you left it I still haven't slept yet

And if you're covering your face now

But you just can't hide the pain

Still setting two plates on the counter but eating without'cha

If the truth is you're a liar

When you say that you're okay

I'm sleepin on your side of the bed goin' out of my head now

And if you're out there try'na move on

But somethin' pulls you back again

I'm sitting here try'na persuade you like your in the same room

But even if wishing is a waste of time

Even if I never cross your mind

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back, if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Now they say I'm wasting my time'

Cause you're never commin home

But they used to say the world was flat but how wrong was that now

And by leavin' my door open I'm risking everythin' I own

There's nothin' I can lose in a break-in that you haven't taken

And I wish you could give me the cold shoulder

And I wish you can still give me a hard time

And I wish I could still wish it was over

But even if wishing is a waste of time

Even if I never cross your mind

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back, if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back now

If it's the fighting you remember or the little things you miss

I know you're out there somewhere so just remember this

If it's the fighting you remember or the little things you miss

Oh just remember this, oh just remember this

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back now

And it will be just like you were never gone

And it will be just like you were never gone

And it will be just like you were never gone

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

The song.

TASK 4: AUDIENCE RESEARCH.

Questionnaire.

Please answers that are needed.

1. What is your favorite genre of music?

Hiphop ☐ Indie ☐ Electro ☐ RnB ☐ Metal/Rock ☐ Dance ☐ Grime ☐ Dubstep ☐ Other ☐

If other please state: _____________

2. Where do you watch music videos?

Internet ☐ Mobile Phone ☐ Television ☐ Other ☐

If other please state: _____________

3. What type of music video do you prefer?
Narrative ☐ Abstract ☐ Performance ☐

4. From the question above what is our favorite video from your chosen answer?
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5. Who is your favorite artist?
____________________________________________________

6. What is your favorite song?
____________________________________________________

7. How often do you watch music videos?
Daily ☐ Weekly ☐ Monthly ☐ Not Often ☐

8. What is your favorite music channel?
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9. If you could be in any artists music video, who would your choose?
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10. What do you look for in a music video?
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Results.

I gave my questionnaire to 10 people so i could work out the percentage from 100%.

Genre of music.

There were alot of genres the audience could have chose from. The most popular was Dubstep with 30%, Indie and Rnb both got 20% and HipHop, Grime, Metal and Other all got 10%. The findings from my questionnaire shows that the most popular genre was Dubstep.

Type of music video.

The audience got a choose of 3 different types of music videos, Abstract, Narrative and Performance.

The one with the most vote was narrative (50%), people said it was good to have a story line along with the lyrics. Performance (30%) was second, people said they enjoyed watching a good performance. Abstract came last with 20%, there was no feedback about abstract videos. The favorite type of video was narrative.

How often music videos were watched

Most people watched music videos daily (60%). 20% of people watched them weekly and also 20% watched them monthly.

Where did people watch music videos.

70% of people watch music videos on the Internet. This shows that music advertised all the time and people find new bands and bands are signed by people from facebook and myspace. None of the audience watch music videos on their phones. 30% of people watch them on the television, there a lot of music channels about and it is easy to see any video you want. You can also text in and ask to play a video you wish to see.

The most popular was of watching music videos is on the Internet.

Favorite song.

All the son choices were different ranging from different genres to different types of videos, to different artists and styles. The most popular type of music video from the favorite sons was abstract (30%) even though it only go 20% from 'The favorite type of video" question.

Favorite artist.

Not everyone answered this question. The favorite artist ranged from differ net genres, different styles, and form bands, to solo artists, girls to boys, such as The Beatles to Rihanna. This shows that everyone has their own style and their own type of music they enjoy.

Favorite channel.

Alot of the channels were mostly MTV, from MTV Base (60%) to MTV 2 (10%) which shows alot of recent songs and HipHop and RnB songs. The next music channels that were chosen were NME (20%) and Kerrang with (10%) these show alternative bands and rock/metal bands.

What people look for in a video.

People look for different things in a music video but mostly a good performance, good effects and originality. Some people look for the outfits the artist is wearing and the narrative and creativity of the styles and effects being used.

TASK 3: MIND MAPPING OF INITIAL IDEAS.

Idea's for music video production.

Idea 1.
Song - General Fiasco - Talk to my friends.
The whole video will be shot by hand, the camera as the characters eyes. People will be coming up to greet people but it will be the camera as if you can see through someone elses eyes.
As people come up to greet the person, instead of them actually talking they will be singing the lyrics to the song. This will happen through out the video.
Will relevance to the lyrics. It will a narrative with a little edge of performance to it.
It will be based in a house and a boy getting out of a car or taxi (his eyes being the camera and you'll only be able to see feet and hands) then walking up to the door, people greeting him.
Then he walks around the house seeing different stereotypes of people because the lyrics say "i'm not with these ally cats and go go girls" so theres gonna be a group of cool boys and girl around and the camera will focus on them when its that part of the song. Also these groups of people will say the lyrics as he looks at them.
At the end, the last line of the song is "talk to my friends and i'm moving away, I've had what i think is love but i couldn't say" and his gonna get into a taxi and theres gonna be a pretty girl waiting by the cerb of the road sad.

Idea 2.
Mariah Carey - Always be my baby.
I will be filming two people. A boy and a girl. The girl will be sing the word to the song while the boy is with her. She will be singing to the boy. It will be a narrative video with some performance. I would like to film in a theatre or on stage of the girl on stage singing different parts of the song. The boy will be sitting in the seating alone watching her.
Then there will be an extreme long shot where you can see them both in the theatre alone so you know its an intimate and romantic moment. Then i film some parts of them in Sutton park, running and playing about. By the middle of the song theres a line "if your determined to leave boy, i will not stand in your way" at this part of the song, the girl will start to be more alone and then by the end of the song she will be in theatre alone, until he walks in at the end. The while shes still singing it flash backs to him sitting there. It will end of her finishing smiling then him getting on stage and giving her a kiss. I plan to have the video in black and white.

Idea 3.
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always like this.
I would like a boy and girl to be in this video. The boys singing the lyrics to the song because it is a males voice. It will start of with them going to the cinema and the girl not looking too impressed then it will flash back to 3 week previsouly and her being excoted. It will be a narrative with a bit of performance because he will be miming the lyrics to the song.
Then it will cut to them at dinner and her look at her food, then rewind back to a few weeks and her enjoying in and having a good conversation. This sort of thing will happen throughout the song, as if the girl is bored with the dates. This will relate back to the song "alway like this".

Task 2: RESEARCH INTO EXISITING PRODUCTS.

Documentary.

Analysing documentries.

TYSON THE MOVIE.

During our A2 Media lesson we began to watch the opening to the documentary TYSON. Which is all about Tyson the boxer. While watching it, there were alot of different elements that fit well with the conventions of a documentary and there were some that didn't follow conventions. The meaning of the documentary was to show Mike Tysons life, what he'd achieved the good and the bad. At the start the credit appear on screen, they are colourful contrasting colours that stand out from the black background. these colours could represent the colourful life he had lead. This is unconventional because they text for documentaries is normally plain and simple, it looks as if it is the start of a film. The effect of the text is fade in and fade out which is simple for an opening. This may symbolise Mike Tyson having an unconventional life so the person who put together the opening may have just unconventional colours to represent this. Throughout the opening sequence there is archive footage shown of Mike Tyson fighting. This is old footage because it is not very good quality, and it is pixulated. It has either been edited to change the contrast of the footage or it was filmed in that way. Spilt screen was used to show the different angles and to show two things happening at one time. It was freeze frame shots then the titled appeared again, then with a swipe transition to another shot. The shots froze then carried on with another shot in a different part of the screen. In the background there was a sound of a crowd screaming, the commentator talking and the bell ringing. There was also the famous song from the film 'Rocky' which is associated with boxing. At the ring of the bell, TYSON appears on the screen. The writing of him name was in a strong bold font, it was as if the writing was made out of fire. This could resemble Tyson's fiery temper when his in the ring. The sharp text could also mean danger because of the fire in the writing. This could also show Tyson's dangerous side while his fighting. The last shot was of Tyson winning the heavy weight belt. A man then says "reign for a long long time" this could mean the success of his career. It then fades into Mike Tyson's face and different angle close ups of his face and him talking. The voice over is him asking himself questions such as "who am i?" Then it shows him standing on a beach, calm with a sunset, the sunset could represent the "sunset" of his career. He looks as if he is thinking, thinking about his career. The beach and him being on his own shows that he might be isolated while reflection upon his experiences.

Music Videos.

Analysing music videos.

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are.
This song is a narrative and performance video. It starts of with a close up of a women who you assume to be the girlfriend listening to a caset play and there is digectic music the song playing.



The introduction to the song after the girl, was Bruno Mars coming in and taking the tape out of the caset player. then he pulls the film out and writes his name in it on the table, then the name of the song.



This is not a normal convention for a music video because the artist and song title does not normally appear as part of the actual video. "her eyes, her eyes" he draws eyes using the castet tape film. this happens throughout the video while describing the girls appearance.



This atmosphere from this song is bright, nice and calm because it is an romantic song and his singing about how beautiful she is. The video fits well with the lyrics and what his sing about. What he signings in the song, appears from what he draws from the tape.



Theres a close up of him singing on the piano, he watching. shows shes listening to him and his singing for her.





B.O.B - Magic.
At the start it is a close up of a radio, the voice on the radio is B.O.B's .



Then it goes to an extreme close up of him passed out asleep in bed.



Then it goes to random close ups of things around his house such as a sink then back to him waking up. To this video there is a bit of narrative because there is a story going on that kind of relates to the song. It is also abit of performance because B.O.B wakes up and starts singing.
It swaps and changes shots from him eating breakfast in the kitchen to being in sleep, this could so that his not actually awake and is dreaming the whole thing.



Then it changes to him being in the garden by the pool with a lot of beautiful women. It shows a dream element to the video, which could associate with the title of the song "Magic".
Then when the chorus of the song starts it changes again to a meduim shot of the man that sings the chorus (Cuomo) and B.O.B on stage singing to a crowd, to which it looks like its set in a front garden.



After that he runs in to his house after all these "magic" things have happened to wake himself up in bed, then peopele follow him to a meduim shot so you can see the whole room. After that he finally wakes up and finds a picture he took with a women in is dream which shows the magic element in the video.

Short Films.

Craig Devlin - This is the life.