Media Music Project

This blog is to show my work for my year 13 music project witch consists of making a music video for an un-copyrighted piece of music.  

The Brief

The name of the artist that i am producing a music video for is a band named THE MISSING LINK and the name of the track is SAY IT AIN'T SO. The style of music that the band produce has elements of rock and acoustic styles, they also have a dark feeling to there songs. I want to promote this dark style by replicating that feeling in the visuals of the music video. The main theme to the video will be a concept and will have a small section of performance in the video. The main audience for the music video will be teenagers, as the genre of music usually appeals to teenagers as the music is filled with emotion, which teenagers help relate to their life's as they experience a roller coaster of emotions while growing up. The institution that will distribute/show my production will be youtube, i have chosen youtube as it allows me to have audience feedback. 

Goodwin's ideas

This is screen shots of the music video from JAMIE T of the son Sheila. I have analysed the photos using the ideas of Goodwin. Which contain the ideas such as :

the ability to hold a shot steady
framing a shot appropriately
using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
shooting material appropriate to the task set
selecting mise-en-scène
editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer
using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately
using sound with images and editing appropriately.






















This first shot i have analysed shows a concept of a married couple being represented by monkeys. This concept gives the impression that the as humans we are no more than primates with animal instincts. This may also link in with a symbolism with society as a whole.


















This shot consists of the couple (monkeys) watching T.V and confirming that they are representations of the average family/ couple This shot is an example of the notion of looking. This is where there are shots of screens within screens. This is also a good example of the framing the shot appropriatly as the angle gives the impression that we are looking in on someones lives.



















This image is of the artist and is what most music videos require as performances and close ups are needed and is what the record label will request. This section of the video consists of the artist singing in to the camera with just a black background and with little light. All