1. Relationship of music to visuals (e.g. editing sound with images)
Picture number one is the very beginning of the music video, it sets
the scene, this is a picture of a scrap book with happy memory's of a
relationship. This is a very important part to our song because it
shows how happy the couple were and you can hear with the lyrics
"Just A Taste" which is also what the song is called, that
this isn't going to end well. We had the idea of portraying the story
that this relationship was going to fall apart and she had "Just
A Taste" of him and didn't want to let go. The scrap book was
also what we based the rest of the video on. This was our first
initial idea and we built up from there. This clip has been sped up
and also changes colour thought the scrapbook, changing from normal
to black and white, to convey that the love is fading away. By
linking the lyrics to the narrative there is a bridge built to
enhance the transition from quick accustomed objects to the slow pain
of love, that you feel toward the end of the scrapbook scene and we
slow the pace down on what seem to be her favorite picture, showing
that she is reminiscing about the past.
2. Lighting
Picture number two creating a
juxtaposition, this is where the images are side by side. This
picture shows the a young girl sticking a picture on a mirror and
next to her in the mirror is herself with her guitar and singing.
This was an important scene to get the lighting right because working
with mirrors can be tricky so we had to find a natural light to make
that shot work. The two images overlap each other to give you a sense
that she is going back through her life, trying to live out the good
parts and trying to forget the bad. This scene was also good on
editing terms because we have used the green screen to overlap with a
normal image. The lighting is also very important when using the
green screen because if you don't get it right you will have shadows
and it will look terrible. The lighting was a very important part of
filming because i wanted to use the natural lighting as a contestant
part of each frame, giving that reflective theme.
3. Mise-en-scene ( costume, props,
make up, casting, expression)
This picture is of the couple messing
around with each other, creating a mood of happiness and it is a very
heartwarming scene. I think that this captures a brilliant expression
of love, by their movements and facial expression. the costumes also
fits this scene well, as we made the women wear t-shirts that fir the
mood here the t-shirt says " To be or not to be that is the
question" this is a famous quote from William Shakespeare, it
was just perfect for the love scene and also if you looked in to it
more it says that there could be a possibility that this love will
not last as she may not be the one for him. We did this with every
different scene where the mood changed, like the green screen when
she is sing with her guitar she is wearing a t-shirt with a guitar
for obvious reasons and when she is with the other guy she wears a
t-shirt that says "Behind the scenes" this could show that
there is more to it than meets the eye and there is a dark secret
within but in our case we show that she is trying to get over her one
true love. This picture appears to be a recording, showing that she
loves this memory so much that she wanted to record it and i uses a
long shot to show the scenery and all of there body actions. This is
one of the most romantic scenes throughout the video.
Picture number four is a really key moment of the video, it is a shot of me singing with my guitar and also my silhouette beside me. This part of the video make you really feel the meaning of the lyrics a lot more and is also very personal to the girl as you begin to feel her pain to. Using lyrics such as " I'm a dick I'm addicted to you" just show the raw emotion of the lyrics. As you begin to see the separating of the lyric sequences and the narrative people could concentrate on the action in the story and still receive the common theme of the artist singing the words. This was also an edited shot for the silhouette and I'm singing in font of the green screen. Also this shot is in black and white showing that her emotions are low and shes struggling with the pain of not having her true love beside her every moment of every day. This was a mid shot to enable that you could see her and her guitar, to show that her instrument is a way of releasing her emotions.
5.Representation of artist/band with reference to record label's expectations
Picture number 5 shows what the video is based about. It shows
the despair of her singing and how real life is now and not a dream
where everything comes true but her reality, behind her is pictures
of the past and how good it was when she was in love. We tried to
create a very symbolic message to our audience showing how real and
cruel life can be no matter how much it hurts. This is a very
relatable video because you can guarantee that everyone in the world
has felt this very moment within there life reminiscing on the good
times but not facing the times that are in hand. I looked into many
narrative videos and found that there was a center point of love in
each one, therefore i decided to try and create a raw emotions that
people can relate to.
6. Genre of music and how it is defined
7. Camerawork and editing (shot types, angles, movement; SFX and transitions)
Picture number 7 is two
images overlapping creating a imagination feel from the present to
the past. This shot had to be used to create the feel that time had
moved on but she didn't want it to relaying the image through her
mind and not being able to forget. I had to decrease the opacity on
one clip to get the overlapping image. This enabled me to show the
flashback in time. Both of the shots are between medium and a long
shots and also are both running scenes, therefore i could easily
overlap each picture. This was always going to be an important scene
that almost creates a divide between what you feel because you don't
know what emotion you feel as two different clips come together. This
was important to get into my video as you then really play with the
audiences mind. This Shot was one of our most powerful and most
effective shots throughout.
8. Intertextuality or influence of other music video
In Picture number eight you see a picture of the happy couple in flames, i took this idea from the music video Taylor Swift Pictures To Burn. I was able to show how she is trying her hardest to deal with the pain by burning the memory's but we all know its not as simple as burning a picture to remove it from your mind, this is the hardest thing in life to do, is to forget. This shot was created by also overlapping two images, as one was the picture and the i added the fire effect. I decided to do this as it is a very popular way of showing emotions.
Picture number nine is the many focus point for the setting of the love scene, this is the place where the love story started and also ended and she also brought the new guy to the same place to see if she could get over her one true love but this obviously didn't work as doing this made her want him more. Using the same location this then enhances the narrative of a break up and how she struggles to deal with it. The setting is the same as is the lighting and everything around them apart from the guy and this has a huge impact on how this scene makes you feel. No matter how hard the audience try s they wouldn't be be able to fight the raw emotion the the setting has on the whole music video and the story within its self. I have changed the colour of this picture and it is in sepia because i wanted to show that this was in in the past and is also behind her as she sing showing that this establishing shot will not leave her memory.
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