Will Rowe – Media Blog

My song pitch is to do the song “D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman” by Oasis. The performance will contain our artist (Callum Wood), miming along and playing the acoustic guitar to the song, sat on a stool. Around him will be a large range of children / toddlers  toys. The narration will be about the artist, growing up and his interests changing, while this is happening the toys around him will move and change (using stop motion). The reason I chose this song is due to it catchiness, aswell as it being a well known band, but a not very well known song.

I haven’t seen your face round
Since I was a kid
You’re bringing back those memories
Of the things that we did
You’re hangin round
And climbing trees
Pretending to fly
D’yer wanna be a spaceman
And live in the sky

You got how many bills to pay
And how many kids
And you forgot about
The things that we did
The town where we’re living
Has made you a man
And all of your dreams
Are washed in the sand

Well it’s alright
It’s alright
Who are you and me to say
What’s wrong and what’s right
Do you still feel like me
We sit down here
And we shall see
We can talk
And find common ground
And we can just forget
About feeling down
We can just forget
About life in this town.

It’s funny how your dreams
Change as you’re growing old
You don’t wanna be no spaceman
You just want gold
All the dream stealers
Are lying in wait
But if you wanna be a spaceman
It’s still not too late

Well it’s alright
And it’s alright
Who are you and me to say
What’s wrong and what’s right
Do you still feel like me
We sit down here

And we shall see
We can talk
And find common ground
And we can just forget
About feeling down
We can just forget
About life in this town.

I enjoy this student music video due to its overall Mise-en-scene, throughout the video, a clear story is painted of an executioner having second thoughts about his job. One thing that clearly stands out is the costume design, the military items really add a new layer to the scene. The camera is also used throughout the video to great use, my favorite shot is the low angle used when he the executioner is running away, along with the closeup of him looking down the gun. The black and white filter used to show the past also creates a difference between what previously has happened and what is in the present.

 

In this task we analysed two more music videos but to much more detail, the first song is Katy Perry – Chained to the rhythm while the second song I chose was Blur – The Universal.

 

Analyzing these videos has let me find the underlying themes that can be found in some videos. This will be useful when I am creating my own music video as I will be able to add very subtle themes to my videos in the future.

In this task we watched 4 videos. We then briefly analysed the visuals for the music seen above. These videos could tell a story or could just be the artist performing, we found that there are 3 types of narrative in a music video. Illustration is when the video directly coincidences with the lyrics and it shows what they say. Amplification is when the lyrics are extended upon in the music video, to add a new layer of meaning to the narrative. Finally, Disjuncture is when a song has no correlation to the lyrics, and could be displaying a completely different idea to what the lyrics are portraying. Some music videos can have just purely performance with no narrative. Mise-en-scene is also use heavily to add to the narrative. The primary motive behind music videos are to promote the artist / band, the videos i watched did this by primarily featuring the artist performing and or featuring. All of this will help me in the future when I am creating my own music video as these videos help me gain a grasp of the different types of videos.