This is a mood board i decided to make with all the different shots from the video below. I chose the ones that looked most effective and the ones that i seemed inspired by to want to use in my own music video.
As you can see, the shots i have chosen to use in this mood board all stay in a dark tone of colour. This fits the song genre and it's mood. This is what me and Ben will want to achieve in our video as it will show how we have used intertextuality and are sticking to our genre.
This video is by the same band who me and ben are using for our music video. Its has a good theory of narrative due to its story line and camera angles.
Roland Barthes believes that there are five action codes that enable an audience to make sense of a narrative. Two of his codes are shown and broken in this video. 'PROAIRETIC' is basic narrative actions which means - they must be caught for it to be effective. I feel this is used within this video because we see a bully and a boy who seems slightly different and less popular (intertextuality) and he keeps getting bullied, but for the story line to match the song and its darkness something needs to happen, then at the end we see it, he gets revenge and his next 'victim' mirrors the last one.
But i feel that the video breaks the code of 'HERMENEUTIC' as Barthes states that is a 'narrative turning point' and that being - we know where the story will go next. Waking the demon shocked me the first time i saw itr, i did not expect the ending to be how it was which shows how it was not predictable, even though something needed to happen for the storyline to be effective!
I chose waking the demon because Bullet For My Valentine are a modern Metal band and my group is using one of their songs for our media coursework video. This to me is a very good example for me to use as a lot of the band shots and lighting is what i would aim to use for my video. The quick paced cuts of the different band members when the song speeds up is what my group will be aiming to use. I personally liked the classic shot of the boy turning into a wolf, it wasent animated, a slight shadow and a light (showing chirascuro) darkened the moment and created suspense. I want to use effective lighting and different band shots that are effective.
I like the way that the story flows in waking the demon and fits the pace of the song. It has various close ups and uses shalow focus on the shots in the woods. A classic tracking shot of their feet when running is used and i think that my group would like to use this as there are parts of our chosen song what speed up and we could use inspiration from this video and show how we have used intertextuality from a video of the same genre.
This video is by linkin park. It has an intresting meaning behind it as it has a few simple band shot of them playing the video, but in relation to the lyrics, it has images of problems in the world that link to the bands narrative for the video. At the beginning of the video there is a slow zoom into the band shot as the beginning of the song is quite slow paced with the piano to begin with. As the pace gets faster there are many shots of the band and images of problems around the world, quick cuts add to the pace of the song. I saw that intertextuality is used as the images are of mediated images showing world issues, which watch the lyrics. There are various medium close ups of the singer and the various members of the band and also mid shots. Me and Ben will definitely use close ups and medium close ups when shooting our band shots.
When the lyrics 'wash away' occur there is a relevant image of a world disaster - the pollution in the water which links to the songs context.
As the song slows down the slow motion shot of the drums links to the songs tempo and there is an image of a nuclear bomb blowing the snow off trees which is quite a slow processed action. The lyrics 'Start Again' signify a slight positivity in the song which goes against the bad which has been previously shown. The images of the baby being born and a new rose blossoming link to this. This shows me a clear understanding of the 'narrative theory' with in this video. The message in the song and the images show a clear disequilibrium with the negative images at the start then an equilibrium after the lyrics i have mentioned 'start again' then back to negative images with a final shot of the grass growing again which shows there is hope and things can change which is an equilibrium.
The most interesting shot to me is the graphic match from the sun behind the band linking to an atomic bomb which is a disaster!
From looking at this video. me and ben have decided we could use slow motion shots (to create when editing), close ups, fast paced cuts and links to the lyrics and the theories of the video that we will choose!
I chose this video by Foo Fighters because i thought that it had a lot of interesting shots and it had a good story line.
The fact that the song is called 'my hero' and theres a hero in the video links well.
The video analysis:
The music begins when the male protagonist hits the ground, in time with the drums. He begins to run around towards the action which reflects the speed of the drums. There are interesting cuts between his running shots and the band members playing, as if a way to introduce them! There is a slight zoom towards him as the song begins to add the guitar and the other instruments which implies he is nearer to the action/ going towards it.
When he arrives at the door and opens it, the music begins to play, we see the band in the same location which is not typical of a music video. This shows that he feels like he is a 'good simaritin' whish reflects the videos theme. I discussed this with my group and we decided that this could be an interesting thing to use within our video, so we could make links towards my hero when analysing our music video.
The camera seems slightly hand held which gives the audience the feel that they are part of the action, a good example is when he picks up the baby, you can clearly see how the camera had a hand held effect. When the lyrics 'my hero' occur he picks up the baby to singify he has saved it and is a true hero.
The band shots are very interesting because they are in a different room and a different place each time.
As the music slows down so does the hero, but as he begins to run again, the music's speed begins to pick up, the singing begins when he reaches the stairs. What i find interesting is that we never get to see his face so there is a mystery to who he is.
The hand held camera is shown well and used well in this next scene as he has entered another home, ready to save someone/something else. As he is running through there are various shots of different band members without cutting.
I personally feel like i am running with the 'hero' and i really like that effect.
Once again when the 'hero' lyrics occur, he has saved someones dog. At the end all of the people crown around the hero and the camera has a slight rise which shows everyone is happy and the hero has succeeded. This shot is slow paced and is quite a long shot, but it shows the audience the slowing down of the song as it has finished and that the people are calm as everyone is safe.
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