CONSIDERING CHANGING OUR SONG CHOICE

CONSIDERING CHANGING OUR SONG CHOICE

We are considering changing our song choice as we believe the song we have chosen would be more suitable to do in the winter conditions where lighting and conditions will be dull and bleak to relate to our theme of prostitution. These conditions are currently not available to us with it being Summer. As the Summer Holidays are coming up we are considering changing our song to a more Summery song as Summer conditions should be available to us giving us good filming opportunities and due to it being the Summer Holidays there should be plenty of opportunities for us to meet up as a group with our actors and get a lot of filming done.

OUR SONG CHOICE

OUR SONG CHOICE

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down



Keeping to the idea of modern artists we then discussed artists which are known for being upbeat and exploitative in their lyrics. We then came up with the band "The Arctic Monkeys" and looked in to their songs. We have decided on the song "When the Sun Goes Down" as we believe it will give us the chance to explore the song lyrically and because of this hopefully we will be able to come up with many ideas for filming opportunities. Also another reason for our decision is the song starts slow and then suddenly ups tempo which we think will immediately engage the audience.

Lyrics to When The Sun Goes Down : ( ) = Possible Ideas we have had.

Who's that girl there? (Wide shot of our prostitute figure wearing dirty, ripped clothes with smudged make-up, then zoom in to her face to see a close-up of the make-up)

I wonder what went wrong

So that she had to roam the streets

She dunt do major credit cards

I doubt she does receipts

It's all not quite legitimate

And what a scummy man

Just give him half a chance

I bet he'll rob you if he can

Can see it in his eyes,

Yeah, that he's got a driving ban

Amongst some other offences

And I've seen him with girls of the night

And he told Roxanne to put on her red light (Shot of Red traffic light)

They're all infected but he'll be alright (Shot of Syringe, Pills etc.)

Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know

I said he's a scumbag, don't you know!

Although you're trying not to listen

Overt your eyes and staring at the ground

She makes a subtle proposition

"I'm sorry love I'll have to turn you down"

He must be up to something

What are the chances sure it's more than likely

I've got a feeling in my stomach

I start to wonder what his story might be

They said it changes when the sun goes down

Around here

Look here comes a Ford Mondeo (Ford Mondeo drives past our prostitute figure, using a pan we pan across her as the car stops and then she will lean in to the car in a provocative manner)

Isn't he Mister Inconspicuous?

And he don't even have to say 'owt

She's in the stance ready to get picked up (Stood on a street corner to relate to the lyrics)

Bet she's delighted when she sees him

Pulling in and giving her the eye

Because she must be fucking freezing

Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky

it doesn't stop in the winter, no

Around here

They said it changes when the sun goes down

Over the river going out of town

What a scummy man

Just give him half a chance

I bet he'll rob you if he can

Can see it in his eyes that he's got a nasty plan

I hope you're not involved at all

As you can see from the lyrics above the song explores the theme of prostitution. Therefore, we have discussed the denotations (the specific, literal image/idea/concept or object that a sign refers to) and connotations (the assumptions/meanings that a sign carries) of this theme such as:

• Street Corners, Alley ways
• Red Lights
• Illegal
• Desperation
• Confusion
• Desire
• Drug users
• Big cities
• Exchange of Money
• Infection
• Dirty
• Bleak
• Filth or Grime
• Depression
• Melancholy
• Hopelessness
• Depravity
• Isolation

In terms of locations for this music video we have decided we would like locations which are very warehouse like and are in isolated areas and for this reason we have discussed maybe filming in the industrial estate of Market Rasen as we believe it  would be suitable for the theme of the song as many prostitutes tend to be seen in strange locations such as warehouses and industrial estates, where they are found meeting their customers out of sight of preying eyes.

This image below from Google Maps gives you an insight into the type of location the industrial estate is and just how "rough looking" it is.

GENERAL RESEARCH IN TO EXISTING MUSIC VIDEOS

Here are examples of music videos which I and my group (group of four) researched in order to decide on the song we would like to do a music video for.


Nickelback - Photographs 







Nickelback as a band have very lyrical songs and this is the reason we decided to research in to them as we thought their lyrics would provide us with a good narrative form/structure. We decided against this song as we felt it wasn't the correct genre we wanted to explore and we thought a more upbeat song would provide us with more opportunities.

Enrique Iglesias - Escape





We then moved on to look at Enrique Iglesias because his music is still lyrical but is a bit more upbeat. We liked the idea of close ups of the band and the instruments they are playing, as this still gives the video a narrative form but helps bring the audience's attention back to the reason for the video, the music/the band/singer.Although we felt this song was more upbeat than Nickelback's we felt the pace of the song was still too slow.


Genesis - I Can't Dance 





As many 80s songs are known to be upbeat we then decided to looked in to this time period of music. We particularly liked this video from Genesis as it is very comical, humorous, this can be seen at 0:56/57 seconds with the lizard. We liked this song but couldn't really think of any ideas towards it apart from getting teachers to walk in funny positions across the screen but then we thought this was very similar to what is first seen in the original video at 1:06.

 The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star







We then looked at The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star as this is a very well known 80s song and is very upbeat. The high pitch "woah w ohs" in the background we could make a comical aspect of the music video, for example, dressing a male in female clothing who would then be the singer of that phrase which would then bring out the comical side and extravagant aspect of the costumes used in the original video.We decided against this video as we felt it was too well known and we wouldn't be able to recreate it to a standard which every age group would be able to relate to.




Ke$ha ft 3OH!3 - Blah Blah Blah





 We then decided to look in to more modern artists such as  Ke$ha's music video as she is known for being very comical when trying to engage the audience in her work. We liked some aspects of the video such as Ke$ha`s quirky facial expressions and the unique lighting used as a back drop in some of her shots. However, in the end we decided against this song as we felt the lyrics "blah blah blah" were too repetitive and if we struggle to come up with new/a variety of ideas for our video then there may be a risk of it becoming boring for the audience.


Katy Perry - Last Friday Night







Keeping on the theme of modern, comical songs, we then looked at Katy Perry's latest song "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)". We all liked the comical elements of the video such as a geeky Katy Perry getting overwhelmed by the presence of a hunky guy and then to her disbelief ending up in  bed with him. There are modern ideas which people our age will find comical due to teenage experiences they can relate to such as feeling like the ugly duckling, the transformations we go through in our teenage years and doing the stereotypical things associated with teenagers like going wild at parties/on a Friday night. Connotations which are made clear in this video. However, we have decided against this song as we feel it is too recent and people know it too well and the video associated with it.

BRIEF

A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with a cover for it`s release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package) and a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).