Wonderwall final edit

Above is the final edit of our Wonderwall video, we did a copy of the Wonderwall video, I really like the final outcome and I think that it worked really well.

Music, Lyrics, Visuals - Solsbury Hill

The task which we did in lesson today was that we listened to a piece of music, which had a music video and then had to close our eyes and imagine what visual video would go well with the piece of music, we looked at the song called Solsbury Hill. The video which I thought of and what others in the class thought it could be like were very different to what the video was actually like.

My idea was that the video could be of a time-lapse throughout of different cities which are busy and bright with a lot happening and then there is the singer standing alone in the middle of the busy city singing this song. Therefore showing that he is quite isolated and possibly hurt, from the lyrics which I heard.

The other idea which was given on my table was that a family are all going on an adventure, possibly in a campervan and doing things like exploring and different activities in the video. They could do things like swimming in lakes and just around quite natural places, like fields.

Lollie had the idea that there would be a man who was in an airport trying to find someone, who could possibly be a close friend or maybe a lover. This is because it could seem as though the song is about love or heart break because of the lyrics ‘my heart was going BOOM, BOOM, BOOM’, therefore these visuals could fit in with the music.

Lollie also had the idea that the visuals could show a group of friends in a car exploring and travelling down a long and bumpy road having adventures together in the video.

Harry’s idea was actually to have an animation which was pretty different to ideas of others and he thought of having an eagle in the animation and the camera showing its travels and where the eagle went. The reason for the eagle was because one was mentioned in the first line and therefore the idea could be continued on in the video.

The final idea which was shared in the class was Ben’s idea, this was to have a group of Hippies who could be in fields and at a campsite, around them would be dandelions and peaceful things and they could be drinking and smoking weed for example. I could see the hippies wearing tie die t-shirts like stereotypical hippies would be wearing and just fitting with the nature kind of theme.

The actual video differed quite a lot from the ideas in which I had and the ideas which the rest of my class had and therefore I was quite surprised when I saw the video as I did not think it would be that way. The actual video was done in a very arty way and is meant to look very indie and different. I don’t think that the video necessarily makes sense that much and actually seems as though there is a large amount of different clips which are mixed in together when they shouldn’t be. But in a way I do think it looks pretty cool and different compared to other videos. Some of the ideas which my class had about nature being used was correct to an extent as there was a lot of plants shown, as well as fields which fitted with that theme. As well as that, my table said about the theme of family being used and actually it was used when the past videos were shown and you could see the family playing and being together so that was kind of correct.

What music means to me

Both the songs Creep (Radiohead) – 1993 and Wonderwall (Oasis) – 1995 – Although these songs came out before I was born both of these songs are real family favorites in the Robinson family and I enjoy the love the both of them.




Get this party started (Pink) – 2001 – I love this song and it has good memories because in year 3 me and Alicia performed it in the talent show by doing a synchronized dance and came third place.

Suberbass (Nicki Minaj) – 2010 – I love this song, especially the rap part and me and Alicia know all of the words to the rap sections in the song.

Performance, Narrative, Concept

Performance based music video

Performance music videos is footage of the band/the artist of them actually performing the music. This could be a live performance from when they were doing a concert or it could be a staged performance. The singers are the main focus of the videos and are usually shown the whole way through. The most common videos made in the performance style is indie and rock. The costing of the videos are not usually very high because it does not involve too much editing and work to be done to the video, as they want to show a realistic video. The negative to this style is sometimes it may look boring as you are just watching them perform and therefore they will have to be pretty well known for people to be interested in watching the video.

Performance videos contain:

• Shots of the artist performing.
• Could be a live stage performance, including shots of the artists as well as the audience.
• Could be real life situations, like talking, fooling around and warming up.
• A lot of close up shots are shown.
• Particular visual style, with props, clothing for example.
• Could be in an unusual place, for example a rooftop.

Narrative based music video

This is a music video when a story is often told throughout the lyrics or just suggested in the lryics, for example if there is a break up they usually try to act out the lryics. Most of the time the narrative based music videos are love stories are they are usually emotional songs which need to show the story to make it seem even more emotional and have a better effect. A narrative is often like a small film which has a beginning, a middle and an end and will often follow on from the story which is shown from the lryics.

Narrative videos contain:

• Very fast paced, with lots of shots and different cuts.
• It can often use intertextuality which means that it uses refrences from othr films, videos or TV.
• The story can often contradict, so that the lryics and the video are not parrellel to eachother.
• It could either be the artist who is involved with the story on the video side or people who are completely seperate.

Concept based music video

Concept videos are usually based around one idea or a concept and are different and unusal and seem surreal for the audience. This is done because it creates attraction because people might be surprised at the video and some people actually like the randomness and possibly weirdness of the video. The artist needs to make sure that the video is interesting as it can often get boring if it is not done correctly. A lot of the time the vdieos contain different styles so that it will keep the audience entertained. There are two different types of concept videos, these include thematic and symbolic.

Thematic

The thematic style of a concept video is when there are a lot of different common themes in the music video, as suggested by the title, this will depend on the genre of the music. or example if the song is by a rap artist then they often show a lot of street images which link well with the theme of the songs.

Symbolic

Symbolic videos have lots of symbols to build up meaning, for example by showing a graveyard it could show the theme of death. Often there are lots of different images shown to create some meaning or contradictory. The lighting of the video can be used a lot to suggest what the mood is supposed to be. For this genre it is usually very fast paced so that there is only a few seconds for each short so that there is more meaning. 

Concept videos contain

• They can actually contain anything as it usually pretty random.
• But, they are usually very unusual, to shock the audience and therefore keep them watching.