Camera Shots and Angles Continued

Looking Space- this is where the subject is looking in a certain direction, by leaving a space to the side that the subject is looking it emphasises to the audience he is looking in a certain direction.

Over the shoulder shot- used mainly for conversations looking over the shoulder of one of the subjects in order to involve the audience in the conversation.

Rule of thirds- when taking a picture it is much more effective to put the subject in 2/3rds of the frame leaving a third blank to show the audience the background as well.

Research into chosen artist and target audience

I have chosen Bombay Bicycle Club, due to the fact that they are a current up and coming indie band which I enjoy. I chose the song Cancel on Me because it is one of my favourite songs by them and I feel as if I can do it justice in a sense of making a promotional video. The band itself are from Crouch End in London, it consists of lead singer and guitarist Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram and Ed Nash. Formerly called 'The Canals' Bombay Bicycle Club rose to fame after winning the competition 'Channel 4's Road to V' by which winning meant the band opening the 2006 V festival. After leaving school in 2008 the band concentrated mainly on their music and realeased debut album 'I Had The Blues And I Shook Them Loose' in 2009 followed by second album 'Flaws' in 2010. In terms of target audience the band will appeal to the younger sector of the market mainly due to the nature of their indie rock ganre that is very popular with the younger generation who are in nowadays terms the biggest followers of the indie scene. Since the rise of indie rock in the 80s it has become very popular and in many cases pushed into the mainstream making many of todays big indie bands popular chart hitters. Bombay Bicycle Club are exactly this with their last album 'Flaws' reaching 8 in the overall UK chart 38 places higher than their previous album, showing an obvious rise in popularity. For these reasons I feel that they would appeal to a large audience, espcially the younger section of the market that are the main consumers of this genre of music. Therefore due to its current popularity I have chosen this band and song as I think I will be able to pull it off effectively.

Camera Shots and Angles

Camera shots and angles terminologly is vital within the media industry when producing items of media such as television shows or films, the terms I have used below are recognised by the BBC but may be slightly different elsewhere but generally they are quite universal. Here are some shots and angles that I have taken using a friend within the surrounding area of school, however the extreme long shot and the birds eye angle shot is taken from the internet as I could not find appropriate cicrumstances to create an effective shot.

ELS (Extreme Long Shot)- Otherwise called an establishing shot, used to introduce surroundings to the audience.

LS (Long Shot)- shows a subjects entire body from head to toe.

MS (Mid Shot)- this shot shows subjects from the waist upwards and is the most common camera shot as it focuses on the important parts of the subject.

CU (Close Up)- a close up of the important part of the subject, usually the face showing the persons emotions.

BCU (Big Close Up)- otherwise known as extreme close up it is used to show a specific part of the subject in detail.

Low Angle Shot- used to make something look bigger or more prominent due to the low angle of the camera.

High Angle Shot- the opposite to low angle shot the camera is located higher up at an angle looking down to make the subject look small and powerless.

Birds Eye View Shot- a shot taken from high up looking down on a scene used to show a surveillance style shot.

Worms Eye View Shot- opposite to birds eye view, camera is at ground level looking up at a subject to give it a powerful appearence.

Media Diary Post

Shortly I will upload my camera shot examples on to my blog that I spoke about in my last diary post, after this the first stages of shooting footage for my video will commence. I have planned to take the camera out over this forthcoming weekend in order to get my clips of the band playing. I won't be shooting my narrative side of the video straight away as I am still in the planning stage and not certain of the content I will include.

Music Video Analysis 3- Rock Show By Blink 182

Overview
Blink 182 are a Pop-Punk band from California, America. Formed in 1992 the band started out as three piece, Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Scott Rayner (whom was replaced by Travis Barker as the main drummer in 1998). The band have released five albums since being together, achieving success globally in the process as a quirky and original punk band selling over 25 million albums worldwide and winning numerous prestigous awards. In 2005 guitarist Tom DeLonge left the band after a fall out with the other two members, leading to huge upset amoungst fans. In 2009 the band announced they were reuniting and that a new album was being worked on. After this news the band played a number of sell out come back gigs re-enforcing the bands loyal fan base.

I feel this song and video typifies the bands style and sound making it an effective thing to analyse.

Genre

Blink 182 are widely known as a punk rock band from the modern day music scene, however the actual genre of punk rock has been ongoing for a long time constantly changing in sense of imagery and style but generally being the same fast tempo, rough edged songs throughout. In the seventies, The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols were widely considered to be the founders of the punk scene revoultionising the music world converting millions into lovers of the genre. Over the years many bands have followed into this genre creating new styles of punk rock, after forming in 1992 Blink 182 were publicly known to be making music from a pop punk perspective. This form of the genre was slightly different to classic punk rock, as in turn it was made for a wider audience with a larger fan following. Stereotypical things from this genre were recongised from the general style of the music, the bands fashion styles and attitudes which projected an air of rebellion and a laid back, cool persona. I feel 'The Rock Show' by Blink 182 perfectly displays this genre and the overall apperance of the band in many of their videos. For example they all wear black skateboard brand t-shirts with messed up hair and tattoos, as well as this they use a typical unedited scratchy style for the guitar and bass which is again typical of this genre. Another example of genre of the punk rock used this time through intertextuality would be at 2.35 in the video where the guitarist Tom smashes his guitar typical of the punk rock genre since the Clash's album cover for London Calling a very iconic picture in the punk world.

Video

In my opinion this video by Blink 182 is created for viewers to see and understand the bands personality and style, it is set up in such a way that the band are allowed money to basically entertain an audience (the fans) to which they decide to do lots of crazy things to excite and inspire them. It links in with the genre well and the way that punk brings about a rebelious and care free attitude which the band show throughout by doing crazy things like buying cars and TVs just to smash them up and throwing money of the top of a building. It states and the start of the video that the band were given some cash to spend on a music video they are in control of making themselves so straight away it seems a more personal video from a fan point of view. I think the band made this video to reveal what they are like out of the public eye and that they are down for lots of fun and crazy things, this I feel connects with the audience very well and may influence the way they live their lives, for example buying the same clothes the band wear. This is all to do with imagery and this video shows alot of that, they include guitar smashing, skateboarding, crowdsurfing and a live performance, as well as basically wasting all their production company's money in order to make a video which ironically works very well. This is because all the things above typify the band giving them an original style and personality which the fans want to see.

Music Video Analysis 2- Duality By Slipknot

Overview
Slipknot formed as a nine piece heavy metal band in 1995, originating from Des Moines, Iowa. Largely known for their agressive fast tempo music, Slipknot changed the current generations view on heavy metal music with their huge fan following and chaotic live performances. Since they formed the band have always worn masks throughout their live shows and also in any appearence as a band in public, this is another reason for their rise to fame through such acts of originality. The band has so far produced 5 albums since 1995, winning numerous awards from industries related to the rock/metal genre as well as winning a Grammy award after being nominated for seven previously.

In May 2010 the death of the Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, rocked the music world leaving the band in obvious distress and shock, since then the band have made next to no appearence in the media apart from an interview shortly after the death of their band mate to which they explained their massive sadness. After this Slipknot have made no more movement as a band, and it has been rumoured that the unfortunate death of Paul Gray may be the end for the band. Records show that in May 2010 Slipknot's sales figures stood at around 14 million for worldwide sales of their records, showing their obvious success and prominence in the heavy metal and also music world.

Despite this the reason I have chosen this video to analyse is becasue I feel it typifies the heavy metal genre as well as being a well produced and interesting video.




Genre
It is widely known and also easily recognisable by Slipknot's music and video productions that they are very much a heavy metal band. In general this is fairly obvious for a number of reasons, the first of these reasons would be the music itself with vigorous vocals, dense thumping percussion sounds and distorted guitars. This is very typical of the metal genre and became an almost signature sound for Slipknot which their fans grew to love. Another indication to genre in this particular song and video and the bands other productions would be the way the members dress. Clothing has always been something that points to a music genre, and the heavy metal scene is no different, in this case dark clothing, body piercings, skulls, metal studs and leather. On top of this in Slipknot's case their iconic use of face masks that again boosts their imagery into the heavy metal style genre which has always contributed to their aggresive style which pleases their fans.




Video
I think that the video to this song by Slipknot, is quite hard to judge as to what style of production it actually is in terms of narrative or a performance. However in my opinion I feel that by watching this video it becomes apparent that the band and the producers of this video are trying to show the emotion and personality of the music through the way the actors do things within the production. This is because the video shows fans of the band running towards a house smashing things on their way and meeting with the band, inside the house. The way in which the band connect with the fans in the video by playing their music in the same vacinity as them shows an obvious unison and love for the fans on the bands part. Despite it being quite to describe I feel that the video overall is a statement from the band to the fans that they are at one with the fans, in the way that they feel the same emotion as the fans when listening to the music, by the 'head-banging' and 'mosh' style movement typical of heavy metal fans.

Chosen Song Lyrics and Permission- Cancel on Me By Bombay Bicycle Club

Bombay Bicycle Club - Cancel on Me Lyrics.

Cancel on me again;
Oh, cancel on me again.
And it's not your fault and again;
No it's not your fault you said.
Oh.

All the world has come to see the end.
You will never see this place again.
And all the world has come to see the end.
And you will never see my face again.

No it's not your fault and again;
No it's not your fault you said.
So cancel on me again.
Oh, cancel on me again.
Oh.

All the world has come to see the end.
You will never see this place again.
And all the world has come to see the end.
And you will never see my face again. (x2)

Dreaming of you pushing up to me;
And I know where it's going to lead.
Dreaming of you rushing up to me;
And you know it's where you want to be.
Dreaming of you pushing up to me;
And I know where it's going to lead.
Dreaming of you rushing up to me;
That was the boy I used to be.

Yeah, I'm dreaming of you rushing,
I'm dreaming of you rushing,
I'm dreaming of you rushing up to me

Permission From Band Manager.

Our email

Dear Bombay Bicycle Club


We are two A level media students from North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form, and would like to ask for your permission to make a promotional music video for your songs Magnet or Cancel on Me as part of our year 13 media project, filming and editing a promotional music video.


Personally we both feel that your songs Magnet or Cancel on Me would be perfect for our task and ideas, and would be overjoyed to be given permission to use it.


Many thanks, we hope to hear back from you soon.


Kristian Barnard and Antony Hogg

Reply

Hi,

If this is only to be used privately for a school assignment and not used commercially or publicly then this is fine.


Jason

Just to clarify from an early media diary post I am doing the song Cancel on Me, after realising we have to work individually rather than in pairs.