Thursday, 14 April 2011
Mise en sence
I wanted to look into what mise en scene I wanted for my video before I drew up a story board so I could make just what to include.
Props; leather jacket, guitar, guitar case, suitcase, clothes to go into case
Locations for amplification scenes - outside location for amplification shots, studio for alternative amplification shots
Locations for narrative scenes – house, train tracks, train crossing, train station, streets for shots of him walking on his journey
Props; leather jacket, guitar, guitar case, suitcase, clothes to go into case
Locations for amplification scenes - outside location for amplification shots, studio for alternative amplification shots
Locations for narrative scenes – house, train tracks, train crossing, train station, streets for shots of him walking on his journey
Eight Second Ride; Analysis
Analysis of the music Video for ‘Eight Second Ride’ by Jake Owen.
Analysis of the music Video for ‘Eight Second Ride’ by Jake Owen.
The opening of the video shows a typical country scene with a pickup truck driving up a dirt road with an alligator on the side; the music behind this scene is very peaceful and mellow. After this we get a 5 fast cuts throughout this easy going part of the introduction showing the singer, Jake Owen, preparing to perform in the amplifying section of the video and we see the truck drive past the alligator with a cut zoom as the alligator roars at it.
We return to the amplifying section of the video with a close up of Jake Owen’s face when he shouts ‘Come on!’ as the song goes into a much more into rock-influenced country with a strong electric guitar hook, this leads into a cut zoom out to Jake Owen and his backup band complete with guitarists, bass player, drummer, P.A equipment and amplifiers on a stage/studio setting with 6 studio lights in the background and there is 4 cuts showing different close ups of Jake Owen.
As the singing starts with a close up of Jake Owens face with the lyrics ‘Hey Girl’ there is a cut to the narrative section of the video showing an attractive girl walk though a doorway with a cut zoom to a medium close up of her. After a short cut to the amplifying section we cut to a close up of her face as she walks along, followed by a close up of Jake Owen’s face, this could be done to show that these two are the focal characters of the video, this is emphasised with a medium close up of the girl followed by a medium close up of Jake Owen, the medium close up of the girl reveals she is walking thou a bar because in the background we can see men drinking at a table looking towards her. There is another Close up Jake Owens Face as he sings followed by a long shot of the girl, and in the background again we can see men drinking and watching the girl showing how attractive she is. The chain of cutting between Jake and the girl is broken again with a cut zoom out to the girl and over her shoulder we can see one man walk into another spilling his picture of beer as they are both too busy looking at the girl, emphasising how attracting she is.
There is a series of cuts between the amplifying section and the narrative as Jake Owen appears in the bar and starts to visually be part of the narrative and the intro plays again before the second verse. The girl sits net to Jake and we get 7 shot shots between cuts of the amplification section of seeing the pair in convocation and then leaving the bar together with a close up the girls waist from the back as Jake puts his arm around her.
We cut to Jake driving his truck that we see at the beginning, referencing the line ’tyres of his truck this high’ and the girl puts his arm over her shoulder referencing the line ‘slid on over put my hand on her shoulder’. In the second chorus he are introduced to a new amplifying second that has Jake Owen playing guitar and in what look like a swamp
We then see narrative to the bridge second of ‘put the tail gate down and we made love’ as we see Jake and the girl in the back of the truck with a strobe lighting effect similar to that what we see in the amplifying section. The last scene of singing is in the amplifying section with a close up to Jake Owen’s face. We then get a montage of the highlights of the music video play with quick cuts as the outro plays.
Analysis of the music Video for ‘Eight Second Ride’ by Jake Owen.
The opening of the video shows a typical country scene with a pickup truck driving up a dirt road with an alligator on the side; the music behind this scene is very peaceful and mellow. After this we get a 5 fast cuts throughout this easy going part of the introduction showing the singer, Jake Owen, preparing to perform in the amplifying section of the video and we see the truck drive past the alligator with a cut zoom as the alligator roars at it.
We return to the amplifying section of the video with a close up of Jake Owen’s face when he shouts ‘Come on!’ as the song goes into a much more into rock-influenced country with a strong electric guitar hook, this leads into a cut zoom out to Jake Owen and his backup band complete with guitarists, bass player, drummer, P.A equipment and amplifiers on a stage/studio setting with 6 studio lights in the background and there is 4 cuts showing different close ups of Jake Owen.
As the singing starts with a close up of Jake Owens face with the lyrics ‘Hey Girl’ there is a cut to the narrative section of the video showing an attractive girl walk though a doorway with a cut zoom to a medium close up of her. After a short cut to the amplifying section we cut to a close up of her face as she walks along, followed by a close up of Jake Owen’s face, this could be done to show that these two are the focal characters of the video, this is emphasised with a medium close up of the girl followed by a medium close up of Jake Owen, the medium close up of the girl reveals she is walking thou a bar because in the background we can see men drinking at a table looking towards her. There is another Close up Jake Owens Face as he sings followed by a long shot of the girl, and in the background again we can see men drinking and watching the girl showing how attractive she is. The chain of cutting between Jake and the girl is broken again with a cut zoom out to the girl and over her shoulder we can see one man walk into another spilling his picture of beer as they are both too busy looking at the girl, emphasising how attracting she is.
There is a series of cuts between the amplifying section and the narrative as Jake Owen appears in the bar and starts to visually be part of the narrative and the intro plays again before the second verse. The girl sits net to Jake and we get 7 shot shots between cuts of the amplification section of seeing the pair in convocation and then leaving the bar together with a close up the girls waist from the back as Jake puts his arm around her.
We cut to Jake driving his truck that we see at the beginning, referencing the line ’tyres of his truck this high’ and the girl puts his arm over her shoulder referencing the line ‘slid on over put my hand on her shoulder’. In the second chorus he are introduced to a new amplifying second that has Jake Owen playing guitar and in what look like a swamp
We then see narrative to the bridge second of ‘put the tail gate down and we made love’ as we see Jake and the girl in the back of the truck with a strobe lighting effect similar to that what we see in the amplifying section. The last scene of singing is in the amplifying section with a close up to Jake Owen’s face. We then get a montage of the highlights of the music video play with quick cuts as the outro plays.
Eight Second Ride : Stills
I wanted to collect together stills from this video because I admired its atmosphere and wanted do a similar thing but without duplicating this video.
Music Video Analysis 2: Jake Owen's Eight Second Ride
I wanted to further look into analysing music videos to further expand my knowledge of country music videos and found a great country artist called Jake Owen with his video 'Eight Second Ride' the video is below,
Ash Bowers: Stuck Music Video Analysis – First 20 Shots
I decided that I would look further in detail just to the first 20 shots of the music video that could give me a better understanding of how to create my own.
1. Establishing shot: shows an industrial setting, a reference to the lyric about working on an assembly line.
2. Tilt: the artist, Ask Bowers, walking Down a bridge with his guitar letting the audience know he is on a journey and also lets the audience know that he is the focus of the video
3. Dolly shot: A new location; a shed or warehouse like setting Bowers playing guitar, emphasizes that he is the focus of the video(amplifying section)
4. Low angle and slow Zoom: back to the bridge Bowers is walking down, the slow zoom helps build the tension towards the singing
5. Medium shot: in a shed or warehouse like setting, Bowers now playing guitar and singing, there is a quick zoom in towards him.
6. Medium shot and Dolly shot: shows Bowers walking down the bridge, this time he is singing
7. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse:
8. Dolly shot: walking down bridge singing
9. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line. Referencing the line ‘this hard assembly line’
10. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing
11. Medium shot: ash bowers playing guitar and singing in the shed/warehouse
12. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing in front of him
13. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing from the side
14. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line
15. Close up: sparks on the floor from his work on the assembly line
16. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
17. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
18. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
19. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
20. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
1. Establishing shot: shows an industrial setting, a reference to the lyric about working on an assembly line.
2. Tilt: the artist, Ask Bowers, walking Down a bridge with his guitar letting the audience know he is on a journey and also lets the audience know that he is the focus of the video
3. Dolly shot: A new location; a shed or warehouse like setting Bowers playing guitar, emphasizes that he is the focus of the video(amplifying section)
4. Low angle and slow Zoom: back to the bridge Bowers is walking down, the slow zoom helps build the tension towards the singing
5. Medium shot: in a shed or warehouse like setting, Bowers now playing guitar and singing, there is a quick zoom in towards him.
6. Medium shot and Dolly shot: shows Bowers walking down the bridge, this time he is singing
7. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse:
8. Dolly shot: walking down bridge singing
9. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line. Referencing the line ‘this hard assembly line’
10. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing
11. Medium shot: ash bowers playing guitar and singing in the shed/warehouse
12. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing in front of him
13. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing from the side
14. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line
15. Close up: sparks on the floor from his work on the assembly line
16. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
17. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
18. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
19. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
20. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
Analysis of music videos: Ash Bowers - Stuck
To be able to create our music video I looked at real pieces of media to draw from them ideas and themes of conventions that I could use and develop and in some cases contrast from in my video; below is the first video we analysed,
Lyrics to Memphis
We knew that knowing the lyrics to the song would be vital to performing convincing lip syncing in the video. so I set about transcribing the song from the video to be able to learn it
Verse 1
Anybody ever had a broken heart but me
They told me love was blind and promised that I couldn’t see
So now I’m lying on the floor watching ceiling fans go round
I’ve got a suitcase packed by the door because I’m leaving town
Chorus
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
My broken dreams for the keys to the life of my own
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
I want to know if you’re going to come along
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Verse 2
Anybody ever had to cry yourself to sleep at night
Keep praying and wishing that someone’s going to hold them tight
With nothing but a dream and the clothes that are on your back
Its like you’re always on the right train never ever on the right track
Chorus
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
My broken dreams for the keys to a life of my own
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis (Lord I want to know)
I want to know if you’re going to come along
Solo
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Solo
Oh to Memphis
Verse 1
Anybody ever had a broken heart but me
They told me love was blind and promised that I couldn’t see
So now I’m lying on the floor watching ceiling fans go round
I’ve got a suitcase packed by the door because I’m leaving town
Chorus
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
My broken dreams for the keys to the life of my own
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
I want to know if you’re going to come along
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Verse 2
Anybody ever had to cry yourself to sleep at night
Keep praying and wishing that someone’s going to hold them tight
With nothing but a dream and the clothes that are on your back
Its like you’re always on the right train never ever on the right track
Chorus
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis
My broken dreams for the keys to a life of my own
I’m trading my broken heart for a one-way ticket to Memphis (Lord I want to know)
I want to know if you’re going to come along
Solo
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Oh to Memphis…Oh Lord Oh World
Solo
Oh to Memphis
choosing a song
after researching and browsing over all different songs of various genres we decided on using a song called 'Memphis' by country artist called Coffey Anderson that we found on youtube. the link is below
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