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.
Thursday, 14 April 2011
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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