Copyright

Copyright laws have recently changed. UK legislation are allowing parody of copyright works from the 1st of October, giving the owners of the copyrighted works ability to sue, only if the parody conveys a discriminatory message.

I have found the link to the BBC news page which explains the whole story, and gives examples of a parody copyright video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29408121

Planning

Keane - Bedshaped format
Slow paced

Introduction - 28 seconds
verse 1 - 22 seconds
Bridge - 12 seconds
Chorus - 36 seconds
verse 2 - 22 seconds
Bridge - 12 seconds
Chorus - 36 seconds
instrumental - 44 seconds
Chorus - 26 seconds

We have calculated the total duration of this song is 3 minutes 46 seconds, and therefore we are over 46 seconds. To enable us to use this track we will need to edit the song and cut out parts to allow it to fit into a 3 minute time slot.

Treatment

Song by Keane - Bedshaped
A young boy, vulnerable and naïve lives his school life being threatened and intimidated by his peers. He walks home, depressed and alone, everyday reflecting on the nasty comments and jokes made about him, because of his timid and shy nature we plan to have our first shot introducing and emphasising on this aspect of our main actor. We plan to have a point of view shot of the boy looking down at his scraggy shoes as he walks home from school. This will be followed a range of different shorter shots, such as close ups of his face in his bedroom showing his depression and anxiety to live any longer. We will also show medium and long shots as he sits on the edge of his bed and runs his hands over his face and through his hair demonstrating his stress and incapability to deal with the situation in which he is facing.
We plan to have the first verse of the victim walking around alone at school, we will use medium, 3 quarter and close up shots of him as he walks. We then plan to have him looking at the happiness of the other students in school, although he is aware that they consider him to be watching them in a freaky or weird way. We will present this by having point of view shots as he looks at the other students, then with continuity we will use a close up shot as he looks away in fear. This should set the lonely atmosphere and inevitable troubles which he faces everyday at school.
As the song comes to the Bridge, 'Don't laugh at me' are the lyrics sung which we want to emphasise on, we plan to do this by having the point of view shots of the students as they give him strange looks and laugh at him as he walks alone, envious of the friends and normal lives which the other students have.
For the start of the Chorus we plan have the young boy walking home and through his back door, where we see his mum in dirty clothes smoking, without acknowledging the fact her son is a bad state. We will then show extreme close up lip syncs of certain words such as 'what do I know' and 'I know' as it almost seems as though he is talking to himself, creating a more personal feel and linking the lyrics to the video. We will locate this part in his bedroom as though he was thinking back on his day at school, realising he cannot deal with his issue any longer.
For the instrumental we plan to speed up the pace and use close up shots of the boys face crying as he wipes his face roughly. Then we will shot back to his mum, using a close up of her mouth as she smokes, showing her unawareness and inability to care for her son, this will continue to go back and forth to the son as he debates his death and the mother as she smokes irresponsibly. Leading to the last chorus where we see a close up of a chair and the boys feet as he stands on it preparing to take his own life. Then will then have a shot of his mother sitting up. Cut back to him knocking away the chair as the music fades down, this will follow a fade to black as his mum looks up rapidly and shouts his name. There will then be a series of fade to black shots where the mother runs upstairs, (Fade to black) then opens the door (fade to black) clutches his legs crying, then fades to black at the ending of the song.

What music means to me

Westlife were a typical band which were played around the house when I was young. This has always reminded me of my mum and typical routines which used to be applied during my childhood. I used to listen to this by CD. Listening back now brings back emotions of the past, as though it is a reflection of my childhood, whereas at the time I only knew it as a song which my mum likes.

Hozier - from eden is a song which I listened to a lot on my ipod or iphone when I am upset or depressed. This will in time I predict, generate these same feelings as I grow up and associate the sing with the emotions, but currently I find that this song sis quite calming and soothing.

Sean Paul - Get busy, reminds me of my first girls holiday as it was played in almost every club. However, it is a song which I used to enjoy when I was in my early teens. This may be a reason why it was so popular in a place where 18-30 year olds go to party, as it brings back memories of when we were younger, bringing back the memories of those times where we just started to establish freedom and independence to a small extent.

 

As we can see music has an effect on people in different way due to the social, cultural and personal experience which occur when listening to a particular song. The way which we listen to the song may also show the development of music and the change the way which it is played. CD's tend to remind me of my childhood. Ipods remind me of my teens and Iphones and iTunes are current nowadays. I will need to take this into account when creating my music video as the period of the music and feelings it cannote can be captured through the music video. I will also need to take into account my target audience, as the clubs on an 18-30's holidays play music which will relate and appeal to people of those ages, as it is very important to enable and secure the particular demographic which I am focusing on for my music video.

Theories of Goodwin

Theories of Goodwin

Genre Theorists

Initial Ideas

We have watched the film 'Disconnect' which emphasises on the idea of social online bullying. An aspect of the film focuses on a young boy who is being bullied at school, concluding with an embarrassing picture being posted all over the internet. This leads the boy into committing suicide. We have taken the inspiration from the effects of the boys' parents in this film, and plan to use this in our music video in some way as we feel that a lot of emotion can be conducted through seeing the effects of a traumatic event through the life of another person. This relates to our song choice 'Bedshaped' as the lyrics emphasise on death and quote 'don't laugh at me' which would be a usual thought of someone who was being bullied.

I have found the entire lyircs to the song and posted below:

 

'Many's the time I ran with you down

The rainy roads of our old town

Many the lives we lived in each day

And buried altogether 
Don't laugh at me
Don't look away

You'll follow me back

With the sun in your eyes

And on your own

Bedshaped

And legs of stone

You'll knock on my door

And up we'll go
In white light

I don't think so

But what do I know?
What do I know?

I know!

I know you think I'm holding you down

And I've fallen by the wayside now

And I don't understand the same things as you But I do

Don't laugh at me
Don't look away

You'll follow me back

With the sun in your eyes

And on your own

Bedshaped

And legs of stone

You'll knock on my door

And up we'll go
In white light

I don't think so

But what do I know?
What do I know?

I know!

'

 

I have highlighted the important lyrics within the song, the ones which create a sense of understanding and emotion. In yellow I have emphasised on the elements of death and loneliness and I plan to have some of these as close up lip syncs in my music video so that it looks as though the young boy in our video is talking to himself, sharing his thoughts through the lyrics within the song. In blue I have highlighted the plural and singular nouns, which within our video, will show a contrast between the bully and the victim, but also in some areas show a similarity. I find that this similarity is what makes the lyrics become more upsetting as it shows how cruel and misunderstood the bully is, and how confused and vulnerable the victim must be.



Initial Ideas

 

Our initial idea has been influenced by the song 'Bedshaped' sung by Keane which can be seen above. We have researched the lyrics and found that they connote a depressing and upsetting feeling, along with the melody and pace of the song. We have then decided that we wanted to base our music video around the idea of bullying and suicide as, although seen to be a taboo topic, is a subject which touches many people, therefore it will help us to create a particular mood and emotion in our music video However, we found that parts of the original version were quite upbeat and noisy. This we found didn't match our visual storyboard for our music video, as we wanted it to be more emotional. This resulted in searching for an acoustic version of the song, which we managed to find.

 

This version is softer and therefore emphasises more upon the sadness of the song as we hear the passion within the voice of the singer a bit more above the loud instruments and background music. This also gave us the opportunity to include a few visuals of pianos and instruments in our music video, to show aspects of the singer and band so that it becomes more of a pop video but still fits with the emotional feel. Above is the live version of 'Bedshaped' acoustic by Keane.

Genre of music

Music genres and subgenres

by kellysimpsonx

Narrative terminology

Narrative theory hand out copy from petefrasers

Within this slideshare I have learnt the key words which are involved in the planning of my music video. I would like to use an unrestricted narrative in my pop promo as I think that its important within such a deep song, to involve a narrative that is unrestricted.
I would like to have an objective character identification as our bullied character will be the main focus of the video, and his thoughts and feelings will be portrayed through his movements.
 

editing exercise

During this exercise I have used adobe premier pro to edit different shots to a particular track. I have used markers in order to make sure that I edit the right movements to the correct part of the beat. I found these helpful as I can outline a particular part of the shot, making it easier to zoom into to find the exact moment where the beat drops. However, we intentionally chose a track which had the same beats as the rhythm of the dancing, this became very useful to us in a quick exercise as the dancing tended to flow quite well without too much need for editing. This will be beneficial to take into account when creating our music video as knowing the beats to the bar and baring in mind the rhythm of the music can save a lot of time when editing the shots in time with the music.

Copyright by examiner

The examiner's report

“For music video, permission should be sought from the artist for use of the audio track.’ Where this rule was breached, centres either didn’t comment on the use of found material, or acknowledged its use but did not reflect it in the marks allocated. In these cases significant adjustments were made to construction marks which potentially jeopardised the order of merit in a centre, thereby affecting the outcomes for those candidates who had followed the requirements of the Specification; such a situation may also result in all work being returned to the centre for remarking.”