cry me a river (2002)

Justin Timberlake has been since the early years of his life been an onscreen presence and has been subjected to singing songs about mickey mouse, being dressed as a 4 year old at church when your 13 and being put in a pop band with four other idiots who cant sing, dance or compose music however I think with this video he really came out in his own.this video features stunning graphics and visual effects for its time with a very matrix like flexibility and balance shown by young justin and an unhealthy obsession for one young unlucky woman and elaborate revenge schemes as justin roles up in a large black car with timberland his large black friend and proceeds to throw a rock through the window of the house in slow motion a very impressive feat if you ask me. The use of slow motion and the well used manipulation of recent technology it what gains this video the rank of 22 in channel 4's Top 100 music videos and made this song a lot more famous and prestigious than it ever would have been by itself. Justin completely reinvents himself, he sheds his past, regains his dignity and gains a reputation of a serious artist he takes a new approach and sells this new image much like co Micky Mouse Club star Christina Aguilera did with her song Dirrty.

Profile of our chosen band

This is Dynamite Hero they are the band we have chosen to use as our artist for our Music video

they are a rock band composing of  members Dan Kidney Vocals

                                                                                                 Dan Harrington Guitar

                                                                                                       Dexter Liew Guitar

                                                                                                        Rob Jenner Bass

                                                                                                   Perry Sinclair Drums

they are from England, Essex and Formed in summer 2011, the band started instantly perfecting their craft of sing along choruses, huge breakdowns and honest lyrics, resulting in the release of their first EP “Stand Up Stay Strong” (as shown above) in August, an album made in complete DIY fashion, produced, written, recorded, mixed, artwork designed and released by members of the band. 

lyrics of Battlefield

You've gone and started a war
cos you, you alone, come and drag me down
You said thats where I belong
The hypocrisy, I can see it all
The view from up here yeah
I'm gonna watch you Fall

Your wings were made without use
but thats what you are, your just another excuse
so hold your tongue
whoa oh oh oh oh
ooooooooooh ooooooooh ooooo

Stupid, bad news in the morning after
Pulling down like an AMP around my neck
wasting time, with the thoughts that slowly creep back in
and you can tip-toe  all around it
live you life in just denying
I know, where this song will go

3x Your wings were made without use

     but thats what you are, your just another excuse 

     so hold your tongue

     whoa oh oh oh oh

     ooooooooooh ooooooooh ooooo 

Your wings are made without use

You pushed me too far

You'r headlights out, come and go.

Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)

This is arguably the first ever music video this small clip of moving images just over 2 minuets long represents the dawning of a new era the age of the music video. It was originally the opening sequence to D. A. Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back, a documentary on Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England.the only thing that actually appears in the whole video is Bob Dylan standing in an alley by the savoy hotel holding up a set of cards which hold the lyrics to the song which he displays one by one in time with the song it was Bob's idea and although it is an extremely simple idea an some would say lacking i effort its the way that Bob so casually tosses the cards aside as if he's not even being filmed and the the very genies of its simplicity as there doesn't actually need to be anything else in the video i think that truly is the key to this music videos success is simplicity which complements Dylan's characteristic coolness and the music itself as this song is similar to many of Dylan's other songs and would not be as famous if not for this video. It only got to 66 in channel 4's 100 greatest music videos but to number 7 on prestigious music magazine Rolling Stone's lis of 100 greatest music videos.

Stan (2000)

 This little piece places 31st on channel 4's 100 greatest music videos for good reason it is a very powerful and thought inspiring video, set out a lot like the thrillers we studied last year it is psychological as it is all about an obsessive fan sending fan male to featured artist Eminem in a rap form which makes up for the  verses of the song as do the lettered replies from Eminem also in rap format.the fan expresses his rage at the artist for ignoring him and voices his delusional fantasies that he and Mr. Mathers  should "be together" and also styles himself to look like Eminem with shaven bleached blond hair and white vests, he does all of this in his pretty creep, damp, dark basement with lightning storms constantly raging outside which does make for some interesting watching in a silence of the lambs sort of way especially as his pregnant wife is upstairs worrying about his mental state of health as she rightly should be as in the climax of the video the ultimate fan kidnaps her, sticks her in the boot of a car and makes her commit involuntary suicide along with him.All things considered the Music Video captivates you with its dark and somewhat controversial narrative and reminds the viewer that the music industry isn't all song and dance.

once in a lifetime (1980)

It is a surprise to me that this only gains itself 87th place on the channel 4 list of the 100 greatest Music Videos as this video is synonymous with music video legend as it is one of the earliest and most unique of all music videos, made in a time where the pop promo video was only just starting to evolve in to what we today know as a music video "once in a lifetime" blew people away with the erratic dancing of lead singer David Byrne complemented by images of and tribes in a spiritual trance their are many theories as to what David Byrne is trying to impersonate some say he makes the movements like a marionette being moved by a hidden puppet master and some people say he's performing the effects that epilepsy sufferers display when having an epileptic fit at any rate if the movements themselves aren't clear then the point of them most definitely is, as the song itself is about losing control of your life  and so Byrne is mirroring this as he is not in control of his movements this video definitely made the music more popular and is received well across the world and is in some peoples opinion not a music video but a work of art which is why it is now displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

This is the very genesis of Music Videos, the most substantial of the first music videos designed as a way to get out of an appearance on top of the pops as the band disliked performing on the show eventually became one of the most iconic videos of the 20th century known then as pop promos this basically kick started the idea of music videos. The video itself opens with the band in the exact same position and lighting as in their cover to their second album Queen II which is the bands favourite image of themselves they then begin to sing whilst still in this position the music then changes and the visuals cut to a scene of the band playing instruments on a stage this continues until the very energetic operatic mid-sedtion of the song where it reverts back to the dark close-up with the over head lighting where kaleidoscopic visual effects are applied to give  duplicated honeycomb to the original opening shot by using a shaped lens. the music video finally ends with the band playing instruments which then fades into the beginning shot where all the band members lower there heads as the final lyrics are slowly uttered and the lights dim this works really well with the wind-down of the song

This is an extremely iconic video and has been recreated such as this one: 
and this one from 1992 film "Wayne's World"


it is recognised around the world as not just as one of queens greatest hits but as one of the most successful songs in music history and not many people can think of this song and not think of the music video or one of its reincarnations which is why it ranks number 4 on channel 4's 100 greatest music videos.

Virtual insanity (1996)

 Jamiroqai apart from making strange large hats oddly fashionable also make pretty decent music and is known for accompanying these pieces of music with entertaining and interesting music videos the one for their hit Virtual Insanity is probably their most famous which involves lead singer Jay Kay gliding across a room and seemingly telekinetically moving furniture in a treadmill like fashion which astounded people watching as to how this scene was produced without the use of CGI the secret of this is that the walls of the room around MR. Kay have wheels attached to them and can therefor be pushed and with the help of some clever choreography gives the elusion of the gliding but don't take my word for it watch it yourself.

smells like teen spirit (1991)

Well its 1991 and the golden age of music videos is over...or is it over in a city called Seattle in Washington there is a group forming that is taking not only the nation but the world by storm yes its Starbucks      oh and there is also a fairly popular band playing a new genre of music grunge the bands name is Nirvana and they are a massive hit among the days youth and this video sent them over the edge straight into music history.The video was based on the concept of a school concert which ends in anarchy and riot. Inspiration was taken from Jonathan Kaplan's 1979 movie Over the Edge, as well as the Ramones' film Rock 'n' Roll High School this was adapted to then fit the flow of the music by director Samuel Bayer however the moshing and chaos that unfolds on the video is a genuine real life reaction to having been forced to sit and watch numerous retakes of the performance and were then given the ok to trash the stage after lead singer Kurt Cobain convinced Samuel Bayer to let them trash the stage. Cobain himself said "Once the kids came out dancing they just said 'fuck you,' because they were so tired of this shit throughout the day,". Cobain disliked Bayer's directing job and made sure there was a second edit making certain additions. the music itself was already popular and widely acclaimed but the music video made it legendary.

Take on me (1985)

3rd on the 100 greatest Music Videos list A-HA with "Take On Me"


so its 1985 Marty MC Fly is traveling back in time in a DeLorean, Margret Thatcher is closing down mines and Norwegian pop group A-HA are taking the charts by storm with there ridiculously catchy tune "Take On Me" but would the song have been so popular without this Ground shattering Video?

The reason this video is so popular is simply because it is the first of its kind it uses a combination of pencil sketch animation and live action witch is called rotoscoping this animation type was completely original and mind-blowing this was before the sledge hammer video or CGI so people may have watched it just to see the interesting and new age graphics.This type of animation is done by sketching over live action footage, over 3000 frames where rotocoped which took 16 weeks to complete again proving that to have a successful Music Video a lot of time and effort must go into the production. The film is directed by Steve Baron and stars Morten Hacket the bands lead singer as our hero and Bunty Bailey as is female counterpart who is sucked into her comic strip by pencil drawn Morten Hacket and after being chased by a pair of villains they manage to escape into the real world were they are both live action in a final scene based on an American movie Altered States.
this Video one several awards including:

• best new artist 
• best concept music video
• most experimental video
• best direction
• best special effects 

All from the 1986 MTv music video awards

Emil Nava

Who is he?

¡He is a Music Video director who has directed music videos for up and coming stars such as Ed Sheran, Jessie J and most recently Rita Ora

¡He started his career off as a “runner” which is an entry level position in the media institution which consists of menial tasks during production

¡He then free-lanced for OB Management for a while where he graduated to assistant director which allowed him to manage video shoots

¡He then signed to Academy who are the largest music production company there is

¡After that he moved to “between the eyes” before finally settling at pulse where he does most of his work today

His work

As well as being a very talented Music Promo Video Director Emil Nava is also a very efficient one being able to deal with small budgets and limited time frames so much so that in one year he shot twenty-four Music Videos, that's one video every two weeks. Here are some examples of the music videos he has produced.

artist- Jessie J
song- Price Tag (2010)
client- lava/island records
budget-£160,000 (his most expensive ever)

HE then moved on to have a go directing Adverts that would be played on T.V. and the internet rather than music videos this was to get his name out there a little more as it would be exposure on a much larger scale. here is an example of an Advert Emil Nava Directed :
L'Oreal Paris Feria (2012)

when shooting independent Music Videos the budget would have been between about £5,000-£10,000 and for his first Video "Our house is Dadless" by Kid British it was only £20,000 as it was filmed in the home town of the band Manchester and only used people from the local area as performers it took 1 day to film and 2/3 days to edit.However when he started filming Adverts they tend to have a much bigger budget than Music Videos as there is much more at stake as to getting their sold, this behind the scenes will give you an insight not only into how much money is poured into these adverts but how Emil works.

Emil Nava is obviously well experienced and dedicated film maker who's time and money efficiency has made him a well known name in the industry and his main piece of advice is to use extreme close-ups whenever possible.Here is a final Video with the man himself giving us a little personal Background information and advise for film makers just getting started.

what are Vox Pops?

Vox Pops or Vox Populi means the voice of the people which is exactly what this type of target audience research technique sets out to do, to voice the opinion of the average Man or Women by just taking to the streets and asking several people the same question to see what would make our music video as popular as possible.
The  style of a Vox pops  is very particular as they are almost outside on a high street or the location of an important event as to show the interviews take place in a public place to show that the people have been chosen at random as if it is a spontaneous chance encounter.

They are used to show balance in opinion as not to give a biased view this is why they are showed on News programmes to give an impartial view by showing opinons from different ends of the spectrum. This is why they often start the sequence off with a shot of the interviewer making a statement like "opinion was divided on the street". the film will then cut to footage of people awnsering the first question in a close-up mid angle shot talking straight into the camera.Like most vox pops filmed for television ours will be staged as we will have all the questions and the peoples responces pre-rehearsed. we will be asking five questions:

• Do you watch Music Videos?
• What is your favourite Music Video?
• What do you like about Music Video?
• Wat makes A great Music Video?
• Where do you watch Music Videos?

we must interview at least five diffferent people and then edit it so that after each question is asked there is a procesion of awnsers given one after another from each person before the second question is asked. Captions identifying each Participants first name, age and occupation should be displayed at the bottom of the screen. 

Target Audience: Research Survey

follow the link below to find our target audience research survey:


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BSQ7G39

Micheal Jackson- Thriller (1983)

Thriller is the number 1 music video of all time on channel 4's list of 100 greatest music videos it beat vogue, smells like teen spirit and bohemian rhapsody to claim the top prize and for good reason. The music video, directed by John Landis who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson. was filmed in various locations in New York and Los Angeles It was released on December 2, 1983 and is one of the longest music videos ever made as the full film is 15 minutes long the song only being about 5 minutes long this may seem a bit excessive but as the title suggests there is not one moment of the film that isn't thrilling the film starts off in a 1950's style horror movie sequence that shows Michael out on a date with a girl played by Ola Ray  and the full moon arises and Michael is transformed into a Werewolf in a sequence very similar to the transformation scene in "American Werewolf in London" (1981) this is because Michael specifically requested John Landis the director of the film to direct on the thriller music video. The film then cuts to Michael and the girlfriend sitting inside a movie theater screaming in terror with lots of other people at the horror on screen revealing that the first scene was only a movie that Michael and his date were watching, they then leave the cinema and its night-time, the girl states that she's scared and Michael begins to tease here this is where the music kicks in and as they begin they're walk down the street Michael starts to dance around here tauntingly this is when the whole musical aspect comes to life before the chorus there is a chilling monologue by horror film veteran Vincent Price describing how the dead will rise across the land and there are visuals of a dark Misty Graveyard were tombs and graves are being shifted out of place by the living dead they then march up the street to surround the couple this is where the music stops in order to give a suspenseful calm before the storm the camera slowly revolves showing the brilliant make up on all the zombies and then comes back to Michael who is also now a Zombie begins to rhythmically jerk his head to the side reintroducing the music he then leads the zombies into what has become one of the most famous and iconic dance sequences ever remembered and reenacted in various incarnations till this day.This goes on for the rest of the music when it finally ends Michael has chased the girl into a creepy old wooden house where the zombies begin to crash through the walls and windows closing in on the innocent victim Michael at the head of the horde reaches out and grabs her, she screams and looks away and when she opens her eyes again the room is lit, Michael is normal and the zombies are gone Michael reassures her that everything is ok and they begin to walk home just before they leave the room Michael turns his head back to the camera and his eyes flash an unnatural yellow thanks to special effects he gives an evil grin and the frame freezes and the audio of a maniacal laugh echoing into the night in one of the best endings to a music video ever. The fact that thriller is such a  success is no surprise as its standard of quality production is on par with a Hollywood movie for the time the film budget was $500,000 which is a sizable amount for the time there was obviously a lot of handwork and dedication put into it with all the make-up and costume and with Michael himself choreographing the dance scene and the whole theatrics of the film are simply spectacular and unforgettable so much so that once you have seen it you will never listen to the song without thinking of the video ever again.

key conventions of music videos

Conventions of music videos from dale17

What have I learned from my preliminary task

For our preliminary task we were asked to make a very short Music Video performance in which we had to lip sink and then edit so that the music would fit for the Elton John and Kiki Dee song "Don't go breaking my heart" (1976),this meant memorizing the lyrics which we were given:

Don't go breaking my heart

I couldn't if I tried

Honey if I get restless

Baby you're not that kind

Don't go breaking my heart

You take the weight off me

Honey when you knock on my door

I gave you my key

Nobody knows it

When I was down

I was your clown

Nobody knows it

Right from the start

I gave you my heart

I gave you my heart

So don't go breaking my heart

I wont go breaking your heart

Don't go breaking my heart

And nobody told us 

'cause nobody showed us

And now it's up to us babe

I think we can make it

So don't misunderstand me

You put the light in my life

you put the sparks to the flame

I've got you heart in my sights

What I learnt in producing our preliminary task In short is that lip-sinking is harder than it looks it took us several rehearsals to prefect the lyrics both on and off camera we then filmed us both preforming our separate parts individually we then filmed with us both appearing which also took some adapting this time not only remembering the lyrics but getting used to each others Queues. We also decided to do the duet part in one take and then edit it in with the solo parts later as we were filming just one shot we had to place markers on the ground so Luke an I knew when the camera could see us or if we had walked out of shot.I learnt that more preparation will be needed for the real music video especially in regards to location and the lyric memorizing. Hopefully after the editing process our preliminary task will look as good as the real thing.

  

Vox populi (practice)

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (1986)

2nd in Chanel 4's 100 greatest Music Videos Sledgehammer is one of the most renowned and iconic music videos to date. Peter Gabriel released the sledgehammer record in 1986 and the video soon followed and was played over and over again, it was commissioned by Tessa Watts at Virgin Records, directed by Stephen R. Johnson and produced by Adam Whittaker.this was released in a time when MTV and VH1 were still relatively new and music videos with a wide range of visual effects were extremely popular such as Micheal Jackson's classic videos for "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" this video became widely popular through the same means with arguably better visuals than ever before, it uses stop-motion animation, pixilation and the famous Aardman claymation used for Television programs such as Wallace and Gromit this is a slow and tedious process in which peter Gabriel lay under a plain of glass for 16 hours whilst filming one frame at a time this shows the painstaking time and effort that dictate a truly great music video. These visual graphics provide a vivid picture of the lyrics whilst providing plenty of entertainment for the viewer which won it a record 9 MTV Video Music Awards in 1987 and was announced as its most played Video in the stations History the music video definitely boosted the music itself as it became Peter Gabriel's only solo US number 1 hit and put his name down in musical history.

Editing preliminary task

Today we have been editing the Preliminary task. When we filmed it we had three takes and each take had some mistakes. However we had some slight mistakes in each take. so now we are going to put each film together and use different camera angles to hide our mistakes.

what is a digipack?

A digipack is a type of packaging for a CD normally it is used for 2 or more discs paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.
it is a promotional device used to raise the status of band or artist by bringing out the digipack rather than a normal CD case as it is seen as a limited edition and premium quality packaging.it can also be used to raise awareness for a upcoming group as it draws the eye as it is looks different from the generic  standard CD case and is often enough more artistic and intricately laid out examples of this are as follows

7-Producing a music video

Each music video is its own and is different even though there are conventions for music videos and some have varying similarities. There is a method however for producing a music video first listening to a music and deciding what theme and style you primarily want and then coming up with initial ideas for what is actually going to be displayed visually in terms of mise en scene and different types of shots this original idea is called a treatment and is used to bid for the chance to direct a piece of music supplied by a record company but I will talk more about that later and indeed create my own in preparation for my music video

unsigned

here are the sites where we were to select our piece of music for our video these are sights that display artists and bands music that has not yet been singed to a record label in hope of exposure.

 As you can see here they have a selection of artists here from different genres such as Rock, Jazz, Hip-Hop so it does not discriminate against any one type of music it just gives artist a chance to set up a profile much like Facebook or YouTube where they can give personal information, answer questions and most importantly present there music

Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves (born James Thraves, 1969) is a British film writer and director.
His passion for film making started at Hull University where he made short films he won several awards with two of these short films Scratch (1991) and The Take-Out (1993) which he used as a calling card to get a foot in the door at the music video production company “ Oil factory ” where he made his first breakthrough Music Video “just” –Radiohead (1995) where the use of subtitles and such a strong narrative for a music video which is open to interpretation gained him the attention and praise of his piers he since then has continued to direct a number of music videos and short films as well as three feature-Length Movies here is a chronological list of his works:

Music videos

•  "Just" - Radiohead 1995
• "Toes Across The Floor" - Blind Melon 1996
• "Charmless Man" - Blur 1996
• "Woman" - Neneh Cherry 1996
• "Lucky Man (US Version)" - The Verve 1997
• "Being A Girl" - Mansun 1998
• "Negative" - Mansun 1998
• "Catch The Sun" - Doves (Version 1 - Unaired). 2000
• "The Scientist" - Coldplay 2003
• "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" - Coldplay 2003
• "Somewhere Else" - Razorlight 2005
• "I Will Follow You into the Dark" - Death Cab for Cutie 2006
• "Anna Molly" - Incubus 2006
• "9 Crimes" - Damien Rice 2006
• "Overpowered" - Róisín Murphy 2007
• "Daddy's Gone" - Glasvegas 2008
• "I'd Do It All Again" - Corinne Bailey Rae 2010
• "Dirtee Disco" - Dizzee Rascal 2010
• "Fire Escape" - Fanfarlo 2010
• "One Eye Open" - Cocknbullkid 2010

Filmography

• Scratch (1991)
• The Take Out (1994)
• The Hackney Downs (1995)
• I Just Want to Kiss You (1998)
• The Low Down (2000)
• Negative (2001)
• In The Country Of The Young (2003) Screenplay
• House Arrest (2005) Screenplay
• The Cry of the Owl (2009)
• Treacle Jr (2010)

Copyright

Copyright is a serious issue in the music business it is a legal concept that relates to the ownership of original work or ideas. This means that as we do not own the intellectual rights to pieces of music and as it would cost a considerable amount of money to obtain them as most music is currently part owned by the artists and by the recording Company that the artist or group is singed to therefore as for a music source for our videos we must look to those who have not as of yet singed with a record label and simply ask for their permission to use the music i the video this is to avoid copyright infringement or piracy. 

5-Music video success criteria

The success criteria is what a film maker should include into their music video to achieve a certain amount of success with there video.

The purpose of a Music promo video:

•  Must advertise the artist
• Draws attention to the music (song)
• Illustrates the song
• Appeals to a visual audience
• Express an individual's emotions
• Tells a story  
• Markets an image

Effect Music promo video has in terms of business:

• Promotes the artist/single/album
• Persuades audience to buy CD/download
• Raises the audience awareness or profile of the artist/group
• To make an artistic statement-e.g. Talking Heads "Once in a lifetime"
• Product placement e.g. Christina Aguillera & perfume in "Not myself tonight"

How we might measure the Music promo video's success criteria:

• Word of mouth
• Number of hits on YouTube
• Newspaper articles/TV reports
• How many times shown on television
• Amount of publicity
• Downloads (legal/illegal)
• Charts
• CD Sales

preliminary task

100 greatest music videos

1# Michael Jackson: Thriller

2# Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer

3# A-ha: Take on Me

4# Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

5# Madonna: Like a Prayer

6# Robbie Williams: Rock DJ

7# Michael Jackson: Billie Jean

8# The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony

9# Madonna: Vogue

10# Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

11# Coldplay: The Scientist

12# Michael & Janet Jackson: Scream

13# Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall

14# Christina Aguilera: Dirrty

15# REM: Everybody Hurts

16# OutKast: Hey Ya

17# Blur: Coffee & TV

18# Beyonce: Crazy in Love

19# Madonna: Material Girl

20# Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood

21# Queen: I Want to Break Free

22# Justin Timberlake: Cry Me a River

23# Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time

24# Radiohead: No Surprises

25# Madness: Baggy Trousers

26# TLC: Waterfalls

27# David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes

28# Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly

29# Electric Six: Gay Bar

30# Weezer: Buddy Holly

31# Eminem: Stan

32# Chris Isaak: Wicked Game

33# U2: The Sweetest Thing

34# The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl

35# Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2U

36# Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away

37# Guns N Roses: November Rain

38# Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice

39# Pulp: Common People

40# Missy Elliot: Get Ur Freak On

41# The Spice Girls: Wannabe

42# Bjork: It's Oh So Quiet

43# Dire Straits: Money for Nothing

44# Kylie Minogue: Can't Get You Out of My Head

45# Aerosmith: Crazy

46# Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming

47# The Prodigy: Firestarter

48# Johnny Cash: Hurt

49# Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity

50# Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al

51# Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way

52# Massive Attack: Teardrop

53# Wham: Club Tropicana

54# Daft Punk: Around the World

55# Fatboy Slim: Praise You

56# Eminem: Without Me

57# Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

58# The Cure: Close to Me

59# Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You

60# Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams

61# The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up

62# Blur: Parklife

63# George Michael: Outside

64# Bjork: Human Behaviour

65# Aphex Twin: Windowlicker

66# Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues

67# The Beastie Boys: Sabotage

68# Madonna: Ray of Light

69# Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes

70# The Police: Every Breath You Take

71# Bjork: All Is Full of Love

72# Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love

73# Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At?

74# Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit

75# Duran Duran: Rio

76# The Beatles: Strawberry Fields

77# MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This

78# Godley and Creme: Cry

79# New Order: True Faith

80# Radiohead: Just

81# Ultravox: Vienna

82# 50 Cent: In Da Club

83# Shakespear's Sister: Stay

84# The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays

85# Sid Vicious: My Way

86# The Streets: Fit But You Know It

87# Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime

88# Elton John: I Want Love

89# Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight

90# The Pet Shop Boys: Go West

91# The Specials: Ghost Town

92# Herbie Hancock: Rockit

93# The Rolling Stones: We Love You

94# Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart

95# The Cardigans: My Favourite Game

96# So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds

97# Cornershop: Brimful of Asha

98# Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy

99# Supergrass: Pumping on Your Stereo

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3-favourite music video

I can  not in all honesty say that i have a favourite music video becuase the music video mirrors its parent music as it is such a wide and varying spectrum from the funny and entertaining to the downright weird they apeal to me in different ways so i can't chose just one here is a quick look at a few of my favorite music videos
blink 182 - the rock show
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This video is purely for entertainment purposes it shows blink 182 embracing the punk culture by   against everything and anything including the music business and music videos themselves the video shows the guys not spending the money for appropriate sets, casting, computer graphics, costume or make-up they cash in the money and do whatever they want with it which mainly evolves simply throwing it away or using it to but props for their pranks.in a way it is a very postmodern video as it is very self aware the constant looking, talking, spitting at the camera it sets out to break all the boundaries of the music video and if you don't like it then screw you.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Dani California


NOTE-To save me time and movement in my fingers i'm going to call them RHCP
Here RHCP are making homage to the music that inspired and help create them by going right back to the beginning and going through the ages of rock showing the various fashions, styles and attitudes that rock music has developed over the years since its humble yet colorful beginnings in the 50s with a young white boy singing like a black boy about blue shoes.the most appealing yet surprising thing about the video is that they are such great performers that they pull of the looks of the other bands and yet still manage to make it fit there song. At the end of the video the timeline catches up with RHCP and the video culminates in there very own style almost in an arrogant way as if to say "it took a while but we've finally perfected it" well i'm sure its perfectly innocent really overall the video is all round entertainment.


This is by far and away the best RAP music video ever, directed by award winning Mark Romanek it displays the gritty truth for the many people living around the streets of the New York city projects it follows JAY-Z through what were meant to assume is a normal day the whole video is shot in black and white it shows how through JAY-Z's eyes life on the streets as a young black male can have it's advantages and disadvantages referring back to the title line of the song "I've got 99 problems but the bitch aint one" it shows the culture and emotions of the people living in Brooklyn with constant close ups of people from all ages, genders and races. It challenges issues such as morality, religion, socio-economic politics, crime and even death without judging simply by showing it as a raw truth.

2- coursework brief

For my A2 coursework I have to create a video for a piece of music of my choosing that is up to 5 minutes long should promote the music using techniques learnt in my AS course ( camera angles,cuts,mise en scene) and new knowledge taught over the A2 course.my team and i must also produce suitable advertising for our video, we must create a poster that could be part of a music themed magazine or that could be displayed in a high street shop such as HMV the second advisory medium we must make is a special Digi-pack DVD for the music video with six panels the show pictures of the featured artist, still-shots from the video the title of the song and lyrics.

4- The purpose of a music video

What is the purpose of the music video? to make you laugh? to make you cry? simply to entertain?
well the origin of the music video is an unexpected one as they were not designed to advertise music they were essential designed to show on T.V. programmed such as Top of the Pops when the band were incapable or simply didn't want to give a live performance.now a days bands can use music videos to spread awareness and get a foot in the door currently music videos on you tube are one of if not the most important way to target new music to people of ages this can be proved by the massive success of songs such as Gangnam style by South Korean artist PSY, in fact many artists release there albums on the internet before they're physical production. Music videos can be used to introduce bands to the publics recognition very quickly the samples are a good example of this is the Spice Girls song "Wannabe" where each member of the band is introduced in there own way and they became a musical sensation overnight.

here is proof that we sent off an application for band Dynamite Hero's song "Battlefield" by messaging them via there website here is what we said:

Dear
 to whom it may concern, We are two A-level media students who are in our second year of our course and we are required to make a music video and as not to breach copyright law we must look for unsigned artists to provide the music for which we will base our video around we would be pleased if you would give us permission to use your song "battlefield" to do so. Please reply soon, thank you from Dale Stevenson and ryan Martin.

1-welcome

Hello  and welcome to a music blog about........music. well to be precise its about music videos and how the can , entertain , send a message, portray a story be meaningful or meaningless or just plain silly (Lady Ga Ga).

I'm Dale Stevenson and I have a wide varying taste in music spanning from Frankie Vali and the four seasons to Metallica to the notorious B.I.G and I have a large appetite for music videos  generally enjoy and entertain most i'm confused by quite a few and for a certain few i really enjoy and cant stop pressing that refresh button on you tube.