This shot was rejected due to the setting, I feel it is too "urban" and does not fit the indie genre or with the song itself.
Here is experimentation for my cd cover, using the Picaso editor I enhanced the tones of light and dark to create a night time effect. What's more the mains singer Tamara is situated in the middle of the band as the narrative of the song is about her. What's more I experimented with the title font of REDMANRED, using a bold plain font, contrasting the dark background.
During the editing process I used the Imovie software, this was quite straight forward to use as I have previously created an opening to a thriller the previous year. Something that I had used in my storyboard and initial ideas. However, with this software I used a variety of techniques such as different transitions and filter lights such as black and white for the band.
There are a variety of "video Effects" I will be able to use for my video, these include
Park Swings
Park Bench
Urban background?- arctic monkeys video inspired
Joe and Kris are the two guitarists of the band. Both indie image reflecting their clothes of the vintage fashion.
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band that formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. The group consists of Black Francis (vocals, guitar), Joey Santiago (guitar), Kim Deal (bass guitar, vocals), and David Lovering (drums). While the Pixies found only modest success in their home country, they were significantly more successful in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, although never achieving prolonged mainstream success with their studio albums. The group disbanded in 1993 in acrimonious circumstances but reunited in 2004.
The band's style of music contains elements including indie rock and surf rock. Francis is the Pixies' primary songwriter and singer who has been noted for his yowling delivery. He has typically written about offbeat subjects, such as extraterrestrials, surrealism and Biblical violence.
In 2007 his video for Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around… Comes Around” ranked as iTunes fastest selling music video in history and went on to earn Bayer his second MTV Video Music Award for best director.
Other works of Bayer include:
The use of shots such as close ups and meduim shots of the instruments being played creates a very indie rock style in which this i will include in my own video. Also, the use of the high angle shot when the lead singer is lying on the floor- another consideration for my video- creating intermacy with the audience and singer.
Green Day -Boulevard Of Broken Dreams....
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by lead singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punks scenes of the mid 1970s. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres however, became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incoporating elements of disco, pop, rap and reggae whilst retaining a basic style as a new wave band.
I decided to use this video to anaylse as Paramore is a similiar band to my choosen unsigned band. Hayley Williams, the lead vocalist is the main focus in the video, however the band also is included. I partically like the use of part band and part narrative video. Thus presenting the band, however also emphasising the lyrics and the song. What's more the video seems more intimate with the audience through the use of the mise en scene; the band performing in an living room.
Furthermore, the band also plays as part of the narrative, thus connecting with the song and presenting Paramore.
Effectively, there are several different camera angles and editing. The use of closeups focus on the main singer Hayley, displaying passion and emotion into the song, again connecting to the audience in an intimate way.
What's more the use of split screen emphasises the narrative of the song, thus presenting creativity and a different style.
