Music Video - Pitch

The song that our group wishes to make a one minute video extract from is "Bangles - Eternal Flame".

We thought that Patrick "Ned" Cleary and Michael "Minty" Kendall should do a duet version of the song. Both lip syncing certain parts of the extract, before singing the chorus together. Like traditional musicals, where both main characters sing together, the chorus will have a semi-transparent Patrick appearing over Minty, both looking towards the centre of the screen - as if they are looking at each other - when in fact they are in completely different rooms/areas. The same effect can be seen in the musical 'Grease'. The example I am thinking of is at 2:57 in the following video:



So as to stay true to traditional duets, we need a female character. Patrick will appear in a blonde wig, looking as attractive as possible.

A diversifying environment is important to show that the two characters, previously so much in love, are now apart/separate. Due to this, and due to the limited number of environments Long Road can provide, the most obvious way to provide this is to have Minty down the end of the field and Patrick indoors/in a classroom.

Editing-wise, there would be many cross-fades as they are a common theme of love songs between a male and a female. The shot with Patrick overlayed semi-transparent and looking towards Minty will be right at the end of both the video and the song, as this is traditional (see the video above).

The characters' wardrobes are as follows:

Patrick (female):

• Long, blonde wig
• Relatively feminine clothing
• Colourful clothes
  
• Ring/jewelry

Minty (male:)

• Leather jacket
• Subtly gelled hair
• Black t-shirt/jeans
• Stubble

Having gone through the song, we feel that we will make the video extract from 0:38 - 1:38. Having listened tot he song at this time point on many occasions, we have many ideas of what to do.

Furthermore, Tom and Emile will be an air band; Tom playing the drums and Emile playing the guitar. When the 'ting' of the triangle comes in, the video will turn to stop motion and we will see Tom 'tinging' the triangle.
At the end, there is an instrumental solo, which features Tom playing air drums and Emile playing air guitar emotionally, the camera will start zoomed in on Emile, establishing his emotions, with eyes shut, the it slowly zooms out to establish Tom playing drums emotionally, then catches Minty and Patrick embracing tearfully, then fades out.

Analysing a Music Video

(Analysis based on Andrew Goodwin's questions)





1. Music video's demonstrate genre characteristcs (eg: stage performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band)

Answer:

First off, we would like to start by depicting that this song would go under the Modern Reggae genre.
Genre characteristics can be found in this song as scenes, for example, the whole thing is set on a Beach, on a sunny day. which most carribean reggae songs would contain. Also, the singer, seated, playing an acoustic guitar, which may not be found in classic reggae, but would count as being a part of the Modern reggae era.

2. There is a relationship between Lyrics and Visuals.

Indeed. for example, the song is about becoming a 'Billionaire', and the visuals depict throughout the song, the singers Giving pricey items away, like Cars...

3. There is a relationship between the Music and Visuals.

Evidence can be found here between the length of the song, and the time of day. (The song starts at Sunrise, and ends at Sunset). Also, as the song evolved, so did the visuals. at the start it was just one man on his guitar, then as the beat picked up, the scene was changed to being in a car, and towards the end, the whole scene was a beach party as the song came to a climax.

4.The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close-ups of the artist.

Many close-ups were shown, mainly of both artists lip-syncing. these clips were only short, but there were many.

5. there is frequently reference to notion of Looking. especially the voyeristic treatment of the female body.

Notion of looking is shown, but not as voyeuristic treatment. towards the end, its easy to notice that on the top section, almost every single extra was female.

6. there is often interetextual reference.

This can be found in the lyrics where they mention Madonna + many babies in the same sentance. as a punn.