Friday 22 October 2010

Simlilar Music: Natalie Cole Wild Women Do


When performing the song 'Wild Women Do' Natalie Cole is shown to be a strong and independent woman. She drive's her own car and is dressed to impress in smart clothing. The other girls playing the instruments are shown to be dressed in skimpy clothing, which reflects one of Andrew Goodwin's theories that voyeurism is used to attract viewers to the video particularly male's who are viewing women in a voyeuristic way. Some of the lyrics also portray the image of independence such as, 'You tell me you want a woman who's as simple as a flower.
Well if you want me to act like that, You'd better pay me by the hour'. Showing to the audience the message she is trying to get across that she is not like all those other women, she works and she doesn't want to be a clone of everyone else. Also when saying 'Wild Women Do and they don't regret it' shows she doesn't care what other people think. They way she also looks into the camera and her actions, aren't aggressive but show that she can stand up for herself and isn't scared to speak her mind. The song was also used in the credit for 'Pretty Woman' which is a romantic comedy that shows Julia Robert's playing Vivian Ward who is a prostitute. I think this song shows in independence, and works with this film, as it shows a woman will always try and support herself even if it means like the story of 'Pretty Woman'.

Wednesday 20 October 2010

Digipaks.



Digipaks are made usually from paper or cardboard. They consist of plastics holders which are capaple of holding up to a CD and a DVD inside. The packaging is used for CD singles being released, special CD edition packs or holding a CD and DVD all in one package.
It grew popular in the early 2000's with artists and producers as the normal jewel case would crack easier than a digipak case.
AGI (The registered owners) have now created the digipak i-create. It is a web supported concept that is aimed at the download, music, photo and creative markets. One of the most recent albums having a digipak only release is 'Teenage Dream' by Katy Perry.

Cyndi Lauper - Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun Lyrics.

I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun....
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun...
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.
They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...
Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)
They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,Girls just wanna have fu-un.
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh,girls...)
They just wanna,
(Have fun....)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un
They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...(fades)

Audience Profile for Lucy Star

Tuesday 19 October 2010

Journal 19th October 2010

Today in lesson we began our storyboard, ready for shooting. Soon we will take photographs of the shots and load it up to create a presentation of our storyboard, and planning of what will happen when we shoot our video.
This will create a clear format for our music video, also making it easier on the day of filming, and the days running up to it, as it is giving us a clear plan and idea to run with. Although parts can be changed when we think it will benefit the video, this storyboard will act as our base to build upon.

Monday 18 October 2010

Similar Music: Madonna Material Girl

Material Girl by Madonna was released on January 30th 1985 by Sire records. At the beginning we are shown two men watching her performing on a cinema screen, criticising how big of a star she is. This shows the aspect of men looking at women, and looking at their bodies, like she is something to be looked upon. Again, we see another man looking in on a woman, who is on the phone- the colours show alot of pink and red, conotating love and maybe danger. The connotation of danger could be used in these scene, as the man has obviously been let down by the female, showing his pain. When it opens out onto Madonna performing the song, The pink and red again plays a big part part again, she is acting flirty and feminine, with a group of men surrounding her, and playing along with her flirtiness. She plays along with each of these men for their 'material possesions' which shows the danger as she goes along of hurting them, as she goes from one man to another (red connotations.) At the end, showing Madonna in white and with white flowers, shows although she likes her material possesions, deep down the simpler things make her most happiest and content (White - pure, real.) The whole image for the video was taken from Marilyn Monroe's performance in 'Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend'.

Saturday 16 October 2010

Music Video Codes and Conventions;

After researching into how music video's are constructed, there are two categories that the construction is separated into:
- Technical
How technology and equipment is used
The different camera shots (Tracking, crane shots, tilting, panning and close ups that are used a lot on performance video's) and the style of editing (Split screens and cuts)
How sound can be used (Diegetic and Non-diegetic)
- Symbolic
How meaning is created (Mise-en-scene such as; props, they way the artist acts (their performance, costume and location.)

Different styles of music video's can include; Animation, performance by a band/artist and a storyline that the audience follow (narrative.) Some even include a mixture of a performance and a narrative matching alongside one another, cutting in between the two.

Most video's have typical traits to match their genre. For example Pop music is usually shown with bright colours and lights, a fun and bubbly atmosphere and usually portray an image of innocence. Hip Hop/R'n'B usually shows women in a voyueristic way (Andrew Goodwin.)
With our artist I think we want to be putting across a bright and care-free attitude to the video, to show the personality of Lucy Star.

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Our Artist Brief.

Journal 12th October 2010

Today in the lesson we began making our mood board, to get down all of our ideas for our music video. Our idea is a fashion show to show how people are cloned to all look similar in today's society. It will show a contrast, as our artist 'Lucy Star' will be unique, and the complete opposite to the streotype. The mood board contains photo's of 'Wag' like characters in contrast to the photo's of Lucy Star's style (punk, pop, eccentric.)
We thought this would be suitable because our artist 'Lucy Star' is such an eccentric and unique character that we wanted to show the contrast between her and what is expected of us in society today.