Friday, 12 October 2012

HISTORY OF THE MUSIC VIDEO


HISTORY OF THE MUSIC VIDEO
Diversity
MTV became more diversified in popular culture e.g. film,
Controversy:
Lemon incest
Smack my bitch up
Prodigy
Like a pray--Madonna
Call me on --Eric prydz
Jeremy--pearl jam
Come to daddy-- Aphex twin

the point of a music promo is to make a video that relates to the music of the artist, the purpose of this is to increase target audience interest whilst increasing the number of people experiencing the music

Who are the audience for promos?
The audience relates to the music genre which is expressed meaning the song has a unique target audience.

Where is it exhibited by the audience?
youtube, vimeo, TV, adverts and music channels they are all used as a portal to the target audience in an attempt to increase sale of the songs which are the real product.
 

History of a music promo

Bob Dylan subterranean blues music video was a very simple yet effective music video however the promos have vastly developed since then videos became more and more prevalent throughout the development of  ''top of the pops'' and ''chart based'' shows which developed the live or mimed performances at shows and on TV producing sometimes a fake concert with fake audience. the films became more and more used as bands became more known and less available making them often miss or late for  the shows so they were replace with pre-filmed video of the band .  
the evolution of the music video:
Bob Dylan                                               Beatles

Single shot                                              Lots of shots – many edits

Simple                                                     Breaking conventions

No cuts                                                    many edits
Constructed bands 

Mike Nesmith-idea for promo based cable TV programme revolution the music industry he was also the first to broadcast a black artist in the music video  walk this way by aerosmith and RUN-DMC. 

MTV

Established 1981 and Grew rapidly an Early audience demographic was used to put the music people wanted on and was used so effectively that In 1980’s production budgets soared making budgets available to New romantics and their videos one of the greatest videos often called the first pop-rock song Queen's bohemian rhapsody which lead the way showing all the new pop-rock bands where to go the music video contained:
Non-linear

Stage performance

with Cinematic performance

Smoke

clever Lighting showing only their faces in places  

Pretends to be a Gig

Diegetic audience

Self-reflectivity

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Lighting of A MUSIC VIDEO


CONVENTIONS OF lighting of A MUSIC VIDEO

Band shots

Shadows- dark and moody light and bubbly

Highlighting dark background

High angle low angle

Close ups / extreme close up

Colour effects –monochrome—filters

Intertextuality

Uses media from one original media source to another .e.g. thrillers direct relationship to; American werewolfs in London, and house of wax.  

Analysis of Rhinnah where have you been

analysis of music promos in the same genre


in this music video (where have you been by Rhianna the music video focus's heavily on the different cultures and countries classic stereotyping to get the point across that Rhianna is searching for something or someone. this shows me that in our music promo we have to make every point over exaggerated to allow the audience to see and understand it in the limited time time they get    
many special effects are used to emote or suggest certain feelings in this case its a witch doctor is seen mirrored so suggesting that drugs were involved in a spirtual journey. this shows me how even simple special effects can be used to emote powerfull feelings . 
the camera angle in this shot shows just how effective clever camera angles can be the use of this has a very clever and cool efect.
in this shot the noremal conventions of male dominance is reversed and the femal dominance is showed, this controdicts, however the sexual appeal of rhinnah as she stokes her bare legs. the reason for this is Rhinnah knows sex sells.