JC - Responding to a track.

Responding to a track
– 1. Post a link to track- Blackout by Muse
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tpE33fNMaw
– 2. What is the genre of the track? How can you tell?
– The genre is rock but it does not follow the usual conventions, a piano is used during the introduction which gives an unusual feeling to a rock song. However, loud electric guitars are brought in during the song, which supported by the drums connotes a rock song.
– 3. Do you think this track represents a high or lo fi video? Why?
– The song would relate nicely to a low fi song as it has a soft tone which denotes the message about youth, video wise this song connotes a lo fi video with the feeling of a cheaper, edgier video.
– 4. What videos would be comparable?
– A song called, “Falling Back” has a cheap made low fi video which is shot in a few old London streets. It has a similar sound to Blackout.
– “Blast off” is a cheap video with an edgy feeling. Simple pro filmic effects are used to simulate the “blast” during the lyrics of “blast off”. The camera follows the artist during the video and there is much use of handicam to connote a cheaper, live performance.
– 5. Find out the budget for one of the above examples.
– “Blast off” cost only £8000 pounds to produce, it was for a small band that is little heard of, this was their first single and was cheaply made.
– 7. Identify suitable locations for filming particular sequences of the music.
– A suitable location would be in an abandoned school, using an abstract video showing the kids acting in their grown up minds but inside an empty school which relates their physical beings back to childhood but their ignorance, IE too young to care to the empty school, as in not knowing what’s going on.
– 8. Consider grain of voice. What characters would you use?
– I would use characters that are seemingly educated and wealthy as the grain of voice does not suggest your typical back yard rock band.
– 9. What pro-filmic and post-production special effects would be suitable?
– A pro-filmic special effect I would use would be low level smoke around the kids legs and a post production effect would be to edit that to have a different lights and colours seemingly emitted from it.
– 10. Who else would you need to 'employ' to help you with this production?
– With this production I would employ people whom I can trust to work hard and would understand the importance of the task. I would need performers and persons comfortable with the use of the equipment for the production.