Wednesday, 28 September 2011

KEY SCREEN SHOTS

1.The first picture shows a man(Pitbull) with three ladies in the background, they are all in a room. Close up of their faces makes them be the main attraction of this picture. The lighting is high, but it doesnt particulary seem like anything main. However, the light focuses on their faces and that of course, helps to catch people's attention. The background doesnt say anythign about the song or doesnt show anything to do with music video. The location msut be good, as it looks like a posh hotel and Pitbull is wearing smart clothes. This is a main picture from the video because it shoes what the video is actually going to be about and what the characters are like(costumes, "personality", etc).

2. This second pictures shows Pitbull's name his a close up of his pase in the background. This is a way to let people know who the singer is, which in most cases, it is very important to know about singers. He is still in the hotel room, but the lighting is not focused in him which makes him not look like the main thing in this particular scene

3.In this picture a girl in her underwear is shown, she is laying on the bed, probably waiting for Pitbull, this shows what the song is about. She is dark, and the bed is very white and bright and that makes  a very visible contrast which will catch more people's attention. This is a main key shot because it a high angle and lets you see the main things of the video, like the girls, bed, hotel room, the girl in only her underwear, etc.  
4. A close up of Pitbull's hand holding the receptionist's hand. This is the main attarction of the picture as it is Pitbull flirting with someone he shouldn't actually. This makes him seem like a player and that is what this music video is all about. that is why I think this was a main key shot, and in my own opinion it is one of the msot important ones. The camera shot isn't a very special one as it is just a mid shot with the camera put a bit hight up that normal, which might make the shot an eyeview. 

5.This picture is of Pitbull's actuall girlfriend when she catches him with all those other girls and what a player he is. This is a mid shot of her body and it is like if she was on TV already, which looks a bit different. This is a key shot because it is when he gets caught for doing all those things, and kind of links the whole story together.

6. This is another shot of a different girl, and all the lighting is focusing on her, the background is black which makes her look even moer "important" in the scene. As you can see, it is another mid shot of her body, which links everything together aswell, because it's nothing different. It also shows the clothes they've worn for the whole video.

7.This was taken in the bathroom while Pitbull was getting ready again, probably after being with one of the girls because in this extreme long shot, you can see the girl having a shower and Pitbull looking at himself int he mirror which would be to go see another girl, or his actual girlfriend. The bathroom looks very bright and makes the scene look "new, fresh,etc" so he can go back to his own house and pretend nothing happened. This is a very important shot because it kind of shows what they did, but not in a very obvious way which i think is better than showing what they actually did.

8.This is a shot of Pitbull's car back at his house. This makes him seem like he's done nothing wrong, just him with his smart clothes and posh car. This is a key shot because of all the settins and the shot, extreme long shot which includes the car, him, the house, it just shows everything you need for this bit of the song.

9. This last shot is a close up of his phone which shows that technolgy is involved in our lives which I think is very important. It also shows that you can find out things through phones. This shot shows reality which whiuld be very important in a music video.

Thursday, 22 September 2011

MOOD BOARD.


Using images from the internet and magazines inspired in pictures taken by me, I have created a mood board to illustrate the theme i want in my own video. Using summery pictures and couples is because I want my video based on a beach(Lossie beach) but as the song says RAIN OVER ME I would like it to be rainny and cold. However, this is not exactly what my video is going to illustrate.

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Textual analysis. ON THE FLOOR.

This textual analysis is on the other song that reminds me of my chsoen song.

In this one Jennifer Lopez wears clothes which are "easy" seen. This whole video is made in a club. Right at the beginning you see a mid shot of Jennifer on a car by the door at the club. Very low key lighting as it's night time. In the club the shots are mostly over the shoulder to let see the whole club. Jennifer plays two different characters, one"main" one and another just like every other person. She wears gloden clother which makes her more visible. Close ups of her face so you can see she is actually singing the words. A mid shot of Pitbull singing and he looks smarter that Jennifer, eventhough she's meant to eb the main character. At random points such as saying something about a drink there's a close up of a drink. The setting in this video has mainly been putting loads of quick shots together as the song is quite a fast one, and that gives a really good effect on the audience.  Also, Yellow colour wash has made it easier to see who the main character was emant to e. The lighting was just the right level as it madde Jennifer look brighter that everyone/everything else. The song gets faster with time into the song. When they're all in the club they slow down the movement of hand with computer programmes and that catched people's attention because it goes at the same time as the song. By the end of the video the level of lighting gets really high which is meant to look like they've been there all night.

Textual analysis. MEMORIES.

The music goes really well with the video. The song is a "remix" which makes it really fast and is able to have loads of different camera shots.
Right at the begginning when the music starts with the beats, there a mid shot od David(the DJ) which shows one of the main characters of the video. Then there's Kid Cudi(black person) following the beats with his hands, the sound goes at the perfetc timing with the movement and camera shots. There are mid shots of different things to show the enviroment the video was filmed in. Very high key lighting because half of the song is filmed during the day  and otuside like if they were normal people, thats why they are wearing cassual clothes. They go into an elevator and some mid shots happen there, which show what they're wearing and pretends liek if they were going someowehere else.  The video is all about a girl dressed with normal casual clothes, she is really pretty but she doesnt look too wealthy. She is a hair dresser and he goes see her which really distracts her. The song hsa perfect timing with the movement and they are "mothing" the lyrics.
Like said, half of the video was filmen in the dark, which is in a club and that makes it have very low key lighting and colour washes such as pink and then blue. Over the shoulder shots are taken to let see the whole club and the enviroment. The club doesnt look like a club with wealthy people.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Genre of "Rain Over Me"

Rain over me is a Hip-Hop song which includes a hint of Latino music. 


Hip-Hop music was found in New York in the 70's. Hiphop music normally includes Latino bits in its songs which has happened in this particular one.


It revolved in a culture of protest and freedom.


In a Hip-Hop video there's often a "dirty" scene of a boy and a girl which isn't actually dirty but something to do with sexuality. In this case, it's when Pitbull says "I WAS PLAYING WITH HER AND SHE WAS PLAYING WITH ME", and you see him dancing with different girls. I am going to include a scene similar to that one.

Change of my logo.

I have decided to change my logo because I don't particulary like the one I have right now any more. I've chosen to use the Scottish flag with ALBA on it, as we are in Scotland and ALBA is my surname! 

Rain Over Me

To be able to use this song I have to contatc the Copyright company which is J Records ( http://www.rcamusicgroup.com/ ) but I can't find any offical email adress on the website so I am going to follow them on Twitter or like the link page on facebook and just write to them on that to seek their permision. This is what I am going to say when I write to them.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am contacting you in order to ask for permission to use one of your songs in my A2 Level Media Studies. The song is called Rain Over Me and it is by Pitbull ft Marc Anthony. The purpose of using this song is educational. I have to create a music video of a song I really like, and I decided to use yours. I can send you the video when I finish it by December time. if you wish to see it. 


Thank you very much,


Yours sincirely, 
Teresa Alba
Gordonstoun School.

Monday, 19 September 2011

RAIN OVER ME.

Girl my body don't lie
I'm outta my mind
Let it rain over me
I'm rising so high
Out of my mind
So let it rain over me

Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me
Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me

Always a new million
Always a new vodka
Forty is the new 30
Baby you're a rockstar
Dale veterana, que tu sabe
Mas de la cuenta, no te hagas

Teach me or better yet,
Adictivoz.com Adictivoz.com
Freak me baby, yes, yes
I'm freaky, i'mma make sure that your peach feels peachy baby
No bullshit rods, I like my women sexy classy sassy
Powerful yes, they love to get the middle, nasty ow
This ain't a game you'll see, you can put the blame on me
Dale munequita ahora ahi, and let it rain over me



Girl my body don't lie
I'm outta my mind
Let it rain over me
I'm rising so high
Out of my mind
So let it rain over me

Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me
Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me

Always a new million
Always a new vodka
Light is the new majority, ya tu sabe
Next step la casa blance
No hay carro, no vamo en balsa
Adictivoz.com Adictivoz.com
Mami you know the drill, 
They will know what I got 'til they read the will
I ain't try, I ain't trying to keep it real
I'm trying to keep wealthy that's for real
Pero mira que tu estas buena, y mira que tu estas dura
Baby 
no me hables mas, y tiramelo mami chula

No games you'll see, you can put the blame on me
Dale munequita ahora ahi, and let it rain over me

Girl my body don't lie
I'm outta my mind
Let it rain over me
Adictivoz.com
I'm rising so high
Out of my mind
So let it rain over me

Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me
Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me

Mr worldwide, Marc Anthony, tu sabe
I was playing with her, she was playing with me
Next thing you know, we were playing with three
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I was playing with her, she was playing with me
Next thing you know, we were playing with three
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Rain over me

Girl my body don't lie
I'm outta my mind
Let it rain over me
I'm rising so high
Out of my mind
So let it rain over me

Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me
Ay ay ay
Let it rain over me.







Chosen Song.

After a few days of thinking about my music video constantly, I have decided to make my video of a song called "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull feat Marc Anthony.  This song is obviously a "love" song but with a completly different style and bass. This song is not the "slow sad" song that people would listen to when they are upset. Rain Over Me has also reminded me of Bruno Mars' songs such a Just the Way You Are and the video I just think is amazing!


The idea of filming in the desert would be quite hard for me to do, but I think school campus will be fine.

The thing about this song I liked the most is the Spanish bits sang by Pitbull, which could look very good and different from all the other videos as some people I know could do it perfectly(Spanish is their first language).





Choosing this song doesnt mean im not going to use David Guetta's ideas from his videos in Memories, When love takes over and Where them girls at.





Thursday, 15 September 2011

My own style of music

As you can see in all my posts I like completely different style of music. I dont actually have a certain style of music which would make this course way easier. Trying to find the right song to do my music video of is very difficult.Because I always listen to "love, cheesy" songs, but I don't think I want to do my video of it, but again I don't actually enjoy listening to beats so much! However, I still have time to think about other style of music such as "The Beatles", "Mumford and Sons".

I have spoken to some friends in the house about what song would be a good one to do and the have said "Memories" by David Guetta feat Kid Cudi:


I think this song could actually be really good because I do really like David Guetta and I know people would be more interested to be in my video more than if it was a "love" slow song.

Songs that inspire me

There are some songs that inspire me, but the videos don't. So I want to find a song that really inspires me and then I could make the video with ideas from others. I have attached some of the songs I really like and I'm inspired by.


You were my everything-Aviation: I am particulary inspired by this one because it has a sentimental value to me.


The nicest thing-Kate Nash: This song doesn't actually really inspired me, but I really like it and I thought that the song I choose could be something like this but not as slow as cheesy.


Now I am going to post some Spanish songs that really inspire me, and how the viedos are made. Some of them will be from a band/group I know really well and I have also seen the live which makes these songs mean more to me. These are the kind of songs I really enjoy listening to and I would like to do as my video, but I fully understand I can't because of the language. The other style of music I really like s called Regaetton and it's latino music.

This first one is called Que tal(How are you?)-Fondo Flamenco: this song is about a boy who is still inlove with his exgirlfriend and is trying to see how she feels.



This song is called "El ultimo Adios" which means The last goodbye, and it is just about the ex boyfriend feeling very down and missing her still. It's from the same band as the one above. Most of their songs are about the same girl.



This is a Spanish Latino song, it's called "te Olvidare" and that means I will forget about you. And tells the story of a boy trying to forget about his exgirlfriend, and how he will do it. It also talks about what the girl is going to do when he's over her.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Some videos I have been inspired by

Bruno Mars-The Lazy song: This one inspires me because it is just really simply done, however it has a really hard choreography which must have taken long to create and learn.


Burno Mars- Just the way you are: I have particulary chosen this video because I think the effects used in it are AMAZING, it still looks very simple but the effect are great. The video is based in Bruno having a covnersation with the girl he loves, it shows everything to do with the song, close ups when talking about lips, eyes,etc.


PartyRock- LMFAO: with this one I just really like how everything is so complex and so well prepared. This choreaography is way more difficult than the one in "The lazy song", and with the song's tittle of this one you can already tell the video is going to be more active.

Thinking about songs

I have already started thinking about the song I want to use for my music video and I have come up with a few ideas, but I really need to be 100% sure I want to do the one I choose because I will have to be working with it for the rest of the course and I will have to think about every second of it. These are some of the songs I have come up with:


  • You were my everything- Aviation
  • Memories- David Guetta
  • Heaven
  • PartyRock-LMFAO
  • Love the way you lie(part 2)-Rihanna and Eminem.
  • Stay wake-Example
  • Mumford and Sons-Winter winds
  • Opportunity- Pete Murray
However, I'm still thinking about more songs and which ones might match my style of music more. 

Some of the songs that really inspire me are:
  • The nicest thing-Kate Nash
  • Someone like you-Adele
  • Just the way you are- Bruno Mars
But I don't think I want my music video to be just like every love song everyone knows, I'm going to take ideas from each video and change them into my own ones. I will post some of the videos that really inspire me in other posts.

Deciding what my logo should be.

After thinking for a few days and talking to some people about what logo would catch their attention more, I still wasn't too sure about it because my logo is what is going to "represent" me, it's going to give me an image. I have decided to use this one because it's simple, colourful and straight forward.