9.Final song choice

After stressing our minds and deciding what video we want to do we have finally decided to do
Pixie Lott-" Use somebody" (Acoustic).

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=y5o8L-Or0O4

As this song just has a basic video of her singing it as it being recorded we did not feel it had a lot to live up to like we had to spend a lot of money in order to get a good video or audience.
However we like the fact that this video has such simplicity to it. the fact that it is in black and white and it is just her singing alone, gives more emphasise and advantage to the meaning and lyrics of the song. this makes this song stand out to me personally more than other songs because there is little to the video but more. we decided that in a way we wanted to do a replicate of the video as it was so simple but instead of one leas we would have three , so the video would contain all three of us, it would be a group video. the fact that the video was in black and white we liked, but not sure whether we will intend to use the same effects is a different story. furthermore our video will have some necessities which pixie Lott's video has for example the shots of the microphone and her , however we will have individuals shots of us and the microphone and then other will all of us. but it will also be different as it will have our own personal touch and sense of style to it.

8. Short list of potential songs

Pixie Lott

• "Use Somebody"
• "Cry me Out"
• "Turn it up"
• "Gravity"

Alexandra Burke

• "Silence"
• "Hallelujah"
• "Start Without you"

Adele

• "Chasing Pavements"
• "Hometown Glory"
• "Make You feel my love"
• "Cold Shoulder"

7.Reveiw Of a Students Work

I Watched A Video from a previous students work and i thought the audience was teenagers and young adults and the genre was funky. i thought the narrative of the music video was the fact that they want to have fun and just simply party hard. the music video was very good and also had a variation of shots and scene in it which made it interesting. there were girls in the video around the lead singer which made him look as if he had status as they danced around him and in a way looked like sex objects. as i thought they were seen to catch the viewers eye. there was good amplification and editing throughout the video that thought made it work well and come together properly in order for it to be a hit. finally it proved the point that young people just want to have fun . it ended well on the fact that it was just a dream. now i think this idea was smart because it could have reflected the fact that the young boy is living his life and his dream is actually what he hopes to be doing, enjoying his age and living it up.

Secondly i watched another video and it was a complete contrast from the first video i watched this was because it was all about girls they were the main singers and the kind of music was pop. the video in a sense was kind of a pop video which was a comedy i guess. the narrative i feel was for the viewers not to worry that everything will be okay, well that's what they said in their lyrics, however the video does not match the song as they were parading up and down the street and one of the girls tried to sell her body. finally the camera work was good ads there were extreme close ups and the angles were good and the scenery was well lit.

6.Vladmir Propp

Vladimir Propp
Vladimir Propp in 1928.
Born	17 April 1895 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	August 22, 1970 (aged 75) Leningrad, USSR
Occupation	Literary critic, scholar
Nationality	Russian
Subjects	Folk tales, structuralism

Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Russian:  29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1895 — 22 August 1970) was a Russian and Soviet formalist .


Research says that vladimir Propp was a russian and soviet formalist scholar who analysed basic plot compoments of Russian " Folk Tales " to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements. He extended his formalist approach by studing the narrative structure.The Formalist approach structures were broken down into analyzable elements by breaking down a large number of Russian folk tales into their smallest narrative units. He was a Russian critic who examined 100s of examples of folk tales to see if they shared. any structures. His book on this 'Morphology of the Folk Tale' was first published in 1928) Propp looked at 100s of folk tales and identified 8 character roles and 31 narrative functions.
His eight characters were
1. The villain(s)
2. The hero
3. The donor - who provides an object with some magic property.
4. The helper who aids the hero.
5. The princess (the sought for person) - reward for the hero and object of the
villain's schemes.
6. Her father - who rewards the hero.
7. The dispatcher - who sends the hero on his way.
8. The false hero


After the initial situation is depicted the story normally follows in one of the following 31 ways ( i shall not list all)

-ABSENTATION: A member of a family leaves the security of the home environment. This may be the hero or some other member of the family that the hero will later need to rescue. This division of the cohesive family injects initial tension into the storyline. The hero may also be introduced here, often being shown as an -ordinary person.
-INTERDICTION: An interdiction is addressed to the hero ('don't go there', 'don't do this'). The hero is warned against some action (given an 'interdiction').
-VIOLATION of INTERDICTION. The interdiction is violated (villain enters the tale). This generally proves to be a bad move and the villain enters the story, although not necessarily confronting the hero. Perhaps they are just a lurking presence or perhaps they attack the family whilst the hero is away.
-RECONNAISSANCE: The villain makes an attempt at reconnaissance (either villain tries to find the children/jewels etc.; or intended victim questions the villain). The villain (often in disguise) makes an active attempt at seeking information, for example searching for something valuable or trying to actively capture someone. They may speak with a member of the family who innocently divulges information. They may also seek to meet the hero, perhaps knowing already the hero is special in some way.

5.Lip Synch Tutorial Reflection

Photos During The lip Sync Tutorial



These are a few photos which we took during our lip sync tutorial. we have a photos of the task we were told to do. Also a photo of me & Bridie sorting out what we in fact wanting to do with the song and how we wanted our video to look. which was taken by Dionne. Despite the fact that we only had a hour to make this video i feel that we did good however we picked up on some key tips and factors that we need to sort out when it comes to us making our final video.


Lip Sync Analysis

This was our final video after we had finished recording our scene for our lip sync tutorial. throughout this process i learnt how to

•  create bass tracks and mark to the beat.
• organise and arrange the videos in order to the lyrics of our selected song.
• Sing to the song without my voice begin heard but at the same time making it look natural
• Use my groups ideas and combine them together to make our final product.
• Finally how to have fun singing to a very old song

3.Examples and Analysis of videos. (Amplification,Disjuncture,Illustration)

Amplification-The Video introduces new meanings that do not contradict the lyrics but add layers of meaning. I choose this video due to the fact it is kind of confusing she is talking about making the one she loves,"feel her love" however in the song she also uses other metaphors and forms of description which makes you wonder what she is talking about. for example" & on the high way of regret"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4
Adele-Feel my Love

Disjuncture-Where there is little connection between the lyric and video or where the video contradicts the lyric. The video i choose was Pussycat Dolls-When i Grow up,i choose this video because there is no clear connection between the video and the lyrics. There is no clear connection between them and the videos there talking about when they grow up however there is nothing in the video showing when they are growing up or nothing that relates the lyrics to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0K46C82v9o&ob=av2e
Pussycat Dollz-When I Grow up


Illustration-The video Tells the story of the lyric. In the video she goes through where she grew up and her memories and she shows this in her video.she stands in the middle and she has screens around her showing where she grew up.which relate to lyrics which she is singing. This makes the video very emotive powerful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixzjwDFSvM

4a, Second Copyright Letter

                                                                                             Marilyn Odeh
                                                                                             309 Abbott Road 
                                                                                             Aberfeldy Estate
                                                                                             Poplar London
                                                                                             E14 Ong

Friday, 24th, September,2010

Syco Records

Dear Sir/ Madam

I request Copyright Permission to use the following artist Pixie Lott's Acoustic Version 'Use somebody'

I am a student studying my second year of A Level Media Studies and for my Advance Portfolio; I will be working in-group to produce a promotional package for the release of a new album track. I would like to request permission to use the above artist tracks for the project.

The product will not be available for the public; though the music video maybe display to Media students at the end of term. The finish project will be used solely for coursework purposes. The holder of the original copyright will be fully acknowledged in the finish project.

If you do not hold the rights for this song, I should be grateful if you could forward this request to the appropriate person, or return it to me with contact details in order that I might approach the copyright holder directly.

Yours faithfully

Marilyn Odeh
AA08799@student.Candi.ac.UK