Shot List

 

 

 

 

Below is a comprehensive shot list of out YR 13 A2 Level music video based on the song "Windows" by Joint Honours.

 

 

Shots Number	Details Of Shot	Lyrics Of The Shot
1	Timbering Tapping	Happy Christmas
2	Christmas Tree Burning	Happy Christmas
3	Shots of the three different band members	Man I miss this
4	Person looking in a window, people arguing on inside.	Looking in through the window
5	Same scene, shot from inside	Its none of my business
6	Patting on drum, lagging effect	Its rain patter patter, rain patter patter.
7	Shot of main singers head	This is mind over matter
8	Clock picture, shot of town at night	I could take you out like on a Saturday night
9	Bourne woods lakes	Wouldn’t it be nice and im playing Beach Boys
10	Shot of Harry in car – time-lapse	In my deuce coup
11	Carton of juice saying truth juice.	Drink some truth juice
12	Manakin head with really terrible makeup.	You must be more beautiful than Debussy
13	3 chords on instrument	You’re a three chord trick
14	Instrument i.e guitar	You’re a three chord trick
15	Edge of a cliff (Quarry)	Edge of a cliff
16	Person Walking away	When you go
17	Rain or tears on face	Tears that show



Analysis of Genre

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are many different genres that are incorporated into modern musical culture and these can be mixed and combined together to create newer, not so typical genres. Examples of these could be Indie and Alternative musical genres that are relatively new to the industry and culture compared to other more refined genres such as Rock and Classical music.

Genres also have certain target audiences, such as punk rock is aimed at young adolescents and classical music is typically aimed at older people. However, as with every form of media these stereotypes can be subverted and basically everybody from all walks of life can watch and music video relating to practically all genres available.

For the Alternative musical genre that we chose with our song “Windows” by Joint Honours, the genre did not really take off until the later 1980’s/ early 1990’s when new bands like Nirvana stared to come out and experiment with typical genre conventions and turn it into something new and unique. The typical lyrical content usually always refers to either war or pop culture and that these bands convey a message that they don’t agree with it, i.e Green Days “American Idiot”. In addition, this doesn’t happen as often but the song’s lyrics can also refer to forbidden love and things you aren’t supposed to do with relationships like in Three Days Grace’s “I Hate Everything About You”.

The overall sound is basically rock or punk with either an electronic or rap undertone. For our chosen band Joint Honours they often use rap in-between the chorus of the song “Windows”. Examples for other bands that use electronical undertones are, Drowning Pool and Seether. This is possibly to emphasize the surrealness and the unrealistic nature of their music videos like Seethers “Remedy”.

In terms of visuals, this example from Seether makes the main singer look almost demonic and has evil undertones. This is most probably to reflect the lyrics that relate to drug use and its chaotic side effects. This is one aspect of life that alternative represents people as not every drug-taker is a scumbag but have reasons behind doing it, i.e the loss of a loved one.  The mise-en-scene of the music video also shows urban decay, which is typically found in most alternative music videos.  Also, for Ash’s “Orpheus” this goes with the idea of urban decay once again and shows typical alternative conventions, I,.e new trend clothes and long, shaggy hair. However this video does subvet the stereotype a little bit due to fast car racing scenes that art usually incorporated into alternative music videos.

 

 

The overall ideology behind alternative music is to convey to the majority of its audience that you are capable of anything if you put your mind to it and the fact that everything can be experimented with in order to create something truly amazing. The genres primary target audience is adolescents aged 12-30 but as with all genres it can appeal to anybody if they like it. It is aimed equally at males and females of all backgrounds. It doesn’t matter what class you are to listen to alternative music but usually it is middle-class people who listen to it due to their usual insecurity about life and the willingness to listen to music for inspiration.

 

The conventions of this genre are shown heavily in a promo for Skillets “Monster” Music video. This is due to the fact that it has typical conventions of a rock video but has alternative elements incorporated into it. Examples of this are the creepy surgery room as well as horror like characters. The narrative in this video shows amplification by the lyrics saying “I feel like a monster” and he man who is wrapped in cloth clutching his head in dismay. The promo uses a variety of camera shots but mainly uses basic ones like high-angle and close-up shots to build upon the horror of the scene. There is a typical rock performance throughout the video but it is challenged by the more exotic dance moves pulled off by the lead singer.

 

In conclusion, my two theories that go with this promo is that it relates to bad social events like war and poverty due to the lyrics frequently emphasizing upon feeling like a monster. Also, it could relate to how families get torn apart by illnesses like cancer etc and how they feel like a monster for causing distraught within the family.

 

 

Risk Assessment For Our Music Video

 

Significant Findings of Risk Assessment

Location:		Assessment Serial No:
Activity: Production - Filming	Carried out by:  Harry Sandall	Date:  Friday 2nd October 2015	Review Date:

Hazards	Who might be harmed	Existing controls (Refer to procedures doumented elsewhere where appropriate)	Controls Adequate Y / N	Additional Controls Required
Transport – accident / lost / approached by starngers	Student	·         Students to record on their audit how they are to get to location. Times and locations needed ·         Parents need to be made aware. ·         Mobile phone numbers shared between group and parents. ·         Production schedule identifies times, means of transport, locations. ·         No students under 18 are to go in the car of another student. ·         With students over 18 both parents need to be aware. Insurance and car worthnessness  need to be guarenteed. ·         If students go with other parents both parents need to be aware.	Yes	Also, in the unlikely event of automobile issues, we will have to ensure that we cross the road in a safe manner and watch for incoming traffic.
Use of equipment (list)		·         Training on equipment use. ·         Security ·         Storage ·         Safety (no guns, daggers, mock drugs, etc) in public – check prop suitability	Yes	In the event that we have a situation that needs to be addressed by the emergency services, we will ALL carry mobile phones in case we need to call for help and we will all charge them to 100% the night before to ensure that they last as long as possible whilst we are out filming. In addition, in the event that we are confronted by people for whatever reason, we will need to extract ourselves from the location and get to safety as soon as possible.
Passerby- nusicance/ concern	Passersby	·         All equipment to be include in production schedule. ·         Any permissions required evidenced. ·         Awareness of outsiders
Location	Students	·         Trespass ·         Any permissions required evidenced. ·         Safety of location – students to consider safety of buildings, ground, ·         Consider risk of falls, slips and trips	Yes	An example of this could be that if one of us had an allergy to something we need to ensure that at least one of us had an epipen on hand in order to addresses the issue effectively without putting the victims health at risk or in extreme cases saving them from dying from an allergic reaction. To stop this happening in the first place, if anybody does have an allergic reaction, they will need to be vigilant with what they touch/go near in order to try to prevent from happening in the first place. Also, for standard injuries, we will need to have a small medical kit on hand in order to attend to wounds such as cuts and bruises.
		Send letter to parents highlighting H&S issues and student responsibilities	Yes

Below is a separate risk assessment in relation to a laptop smashing scene that will be filmed in school that could potentially cause injury.

 

Risk Assessment for Laptop Smashing Scene in Our Music Video

 

Hazard Identified	Who might be harmed	What measures are already in place	What additional measures will be put in place
Glass/Plastic Shrapnel	Me and my two three media group peers.	We shall endeavour to borrow a face mask from the schools on site grounds team in order to prevent injury to our most venerable area, our faces.	I will ensure that apart from the thrower, me that my workmates will stand out of the radius of the laptop.
Glass/Plastic remains	Anybody who comes into contact with it may cut their foot or somewhere else if they fall onto it and potentially do serious harm.	We shall throw the laptop into an area that is not commonly used by the staff and students alike.	We shall clean up all the remains of the smashed laptop to ensure that the affected area is safe to use again once we have finished.
Throwing the laptop into somebody.	Anybody who passes by.	We will make absolutely sure that nobody is around us when we perpetrate this act.

This sequence with the laptop was eventully scrapped by us as agroup because we deemed it to time consuming and the overall sequence would not be lengthly enough to significantly contribute to the music video. In addition, we also agreed that alongside the editing process and the upcoming evaluation work