This is a deconstruction of our chosen song 'Put on ya' boots' by 3rd rock revolution. The first picture is just a generic deconstruction of timings and musical instruments, the second picture shows a more in depth deconstruction going into the different themes presented through the lyrics and the last picture is a run through of our initial ideas.
When it comes to
making Vox Pops there are a few ‘rules’ in which you have to follow to get the
perfect Vox Pop. Firstly the person that is being interviewed needs to be on
the right hand of the screen and needs to be looking towards the interviewer
who is to the left of the camera man so that the interviewee is looking off
camera. Each time an interviewee is first mentioned there should be a banner at
the bottom of the screen telling the audience who they are, their age and what
their occupation is. And lastly they should be filmed in a busy place for a
sense of realism.
Up above there is a
video of our Vox Pops in which we filmed at school in the corridors, we
interviewed 10 people I which 5 were boys and were
girls to get a good variety of people and therefore answers. The questions we were
proposing to the interviewees were open ended question about music videos, they
were open so we could get their opinions and not only closed yes or no’s. The
ten people that we asked the questions to were: Aaron Bailey, Kuziva Mutisi,
Becky Boyfield, Georgia Allman, Eve Hilliam-Cooke, Mrs Kaur, Sam Hargrave, Chelsey
Hibbins, Abi Brown and Tom Branch.
First question:
What is favourite
genre of music video?
Kuziva: R&B
Georgia Allman:Pop
Aaron Bailey:
Funk-Rock
Becky Boyfield:
Indie/Alternative
Eve Hilliam-Cooke:
Pop
Mrs Kaur: Indie, Rock
and alternative
Sam Hargrave: Hip Hop
Chelsey Hibbins: Pop
Abi Brown: Indie
Tom Branch: Rock
From these answers we
can see that the majority of the people we questioned were into either the pop
genre or the indie genre, this can be quite useful for when it comes to
producing our music promo as we can see to use some of the similar conventions
of those genres into our production to gather a larger target audience.
Second Question:
What do you like
to see in music videos?
Kuziva Mutisi: Nice performance and something that's memorable
Georgia Allman: Something that's eye-catching and has a nice performance
Aaron Bailey: Something that's eye-catching, nothing all the same as that's
a bit boring
Becky Boyfield: A good story line and a good performance by the artist
Eve Hilliam- Cooke: Eye-catching
Mrs Kaur: Something abstract so it has a bit of nature and a bit of
performance, seeing the artists so that I can feel like I can get to know them
Sam Hargrave: A few editing techniques
Chelsey Hibbins: A lot of dancing
Abi Brown: Stories being told
Tom Branch: I like to see all band members and their instruments
From these answers it is clear to see that one of the main
elements everyone really looks for in a music video is something with good
actors, good performance and most of all something very eye catching and not
boring. This is useful for when it comes to our production as we will make sure
that the best actors are picked to be in them (by doing auditions), good
performance mixed with a lot of narrative is shown and to produce something
that is fun and eye catching to the audience to keep everyone intrigued.
Question 3
What style of music videos do you like? Narrative or performance?
Kuziva Mutisi: Performance
Georgia Allman: Something that's colourful and bold and performance
Aaron Bailey: Performance
Becky Boyfield: Illustration and narrative
Eve Hilliam- Cooke: Narrative
Mrs Kaur: Bit of both but instead of narrative something more abstract
Sam Hargrave: Fast pace with a bit of narrative
Chelsey Hibbins: Narrative
Abi Brown: Narrative
Tom Branch: Fast paced with lots of noise, quite loud and performance
From these results we can clearly see there is a mixture between
both narrative and performance, this will be useful for when it comes to making
our production as we can do it so it contains both narrative and performance
equally to cater to all the audience’s requests.
Question 4
Where do you watch music videos?
Kuziva Mutisi: YouTube and TV
Georgia Allman: Spotify or YouTube
Aaron Bailey: YouTube or Sound cloud
Becky Boyfield: YouTube
Eve Hilliam- Cooke: YouTube
Mrs Kaur: YouTube
Sam Hargrave: YouTube
Chelsey Hibbins: YouTube
Abi Brown: YouTube
Tom Branch: YouTube
From getting these results it is excellent feedback to see what
kind of platform/website people use to watch music videos as we can take this
information and use it to see what one we should use to put our video on to get
wider attention and that is YouTube, this will be beneficial when getting
feedback on our video helping then with our evaluations.
Question 5
What pace should a music video be? Fast, medium or slow paced?
Kuziva Mutisi: Like all three
Georgia Allman: Any depending on the song
Aaron Bailey: Medium pace
Becky Boyfield: Medium pace
Eve Hilliam- Cooke: Medium pace
Mrs Kaur: Depends on the song, so if it’s a slow song a variety of edits
but slow paced edits, and if it’s a fast paced song then fast paced editing
Sam Hargrave: Fast pace
Chelsey Hibbins: Fast pace
Abi
Brown: Fastpace
Tom Branch: Fast pace and it’s got to have a good beat
Again these results very beneficial for us and our production;
we can see that again there is quite a mixture of answers and they are between
fast paced and medium paced: this helps us as in our production we can use
editing along with our funk-rock song (that is already fast/medium paced
anyway) to get that perfect balance between fast and medium paced to cater for
the audience’s needs.
Question 6
What do you think are the most important conventions for your
favourite genre?
Kuziva Mutisi: A good vocal performance
Georgia Allman: Something that's eye-catching and memorable
Aaron Bailey: Something that eye-catching and gets your attention all the
way through
Becky Boyfield:For
it to be down to earth and for it to have a good acoustic guitar
Eve Hilliam- Cooke: Memorable
Mrs Kaur:Cutting
to the beat so ensuring that it’s edited well, having a mixture of performance
and abstract narrative, seeing the artist and having some sort of fun element
to it
Sam Hargrave: Bit of narrative
Chelsey Hibbins:Some illustration
Abi Brown:Illustration
Tom Branch: A good performance
Like an earlier question the main result we got from this
question is that people want something that is extremely memorable and eye
catching for the audience, that doesn’t let them get bored but keeps them
intrigued all the way through, it has to have good actors and instruments to
give the whole music video a realistic vibe and has to contain a good
narrative.
After looking on unsigned.com we were able to find a band that had a style of music we liked and they are called "3rd Rock Revolution" and the song that we like is "Put on ya' boots", after deciding this we then started to communicate to the band via email and this is the email we sent:
