Mac 3 Vlog

Just a little introduction into this new group and out first idea for our A2 music video

Where Is the Love by Black Eyed Peas

After the horrible events that have happened this year, the re-vamp of this song that first released after 9/11. Using people with different races, sexuality, beliefs coming together to make the world a safer and happier place. This video is very simple but having os many celebrities and families of the people who have had their son/daughter or someone taken away from them because of all this anger and hatred towards a race or sexuality they don't like. 

5 Narrative Music Videos

Here are 5 narrative music videos that have a significant message behind the song or the way the story is being developed during the song. With that, many of the songs will not included the artist themselves and could possibly have an actor lip syncing specific lyrics to address a message

Hozier - Cherry Wine
This song is highlighting the importance of domestic violence and raising awareness of those in a relationship who hide the fact that they are being abused until it becomes seen with bruises and scars on their body that makeup can no longer hide. A raw video that perfectly suits something going on in today's society.

Taylor Swift - Love Story

This song is quite literally a love story. Using Taylor as the protagonist and is "Juliet" and telling the story of how she falls for her Romeo. This Narrative is very cliche and our group know we are not doing that type of love.

Beyonce - If I Were a Boy

An important narrative video. This is telling us that a woman can have a mans job and be good (or even better) than them. Also, acting like a man with the male traits of ignoring their partner on a night out, and showing the man that that's how they feel when they go out. Switching when it falls down and they find out, reversing back to the man doing the "harder" job and leaving the woman (Beyonce) back to reality.

Ed Sheeran - The A Team

Looks very much like a A2 Music Video. About a homeless person who just wants to be helped after the struggle of drugs and not be able to survive. But instead using her body and her vulnerability to get around and just be somewhat stable. 

Florence and The Machine - Delilah 

This narrative is about the spirit inside you, reaching out and just letting go. Having the devils and voice in the back of you, dragging you a long having the choreography to the beat of the song.

5 Performance Videos

Here are 5 Performance videos with the artist/band lip syncing and playing instruments in the video

The 1975 - The Sound 

James Bay - Hold Back the River

Sia - Chandelier 

George Ezra - Listen to the Man

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Wash by Bon Iver

Our group have discussed that Narrative is the best option for our style and this song I think would be perfect for a Narrative music video. I intend not to watch a music video if there is one because this song is so pure and you can interpret in any way you want. I imagine certain scenes would be in London walking the streets or something but that can be discussed with my group when we come to ideas for our pitch for the 26th.

Here are the lyrics for the song. The song is 5 minutes long but it can easily be cut at 3:25ish. A definite contender for our final song!

Climb

Is all we know

When thaw

Is not below us

No, can't grow up

In that iron ground

Claire, all too sore for sound

Bet

Is hardly shown

Scraped

Across the foam

Like they stole it

And oh, how they hold it

Claire, we nearly forfeit

I' I'm growing like the quickening hues

I' I'm telling darkness from lines on you

Over havens fora full and swollen morass, young habitat!

All been living alone, where the ice snap and the hold clast are known

Home

We're savage high

Come

We finally cry

Oh and we don it

Because it's right

Claire, I was too sore for sight

I' we're sewing up through the latchet greens

I' un-peel keenness, honey, bean for bean

Same white pillar tone as with the bone street sand is thrown where she stashed us at

All been living alone, where the cracks at in the low part of the stoning

All I Want by Kodaline - Part One & Two

In Monday's lesson we discussed music videos and differentiated them between Performance and Narrative. These two videos by Kodaline were a perfect example of narrative. With my group, we have decided that we would rather do a narrative music video and rather tell a story than a performance video as we think it will suit the genre we have chosen (Indie).

Part One 

I really enjoyed this video because even though he hasn't got the prettiest face (he's a monster) he still doesn't give up and truly reflects that beauty doesn't matter in society. Also he doesn't let people get in the way and will still fight for the person he loves besides his mum and his dog. 

Part Two

The follow up of the second part and he finally picked up his bag!!! This video I think is better than the first one because he loses his dog and that truly hurts him more than anything he went through before hand (name calls from the men at work). And even though he keeps searching for his dog, the woman he has finally got after all this time helps him because she can see how much it means to him. This video definitely had a more emotional appeal and no-matter what, the dog still loves his owner no matter what he looks like because he does not care at all.