As the Questions he was asked where in French here are the translations in English:
Is it true that you were discovered after a fan posted one of your concerts in a pub in London of Youtube?
The legend says that your younger neighbors didn't like you because you played the guitar constantly is it true?
Your first album is called "chaos and calm" do you think its the best definition of your music?
Can you tell us more more your writing process? Do you always start composing with the guitar?
Whats the story behind the piece "let it go"?
On stage you play with an acoustic guitar and a Gibson from 1963, is this a passion of yours?
I was at one of your concerts with my friend last night and since then, she hasn't stopped speaking about you, how can i win her back knowing that i cannot sing at all?
What are the three pieces(songs) that you are listening to at the moment?
Difficult question: Would you prefer recording an album with "Kings of Leon" and "Half Moon Run" or a featuring video with Michael Jackson?
We have decided to do a lyrics analysis of our chosen song to give us a
deeper understanding of the lyrics. This will allow us to translate the
lyrics in order to convey the meaning behind the song and our own
interpretation of them in our music video to show a relationship between lyrics and visuals. Although, we feel like we
already know and understand the song as we knew it previous to this
project, we also understand that each song has subliminal messages in it
which may help us create interesting shots or scenes.
From walking home and talking lows
Seeing shows in evening clothes with you
From nervous tough and getting drunk
To staying up and waking up with you
This shows a sort of progression and development of the story or
relationship he is describing. Although, this may not be directly about
his personal relationship, we will assume it is for the purpose of the
explanation and the lyrics are about himself and his lover.
Now we're sleeping near the edge
Holding something we don't need
Oh, this delusion in our heads
Is gonna bring us to our knees Sleeping near the edge suggests danger, which may be indicating the end of their relationship.
Also, the word 'sleeping' suggests helplessness and vulnerability to
breaking the relationship, and therefore they are incapable to end it,
hence why they are 'asleep' and not taking the action.
'Holding something' refers to their relationship. The beginning of the
song described the relationship positively where they received love,
tenderness and passion from one another. These words indicate this is no
longer the case, they are not fulfilling these needs any further and
making the relationship less essential.
The illusion could refer to a happy relationship which seems to be
unsuccessful. 'bring us to our knees' is a very powerful statement which
highlights the emotional, draining nature of their breaking
relationship.
So come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
This is ultimately him asking her to let go of their relationship. It
shows his feelings of not wanting to continue the relationship anymore.
However, the lyrics are deeper than just this. They suggest neither of
them have been able to be themselves in this relationship, and therefore
suppressing their personalities and holding each other back. The last
words may be referring to a feeling of freedom that Bay wants.
Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me?
James recognizes the brokenness of their relationship, and the need to release it which is why he references the breeze.
It is a very metaphorical line, people say that it connotes letting go
of something you love but can't control any more in the same context as a
Kite being taken by the wind and never seen again.
And I'll be me
He repeats this lyric, which makes it stand out to the audience. This
could reflect his definite decision or his increasing confidence to
break this relationship. Also, instead of a question like the lyrics
before, he is telling her that this is the end. Maybe also reassuring
himself.
From throwing clothes across the floor
To teeth and claws and slamming door at you
If this is all we're living for
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore?
This gives us an insight to the violence, distraction and arguments
between the two of them. This also gives us a greater understanding to
why he is questioning the reason they are in this relationship together.
I used to recognize myself
It's funny how reflections change
When we're becoming something else
I think it's time to walk away
He does not feel like the same person that he was before his
relationship. He shows that he doesn't like the way he has changed, and
it is time to give up.
So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me?
Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me?
And I'll be me?
Tryna fit you hand inside of mine
When we know it just don't belong
There's no force on earth
Could make it feel right
The first line is referring to holding hands, which is a natural display
of affection between two people that shouldn't require much effort. He
explains it in a way that sounds difficult. There hands don't fit
together. This is metaphorical of themselves, they don't fit together as
a couple.
He knows it doesn't feel right. There relationship does not feel natural.
Tryna push this problem up the hill
When it's just too heavy to hold
I think now's the time to let it slide
She is trying to ignore the problem, but its to big of a problem that they need to talk about it.
It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2014 through Republic Records.
A music video to accompany the release of "Let It Go" was first released onto YouTube on 23 March 2015 at a total length of four minutes and eighteen seconds.This is a popular song that is well known and
is often played on the radio, so when people watch our music video they will be
able to recognise and enjoy the song as well as know the lyrics. http://www.jamesbay.com/
There is a lot of information as well as showcasing events, live music and a blog about my chosen artist on his website which i have included above.
Within his music video we
found that the
there is not much movement, other then when he gets up nearer the end of the video. This creates a good platform for us to produce a music video that is completely different.
After researching and analysing all different types of music videos, we
came across this song, it is a very
delicate, touching song that makes the viewer feel calm due to the slow,
emotive nature of the music and lyrics. Therefore, we feel this song
will accompany our ideas for our music video very effectively.
The genre of this artist is Blues Rock,
meaning combining elements of blues and rock. It is
mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to
electric blues and rock.
Paul Hunter- Hunter has worked with musical artists including Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. Hunter's directed the music video of Michael Jackson's come-back single, 'You Rock My World' and the award-winning "Lady Marmalade" video for the soundtrack to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Hype Williams- He directed the music video for Kanye West's single "All of the Lights", which premiered on February 19, 2011. As of 2014, Kanye West holds the artist record for working the most
times with Williams, the two have collaborated on twenty music videos
beginning in 2005 with the music video for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone".
Busta Rhymes is second behind West, collaborating with Williams on
sixteen music videos, beginning with debut solo music video.
Chris Cunningham-
Cunningham is a British video artist, he has won multiple awards, including an MTV music video award for Breakthrough Video and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. He also directed Madonna's "Frozen" video which became an international hit and won the award for Best Special Effects at the 1998 MTV Music Video Awards.
Jake Nava-
Jake Nava is
a music video and TV commercial director. He has directed award-winning
videos for some of the most well known artists and brands worldwide. Whilst
completing his film, he started his professional career directing music
videos, he went on to create videos
for artists such as Britney Spears and the Rolling Stones. His videos for Adele "Someone Like You"
and Kanye West "Monster" landed Nava in Entertainments Weekly's Top 10
Music Video Directors listing. Other famouse videos that Nava has
created are Beyonce "Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies" in which is
still listed by the Times as the 3rd most influencial music video.
"Single Ladies" is the 3rd most downloaded video in the world and has won "Video of the Year" by MTV America, MTV Europe and BET Awards.
David Fincher-
He is an American film
director, film producer, television director, television producer, and
music video director. He was
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the romantic
fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as well as
drama The Social Network (2010).He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
There is a long list of stars in the music video including Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Kendrick Lamar, Hayley Williams of Paramore, Lena Dunham, and Cindy Crawford among others.
The music video was viewed more than 20 million times in its first 24 hours of release.
Photograph- Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's music video for the song "Photograph" takes a very unique approach. In the course of the clip we get to see the artist grow up before our eyes through still photos and home movies, you can experience the artists whole like from the very beginning.
We created these ideas when researching thoroughly into music videos.
These are some of the main ideas that helped our we found when
researching:
We really like the idea of burning pictures in the video, a great example of this is in 'Poison by Rita Ora'. This is showing negative memories wanting to be destroyed. We really like the effect of making one colour standing out in a frame
when everything else is black and white. In this example the fire signifies how the past has been painful and wants to be forgotten.
This over the shoulder shot is from 'I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith'. We find this shot very emotive, and would therefore like to use it in our music video
These screen shots are from 'Skinny Love by Birdy'. We like these shots as they create a sense of emotion towards the viewer, and make the viewer fixated. These shots make the character look lonely and isolated.
This shot is from 'The A Team by Ed Sheeran'.
We found this music video influential because of the effective black and white theme. We would like to use this effect in our own video as it creates a depressing gloomy atmosphere, which may contribute to the sadness of the story line we are planning.
Here is the music video by The Vamps called 'Somebody to You', we like this music video as it uses both Crossover meaning the singer is also a main character within the music video and also Narrative meaning the music video portrays a story which normally relates to the context of the lyrics within the song.
These images have come from "Story of My Life By One Direction". We like this music video as we like the idea of loads of photographies hanging from the ceiling as they represent memories both good and bad, this expresses a lot about the video and we would like to create the same effect. Within this music video many young memories are shown and then made real by adding in what the people would look like in the present if the picture was taken again, this would be such a good idea, however it would be very hard to get the same effect in our video as the actors we are going to use won't have pictures together when they were younger.
One idea that we developed was the smashing of a wine glass. We would
like to film this and then slow motion it. We want to use wine in
particular because the colour will be effective and stand out. Also, the
red symbolises love, passion as well as violence, aggression and blood.
We researched on youtube for a video similar in which will help us visualise what we want the shots to look like.
We would like to use a Narrative type of music videos as they are becoming increasingly popular, narrative music videos follow a story which normally relates to
the context of the song. Therefore, our plot idea is to have arguments between a couple, with scenes of fire, alcohol and crying to show how unhappy the relationship is. We hope to connect the audience and make
them feel sympathy for the couple, as they argue along with James Bay's
emotional song saying 'Let it go' to the relationship. The shots of
arguments and violent smashing and fire scenes will look passionate,
dramatic, powerful and cold.
Camera Shots:
Music videos tent to include many long shots, close ups and mid shots. This is to create emphasis on the artist, location and emotions. Also, close ups used not only to show emotions but to reflect the words of the song with the movement of the lips of the artist.
Camera Movement:
The movement of the camera is used to follow and trace the artist or band, these include tilts, pans, tracking and crane shots.
Mise-en-Scene:
This refers to the arrangement of performers and props on stage or in a scene for a production of a music video, this shows the importance on the representation of something.
Lighting:
Some music videos are black and white which helps emphasis a particular mood, however some videos have artificial lighting which puts the artist in a enhanced look. Sound:
Sound is mainly the vocals or the song, however in some cases like Michael Jacksons- Thriller, the producers can make the music video into a short film
Props:
Vital in aiding to add to the scene and create significance on particular objects or people.
Editing:
Jump cuts is the predominant editing technique used in music videos. Similar transitions such as fade and dissolve are also very common in music videos as they create a different effect.
The thriller music video was released in December 1983, at which it was the most famous music video but now it continues to be extremely very well known. The American, 13 minute video was directed by John Landis. The genre of music is disco, funk.
This music video was MTVs first world premier video which was voted the most influential pop music video of all time. Therefore this shows the massive effect it has on pop culture. Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the 'most successful music video' selling over 9 million copies. A budget of $500,000, and was choreographed by Michael Peters.
The music video was nominated forMTV video music award for video of the year, MTV video music award for Best Male Video, MTV video music award for Best Concept video and awarded for Grammy award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance -1984, MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography -1984, MTV video Music Award for viewers choice -1984, Grammy award for Best music film -1985, MTV Video Music award for Best overall performance -1984, People's choice award for favourite music video -1984.
The first music video broadcasted on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles,
written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978. The video was launched August 1, 1981.
At the time, if artists did make videos, they were usually just scenes of the band performing a song,therefore this video was a totally different to what views had seen before.
Psy with Gangnam Style has the most views with 2,412,197,875 this song came out in July, 2012. This was the first video on youtube to reach 1 billion views.
The phrase "Gangnam Style" is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. Viewers like this video due to it's catchy beat and easy to learn dance moves.
The writers of this video were:
Park Jae-Sang and Yoo Gun-hyung
The Producers of this video were: Park Jae-Sang, Yoo Gun-hyung and Yang Hyun-suk
Baby By Justin Bieber was released as the lead single from Bieber's debut album called My World 2.0. It has the second most views with 1,210,901,735. It was uploaded on February 19th in 2010, and remains the second most viewed music video on youtube to this day. It was the second video ever to reach 1 billion views on March 4th, 2014.It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favourite Music Video. Baby is a narrative music video type, as it follows a storyline of Bieber and his friends including a girl he likes. This is also a stereotypical convention for an artist like Bieber as it is about relationships and doing fun things such as bowling.Many close ups of Bieber are used where it feels as if he is singing directly to the viewer, which appeals to the audience. Also, many mid-long shots are used with showcase his dancing.
Taylor Swift released her song"Blank Space" in2014on November 10th, from her album "1989". This music video received 1,151,082,875. It is described as a Electropop song. The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, and was shot over 3 days. "Blank Space" became the fourth video and the fastest to reach 1 billion views on july 7th/8th in 2015, and now is the 3rd most viewed music video on Youtube. This also means Taylor Swift is the most viewed video of female artist. The music video was nominated for MuchMusic Video Award for International Video of the Year, Teen Choice Award for Choice Party Song, Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song (video) and won awards at MTV video music award for best Female Video, iHeart Radio Music Award for best lyrics, MTV Video Music award for Best Pop Video.
Andrew Goodwin identified six features of music videos:
1. Music videos show genre characteristics.
For example, A rock video is normally focused around stage performance,
whereas a boy or girl band may involve something like a dance routine.
2. Music videos show a relationship between lyrics and visuals. (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting) -The Wanted- Glad You Came
'The sun goes down
'Now I'll take you by the hand'
3. There is a relationship between the music and visuals. In which means the tone, mood and atmosphere reflects that of the music. (either illustrative, amplifying, disjuncture) illustrative- music videos can use a set of images to illustrate the meaning of lyrics and genre. Amplify- The meaning of the song are added to by visuals. Disjuncture- this is where the meaning of the song is completely ignored in the music videos. 4.
The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of
close-ups of the artist and other shots to make them the focus of
attention. 5. There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, telescopes etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body. 6. There is often intertextual reference. this refers to films, TV programmes, other music videos etc.)
The most common types of music videos are showcase, spectacle and narrative.
Showcase
Showcase music videos are videos that showcase the artist, meaning
usually the video is filmed completely focused on the band or artist,
with maybe sometimes occasional dancers etc. Normally, many close-ups
and mid-shots are used to introduce the artist or each member of band to
the audience. Therefore, this can be a very useful type of music video
for bands such as One direction, Take that and Coldplay.
Spectacle
Spectacle music videos are what could be seen as the unusual, unique or
strange videos. They normally involve artists that are a bit different,
for example belonging to a less popular genre of music such as indie.
An example of this it the very unique music video of a chart song called Lean On by Major Lazer & DJ Snake.
Narrative
Narrative music videos are becoming increasingly popular choice of
video. Narrative music videos follow a story which normally relates to
the context of the song. Therefore, you would expect to see part of a
story unfold possibly with a range of different camera shots. As this is
an early stage in my development, but I feel like this will be the type
I would base my own music video to.
An example of a narrative music video is Taylor Swift's song called 'Love Story'.
Intertextual
Intertextual music videos are ones in which combine the music video with
another piece of media for example, a film or video game. A good
example of this is Skyfall by Adele which was a song created for the use
of the main theme song to an new releasing film. Therefore, the song's
music video was combined with images and scenes for the film 'Skyfall'.
An example of this is Fifth Harmony song 'I'm in love With a Monster'
which is a song created and used for the film Hotel Transylvania 2.
These screenshots show parts of the music video that involve the band
themselves but also scenes of the movie.
Crossover
A crossover music video show different characteristics of all the
different types mentioned above. The most common crossover is a
spectacle and a showcase, because the artist is most often part of the
spectacle, (storyline).
An example of this is The Vamps music video, Somebody To You ft. Demi Lovato.
In this video, there are scenes focusing on the band where they just
play their instruments and sing, as well as scenes of other characters
showcasing a storyline of friends. Therefore, this video is a narrative, crossover
and showcase music video.
Rock- a form of popular music which evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Characteristics of the Rock genre
- Electric Guitars: Usually with the use of effects such as distortion
- Bass guitar
- Drum kit: The fusion of drums and cymbals, used as the spine of a song.
- Standard 4/4 time signature.
- Wide variety of lyrical themes.
- repetitive hooks and riffs. Examples: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Kinks.
R&B- Rhythm and blues, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. Characteristics of the R&B genre - steady melody - uptempo - high energy and danceable Examples: Rihanna, Akon, Jessie J, Spice Girls
Heavy Metal- is a genre of rock music, that developed in the late 1960s
Characteristics of the Heavy Metal genre - driving power that the
guitar, bass and drums produce through an amplifier. The “heavy” part is
the distortion of the bass and lead guitar. - loud distorted guitars -emphatic rhythms -dense bass-and-drum sound -vigorous vocals Examples:Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath Classical-is art music rooted in the traditions of Western music
Characteristics of the Classical genre- -often has two separate melodies -gradual dynamic change - orchestra Examples:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven
Pop- meaning popular music
Characteristics of the pop genre-
-Focus on melodies and catchy hooks -Dance orientated rhythms -Recording and production is considered more important than live performance Examples: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber
