During the 30 seconds of silence, I found that there was still sounds. These were:
Background noise
Breathing
Chair creeking
Others chatting
Door moving
Clothes moving
Footsteps
Some of the the different types of music that might be recorded are sound effects, music tracks, live sound from a camera, studio sound, ambience and foley which is rerecording sound effects. Below are the different types of microphones. The boom and handheld microphones require a a 3 pin XLR wire.
Boom Microphone (1 direction)
Handheld Microphone
Clip On Mic
In three's we were given the scenario of what microphone we would use and what problems we might encounter with the mic. Our scenario was filming a short film scene with two people. We decided to use a boom mic. The possible problems were wind noise (a dead cat could help with this), picking up the sound of the cameras and crew, background noise and echoing noise.
Idea: When an undercover reporter who is serving as a police officer, goes to a victims house, he is unaware about his feelings towards her. Going on several dates, Amelia and Jake become close as Jake has filled a gap from Amelia's distant family. When Amelia becomes paranoid, she regrets investigating more about Jake as she finds out he isn't the police officer she thought he was. The couple split up and Jake is featured on newspapers as an undercover scandal who actually fell in love.
Characters:
Jake Smith - Police Officer
Amelia Glass - Victim
Genre: Romance
Audience: 20 - 30's
Title: Identity
Location; Thorpe Bay, Essex
Brief Description:
Amelia thinks she has fallen in love with a police man but little does she know he really is a undercover reporter.
Scene 1: Audience will be finding out about Jake Smith and what he does for a living
Scene 2: Audience will be finding out about Amelia Glass
Scene 3: Amelia and Jake meet at Amelia's house because he will be interviewing her to see if she was involved in the incident
Scene 4: Amelia and Jake began to go on a few's dates and the more dates that went on the more they began to like each other
Scene 5: As they finally began serious and moved in together, they was a question worrying over Amelia's head which was that Jake is hiding something.
Scene 6: Amelia was so on edge and scared of what it could be she finally got the courage to confront him
Scene 7: Jake freaks out and runs away
Scene 8: Amelia follows Jake because she wants to find out the truth
Scene 9: Amelia find out however she doesn't want to believe it
Scene 10: The pair of them have a really deep conversation about everything that has happened which in the end they decide to go separate away because Amelia will never be able to trust him again.
Logline:
Life is on the up for a girl neglected by her family as she finds the man of her dreams. Falling in love, she is unaware of his true identity.
Genre Characteristics - For example, a heavy metal video is likely to be on a stage whereas a boy/girl band would more likely to have a dance routine in it.
Relationship between lyrics and visuals - If the lyrics of the song is talking about someone ill, you might have scenes of a hospital, or a dove or something connected.
Relationship between music and visuals - If the music is loud, we might see something dramatic whereas a slower tune would have less movements in the shot.
Frequent reference to the notion of looking - There might be screens within screens or telescopes e.t.c and also reference to a female's body.
Intertextual references - Links to other films, TV programmes, songs e.t.c
Music Video History:
1900 - Gramaphone invented in USA
1927 - First sound film (The Jazz Singer)
1940s- Peek period for MGM Hollywood musical
1963 - UK's first music TV programme on ITV (Ready Steady Go)
1975 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
1981 - MTV starts
1983 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983 - MTV Video Music Awards launched
1985 - MTV taken over by Viacom
1987 - MTV-Europe launched
1989 - MTV-Europe reaches 6.7m homes
1994 - Launch of MTV-Europe Music Awards
2001 - Launch of MTV Dance
Music Video Analysis:
Nameoftrack: Small Bump
Artist/director:Ed Sheeran
Featurestolookfor
Generalexamples
Detailedexample
Genrecharacteristics
Acoustic, pop.
The song is talking about how much he cares for his baby and how good he will treat it when born. It is set in the hospital where the baby will be born.
Whatistherelationshipbetweenlyricsand visuals?
The lyrics are talking about when the baby will be born and it is set in a hospital.
The lyrics are describing how he will treat his baby when he is born. This is gentle and honest and so are the visuals.
Whatistherelationshipbetweenmusicand visuals?
The music is quite calm and so is the camera speed.
The lyrics are quite calm and focusses on the man. The speed of the tracking camera shows the gentle nature. The visual is not connected to the tune.
Arethereclose-upsoftheartistandstar imagemotifs?
There are close-sups of the artist as the camera goes close to him, then away, then close again.
There are close up shots of the artist when the camera goes close to him. The camera goes to and from him.
Istherereferencetothenotionoflooking?
The singer is looking down a lot to show that he is thinking.
The singer is looking down which shows he is thinking seriously. The camera is always focussed on the man to show his importance.
The video is telling a story from the baby currently be a just a scan to the baby being born.
Nameoftrack: My Heart Will Go On
Artist/director:Celine Dion
Featurestolookfor
Generalexamples
Detailedexample
Genrecharacteristics
Love, romance and peace/soul.
The song is a love song and it also tells the story of the titanic sinking. Most of the shots are of a sunset and at night/darker for the more dramatic bits.
Whatistherelationshipbetweenlyricsand visuals?
The lyrics describe a persons feelings relating to the Titanic sinking.
The lyrics are talking about never forgetting their memories and the visuals show this.
Whatistherelationshipbetweenmusicand visuals?
The music is slow and gets dramatic and so does the visuals.
The music gets dramatic when the visuals do. It is louder and more 'action' as the ship starts to sink.
Arethereclose-upsoftheartistandstar imagemotifs?
There are frequent close ups of the artist.
There are close ups of Celine Dion singing and also the characters.
Istherereferencetothenotionoflooking?
The video does show looking however none of a 'sexual' nature.
The video is a romance one however it doesn't portray women in a 'seductive' way.
Arethereintertextualreferences?
There are references to Titanic.
The song is the theme song for the film Titanic and hence is based around that, including clips and characters from the films.
The video is performance and narrative based, mainly performance.
The video is mainly the band performing but does also include scenes of a story whilst the music is playing.
Essay:
I will be analysing 'My Heart Will Go On', sung by Celine Dion and directed by Billie Woodruff. The genre is described as pop and soul and was the main soundtrack for the film Titanic. Soul music is normally play with sounds from pianos, guitars, keyboards e.t.c and is generally 'peaceful' music. Pop music, although it has numerous sub genres, covers the biggest range of music, hence deriving from 'popular'.
The music video is based around memories from the characters Rose and Jack from the film and the music video includes clips of them as well as Dion. The start of the song is instrumental and it shows good memories of the ship as it leaves Southampton. When the lyrics start, we cut to Dion who has her hair blowing, keep the connection with the boat. The scene fades into the next one which makes it seem more peaceful. The positive lyrics match up with the visuals. Dion is also featured on a set of the boat. The song describes how they meet and their journey to becoming close. Some of the clips are in slow motion to make it seem that the good memories are being slowed down to make them last longer. For the scenes where Celine is singing on the boat, the colours are warm, being orange, red and yellow. We see clips from the film with the characters smiling and having a good time. This will contrast to the second bit of the video. The lyrics of 'my heart' usually feature Rose and Jack getting close. Celine is wearing a white dress which is symbolic for peace. As the music gets more dramatic, the actions in the visuals do too. Rather than the characters sitting down they are up and are more lively. The visuals again match the lyrics of 'my heart will go on' as we see Rose and Jack happy together.
As the tone of the music changes, the visuals do to. The colour changes to a dark black/blue tone as the events get more dramatic like the iceberg colliding with the ship. When we cut back to Dion singing, she also gets more dramatic with her singing and there is more wind blowing in her hair. Some of the clips cross dissolve over each other however some are just cutting for dramatization. Towards the end, the lyrics aren't directly linked with the visuals. The final shot is of Celine Dion and we stay on her, looking calm and peaceful, as the music fades out.
The record belongs to Sony Classical and James Horner composed the song with the original intention of using it in the film. It was used in the film and due to the major success of the film, the soundtrack sold millions of copies worldwide. It was to represent Celine Dion and the score as peaceful to effectively pay respect to the tragic event. The video is quite different to her other ones however the style is similar in terms of her singing. Her 1995 song 'The Power of Love' is similar to the style of the song however the music video is quite different but still with some similar Dion poses.
Although the video would fall into the romance category, I wouldn't say that it is portraying a sexual image of Dion or the characters in there. There is 1 scene that could be categorised at sexual however it is part of the story and isn't intended to represent Celine as that or change the theme of the song. Titanic was in 1912 and the costumes don't suggest anything seductive, nor do they imply a sexual display. Some of the camera shots show Celine with her hands on her body however I think this is just for emotional reasons. There is no other reference to looking either i.e. with a screen or anything.
There is a very strong intertextual reference to Titanic, as it was the theme song for the film. Dion is featured standing on a set of the ship in which she said it "actually feels like a movie set made just for me". Clips of the film are used and when there isn't any clips there is reference to it with her on the set. Due to the success of the song, people would know that the song is connected to the film. If you have seen the film the narrative of the song is clear however you could still make it out if you hasn't seen the film.
The film is a mixture between performance and narrative based. Narrative because it tells the story of two young lovers and performance because it features Dion singing however there is still reference to the story of Titanic when she is performing. I would say that it is more narrative than performance if you include reference to the lyrics.
Overall, this is a very successful narrative and performance music video, which tells the story of two loves on board the Titanic. It is the soundtrack to a film which is why it is focussing on the film and characters and it balances Celine singing with reference to the film. I think that it is a good music video as it clearly tells the story and we know what is going on. It has been very popular and people will also remember it, however this might be more to the film's success rather than the soundtrack's success.
