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Music Video Questionaire

Mood Board

This is our mood board that has a lot of our original ideas on it. The heavy use of the outdoor landscape and shots of the band and their instruments are showing that we are using the conventions of this genre of music as these types of things are commonly seen. We are putting our own spin on things however by also incorporating a narrative that we think will suit the song. When we broke down the lyrics we thought the song could represent a hangover and feeling ill which is why there are pictures that match this on the board.

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Permission Request

Here you can see the email I sent to the record label that has signed the band whose music we are using for our music video. It is important that we have permission do use the song as if we didn't it could lead to problems such as copyright issues. By asking for permission first, it ensures that later on down the line we do not have to change the song if we are not allowed to use it.

Lyrics Breakdown

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Peace - Shot Count

Shot Count – Lovesick – Peace

In this music video I counted a total of 69 shots with the majority of them being either close ups of the band members or long shots of the car they are in from a distance. With this genre of music it is expected that a lot of close ups are in the video, especially of the lead singer because it sells the star image. The lead singer is the band’s main image and by including a lot of him in the video it helps the audience get what they want. Most of the shots where actually quite long and it didn’t seem like there was a fast pace to the song, even though the song is quite upbeat. 

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What is Genre?

Genre is the term used to describe the different types of a certain media.
In music there are many different genres and most of these have elements that are common within songs of the same genre. The same goes for music videos, songs of the rock genre will tend to feature longer of the band themselves with closeups on the band members faces and instruments. Dance songs usually have a lot of quick shots of people dancing at a night club with a lot of quick shots and flashing lights to match the feel of being in the nightclub that is being portrayed.

Film also has different genres which, like music, have elements that are common in films of the same genre. For example film noir films usually have a lot of low key lighting, use of shadows and have characters such as a detective and a femme fetal. To summarise, the word genre helps establish a piece of media from another which has different elements

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