Animatic storyboard

Questionnaire analysis

Question 1 – The first question was, ‘What would you associate with an acoustic blues music video?’ The majority answer was a depressed man/woman. This fits in nicely with my current idea, so at the moment I do not have to change my idea this just tells me my idea suits the genre.

Question 2 – ‘Is the narrative important to a music video?’ The majority answer to this question was yes, so this means in my music video I would have to try building a narrative.

Question 3 – ‘Should the narrative fit in with the lyrics of the song?’ Again a majority answered yes, this makes it easier for me to find a narrative because I just need to listen to the lyrics.

Question 4 – ‘What is the key thing to a music video?’ The majority answered the narrative; this result just shows me that the narrative is the key thing to a music video.

Question 5 – ‘What age group would you associate with acoustic blues?’ The majority answer was 16-21; this question was just to find out what my target age group was.

Question 6 – ‘where would you find a music video of this genre?’ a vast majority said YouTube/MySpace showing this isn’t a big genre.

Question 7 – ‘How should the main character fit in with the lyrics?’ A majority said act/play music so that just makes my must have guitar even more needed. It was followed by a lot of people saying sing so there I am going to have some singing in the video as well.

Questionnaire results

Music video treatment

Ideas/Concepts/Inspiration

Idea - A man sat drinking on his own 'drowning his sorrows', with people constantly asking him if there is something wrong. Also have lots of cuts to him play guitar and mouthing the words.

Inspiration - Lyrics - chorus - "There's something wrong, there's nothing wrong. Stop asking", repeated twice.

What will need? (props, actors, locations etc.)

Actors - 1 man and a group of people/friends

Locations - Bar?

Props - Table, guitar, alcohol, other things to make a typical bar scene.

What will the challenges be and how will I overcome them?

The location will be a problem and I am unsure how I will overcome that, but i could attempt to make a pub scene in my house. Also, I do not yet know where i will get a guitar, but, I'm sure one of my friends will have one I can borrow.

Justification

I will try to make my whole music video suit the genre, also, in some parts I will have some one singing along to the lyrics whilst playing guitar, so I will be following Goodwin's ideas. I am going to go against Laura Mulvey's theory so I will not have loads of women dancing around half naked because it doesn't fit the genre.

Wordle

Moodboard

When searching the word's 'acoustic blues' online you get mostly acoustic guitars or people playing acoustic guitars, this shows me I will need to have a lot of shots of my actor and a guitar to show the genre it is.

Questionnaire

What would you associate with an acoustic blues music video?

- A depressed man/woman

- Artist playing instrument

- Girls

How clear should the narrative be in this genre?

- Clear

- Needs to be read into

- Not narrative at all

Is the narrative important in a music video?

- Yes

- A little

- No

Should the narrative fit in with the lyrics to the song?

- Yes

- A little

- No

What is the key thing to a music video?

- Costume

- Setting

- Props

- Narrative

- Girls

What age group would you associate with acoustic blues genre?

- Under 15

- 16 - 21

- 22 - 30

- 30 +

Where are you most likely to find a music video for this genre?

- YouTube/MySpace

- TV

How should the main character of a music video fit with the song?

- Sing the lyrics

- Acting along with the lyrics

- Dance to the beat of the song

- They shouldn’t have anything to do with the song

The Brief

The music video I will be making is for the song ‘Angst boy blues’ by Jack Palmer. I think the genre of this song is acoustic blues, this means would have to be slightly depressing.

I couldn’t get the lyrics but after listening to it a couple of times I have the chorus. The chorus of the song is ‘There’s something wrong. There’s nothing wrong, stop asking’. So if I am going to follow the lyrics with the narrative of my video I could have a depressed man with a lot of people asking him what is wrong, but he wouldn’t want to talk about it and they are just depressing him more, it could possibly be set at a bar and he is on his own ‘drowning his sorrows’.

Analysis of Snow Patrol - Chocolate

When you first listen to the lyrics of the song it is quite unclear what it is he is trying to say, but after watching it again you can see it is about a man coming to a realisation on his life and relationship. The video however, and first you think it is about the end of the world but if you look a little deeper it is showing that people waste there time not taking chances. There are many shots of the band standing still and everything is happening behind them which is showing the way that life should be lived, relaxed.

The opening shot is of a hourglass with people rushing around in the background, this shows the end of the world but also it is a metaphor for life, how time is running out and people are rushing around trying to get everything done before it is too late. They also carry this on with lots of shots of clocks and timers.

The next shot is of a lot of missing posters on a wall with 'the end is nigh!' spay painted over them. This follows the end of the world plot to the video but also signifies that people spend there life looking for love when they should enjoy there life and let love find them.

There is a man trying to hold on to his money while it is blowing in the wind, this signifies that some people revolve there life around earning/saving money.

The lead singer picks up a lady bug from the floor while everybody is rushing around, a lady bug is a signifier for calm and peaceful showing he is taking it easy while everybody else is rushing around. As he is picking up the lady bug the lyrics are 'I can make my first steps, as a child of 25' showing he should of had this realisation along time ago.

There is a man dressed as a doctor wandering around, showing that people spend too much time with there occupation or it could show that people spend too much time worrying about illnesses.

There are 3 older men sat on the floor eating lots of food and crying, this represents the greedy old men who have more than they need but leave them self with nobody to love and no friends.

There are a man and a woman rolling around in the backseat of a car having sex, this signifies that people think the point to live is reproduction.

The singer is led down and a bottle of beer is dropped on the floor next to him and it smashes, signifying that people waste there life with alcohol, the bottle smashes showing they are drinking themselves to an early grave.

There is a woman sat down holding on to her baby tight signifying some people are over protective to there children

There is a man with a bible preaching about religion, this signifies that some people dedicate there life to religion when they are not guaranteed to be right, you're never gonna find out until the end so why waste time on it.

Towards the end of the video the hourglass stops, everybody pauses, the music pauses and the singer turns the hourglass over again but everybody is still rushing around, this signifies that we have a lot more time then we realise but still nobody has this epiphany.

Throughout the video there is a lot of shots of the band, making it easier to find over songs of there's if the people watching enjoyed this song.

This video explores many different ways people live there life whilst suggesting people should take it easy and live life to the full.