Planning - Outlining the Narrative

Outlining the Narrative...

This task required each group in my class to analyse the lyrics to our chosen song for our music video. Me and my group then printed out the lyrics to the song and annotated line by line what we had planned specifically to happen at a particular verse, line or word. Having the lyrics printed was essential and benefit my group as it helped us understand the meanings and connotations of the song through the lyrics. We listened to the song whilst analyzing the lyrics and by doing this we could implement some ideas on the types of edits and transitions we could use according to the pace of the song. This was clear in our annotations as by listening to the track whilst observing the lyrics we took note of the exact second/time of the song a lyric or sound effect would occur. By doing this, it would benefit my group during the filming stage as we would have been prepared and already know where and what to do at lyrics in particular as well as certain music transitions.

Goodwin - We will include Goodwin's idea of relationship between lyrics and visuals as well as using the relationship between music and visuals. This means that we will display a clear idea of the lyrics matching and relating with the visuals e.g. in the chorus of the song when J Spades sings ''Got drink all in my cup dawg, IM WAVEY'' we will have our performer use props of non alcoholic drink in a see through cup which will resemble the idea of drinking alcohol. We might also use smoke props that the artists will use to portray the idea of marijuana. The alcohol and drugs idea will show a representation of visuals linking with the lyrics, as ''I'm Wavey'' is an urban term of saying one is drunk or 'high'.
The music to this track is very urban and bass dropping so when editing our footage we will create edits and transitions aligning with the beat of the song in order to portray the idea of relationship between music and visuals.

Dyer - Dyers theory of 'star image' will be applied through the focus of our two performers representing the artists J Spades and Young Teflon. Dyer's theory of celebrities having a constructed image in order to sell to an audience will be used through our performers. Me and my group will represent the same style, trends and ideologies of the artist through the use of  a brotherhood relationship between the artists, recreating their entourage of a crew, luxuries, marijuana etc. These realistic ideas are conventional within young black artists in the music industry as they can relate to their audiences.

Mulvey - The use of Laura Mulvey's theory of the 'Male Gaze' is very stereotypical and conventional in the Hip Hop/ Grime genre of the music industry. I will be implementing the most mainstream method of her theory of the male gaze through the use females lingering on our artists and using movement in a sexual way to represent them as sexy and promiscuous.

Video narration

The scene starts with an establishing shot of the area to show the local area the artist lives in. The area is shown to be run down in order to portray the 'gritty' lifestyle the artist lives. The first line the artist will sing will be under a bridge which has graffiti in the background with the other performer next to him. Both performers will engage with each other whilst lip syncing and the shots will vary from the party scene back to the performance area. In most shots at the party there will be high angles and close-ups of the girls in order to represent Mulvey's 'Male Gaze' accurately and also many close ups on the star himself in order to represent Dyer's 'Star Image' accurately.

Conclude

Overall, annotating our lyrics helped significantly as we were able to discuss what we wanted to shoot for each line in the song. As a group we were able to discuss angles, shots and movement with also the different edits we plan to use which helped us create a vision for the music video.