Famous Album Art Analysis

Hardie of the famed design firm Hipgnosis developed what would become one of the most identifiable logos in rock and roll, the “white light into the pyramid” image that is on the cover of The Dark Side of the Moon.

It was on the instruction of band member Richard Wright to come up with something “smarter, neater and more classy,” that Hardie came up with seven different designs, the pyramid being the unanimous choice by the group.

Reflective of their light show at the time, the album’s name and lyrics (and the embodiment of the “simple” and “bold” directive), the design was enhanced by bassist Roger Waters, who insisted the six-colored, indigo-lacking rainbow track through the cover’s gatefold to the back cover.

Reference:

http://wnew.radio.com/2011/10/17/awesome-album-covers-dark-side-of-the-moon/

The Purpose of a Music Video

The purpose of a music video is to promote the music and the band, it's a way to get the bands names out in the music industry. It's also a way of giving more to the fans and gaining more fans. It will also be put on the web for all fans to see like on youtube. With there appearance on the video it creates an image for the band and fans can copy there appearance.

Music Video Update

We had everything sorted all actors, props and lighting, we had our animatic and story board all sorted ready to shoot then our male actor had pulled out because he became ill and had lost his voice and now we need to find a new singer for our video.

Emil Nava

Emil Nava is very pro found music and advert director of the modern age, he started of being runner for film production companies such as blink productions and now freelances for OB management.

After working as a runner, he graduated to assistant director (A.D.) where he would manage his own videos. He signed to Academy who are the biggest music video production company and then worked for between the Eyes and now works mainly for Pulse

He now has begun to make adverts, which are of quite a high budget and production values but only allow for limited creativity.

When at his busiest Emil has made up to 24 music videos in one year, he began shooting videos for independent labels and the budget would be no higher than £10,000, although his most expensive video made was for Jessie J and the budget was £160,000

Emil's first budget was for the band Kid British and the track Our House, he had a budget of £20,000 and shot it in Manchester, he had a set of local people be the cast and was all shot in one day with two to three days to edit and ten days pre production.

OB Management

• Their aim is to Nurture talent
• Work with production companies 
• Work with record labels 
• Match the right directors with the right artists 

Some of the Production companies that OB work with are: 

• Pulse Films 
• Rocket 
• Agile Films 
• Friends 
• Wonda 

Emil's Top Tips

• Use Extreme Close Up on faces wherever possible 
• Do not shoot the whole video in medium or long shoot, an example of this is Sinead O' Connor's - Nothing Compares to U

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animatic

StoryBoard

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

A-Ha - Take on Me

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

The Verve - Bitter Symphony

Jaime Thraves

Post production/activities

• Made short films at University
• Used award winning short film as a 'Calling Card' to get a foot in the door with the video production company Factory Films 
• Began by shooting three very low budget music videos which cost about £5000 each 

The process of choosing ad making a music

• A commisioner from a record company label sends a track to 5-10 directors
• The directors then each submit a treatment
• This Stage is unpaid
• The Director who has submitted the best treatment is then commisioned to make the video and only then is the director paid

As can be seen for many directors in the business it is a precarious existence where their livelihood is dependent on each commision 

Jaime Thraves submitted treatments for his two best known videos and each was accepted.      

1. Radiohead - Just 

• £100,000 budget 
• Shot in three days 

2. Coldplay - The Scientist 

• £200,000 Budget 
• Shot in three days

Jaime Thraves - most recent video- Japanese pop stars Song of Lisa

• Currently videos cost about £20,000
• Shooting time - 2 days
• Jaime has used the music videos to get into the film business 
• Has so far shot three features 
• The Low Down
• The Cry Of The Owl
• Treade Jr 

Jaimes Tips 

• Use the lyrics but try not to be literal 
• Most importantly - Go with the emotion of the lyrics. 

The Music for our Video

Music Lyrics for My Two Left Feet

You look so good when you're dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when you're dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life

All your crooked teeth
Make a perfect smile
I'd buy a wall full of clocks
If it would stop time for awhile
I love to watch your mouth
Move with the words of the songs
And I don't care
If they're right or wrong

You look so good when you're dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when you're dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life

Love is like water
Shaped from the shores that it meets
Your delicate fingers
And my two left feet
Me in my stiff Sunday clothes
Pressed starched pants
We'll keep the light at our backs
And watch our shadows hold hands
Please hold my hand

Because you look so good when your dancing
I watch you spill your drink on the tops of your shoes
You look so good when your dancing
Can I have this dance with you for the rest of my life
Can I have this dance with you
Can I have this dance with you
For the rest of my life

Vox Pops

Vox Pops write up

Vox Populi is the Latin words for Voice of the People

Usually the interviewees are shown in public places, and are supposed to be giving spontaneous opinions in a chance encounter. The Vox pops recorded are usually used on news programmes like BBC and ITV News to show balance
Each person is asked the same question about a certain subject and give their personal opinion and the news programmes get a variety of answers. Journalists are usually instructed to approach a wide range of people to get a varied answers from different points of view.

Music Request 4

Music request 3

Music request 2

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
1 2	Dancing scene/ stage Solo guitar playing and singing	Robert Clack Upper School Main Hall Robert Clack Lower School Band Room/Studio	HD camera Monopod Tripod HD camera Monopod Tripod	Sixth Form Dress code Sixth Form Dress code	Guitar Chair Guitar Chair	Chris Thomson Kayne Mcmillan Katie Edmead Chris Thomson Kayne Mcmillan

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Group Members:            Chris Thomson, Kayne Mcmillan and Katie Edmead                                                                                    Location: Robert Clack School

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Cable wires lying around	2	4	3	7	We cleared the room of all hazards like wires on the floor	Y
Students interfering	2/3	5	4	9	We made sure that no students could hear us so they wouldn’t know we were there	Y

        

Preliminary Task

Music request 1

Madonna - Vogue

Nirvanna - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Coldplay - The Scientist

Outkast - Hey ya

Blur - Coffee and TV

Queen - I want to Break Free

Radiohead - No surprises

This video may be disturbing to some people as it shows Radiohead frontman go through pain and discomfort, almost drowning on screen. It took him many takes to complete that scene as he couldn't handle staying under the water for so long. That one moment relates to some of the lyrics in the song which is why it is relevant to the video.

Eminem - Stan

Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares To You

This was a cover of U2s song Nothing Compares to You, and it has quite a deep meaning to the song, to the video and to Sinead O' Connor herself. She made this song hers because of this video. She had not long lost her mother and one of the lines "all the flowers you planted , mama" made her cry in the video which made it that more personal to her

Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice

People would have never thought that Christopher Walken was a dancer in his spare time, and pretty much blew people away with his dancing moves for this music video.

Bjork - Its Oh So Quiet

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

An interesting fact about this video is that it was done in one take behind a hotel that Bob Dylan was staying at. He also loses sync with paper he is holding up which had started a craze for all sorts of musicians.

Basement Jaxx - Wheres your head at

New Order - True Faith

Sid Vicious - My Way

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

Many people consider this video to be a masterpiece, it was shown in the museum of modern art in New York.

Elton John - I Want Love

So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds

With this video it created a fear for some people as the characters in the video looked thuggish and villainous and this caused a little out rage to some people. It also showed signs of gang culture and mixed race people together which showed people were quite racist to the video. In a positive view it brought hip hop to the british music industry.

Small Town Boy - Bronski Beat

The subject matter of this video is that the person it is based upon is gay and meets someone who he likes and seems to like him, he seems like a loner and has no friends because he is gay because at the time men that were gay were usually beaten if they were found out about. He meets someone but had only lead him on and the guy and hi friends had beaten him which also links in with the song lyrics. It also challenges hegemony as the protagonist  is gay, with hegemony the protagonist is normally heterosexual or straight.

Copyright

Copyright is the basic rights creators, musicans, writers and film makers have over their work so that nobody can copy their work and have the rights to keep. With the owners permission other people can use their work for their own ue with certain boundries, so if I were to use the song One by Metallica I would have to get in contact with the members of the band to ask their permission to use their music for my purposs in this case to mae a music video. If they accept they would be back in contact, or if i was a TV programme that would like to use their music they would give a licence to the company at a cost.

Using their music without permission will get you in a huge amount of trouble, can even end up with in court and with a huge fine just for using their music without their permission.

Top 100 Music videos according to digitaldreamdoor.com

1. Thriller - Micheal Jackson (1983)   2. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel (1986)   3. Take On Me - a-ha (1985)   4. Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana (1993)   5. November Rain - Guns N' Roses (1992)   6. Losing My Religion - R.E.M. (1991)   7. Sabotage - Beastie Boys (1994)   8. Right Now - Van Halen (1992)   9. Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1993) 10. California Love - Tupac feat. Dr. Dre (1996) 11. This Note's For You - Neil Young (1989) 12. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (1990) 13. Express Yourself - Madonna (1989) 14. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (1985) 15. Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie (1980) 16. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975) 17. Cry - Godley And Creme (1985) 18. Rockit - Herbie Hancock (1983) 19. Weapon Of Choice - Fatboy Slim (2001) 20. Closer - Nine Inch Nails (1994) 21. One - Metallica (1989) 22. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000) 23. Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run-DMC 24. Beat It - Michael Jackson (1983) 25. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan (1967) 26. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 27. Land Of Confusion - Genesis (1986) 28. Vogue - Madonna (1990) 29. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (1994) 30. Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters (2000) 31. Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty (1985) 32. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (1983) 33. Scream - Michael and Janet Jackson (1995) 34. The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (1991) 35. The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson (1997) 36. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (1984) 37. Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction (1990) 38. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins (1996) 39. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992) 40. Freak On A Leash - Korn (1999) 41. Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson (1991) 42. Every Breath You Take - The Police (1983) 43. In Bloom - Nirvana (1992) 44. Bastards Of Young - The Replacements (1985) 45. Epic - Faith No More (1990) 46. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads (1980) 47. Kool Thing - Sonic Youth (1990) 48. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. (1993) 49. Like A Prayer - Madonna (1989) 50. You Might Think - The Cars (1984)

51. Burning Down The House - Talking Heads (1983) 52. Free Your Mind - En Vogue (1993) 53. Man On The Moon - R.E.M. (1993) 54. Tennessee - Arrested Development (1992) 55. Sleep Now In The Fire - Rage Against The Machine (2000) 56. No Rain - Blind Melon (1993) 57. Basket Case - Green Day (1994) 58. Wild Thing - Tone Loc (1988) 59. Justify My Love - Madonna (1990) 60. Do The Evolution - Pearl Jam (1998) 61. Even Better Than The Real Thing - U2 (1992) 62. Livin' On The Edge - Aerosmith (1993) 63. Waterfalls - TLC (1995) 64. Enter Sandman - Metallica (1991) 65. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins (1996) 66. Big Me - Foo Fighters (1996) 67. Loser - Beck (1994) 68. Stupid Girl - Garbage (1996) 69. Wicked Game - Chris Issak (1991) 70. Don't Speak - No Doubt (1997) 71. It's My Life - Talk Talk (1984) 72. Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy (1998) 73. Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith (1990) 74. Falling Away From Me - Korn (2000) 75. Smells Like Nirvana - Weird Al Yankovic (1992) 76. Jump - Van Halen (1984) 77. Alive - Pearl Jam (1992) 78. White Wedding - Billy Idol (1982) 79. True Faith - New Order (1988) 80. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (1990) 81. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots (1995) 82. Dirty Boots - Sonic Youth (1991) 83. Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers (1998) 84. My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue (1992) 85. Human Behaviour - Bjork (1993) 86. Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean (1998) 87. More Human Than Human - White Zombie (1995) 88. Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics (1984) 89. Let's Get Rocked - Def Leppard (1992) 90. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992) 91. The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley (1985) 92. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1982) 93. Faith - George Michael (1987) 94. One - U2 (1992) 95. Prison Sex - Tool (1994) 96. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos (1992) 97. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton (1992) 98. Tommy The Cat - Primus (1992) 99. Cryin' - Aerosmith (1993) 100. Umbrella - Rihanna f/ Jay-Z (2007)

Top 100 Music Videos according to Channel 4

 complete list was as follows, from 1-100:

1. Michael Jackson: Thriller
2. Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
3. A-ha: Take on Me
4. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Madonna: Like a Prayer
6. Robbie Williams: Rock DJ
7. Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
8. The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony
9. Madonna: Vogue
10. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
11. Coldplay: The Scientist
12. Michael & Janet Jackson: Scream
13. Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall
14. Christina Aguilera: Dirrty
15. REM: Everybody Hurts
16. OutKast: Hey Ya
17. Blur: Coffee & TV
18. Beyonce: Crazy in Love
19. Madonna: Material Girl
20. Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood
21. Queen: I Want to Break Free
22. Justin Timberlake: Cry Me a River
23. Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time
24. Radiohead: No Surprises
25. Madness: Baggy Trousers
26. TLC: Waterfalls
27. David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes
28. Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly
29. Electric Six: Gay Bar
30. Weezer: Buddy Holly
31. Eminem: Stan
32. Chris Isaak: Wicked Game
33. U2: The Sweetest Thing
34. The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl
35. Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2U
36. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away
37. Guns N Roses: November Rain
38. Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
39. Pulp: Common People
40. Missy Elliot: Get Ur Freak On
41. The Spice Girls: Wannabe
42. Bjork: It's Oh So Quiet
43. Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
44. Kylie Minogue: Can't Get You Out of My Head
45. Aerosmith: Crazy
46. Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming
47. The Prodigy: Firestarter
48. Johnny Cash: Hurt
49. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity
50. Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al
51. Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way
52. Massive Attack: Teardrop
53. Wham: Club Tropicana
54. Daft Punk: Around the World
55. Fatboy Slim: Praise You
56. Eminem: Without Me
57. Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
58. The Cure: Close to Me
59. Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You
60. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
61. The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up
62. Blur: Parklife
63. George Michael: Outside
64. Bjork: Human Behaviour
65. Aphex Twin: Windowlicker
66. Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
67. The Beastie Boys: Sabotage
68. Madonna: Ray of Light
69. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes
70. The Police: Every Breath You Take
71. Bjork: All Is Full of Love
72. Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love
73. Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At?
74. Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit
75. Duran Duran: Rio
76. The Beatles: Strawberry Fields
77. MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This
78. Godley and Creme: Cry
79. New Order: True Faith
80. Radiohead: Just
81. Ultravox: Vienna
82. 50 Cent: In Da Club
83. Shakespear's Sister: Stay
84. The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
85. Sid Vicious: My Way
86. The Streets: Fit But You Know It
87. Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
88. Elton John: I Want Love
89. Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight
90. The Pet Shop Boys: Go West
91. The Specials: Ghost Town
92. Herbie Hancock: Rockit
93. The Rolling Stones: We Love You
94. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart
95. The Cardigans: My Favourite Game
96. So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds
97. Cornershop: Brimful of Asha
98. Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy
99. Supergrass: Pumping on Your Stereo
100. Musical Youth: Pass the Dutchie