Sunday, 27 September 2009
The Great Escape – Boys Like Girls
"The Great Escape" is the second single from Boys Like Girls' debut album, and is also their first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 23. The single has been certified Platinum by the RIAA, for selling over 1 million downloads. The music video was directed by Alan Ferguson and was filmed in January 2007. Released in late February 2007, it was added to MTV playlists and received considerable airplay on those channels. It features the band on the road, as well as in concert, while detailing the journey of a group of their fans on the way to and during their best concert.
There is lots of relevance between the lyrics and the visuals in this video. This is shown through the people in the school being restless and wanting to get out of there and go and watch the concert. It is also shown in the performance parts of the video with the crowd jumping and having a good time. The lyrics suggest wanting to escape and that is what happens when the school pupils go to the concert and have a good time.
Throughout the whole video there is a relationship between the music and the visuals with all the different cuts being in time with the music. These cuts are at a fairly high tempo as the music is quite quick. The cuts go between the narrative parts of the video to the performance based parts of the video. The pace of the video is fairly quick and this is kept consistent throughout.
The image of the band is promoted significantly throughout the video with lots of close up shots of the lip syncing and the band members playing their instruments. Also they are show to be very popular with the crowd in the concert scene. But there are also lots of shots of the narrative parts of the video.
This is a very typical music video of this genre that doesn’t challenge any generic conventions and is not a very original idea. Lots of other bands who work in the same genre have created videos along similar lines such as Kids In Glass Houses, You Me At Six and Go audio.
The Great Escape is a mixture between performance and narrative but in balance. There are shots of the band performing and there is a narrative structure, which is the school pupils wanting to get away from school and go to the concert.
In conclusion this is a fairly simple video to make that follows the fans of the band. It portrays the band how they want to be portrayed and shows them as being quite popular.
There is lots of relevance between the lyrics and the visuals in this video. This is shown through the people in the school being restless and wanting to get out of there and go and watch the concert. It is also shown in the performance parts of the video with the crowd jumping and having a good time. The lyrics suggest wanting to escape and that is what happens when the school pupils go to the concert and have a good time.
Throughout the whole video there is a relationship between the music and the visuals with all the different cuts being in time with the music. These cuts are at a fairly high tempo as the music is quite quick. The cuts go between the narrative parts of the video to the performance based parts of the video. The pace of the video is fairly quick and this is kept consistent throughout.
The image of the band is promoted significantly throughout the video with lots of close up shots of the lip syncing and the band members playing their instruments. Also they are show to be very popular with the crowd in the concert scene. But there are also lots of shots of the narrative parts of the video.
This is a very typical music video of this genre that doesn’t challenge any generic conventions and is not a very original idea. Lots of other bands who work in the same genre have created videos along similar lines such as Kids In Glass Houses, You Me At Six and Go audio.
The Great Escape is a mixture between performance and narrative but in balance. There are shots of the band performing and there is a narrative structure, which is the school pupils wanting to get away from school and go to the concert.
In conclusion this is a fairly simple video to make that follows the fans of the band. It portrays the band how they want to be portrayed and shows them as being quite popular.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Yellowcard
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Yellowcard
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Shooting Schedule
Tuesday 22nd September 2009
From 3:05pm - 6:00pm (performance based)
Thursday 24th September 2009
From 9:00am - 6:00 pm (narrative shots)
Friday 25th September 2009
From 4:30pm 6:00pm
Saturday 26th September 2009
Reshoots if needed
From 3:05pm - 6:00pm (performance based)
Thursday 24th September 2009
From 9:00am - 6:00 pm (narrative shots)
Friday 25th September 2009
From 4:30pm 6:00pm
Saturday 26th September 2009
Reshoots if needed
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Lyrics
There's a place off Ocean Avenue
Where I used to sit and talk with you
We were both 16 and it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Staying up all night
There's a place on the corner of Cherry Street
We would walk on the beach in our bare feet
We were both 18 and it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Staying up all night
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
There's a piece of you that's here with me
It's everywhere I go, it's everything I see
When I sleep, I dream and it gets me by
I can make believe that you're here tonight
That you're here tonight
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
I remember the look in your eyes
When I told you that this was goodbye
You were begging me not tonight
Not here, not now
We're looking up at the same night sky
And keep pretending the sun will not rise
Be together for one more night
Somewhere, somehow
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
Where I used to sit and talk with you
We were both 16 and it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Staying up all night
There's a place on the corner of Cherry Street
We would walk on the beach in our bare feet
We were both 18 and it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Staying up all night
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
There's a piece of you that's here with me
It's everywhere I go, it's everything I see
When I sleep, I dream and it gets me by
I can make believe that you're here tonight
That you're here tonight
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
I remember the look in your eyes
When I told you that this was goodbye
You were begging me not tonight
Not here, not now
We're looking up at the same night sky
And keep pretending the sun will not rise
Be together for one more night
Somewhere, somehow
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Give Me What I Want – Kids in Glass Houses
"Give Me What I Want" is the second single by Kids in Glass Houses to be taken from the band's debut album Smart Casual. It was released on 19 May 2008. The track was originally released as "Me Me Me" in June 2007. It has since been re-recorded and renamed "Give Me What I Want" for the album Smart Casual. It has reached #62 on the UK Singles Chart. Kids in Glass Houses are a five-piece pop punk band from Cardiff, the capital of Wales. There target audience is mainly the younger generations and teenagers. The video is mainly performance based with the band performing at house parties. This would be very easy for the target audience to relate to.
There is lots of significance between the lyrics and the visuals. This is portrayed through out the whole video with the director wanting to show the band as a young, out going and care free band. The lyrics portray a very out going and fun lifestyle which is what the majority of the target audience would have. This is shown throughout the video with all the different party scenes.
Through the video there is not a real relationship with the music and the visuals as there aren’t any cuts, the camera keeps moving right and the scenes are in lots of different rooms. In the different rooms it changes from performance scenes of the band to scenes of people partying and having fun.
The image of the band is promoted significantly throughout the video with lots of close up shots of the lip syncing and the band members playing their instruments. There are also lots of shots of the band members partying and having fun. The mise-en-scene is of lots of people of similar age to the band members enjoying themselves at the house party. This is also showing very stereotypical behaviour of teenagers at a house party.
This is a very typical music video of this genre that doesn’t challenge any generic conventions and is not a very original idea. Lots of other bands who work in the same genre have created videos along similar lines such as Boys like girls, You Me At Six and Go audio.
Give Me What I Want is very much a performance video with lots of shots of the band playing and lip syncing with the lead singer. There is no narrative structure within in this video, just shots of the band performing and scenes from house partys.
In conclusion this is a very simple and easy video to make, but it portrays the band in exactly the way in which they want to be portrayed. It also targets a very small audience who would find this video very relevant to there lifestyle and would be able to associate with it.
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