2. My Chosen Track
Checking Pulse:- Best Girl
Checking pulse are a band best described as a mixture of
Paramore, You Me At Six and Forever are the sickest kids.
Recently the band completed a UK tour and are always becoming
more and more popular. They have broken their way into the UK Punk
scene; gaining themselves a loyal fan base. The band consists of
Emily Wilson-vocals, Adam Hughes-guitar, Henry Hopkins-base and
Chris Ridger-drums and electronics.
Pop/ Punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk
rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Examples of bands are
Green Day and Blink 182. Music started in the mid to late 1970‟s. In
these recent years the genre has become more popular.
3. Audience Profile
The people that listen to the genre of music will have their own unique
style. People who will listen to the band would be teenagers both male
and female. Their interests would be going to gigs and socialising.
Listening to knew bands and enjoying original music; pop/ punk. They
would read mainly magazines like Kerrang as they have the bands in that
they will like and the genre they will listen too. The magazine will also give
them the latest trends that band members are following; which they will
more than likely follow. They will have a fashion style of being very scene;
wearing items such as skinny jeans, top buttoned shirts and vans. They will
also most likely have big back combed hair and dark makeup. They
wouldn‟t really have interests to go on holiday maybe just if they have
their money or go with parents. They will have their own unique style and
be individual.
Looking closer the readership profile for Kerrang:
15-24 year old readers (60% male and 40% female) are sharp, intelligent
and rejoice in their individuality. Typical of modern youth, media savvy
and marketing-averse, they are active consumers of computer
games, media and fashion. On average they buy 31 albums a year.
In finding this out I have looked closer to see more what they
will be looking for in a music video.
4. Expectations
From there I realised I had to look at some examples of what
was expected to be seen from the genre. So I looked at some
of the band Paramore‟s music videos. From the videos I am
aslo looking for inspiration.
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5. Expectations
From the videos we see the band preforming but also a
narrative. When we see the band preforming there is a lot of
close up shots of the band members but mainly the vocalist
Hayley Williams. This is one of Goodwin‟s Theory which I will be
showing in my music video. The close up shots are for the
audience to see what the band members are wearing and
showing them perform. When we see the narrative the band
members also act this. The movements that are made are in
time with the pace of the music. This promotes another of
Goodwin‟s theory's. I like the look that Hayley Williams and I
am talking her style for my music video. As Misery Business by
Paramore is more like my track I am going to focus more
around that video. For example shots were I see my „vocalist‟
singing and dancing to the beat of the music.
Then I will have shots of them wearing different,
in a different setting doing a narrative. I will have
to work out therefore what parts of what song
this will happen at. The audience of this genre will
expect to see close up shots of the artist and an
interesting video that will be remembered.
6. Mood Board
The images below are what I have looked at as part of my
inspiration for my final music video.
7. Style Of My Video
The image helps in describing what
I am going for. I want my lead
singer to have ginger or red hair
and look as if she fits the genre. She
will be wearing skinny jeans and
vans. Her hair will also be
backcombed. Her t-shirt wont be
too fancy. The male members will
be looking similar; long
hair, skinnies, high tops. In filming I
will be using props such as a
microphone and guitars. This will
make it look more realistic. I want to
emulate the fashion of the genre
and show their unique style. My
video will be bouncy and look like a
real performance. I will be making
sure that the people I use make it
look like they have been together
for years.
8. Style Of My Video
So I have taken my inspiration from some of Paramores videos.
I want to create a performance and a narrative. I feel that this
is a good idea because it is what is most commonly seen from
the genres videos. I am going to have the performance on
either a stage or a small room with light affects and different
camera angles. I am then going to have the narrative filmed
in areas such as a house, outside or
busy areas along as it looks realistic.
I have chosen my friend Chloe
Dawson as my lead female singer
then from here am picking at least
2 males for the other members of the
band. They will have long hair and
fit the genre expectations. For
example skinny jeans. I am going to
prepare a day that all the people I
am hoping to use can come. I will
then do a structured timetable to
Keep on track.
9. Possible Idea‟s
I have an idea that I could do for the narrative part of my video;
In school, a male and a female are going out, the male leaves a
note on the locker saying to meet at a certain place at a certain
time. She then walks in on him with another girl. They argue were
we see close up shots showing the expression of the actors. Then
the girl cries but another boy who sees what she‟s worth comforts
her and she feels happier as he sees her move on and be happy
and he is clearly upset that he‟s lost the “best girl” hell ever have.
Or I could do things differently I will start with a performance from
the band and then go into the narrative. The narrative would be
filmed were the singer walks in on her boyfriend with another girl
then they argue. Shows her upset stage she meets someone else
and then she shows that she doesn‟t really care what he thinks. I
could show the male sneaking around for example show him
texting other girls.
I am using the lyrics to think of the different ways I could create
the narrative and were abouts in the song.
