Meeting 2 : Problem / Change of Idea

Final Song choice Discussion

As a group we decided to change our song choice from

Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober to Florence and the machine - Dog days are over.

Some of the members of our group suggested a better song idea that we were all happy with.

We discussed this song change as a group and we were all happy with the change and came to a final decision that 'Dog days are over' will be the new song we will use for our Music Video.

Getting Permission

To be able to use the song we have chosen in our video, My group will have ask the Music Producers of the song for our permission to use it in our music video to avoid being persecuted for Copyright. In order to ask we will have to contact them and after doing some research on the internet the we were able to gain the names and personal details of the people involved in the production of the song we would like to use.

Name of Artist:Paloma Faith

Name of Song:Stone Cold Sober (Sony Music)

Prod co: Factory Films

Director: Sophie Mulle

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Producer: Rob Small

DoP: Simon Chaudoir

Art director: Alison Dominitz

Offline: Sophie Muller

Online: Uncle

Telecine: Tom Russell at Prime Focus

Commissioner: Mike O’Keefe

email 'Factory Films':post@fictionfactoryfilms.com

The email shown below is what one of my Group members composed and sent to the email above,

we are all patiently waiting for a reply.

FINGERS CROSSED!

Dear Factory Films,

My name is Elizabeth Kennelly and I am studying Media Studies at an A Level standard.

This year me and a few of my peers have been set a project to create a music video to a song of our choice, and we have decided that we would like to possibly use Paloma Faiths 'Stone Cold Sober'

We have no intent to sell the video in any way, this is purely for educational purposes.

I would greatly appreciate if you could get back to me.

Thank you.

Your Sincerely

Elizabeth Kennelly

Chosen Songs Lyrics

Stone Cold Sober Lyrics

I'll be the late night lady you won't recognise
I'm a chameleon I'm always in disguise
I'd read your future but it's written in the past,
Take a good look might be your last

Don't try to show me, cause you don't know me,

Stay away!

I can be wilder than the wind,
119 miles an hour,
I'm in a whole other dimension,
Dancing doubles on the floor,
You think I'm crazy, a little bit hazy,

But I'm stone cold sober

You're telling me something
But there's nothing cheap as words
I'm walking away before I do affect the birds
Excuse me Mr I've got other things to do
Than to stand here listening to you

Stop talking at my face
Take a rocket out to space and...
Stay away!

I can be wilder than the wind
119 miles an hour
I'm in a whole other dimension,
Dancing doubles on the floor
You think I'm crazy, a little bit hazy
But I'm stone cold...

I can be wilder than the wind
119 miles an hour
I'm in a whole other dimension,
Dancing doubles on the floor
You think I'm crazy, a little bit hazy
But I'm stone cold sober

In the madness of the storm,
I'm the one to carry on,
I don't need no medicine,
If you're looking for a cure,
Don't be knocking at my door,
I'll never let you in
Take a rocket out to space
And stay out of my place

I can be wilder than the wind
119 miles an hour
I'm in a whole other dimension,
Dancing doubles on the floor
You think I'm crazy, a little bit hazy
But I'm stone cold...

I can be wilder than the wind
119 miles an hour
I'm in a whole other dimension,
Dancing doubles on the floor
You think I'm crazy, a little bit hazy
But I'm stone cold sober

The words in Italics and Bold are the references in the lyrics we are considering using to build our music video, the idea of disguises, future, and stay away/ rejection.
Therefore we are considering merging these themes into the narrative side of our video, with the idea of disguise in the performance side of our video.

Chosen Song

My Groups Chosen Song is

Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober

Our Final Song Choice is 'Stone Cold Sober' by Paloma Faith, We have chose this song because we love the beat, and the lyrics. We feel we can create a good music video with it. Our own ideas can really come out as we can be very creative , imaginative and adventurous with the song.

Stone Cold Sober was released on the 15th July 2009 and entered the UK charts at number 17. It is the debut single by British singer Paloma Faith.

Stone Cold Sober is based on the predicament of appearing to be one thing but in reality being quite another. Paloma Faith told the June 2009 issue of Q that, "My vocal style suits the subject matter of my album. It's about the human condition, the constant striving for love and companionship. I've thrown my heart at many a wrong man in my time, I can't tell you. I'm the queen of tragedy. Melancholy informs everything I do."

The song also featured in Rimmel London commercial.

Intertexuality

INTERTEXTUALITY

In Class My media teacher suggested various editing and filming techniques that we could use in our music videos to add a touch of professionalism to the production.

She mentioned the Use of Intertextuality and this technique appealed to me the most because it was unusual and different and would be more entertaining for the viewer watching.

Intertextuality is The way in which texts refer to other media texts that producers assume audiences will recognise.

One of the pleasures that audiences experience in the consumption of media texts is the

joy of recognition. One form of this pleasure comes in recognising the reference in one

media text to other media texts. This process of referencing is called intertextuality.

MIMICRY

This means that a text will mimic or otherwise copy certain stylistic features of another text. Usually this is done in order to create a particular impact, although there may be instances where this borrowing may seem simply a matter of convenience to give a music video, for example, a particular look.

Here is an example of Mimicry in a Music Video

Weezer - Buddy Holly

Meeting

Today we had a small meeeting to discuss what we're going to do about our music video, and how we will set about to create what we want. to do this we have come up with a few things we need to do to make sure that we can get the best from what we want;

1) We will need a committed 'band' who will come and film when we need them to.

2) We need to check out the music studio in our school to see if we would be able to make a successful 'set' that would be good for the auditions and the performance.

3) We need to see if enough people would want to be in the music video to get the effect we need.

Once we have looked at doing these things we will them make a decision to what we want to do, go along with this idea or think about another one.

Chosen Genre

POP SOUL

The music genre that my group and have chosen to do a music video for is 'POP SOUL'

Pop-Soul is soul music that has been polished slightly and given a commercially viable, crossover production. The vocals are still raw, but the material and the sound of the record could easily fit onto pop radio stations' playlists. Motown was the pioneering label of pop-soul, and through much of the '60s, it was one of the most popular pop music genres. In the '70s, pop-soul became slicker, and it eventually metamorphosed into disco.

Examples of Pop-Soul artists are;

Duffy

Natasha Bedingfield

and Maroon 5

Pop soul is consdiered to be music that sounds ' black 'and urban that is sung by white people.

The main Generic Characteristics of the Pop Soul Genre are emotional ballads being sung by the artist and the music video's are often serious to back up the lyrics that are usually about heart break or difficult relationships. Pop soul videos are often narrative to portray the visual element that the lyrics in the songs depict

The iconography The Pop soul genre uses are extravagant images that can sometimes be over exaggerated or it can be very simple and basic depending the nature of the song.

For example here is a screen shot from Duffy's Music video - Warwick Avenue

The tempo of this song is slow and has a sad feeling as the song is about break-up. The lighting is dull , grey and pale to represent the negative emotions reflected through the lyrics.

The video is very simple and hasn't got a lot of change of scenery as she is shown in the back of a cab contemplating throughout the journey as she lip-synch's the lyrics.

Where as Natasha Bedingfield's Music Video for - Unwritten

The tempo is upbeat and fast, the song sounds bright and positive corresponding to the happy and optimistic lyrics in song. The lighting is done with a natural light from rays of sunshine and Natasha is often smiling whilst singing the lyrics in the video.

One similarity between both videos is that the Artists are shown singing the lyrics in the video with variations of close-up's to powerfully display the emotion that they are trying to get across in the song with their facial expressions.