Possible song choices-Fightstar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwTtUn8jzk

The english way

Fightstar

length: 3.35 minutes

Released: 2009

Genre: alternative rock/post harcore

I would use this as a video as it is a great example of a song mixing two genres, it also would allow me to mix different ideas together. I think that if i was to create a music video for this band i would also be able to mix together amplification and illustration. This also has very clear lyrics which would enable me to very easily come up with ideas.

lyrics:

You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.

You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)

I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.

Please don't speak these words just save them,
Walk with me and take a trip
We'll only stop for water and some other things.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need to
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need
Just to make us feel alive.

You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)

You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.

You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)

I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.

(All within reason all this is going to be over, all within reason all this is going to be over)

Too many lives have been lost
Under orders of too many people
That have lost their voices.

You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.

You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)

I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.

Possible song choices-Pulled apart by horses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-TI-6JAxM

I punched a lion in the throat

Artist: Pulled apart by horses

release date: 2009

length: 3.17 minutes

Genre: Alternative rock/post hardcore

I believe this would be a good music video because it would be an ideal video to create a disjuncture piece for, however i may have problems with lip syncing. The song also has a clear beat which would allow me to easily cut the edits to the beat.

One man's adventure ends
Where another man's adventure begins
With the wind in his hair and the strength of ten bears
He bites whatever the future brings
The mountain range beckoned his pride
A kingdom with mysteries inside
The beasts paved the way for the victor day
As our hero began one last fight
I punched a lion in the throat
Ultimate power!
Maximum life!

Possible song choices-Skindred

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWW0E6u8Us

Living a lie.

Artist: Skindred

ALbum: Union black

Release date :2011

Length: 4.27 minutes

I believe that this would make a good music video as there are large periods which would fit a performance, we're there is no singing, there are also large changes in the songs direction with some parts being easy to lip sync too.

Lyrics.

Yo, you're not real you're fake
Running your mouth but you made a mistake
I see through you like a pane of glass
One shot of trouble and you're out like ras
Screaming about I'm not into this mess
I never really wanna get into this mess
You were going on like you're a gangster
When you were the first to outta ya
You got a real fake tan going love
Why you talking like you're black for then bruv
These a perfect storm coming on like Pinocchio
Your nose it just grew

Faking and frauding
I do believe mans talking
Real life gets boring
The truth we're all distorting

Don't ever tell no one, cause it's a secret
And if they find out I know I never leaked it
A crippled broken soul means to an ending
A thousand million of us just pretending
Living a lie still
Living a lie
Living a lie
I know what you are

Who gets caught in a relationship?
Where they can't go out and they're pussy whipped
All I wanted was a one night stand
Not worries with a woman who's spending grands
This was not supposed to be me
Caught in a place where I don't wanna be
Fucked now that's my reality
There's too many people them are sleeping with the enemy
So why the fuck do you stay with him for mum
But that's the way your dads always been son
Too much of this shit going on
And I can't tell who's

Faking and frauding
I do believe mans talking
Real life gets boring
The truth we're all distorting

Don't ever tell no one, cause it's a secret
And if they find out I know I never leaked it
A crippled broken soul means to an ending
A thousand million of us just pretending
Living a lie still
Living a lie
Living a lie

Detailed textual analysis

The song is entitled Learn to fly, it is by the post grunge/alternative rock band the foo fighters. Whilst the video itself is comical The lyrics for the song and the way in which it is performed give it a sense of empowerment, meaning that anyone can do anything they want to.

Lyrics:


Run and tell all of the angels, this could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution ‘cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughin’ and watched the last one die

Yeah, I’m lookin’ to the sky to save me
Lookin’ for a sign of life
Lookin’ for something to help me burn out bright
I’m lookin’ for a complication
Lookin’ ‘cause I’m tired of lyin’
Make my way back home when I learn to fly high

I think I’m dyin' nursing patience
It can wait one night
I’d give it all away if you give me one last try
We’ll live happily ever trapped if you just save my life
Run and tell the angels that everything’s alright

I’m lookin’ to the sky to save me
Lookin’ for a sign of life
Lookin’ for somethin’ to help me burn out bright
I’m lookin’ for a complication
Lookin’ ‘cause I’m tired of tryin’
Make my way back home when I learn to fly high
Make my way back home when I learn to…

Fly along with me, I can’t quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own
Fly along with me, I can’t quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own

I’m lookin’ to the sky to save me
Lookin’ for a sign of life
Lookin’ for somethin’ to help me burn out bright
I’m lookin’ for a complication
Lookin’ ‘cause I’m tired of tryin’
Make my way back home when I learn to…

I’m lookin’ to the sky to save me
Lookin’ for a sign of life
Lookin’ for something to help me burn out bright
I’m lookin’ for a complication
Lookin’ ‘cause I’m tired of tryin’
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
Make my way back home when I learn to…



Content:

Two engineers/cleaners are seen tidying the plane, these people are clearly identifiable as jack black and kyle glass both members of tenacious D who got promotion through this video.
Shortly after this a camp air steward, supposed to represent the stereotype gets on the plan, this causes the cleaners to panic who put the drugs they we're carrying in a coffee pot, as they we're startled by the air steward. In the back ground to this is another of the foo fighters songs playing as muzak.
After this the song starts to play, the film which is played along to this shows the band members in a variety of roles which are supposed to represent and parody a typical plane flight, such as being stuck between two fat people or screaming babies. The band members also play themselves in this film merely as passengers on board the plane. The onboard entertainment for this flight is footage of the foo fighters performing live. One of the main parts of the film is a young female music fan [played by Dave grohl plucking up the courage to get Dave Grohl himself to sign the album which learn to fly comes from.
After this happens all of the passengers on the plane as well as the pilots have a drink which contains the sleeping powder lef tthere by the cleaners, however the foo fighters themselves all have drinks, this means that when the plane is about to crash they are heroes and are able to save the day, as they are landing the plane they are seen reading a book called "learn to fly" which is a direct link to the song.

Brief textual analysis of a music video.

1. The foo fighters.
2. Learn to fly.
3. 1999
4. Jesse Peretz
5. The song is alternative rock or post grunge.
6. Yes the film takes place on a plane, which is directly linked to the lyrics "learn to fly" although it the song refers to a different thing to flying a plane.
7. There is a slight link to the music at the beginning although generally there is no link between the music and the editing.
8. The artists are shown to be fun loving and interesting, as they all play most of the characters within the band, at times cross dressing and playing characters far away from there usual persona's such as Dave Grohl playing the camp air steward.
9. no.
10. At the beginning there is Muzak playing on the radio, this is itself a speeded up version of the same bands song Everlong
11. The entire of the video is telling the story of the video, with no film of the band performing.

My favourite music video.

This video is called learn to fly, by the foo fighters, it was created in 1999. I like the video which is a parody of the film Airplane! in that it mocks all of the usual conventions found within an aero plane. The first part of the video shows two engineers attempting to smuggle drugs on board the plane, these engineers are jack black and kyle glass who are both musicians from the band tenacious D. The music which is playing in the background to this is a modified version of the foo fighters song everlong, which also itself has a video which is a good example of disjunture. The 2 engineers are then interupted by a camp flight attendant. the flight attendant is played by Dave Grohl the bands frontman, he and the other bandmembers (Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins) also fill a wide variety of roles within the film. which are shown below

Characters Dave Grohl portrays
Himself
The captain
A flamboyant flight attendant
A teenage girl who is a big fan of the band
One of the overweight ladies
An FBI agent

[edit]Characters Nate Mendel portrays
Himself
The flight engineer
A nerd-like man sitting between the two obese women portrayed by Grohl and Hawkins
A flight attendant who accidentally mixes the drugs with the coffee
A baby

[edit]Characters Taylor Hawkins portrays
Himself
A female flight attendant
The first officer
One of the overweight ladies
The Co-Pilots

Me as a consumer of music

My own preffered way of listening to music is to buy a CD, I do this as I prefer having the CD opposed to only owning the digital copy. I will usually by these cd's from online stores such as Amazon, due to the ever increasing prices of high street stores such as HMV.However i do occasionally download individual songs by a particular band. I also enjoy listening to live music, having seen bands such as motor head and the foo fighters live.

Personally i listen to metal and rock, i generally find though that most metal is unlistenable, due to the harsh vocals and general sound quality, some of my favourite bands include, the raga metal band skindred And older bands such as motor head and the sex pistols. I greatly enjoy seeing bands such as these live due to the atmosphere at their concerts. Many of the main metal bands which people listen to such as avenge sevenfold and bullet for my valentine i dislike due to how they sound and/or act.

My as contributions

During the research and planning stages of our media production i looked at other films of a similar nature, as well as looking at as many possible locations for our filming as possible. I did a large amount of the filming that went into our media product, although some of this did not make the final cut, due to the plot of our film changing as time passed, i only did a small amount of the editing on final cut for our peice, and this is one of the main areas i need to do more work on, to get a better understanding of the software.