Showing posts with label Meghan Trainor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meghan Trainor. Show all posts

Friday, 17 October 2014

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass



I have decided to look at this video again purely for the camera shots.
There are lots of shots in this video, almost every second, This is very effective and typical of a pop video and we would like to also create this affect with our music video. There are also a lot of filler shots in the video, which are quick, short shots that add to the story. For example in this video you have Meghan sitting on the floor with a barbie doll, then returns to the performance and then quickly cuts back to this filler shot. It has a fairly comical feel to it which we would like to portray in our 'Dear Future Husband' video. Having filler shots is also a good idea to get a good range in. We're going to have a lot of scenes, so it is important for us to film a lot of extra footage to use as filler shots so we can get that fast cutting rate in time with the song.

We highlighted all the words we see her sing and it is quite a lot but it is the most important words that are trying to send out a message. We are going to try and get this same convention in our video, but not have as much lip syncing as our video will be mostly narrative. 
We also drew a line on the lyrics to represent a cut in the video. This was very hard as there was so many. However it made us realise how many different shots are in music videos, and the volume of shots we need in ours.

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

1st Draft Treatment for 'Dear Future Husband' Music Video

All the narrative will be a dream or fantasy in the artists view.

Before the song starts (approx. 4 secs) we will have diegetic sound in the diner. The artist (main character) will put money into the jukebox and selecting a song to play, this will start in black and white filter. As the first stanza of the song is being played as diegetic sound the artist will go back to the table with her girlfriends as part of the narrative. This will be up to 19 seconds into the song. From 19-22 secs we will have a mid shot of about 3 men harmonising the 'aahhhhh' just before the song kicks in, we will fade the filter into enhanced colour, this is a performance part of the video.


In the diner as the song starts the first lyrics are 'Take me on a date' so we will have the artist watching the 'future husband' come through the entrance of the diner as she sits in a booth with her friends, it will be filmed in the mirror with both the artist and husband in the shot. This will be from 22-25 secs. 

The next shot will be an over the shoulder shot of the husband at the front door holding a bunch of flowers. This shot is from 25-30 secs it will show the door opening, the husband coming through the door and the hallway. This is also a narrative part of the video. At 30-34 secs we will then see the artist singing 'I'll be the perfect wife' in the kitchen with 'world's best wife' apron on. In the background there will be vintage shopping bags with groceries in, we will do a sweeping shot round to focus on their relationship and the shopping bags.




At 34 secs we will have a second long shot of peoples feet at a train station - commuting to work. This will be a real-life narrative. Then, we will cut to the artist at work in an office, she will comically playing a game on the computer or her phone, whilst we see her sing 'but, baby, so do I'. This will be a performance shot until 38 secs. 

From 38-43 secs we'll cut to the artist in the kitchen with a recipe book out with apple pie recipe page, flour and other cooking ingredients out on the surface. She will then get a burnt apple pie out of the oven, and then a ready made one out of the fridge on the line 'but i can find a hook'.
At the line 'sing along with me' we see the artist singing to the camera, this is at 43-46 secs. 



From 46-56 secs we will see the narrative involving them shopping in a clothes store and the 'husband' will hold up an expensive dress to her front, this will be a side/over shoulder shot, we see the artist sing 'treat me like a lady'. They will also be messing around.

From 58 secs-1.08 mins we will see the performance side of her singing in the diner to her girlfriends sitting down opposite her.

At 1.10-1.20 mins we will show the narrative of the artist with the 'future husband' of them walking through the town/streets at night time.




After we see them walking through the streets we will see the artist crying from a fight they've had, we will see the 'husband' then say sorry to the artist then hug her and kiss her head. This scene will be from 1.23-1.28 mins.

When she sings casually 'you know i'm never wrong' we will see an over the shoulder shot from the husbands point of view of her singing it to him as part of the narrative 1.28-1.30 mins.

At 1.30-1.34 mins we will see the artist singing directly to the camera as if the artist is getting sympathy with the audience, (who will mostly be girls).


Our next scene will be at a fireworks display. We will include a lot of handheld camera shots and amateur filming to create the effect that they're together and he's treating her well. We will have shots that include them standing together, fireworks in the background etc. This will be from 1.34-1.44 mins.



At 1.47 mins there is a key change. We will have further performance-the artist and her friends will be dancing. We will also see the artists lip syncing to the chorus-the 'live singing' part we can hear in the background.

This will be continued till 1.59mins, then it will go back to the narrative side till 2.08 mins, where we will see the artist being surrounded by the future husband's family in a home environment. 


2.11-2.23mins The artist will be in bed on her own (left side) and we see her go to sleep and into a dream. In the dream narrative they go to a posh restaurant and he opens the door for her, in a suit, as she walks through the door he gives her a kiss. We have a shot of the husband in a suit an pan down to see him get a ring box out of his pocket.

At 2.23 -2.32 mins The narrative side of the story will insist montages of the previous shots that included both artist and the future husband, this will be outtakes style.

2.35-2.44mins The artist will be performing to the camera, using a close up shot. This then applies to Goodwin's theory with the close up shot of the lip syncing and visuals amplifying the lyrics. We will also be using flashbacks of the previous shots and scenes we have used in the video.

2.47-2.57mins We will see the narrative side of the artist putting her arms round the future husband's neck, pan round with a long shot of him pinching her bottom. On the line "Tell me I'm beautiful", we will once again get a close up shot this time of the husband lip syncing 'You're beautiful' to her.
2.58-3.02mins towards to the end, we see him preparing to propose as part of the dream narrative. We will then after the music stops, we will change to diegetic/no sound as he goes down on one knee to propose and holding the open box with a ring. 

Monday, 6 October 2014

Monday Morning Update 08/10/2014

Last night Meghan Trainor went to number 1 in the UK with her debut single 'All about that Bass'. This shows that her music style and her music video is very popular with almost 125 million views on YouTube. This means that we could take some typical conventions of her video and use them in ours, or (on the other hand) we could contrast with her and challenge the conventions she has used. 


Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Meghan Trainor-All About That Bass (Theories)



Meghan Trainor is our chosen artist so I thought it would be a good idea to look at her other work. She has recently had a very successful song 'All About That Bass'.

Theory
Applying Goodwins theory to this music video it is a very amplified video. It exaggerates the key theme and meaning to the video so much, which is the fact you should be comfortable with yourself an have confidence no matter what anyone says. This could also link to Levi-Strauss' theory that there are binary oppositions within the video. There are clear opposites in this, the main one being thin and curvy but also elements of young and old, and men and women. 

The artist herself is subjective in the video as it is her telling the story and performing rather than watching over the performance. 

Visuals
The video consists of a lot of colour, particularly pastel colours which is very girl-y. This is what a pop video should have, she has kept to the conventions here. Another convention applied in this music video is the performance, there is a lot of dancing which projects a very lively feel to draw the audience in. It often cuts to different scenes of different people dancing and different outfits and different orders, this appeals to the audience as they get to see the artist in many ways and at different angles.

Lyrics
The lyrics are very repetitive in this song, the artist looks at the camera and we see her sing to the important lyrics that she means and the phrases she wants to get out to the audience and her beliefs she wants to portray. These lyrics include one about herself, and the audience, 'every inch of you is perfect', 'I'm no stick thin barbie doll'. You could consider Steve Archer's theory for the use of lyrics in this music video. The artist in this video is the centre of attention (also typical of pop in general) there is lots of close-ups of her lip syncing and dancing, being in the heart of the video, suggesting that the feeling and moods about the song and video are more genuine.

Monday, 29 September 2014

News Update

Whilst looking at the entertainment & arts news site I came across some news about our artist. It was the first article on the page. Meghan Trainer has become the first artist that had entered the charts purely through the number of streams to her song. The rule on this changed three months ago on how the chart is updated included streams as well as downloads. Meghan Trainor's first single is not even out yet, it was only released this morning and was in the charts at number 33 yesterday.

Since choosing our song and artist Meghan Trainor has become much more famous and well known, with her song 'All about that bass'. We now know that her style of music and persona is loved and is very popular with the mass audience, so we can be confident now when creating our music video.