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BONES BY JAMES BLUNTBY BRADLEY WHITE

MY CHOSEN GENREThe genre I have chosen to work on is pop rock and have been specifically interested in James Blunt. The song I have chosen is Bones by James Blunt because it outlines a good narrative that I can work with. Other song’s I have considered within the pop rock genre was Train songs like mermaid, drive by, 50 ways to say goodbye, angel in blue jeans and bruises. They all carry a narrative and the style of song I am interested in. For example in the music video angel in blue jeans there is this man played by Danny Trejo who is hopelessly in love with this woman which links with my concept.

MUSIC VIDEO IDEA / CONCEPT

The song starts up with a little instrumental which I thought of having a general wide angle, tracking shot of the main character Sam cycling down a path on top of a hill really early in the morning by himself in winter. The whole of the story he cycles and the music video keeps jumping from him cycling to his memories of this girl he loves. He is on his way to this girls house and is defying all the odds of making the journey which is traitorous but he would do it for her. After accomplishing all the obstacles and beating the odds her gets to place she always is round to sit and draw. He see’s her and as he get’s off his bike and walks towards her, she drops her notebook with all her drawing’s into the river, so he jumps in and swim’s after them eventually collecting them and as he is about to give them to her it’s a drawing of his and her names surrounded by love hearts. They look up at each other smile, hold hand’s then walk off into the fading sunset. As they walk off your hear his voice saying “I always knew you liked me”.

CONCEPT CONTINUED

In my music video I also plan to have a mix of different camera angles and types. The cycling “chase” part of my scene will be filmed using a go pro hero 4 silver camera to get a action shot of what the main artist Sam is experiencing and going to use the Go Pro to achieve different shot’s a regular camera can’t achieve. For example I can do multiple crane shot’s with this small camera and I shall also be able to film within water because it is water proof. So I can mange to get Sam diving into the river to save the sketch pad up close and personal giving my music video an extra dimension you cannot achieve with a normal camera.

THE DIFFERENT FILMING PARTSWithin my video there is going to be two main characters, the main singer (who is also the guy madly in love with the girl) played by Sam, and the girl of his dreams being played by “”. The three different shoots :1. Tracking bicycle shot, showing his journey to the girl he loves. 2. The shot’s just of the girl doing general activities that he remembers from the time they spend together. 3. The final scene, where they see each other at the place where she draws (place undecided at this specific moment).

LYRICSI have never been a beautiful boy.//Never liked the sound of my own voice.//I wasn’t cool when I was in my teens.//I never slept, but I did have dreams.//And as I step out in this big old world,//Seven billion just trying to cope.//And everyone of us some day will die but,

Today I’ve never felt more alive.//

Can you feel it coming?Can you feel it coming?Can you feel it, feel it, feel it,//Running through your bones?//Running through your bones.//Yeah, you set my heart on fire,And it’s all hard-wired to my bones.//

I can count all the things I fear.//I close my eyes but they don’t disappear.//If there’s a God then there’s a guarantee,//But if there’s not it’s just you and me.//


So kiss me before the sun falls down.Run before your legs give way.Swallow it all till you drown.(QUICK VERSE)


Running through my bones.// Yeah, you set my heart on fire, And it’s all hard-wired to my bones.// Running through my bones.// Running through my bones.//

TARGETAUDIENCE

My Artist Sam Jowett is going to be constructed in the same way as James Blunt, he is going to be constructed as a pop/rock artist with a style very similar to James blunt. He is going to appeal teenagers to young adults which is going to be shown by his style of clothing and him being quite young would obviously appeal to a younger audience. The song is very pop rock so may appeal to a wider audience because it is a very popular genre but Sam will be targeted for a younger audience. Sam will be targeted towards females more to make him look desirable, the kind of artist teenage girls will put his poster up on their wall.

INFLUENCESMy influences for this music video was generally the music by pop rock bands and artists like Train and James Blunt. I have done a lot of research into all the different genre’s including rock, hip – hop, indie and RnB and watched music videos to see the genres iconography but I specifically liked the pop genre with it’s bright up beat songs and love song stories. Watching music videos like Trains – Bruises ft. Ashley Monroe and Ed Sheeran/ Taylor Swifts song Everything has changed had a very interesting narrative of telling a love story which influenced my decision into choosing to create a pop love story music video. Also many romantic comedies influenced me to do a “love song”. Things like the How I Met Your Mother series encouraged because they always have story lines about relationships and I felt this song would be good for that type of story.

ANDREW GOODWIN’S CONVENTIONS

Andrew Goodwin’s conventions I shall be using are:1. Close Up’s2. Intertextuality3. Relationship between the music and the visuals4. Pop Rock Genre Style

CLOSE UP

I shall use the use of close up’s within my music video to create an intimate relationship between the audience and the artist. It will the audience to have sympathy for the artist and become “friends” with him. Also the use of close ups can show the expression in his face to show how he is feeling and how the audience should also be feeling at that time. The use of the changing of focus will also show what the audience should be looking at front the artists perspective. It will give a good effect and add depth to my music video.

INTERTEXUALITY I am going to use intertextuality to interlink my influences which made me want to do this song. The series “How I Met Your Mother” influenced me to do a romantic but yet up beat song. So I shall drop in some references to this series within my music video by visuals.

LINK BETWEEN THE MUSICAND THE VISUALS

This song “Bones” has different points in the song of having a fast tempo and a slow tempo. The tune in the verses are a lot slower which is where I would do long running shots with memories of her whereas in the upbeat chorus I will do quick edits with many different shots of Sam making the journey to her on his bike. As the song has the last chorus he will jump into the river in a frantic panic to save the book which will be upbeat like the tempo of the song. The song shall finish and be silent when the last shot is taken which will be still and silent linking the music with the visuals.

POP ROCK MUSIC GENREThe Pop Genre follows loads of different aspects depending on the song. For example a love song like Bones will be different to the Roar by Katy Perry. For example rock has stand out aspects to show it is rock, like having guitars drums, being dark and mainly the main artists don’t have a top on to show off their tattoos. Whereas the pop music genre has a range of iconography that could apply to many different genres, but after watching many pop rock music videos based on love I have found certain things that show up. For example in the Train music video of bruises, it shows a journey from the start to the finish in a way that is happy but also meaningful at the same time. The song being about people being “bruised” has a surprisingly happy vibe and is one of the iconography’s of the pop rock music genre.

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