http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gte3BoXKwP0 Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield. This video is 3:01 minutes long.
Music video starts out with a guy doing spray paint and a kid coloring at home while his parents are auguring. In the beginning the music video takes place in a corporate office setting. There are a few parts where they zoom up on the singer in the same outfit and setting singing the song. She jumps out of the office building with a parachute. When the singing is falling through the sky it looks fake. I think they could have made it a little bit more realistic. Between 50 and 52 seconds the singer changes outfit in the middle of the sky, but it doesn't actually show her changing outfits. After she lands on the roof a lot more people fall from the sky and land on the roof too. The extra people take off their parachute and start dancing. At 1:17 minutes the singer changes outfits again. They show the spray paint guy break through the wall on to the roof. The singer goes back and forth between multiple outfits. They show the little kid again covering his ears because his parents are arguing. The kid shows up on the rooftop with the singer and dancer. The singer starts floating up towards the sky in a giant pink flower. I'm not crazy about her dance moves in the flower. It ends with the singer in the flower looking down on the kid.
I really like the beginning of the story. I think a lot of people would feel the same way. That they want to get away from their office setting, work, or home, or go someplace else. I like how the singer opens up the office window and jumps out, but I wish her falling from the sky was more realistic. The timing of the song and the scenes went well together. I like the costuming of the singer, but I thought it was random that she changed her outfit in the middle of a piece. She went from professional to causal and fun outfit and that worked well with the song. Her acting was good in the beginning. I don't like music videos where the singers sing the whole time (you actually see them singing). I thought this music video had a good balance of singing parts and non singing parts. There is a part of the song where it says, "there's are only butterflies." When she sings that she releases a whole bunch of red butterflies, I like that part. There are some scenes where it matches the song's words, but the whole video isn't like that, which is good. I thought this was a pretty well done music video.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Barbie Girl by Aqua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A Barbie Girl by Aqua. This song is 3:22 minutes long. This is an iconic song (for most people).
I really like this music video. It fits with the song perfectly. I used to play with Barbies and Barbie houses, so the colors, props, clothing, car, and places fit well with the things that went with Barbie. This music video is supposed to be cheesy, fake, and playful.
The video starts out with their logo. The actual music starts at 8 seconds into the video. The first scene is "Ken" in a pink car waiting outside of "Barbie's" house, which is pink. Barbie, which is played my the woman singer is in her garden. The whole band is in the pink car driving towards the audience. At 17 seconds their logo pops up again in English and another language. The car scene is totally fake, but I think it is supposed to be that way. They introduce the characters one at a time. The camera zooms in on a member of the band and then their name pops up. They divide the scenes into three sections with three different outfits by the same character. It also has a pink border. At 48 seconds there is a video effect where water is bubbling and moving across the screen. At 1:16 minutes Barbie goes to give her dog water, which is a stuff animal and on the side of the pink water bowl says "Aqua." It shows the band's logo on the bowl is a discreet way. They also show their logo at the bottom of the pool. At 2:28 minutes starts the night party scene. All of the band members and some extra people are at Barbie's house. Towards the end Ken accidently pulls off Barbie's arm because they are all holding hands because they are making a train. You can hear a soft popping sound when her arm comes off. I think that's funny. Then Ken is moving her arm that he popped off and Barbie looks really sad that she doesn't have her other arm. It ends with Barbie and Ken kissing each other and then a pink heart surrounds the picture. It says "The End" in the same font as the rest of the titling. It is a silly, fun font and it has a white and black outline around the letters.
At 57 seconds they divide the screen again between Barbie and Ken and there is a pink phone cord that divides the two people. I like how they used a pink phone cord instead of just a pink line to divide the two people. All of the colors are bright and vibrant. There are a lot of different transitions. It looks like the transitions are from Microsoft PowerPoint. I wouldn't like those transitions in a typically music video, but I think it works okay for this one. This video is supposed to be fun and cheesy. I like the part where Ken is waiting for Barbie in the car and he is telling her to "come on Barbie let's go party" and Barbie is taking forever to go to the car. The facial expression on Ken is funny because he is getting annoyed and inpatient with Barbie.
There are some parts in the music video where they voices don't match up. I knew the people were lip syncing, but the editors could have matched up their voices better. I know almost everything is fake in this video, but it's supposed to be that way. It's a fun video to watch. There isn't much graphic design or good video editing shown in this piece. Not ever music video has to be "well-designed" and look realistic.
I really like this music video. It fits with the song perfectly. I used to play with Barbies and Barbie houses, so the colors, props, clothing, car, and places fit well with the things that went with Barbie. This music video is supposed to be cheesy, fake, and playful.
The video starts out with their logo. The actual music starts at 8 seconds into the video. The first scene is "Ken" in a pink car waiting outside of "Barbie's" house, which is pink. Barbie, which is played my the woman singer is in her garden. The whole band is in the pink car driving towards the audience. At 17 seconds their logo pops up again in English and another language. The car scene is totally fake, but I think it is supposed to be that way. They introduce the characters one at a time. The camera zooms in on a member of the band and then their name pops up. They divide the scenes into three sections with three different outfits by the same character. It also has a pink border. At 48 seconds there is a video effect where water is bubbling and moving across the screen. At 1:16 minutes Barbie goes to give her dog water, which is a stuff animal and on the side of the pink water bowl says "Aqua." It shows the band's logo on the bowl is a discreet way. They also show their logo at the bottom of the pool. At 2:28 minutes starts the night party scene. All of the band members and some extra people are at Barbie's house. Towards the end Ken accidently pulls off Barbie's arm because they are all holding hands because they are making a train. You can hear a soft popping sound when her arm comes off. I think that's funny. Then Ken is moving her arm that he popped off and Barbie looks really sad that she doesn't have her other arm. It ends with Barbie and Ken kissing each other and then a pink heart surrounds the picture. It says "The End" in the same font as the rest of the titling. It is a silly, fun font and it has a white and black outline around the letters.
At 57 seconds they divide the screen again between Barbie and Ken and there is a pink phone cord that divides the two people. I like how they used a pink phone cord instead of just a pink line to divide the two people. All of the colors are bright and vibrant. There are a lot of different transitions. It looks like the transitions are from Microsoft PowerPoint. I wouldn't like those transitions in a typically music video, but I think it works okay for this one. This video is supposed to be fun and cheesy. I like the part where Ken is waiting for Barbie in the car and he is telling her to "come on Barbie let's go party" and Barbie is taking forever to go to the car. The facial expression on Ken is funny because he is getting annoyed and inpatient with Barbie.
There are some parts in the music video where they voices don't match up. I knew the people were lip syncing, but the editors could have matched up their voices better. I know almost everything is fake in this video, but it's supposed to be that way. It's a fun video to watch. There isn't much graphic design or good video editing shown in this piece. Not ever music video has to be "well-designed" and look realistic.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Upside Down (Bouncing Off the Ceiling) by A*Teens Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHbUuf1Ex7Y Upside Down (Bouncing Off the Ceiling) by A*Teens
I don't think many people have heard of The A*Teens. They were a Swedish pop group. The band was active from 1998-2004. They were an ABBA tribute band. This song came out in 2000.
This music video starts in a white room with blue poles. They show a zoomed in and zoomed out angle of each band member and the screen is asymmetrically divided between the two different pictures. They show the band members walking on the ceiling. They are all dressed in white. They show the band members in a different outfit in a more playful/bedroom room. The video flips from right side up to side ways to upside. This happens a lot during the video. The guys are in one car and the girls are in another car driving. Both people are singing their parts in the song (guy and girl part). They show all of the band members in white again walking down this hallway. The people slowly get closer to the screen and then it transitions to them walking in the same position, but with different clothes on. Around 2:18 minutes the one girl singer looks like she is floating towards the screen singing. I think that is a weird and awkward part. If she is going to be that close to the screen she shouldn't appear to be floating. There are a lot of extra people dancing around 2:24 minutes.
There are a lot of transitions and video effects through this piece including reflection, turning the video upside, flickering, dividing the screen, and flipping the screen. It is very annoying that the voices don't match at all with the people lip syncing in the video. I understand that this song is called "Upside Down," but that doesn't mean flip the screen upside or sideways every five seconds. This was one of my favorite songs when I was younger and that won't change, but the music video is not that good. I think there are some good concepts and parts, but I don't think it was executed well. I thought this video was amazing when I was a little kid, but not anymore. I do like the different zoomed in and zoomed out shots and the different angles of the people and the room. I thought the place was interesting too. The video quality was poor. It was blurry and fuzzy in some spots.
I don't think many people have heard of The A*Teens. They were a Swedish pop group. The band was active from 1998-2004. They were an ABBA tribute band. This song came out in 2000.
This music video starts in a white room with blue poles. They show a zoomed in and zoomed out angle of each band member and the screen is asymmetrically divided between the two different pictures. They show the band members walking on the ceiling. They are all dressed in white. They show the band members in a different outfit in a more playful/bedroom room. The video flips from right side up to side ways to upside. This happens a lot during the video. The guys are in one car and the girls are in another car driving. Both people are singing their parts in the song (guy and girl part). They show all of the band members in white again walking down this hallway. The people slowly get closer to the screen and then it transitions to them walking in the same position, but with different clothes on. Around 2:18 minutes the one girl singer looks like she is floating towards the screen singing. I think that is a weird and awkward part. If she is going to be that close to the screen she shouldn't appear to be floating. There are a lot of extra people dancing around 2:24 minutes.
There are a lot of transitions and video effects through this piece including reflection, turning the video upside, flickering, dividing the screen, and flipping the screen. It is very annoying that the voices don't match at all with the people lip syncing in the video. I understand that this song is called "Upside Down," but that doesn't mean flip the screen upside or sideways every five seconds. This was one of my favorite songs when I was younger and that won't change, but the music video is not that good. I think there are some good concepts and parts, but I don't think it was executed well. I thought this video was amazing when I was a little kid, but not anymore. I do like the different zoomed in and zoomed out shots and the different angles of the people and the room. I thought the place was interesting too. The video quality was poor. It was blurry and fuzzy in some spots.
Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0 Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters. This music video is 4: 36 minutes long.
This is a very funny music video. I have listen to this song many times and I have never seen the music video. Jack Black is in this music video. The band members play themselves as well as other roles including woman roles (all of the band members are guys).
I like that there is a introduction before the music video starts. The characters are really funny. The costume of each character makes it believable. It takes place on an airplane.
This music video didn't have any of the band members singing in it expect for when the passengers were watching a concert on the t.v.'s above the seat. I like when the "girl" taps on one of the band members shoulder while he is sleeping so she could get his autograph. The flight attendants are serving everybody coffee, but the coffee is actually "World Domination Erotic Sleeping Powder." They also show a few scenes outside of the airplane where the airplane is taking off. Some of the people are talking in the music video, but you can't hear them. The "coffee" is effective people and everybody is acting weird and crazy. The pilots are having a hard time flying the plane because the coffee made them not think straight and have hallucinations. The plane loses control and the pilots can't fly the plane anymore, so the band members step in. While the band members are trying to figure out how to land the plane the woman flight attended pulls out a instruction manual that says "Learn to Fly." That's the name of the song. I think that's a clever way to put the title of the song into the music video without it being that noticeable. The band members successfully land the plane and the people who put drugs in the coffee got arrested. Towards the end they had scenes from a Foo Fighter concert singing the song. I don't know if I like the music video going back and forth between the airplane and the concert. They only do it a few times, so it doesn't bother me that much.
This was a interesting and creative music video. It told a story in less than 5 minutes. I like how 90% of the music video was the story and not people actually singing the song in a music video. The actors and the costumes made this video come to life. I also like how they slipped the title of the song into the video by using a manual, I thought that was clever. I didn't notice that the first time, but I did the second time. The scenes flowed nicely together expect for the real concert scenes. I liked out they made the concert look like it was on the t.v. screen on the airplane.
This is a very funny music video. I have listen to this song many times and I have never seen the music video. Jack Black is in this music video. The band members play themselves as well as other roles including woman roles (all of the band members are guys).
I like that there is a introduction before the music video starts. The characters are really funny. The costume of each character makes it believable. It takes place on an airplane.
This music video didn't have any of the band members singing in it expect for when the passengers were watching a concert on the t.v.'s above the seat. I like when the "girl" taps on one of the band members shoulder while he is sleeping so she could get his autograph. The flight attendants are serving everybody coffee, but the coffee is actually "World Domination Erotic Sleeping Powder." They also show a few scenes outside of the airplane where the airplane is taking off. Some of the people are talking in the music video, but you can't hear them. The "coffee" is effective people and everybody is acting weird and crazy. The pilots are having a hard time flying the plane because the coffee made them not think straight and have hallucinations. The plane loses control and the pilots can't fly the plane anymore, so the band members step in. While the band members are trying to figure out how to land the plane the woman flight attended pulls out a instruction manual that says "Learn to Fly." That's the name of the song. I think that's a clever way to put the title of the song into the music video without it being that noticeable. The band members successfully land the plane and the people who put drugs in the coffee got arrested. Towards the end they had scenes from a Foo Fighter concert singing the song. I don't know if I like the music video going back and forth between the airplane and the concert. They only do it a few times, so it doesn't bother me that much.
This was a interesting and creative music video. It told a story in less than 5 minutes. I like how 90% of the music video was the story and not people actually singing the song in a music video. The actors and the costumes made this video come to life. I also like how they slipped the title of the song into the video by using a manual, I thought that was clever. I didn't notice that the first time, but I did the second time. The scenes flowed nicely together expect for the real concert scenes. I liked out they made the concert look like it was on the t.v. screen on the airplane.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Cruise by Florida Georgia Line and Nelly (Remix) Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmZ9xRO7M9M Cruise by Florida Georgia Line and Nelly (Remix). This video is 3: 36 minutes long.
This video starts out with Nelly in his nice white car. They zoomed in on Nelly while he is talking on the phone then they zoom out. The song starts at 16 seconds. The band and nelly and some extra people are in a field with their trucks and its dark and smoky. Nelly is racing in his car and the band members are racing their Chevy trucks. They show some scenes of girls acting seductive on motorcycles and cars. They show girls dancing slow. The band members and nelly sing with the song while they are in they field. At the end they line a lot of cars up on the road and the people are walking in between the cars and in front of the cars. The last scene are the band members and Nelly walking towards the audience with smoke behind them.
I like how there is a small introduction in the beginning before the actual song starts. Nelly is talking to the band members in his car while "Cruise" is playing on his radio. The races scenes look very realistic. It looks like the filmed the race scenes in a desert looking place. I like how the camera goes back and forth between the three people in the 3 different cars. Sometimes they slow the speed of the video when the girls are dancing and other times they speed it up during the race scenes. It adds some interest to the video when they do that. They only do this a couple times. The music video fits well with the song. I imagined their music video to have some sort of racing, cars, and girls in it. The video quality is very good. None of the shots are blurry. The music matches with the people singing pretty well. Much better than other music videos.
This video starts out with Nelly in his nice white car. They zoomed in on Nelly while he is talking on the phone then they zoom out. The song starts at 16 seconds. The band and nelly and some extra people are in a field with their trucks and its dark and smoky. Nelly is racing in his car and the band members are racing their Chevy trucks. They show some scenes of girls acting seductive on motorcycles and cars. They show girls dancing slow. The band members and nelly sing with the song while they are in they field. At the end they line a lot of cars up on the road and the people are walking in between the cars and in front of the cars. The last scene are the band members and Nelly walking towards the audience with smoke behind them.
I like how there is a small introduction in the beginning before the actual song starts. Nelly is talking to the band members in his car while "Cruise" is playing on his radio. The races scenes look very realistic. It looks like the filmed the race scenes in a desert looking place. I like how the camera goes back and forth between the three people in the 3 different cars. Sometimes they slow the speed of the video when the girls are dancing and other times they speed it up during the race scenes. It adds some interest to the video when they do that. They only do this a couple times. The music video fits well with the song. I imagined their music video to have some sort of racing, cars, and girls in it. The video quality is very good. None of the shots are blurry. The music matches with the people singing pretty well. Much better than other music videos.
Friday, November 15, 2013
The Fighter by Gym Class Heroes Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxV-OOIamyk The Fighter by Gym Class Heroes. This music video is 3:55 minutes long.
It's starts out with a young guy looking into space. I don't think it's one of the band members. I think it's just an actor. He says his name, he is an Olympic gymnastic, from New York, and he's a fighter. When he says that he is a fighter the camera turns to a side shot of his face and he actually says the sentence. Then it shows the band member playing the piano then cuts to the other guy walking in black and white. They show the whole band playing their instruments in a gym in color then it goes back to the young guy doing his exercises, washing his face, or traveling in black and white. When the young guy is in the Olympic training center it goes back to color. It goes back and forth between the band members and the young guy training. At 2:45 minutes they show a black and white video of a young boy (I think it's the same guy in the video, but younger) doing a flip off of the rings. That video is a little blurry and low quality, so it looks like a home video for a long time ago. At 2:50 minutes they show the same guy in a uniform doing flips off of the mounting vault. It looks like the actual Olympic place or practice round. Towards the end they show some more clips of the black and white video of the young boy practicing. The last scene is where they zoomed in really close to the young guy's face and he sheds a tear.
I really like this video. It is well done. This video fits perfectly with the lyrics of the song. It's interested that the video went back and forth from black and white to color. I think it worked well. It was consistent during the whole video, so it worked. I like when they show the young guy taking a picture with 5 kids in a training room. It looks like the guy is now a trainer and these kids are student. They show that scene at 3:06 minutes. I also like how they showed a home video of a young boy practicing years ago. That's a nice touch. It also shows how far this guy has come. He has been training since he was a little kid and now he is in the Olympics. I'm assuming the boy in the home video was the same guy in this music video. This music video is very inspiring. The music matched the singing of the band members pretty well. They told an amazing story in lees than 4 minutes.
It's starts out with a young guy looking into space. I don't think it's one of the band members. I think it's just an actor. He says his name, he is an Olympic gymnastic, from New York, and he's a fighter. When he says that he is a fighter the camera turns to a side shot of his face and he actually says the sentence. Then it shows the band member playing the piano then cuts to the other guy walking in black and white. They show the whole band playing their instruments in a gym in color then it goes back to the young guy doing his exercises, washing his face, or traveling in black and white. When the young guy is in the Olympic training center it goes back to color. It goes back and forth between the band members and the young guy training. At 2:45 minutes they show a black and white video of a young boy (I think it's the same guy in the video, but younger) doing a flip off of the rings. That video is a little blurry and low quality, so it looks like a home video for a long time ago. At 2:50 minutes they show the same guy in a uniform doing flips off of the mounting vault. It looks like the actual Olympic place or practice round. Towards the end they show some more clips of the black and white video of the young boy practicing. The last scene is where they zoomed in really close to the young guy's face and he sheds a tear.
I really like this video. It is well done. This video fits perfectly with the lyrics of the song. It's interested that the video went back and forth from black and white to color. I think it worked well. It was consistent during the whole video, so it worked. I like when they show the young guy taking a picture with 5 kids in a training room. It looks like the guy is now a trainer and these kids are student. They show that scene at 3:06 minutes. I also like how they showed a home video of a young boy practicing years ago. That's a nice touch. It also shows how far this guy has come. He has been training since he was a little kid and now he is in the Olympics. I'm assuming the boy in the home video was the same guy in this music video. This music video is very inspiring. The music matched the singing of the band members pretty well. They told an amazing story in lees than 4 minutes.
That's My Kind of Night by Luke Bryan Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crCqWK3SmRo That's My Kind of Night by Luke Bryan. This video is 3:51 minutes long.
This is the first time I have watched this music video. I'm not a big country fan, but there are a few country/country pop songs that I like. I haven't seen a music video edited like this before. It's interesting.
It's starts off with someone lighting an arrow on fire Then he shots the fiery arrow into the sky and it lands on a pile of wood and starts a huge bon fire. The music doesn't start till 32 seconds into the video. They show Luke Bryan singing and dancing on his truck. The scenes go with the beat of the song. They pause a clip for a second and it's in black and white. Then they show Luke Bryan on half of the screen divided by a diagonal black line with the bonfire on the other side of the screen. Then they show a close up of a young woman in the water then the screen is divided into three sections: the young woman in the water, a close-up of hands clapping by the bonfire, and a close up of people walking. The video continues with this pattern through the entire video. They show a scene of something or someone, it pauses the scene for a second then turns it into black and white then the screen is divided 2, 3, or 4 times with color scenes. It's hard to explain. The whole video pretty much takes places at night by a lake in a huge field with a bonfire and a lot of young people dancing.
This was the first scene I was talking about
I like the introduction in the beginning, but I think it's a little long. I'm not sure how I feel about this video. I kind of like how it's edited, but then again a don't. It's different. I like how some of the scenes pause and turn to black and white. I like the different cuts and angles in this video. They show a lot of different scenes in a short amount of time. The music video fits perfectly with the lyrics of the song. Maybe if they didn't do so many screen divides I would like it more. I think it's an interesting edit, but I think they over used it.
This is the first time I have watched this music video. I'm not a big country fan, but there are a few country/country pop songs that I like. I haven't seen a music video edited like this before. It's interesting.
It's starts off with someone lighting an arrow on fire Then he shots the fiery arrow into the sky and it lands on a pile of wood and starts a huge bon fire. The music doesn't start till 32 seconds into the video. They show Luke Bryan singing and dancing on his truck. The scenes go with the beat of the song. They pause a clip for a second and it's in black and white. Then they show Luke Bryan on half of the screen divided by a diagonal black line with the bonfire on the other side of the screen. Then they show a close up of a young woman in the water then the screen is divided into three sections: the young woman in the water, a close-up of hands clapping by the bonfire, and a close up of people walking. The video continues with this pattern through the entire video. They show a scene of something or someone, it pauses the scene for a second then turns it into black and white then the screen is divided 2, 3, or 4 times with color scenes. It's hard to explain. The whole video pretty much takes places at night by a lake in a huge field with a bonfire and a lot of young people dancing.
This was the first scene I was talking about
I like the introduction in the beginning, but I think it's a little long. I'm not sure how I feel about this video. I kind of like how it's edited, but then again a don't. It's different. I like how some of the scenes pause and turn to black and white. I like the different cuts and angles in this video. They show a lot of different scenes in a short amount of time. The music video fits perfectly with the lyrics of the song. Maybe if they didn't do so many screen divides I would like it more. I think it's an interesting edit, but I think they over used it.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
I'm Gonna Getcha Good by Shania Twain Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Pb3EJY5Qg I'm Gonna Getcha Good! by Shania Twain This video is 4:19 minutes long.
I absolutely loved Shania Twain when I was younger. I was obsessed with this song and I watched the music video over and over again on MTV when MTV was strictly a music video show.
It starts out with Shania dressed in a all black skin tight suit and she is getting on this motorcycle that has blue and pink flames. The music starts at 8 seconds. They show a building where robots are walking around and Shania and the band are inside a glass room. She is in a different outfit while she is in the room with the band, but it's still a dark skin tight outfit. She sings with the song while she is in the room with the band. Sometimes she sings while she is driving the motorcycle. The whole music video takes place in this robot/ sci fi world. It goes back and forth between Shania singing with the band behind glass and driving the motorcycle trying to escape a giant bad robot. The end is surprising and interesting. I'm not quite sure what it means. The motorcycle and sci fi woman picks up the robot's eye and throws in at the glass where the singing realistic Shania is standing behind. It shows the glass breaking as the robot eye is flying through it. I like how you can hear the sound of the glass breaking. The realistic Shania looks lost and confused. She steps out from behind the glass and looks at this sci fi robotic world. I like how it ends. It doesn't end when the last note of the song ends. It continues the story.
I like the video effects when she is driving the motorcycle through this sci fi world. Some parts look fake, but others look realistic. The song came out in 2002, 11 years ago. I was 9 when this song came out. I think the effects are pretty good considering how much further technology and video effects have come along. They video did a good job going back and forth between the band and the motorcycle racing scene. I really like how they show the sci fi Shania racing through bridges and tunnels. I like the different scene cuts. They zoom in and out on Shania singing. The color choices are amazing in this video. All of the colors are in the same color family. The colors are dark and they are mainly black and blues. The robots are different colors, but they still stick with the same color family. I think the music matches well with Shania's singing.
I absolutely loved Shania Twain when I was younger. I was obsessed with this song and I watched the music video over and over again on MTV when MTV was strictly a music video show.
It starts out with Shania dressed in a all black skin tight suit and she is getting on this motorcycle that has blue and pink flames. The music starts at 8 seconds. They show a building where robots are walking around and Shania and the band are inside a glass room. She is in a different outfit while she is in the room with the band, but it's still a dark skin tight outfit. She sings with the song while she is in the room with the band. Sometimes she sings while she is driving the motorcycle. The whole music video takes place in this robot/ sci fi world. It goes back and forth between Shania singing with the band behind glass and driving the motorcycle trying to escape a giant bad robot. The end is surprising and interesting. I'm not quite sure what it means. The motorcycle and sci fi woman picks up the robot's eye and throws in at the glass where the singing realistic Shania is standing behind. It shows the glass breaking as the robot eye is flying through it. I like how you can hear the sound of the glass breaking. The realistic Shania looks lost and confused. She steps out from behind the glass and looks at this sci fi robotic world. I like how it ends. It doesn't end when the last note of the song ends. It continues the story.
I like the video effects when she is driving the motorcycle through this sci fi world. Some parts look fake, but others look realistic. The song came out in 2002, 11 years ago. I was 9 when this song came out. I think the effects are pretty good considering how much further technology and video effects have come along. They video did a good job going back and forth between the band and the motorcycle racing scene. I really like how they show the sci fi Shania racing through bridges and tunnels. I like the different scene cuts. They zoom in and out on Shania singing. The color choices are amazing in this video. All of the colors are in the same color family. The colors are dark and they are mainly black and blues. The robots are different colors, but they still stick with the same color family. I think the music matches well with Shania's singing.
People like Us by Kelly Clarkson- Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWbMz_aBlMU People like Us by Kelly Clarkson. This video is 3:46 minutes long.
It starts out with Kelly Clarkson singing and the camera is zoomed in on her lips. Then there is a white flash and it changes scenes to Kelly Clarkson dressed in a lab coat with 4 other doctors (or doctors of the sort) standing by her looking down at something with clipboards in hand, this part is in black and white. They show what they are looking at, which is a young girl in color. Then it cuts back to Kelly Clarkson singing in color in a empty room. It switches back and forth between Kelly Clarkson singing and the black and white doctors observing the young girl. At 1:46 minutes the black and white Kelly Clarkson doctor goes in the young girl (she is in color) room and she bends down and grabs the girls hand. She rubs the girl's hand on her face and some of the black and white Kelly Clarkson doctor's face is now in color. The doctor says "Let's Go" to the young girl, but you can't hear it. The doctor helps the girl break out of the building. There are people chasing them. The doctor and the girl drive away in a nice bright orange car around 2: 59 minutes. Everything else around them is black and white. The people are still chasing them. Then they drive through a tunnel. When they reach the end of the tunnel everything is in bright colors and there are about 20 other people surround the car, doctor, and young girl. The 2 guys that were chasing them get out of the car, but they don't change colors. They are still in black and white. Towards the end they show a zoomed out angle of a black and white city then they show the color sky it the camera quickly moves to show a colored Earth. The last scene is the doctor Kelly Clarkson now in color singing the last line of the song.
I really like this music video. It is very creative. It fits well with the lyrics of the song. I really like the story that this music video told. I thought it was creative and interesting how the doctor scenes were in black and white, but the young girl was in color. It showed that the young girl was different (people like us). I really liked the end. How everything was in color expect for the two guys chasing them. This is a well done music video. I like how it went back and forth between the doctor scenes and Kelly Clarkson singing in another room. Even though the doctor and the girl never actually talked I could tell what was going on by there facial expressions. At 1:02 the doctor Kelly Clarkson pulls out her phone that is bright yellow. That was a little foreshadowing of what was to come next. The editors did a great job of putting this video together and showing different cuts. I want to know how they make one person in color and the other people in black and white. The car chase seemed a little fake. That's the only part that I didn't like. The music fit well with her singing.
It starts out with Kelly Clarkson singing and the camera is zoomed in on her lips. Then there is a white flash and it changes scenes to Kelly Clarkson dressed in a lab coat with 4 other doctors (or doctors of the sort) standing by her looking down at something with clipboards in hand, this part is in black and white. They show what they are looking at, which is a young girl in color. Then it cuts back to Kelly Clarkson singing in color in a empty room. It switches back and forth between Kelly Clarkson singing and the black and white doctors observing the young girl. At 1:46 minutes the black and white Kelly Clarkson doctor goes in the young girl (she is in color) room and she bends down and grabs the girls hand. She rubs the girl's hand on her face and some of the black and white Kelly Clarkson doctor's face is now in color. The doctor says "Let's Go" to the young girl, but you can't hear it. The doctor helps the girl break out of the building. There are people chasing them. The doctor and the girl drive away in a nice bright orange car around 2: 59 minutes. Everything else around them is black and white. The people are still chasing them. Then they drive through a tunnel. When they reach the end of the tunnel everything is in bright colors and there are about 20 other people surround the car, doctor, and young girl. The 2 guys that were chasing them get out of the car, but they don't change colors. They are still in black and white. Towards the end they show a zoomed out angle of a black and white city then they show the color sky it the camera quickly moves to show a colored Earth. The last scene is the doctor Kelly Clarkson now in color singing the last line of the song.
I really like this music video. It is very creative. It fits well with the lyrics of the song. I really like the story that this music video told. I thought it was creative and interesting how the doctor scenes were in black and white, but the young girl was in color. It showed that the young girl was different (people like us). I really liked the end. How everything was in color expect for the two guys chasing them. This is a well done music video. I like how it went back and forth between the doctor scenes and Kelly Clarkson singing in another room. Even though the doctor and the girl never actually talked I could tell what was going on by there facial expressions. At 1:02 the doctor Kelly Clarkson pulls out her phone that is bright yellow. That was a little foreshadowing of what was to come next. The editors did a great job of putting this video together and showing different cuts. I want to know how they make one person in color and the other people in black and white. The car chase seemed a little fake. That's the only part that I didn't like. The music fit well with her singing.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) - Fallout Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIWmsP3c_s My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) by Fallout Boy
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
On Top of the World- Imagine Dragons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons. This video is 4:04 minutes long.
It starts out with a young boy riding his tricycle to a group of people watching T.V. outside. They are looking in the glass were the T.V. is and the people are outside. The young boy has a aluminum foil cap on.
The people are dressed from the 60's and 70's. The T.V. looks old (from that time period). They show each of the band members leaving their love ones and driving away. The four band members walk into this big white building. Then it shows them getting dressed in astronaut suits. The T.V. shows the rocket launching and the astronaut walking into the rocket. At 2:02 the music stops and you can hear and see the T.V. have technically difficulties. At 2:09 it cuts to the astronaut landing on the moon and then a giant microphone lands on his hand. The music resumes at 2:14 minutes and it shows someone holding a clapperboard over the astronaut. Then the camera zooms out and shows the studio where they are filming the moon landing. Right then, the audience knows that its fake, but the people in the music video don't know. They think it's real. The T.V. shows 2 people landing on the moon with the American flag. They show everybody happy that the Americans were the first to land on the moon. There is one guy that doesn't look happy and looks like he did something wrong.
I wasn't expected the music video to be this when I first listen to the song. It makes sense the more I think about it. The song is called "On top of the World" and the video is about being on top of the moon, so you can see the top of the world. I like how they didn't show the people landing on the moon was filmed in a studio until later in the video. Until they showed the microphone landing on the astronaut I thought it was real. I'm sure it will make some people think... did we land on the moon or was it all a scam? The music video showed that in a funny way. I like how towards the end the band members in the astronaut suits were playing golf, driving a car, playing instruments, and acting silly. The costumes help make this video look like it is from a few decades ago. The video quality is good and none of the shots are blurry. I really like how they showed a old TV with their film on it. It was in sepia and it looked like it could have been a TV from back in the 60's or 70's. I absolutely love this song. I am doing a music video for my next project and I chose "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons.
It starts out with a young boy riding his tricycle to a group of people watching T.V. outside. They are looking in the glass were the T.V. is and the people are outside. The young boy has a aluminum foil cap on.
The people are dressed from the 60's and 70's. The T.V. looks old (from that time period). They show each of the band members leaving their love ones and driving away. The four band members walk into this big white building. Then it shows them getting dressed in astronaut suits. The T.V. shows the rocket launching and the astronaut walking into the rocket. At 2:02 the music stops and you can hear and see the T.V. have technically difficulties. At 2:09 it cuts to the astronaut landing on the moon and then a giant microphone lands on his hand. The music resumes at 2:14 minutes and it shows someone holding a clapperboard over the astronaut. Then the camera zooms out and shows the studio where they are filming the moon landing. Right then, the audience knows that its fake, but the people in the music video don't know. They think it's real. The T.V. shows 2 people landing on the moon with the American flag. They show everybody happy that the Americans were the first to land on the moon. There is one guy that doesn't look happy and looks like he did something wrong.
I wasn't expected the music video to be this when I first listen to the song. It makes sense the more I think about it. The song is called "On top of the World" and the video is about being on top of the moon, so you can see the top of the world. I like how they didn't show the people landing on the moon was filmed in a studio until later in the video. Until they showed the microphone landing on the astronaut I thought it was real. I'm sure it will make some people think... did we land on the moon or was it all a scam? The music video showed that in a funny way. I like how towards the end the band members in the astronaut suits were playing golf, driving a car, playing instruments, and acting silly. The costumes help make this video look like it is from a few decades ago. The video quality is good and none of the shots are blurry. I really like how they showed a old TV with their film on it. It was in sepia and it looked like it could have been a TV from back in the 60's or 70's. I absolutely love this song. I am doing a music video for my next project and I chose "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
A Short Story (a fairytale)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIoTR2AQSBk "A Short Story" (a fairytale). "Fanshawe College project. We had two weeks to do this, we wound up writing, shooting, editing, and scoring in 3 days." This video is 3:35 minutes long.
It starts out with the title scenes. The is three different tilting scenes and combined they last 20 seconds. The music fades into the next scene. Then you see a close-up of a girls face looking down. The girl is telling a story to another person. I'm not sure where she is at, but I imagine that it is inside a house. The next scene is the same girl, but now she is walking through the woods with a renaissance looking outfit. They show a close-up of her face then the camera is pointing towards her back while she is walking towards something. It looks like a cold, slight windy, sunny day. There is music playing in the background. Then the camera shows her slowly turning around to look at a noise she heard. She continues walking. Then they show a little yellow speck flying around in the woods. She catches the little yellow speck floating around in her hands. The show a point of view shot of hands. She lets the little yellow speck go and the camera angle shows her looking up in the sky watching the yellow speck fly away. Then you hear a scary groaning sound. She probably added the sound in while editing the video. She turns around and sees a grim reaper looking creature. We can see the creature, but it is blurry. Then the grim reaper becomes in focus and the girl becomes blurry. She stares at the creature for awhile then they show a close-up of her arm and the creature in the background. They show the creature attacking her. It looks like the creature is running towards her and then she falls down (I doubt that the creature actually attacking her). Then they show someone lying on the ground with the little yellow speck flying around the body. During this time there is a voice over. They show the woods scenes and the main character is telling the story over the scenes. Then it cuts back to the girl telling the story to someone inside the house. She then looks up and it shows a guy siting across from her. The guy asks her a question then it shows a zoomed-out angle of the girl looking into the distance. The stops while the two people are talking the starts up again when they show the wood scenes again. It cuts back to the woods and it shows a close-up angle of the girl getting attacked by the creature on the ground. The girl stabs the creature (which is a human dressed up because you can see the hands) a few times then it shows a different scene. It shows a close-up of a woman's hand stabbing someone, but they are dressed up in normal clothes. Then it cuts back to the woods. The creature is laying on the ground and she pulls out the knife she used to kill him. It cuts to the girl sitting in the dark inside the house with sirens and lights on her face. Then it cuts back to the woods and then cuts back to a close-up of the girls face inside the dark house again. That's the end and it fades to black. Titling shows up for the last 40 seconds.
This was a pretty good story, but I got lost at the end. Towards the end was confusing and I didn't fully understand it. I liked the different camera angles. The music fit well with the story. Most of the scenes were dark, but I think it was supposed to be that way. The biggest problem I had with this video was the typography and tilting. The tilting was bad in my opinion. All of the tilting was the same. The font choice looked like a script font, which was hard to read. It was yellow text on a black background. The size was so small that I could barely read it. The words would flicker then slowly fade to black. The flicker was very annoying. I think the tilting was up for too long, it was too drawn out. I think the last scene should have slowly faded to black instead of just cutting to a black screen. I think some of the scenes need transitions.
It starts out with the title scenes. The is three different tilting scenes and combined they last 20 seconds. The music fades into the next scene. Then you see a close-up of a girls face looking down. The girl is telling a story to another person. I'm not sure where she is at, but I imagine that it is inside a house. The next scene is the same girl, but now she is walking through the woods with a renaissance looking outfit. They show a close-up of her face then the camera is pointing towards her back while she is walking towards something. It looks like a cold, slight windy, sunny day. There is music playing in the background. Then the camera shows her slowly turning around to look at a noise she heard. She continues walking. Then they show a little yellow speck flying around in the woods. She catches the little yellow speck floating around in her hands. The show a point of view shot of hands. She lets the little yellow speck go and the camera angle shows her looking up in the sky watching the yellow speck fly away. Then you hear a scary groaning sound. She probably added the sound in while editing the video. She turns around and sees a grim reaper looking creature. We can see the creature, but it is blurry. Then the grim reaper becomes in focus and the girl becomes blurry. She stares at the creature for awhile then they show a close-up of her arm and the creature in the background. They show the creature attacking her. It looks like the creature is running towards her and then she falls down (I doubt that the creature actually attacking her). Then they show someone lying on the ground with the little yellow speck flying around the body. During this time there is a voice over. They show the woods scenes and the main character is telling the story over the scenes. Then it cuts back to the girl telling the story to someone inside the house. She then looks up and it shows a guy siting across from her. The guy asks her a question then it shows a zoomed-out angle of the girl looking into the distance. The stops while the two people are talking the starts up again when they show the wood scenes again. It cuts back to the woods and it shows a close-up angle of the girl getting attacked by the creature on the ground. The girl stabs the creature (which is a human dressed up because you can see the hands) a few times then it shows a different scene. It shows a close-up of a woman's hand stabbing someone, but they are dressed up in normal clothes. Then it cuts back to the woods. The creature is laying on the ground and she pulls out the knife she used to kill him. It cuts to the girl sitting in the dark inside the house with sirens and lights on her face. Then it cuts back to the woods and then cuts back to a close-up of the girls face inside the dark house again. That's the end and it fades to black. Titling shows up for the last 40 seconds.
This was a pretty good story, but I got lost at the end. Towards the end was confusing and I didn't fully understand it. I liked the different camera angles. The music fit well with the story. Most of the scenes were dark, but I think it was supposed to be that way. The biggest problem I had with this video was the typography and tilting. The tilting was bad in my opinion. All of the tilting was the same. The font choice looked like a script font, which was hard to read. It was yellow text on a black background. The size was so small that I could barely read it. The words would flicker then slowly fade to black. The flicker was very annoying. I think the tilting was up for too long, it was too drawn out. I think the last scene should have slowly faded to black instead of just cutting to a black screen. I think some of the scenes need transitions.
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