Copying An Existing Video..

Within this post I'll be stating some of the skills we've learnt with Dan Jubb (Video Production)
and also showing the final video we (as a group) created 'Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag' and copied the video scene by scene, to create a 'replica video' we used props such as a 'homemade' score board, and also wore glasses, as does the lead vocalist/guitarist (Brendan Brown)

With Dan, as a whole the class begun to learn the basics of 'Angles, props, mis-en'-scene within a video and how even a 3 second section of the video may look like it would take just one shot, but that it takes many of retakes to help encompasses the detail. We were told the health of safety of using a camera, and also how to handle the camera, such as adjust focus, zooming, brightness effects and more...

Our group created a Powerpoint, to help promote our pitch - -

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0ByoIaJx-w8iQNjA5MmNkNmItZjhmNy00ZDNmLTkwM2EtNzA5ODkwMGQ3ODVk&hl=en_GB&pli=1

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Our Pitch was filmed and presented. This is the recording:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByoIaJx-w8iQOWI4OGI3MGUtNzNlNC00OWE2LWIzMDYtOWJkNmE0MTZiMjZh&hl=en_GB&pli=1

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Video Analysis --

Within this blog, I'm going to analyse one of Mumford & Sons video's -- This will help create and prop up idea's of how they like their video's being set and what they use within their video's. Also themes etc will be acknowledged

Also two other video's in which are set in the "Indie Folk" category -- (Similar) to Mumford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNy8llTLvuA&ob=av2e - Mumford & Sons - The Cave

This helps to show what the band wears and how they are presented in their music videos: performing. We were worried that our music video will not be great in the real life part as we haven't got the real band cast as themselves, so we are limited to having the actors not

performing. A way around this was to have the actors pretend to play instruments as this is a common theme/feature in indie/folk music videos, shown by our influential and similar artists. This is also a marketing method of showing that an artist or band is capable of playing an instrument,

how it is their talent and passion. We are pleased with how the actors have the typical and similar indie/folk dress code.

A theme of this song is leaving behind fears, gaining the courage to go out and really live life the way that was intended. Going out and exploring the land, becoming independent (yet dependent on the land). The song is very liberating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKjOOR9sPU&ob=av2n - Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Temper Trap have been described as very similar to Mumford: In terms of lyrics, and also there video technique. This video is a very mellow psychedelic video, which encompasses a theme of love, and a relationship, and what are the factors of a relationship. This video helps communicate a meaning of how you should cherish love, as it's a life changing experience, and to have someone (Who you love) helps bring joy and happiness, but can also have negatives "Our wrongs" 'A cry" - This song can is good for an audience as it can relate to everyone. Anyone, no matter what can fall in love. Love is a common theme of songs, due to it's thrive of appeal to everyone.

(Chorus)

"A moment, a love

A dream aloud

A kiss, a cry

Our rights, our wrongs

A moment, a love

A dream, aloud
A moment, a love
A dream aloud"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4 - Noah And The Whale - 5 Years Time

This band dress comparably like Mumford, also their music falls into the "Indie Folk" category. This video is a very low budget movie, in which they use an effect for the camera, to make it look like the video has been set a very long time ago (The blurred/faded lens) This emphasises the 'indie' look.

The theme of the song, is about a man who dreams of a woman that he likes, and how he'd be full of joy if in the future they were together. It is a very optimistic song and even at the end when he admits that maybe none of it will ever happen, it's like it doesn't really matter because "there'll be love love love wherever you go" So even if they're not together and happy, this person is still amazing anyway.