I was given this website- www.unsigned.com- since the other one(newgrounds.com) didnt have exactly our taste in music lyrically.
However unsigned.com gives a wider range of music from ordinary people who havent been signed up to any music company just yet therefore it will allow us to use their music without permission.
The great thing about the website is that there is a whole load of genres to choose from and some times an artist will have a collaboration of 2 or more genres. A piece of music isnt always the same.
I find it easy to search for the genres we want from inspiring Bob Dylan however as we have already ideas for what will be portrayed in the video, there are some difficulties in finding lyrics to go with our video. It needs to have words that somehow match what either Dylan or Warhol think/feel about Edie, most likely after her death so perhaps its lyrically on about missing her or loving the way she was.
It needs to be beautifully written (somehow related) and have the style Dylan would have chosen it to be.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Planning- Edie Sedgwick
The other day i was watching "Factory Girl" and got the idea of doing a music video on Edie Sedgwick and portraying her life in it.
What first inspired me was her relationship to Bob Dylan and for him to dedicate two of his songs to her; which were
"Just like a woman"
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Skin"
From these songs, it has inspired us to use Dylan's style of music in our music video to illustrate the relationship between Dylan and Edie.
As we cant use copyright music, we cant use these songs for our video but from researching Dylan's genre of music, we're thinking of a soft rock/country/folk ballet to go with the video. We want it in an acoustic style whereby we would get a male friend of ours to play the role of either Bob Dylan or Andy Warhol (who also had a close relationship with Edie) to sing on their own with just a guitar.
The subject matter must also portray edie's tragic lifestyle, her young death and/or love for her from the men in her life. We want to add happy aspects of her life aswell where she grew independently away from her conventional roots and found fame and become a style icon.
The year the video will be set in 1950's/60's and 70's aswell.
Samantha will be playing the role of Edie and a male friend of ours will be playing the role as either Dylan or Warhol!!!
What first inspired me was her relationship to Bob Dylan and for him to dedicate two of his songs to her; which were
"Just like a woman"
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Skin"
From these songs, it has inspired us to use Dylan's style of music in our music video to illustrate the relationship between Dylan and Edie.
As we cant use copyright music, we cant use these songs for our video but from researching Dylan's genre of music, we're thinking of a soft rock/country/folk ballet to go with the video. We want it in an acoustic style whereby we would get a male friend of ours to play the role of either Bob Dylan or Andy Warhol (who also had a close relationship with Edie) to sing on their own with just a guitar.
The subject matter must also portray edie's tragic lifestyle, her young death and/or love for her from the men in her life. We want to add happy aspects of her life aswell where she grew independently away from her conventional roots and found fame and become a style icon.
The year the video will be set in 1950's/60's and 70's aswell.
Samantha will be playing the role of Edie and a male friend of ours will be playing the role as either Dylan or Warhol!!!
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Music for our video
Sir also gave us a website yesterday which my group could use if we were to select our own uncopyright music and not from the list the media department had chose for us.
This website is; www.newgrounds.com
We are still in the process of selecting the song we want however if we find the song by next week with our teachers approval hopefully we'll be able to start filming our video in the summer holidays!!!!
This website is; www.newgrounds.com
We are still in the process of selecting the song we want however if we find the song by next week with our teachers approval hopefully we'll be able to start filming our video in the summer holidays!!!!
The 100 greatest pop videos
Yesterday we began looking at "The 100 greatest pop videos" to look out for such things as, the purpose of the video e.g. is it the message they send out, is it just for entertainment (e.g. containing humour visually and lyrically), does it have a plot or is it in an art form? etc... and we also looked out for the conventions which will give us ideas for our own music video.
With the videos we had time to watch, I selected the ones i believed had the most importance. These were:
Musical Youth- "Pass the Dutchie" (1982)
Musical Youth was the first black band to appear on MTV. "Pass the Dutchie" explores the issue of race and is basically telling a story about smoking drugs. The young people in the video had the difficulty of illustrating this in a way which wouldn't seem offensive or controversial howevery they made it into a humorous play on words song to bring out a message of them being "happy users".
Bronski Beats- "Small Town Boy"
Bronski Beats was an openly gay band and used their sexuality to produce "Small Town Boy" in which they tell a story about a boy who is finding it difficult being openly gay himself because of his homophobic community. However he cannot seem to escape temptation with all men around him. The video goes deeper with exploring the prejudice and abuse the boy suffers for his sexuality however Bronski Beats demonstrates that being gay doesn't make you any different than if you were hetrosexual!!
Cornershop- "Brimful of Asha" (1988)
(video could not be found)
Cornershop cleverly advertised themselves in the video with their band name and it's song branded on all the records shown in different fonts, styles, colours (primary to be more effective and noticable) and angles so they wouldn't be easily forgotten.
Pet Shop Boys- "Go West"
Director Paul Greenhalgh commented it as "a form of commercial art" and also said it allowed directors like himself alot of freedom to experiment in their videos.
Talking Heads- "Once in a lifetime" (1981)
(video could not be found)
The lead vocal singer became a inspiration to art form after this video was shot. He used abstract ideas and put these into his movements. The video is all about not being in control of your life and is now exhibited in art galleries.
With the videos we had time to watch, I selected the ones i believed had the most importance. These were:
Musical Youth- "Pass the Dutchie" (1982)
Musical Youth was the first black band to appear on MTV. "Pass the Dutchie" explores the issue of race and is basically telling a story about smoking drugs. The young people in the video had the difficulty of illustrating this in a way which wouldn't seem offensive or controversial howevery they made it into a humorous play on words song to bring out a message of them being "happy users".
Bronski Beats- "Small Town Boy"
Bronski Beats was an openly gay band and used their sexuality to produce "Small Town Boy" in which they tell a story about a boy who is finding it difficult being openly gay himself because of his homophobic community. However he cannot seem to escape temptation with all men around him. The video goes deeper with exploring the prejudice and abuse the boy suffers for his sexuality however Bronski Beats demonstrates that being gay doesn't make you any different than if you were hetrosexual!!
Cornershop- "Brimful of Asha" (1988)
(video could not be found)
Cornershop cleverly advertised themselves in the video with their band name and it's song branded on all the records shown in different fonts, styles, colours (primary to be more effective and noticable) and angles so they wouldn't be easily forgotten.
Pet Shop Boys- "Go West"
Director Paul Greenhalgh commented it as "a form of commercial art" and also said it allowed directors like himself alot of freedom to experiment in their videos.
Talking Heads- "Once in a lifetime" (1981)
(video could not be found)
The lead vocal singer became a inspiration to art form after this video was shot. He used abstract ideas and put these into his movements. The video is all about not being in control of your life and is now exhibited in art galleries.
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