99 Dollar Music Videos

What is 99 dollar music videos?
This is a company which will create a music video for a unknown or up coming artist but their budget is only 99 dollars to spend on the music video.

What is their ethos?
Their ethos is to make sure that the music video is made for 99 dollars or less and to be filmed in 24 hours and filmed in 24 hours.

What types, labels and genres of music appears on their you tube channel?
 The artists are either signed to independent record labels or not signed at all and the genres you mainly see on the page is indie music and rock music.

What is the relationship between 99dollarmusicvideos.com, their film makers and music acts?
The relationship that the artist and the film makers have to have is that they get along well and they both put in the same effort as each other when filming and editing.

how does 99dollarmusicvideo.com encourage audience participation?
 They encourage audience participation by allowing any artist to create  a music video for a small amount which can make the artist become very popular and even get signed to a major record label.

is it possible to make a proffesional music video for $99?
 i don't think it is possible to make a professional music video because you have a very low budget so i don't think you will be able to afford good quality equipment such as cameras and editing programs which means you cant add as many effects as you like or make the video a good quality.

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Production Log Week One

Production Log

Week one

This week I had to present my pitch and then afterwards do a Q & A on the pitch where i would find feedback.I then got in to a group where me and Jack would decide whose idea we would choose to do and then we made a rationale video saying whose idea we are choosing to do and why we are working together and the pros and cons which can all be found on my blogger.This fits in with my production schedule which is in my presentation because we were planning our idea and what we would do for our music video.The problems that happened this week was that when i was doing my presentation i had to move my presentation back because i had exams when i was supposed to do it and also when doing my presentation i had to move it from my desktop to my documents because otherwise it wouldn't load.I over came this problem by doing my presentation on another day and moving the file from my desktop to my documents so that it would load.For next week we will be carrying on planning our idea and thinking of what to do in our music video.

Week Two

This week we carried on writing our script out for our music video and also i was updating my blog and was making any improvements which were needed.This fits in with my production schedule because this is part of my planning section where we have to write a script for what will happen in our music video in the script you have to have what type of shots there are, the angle of the shot, the lyrics, what will happen in it, the lyrics, the actors and the equipment. The only problem that i had was that some of my work was that i needed to have a bit more detail because in some of my work i sometimes towards the end write less then what i do at the start.Also one of my pieces of work was not on the blog so i had to add it on to it. My plans for the following week is to carry on doing my script and then hopefully try to start recording or get close to the recording part of my production schedule.

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Pitch Reflection

My Power Point

My Presentation

My Q&A

Are there any areas you would give more detail on?

In my presentation i would give more detail on the lyrics slide because i just had the lyrics there and i didn't do in to much detail on what the song was about, so i could of explained verse by verse what the lyrics were saying and then from the lyrics what i could do in the music video for example in the narrative or using illustrating.Also i could of gone in to more detail on what the song is about and the story about the song for example instead of just saying its about a relationship i could of said it could be a past couple who broke up and the girl moved on and the ex is jealous so he is trying to find reasons why she should break up with her new boyfriend and maybe go back to the singer.

Strengths of my idea from feedback

from my feedback i found out that the strengths of my music video pitch were that i used good conventions from such as illustrating which is when the lyrics to the song match what what would be happening in the music video for example in my song when it says 'shes walking around in the middle of the night' you could have the girl in the music video walking around in the middle of the night.Another convention i choose to do was narrative this is when the music video has a story and tells a story for example in my song i could have the music video show us a story about the relationship the actors are in. The locations that i used were good as well because they are local which means that they will be easy to access and i should be able to record in all of the locations and also they are relevant to the song and the lyrics.

Areas of improvement for my idea from feedback

From my feedback i learnt that i could improve my idea but having a back up on one of the locations just incase i cant use it which is the school stage and i would over come this problem by either adding a green screen or by using the studio. Another part i could improve on is giving more detail on why i choose the song and what the song means.Another bit i could improve on is what i would use to show the conventions and why i choose the conventions which i could do by giving more detail on that section of the pitch.

Changes to be made

The changes that i will make to my idea are that i will be adding more detail in to certain slides and explain them more such as the lyrics slide where i will explain them more and say more on what the songs story line is.I will add more to the conventions slide by explaining how i would be using them in my music video and in my idea.Also i will need to think about what i will need to do if i cant use the school stage to record the performance part then i will need to think and find another place to use to record the performance part of my music video.

Creating artists identity

Artists Identity

Name-Public

Record Label-NA

Facts- their names are John Vaughn, Ben Lapps, and Matthew Alvarado. They are from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their Ethnicity is white. Their history is they have performed at CMJ, Bunbury, and MPMF


Chlothing-Jeans,Trainers,T shirts, maybe hats and sung glasses for back ground
Casual shirt,jeans smartish footwear, maybe hat and sun glasses for main singer

Typography- Franklin Gothic Medium-Public
                     lucida sans unicode
                     Microsoft YaHei-Public
                     Gung Suh-Public
                 Kaiti-Public


Mise-en-scene- the locations i would use would -outside along a sreet,in somoenes house,green screen and someones bedroom
                      -the props i would use would be a microphone with a stand and a guitar and drum kit and 




Colours-Light blue,green,grey,white,black

Imagery- some imagery you can see is when in the song the artist says 'you see her walking around in the middle of the night' you can picture a girl walking around in the middle of the night. also when he says 'shes crying by herself' you can see this girl by herself crying'. another part you can visualise is when he says 'be there to help her push on through' from this you can imagine someone there helping her when she is upset. also when he says 'would you know her if she didn't know you' here you could have a part in the video where they are together then she could fade away as if its saying they wouldn't know eachother if it weren't for her. when he says 'beautiful hasn't grown up yet' you can picture this girl not acting the way she should. when the artist says 'running and running again' you can imagine seeing the girl running around for this guy but he dont care.
                       

                 

Analysis of song

Analysing song

Target Audience
Age-I think that the age for this song would be teenagers or above because that is the age when you see relationships end and then the people try to have more but it isnt the same as it was before and the ex wants to have the girl back but is trying to find reasons why they shouldn't be together.
Gender-I think that the gender for this song is male because the song is sung by a boy who is talking about a girl who has moved on and that is usually what happens to males.
Interest- i think this song appeals to someone who has broken up with someone but the person who they went out with has moved on and they are trying to find ways on why the couple should not be together and how they are pretending to be happy when there not.
Location-The location for this song would be global because it is song with a normal accent so its not made for one country also people from around the world can relate to this song.
Ethnicity-I think that the main ethnicity for this song would be white because these songs are mainly listened to associated with white people also it is sung by a white person.




Analysing Lyrics

i think that the song is about a couple that have broken up and the girl has found someone else and the ex is singing about the girls new partner or latest partner because the artist says 'shes wasting all her feelings on a boy she's never met' this connotes that is loving someone who isn't real which connote that she shouldn't be with him because he isn't relevant or doesn't care. He also talks about the boy friend and if he really loves her because he says 'wont you love her the way she loves you' this connotes that he doubts that he loves her like she loves him because he is questioning him. He also says 'would you know her if she didn't know you' which connotes that if it wasnt for her then maybe they wouldn't of went out or anything. I think that the artist is also saying that the girl shouldn't be with him because he says 'says that she is happy but is shy lying' this connotes that she is pretending to be happy when really she isn't and also that shes is acting like shes ok when really she isn't and doesn't know what to do because he says 'shes trying to understand but she cant


Analysing Music

The genre of this song is pop this is because it has the same sort of lyrics that you hear in pop songs which is usually about love. Also you hear the same instruments you hear in pop songs such as guitars and drums. Also the mood of the song is up lifting but the lyrics are meant to be quite sad so where it is a up beat song it doesn't make it that sad which also makes it like pop because usually pop songs are up beat as well.This genre of music is quite a popular genre of music now days and there are a lot of people who listen to this sort of song as well.Also the target audience is the main audience that listened to this genre of music so it is more likely that it would be listened to a lot.


Analysing Tempo

The tempo of the song is quite fast which makes it more happier and less depressing then if it was to have a slow tempo which would make the song sad. Also the beat of the song is uplifting because the instruments are played fast.also the instruments they chose make the song happier because they are played fast and don't use a piano which is usually associated with slow sad songs.

Visually communicate in the video

In certain parts of the song such as 'you see her walking around in the middle of night' i would illustrate that by having a girl walking around late at night in her wedding gown while that part is being sung. Also in the parts of the song where it isn't possible to show what is happening or where it repeats it self i would have shots of the song where it is just the artist lip syncing. I would also amplify parts of the song in parts such as when the artist says 'are you in love' by having a scene where the couple are together but hes acting differently to how she is so it amplifies if the person is really in love.

Song Lyrics