Monday, 30 September 2013

'Do I Wanna Know?' lyrics

VERSE 1
Have you got color in your cheeks'
Do you ever get the feeling that you can't shift the tide
That sticks around like something's in your teeth
And some aces up your sleeve
I had no idea that you're in deep
I dreamt about you near me every night this week
How many secrets can you keep'
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow
When I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee


CHORUS 1.1
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go)
Was sorta hoping that you'd stay
(Baby we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying
things that you can't say tomorrow day


CHORUS 1.2
Crawlin' back to you.
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
'Cause I always do
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you

VERSE 2
So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and
if so I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt it's just I'm constantly
on the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together, if you wanted to


CHORUS 2.1
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go)
Was sorta hoping that you'd stay
(Baby we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying
things that you can't say tomorrow day


CHORUS 2.2
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (calling when you've had a few)
'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through
Crawling back to you

CHORUS 3.1
(do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go)
Was sorta hoping that you'd stay
(Baby we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying
things that you can't say tomorrow day


LINK/OUTRO
(Do I wanna know?)
Too busy being yours to fall
(Sad to see you go)
Ever thought of calling darling?
(Do I wanna know)
Do you want me crawling back to you?

Initial Planning Session

Plot

A young man currently undergoing female trouble and tries talking to a girl. Over the course of the video, they are shown to be texting whilst on route to her house. The girl is unaware that he is planning to visit and she is leading him on. At this current point, the girl already has a boy over. When he arrives at the girl's house, he sees the girl, gets excited to see her then he sees the other boy. The boy is finishing getting dressed with the girl in her robes, implying something sexual has happened between them. With the boy shocked to see another boy with her, putting two and two together, he leaves heart-broken and walks back home. 

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

3rd Ancillary Task Research: Digipak 'The Age Of The Understatement' - The Last Shadow Puppets

For the first ancillary task, me and my working partner are researching into covers for the release as a part of a digipak. This digipak, called 'The Age Of The Understatement' by The Last Shadow Puppets has the traditional gatefold album layout.

Front cover
This digipak's front cover includes their name 'The last Shadow Puppets' and the album title 'The Age Of The Understatement'. Next to the title is a woman sitting on what looks like to be a pavement - the image has been edited,   
a filter has been placed over the image making this artwork black and white.





First contents side


The first contents page includes the credits of the album productions, who wrote what of the album and all the main details that tell the consumer where it was recorded, etc.
The colour of the page is kept to the rest of the digipak's house style. The cream background is prominent in most parts of the digipak and acts as background as long as there are no added artworks, for example, in the front cover there is a cream background with the artwork placed over this, leaving just a cream background edging.  

Second side - CD Album side
The second side of the inside of the digipak contains the CD for the album. Unlike my first researched digipak, this digipak still has the feature of homing the CD in a plastic holder, instead of a traditional sleeve homing the CD. Both the CD and the background behind the case follows the house style of the colour red, with the CD including the name of the album and the band's name.



Full Contents - Inside Digipak





Back cover - Album list 

The black and white theme is kept on the back cover where this side presents the song list of the album. The font style is also kept the same as the front cover where the band's name and album list is in the same font style. 









Back and Front covers, plus Spine
Here you can see the full exterior of the digipak. The house style of the cream background is kept on the spine and still follows the font style and colour as the front cover does.   








Spine, plus overview of Digipak
An overview of the digipak shows the spine from a different angle following the house style - background colour, font colour and style.  

Monday, 23 September 2013

2nd Ancillary Task Research: Digipak 'Champ' - Tokyo Police Club

For the first ancillary task, me and my working partner are researching into covers for the release as a part of a digipak. This digipak, called 'Gloss Drop' by Battles has the traditional gatefold album layout.

Front Cover
The front cover of the album includes the artwork graphics which consists of bright, vibrant colours - of what looks like to be a random selection of home accessories and other odd items not commonly associated with a home. 
In the the centre of the front cover is an upside-down white rectangle with the band's name in their styled font writing.





First Contents side -  Album list (including artwork pull out inside)


The first contents side of inside of the digipak is the song list on the album. The red in the background and the plain white writing is simplistic and follows the indie style theme that the band follows. 

Inside the sleeve of this side is the album's artwork (which is folded) and on the back of the artwork is all of the song's lyrics, credits and their website advertised.    




Second side - CD Album side
The second side of the inside of the digipak contains the CD for the album. Unlike my first researched digipak, this digipak still has the feature of homing the CD in a plastic holder, instead of a traditional sleeve homing the CD. Both the CD and the background behind the case follows the house style of the colour red, with the CD including the name of the album and the band's name.



Full Contents - Inside Digipak
Here, we can see the full layout of the digipak inside. As you can see, the house style is kept over both sides.










Back cover - Album artwork graphics
The back cover includes another artwork graphic, however this piece of artwork shows the opposite of the front cover - the room is destroyed, the props used are broken and it is a mess. This could denote that after listening to this, being in chronological order of the digipak, the audience may see this artwork and interpret that after listening it has caused some destruction.   



Back and Front covers, plus the spine
Here shows an exterior view of the digipak. Notice the comparison of the two artworks - one messy room, then the next showing a creative and organised mess. 

The spine of the digipak follows the house style of the colour red. 







Spine, plus overview of Digipak
Here is an overview of the digipak. The spine can be seen clearly here and includes the band name and album title are also on the spine. 


1st Ancillary Task Research: Digipak 'Gloss Drop' - Battles

For the first ancillary task, me and my working partner are researching into covers for the release as a part of a digipak. This digipak, called 'Gloss Drop' by Battles has the traditional gatefold album layout.

Front Cover 
This digipak, entitled 'Gloss Drop' denotes some form of visual element of colour, maybe paint. The front cover of the album shows a gooey substance, which is pink. The substance looks as if it has been dropped like paint, it is in no particular order and looks lumpy. The white background contrasts with the lumpy, pink gloss-like substance that the camera closes up on. This front cover is quite simplistic, does not include the album or artist's name. 











First Contents Side (including artwork pull out inside)

The first contents page inside the digipak includes the album name, artist's name and credits of the album production all in the same font and size: 'Produced by...', 'Recorded and mixed by...', etc. 
The contents page also has the artwork of the gloss substance but this time, in an extreme closeup. The whole of the contents page is covered with the artwork from the front cover artwork but from a different angle. Inside the sleeve of the page includes folded artwork. 


Second Contents Side (including CD album)
The second contents page includes a mention of the band's other albums, EPs and singles. The second side also includes the artwork which has 'spilled' over two pages. This side includes the CD which is tucked in the sleeve off the contents page. 








Full Contents - Inside Digipak
Here, you can see the full contents, where the artwork is spread over two sides. You can also see that the traditional 'gatefold' digipak layout is kept in this album.  










Back cover - Album lists

On the back cover of the album, there is a list of all the songs from the album, crediting the other artists that are 'featured' on the song. There are twelve tracks in total, all in the same font and size. The barcode in the bottom right-hand corner is also shown on the other digipaks in the same place.  








Back, Spine and Cover Page
Here, you can see the full exterior view of digipak. You can see the back, middle/spine and the front cover. In comparison of the back and front cover, the same white/cream background applies giving a sense of house style. 








Spine and Front cover 
Here is an overview of the digipak. The spine can be seen clearly here and includes the record companies logo and the bottom corner. The band name and album title are also on the spine 

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

5th Music Video Research: 'Keep Your Head Up' - Ben Howard

My working partner Chris has also researched into the chosen brief 'Music Video'.

'Keep Your Head Up' by Ben Howard has been analysed by Chris. 
This up beat, summery sing by Ben Howard has a video that fits to the song extremely well! We have Ben Howard and his touring band members build a huge water slide through the country side. the video is the building of the slide and it’s use. 
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this is the opening shot of the video, the sepia filter to the shot gives it a warm summer feel, the low bearing sun also gives a warm, relaxed feel. this is quite a wide shot of fields with a tree in the background. 
After a close up of a bubble moving around we cut to…
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This is a very low angle shot of Ben Howard moving some hay and a spade once again we have the low bearing sun in the distance, creating the same mood as in the previous shot 
The nest shot is a brief one of his passing past the camera..
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Then this mid shot of  Ben carry the things again, the camera then pans along and follows him as he walks.These shots do connote a very pastoral way of living. 
We then cut between 3 or 4 shots of Ben walking then 3 shots of a wooded area introducing us to a new location.
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 Then there is tracking shot following Ben carrying a bucket, a couple of shots so us him walking towards a river… 
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Then there is a quite wide shot of him bending down the fill the bucket; The sun is always light the shots from obscure angels. 
then there are 2 shots of Ben filling the bucket from different angles
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then we cut to this point of view shot of Ben looking at his feet in the water… You know, whatever floats your boat
Then there are a few shots of the sun through the tree tops, you know… summery.
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Then there is a cool indie style shot of Ben from inside the bucket which is full of water. Very cool and stylistic. 
After this there is a quick succession of shots of Ben filling up the bucket some more. Are there holes in the bottom or something? 
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Then this shot lingers for awhile and plays in slow motion; bubbles seem to be a recurring theme, this is a fairly wide shot.
Then the is a period of a couple of shots showing Ben walking places. there are about 5 of these shots. 
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Then Ben climbs a pile of haybales… those sing song writers… The sun adds a contract to the video which gives the appearance of an all white background. 
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Then it turns out the pile of haybales is actually on the back of a trailer and it moves away using a series of shots to show the movement, this is quite a wide/long shot.
the it cuts between shots of the Ben sitting on the trailer as it moves; after this there are a selection of shots showing Ben empty the trailer of the hay bales.  
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Ben throwing some bales around, scaring some cows. 
The next 15-20’s are of Ben throwing bales around. 
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Then Ben picks up a bale an then walks off, the levels of lighting are increasing as the video goes along, like the sun is rising through out the day.
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Then we cut to this wide shot of Ben walking with the hay bale, this shows the tranquillity of the setting.
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Then this close up of Ben give us the first clear look at him that we’ve had. This gives us a more familiarised sense with the character.
The next few shots are Ben walking through a wood area with the bale, with a series of arty, sepia tone shots, many are out of focus and blurry.
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The we get this quite wide close up of him climbing some stairs, the fact he isn’t wearing shoes connotes a oneness with nature, and a very casual attitude. 
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This is the first time in the video we see another person, the casualness of sitting in a tree is very relaxed, following the theme of the music video thus far.
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In the next shot we get quite a wide shot with Ben in the back ground and the two new characters jumping out of the tree, this part of the video also coordinates with the lyrics, as at the point in the song the lyrics are “I saw a friend of mine the other day, and he told me that my eyes are gleaming…”
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After some close ups of hands touching some wheat in fields we see the 3 of them walking through the field. this is quite a wide shot, but it is clearly focusing on Ben and the scenery, the other two characters just slightly in shot .
The next few shots are the group moving through the field changing between extreme long shots and close ups.
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this shot shows the 3 all carrying hay bales this further backs up our ideas about theirs relationship, we can guess they are all close. 
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The next few shots are a fast paced montage of the group moving hay bales. Then other male in the group starts to move some wood. The audience are still left in the dark when it comes to what they are actually doing with all these materials. 
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This low angles shot has the light source in the top right of the screen, giving a caesura style effect as the light from the sun contrasts with the shadow of the tree.
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This is the first shot we get where we see what the group are building. This shot tracks side ways and shows both Ben and the woman working on the structure. the lighting is no much less bright, it looks much cooler, showing a much better temperature to work in. 
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next we have a fast paced sequence of shots tracking Ben run though a wooded area, this piece of fast paced editing shows a rushed feel and even excitement. 
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Finally we see what the group has been working on, it appears to be a massive water slide! the fast pace editing follows Ben as he runs and jumps onto the slide, while the other male throws water down the slide. This is quite a wide shot.
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Then the next few shots are tracking Ben as he makes his way down the slide, the shots mix between quite wide shots of large parts of the slide to close ups of Ben. (this looks so fun!)
The editing increase is speed at this point in the video, this connotes excitement and fun goings on. 
The camera is then at certain points on the slide and the cuts when Ben appears to slide over the camera.
Then we cut to a ‘tracking shot’ The camera appears to be held by someone following Ben down the slide. This is in a very handi cam style. 
The montage of shots tracking the 3 going down the slide continues but we then linger on this shot for a few seconds as one person passes on the slide. This shot draws us to the perfect scenario, we have pristine weather conditions, a really pastoral scene with the peaceful wood, Ben being with his friends and the great time the are having with the slide. 
The montage continues, but the next notable shot is one of Ben holding the camera as he goes down the slide, this then happens with the other two
This shot is looking down at the slide from a tree, as each person slides through the shot we cut to the next person sliding through it.
The next montage of shots all occur three times; each shot for each person. 
Then we see this wide shot of all three on one part of the slide together .(still looks very fun.)
The next few go back to the handi cam, this time when held the person holding the cam points it at the others in the group, the camera goes around the group multiple times, creating a range of different shots The next shot we get that isn’t handi cam is a wide(ish) shot of the 3 reaching the end of the slide, and them all ending up in a big pile.
The final shot is of all three jumping into the body of water we saw earlier, this shot still has the handi cam filter on it, and then the camera man proceeds to jump in after them.
This is the last shot of the video. the camera emerges from the water line to see the other 3 celebrating and generally being jolly. 
This video has a very personal feel to it, it’s a very indie video and it is perfectly tailored to the artists image, but I believe this isn’t the type of video we are aiming for but there may be elements we could adapt to fit our purposes.