Wednesday 30 September 2009
Norah Jones - Dont Know Why
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4dxvguQDk
Charlotte Hall Video Analysis
Norah Jones- Don’t Know Why
Norah Jones was born March 30, 1979 and is an American singer songwriter, pianist, keyboardist and guitarist. Her career began with her 2002 debut album Come away with me an contemporary vocal jazz album received five Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year" and "Best New Artist". This was followed by her second album, Feels Like Home which has the song Don’t Know why on, which was released in 2004. She is a very successful and has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 2000s.
Looking at Norah Jones Success, she is a thriving singer songwriter who has released albums and right from the beginning has been popular and has attracted a big audience which has given her support and help which has also made her become a well known artist. Norah focuses on her genre being pop and jazz as she likes the idea of showing romance in her songs. She began her career with creating her own my space page and became flourishing when audiences took an interest in her music shown on her my space page. Then as Norah swiftly created an impact on her audiences the big record label Blue Note Records signed her up and wanted her to be a part of their record label as they are a massive American label releasing jazz artists since the 1950s.
There are many other bands represented by Blue Note Records including Tina Brooks, Kenny Drew, Bobby Darrin and many more. There videos are not big budget extravaganzas they are more high quality visual videos at a lower cost, that are still popular with there attended audiences.
The genre of Don’t Know Why is jazz/pop and this is shown through the video as Norah is a girly girl and this is shown through her video. There are lots of shots that indicate that the videos musical genre is jazz and pop. There is a low angle shot at the beginning of the music if Norah, showing cutaways of her face, which emphasizes her facial expressions through out the video. The slow camera movements reflect the pace of the music which is effective in the video, as it helps attract her audience. Also due to Don’t Know Why being this genre of music you expect to see this style of camera movements in the video.
The target audience for this music video, is teenage females, however I think that some of her videos appeal to older females as Norah tends to have a wide range of songs, and her lyrics generally represent something that means importance to her, or an experience she has had that her audiences could be able to relate to. In this particular video she is dressed casual however we see a lot of close ups of her on the beach, so that the audeince she her beauty. Norah may not have an amazing costume but the use of close ups of her face sells her video as she is an attractive girl.
Norah likes to create her music videos through, her locations and props being simple and not really glamorous, as looking at a few of her videos she likes to be the centre of attention so that all focus is on her, therefore if she had big glamorous locations that focus could be taken away from her. Don’t Know why only has a couple of locations in the music video, however it is still effective as the beach is really calm and relaxed which relects on the mood of the song.
The editing of the music is slow paced as well. All of this is done to put emphasis on the lyrics as they are quite strong. There are also lots of close-ups and cutaways to show this effect, which are generally shown at the start, middle and end of the music video, so that it keeps your attention.
The idea of the song is that Norah has struggled in a relationship and you can see this through her style to her lyrics. For example ‘when I saw the break of day’ I wished that I could fly away’, shows that she is in a relationship where things are not going the way she wants them to, and wants to get away however her love for him is stopping her from doing this. Also ‘your be on my mind forever’ shows her emotions are making the song. This is also part of the chorus so it is repeated, meaning that she wants this to stand out, as it shows how she feels. Also the fact that Norah doesnt sing in all of the verses is effective as we see some shots of her walking away from the camera and we see closeups of the sand and pebbles. By doing this we get a feel for the location, which helps us interact with the lyrics. Which therefore makes this an effective music video, as the audience are pulled in to the song, to relate to the situation.
Charlotte Hall Video Analysis
Norah Jones- Don’t Know Why
Norah Jones was born March 30, 1979 and is an American singer songwriter, pianist, keyboardist and guitarist. Her career began with her 2002 debut album Come away with me an contemporary vocal jazz album received five Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year" and "Best New Artist". This was followed by her second album, Feels Like Home which has the song Don’t Know why on, which was released in 2004. She is a very successful and has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 2000s.
Looking at Norah Jones Success, she is a thriving singer songwriter who has released albums and right from the beginning has been popular and has attracted a big audience which has given her support and help which has also made her become a well known artist. Norah focuses on her genre being pop and jazz as she likes the idea of showing romance in her songs. She began her career with creating her own my space page and became flourishing when audiences took an interest in her music shown on her my space page. Then as Norah swiftly created an impact on her audiences the big record label Blue Note Records signed her up and wanted her to be a part of their record label as they are a massive American label releasing jazz artists since the 1950s.
There are many other bands represented by Blue Note Records including Tina Brooks, Kenny Drew, Bobby Darrin and many more. There videos are not big budget extravaganzas they are more high quality visual videos at a lower cost, that are still popular with there attended audiences.
The genre of Don’t Know Why is jazz/pop and this is shown through the video as Norah is a girly girl and this is shown through her video. There are lots of shots that indicate that the videos musical genre is jazz and pop. There is a low angle shot at the beginning of the music if Norah, showing cutaways of her face, which emphasizes her facial expressions through out the video. The slow camera movements reflect the pace of the music which is effective in the video, as it helps attract her audience. Also due to Don’t Know Why being this genre of music you expect to see this style of camera movements in the video.
The target audience for this music video, is teenage females, however I think that some of her videos appeal to older females as Norah tends to have a wide range of songs, and her lyrics generally represent something that means importance to her, or an experience she has had that her audiences could be able to relate to. In this particular video she is dressed casual however we see a lot of close ups of her on the beach, so that the audeince she her beauty. Norah may not have an amazing costume but the use of close ups of her face sells her video as she is an attractive girl.
Norah likes to create her music videos through, her locations and props being simple and not really glamorous, as looking at a few of her videos she likes to be the centre of attention so that all focus is on her, therefore if she had big glamorous locations that focus could be taken away from her. Don’t Know why only has a couple of locations in the music video, however it is still effective as the beach is really calm and relaxed which relects on the mood of the song.
The editing of the music is slow paced as well. All of this is done to put emphasis on the lyrics as they are quite strong. There are also lots of close-ups and cutaways to show this effect, which are generally shown at the start, middle and end of the music video, so that it keeps your attention.
The idea of the song is that Norah has struggled in a relationship and you can see this through her style to her lyrics. For example ‘when I saw the break of day’ I wished that I could fly away’, shows that she is in a relationship where things are not going the way she wants them to, and wants to get away however her love for him is stopping her from doing this. Also ‘your be on my mind forever’ shows her emotions are making the song. This is also part of the chorus so it is repeated, meaning that she wants this to stand out, as it shows how she feels. Also the fact that Norah doesnt sing in all of the verses is effective as we see some shots of her walking away from the camera and we see closeups of the sand and pebbles. By doing this we get a feel for the location, which helps us interact with the lyrics. Which therefore makes this an effective music video, as the audience are pulled in to the song, to relate to the situation.
DIDO- WHITE FLAG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMB4xtnFlvo
ANALYSIS OF DIDO’S WHITE FLAG MUSIC VIDEO
In the video ‘white flag’ was perfumed by British singer-songwriter Dido, original name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong.
Dido first began recording demo tapes in 1995 which was called ‘Odds and Ends’ with no label record and very little budget. She was soon signed with record label Nettwerk after being noticed after collaborations with Faithless. The album white flag came from was the 4th biggest selling album of the 21st century in the UK.
Dido is currently signed to Sony Music and has been for a while, with similar artists being: Anastasia, Alicia Keys and Sarah McLachlan. She was also signed to her bothers label ‘Cheeky Records’ which was sold to BMG in 1999 which too lead to a disruption of her album release therefore allowing her to go on tour with Sarah McLachlan in the US to help promote her album ‘No Angels’
It’s been suggested that music videos are important for an artist as it shows the audience the face behind the voice, so it’s important that Dido sells everything she’s got. Usually in videos artists may show off any other special skills they have for example in Alicia Keys videos in all of her videos, she plays the piano.
The plot of Dido's 'White Flag' video is that Dido has a secret obsession with her next door neighbour and he has an obsession with her too which we detect at the end of the video as they have pictures of them in their rooms. They are both portrayed as being someone famous as we see them go to a premier or some sort of awards night as when they get out their cars we see them walking on a red carpet and reporters talking to them and taking their pictures. They want to talk to each other but they always miss that opportunity and in the end they go their separate ways.
The target audience would be usually female due to the story the video is telling, which is about two people who are in love but they both don’t know as they always avoid each other ad whenever one wants to say something the other leaves and in the end they still don’t know but the audience know for sure as in their rooms they both have pictures of one another on walls. This video can relate to mostly women as hey usually go through the unhappy fairytale ending.
The editing of this video has been constructed in a way that there's a clear story of each other following with what is going on in each others life and that undercover obsession they have for each other. The video is a shot reverse shot throughout the video what the audience tends to notice during the first minute.
All in all ‘White Flag’ brings forth Dido as an innocent, fresh face to the music industry woman. Even with the collaboration she done with Eminem she played the distressed girlfriend in the video which was reported that she was hesitant to do certain parts of the video because she felt uncomfortable which too suggests to the audience she is not a ‘wild’ woman and doesn’t expect ‘wild’ things to happen to her during life.
ANALYSIS OF DIDO’S WHITE FLAG MUSIC VIDEO
In the video ‘white flag’ was perfumed by British singer-songwriter Dido, original name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong.
Dido first began recording demo tapes in 1995 which was called ‘Odds and Ends’ with no label record and very little budget. She was soon signed with record label Nettwerk after being noticed after collaborations with Faithless. The album white flag came from was the 4th biggest selling album of the 21st century in the UK.
Dido is currently signed to Sony Music and has been for a while, with similar artists being: Anastasia, Alicia Keys and Sarah McLachlan. She was also signed to her bothers label ‘Cheeky Records’ which was sold to BMG in 1999 which too lead to a disruption of her album release therefore allowing her to go on tour with Sarah McLachlan in the US to help promote her album ‘No Angels’
It’s been suggested that music videos are important for an artist as it shows the audience the face behind the voice, so it’s important that Dido sells everything she’s got. Usually in videos artists may show off any other special skills they have for example in Alicia Keys videos in all of her videos, she plays the piano.
The plot of Dido's 'White Flag' video is that Dido has a secret obsession with her next door neighbour and he has an obsession with her too which we detect at the end of the video as they have pictures of them in their rooms. They are both portrayed as being someone famous as we see them go to a premier or some sort of awards night as when they get out their cars we see them walking on a red carpet and reporters talking to them and taking their pictures. They want to talk to each other but they always miss that opportunity and in the end they go their separate ways.
The target audience would be usually female due to the story the video is telling, which is about two people who are in love but they both don’t know as they always avoid each other ad whenever one wants to say something the other leaves and in the end they still don’t know but the audience know for sure as in their rooms they both have pictures of one another on walls. This video can relate to mostly women as hey usually go through the unhappy fairytale ending.
The editing of this video has been constructed in a way that there's a clear story of each other following with what is going on in each others life and that undercover obsession they have for each other. The video is a shot reverse shot throughout the video what the audience tends to notice during the first minute.
All in all ‘White Flag’ brings forth Dido as an innocent, fresh face to the music industry woman. Even with the collaboration she done with Eminem she played the distressed girlfriend in the video which was reported that she was hesitant to do certain parts of the video because she felt uncomfortable which too suggests to the audience she is not a ‘wild’ woman and doesn’t expect ‘wild’ things to happen to her during life.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
PLANNING
WE NOW ALMOST HAVE A IDEA ON WHAT WE WIL BE DOING FOR OUR VIDEO, I AM GOING TO BEGIN STORYBOARDING, SO WE HAVE A SET GUIDE ON WHT WE HAVE TO FILM. THIS CAN BE DONE ONCE CAROLINE AND I HAVE DECIDED WHAT LOCATIONS WE ARE DEFIANTLY GOING TO USE.
OUR ARTIST
CAROLINE AND I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CHOSEN OUR ARTIST FOR OUR MUSIC PEICE. THERFORE WE CAN BEGIN PREPARING READY TO FILM THE MUSIC VIDEO.
CHURCH HUNTING
CHARLOTTE AND I SUCCESSFULLY WENT CHURCH HUNTING, WE FOUND A FEW GOOD CHURCHES AND TOOK PICTURES.
Chosen piece of music
From days of decessions and failure Caroline and I have chosen to do Sarah McLachlan's 'Building A Mystery' for our A2 project.
Storyboard for fast + slow piece
THIS IS STORYBOARDS MADE FOR THE SLOW AND FAST MUSIC PEICES. WE NOW HAVE A ROUGH IDEA ON HOW THE PEICE WILL LOOK.
Fast piece of music
Today we started doing the fast piece piece of music, we've done about half of it so we're going to complete the rest of it tomorrow.
Slow piece of music
Today we managed to complete our slow piece of music that we started last week, we will be starting our fast piece as soon as possible, so they are then both completed.
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