Shayne Ward-No Promises

This video is very good in showing that there are very similar generic conventions used in this video as is in our music video. we came across this video recently and were actually quite suprised to see that this video has almost the same storyline as us where there is a typical narrative storyline of a typical love story between a girl and boy,scenes of the boy and girl together all happy and cheery and then there are also scenes of them both fighting and arguing. by doing this the aim was to make the audience think what is going on, are they together? or aren't they? whereas if you watch the video right to the end you will find out that the woman was infact dead and the man was having flashbacks of how it used to be, this is the same storyline that we are using for our music video this shows that these types of music videos share the same generic conventions as it is always showing a narrative of the story of a couple in love about something relevant that is happening in their life that means something this is why this music video is very similar to the music video we are going to produce as this is waht we are showing in our video.

By Razia

Today in lesson our group did our shot schedule where we decided what day we were going to film,what time, where we are going to film,what actors we are using,what scenes with what part of the song. This will be useful for us as when we do go out to film we will be organised as we will know what to do exactly where and when to do it so we will be on schedule and organised.

We also wrote our email to polydor records asking for their permission to use their song in our music video.

By Razia

Email Sent To Polyder Records Asking Permission

This is a copy of the email we sent to polydor records asking them for their permission if we can use the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.


By Razia

Mad- Neyo

We have uploaded this video because in this video there is intertexuality to the music video we are going to produce for example it show two people in love going through a hard time in their relationship, they are using the effect of black and white which we are going to implement in our music video whilst we are editing. Also in this video the woman dies during the song this is quite similar to our music video as the same happens in ours but we are going to show this through flashbacks.


By Razia

Storyline For Music Video

We have decided to use a narrative in our music video, the original song is a very typical contemporary love song sang by a male artist. However in our video we have decided to use a female character as the singer. The storyline in our video is going to be a typical love story between a girl and boy, we will have scenes of the boy and girl together all happy and cheery and then we will also have scenes of them both fighting and argueing. by doing this we aim to make the audience think what is going on, are they together? or aren't they?. Meanwhile the lyrics of the song will also only confuse the audience even more as the lyrics 'if i lay here, would you lay with me' insinuates her wanting him too be with her but it could also be her asking him if he'll be with her. however towards the end of our music video we will be reveiling the fact that the couple aren't together any more, and the real reason for this will also be reveiled, the reason for them being apart is because 'she' the female actress has been dead throughout the whole music video and while she is singing to him, 'her love', she is also having flashbacks on their relationship. This has been used in many music videos, one of the main music videos which inspired us to use this plot as our narrative was the song 'Mad' by Neyo. Another idea we have for our music video is to have some of the flashbacks, the happy, cheery ones in colour and having the rest in black and white, we plan to do this when editing our video.

By Masuma Begum

Day 3 Of Filming.......

Today on the 21st of november we are filming some of the shots for the indoor scenes. We are shooting the main character singing in the house, we have used various rooms such as the living room, bathroom etc.

Snow Patrol-Chasing Cars (lyrics)

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

By Masuma Begum