Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Script- Nothing- Lyrics
[Verse 1] Am I better off dead Am I better off a quitter They say I'm better off now Than i ever was with her As they take me to my local down the street I'm smiling but I'm dying trying not to drag my feet They say a few drinks will help me to forget her But after one too many I know that I'm never Only they can see where this is gonna end But they all think I'm crazy but to me it's perfect sense [Chorus] And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over town I'm swearing if i go there now I can change your mind turn it all around And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words And she'll listen this time even though their slurred Dial her number and confess to her I'm still in love but all i heard was nothing [Verse 2] So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences I know if I'm face to face that she'll come to her senses Every drunk step i take leads me to her door If she sees how much I'm hurting She'll take me back for sure [Chorus] She said nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing Nothing I got nothing Nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing [Verse 3] Oh sometimes love is intoxicating Oh you're coming down your hands are shaking When you realise there's no one waiting Am I better off dead Am I better off a quitter They say I'm better off now Than I ever was with her [Chorus] She said nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing Nothing I got nothing Nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing I got nothing I got nothing
Friday, October 8, 2010
Michael Shore (1984)
Michael Shore argues that music videos are:
Style Over Conrent, Recycled Styles, Surface Without Substance, Stimulated Experience, Information Overload, Image And Style Scavengers, Ambivalence, Decadence, Immediate Gratification, Vantiy And The Moment, Image assaults And Outre Folks, The Death Of Content, Anesthetization Of Violence, Through Chic, Adolescent Male Fantasies, Speed, Power, Girls And Wealth, Album Art Come To Turgid Life, Classical Storytelling Motifs.
Style Over Conrent, Recycled Styles, Surface Without Substance, Stimulated Experience, Information Overload, Image And Style Scavengers, Ambivalence, Decadence, Immediate Gratification, Vantiy And The Moment, Image assaults And Outre Folks, The Death Of Content, Anesthetization Of Violence, Through Chic, Adolescent Male Fantasies, Speed, Power, Girls And Wealth, Album Art Come To Turgid Life, Classical Storytelling Motifs.
Andrew Goodwin's Theory (1922)
Andrew Goodwin argues that in music video 'Narrative relations are highly complex' and meaining can be created from the individual audio-viewers musical personal musical taste to sophisticated intertextuality that uses multidiscrusive phenomena of western cultutere. Many are dominated by advertising references, film pastiche and reinforce the postmodern 're-use' traiditon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScJezHweiYc
We cry- The Script
A similar style and feel is in this song, to our chosen single entitled 'Nothing'. We Cry's lyrics depict lives struggles and how at the start we have dreams and ambitions to change the world and become somebody but it never works out this way. An original and authentic style of editing is adapted which suits the sad nature of the song. The Script, fitting into the 'rock' and 'indie' genre, follow the stereotypical codes and conventions of a indie/rock music video, with the screenplay being dark and dirty, looking unpolished. There are 3 main narratives within the video, and 3 different scenes which represent these. The first shows the main singer within the band, walking through a city. The second shows the full band rehearsing the song, within a run down, amateur front living room set up. Finally the third shows reflections and brief glimpses of city life. The song is made to look very natural and rough, with people walking across the camera and blocking shots (2:30). Thus reflecting the meaning of the song. A main convention of the music video is editing to the beat. This also occurs in we cry, often the character can be seen walking down the street in a medium shot and his body movements (footsteps) match that of the beat. The camera is nearly always a close up or medium close up so that we can see the singer, as essentially this is what is being promoted and what the audience is wanting to see, Often the background is blurred to reinforce this. The shots showing city life depict people in ordinary everyday jobs, linking back to the meaning of how people when younger long for being somebody but for the majority it never ends this way. The second narrative which see's the band set up within a staged area performing their song is another typical convention of music videos and especially those fitting into the indie genre.
We cry- The Script
A similar style and feel is in this song, to our chosen single entitled 'Nothing'. We Cry's lyrics depict lives struggles and how at the start we have dreams and ambitions to change the world and become somebody but it never works out this way. An original and authentic style of editing is adapted which suits the sad nature of the song. The Script, fitting into the 'rock' and 'indie' genre, follow the stereotypical codes and conventions of a indie/rock music video, with the screenplay being dark and dirty, looking unpolished. There are 3 main narratives within the video, and 3 different scenes which represent these. The first shows the main singer within the band, walking through a city. The second shows the full band rehearsing the song, within a run down, amateur front living room set up. Finally the third shows reflections and brief glimpses of city life. The song is made to look very natural and rough, with people walking across the camera and blocking shots (2:30). Thus reflecting the meaning of the song. A main convention of the music video is editing to the beat. This also occurs in we cry, often the character can be seen walking down the street in a medium shot and his body movements (footsteps) match that of the beat. The camera is nearly always a close up or medium close up so that we can see the singer, as essentially this is what is being promoted and what the audience is wanting to see, Often the background is blurred to reinforce this. The shots showing city life depict people in ordinary everyday jobs, linking back to the meaning of how people when younger long for being somebody but for the majority it never ends this way. The second narrative which see's the band set up within a staged area performing their song is another typical convention of music videos and especially those fitting into the indie genre.
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