During this activity we were asked to listen to a song without knowing the name or who made it and pitch an idea for a music video. During this task my group typed some notes.
Autophilia by the Bluetones
Narrative:
Walking
to intro beat (just show feet)
Arriving
at school, sees girl walking in cheerleading uniform and the pompoms are
flashing
Starts
thinking about future dates. Whenever he drives past a certain place he
imagines:
·
Drive-in cinema
·
Diner
·
Rollerblading
·
Picnic in central park
·
Bowling
She
looks over and smiles at him
Goes
home and plans how to ask her out
He
decides to ask her out after she finishes cheerleading but he’s late so he’s
flooring it to get there before the end and he parks on a double yellow line
The
end
Genre:
Video
is pop genre
Artist
is britpop
Expected:
boy – girl meet, stereotypical characters
Unexpected:
he has the guts to ask her out
Audience:
Teens
and below
Set
in high school – relatable to audience
Audience
access video on YouTube and Facebook and maybe TV
Visual
Codes:
Set
in NYC High School
Street
– walking to school
Driving
in his car
American
football field
Park
Bowling
alley
Outdoor
cinema
Rollerblading
place
Diner
Typography:
name of school
Name
of song as cheerleader banner
Close
ups and mid shots of both of them to show smiling, etc.
Technical
Codes:
Close
up on feet at start – track out and tilt up to show his face when he starts
singing
High
angle on boy and low angle on girl to show where power is
POV
when he’s looking at her cheerleader
Long
shot/ establishing shot of fields
Editing
– flash forwards – fast pace
The actual music video was Autophilia by the Bluetones
The actual music video was Autophilia by the Bluetones
It differs from our groups pitch as we thought it was referring to someone else (e.g. a woman/girl), but we didn't see the car references ("Double Yellow Line") and therefore we based our narrative for the music video in a American high school as the lyrics talked about love.
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