Lyric Board plan:

Each lyric that has been highlighted will feature on a lyric board. There is usually one to two boards for each line, with the exception of one 'pre-chorus' part which is fully highlighted. This part of the song will feature only one lyric board along the lines of "what's he even singing?"


I've been waiting
Waiting for someone to call
My body's aching
'Cause someone came and stole my soul

Everyday's like yesterday
And yesterday's like every day
And everyday's like yesterday
And yesterday's like every day

And I'm still waiting
Waiting for my love to call

All the things I wanna say
Are in my head there's no mistake
This is not the right time
This is not the right time
Waiting for the light to come
I sit and watch the candle burn
Following the white lines
Following the white lines

I've been searching
Searching every place I know
Trying to work out
If Jesus came and stole my soul

Everyday's like yesterday
And yesterday's like every day
And everyday's like yesterday
And yesterday's like everyday
 
'Cause I'm still waiting
Waiting for my love to call

All the t  hings I wanna say
Are in my head there's no mistake
This is not the right time
This is not the right time
Waiting for the light to come
I sit and watch the candle burn
Following the white lines
Following the white lines

Everyday's like yesterday
And yesterday's like everyday
I'm waiting for my love to call
And Jesus come and take her soul

All the things I wanna say
Are in my head there's no mistake
This is not the right time
This is not the right time
Waiting for the light to come
I sit and watch the candle burn
Following the white lines
Following the white lines

All the things I wanna say
Are in my head there's no mistake
This is not the right time
This is not the right time

Music genre:

Alternative Rock/Indie

Postmodernism:

My conceptual clip will be postmodern. I previously stated that my music video will be a parody of Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', with parody being a feature of postmodernism. However, my music video will be a pastiche to the original music video, similar to a parody, except it will be much more respectful. Of course, the intertextual references to Bob Dylan's music video is also an example of postmodernism which will also create ironic playfulness as most of my audience will be thinking (if my music video is a success) "wow this is a really good, original idea", a passive audience, whereas older members of the audience will see the intertextuality and see that I'm respectfully mocking it, making them an active audience. Additionally, my music video will be self-reflexive, deliberately drawing attention to its fictional nature, as some of the pre-production work will go wrong, such as the lyric boards, which will sometimes have the wrong lyric and/or be upside down/wrong way round. The lead singer who will star in the music video will also be looking off-screen, occasionally, as Bob Dylan does also. This will break the 4th wall, as the audience will be aware that he is looking at the director (me) and will be aware that it is a fictional production.

Possible Filming Locations:

I will be using the green room in college to film my actor holding up the boards.

Picture of the Green Room

The background will be in 'Old Town', in the Hull City Centre or just outside of a farmers field.

Music Video Idea:

My music video, a conceptual clip, will have no narrative or performance in it. It will be a parody of Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' promo, where he stands in front of a camera at long-shot and show cards which have lyrics on them. In my video, in order to parody this, I will be doing the same thing, except most of the lyrics will be wrong (besides from the first verse and chorus, which will be correct). During any guitar interludes, I will have a board for them too stating that it is a guitar bit. I will most likely change it from "guitar solo" to "drum solo", so it is completely wrong. I have also purposely chosen a shorter song, with White Lines by Feeder being 2.54 in length, because Bob Dylan's song is also short, with it being 2.10. This is because just two minutes will need a lot of lyric boards, and I suspect I will need over 60 boards for my music video...

Music Video Song:

This is the song which I will be making a music video for...

Music Video Type:

Sven Carlsson (1999) suggests that music videos fall into two rough categories: 'Performance Clip' and 'Conceptual Clip'. However, I believe there are three types of music video:

• Performance clip:

This is a music video featuring the band/artist performing, usually, in front of a crowd. An example of this is the music video (promo) for 'Closer to the Edge' by Thirty Seconds To Mars:

Watch: The music video for 'Closer to the Edge'

• Conceptual Clip:

This type of music video are more artistically motivated, featuring no performance and no narrative; are simply there to look good. An example of this would be 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' by Radiohead:

Watch: The music video for 'Street Spirit'

• Narrative Clip:

The last type of music video, a narrative clip is simply a music video with a narrative behind it. This is effectively a short film, with music over the film and the music telling the story. Often, narrative clips will feature, amongst the story, features of performance interwoven in to the narrative. However, the focus is still on the narrative, and doesn't always feature performance sequences. An example of this is 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)' by My Chemical Romance, which features a prominent narrative throughout and no performance:

Watch: The music video for 'Na Na Na'

The type of music video I will be doing will be a CONCEPTUAL CLIP. It will feature no performance, and no narrative. It will be artistically motivated.

Audience Research cont. (Audience profile).

"GOING OUT

AND SPENDING

IS ALL PART

OF THE NEW

MUSIC SCENE" - NME.



MY AUDIENCE:

Ages 16-24 (no poll was done on this because I knew what age I wanted to target) - (considered to be mainstream, also, but I will be targeting social groups, which generally aren't mainstream).
44% go to gigs "often"; another 44% go to gigs and live events "sometimes".
76% spend over £100 on footwear a year
76% Spend over £400 on clothing a year
21% pend over £1000 on audio equipment a year (ranging from ipod's to the music they play).

94% use the internet
100% have broadband
Are online, on average, 2.4 hours a day (almost 19 hours a week)

61% play video games

The audience agree that:
They spend the most money on clothes (seen on the questionnaire on the right hand side)
It's worth paying for greater quality goods (93% agreed)
They like to try new things (poll accidently deleted, but 77% agreed with this)
It is important to be well-dressed (93% agreed that it is important to look good)

MALE: 61%
FEMALE: 39%
AVERAGE AGE: 20
WORKING FULL TIME: 5%
WORKING PART TIME: 17%
STILL STUDYING: 88% (Percentages won't add up to 100% because more than one answer could be given - people can be a student, whilst working part-time, for example).
DEMOGRAPHICS: E1

Props/equipment List:

1. 60-70 A4 cards - to put lyrics on them:
2. Actor's costume - checked shirt, skinnie jeans, long hair, converse shoes, etc. (Alternative clothing)
3. Sunglasses - Actor will be wearing this (costume)
4. Terrorist bandanna - Actor will have this on his head (costume) - to create the 'renegade' look; the title which I am considering using for the digipack
5. HD camera - to shoot footage
6. Tripod - to keep the camera steady
7. Makeshift/DIY Clapperboard - to help me determine which takes I want