Short List Of Song Choices

Above is Princess Nyah - Big Boys; this was one of our song choices. It wasnt a great song choice due to the complex lyrics, which although we no, would be hard to match when it came to editing the lip syncing.




Above we have M.I.A - Paper Planes; this was a good choice as it was unusual and original. The only down fall is that the artisit had her own individual flow when it came to singing/rapping. This would have been difficult to interpret.





Above is a song called Round and Round;
We chose this song because it was easy to lip sync and had many ideas.

Vladimir Propp

Vladimir Propp is a Russian philologist and structuralist who analysed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements.

Basically what he does is he disects folk tales and has a theory that in majority of folk tales there are different functions. To name a few of these functions:

1. ABSENTATION: A member of a family leaves the security of the home environment. This may be the hero or some other member of the family that the hero will later need to rescue. This division of the cohesive family injects initial tension into the storyline. The hero may also be introduced here, often being shown as an ordinary person.
2. INTERDICTION: An interdiction is addressed to the hero ('don't go there', 'don't do this'). The hero is warned against some action (given an 'interdiction').
3. VIOLATION of INTERDICTION. The interdiction is violated (villain enters the tale). This generally proves to be a bad move and the villain enters the story, although not necessarily confronting the hero. Perhaps they are just a lurking presence or perhaps they attack the family whilst the hero is away.
4. RECONNAISSANCE: The villain makes an attempt at reconnaissance (either villain tries to find the children/jewels etc.; or intended victim questions the villain). The villain (often in disguise) makes an active attempt at seeking information, for example searching for something valuable or trying to actively capture someone. They may speak with a member of the family who innocently divulges information. They may also seek to meet the hero, perhaps knowing already the hero is special in some way.
5. DELIVERY: The villain gains information about the victim. The villain's seeking now pays off and he or she now acquires some form of information, often about the hero or victim. Other information can be gained, for example about a map or treasure location.

Some of these theories can be used with music videos. If the music video has a clear narrative then most likely these theories will be seen as successful.

Lip Syncing

In one of our college lessons, we were given an induction on how to lip sync. Lip syncing makes it look as if we are singing the actual song.
To do this we had to sing the song when we were filming, and then later remove the sound from our recorded clips on final cut pro and attach the original backing track - if this was successful the words on the track would play at the same times as our mouths moving.

One thing that threw my group was the given task it self. We learnt the hard way, that we had to record with the WHOLE song, beginning to end, not little snippets. This is because it makes it a lot harder trying to match up the actuall sound track and the recordings we had done.

Now knowing what we are ment to do when it comes to editing our recordings to the OST, I feel a lot more confident in making our music video.

I believe that with the right shots and a lot of hard work, I can edit this music video to the best of my ability.

Copyright Letter

29^th September 2010

 XL Recordings
One Codrington Mews

London

W11 2EH

Dear XL recordings,

Request for Copyright Permission to use part or whole of: M.I.A – Paper Planes

I am a student of A Level Media Studies and for my Advanced Portfolio I will be working in a group to produce a promotional package for the release of a new album track. I would like to request permission to use the above track for this project.

The finished project will not be made available publicly and will be used solely for coursework purposes. The holder of the original copyright will be fully acknowledged in the finished project.

If you do not hold the rights for this song i should be grateful if you could forward this request to the appropriate person, or return it to me with the contact details in order that i might approach the copyright holder directly.

Yours faithfully

Tshala Philip

Copyright Letter;

City & Islington College
Angle, Goswell Road
London EC1V 7LA
Thursday 30th September 2010

Moshi Moshi Records
Rhoda street
London E2 7EF


Dear Moshi Moshi Records,

Request for Copyright Permission to use part or whole of: Pumpkin Soup by Kate Nash

I am a student of A Level Media Studies and for my Advanced Portfolio I will be working in a group to produce a promotional package for the release of a new album track. I would like to request permission to use the above track for this project.

The finished project will not be made available publicly and will be used solely for coursework purposes. The holder of the original copyright will be fully acknowledge in the finished project.

If you do not hold the rights for this song I should be grateful if you could forward this request to the appropriate person, or return it to me with the contact details in order that I might approach the copyright holder directly

Yours Sincerely


Tshala Philip

Planning: Short List of Songs

In our group we decided to make a video based on the genre of funky house music and/or pop. This led us to artists such as Princess Nyah, M.I.A and Chuck Dem Gee. Our first choice was to choose a funky house song, however, after listening to a variety of tracks we came to the conclusion that those types of songs maybe had to lip synch. This was due to the fast pace of the music and lyrics. We then settled for M.I.A - 'paper planes' which had a slow pace and still kept to the theme of house music. However, we felt that the artists pronouncation and style would be hard to replicate as she had her own attitude and way of saying certain words. Finally, we came back to square one and decided to stick with funky house - Chuck Dem gee - 'round and round' this song was sung by a female artist, suited our style and was not too fast for our lip synching.

Princess Nyah - Big Boy
As you can see this song would have been difficult, when it came to the versus, to lip synch as the rap is very fast and hard to pronounce every single word

M.I.A - Paper Planes

Although this song is slow pace and would have been easy to match the lip synch we felt that her style of rapping would have been difficult to mimic. Also, as this song already has a video it would be very tempting to immitate certain aspects of it which could loose us marks



Chuck Dem Gee - Round and Round

We felt that this song would be most suitable for creating a music video for. This is because we could easily lip synch and it is a good 'girly' choice for a all-girl group. Also, the fact that this song has no prior-video means that we could do anything with it and be able to be as creative as we want without accidently copying the original.

Final Choice - Copyright Letters

29^th September 2010

Dear Fiction Records,

Request for Copyright Permission to use part or whole of: Kate Nash – Pumpskin Soup

I am a student of A Level Media Studies and for my Advanced Portfolio I will be working in a group to produce a promotional package for the release of a new album track. I would like to request permission to use the above track for this project.

The finished project will not be made available publically and will be used solely for coursework purposes. The holder of the original copyright will be fully acknowledged in the finished project.

If you do not hold the rights for this song i should be grateful if you could forward this request to the appropriate person, or return it to me with the contact details in order that i might approach the copyright holder directly.

Yours faithfully

Jasmin Emmanuel

JasminKitty@hotmail.com