Planning: Outline Of Narrative

Planning: Outline of narrative

What the task was Why did you do it?

The task that we was given was to analyse the lyrics for the soundtrack that we had chosen to perform in the music video. Me and my group had the task of going through the official soundtrack and judging from the beat and the lyrics decide on what we are going to show and present in the music video. 

Our reasons for doing this was because in order for the music video to be effective and make sense with the soundtrack, the visuals that we show and display to the audience must have a rough connection to the themes, topics and vibe that is used and mentioned in the music video, otherwise it wouldn't be effective or make sense.   

Evidence of the annotations

There is evidence in the annotations created whilst analyzing the soundtrack as we plan to act on some of the themes that was mentioned in the lyrics of our performers.

For example here is a quote on performer Jeremih's lyrics as he mentions what females want to do with him. 

"Love with a hitta like me.

Wanna love with a hitta like me.

Hit the club with a hitta like me.

Do drugs with a hitta like me."

These lyric have been highlighted as I have chosen to act upon them and try to recreate some of these themes visually. So when he says "Love with a hitta like me." We plan to present females around our performer as they love and desire him. 

When Our character says "Hit the club with a hitta like me." & "Do drugs with a hitta like me." We will show a party scene where our performers are enjoying themselves surrounded by themes mentioned such as drinks, women and drugs. (which although we cant actually show this for legal reasons it will be safely recreated.)

Apply idea to theory

Because everything that is seen on camera must have an initial reason for being filmed, we will also take into consideration theories such as:

• Dyer - Star performance (When our performers are rapping for our actors to lip sync with lyrics): We will show usage of star performance because our soundtrack has 2 artists which means that we must give visual representation to the voice on the soundtrack. 

• Mulvey - The male gaze (when presenting females in the music video): This will be used as one of the main topics/themes to this soundtrack is the mentioning of females, hence the reason why they need to shown in the party, however their representation in this music video is dominated by the genre of the song as females are objectified by males. 

• Goodwin - Relationship with visuals: The relationship to the video will be whatever is mentioned by the artists in their lyrics as well as their interpretations on these factors. For example females are mentioned which means they will appear, however they're interpretations mean that females will be presented more so  as sexual objects than regular people.  

• Adorno - Pop culture representation: Pop culture will also be presented within the genre as 

• Hebidge - 

Our reasons for doing this is because if we stick to the ideal and popular theories in our music video then our music video could be considered as conventional and enjoyable as we are giving the audience what they want to see, which makes the music video more effective, realistic and popular with the people 

Video narration

Within the opening scene of our music video we will shoot an establishing shot of the area and local environment

Conclude
To conclude I believe that analysing the lyrics was beneficial for the music video as my group and I where able to identify key themes behind the soundtrack and lyrics to be able to apply them to the music video, making my music video both relevant and understanding towards a audience that is watching and listening to the final product for the first time.