Outline Narrative
What was the task? Why did you do it?
We came together as a group and we analysed the lyrics, identify how the narrative will develop according to each line and beat and we applied our ideas to the theories we previously learnt about. This allowed us to identify how we wanted each scenario to form, and what part each one should come in.
Evidence of annotated lyrics
Apply idea to theory
Goodwin's theory:
Our ideas will be associated with Goodwin's theory as we will follow the features he has identified which included: genre characteristics, a relationship between lyrics and visuals, intertexual reference, notion of looking and star image motif, performance, narrative or concept?
Genre characteristics:
Alternative R&B genre: female artist will have a dramatic makeup, attractive male characters, slow song, themes including love and mystery, challenging stereotypes through costumes, hair and makeup, iconography, setting etc.
Relationship between lyrics and visuals: The visuals will reflect the lyrics as the lyrics repeat 'Papi Pacify, pacify our love' which will be reflected though the visuals as the males will be on the search for the love interests and will fight for her love.
Intertexual reference: Tarot reading the female artist will reflect a tarot reader through her actions and costumes, hair and makeup.
Notion of looking: There will be a close up of females and males assets throughout the males.
Star image motif: During the scenes, there will be close ups of the artist as she performs.
Performance, Narrative, Concept: The video will be narrative and performance based.
Mulvey's male gaze:
This theory will be evident throughout our music video as the female and male characters assets will be captured through close ups and mid shots.
Dyers Theory
My artist will be portrayed as a star although she will promote her moral ideologies throughout the music vide. The artist appearance will also go against hegemony as she will be different, being portrayed as a tarot reader rather than being perceived as a role model.
Adorno's popular culture/ true art theory
Though my female artist will not follow the popular culture, due to her not reflecting other mainstream female artists and the mainstream culture, the narrative of my music video will be conventional and will be understandable to the audience. Therefore I will ensure that I follow the popular culture theory by making my music video conventional and appealing to the working class audience.
Hebdige subcultural
I intend on targeting my music video to a mass audience through various themes that I use, and the mainstream content. I will also aim my music video at particular subcultures through the characters. Each characters will reflect a sub culture through their costumes, iconography and behaviour. For example one of the male characters is going to reflect a Geek which is likely to engage the geek subculture due the characters role. However, we are portraying subcultural values in a subtle manner so our music video still appeals to a mass audience, but can also be appealing to certain subcultures. It is important that we cater for all audiences, rather than simply the mainstream audience.
Mulvey's male gaze:
This theory will be evident throughout our music video as the female and male characters assets will be captured through close ups and mid shots.
Dyers Theory
My artist will be portrayed as a star although she will promote her moral ideologies throughout the music vide. The artist appearance will also go against hegemony as she will be different, being portrayed as a tarot reader rather than being perceived as a role model.
Adorno's popular culture/ true art theory
Though my female artist will not follow the popular culture, due to her not reflecting other mainstream female artists and the mainstream culture, the narrative of my music video will be conventional and will be understandable to the audience. Therefore I will ensure that I follow the popular culture theory by making my music video conventional and appealing to the working class audience.
Hebdige subcultural
I intend on targeting my music video to a mass audience through various themes that I use, and the mainstream content. I will also aim my music video at particular subcultures through the characters. Each characters will reflect a sub culture through their costumes, iconography and behaviour. For example one of the male characters is going to reflect a Geek which is likely to engage the geek subculture due the characters role. However, we are portraying subcultural values in a subtle manner so our music video still appeals to a mass audience, but can also be appealing to certain subcultures. It is important that we cater for all audiences, rather than simply the mainstream audience.
Video Narration
From analysing the lyrics, we identified that the themes of love and mystery will be evident throughout the music video, as the characters are linked to the love tarot reader through he power and connection with the males we intend on portraying this is a distinctive way to create adrenaline and excitement for the audience. As the music begins, the audience will be introduced to a dark room, the camera will pan across in slow motion and stop when it captures the female artist who will have her face down, and then she will look directly at the camera and sing, captured through a mid shot. The shot will then change as the beat drops to a high angle of the artist laying down tarot cards on the table upside down. The shot will then change to a low angle of the female artist turning over one card. The shot will then change to a library where a male character, a geek, is seen to be sitting in a library reading. The artist will then turn over another card, revealing another male character. The shot will then change to a street where the male character from the tarot card is jogging while listening to music. The two males will then start to feel weird as they begin to feel the connection with the female artist.
As the fourth verse begins, the camera will capture a close up of the female artist turning over another card with a picture of another male. The shot will then adapt to a dance studio with the camera capturing a male dancer, dancing, before he hears the tarot readers voice through the stereo and also feels the connection in the same way the other two males did. As the frame adapts to the black room with the tarot reader, a close up will capture her turning over the final card, revealing a picture of the final male. The shot will then capture the male through an establishing shot, performing martial arts. When the chorus begins, a tilt shot will capture the female artist casting a spell using her psychic crystal ball, which will have an impact on the males, identified through their facial expression and body language. she will begin turning over a new set of cards which will have different words on them including, death, fool, etc. which will determine how each male Is going to lose the fight they will be exposed to, preventing them from winning over the love interest.
During the 8th and 9th verse, the male character will all find themselves in a cage, where they will fight against one another in a battle to win the love interest ( female artist), every time the male is losing , he will have a piece of his clothing stripped away, illustrating his loss. The geek and the material artist will fight through dancing, in a very homoerotic way, with the martial artist winning and the geek being portrayed as a fool according to the tarot card. The martial artist will the be up against the jogger, with the martial artist winning again, and the jogger dying due to the tarot card predicting him 'death'. he will then be up against the dancer, which will be his most difficult fight, causing him to struggle. however after a close miss, the martial artist wins, with the dancer being hanged. Each of the males will be eliminated in the ways the tarot cards predicts they will.
As the 10th verse begins, the martial artist will be rewarded for his strength and bravery, by winning over the love interest who he has probed to that he deserves her love. The couple will then cuddle with the song coming to an end.
Conclusion
By planning and thinking about the narrative with the lyrics, allowed us to have a deeper insight on the story behind the song that we have chose, so that the narrative will flow accordingly. Doing this helped us to think about our initial ideas and how it could have been portrayed or presented in this video, it allowed us to mend and remove some of the ideas that we thought wouldn't really compliment the song, or the verse in which it was initially paired with. Now as a group we are more confident with the decisions that we have made and the song choice that we have picked. if we lacked in the planning of the lyrics it would have effected us greatly as we would have been unable of finalising the initial idea for the video.
From analysing the lyrics, we identified that the themes of love and mystery will be evident throughout the music video, as the characters are linked to the love tarot reader through he power and connection with the males we intend on portraying this is a distinctive way to create adrenaline and excitement for the audience. As the music begins, the audience will be introduced to a dark room, the camera will pan across in slow motion and stop when it captures the female artist who will have her face down, and then she will look directly at the camera and sing, captured through a mid shot. The shot will then change as the beat drops to a high angle of the artist laying down tarot cards on the table upside down. The shot will then change to a low angle of the female artist turning over one card. The shot will then change to a library where a male character, a geek, is seen to be sitting in a library reading. The artist will then turn over another card, revealing another male character. The shot will then change to a street where the male character from the tarot card is jogging while listening to music. The two males will then start to feel weird as they begin to feel the connection with the female artist.
As the fourth verse begins, the camera will capture a close up of the female artist turning over another card with a picture of another male. The shot will then adapt to a dance studio with the camera capturing a male dancer, dancing, before he hears the tarot readers voice through the stereo and also feels the connection in the same way the other two males did. As the frame adapts to the black room with the tarot reader, a close up will capture her turning over the final card, revealing a picture of the final male. The shot will then capture the male through an establishing shot, performing martial arts. When the chorus begins, a tilt shot will capture the female artist casting a spell using her psychic crystal ball, which will have an impact on the males, identified through their facial expression and body language. she will begin turning over a new set of cards which will have different words on them including, death, fool, etc. which will determine how each male Is going to lose the fight they will be exposed to, preventing them from winning over the love interest.
During the 8th and 9th verse, the male character will all find themselves in a cage, where they will fight against one another in a battle to win the love interest ( female artist), every time the male is losing , he will have a piece of his clothing stripped away, illustrating his loss. The geek and the material artist will fight through dancing, in a very homoerotic way, with the martial artist winning and the geek being portrayed as a fool according to the tarot card. The martial artist will the be up against the jogger, with the martial artist winning again, and the jogger dying due to the tarot card predicting him 'death'. he will then be up against the dancer, which will be his most difficult fight, causing him to struggle. however after a close miss, the martial artist wins, with the dancer being hanged. Each of the males will be eliminated in the ways the tarot cards predicts they will.
As the 10th verse begins, the martial artist will be rewarded for his strength and bravery, by winning over the love interest who he has probed to that he deserves her love. The couple will then cuddle with the song coming to an end.
Conclusion
By planning and thinking about the narrative with the lyrics, allowed us to have a deeper insight on the story behind the song that we have chose, so that the narrative will flow accordingly. Doing this helped us to think about our initial ideas and how it could have been portrayed or presented in this video, it allowed us to mend and remove some of the ideas that we thought wouldn't really compliment the song, or the verse in which it was initially paired with. Now as a group we are more confident with the decisions that we have made and the song choice that we have picked. if we lacked in the planning of the lyrics it would have effected us greatly as we would have been unable of finalising the initial idea for the video.
Proficient planning here from your group. The lyrics to your song have been well analysed and you identify what ideas you have in certain areas of the song. Idea is well linked to theory and a good outline of the idea provided.
ReplyDeleteTo improve;
-the lyrics paper could be analysed in a bit more detail
-I can see your annotated image if I click on the empty space, but can this just be presented on your blog?