Lyric Analysis
The hidden meanings in this song are fairly easy to spot and reveal a deeper meaning to the narrative of the song which we can us win our video. For example in this song it is focused on a brake up, one hidden part is that the girl he is singing about does not feel the same way as he feels about her, which is not apparent from the face value of the lyrics. This however is reflected in our own narrative as we have used this as our key theme, this will make the video seem deeper than if we did not use it. Also with the brake up this shows how he is physically and mentally confused with the situation that he is in, which we also reflect in the video using colour tints .
Our group has annotated the lyrics by separating the lyrics up and analysing each of these individually which make up the song. Then we try to find the meanings behind the lyrics which can make up a new part of the narrative in the video. Then we try to see how they relate to each other and put them together to make a narrative. This will make a song that both is interesting to the audience and still is somewhat conventional to the genre, whilst still following the narrative of the lyrics in video.
Our annotations will assist us in many ways and will help us make a successful video. The style of the lyrics is quite sad and depressing with themes of braking up, this helps us with the making of the video as we can now make it conventional to the mood of the song. Such as making the artist wear dark coloured clothes and making the video she it is going dark , both of these give the impression of unhappy scene. This also helps the audience infer what the music video will be about before anything even happens in the video.
The lyrics also give the idea that the music video is for an older audience with the themes that are included in the lyrics. The themes of brake ups are for a more mature audience as they are more likely to understand the emotions of the video. Furthermore there are themes of rejection which young people will not be able to comprehend as it is just too mature.This is why we have target our music video to the ages of 15 to 35 as we believe any younger and they would simply not understand, however any older and it may be simply uninteresting to an older audience and they again may not understand it.
With this we can now see that our narrative has a person that has just broken up with there partner and they are at fault. He then leave and from this he is thinking about her and sees her in various places and will eventually take drugs, while this is going on we are going to use London as it is very accessible and will be a very good setting and backdrop. From this we have decided that we want the main character to commit suicide as we believe that this will be a big shock and make the audience pity the character. This will be the basis of the our narrative and we can improve and work on it from this point. We will follow the conventions of this genre by using lots of editing and bright florescent colours to show the effects of the psychedelic drugs.
The conventions of the song are also based around the annotations which we have made. For example we will be using colour tints after a certain point in the song as they are conventional to psychedelic rock, however we use them after a certain point in the lyrics as we can see his mood changing. We are attributing this to the narcotic drugs that he will take in the video which is also very conventional of the psychedelic genre. Another is the way that we have used a unique location to go to, we have interpreted from the lyrics that she has left him and he needs to go to a place to think. This is why we have used London as a location as it is exciting and interesting for audiences , this is very conventional with the psychedelic genre as they often use different locations.
The hidden meanings in this song are fairly easy to spot and reveal a deeper meaning to the narrative of the song which we can us win our video. For example in this song it is focused on a brake up, one hidden part is that the girl he is singing about does not feel the same way as he feels about her, which is not apparent from the face value of the lyrics. This however is reflected in our own narrative as we have used this as our key theme, this will make the video seem deeper than if we did not use it. Also with the brake up this shows how he is physically and mentally confused with the situation that he is in, which we also reflect in the video using colour tints .
Our group has annotated the lyrics by separating the lyrics up and analysing each of these individually which make up the song. Then we try to find the meanings behind the lyrics which can make up a new part of the narrative in the video. Then we try to see how they relate to each other and put them together to make a narrative. This will make a song that both is interesting to the audience and still is somewhat conventional to the genre, whilst still following the narrative of the lyrics in video.
Our annotations will assist us in many ways and will help us make a successful video. The style of the lyrics is quite sad and depressing with themes of braking up, this helps us with the making of the video as we can now make it conventional to the mood of the song. Such as making the artist wear dark coloured clothes and making the video she it is going dark , both of these give the impression of unhappy scene. This also helps the audience infer what the music video will be about before anything even happens in the video.
The lyrics also give the idea that the music video is for an older audience with the themes that are included in the lyrics. The themes of brake ups are for a more mature audience as they are more likely to understand the emotions of the video. Furthermore there are themes of rejection which young people will not be able to comprehend as it is just too mature.This is why we have target our music video to the ages of 15 to 35 as we believe any younger and they would simply not understand, however any older and it may be simply uninteresting to an older audience and they again may not understand it.
With this we can now see that our narrative has a person that has just broken up with there partner and they are at fault. He then leave and from this he is thinking about her and sees her in various places and will eventually take drugs, while this is going on we are going to use London as it is very accessible and will be a very good setting and backdrop. From this we have decided that we want the main character to commit suicide as we believe that this will be a big shock and make the audience pity the character. This will be the basis of the our narrative and we can improve and work on it from this point. We will follow the conventions of this genre by using lots of editing and bright florescent colours to show the effects of the psychedelic drugs.
The conventions of the song are also based around the annotations which we have made. For example we will be using colour tints after a certain point in the song as they are conventional to psychedelic rock, however we use them after a certain point in the lyrics as we can see his mood changing. We are attributing this to the narcotic drugs that he will take in the video which is also very conventional of the psychedelic genre. Another is the way that we have used a unique location to go to, we have interpreted from the lyrics that she has left him and he needs to go to a place to think. This is why we have used London as a location as it is exciting and interesting for audiences , this is very conventional with the psychedelic genre as they often use different locations.
You have made a start in considering the hidden meanings of your chosen song and it is clear to see that you have considered a narrative for your production. However, the narrative needs to be explored in a lot more detail, by explaining what will be seen, the style of the production, explanation of how you will follow the conventions of your chosen music genre.
ReplyDeleteYou have made a start in considering the narrative of your music video further, but you need to ensure that you have related your points back to the codes and conventions of your chosen music genre, to demonstrate further planning techniques.
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