Similar Artists

Our artist is Halsey and is from the indie/pop genre. The artists below are also from the same genre...

VÉRITÉ 

Kelsey Bryne, better known by her stage name VÉRITÉ (meaning 'truth' in French), is an American indie/pop singer based in her home town of New York. Her father introduced music to her at a young age as he was a rock musician. As a result of her fathers influence she joined a all girl punk cover band during her teenage years at school. She was discovered on twitter by producer Elliot Jacobson in 2013 and started collaberating on songs with him. Her first single is called 'Strange Enough' and was received well by critics as it placed first on Hype Machine for July 2014. Here is the song below... 

VÉRITÉ is a growing artist in the United States and is seeing her fan base increasing. She now has 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify and 8,909 followers on Twitter. 

Allie X

Alexandra Ashley Hughes, better know by her stage name Allie X is a CAnadian singer based in the Los Angles. She was signed to the record label Sleepless Records after being noticed preforming on Canadian talent shows. She moved to Los Angeles in in 2013 and began working with preducers Cirkut and Billboard. Her  most successful song to date is 'Catch' which reach No.55 on Canadian Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song also recieved recognition from Katy Perry on twitter. Here is the song below... 

Allie X currently has 150,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and 29.7K followers on Twitter. 

Phoebe Ryan

Phoebe Ryan is a American singer/song writer from Texas. She began her music career as a song writer, writing fro artists such as Oh Honey, Bea Miller and Skizzy Mars before moving on to bigger names such as Britney Spears. She released in her frist single in 2015 which was a mash up of 'Ignition' and 'Do You', before being signed up to the recorded label Columbia Records. With the help of Columbia she released the single 'Mine' which received recognition from Taylor Swift and Tove Lo. Here are the singles below... 

'Ignition' 'Do You'

'Mine'

Phoebe Ryan currently has 1.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify and 20.2K follower on Twitter. 

Music Video Song Ideas

Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You

I put forward this song because I believed it was very different to any of the other music videos we had seen. Also I liked the song because it was upbeat and fun. I thought swell as being able to make a good music video for it we would have enjoyed the filming process aswell. 

Doja Cat - Candy 

This song was put forward by Tilly. She chose it because she though it was fun and would have some really interesting visuals to go along with it.

Halsey - Gasoline

This song was put forward by Sarah. She chose this becuase the song was of a different genre to any of the others she had researched. Also this artist was used for on elf the music video at the BFI Awards last year and worked really well.

Rise Against - Everchanging (acoustic)

This song was put forward by Connor. He chose this song because he really liked it and was into the genre.

Finished Prelim Task

Below is our finished prelim task from the music video 'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea.

 

Production Diary

We created a production diary so keep check of what we have done and what we needed to do. It allowed us to assign tasks to each member of the team at the start of each lesson so we stayed productive.
 

Risk Assessment

I created the risk assessment below so we were more aware of the risks involved in filming. This will also help us reduce the risk of a accident by being able to prepare for the potential hazards.

Shooting Schedule

Below is a shooting schedule I created to help give the group a guide of what we need to be doing so we don't fall behind.

Prelim Task

For our prelim task we have to recreate 30 seconds of a music video of our choice. Our group decided to recreate 'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea. Below is the original music video...

Representations Within Music Videos

Relationship Between Visuals and Lyrics

In class we looked at the relationship between visuals and lyrics in the music video to the song 'No Rest' by Dry The River. After listening to the song we described what we thought the visuals would be then compared this the actual video.

Our visual predictions...
Charlie - Set on a farm within a old barn on a dull rainy day. It would start with the lead singer singing on his own then the rest of the band would join him within the barn. The video would be performance based.
Matt - The video would be set in a Asian city with a continuous tracking shot following the lead singer down the street. The rest of the band would join the lead singer as he walks down the street.
Connor - Set at the bands concert with the lad singer watching himself from within the crowd performing. The lead singer in the crowd meets a girl. The video will be performance based mainly with a narrative.
Jack - The band will be performing on top of a hill in the country side. Throughout the song the seasons are changing. This would cross cut to the lead singer going through a break up with a girl throughout the video.
Angel - The video is set in different locations focusing on the characters emotions. Everybody else in the video will be happy contrasting with the lead singer who would be looking unhappy and gloomy.
Georgia - The video would be of a band doing a live performance cross cutting to different people leaving their partners. This is to create a theme of 'goodbye' within the video.

 

After this we then analysed the lyrics of the song. After this we thought of different ideas for the music video to go with the lyrics that were less stereotypical. This is what we came up with...

Music Timeline

What Music Means To Me

Replay - Iyaz

I remember this song from when I was younger. It reminds me of my school discos in primary school.

Can You Hear Me - Wiley

This song is from my early teens and reminds me of party's back in the day.

Exchange - Bryson Tiller

This is a song I would listen to now. This song makes me feel chilled and I can listen to it quite a lot without getting bored.

Features of a Music Video

• Concept
• Narrative
• Performance
• Mise en scene styled to genre
• Lyrics match visuals
• Unusual locations
• Dancing/music/choreography
• Quick cuts, multiple cuts and transitions
• Repeated locations
• Artist/band lip syncing

Carol Vernallis Theory

Her theory is based around producing music video using four concepts...

1. Narrative - The video is a visual response to the narrative, reflecting the lyrics in he song. They can be incomplete/broken up, questions don't have to be answered at the end.
2. Editing - It can break or disrupt the conventions or continuity editing. Editing can be visible and not hidden and be more distinctive. 
3. Camera movements/framing - Establishing shots are one of the key features of music videos. Close up and medium shots are also important to establish the artist. It can move with the lyrics.
4. Diagesis - The world of the music video (setting) can be revealed slowly, may be shown through repetitions in frames.

Andrew Goodwins Music Video Theory

Music videos ignore common narrative (not made to tell a story) as they are essentially adverts. As consumers we make up our own meaning in our minds.

Key aspects...

• Through beats - The idea that you see sound. The voice within the song with a unique voice.
• Narrative and performance - You should avoid common narrative as their role is to advertise rather than become a story. Lip syncing and other actions in the video increase its verisimilitude to convince the audience.
• Star image - The key aspect within videos. By creating the image of a star it can increase the audiences awareness of the artist and can therefore show a development of the artists over time.
• Relations of visuals to the song - There are three ways to promote the song: Illustrate - the image on screen shows what the lyrics say, Amplify - where you manipulate/put emphasis on the image in the video, Disjuncture - where the feel of the song and the lyrics contrast what is being shown visually.  
• Voyeurism - This is the use of close up shots. Goodwin found these shots were used to create the 'male gaze' by sexualising woman.
• Inter-textual reference - Where visuals or lyrics from other types of media text are used for convenience/synergy in other areas.