Concept

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Image Annotation of our groups performer (Rae):

Female house music artists usually wear Bindi gems this shows that she wants to be different and individual. They have a wild range of hairstyles this is a characteristic of women, however some artists leave it scruffy looking because maybe they want people to look at them as natural beauty0. They dresse provocatively for example they wear "spray on clothing" and show a lot of their skin and body features, this is so they can draw the male audience in, they also uses product placement in their videos to advertise small unkown brands this attracts the female audience.

Initial Ideas

Our genre of House music was already decided in our group due to nobody doing it before and because it has a lot of potential. On Youtube we had a group playlist which had all the possible song contenders for the music video, so slowly but surely we were shortening the list. We came to a conclusion that it was going to be one of the three:

1. Hot Natured ft Anabel England - Reverse Skydiving (Shadow Child Remix)
2. Bondax - Giving It All
3. EJECA - Horizon

In the end we came to a decision to use "Hot Natured ft Anabel England - Reverse Skydiving (Shadow Child Remix)" because it had musical features and characteristics that we could relate to the style of editing we would like to produce.  The locations we would like to use are: a party, a chip shop, a tube/train station, a view from the top of a tower, an isolated/remoted place and a socialising scene. We worked together by bringing each others best qualities out in each other to come up with the greatest ideas.

Song Details

Hot Natured ft Anabel Englund - Reverse Skydiving (Shadow Chid Remix)

The song we have chosen is Reverse Skydiving we chose this because we analysed its music qualities for example the beat and the lyrics. The beat in this song was ideal for editing so we could represent and portray the genre of house music well. The lyrics of the song are also great for implementing a great effect towards the mise en scene. The climax and the anti-climax of the song allows great potential when editing the video we as a group can experiment with effects trying to work with the beat of the song. We chose the genre of House music because it was different, unique and has potential. House music is usually played in clubs this means it can be danced to by most people and most people listen to it unintentionally, so through us making a music video for it we will be representing House music in a different light.

Lyrics Annotation

Flying, climbing,
This is what I feel when I'm reverse skydiving,
Neptune, shining,
Frying all the elements as they're combining,
Rewind, timing,
This be the contract for sky I'll be signing,
No concern for wining or dining,
Wind so blue that it might be blinding,
All that I know is I won't be minding

You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me

Flying, climbing,
Giving me a smile, that's the inverse of crying
Upwards, mining
My dress seems like a ruby and the stars be aligning
Sky that's shining
Angles that I'm turning on continue refining
No concern for eyes that are prying
Spell my name with lighting and keep rewinding
All that I know is I won't be minding

You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me

Flying, climbing,
This is what I feel when I'm reverse skydiving,
Neptune, shining,
Frying all the elements as they're combining,
Rewind, timing,
This be the contract for sky I'll be signing,
No concern for wining or dining,
Wind so blue that it might be blinding,
All that I know is I won't be minding

You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me
You don't have to jump to fly with me

There is definitely a sense of it being out of this world; the lead is somewhat presented as a goddess, due to the reference’s to planets and space.

The main character has power particularly over men; she is an archetype, and could be seen as a femme fatale as her sexual allure controls her audience. 

- Archetype: A statement, or pattern of behaviour, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated.

“Elements as they’re combining”

 “Stars realigning”

“Neptune, shining”

“Angels that I’m turning on continue refining”

We could definately relate to space or something, "out of this world".

She comes across as having frontier spirit, having no fears, hardiness.

Women are often perceived as being inferior to men but she is setting a standard portraying herself as having dominance over men.

There is definitely a sexual nature that runs throughout the song, there is no literal reference however, lyricism could connote to sex or anything on the matter. 

Post 2 - Roles in Music Video

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Megan has now left our group sadly due to other commitments, this means we have to replace her roles so we thought as a group we would help contribute to mise en scene because we all have different ideas and therefore making it more useful.

Audience

These results indicate trends and differences for example the majority of people who answered our survey were 16 to 25, this is reflected through many of the answers. Fifty nine percent of interlocutors were male, eighty two percent of people listen to house music and know artists.The majority of people listen to house music in their house and makes them feel good. Most of the people who answered the survey listened to pop and indie. One result I found the most interesting was 27 percent of interlocutors listened to indie