Daft Punk - Around The World

Music video analysis daft punk around the world from syedaruksarali

Technical terms for a Review or Analysis

Technical Terms for Review or Analysis                                          

CAMERA -
Angles - (birds eye view) low angle shot creates superiority and high angle shots for timid and weak characters. Worms eye view (looking up from the ground).

Shots - (zoom, close up, over shoulder etc).
Movements - (panning)to show us the area and set up the situation for the audience to see.
TRACKING IS WHEN FOLLOWING THE ANGLE.

LIGHTING -
Low key lighting (when it is dark)Natural lighting - normal like sunlight

Artificial lighting - using lights to make the light and put it where ever you like.

EDITING -
Montage editing is where you see series of clips were it doesn't necessarily make sense but it makes sense at the end (don't tell a story in a sequence).

Continuity they are a sequence that makes sense (opposite of montage).

also involve transitions (fade in or fade outs, black outs at the end of the scene etc). basically from one clip to the next.

MISE en SCENE -
French word which means 'put in the scene‘ which is everything we see is M en S, its what the Director decides to put in the scene.

make up and costume is apart of M en S. Why is her make up like she's a model?

SOUND -
diagetic sound is the sound that was created when filming and non - diagetic sound it when a sound was put in when editing like sound FX.

Example of camera shots and angles

All pictures are from the movie 'twilight' (2008)

 

Close up

Middle shot

Establishing shot

 Low angle shot

 

High angle shot

Camera shots, angles and movements

Camera Shots

Long shot (LS) : Shot which shows you most of the fairly large subject, for example a person and usually much of the surroundings.

Extreme Long shot (ELS): Camera is at its furthest distance from the subject, emphasizing the background.

Establishing shot: Opening shot or sequence, tells us where it is happening and it usually opens the scene (setting).

Medium shot: This shot is waist up to the head of the subject.

Close up shot: Close up of the subject, usually a face.

Extreme close up: A very zoomed in frame usually emphasising a feature of a face e.g.- an eye.

Two shots: When there are relationships with two subject. For example when two people are side by side and they are walking towards the camera. They usually have equal space between them.

Point of view shot: In a film it shows what the character is looking at. This is done to show a subjects point of view.

Camera angles

The direction and the height of the shot, for example if you use a high shot (facing down at the subject) it could represent vulnerability.
A low angle shot can show the subjects superiority and an over head shot is a very high positioned camera showing action (camera facing up at the subject).

 

Camera Movement

Master shot: This is when you can see everything directly in front of you.

Panning shot: This is when the camera moves slowly across the set from one side to the other from a fixed angle.

Tilt: This is when the camera it tilted from the subjects point of view.

Crane shot: This is when the camera is on a crane and it moves around above the set and films everything from above .

Tracking shot or Dolly shot: This is when the camera follows the subject everywhere, for example the camera is following the subject running in a scene.

Zoom: when a camera moves toward the subject to show a close up.





I have created a this mood board which shows my inspirations and ideas about what the music video will be based on and what concept I want it to be about.

Many of my ideas revolve around a dark, gothic fantasy like the movie ‘Twilight’, ‘Van Helsing’, ‘Hansel & Gretel’ and etc. This is because I personally enjoy this genre as well as this genre’s being really popular amongst my target audience group which is teenager up to 19. I think this genre is popular amongst teenagers as this is something different and original which makes it more entertaining, amusing and always drawn to it as you don’t know what's going to happen, whereas in a reality based movie/video it can be very cliché and predictable.

I am also inspired by horror movies as the element of shock in this genre is very enticing and exciting for the viewers, therefore I want to surprise and use some elements of a horror movie in my music video. Also many recent horror movies used the element where they lead the audience to believe the cliché will happen, such as the ‘ghost’ will pop up with the use of the sound track building up or the movement of the camera representing what an actor see’s, but then something else happens which keeps the audience guessing and anticipating. As a result, I want to use the element of shock and also make it unpredictable. 

I also like the concepts of these music videos; Michel Jackson –Thriller and Timberland- Morning after dark. I like both of these as they use the dark fantasy concept using characters such as: zombies, ghost, vampires and etc. This makes the video very entertaining as it is like a movie. Unlike ordinary music video which usually portray some sort of love story, these video’s are like a short movie using an abstract form. As the video ‘Thriller’ used the theme fantasy/horror first in a music video, it made it really popular and very well-known globally. Therefore, having a concept like this will make my music video different which would make more people want to watch it.

Audience Research analysis

This video shows the decisions we have made as a group regarding the results we have got from 30+ people who completed our survey.

 

I also have found out that multiple choice was easier for the viewers to answer as the open question answers were very vague and not as helpful. Therefore, if I do make another survey in the future, I will make sure it consists of mainly multiple choice questions.  

Audience Research Survey

Audience Research Survey

 As a group we have created a survey on ‘surveymonkey’ for our audience research. The results will then help us reach decisions about how we will create our music video and what it will consists. For example: type (genre) of song, camerawork, storyline and etc.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NF5FKZH

Discussing ideas for music video

Discussing ideas abut our music video by syeda.ruksar.ali on GoAnimate


I created this video on ‘GoAnimate’ to shows a brief discussion between me and my work partner, discussing our ideas and what storylines we want to use in our music video.