Poster idea

Me and Emma have made a draft version of our Red Hot Chili Kids poster. Before we made it we researched the Red Hot Chili Peppers posters to give us ideas on how to make our poster like theirs but also make it our own.
In our research we found that the Red Hot Chili Peppers used red, white and black in most of their designs for things like posters, album covers etc. and they always had their logo on everything. This gave us the idea for our poster to keep red, white and black as the color scheme and have a logo to be used on both the poster and digipak.

Song Lyrics!!

Can't Stop - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Can't stop addicted to the shindig
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the west end
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

[Chorus]
The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to

Sweetheart is bleeding in the snow cone
So smart she's leading me to ozone
Music the great communicator
Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration
The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation
Worth your weight the gold of meditation
This chapter's going to be a close one
Smoke rings I know your going to blow one
All on a spaceship persevering
Use my hands for everything but steering
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
Mop tops are happy when they feed you
J. Butterfly is in the treetop
Birds that blow the meaning into bebop

[Chorus]

Wait a minute I'm passing out
Win or lose just like you
Far more shocking
Than anything I ever knew
How about you
Ten more reasons
Why I need somebody new just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew
Right on cue

Can't stop addicted to the shindig
Chop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the west end
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant

Kick start the golden generator
Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineering
Feel no need for any interfering
Your image in the dictionary
This life is more than ordinary
Can I get two maybe even three of these
Come from space
To teach you of the pliedes
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
This life is more than just a read through

 

 

For this song, lead singer Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics around the music. The words are a somewhat random collection of thoughts, with some creative rhyming thrown in to fit the rhythm of the song.
The song encourages the listener to live with passion and individuality ("This life is more than just a read-through"), something the Chili Peppers have done throughout their career.
 



Digi Pak!!

Here is an idea for our Digi Pak...

The front of our digipak will have the artists name and album title on it with the logo in the background.The colour scheme throughout our digipak will be red, white and black. The inside of our digipak will have our logo behind where the CD will go and on the information page we will have a range of individual shots of each member of the band and then some text about the album. On the back of the digipak will be the track list and a barcode. The digipak is very simple but i think that it is effective and it will stand out from others.

Storyboard!!

This is a rough storyboard with ideas for our music video...

Shots 1-6 of our storyboard show the band performing and our character waking up and getting ready in the morning. The first shot is of all the band starting to play the first chords of the song, the story for out music videos starts in shot 2 and 3 where we see our character waking up and then switching of his alarm it will be a close-up shot of the alarm so you can clearly see the time. The next few shots is showing things that people do most mornings such as going to the toilet, getting dressed, eating breakfast etc.

Shot 13 will be a close-up to our characters shoes showing him tie them up. It will then go to shot 14 which is him looking in the mirror as its is his last checks of how he looks before he leaves the how which is shown with match on editing in shot 15 and 16. The next few shots after this is of our character doing some stretches and warming up (lunges, jogging on the spot etc.) before he grabs his water bottle and starts to jog.

After seeing him jog from different angles the band will then come on the screen starting with a two shot of the guitarist and singer, it will then have a single shot of the drummer and then go on to a close-up of the bass. After that shot 28 will be of the entire band and then go into a close-up of the singer and then back to a full shot of the band.
It will then go back to our story and show the character out of breath and having a rest. In shot 34 it will be a close-up onto his phone showing a reminder which then gives him the look of determination in shot 35 and leads to shot 36 which shows him starting to run again.

Shot 37 is a medium close up of the singer and guitarist, then in shot 38 it goes into a medium close-up of the guitarist and the next shot is a close up on the guitarist. The last couple of shots show the character achieving his goal by him crossing the finishing line and then we see him on the podium and our last shot is of our band messing about.

Planning

Costume and Props
Band - Me and Emma have decided that for the band we will have props such as amps and wires in the room behind and around the band we think this will look effective if they are in an empty hall and that they will stand out. We have decided that the band will be wearing casual clothing which is fairly scruffy.
The actors in the story will be wearing casual/sporty clothing and will use many different props such as phones, bottles, computers etc.


Location
Me and Emma have decided to locate our music video at Portishead Youth Centre. We have decided to have our video here as they have got a hall which will work really well for the part of the video in which the band is performing.
We will also be using other locations to film our music video's story such as The Lake Grounds, Fields, Houses, Gardens etc.



Representation of artists and other groups
The band will be represented by youths and we will change the name of the band to The Red Hot Chili Kids, we thought of this idea because are plan is for the storyline to show young people achieving.
The young people who will be in the music video and a part of the story will be represented as strong, independent and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals/dreams.

Our Music Video Idea

Me and Emma have decided to use the song 'Can't Stop' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers for our music video. However we are going to create a story which will go with the lyrics as we think that The Red Hot Chili Peppers music video has no storyline and we want to give it one. We have taken our idea from The Scripts music video for their song 'Hall Of Fame' which is based on people succeeding in what they want to do and not stopping until they can reach their goal.
In our music video we will have a band miming Can't Stop and playing their instruments. They will not be a part of the story but you will still see clips of them throughout the music video.

Me and Emma have emailed Warner Brothers which is the record label which made 'Can't Stop' with The Red Hot Chili Peppers asking them for consent to use this song for our Media coursework. This is a screenshot of what we sent;

Research

Narratives
What different types of stories commonly appear in music videos?
 Music videos tend to have story lines which go with the artists song and the lyrics usually help to tell the story. For example Rihanna's music video for her song 'We Found Love' is about a couple who are in love but have relationship problems.
Relationships and romance seem to be two of the biggest things used as a storyline in music video's. For example 'Mirrors' by Justin Timberlake, 'Baby' by Justin Bieber and their are many others as well. If music videos aren't about relationships and romance its usually about having fun doing crazy things and partying. For example 'How We Do' by Rita Ora, Sorry for Party Rocking' by LMFAO, 'Five Colors in her hair' by Mcfly. However, not all music videos relate to the songs and also their are many songs that have music videos which people don't understand and some music videos are of just the artist(s) performing.
Also I have mainly been talking about one sort of genre in the music industry and all genre's are different with their music videos.


Performance
Do you always see the artist(s) in their music videos?
No, some artist(s) tend to not be in their music videos and just like a story to be told from their song. For example, we do not see David Guetta or Sia in the music video for 'Titanium'. However, most music videos have the artist(s) being seen throughout and sometimes they are actually a part of the story (Katy Perry - Hot and Cold) or other times you just see snippets of them throughout the video (The Script - Hall Of Fame).

Audience Research

I have done a small questionnaire to find out what people think about the artist(s) they like and their music videos. I asked 14 people and this is the results.




The main people I asked were still in their teenage years which means they're more likely to watch television and go through different music channels every day.

When asking what genres of music people enjoy listening to them 6 out of 14 said they enjoyed pop music the most. When asked why most of them replied with the same answer which is that they enjoy the happy vibe given from the music and that they are usually up beat and good to dance to.

The second highest listened to genre on my questionnaire was indie music when asked why they enjoy it one person said that its the new type of music to be into. This made me think are they telling the truth that this is their favorite music genre or are they trying to fit in with everyone else by 'following the crowed'. One person chose Dubstep as their favorite type of music genre, when asked why the respondent said they enjoy the fast pace, they like how they can just jump around and go crazy when listening to it and they also like the 'buzz' feeling they get inside when the beat kicks in.

12 out of 14 people said they enjoyed watching their favorite artist(s) music videos. When asked why many of them said they enjoy the storyline behind the song and that music videos with a clear meaning behind them make you want to watch them over again. However another who said yes to watching music videos said they watch them because they enjoy seeing the artist(s) performing the song and having fun in their music videos. One of the participants who said they do not enjoy watching the music videos said no because they would much rather just listen to the song and enjoy the lyrics then focus on a video trying to explain the meaning. The other participant said no because they only rarely listen to music on the radio which means there would be no music video to watch.