Music Video Final Cut

Music Video Rough Cut

Possible Photos for Print Production

These are images that stand out to me in the music video I have produced, therefore I thought this could potentially be used in my print production. The pictures of both the actors/performers demonstrate a lot of chemistry within their friendship - they are enjoying each others company and this is what comes across in my production. However, the close ups of their faces is powerful to an audience as they can identify with who each person is and who and what the music video will be focused on. I think outof these photos my favourite ones are where they are sitting on the bench and the one where they are standing together taking photos of mousehold. I think they both capture the concept of my music video and would be fantastic to use for my front panel.

Applying Genre Theory to "Fairy Tale of New York"

Applying Narrative Theory to Music Videos

Music video inspirations

"Skins" (TV Drama)

"Skins" is a TV drama shown on E4 in the UK. This represents teenagers as going out all the time, having fun, being rebellious and getting intoxicated. This links with idea of our chosen track 'When We Were Kids' as it is all about growing up too fast and wanting to be a kid again. Therefore, we thought using this type of imagery in our music video would contradict the song very well.

This is a montage of clips from series 3 of  "Skins" which shows lots of young adolescences having fun, being rebellious, but they are also represented as hedonistic - this may be a representational issue in the music video we produce.





"Kids" (1995)

released: 17 May 1996 (UK)
director: Larry Clark
writers: Larry Clark, Harmony Korine and Jim Lewis
stars: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce and Chloe Sevigny

This a film which IMDB describes as 'A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking, and deflowering virgins.'

This is the official trailer of the film. Similar to "Skins" it portrays teenagers as constantly going out - staying away from home, having a good time with their group of friends, but these teenagers are also represented as hedonistic. This film has also influenced us as our music video is going to be concentrating on a strong friendship between two characters. However, this film focuses on a group of friends.






Friends (TV Series)

Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and it aired from 1994-2004. It revolves around a circle of friends who live in Manhattan. The theme tune of the song 'I'll be there for you' immediately indicates that it is about friendship. This could be an inter-textual reference in our music video as our idea focuses on a boy and a girl who are best friends and grew up together, therefore they would always look out for each other. The lyrics of the theme song also mention the responsibilities of growing up, therefore this links with the idea of wanting to be a kid again because there is a lot less to worry about. Additionally, "Friends" shows a group of friends having a laugh with each other and always going out with each other. For instance, they go to a Coffee House called 'Central Perk', therefore we thought it would be a good idea to include the playhouse café in Norwich into our music video as it is a popular place for friends to hang out.

 

This is the coffee house in the show friends - Central Perk

Music video planning