KyleCavill

Chosen Song I have chosen to use the song “Mile End” by Pulp. I have chosen to use this song for my music video as I believe it will be a challenge to create a music video that has a message about poverty, that also fits with the style of the song. The song has a very energetic feel, yet the lyrics are about a horrible situation that no one wants to be in. The original song also does not have a music video for it, so I believe it gives me more creative freedom to interpret it however I want. The song was originally released as part of the soundtrack for the film “Trainspotting” which has very dark messages in it. This shows that it can be used in a darker video, even with the light-hearted beat.

Protest Videos First 10 Shots Kendrick Lamar – Alright First Shot – Duration: 5 seconds Shot Type: Establishing shot Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut Mis-En-Scene: Large body of water with what looks like a buoy and a city skyline in the distance as well as the outline of a hill, large dark clouds and what might be the Golden Gate Bridge? Also has a bird flying towards the distance. Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither? Second Shot – Duration: 4 seconds Shot Type: Establishing/Medium/Panning shot Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut Mis-En-Scene: Contains four dock cranes and clouds in the background. Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither? Third Shot – Duration: 3 seconds Shot Type: Establishing shot Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut Mis-En-Scene: Another large body of water with a boat in the foreground, sailing past and another larger industrial boat in the background with some shadowy building...

Analysis of 3 Protest Song Videos Run The Jewels – Close Your Eyes (And Count to F**k) -           The sound of a train passing very loudly at the start suggests that the neighbourhood they are in is not very nice as the train at the middle of the night would cause the prices of the houses to be reduced. This could highlight the fact that black people are not treated fairly in terms of jobs, therefore making less money and causing them to live in a house that is not very nice. -           Uses a monochrome filter which connotes old (due to old cameras only being able to film in black and white. This could suggest that police brutality is a problem that has been ongoing for a long time. -           The policeman spitting juxtaposes the usual view of a policeman. Spitting is seen as disrespectful and having a policeman do it suggests that the p...

Protest Song Genre The earliest example of a protest song could be Joseph Warren’s “Free America”. The song goes as far back as 1774, which is two years before the United States was founded. The song was sung famously by American soldiers. The song was used to draw out courage from the American troops. Another protest song that was among the earliest was “Yankee Doodle”. Although it is a popular song in America now, the song was first sung by British troops, mocking the Americans. The first modern protest song is the song “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, released in 1936 as a protest against racism in America. This song has been claimed to make protest songs ‘an art’. Following this, in the 1960s, a very well-known protest song comes out. The song by Sam Cooke, “A Chang is Gonna Come”, reflected what life was like living as an African American man. He wrote the song after being turned away from a ‘whites-only’ motel. The song has been covered many times since and has even bee...

Chris Milk – Amateur Music Video Director Chris Milk, born in 1975, in a town in the state of New York, is a music video director, director, artist, photographer and entrepreneur. He is very well known for his invention of the audio device that allows for sound to be captured in a 3D environment, that he later used for his virtual reality-based media. Although he did invent this, his career started with directing adverts and music videos (known more by his music videos). The first professional music video he made was to a song “The Golden Path” by the band ‘The Chemical Brothers’ in 2003. He continued his music video directing career until 2013, which is his most recent credit to a music video. The music video that he directed in 2013 was to the song “Hey Brother / You Make Me / Wake Me Up” by ‘Avicci’, alongside Spike Jonze (another music video director). Between 2003 and 2013, he also directed music videos for such people as U2, Johnny Cash and Kanye West multiple times. His Ka...

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