Meet Florence...

This is a friend of mine from school, she has agreed to play the part of Florence for my music video. I will begin work with her as soon as possible and will spend alot of time filming her in different locations and times to get as much footage as possible.

Permission letter

Dear Copyright Holder,

I am an A-level media student and I am writing to you to request your permission to use the track 'Dog Days' by Florence and the Machine.

With your permission the track would be used in my current A-level Media studies project in which I have to create my own music video as well as creating a digi-pack and poster for the artist.

If I received your permission the track would only be used for educational purposes and would only be viewed by my media class, teacher and the exam board moderator.

The artist and your company would of course be fully recognized throughout production and the final video itself. If you wish for there to be a copyright notice to be included in the video I would need any information sent to me so that it could be included in the project. If this is wanted please inform me with further details.

 

 

Analysing the lyrics

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
As the lyrics state, happiness literally hit her unexpectedly, just like when you see a train go back, it appears to hit something really quickly.
She is clearly scared of something, as she wants to hide anywhere possible.

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
The dog days are like a metaphor for the unhappy and disappointing days in her life, she is saying that those days have gone, and now instead the horses are coming, a metaphor for freedom, so she is running with them.
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
Her family are almost a burden for her, and if she wants to move on with her life, she cant carry them with her, so she has to run away from it. Not necessarily because they are bad, but just because she needs to move on and let go.
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
Repeating about the bad days, and how they are gone,  also more repitition about the horses, and how they are almost there.
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

MY SONG

Despite all the time I spent looking for a song, I have finally chosen to use Florence and the Machine- Dog days are over, the same song I used for the preliminary task. i loved this song then, and I still love it now. I will now be able to use the preliminary task to compare against.

To me I think that the lyrics are about a contrast in emotions, and the dramatic change. One minute the person is sad and feels like nothing can help, the next 'it hits her like a train', implying that happiness has hit. The song is about getting to this stage. I now need to study the lyrics closely and work out what I am going to do, and story board it,

Monday 28th November

In today's lesson I have spent my time trying to find a song, because i am very eager to start filming, but before I can do so, I need to start my storyboard. Whilst looking for a song, I realised that I was looking through all of the XFactor songs for inspiration. I thought about how I was actually being influenced by the media without even realising it. Having remembered that I heard a song on saturday night that I thought would be a good song, it stuck and I am now still looking thtough. This applies to the hyperdermic syringe theory, because once I was theoretically injected with the XFactor, I am not hooked and want to keep looking through their songs.

Stop crying your heart out
Under the bridge

LOVE this video

I LOVE the video they have made to go with this song, I really like the way there are so many different parts of the video, in different places, as well as the continuous close up of the eye and the cigarette. I would love to use this song as my own but I think I would be in danger of wanting to copy it. However I think I will definately look more closely at it and try use some of the same effects and ideas that they have used.

Still havn't picked a song...

I am eager to start filming, however that is proving difficult when I can't choose a song, and without a song, I can't story board. So here is a list of songs that I am thinking about and why...

This is a new song by Ed Sheeran in the charts at the moment, and I have listened closely to the words and think that I will be able to work well with it and create a good video. My video would be completely different to this one, as this one is quite bizzar, this is a very good thing for me.

I really like this song because of the story behind it, the story is about Professor Green's hatred and negative feelings towards his father, and his passing. I have a lot of feelings for this song, and I also think that I would enjoy making a music video for it. However, I may have problems trying not too copy this too much.