Rock music is a genre of music that came about and came into the "mainstream" in the 1960s. It has developed from the 1950's & 1960's rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music it can also sometimes cross over into folk music, jazz and classical music. Rock music usually revolves around the electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and different keyboard instruments.
Nivana is a legendary band in the rock/grunge genre, the famous frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide at the age of 27. Stereotypical of the rock mentallity of "Live Hard Die Young" most bands will take drugs or even become addicts during their music career.
Rock has many subgenres, and crossover genres, here are a few examples.
Alternative rock – Art rock – Britpop – Desert rock – Detroit rock – Emo – Experimental rock – Garage rock – Glam rock – Grunge – Hard rock – Heavy metal – Instrumental rock – Indie rock – Jangle pop – Krautrock – Progressive rock – Protopunk – Psychedelia – Punk rock – Rock noir – Soft rock – Southern rock – Surf – Symphonic rock.
Monday, 27 September 2010
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Directors Research
Jonas Akerlund
Jonas Akerlund is a famous Swedish director who has directed music videos for the likes of Madonna, U2, Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Pink, Jennifer Lopez, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera, Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz and Maroon 5 and many more. His music video's have won him several Grammy Awards, MTV Awards (including Best Director) and the MVPA Hall of Fame Award.
He has directed TV adverts for the likes of Dior, Dell, Volkswagen, Virgin, Coca Cola, Smirnoff, Ikea, Panasonic and Adidas and more.
He first found fame as main video director for Swedish pop act Roxette, to date he has directed 11 of there videos.
Akerlund's videos are pieces of cinematic perfection, using cinematography effectively. Mostly all of his videos have strong messages in. He uses images to shock and uses the surprise element to full effect to keep the audiences attention and to make sure that they are talking about his videos for days.
Many of his music videos could be viewed to be more like "mini movies" as they are lengthier than average music videos, also most of Akerlund's videos have a narrative structure of beginning, middle and end.
A good example of his work is the music video for Lady Gaga's Paparazzi.
Shane Drake
Shane C. Drake is an American music video director. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights, and many more.
He owns his own company Red Van Pictures, which is an LA based production company.
Early on in his career he became an editor and cinematographer working with such bands as Poison the Well, Deftones, Thursday, and many more.
He mostly produces video's for the rock genre and sub genres, he has won many MTV Music Video Awards for his work with the likes of Fall Out Boy, Paramore and Panic At The Disco.
One of his most famous video's is the music video for "Decode" By Paramore, this video helped the band become famous. As this song one of the songs on the soundtrack of the majorly popular Twilight film.
Jonas Akerlund is a famous Swedish director who has directed music videos for the likes of Madonna, U2, Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Pink, Jennifer Lopez, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera, Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz and Maroon 5 and many more. His music video's have won him several Grammy Awards, MTV Awards (including Best Director) and the MVPA Hall of Fame Award.
He has directed TV adverts for the likes of Dior, Dell, Volkswagen, Virgin, Coca Cola, Smirnoff, Ikea, Panasonic and Adidas and more.
He first found fame as main video director for Swedish pop act Roxette, to date he has directed 11 of there videos.
Akerlund's videos are pieces of cinematic perfection, using cinematography effectively. Mostly all of his videos have strong messages in. He uses images to shock and uses the surprise element to full effect to keep the audiences attention and to make sure that they are talking about his videos for days.
Many of his music videos could be viewed to be more like "mini movies" as they are lengthier than average music videos, also most of Akerlund's videos have a narrative structure of beginning, middle and end.
A good example of his work is the music video for Lady Gaga's Paparazzi.
Shane Drake
Shane C. Drake is an American music video director. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights, and many more.
He owns his own company Red Van Pictures, which is an LA based production company.
Early on in his career he became an editor and cinematographer working with such bands as Poison the Well, Deftones, Thursday, and many more.
He mostly produces video's for the rock genre and sub genres, he has won many MTV Music Video Awards for his work with the likes of Fall Out Boy, Paramore and Panic At The Disco.
One of his most famous video's is the music video for "Decode" By Paramore, this video helped the band become famous. As this song one of the songs on the soundtrack of the majorly popular Twilight film.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
The Track - Zombie Breed 77
The song does have an official video, although to prevent the video influencing my work, I have tryed to avoid the video wherever possible.
Costume and Location
The location of the head shots can be filmed anywhere, there is a black background, which is easily achievable with a black piece of card or paper, therefore making the set very easy to move around and set up anywhere. The lighting for the shoot doesn't have to be the same as it is representative of people coming from different places, which is what my video is going to be all about.
The location of the water fight scene is yet to be decided, as it depends on the weather. However, the location shall be somewhere with trees and grassland, so therefore somewhere like a small wood would be ideal. As I am using water, and it is nearly October, I shall have to shoot somewhere not far from a place of warmth e.g an actors/my own home, to prevent the actors getting too cold and becoming ill.
Again, the costume on the day depends on the weather. The actors shall wear jeans/denim trousers/shorts/skirts, with a plain t-shirt. If the weather gets colder, the actors shall have to wear plain jumpers or coats for the shoot, to stop them from becoming ill.
The actors in the fight shall be wearing camouflage paint on their faces. This represents the fighters as 'soldiers' in the video as camouflage paint is what soldiers put on there faces.
The little girl actress shall be wearing a white dress, with a white cardigan or coat, to stop them from falling ill. The white dress is representative of her innocence which is to be a strong message in this video.
The main part of the costume that is a black or red bandana. For the two opposite sides, this shall be worn either on the head, over the mouth, or on the neck in clear view. I have chosen red and black as both colours have negative connotations, therefore both sides are as bad as the other.
The location of the water fight scene is yet to be decided, as it depends on the weather. However, the location shall be somewhere with trees and grassland, so therefore somewhere like a small wood would be ideal. As I am using water, and it is nearly October, I shall have to shoot somewhere not far from a place of warmth e.g an actors/my own home, to prevent the actors getting too cold and becoming ill.
Again, the costume on the day depends on the weather. The actors shall wear jeans/denim trousers/shorts/skirts, with a plain t-shirt. If the weather gets colder, the actors shall have to wear plain jumpers or coats for the shoot, to stop them from becoming ill.
The actors in the fight shall be wearing camouflage paint on their faces. This represents the fighters as 'soldiers' in the video as camouflage paint is what soldiers put on there faces.
The little girl actress shall be wearing a white dress, with a white cardigan or coat, to stop them from falling ill. The white dress is representative of her innocence which is to be a strong message in this video.
The main part of the costume that is a black or red bandana. For the two opposite sides, this shall be worn either on the head, over the mouth, or on the neck in clear view. I have chosen red and black as both colours have negative connotations, therefore both sides are as bad as the other.
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