Wednesday, 13 October 2010
The role of the cinematographer
My role in the group is as cinematographer. When creating a music video the cinematographer is the main person responsible for the technical aspects of the image. It is down to them to decide on the use of masking, the choice of camera lens and camera angles used. Although the director has the ultimate control over how the video looks, the cinematographer is the person that records the image on film and translates the directors ideas into the film, so therefor the two have to work very closely together. When creating a music video there is usually a ‘camera team’ which consists of a director of photography, a cameraman and an assistant camera man. The cinematographer is usually the person that has control over the lighting team as they will know how exactly they want the video to look.
Indie Music
Our band, Fools Paradise, are Indie/ Indie acoustic rock.
The conventions of an Indie music video are as follows:
-The video tends to be in black and white instead of colour
-The video is usually shot in a dark place to show more feeling
-There is usually alot of footage of the band playing their instruments
-Tends to have a narrative
-Alot of close ups of the band, especially their faces, to show emotion
One website that i used when finding this infprmation was http://www.slideshare.net/jamsjamsjams/conventions-of-music-videos-2935597
Some examples of successful indie rock bands are The Libertines, The XX, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Maccabees, The Rifles, Good Shoes, Arctic Monkeys, and many many more.
Indie Fashion
There is a fairly common fashion followed by those who listen to the indie genre. Younger bands and their followers such as the xx and Arctic Monkeys usually wear clothes that are quite simple and involve things such as skinny jeans, denim jackets, chequered shirts, hoodies, polo tops etc.
The conventions of an Indie music video are as follows:
-The video tends to be in black and white instead of colour
-The video is usually shot in a dark place to show more feeling
-There is usually alot of footage of the band playing their instruments
-Tends to have a narrative
-Alot of close ups of the band, especially their faces, to show emotion
One website that i used when finding this infprmation was http://www.slideshare.net/jamsjamsjams/conventions-of-music-videos-2935597
Some examples of successful indie rock bands are The Libertines, The XX, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Maccabees, The Rifles, Good Shoes, Arctic Monkeys, and many many more.
Indie Fashion
There is a fairly common fashion followed by those who listen to the indie genre. Younger bands and their followers such as the xx and Arctic Monkeys usually wear clothes that are quite simple and involve things such as skinny jeans, denim jackets, chequered shirts, hoodies, polo tops etc.
Older bands such as Oasis wear much smarter clothes such as shirts and blazers, yet there is still some similarities to the clothes of the younger generation such as denim jackets and chequered shirts.
Group
My A2 media group consists of the following people :
Sian Hodgson (me)-Cinematographer
Jessica Curley- Director
Chaturi Kothalawala- Producer
Sade Fuller- Editor
The band we have chosen is called 'Fools Paradise'
They consist of the following:
Charlie Morris- Bassist and backing vocals
Sam Fitzparick- Pianist and lead vocals
Joe Lewis- Guitar
Zach Breskal- Drums
Sian Hodgson (me)-Cinematographer
Jessica Curley- Director
Chaturi Kothalawala- Producer
Sade Fuller- Editor
The band we have chosen is called 'Fools Paradise'
They consist of the following:
Charlie Morris- Bassist and backing vocals
Sam Fitzparick- Pianist and lead vocals
Joe Lewis- Guitar
Zach Breskal- Drums
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