Band and song research

To help us get a better picture of the band Joy Division as a whole and the actual song 'No Love Lost', I have done some extra research on the meaning of the song and meaning of 'Joy Division'.
Joy Division took their name from a Nazi camp in World War II. The camp was so called as ‘Joy divisions’ because they were alleged camps where Jewish women were sent to become sex slaves for Nazi officers. This meaning ties in with the meaning of the song as the speaking part of the song which Ian Curtis performs is an extract from a novel by Ka-tzetnik 135633 (which translated is supposed to mean ‘Concentration camper’ and the number that he was in the concentration camp he was sent to ‘135633’) who was a Nazi concentration camp survivor. He wrote a book called ‘The house of dolls’ in which he writes about these ‘Joy Divisions’. The story is based on his own experiences when his own sister was fated to be sent to the ‘Joy Divisions’ and she unfortunately died while enduring the horror that the ‘ Joy Divisions’ inflicted on her.



This helps me to establish a better picture of what Joy Division were about as a band. They weren’t revolutionaries or particularly political but this shows that as a band they were thought provoking and by making songs about such events shows they were intelligent enough to respond to important issues in their own way.

Costume Research

As we’ve chosen to use a Joy Division song for our music video, I am researching the kind of style and clothes that the members of the band wear. In our video the people representing the band will be girls so we will attempt to integrate Joy Divisions trend into a modern punk on females.

Ian Curtis was the most well known member of the band. He was the lead singer and had a serious and rigid persona which he presented in his performance and style. He usually was seen wearing a plain shirt with normal looking trousers. Considering the time and genre Joy Divisions music was made in alongside bands like the Sex Pistols and the Clash, this was a very conservative way of dressing, though it became a signature part of Joy Division’s appeal.



The rest of the band dressed similarly wearing simple shirts and trousers also sometimes a shirt and a tie.

Questionnaire

Audience research
1) Age?
16 – 18 [ ] 19 – 25 [ ] 26 – 30 [ ] 31 – 40 [ ] 41 + [ ]

2) Do you think music videos are important to a piece of music?
No [ ] Yes [ ] Fairly [ ] Don’t know [ ]

Other ____________________________________________________________

3) Do you think it’s important that music videos have the artist appear in the video?
Yes [ ] No [ ] Not necessarily [ ] Doesn’t matter [ ]

Other ____________________________________________________________

4) Do you think music videos should match the music visually?
Yes [ ] No [ ] Don’t mind [ ]

Other ___________________________________________________________

5) What music videos particularly attract you? (you may tick more than one)
Videos that are visually interesting [ ] Videos with lots of women [ ] Videos with lots of special effects [ ] Videos with a narrative or story [ ] Videos set in clubs and parties [ ] Videos with a strong moral message [ ]

6) Would you prefer to see a music video that...
Is random and makes no relation to the music [ ] Is solidly based around the music [ ]

7) What’s your favourite music video?
_____________________________________________________________________

8) Why?
_____________________________________________________________________

9) Do you like to see dance sequences in music videos?
Yes [ ] No [ ] Sometimes [ ] Depends on the style of music [ ]

10) What kind of theme do you prefer a music video to have?
Happiness [ ] Sadness [ ] Hate [ ] Love [ ] Sex [ ] Rebelliousness [ ] Dream worlds [ ] Reality [ ] Loving life [ ]


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Chosen Song

We have chosen to make a music video for the song 'No Love Lost' by Joy Division.



We have also chosen the theme of our video and we have a general idea of what we would like to be in it. The band will be represented as 3 girls carrying out the kind of rebellious attitudes that the band represent and that most music at the time represented, and the video will be all in black and white.

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This mood board represents what kind of themes and appearances our video will have.

Reasearch into chosen genre

Our chosen genre is punk rock which is a genre widely spread over years from the 70's to the present.

An example of an underground punk rock band from the 70's is The Sex Pistols. They were one of the first mose famous English punk rock bands and their music video for their controversial song 'God Save the Queen' is simple but classicly 70's punk.



This video is mostly the band performing, though there is a visual narrative to help support the message being sent out in the song. The song is about the government lying to the public and all the corruption that is going on at the time. The lyrics 'They made you a moron, Potential H-bomb' suggest two powerful messages. One being that the government have lied to the public and they believed it willingly and the H-bomb being that the government are becoming self destructive which is represented in the video in the frame below.



This music video sends out so many influential messages of rebellion to the viewer. The lead singer, Johnny Rotten, is wearing a ripped vest top with the word 'DESTROY' on the front with a can of beer in his hand and he has orange hair. This is presenting himself, his band and his music with a certain out rebellious out look which the mis en scene of the band in the video clearly sends out.




An example of modern day punk is Green Day. Their song 'American Idiot' clearly outlines their criticism of american society, and the music video cleverly integrates their own personal individual stlye aswell as portraying the song.



As seen in the frame below Green Day encorporate their ideals into the video while still putting emphasis on the band by having an American flag behind a band member painted messily in Green, making refernces to the band name. This allows the audience to feel influenced by the band and their ideals and perhaps adds humour to the video as the band make fun of Americans and are almost sarcastic about the green flag in the background.



This next frame shows a close up of the leads singers face when the music gets quieter and there's a drum solo. The lyrics at this point are 'subliminal mind fuck america', and by using this close up with these lyrics make them stand out and imprint on the audience.