These are pie charts showing the results from my questionnaire audience research which I sent out to 10 recipients.
To sum up the results of my questionnaire, the majority of people who I used as my audience research generally didn't mind if the artist appeared in the video, they preferred a random and visually interesting video and the two main themes my recipients chose as their favourite for music videos were rebelliousness and love.
This has helped strongly towards my ideas for the music video as they’ve given me a starting point. I can now take this feedback and work with it to construct the music video around what my audience want to see.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Locations
These are photo's of one of the locations we have decided to use. The bedroom will be used as one of the characters bedrooms as she wakes up and gets ready to go out.
Friday, 26 November 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
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.
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.
Monday, 15 November 2010
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 [ ]
Thank you for your contribution
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 [ ]
Thank you for your contribution
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
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.
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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