Blink 182

Once again this pop punk band stands for freedom and liberty, to love do and say anything they like.

Mise en scene - The sign at the very beginning "youth Psychiatric ward" is culturally specific to the English language. Thus, the target audience for  this video is for English reading and listening people - not necessarily speaking because the lyrics are in this language. I like the desks I would try to get desks like that as they are iconically american and the pop punk started in America. Thus, I will start my music video with a long shot of a class in a detention looking at the ticking clock You can tell that the men is blue clothes are carers or doctors because this is the uniforms most people in the medical profession wear. Therefore, if I were to film my music video in a school I would make the teachers wear their identity tags and smart suits so that the audience would understand who they were as around their necks it would say staff and the logo for the school would also be visible. I may even get the students to wear school uniforms scruffy to convey rebellious children who would be the band. However when it cuts to the band singing I would make them wear their own clothes - preferably black tops with jeans as this would be iconic to the genre. If my school/location had sprinklers I think it would be awesome to have them in the music video because it would engage and interest the audience  unfortunately they would  not allow me to set them off or even just one as this would cause too much damage to a classroom.In  this video as only one sprinkler is sprinkling  so isn't as engaging an effective as it could have been. I believe this is because of the cost and impact on the premises hired to do the shoot

Nevertheless, I like that the actors are different to the band members. This means I would need 2 teachers two actors and three band members and they would be able to spread the timeout. As the actors I will be using will be low budget and are doing A-levels this would probably be easier to schedule. Or I could have the lead singer be one of the actors if I can time it around their busy lives. The props of the magnetic letters and stethoscope reinforce that it is a hospital so I will probably use this as inspiration and have a whiteboard and a marker pen instead. Also I will probably use the idea of trashing the filing cabinets and finding their reports. Or even have the computer still logged into the teachers SIMS site allowing the students to sneak a look.

sound/editing- I will probably make my music video post-modern by copying the diegetic sound at the beginning of the video and then start the music recording. the diegetic sounds in this video include fidgeting background movement coloring in the unicorn and chatting in the background. However, my diegetic sounds will probably be ticking of the clock and fidgeting. I have an idea that the teacher holding the detention will pop outside one door to talk to another teacher. The male protagonist will glance at the female protagonist the clock, back at the love interest and then at the other door (of which I know a location) and then the non-diegetic score will start and it will cut to the band singing and playing in the Chikara drama studio (if the English and Drama teachers will let me use these locations). The reason I would like the Chikara is because it is darker and more modern, has lighting available and looks quite like the room in this music video but smaller. Then again if I have actors separate to the band then I would have less lip sinking to do and it will be easier to edit. It was effective when it cut away to the band just before the couple were going to kiss because it created tension and a climax for the end kiss on the roof in the sunset at the end of the song. It would be good if I could get a real couple to be my actors so there is no awkwardness as the low budget students won't have much experience. Plus I want the students to be different ages compared to the teachers so I can create two interpretations of representation one positive stereotype of teens having fun and negative stereotypical of teachers being strict and another negative stereotype if students messing about and a positive of teachers telling naughty youths off. In the Blink 182 promo there  is a slight age difference between the nurses and patience to help suggest authority for the nurse and youth from the patient.

The song isn't really about love it only works well with because the pace fits in time with the rhythm like my song will. I had considered putting the band on the roof at the school although this would provide some good shots of the school but decided that as the filming is taking place between November and January it is probably best not to as the weather can be unpredictable and in reality this would require a risk assessment and may delay filming to get permission to do so.

camera angles - The first shot will be an establishing shot with the sign of the the schools name outside late at night implying that its a long detention as the students have been so bad. This will be like the first shot in the music video above "youth Psychiatric ward". Next,  the detention through a long shot of all the students and then a close up of the male protagonist like above with the patients.

The creativity of the video is really good I like how they are running away from the authority its what the genre of the music stands for. Thus it has really inspired an idea which is shown above. There are especially two videos from this band which that go beyond rebelling so I didn't think it was suitable to show on the blog (band members running around streets with just shoes and socks on.) Even though certain aspects of the male protagonists were edited out with the pixelated blur, I didn't think I could adapt this as my low budget actors wouldn't be up for it. Nevertheless, I like the pace at which this video is edit at. I think I could edit this by using the school as the set because it is easy to access and I could get the students singing "You told Me I'd be Fine Without my Former Life!" and the teachers running after the kids rebelling.

CD cover

Images: The only image is the bands logo which is very well known so just with this their audience will be able to acknowledged who the artist is. This is why the image is bigger than the bands title as some of the customers probably know the logo as a fashion statement more than the music. Additionally, the smiley face with crosses for eyes are symbols for death so gives a kind of sinister tone to the music. Moreover, the splattered paint conveys the free spirit of the pop-punk genre. or the splatters of paint could portray aggression and the relieve of tension through art or in this case music. The circles are quite textured and it is almost as if the ink has dribbled down. This is probably because it was spray painted on, hence giving a sense of rebelling through vandalism. The arrows show some kind of structure possibly proving that the music is almost organised chaos.

colour: There are 2 interpretations of the colours as pink and blue convey femininity and  masculinity possibly trying to approach a broader audience of both genders- maybe they are trying to represent gender. However, the bright colours may also want to interest people that like pop music. The vibrant colours may just be their to challenge conventions and stand out on the shops shelf so that more customers would buy the bands music.  Lastly, it reinforces that the bands music maybe loud because they are quite loud colours - not mellow. The black once again connotes death so I am going to assume that this is a convention that cannot be challenged as the genre requires this colour so that the audience know what genre the music is. This is because audiences usually buy what they are familiar with as they know what they like and what they are used to. For example if the CD cover was pink with flowers and there wasn't  love songs but rock music inside the CD digipak then the customer would be very disappointed as it wasn't what they expected the product to be.

Font: This font is quite rustic and old almost medieval which possibly portrays that the music is quite Gothic and dark. The border around the font is like torn newspaper which emphasises that it is old. However there isn't much text on this CD cover - only the artists title and not the albums name. Nevertheless, my bands name is Conquer of the Decade so this font links very closely with history and would be interesting to use for them.

Language: I looked up why the band chose the name and there was no meaning or reason, this is the same as my artists. I also found that the albums title was actually called "I guess this is growing up" which really relates to the splattered paint on the cover as kids have freedom because they are not restricted by responsibility.

Layout: There is no border except around the artists name is like ripped pages which makes it look edgy and interesting. The Artists title is also aligned to the right and the image or logo is quite central and fills the whole space. When considering the packaging for my digipak it will be important on only to get the words and title spelt correctly but to consider the positioning of images and logos that symbolise the band genre.