No Love
Music Video Details
Song : No Love
Music Artist : Eminem
The Initial Idea
Of The Music Video
The Use Of Spiritual Meanings
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The Aspect Of This Music Video Has Many Spiritual Context That I Will Be Describing These Where All Inspired By The Movie Brother Bear By Disney This Was A Movie I Watched As A Kid That Was Based On The Themes Of Being Spiritual, Such As The Man Transforms Into A Bear As The Bear Is His Totem Animal. This Is The Animal That Resembles You As A Person Through Character Personality And This Totem Your Given Is Who U Set To Become, As A Person.
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A Different Type Of Spirit Animal I May Reference Within My Work Is Guidance Animal These Are Animals That Come And Go That You See Within Your Life That Have Meanings In Giving U Messages, Such As A Dragonfly Being Present Within Your Life Is A Guidance Animal That Is There To Warn U And Give Information To U That A New Person May Be Coming Into Your Life, A Butterfly Symbolizes Change Happening. These Animals Foreshadow But Cn Also Be Your Guidance Animal If Your Within A Situation Where You Need Guidance. I Wanted To Take The Inner Meanings Of Spiritual Meanings And Implement These Meaning To Display A Deeper Context Within My Music Video That Is There Spiritually And Link To How People See This Area And Concepts.
Brother Bear Was An Inspiration To This Concept Of Having Inner Meanings Of Context Being Displayed Through Spiritual Metaphors And Inner Meanings As Within That Movie It Also Used The Same Technique In Having A Deeper Context By Adding Spiritual Meanings And Context Within The Background Of The Movie.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Butterfly's
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Within The No Love Music Video My Plan Is To Have Butterfly's Be Implemented Within The Background Due To Them Being Seen As A Spiritual Animal That Represents Change, I Want To Have The Butterfly Symbolise The Changes And Rebirth Within The Character Of The Protagonist Evolving And Becoming Something Different Due To The Changes That He Is Speaking Out About His Issues And How He Is The Lime Light Also To Juxtapose The Changes In His Personality In How He Was Once Shy And Now He Is The Loudest In The Room, This Also Is Meant To Represent The Changes In How The Protagonist Is Working Towards Changing His Life, And Chasing His Dream And Blocking Out The Hate Around Him. The Butterfly Represents The Journey Of The Protagonist In The Fact They Both Started In A Version Such As The Caterpillar And Then The Go Into A Place Where The Evolve That Being The Dream Which Makes Them The Butterfly. What I Learnt Within My Religious Study's When I Was Younger Is Christians Associate The Butterfly As Being A Creature Of Hope And Resurrection, This Links To The Character In The Aspects That The Changes Has Made Part Of Him Die And Now He Been Resurrected With His New Mentality And Thought Processes.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Tree Growing
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The Tree Is Meant To Be A Metaphor Of The Growth Within The Protagonist In The Aspect That Him Standing Into The Lime Light Is Not Something He Personality Is About However He Took The Jump Towards Working Towards His Dreams And This Means He Has Grown As A Person Within The Music Video.
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The Next Meaning Within The Tree Is Its Meaning Within The Bible Trees Are Scene As Things That Are In The Paradise Of God. We See The Trees Are Growing Around And Coming Back To Life To Show That Within The Protagonist Mind Is Healing And Becoming A Freedom Place Paradise That Is A Contrast To Let Me Go Where The Artist Was Trapped As A Prisoner Within His Own Mind. This Comes From The Revelation 22. Trees Are Also Known Spiritually To Have Healing Powers As Its Pure Nature, So I Wanted To Have The Tree To Symbolize The Healing Of The Paradise Within The Mind And Thoughts To Show Its Healing And Getting Better, The Reason This Happens So Quickly Is Due To The Fact That People Once They Have Said There Thoughts To Feel Better As The Artist Has Said All His Feelings He Mind Is Now Cleansed And That’s Why Trees And Life And Come Back.
The Tree Is Also Used To Symbolize New Beginnings As The Protagonist Is Starting His Journey In Making Moves To Chase His Dream And This Leads To A New Path And New Road Away From The Dark Path He Was Walking Down At The Start Of The Short Film. The Tree Is White To Represent The Lightness Within The Bright Contrast In Happiness To His Life And Is Connected To Also The Cleanness Within His Thoughts Now, The White Is Also Meant To Symbolize The Peace That The Character Possesses.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Leaf's
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The Leaf’s Was Implemented As The Metaphor To The Cycle Of How Even When The Bully Is Gone Someone Else Will Take There Place As Within My Research I Have Conducted I Found Out Bully’s Can Move On Target After They Have Finished With One Victim, And Also The Sad Aspect That Some People Who Have Fallen Victim To Bullying Hold The Potential To Bully Others According To Data And Research I Conducted This Is Really Bad As This Mean More Of A Cycle Happens.
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As Someone Who Had To Spend 5 Years Learning About A Pointless Leaf In Science When I Was In Secondary I In The End Found Loads Meanings Towards Leaf’s So I Decided To Use This Project As An Opportunity To Give Some Sense To Why I Had To Spend 5 Years In Learning About Leaves To Make It Have Use In My Project. The Leaf Is A Symbolism Like A Tree To Symbolize New Beginnings As Well As Seen Spiritually As Symbolism Of Hope And Growth The Reason There Implemented Within The Music Video Again Like The Tree Is To Show That Just Like The Leaf The Character Is Growing And Evolving, But Also This Is A New Beginning Showing Leaves Blow Away For Fresh New Ones To Grow Shows The Aspect As A Metaphor Of Getting Rid Of The Bad Memories And Making New Ones As A Fresh Take In The Aspect Of Starting Fresh, New Leaves New Memories Why Old Ones Get Blown Away.
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Lastly A Leaf Can Symbolize Matureness And Aspect That We See Through The Whole Project As The Artist Does Not React Through Violence Towards The Bully Instead He Stands Up And Speaks His Views On Him And Established His Views With What He Has Faced And How Its Effected Him, This Is A High Level Of Maturity In How The Protagonist Deal The Situation In A Less Harmful Way.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of The Clouds And Color Warps
Within The Music Video U Will See Within The Memory Scene And Thoughts There Is A Colour Warp In The Variety Of Different Colours That Have Been Blended Within The Clouds, I Wanted To Juxtapose The Shot Of Let Me Go Where We See Darker Tones And Colours Be Used To Represent The Mental Health In The Forms Of Depression So To Contrast This I Added The Colour Warp To Help Brighten And More Vibrance Of Colours Within The Scene Of Shot However The Inspiration Of This Came From Watching Brother Bear Created By Disney Where I Saw A Real Cool Seen Where The Character Transforms Into A Bear And There The Spiritual Lights I However Didn’t Want To Uses Northern Lights In That Aspect But It Influenced Me That Maybe I Should Think Into The Aspects Of Adding Light Colour Warps In Creating A Unnatural Memory Feeling. The Colour Warp Just Added Nice Tones Of Distorted Colours That Blend Nicely Within The Background, Again Adding To The Aspect And Ideas Of Being In A Memory And Thoughts Something I Think Was A Nice Touch And Extra Detail Let Me Go May Have Needed However The Tone Within That Music Video And Atmosphere Was Totally Different.
The Clouds Are Used To Represent The Thoughts And The Aspect Of Being In Your Mind, Where Its Foggy In Most Times Due To The Vivid Memories That You Hold I Wanted This Time To Add More Atmosphere Within The Thoughts As A Development From Let Me Go As Within This Music Video I Noticed My Weakness Was Conjoining The Two Worlds Together. As There Was Not Enough Detail In The Foreground.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of The Grain Effect + RGB Split
The Reason I Have Decided To Implement Grain Within My Music Video As Well As RGB Split Is To Create A An Aesthetic That Looks Visually And Resembles The Way People See Memories The Grain Will Help Add The Distorted Way We View Memories As Well As Creating A Old Vintage Look That Looks Interesting And More Visually Appealing To View For The Audience As They Can Get The Understanding Of The Reason In The Aspects Its Used To Make The Memories Be Memories But Also As I'm Planning To Have The Memories Be Aspects Of What We View In The Short Film So Having A Change To The Visual Style And Look Of these Scenes Can Make Them More Interesting To View For The Audience And Should Stop The Boredom Within These References.
RGB Split Is Used To Create A Unnatural Look That Is Link To The Aspects Of What We Seeing Is From The Dream Reality And Hallucination Of The Artist Thoughts And Through The Music Video We Lead To Believe These Random Events Are Happening When In Reality The Artist Had Never Opened His Eyes Till He Finished The Song, The Reason Is To Show That The Character Is Still Human And Has His Shy Personality So He Can Still Have Stage Fright However But Its Also Meant To Link To The Aspects That People Find It Hard To Get Help When There Bullied So Not Visually Seeing Who U Speak To helps These People.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of Marshmallow Person
The Meaning And Purpose Behind This Scene Within My Music Video Is To Display The Issue Of Cyberbullying As Well As Displaying The Issue Of Internet Trolls Online That Harm People By Sending Hatful Messages. I Used The Line Roasted Like A Marshmallow And Created The Metaphor That Symbolizes These Events That Take Place, As People Online Usually Go By Aliases Which Is Basically Fake Name And Accounts Like Marshmallow Then They Will Uses This Account To Say Mean Things To People Cause They Know No One Will Know How They Are. This Is A Common Issue Within Today Society That Many People Have Been Victim Of Which Is Sadly A Form Of Cyberbullying. We See Within The Segment Of The Music Video There Is A Contrast Between Let Me Go Music Video Where The Artist Is Battling The Messages Fighting Them Of Blocking Them Away Which Cause The Marsh Mellow To Be On Fire And Getting Roasted As These People Look For A Response For There Messages However The Victim Is Defining The Attacks And Is Basically Making The Marshmallow Angry.
Due To Social Media Being World Wide Used There Are Many People That Uses It For Bad Evil Things Such As Cyberbullying And This Causes Major Effects To Peoples Mental Health In The Aspect They Feel They Cant Uses Social Media Without Being Judged, Or Made Fun Of. With Aliases Being Commonly Used The Music Video Is Highlighting The Major Flaw Within Creating Accounts In The Aspect That Anyone Can Create A Account That’s Not Them And How These Accounts Can Be Dangerous When Used In The Wrong Way.
Meaning Behind The Energy Effect
The Meaning And Purpose Behind This Scene Within My Music Video Is To Display The Issue Of Cyberbullying As Well As Displaying The Issue Of Internet Trolls Online That Harm People By Sending Hatful Messages. I Used The Line Roasted Like A Marshmallow And Created The Metaphor That Symbolizes These Events That Take Place, As People Online Usually Go By Aliases Which Is Basically Fake Name And Accounts Like Marshmallow Then They Will Uses This Account To Say Mean Things To People Cause They Know No One Will Know How They Are. This Is A Common Issue Within Today Society That Many People Have Been Victim Of Which Is Sadly A Form Of Cyberbullying. We See Within The Segment Of The Music Video There Is A Contrast Between Let Me Go Music Video Where The Artist Is Battling The Messages Fighting Them Of Blocking Them Away Which Cause The Marsh Mellow To Be On Fire And Getting Roasted As These People Look For A Response For There Messages However The Victim Is Defining The Attacks And Is Basically Making The Marshmallow Angry. Due To Social Media Being World Wide Used There Are Many People That Uses It For Bad Evil Things Such As Cyberbullying And This Causes Major Effects To Peoples Mental Health In The Aspect They Feel They Cant Uses Social Media Without Being Judged, Or Made Fun Of. With Aliases Being Commonly Used The Music Video Is Highlighting The Major Flaw Within Creating Accounts In The Aspect That Anyone Can Create A Account That’s Not Them And How These Accounts Can Be Dangerous When Used In The Wrong Way.
Meaning Behind The Ant Perspective
I Wanted To Show And Display A Metaphor Of Displaying How The Victim Sees Himself Within The Short Film And Display That Within The Music Video In The Aspect Of Taking Inspiration From Movies Where People Get Shrunk Like An Ant And Add This Concept To Be The Metaphor For The Character That He Feels Like An Ant Within The Short Film As The Bully Is Seen To Be Much More Powerful And Stronger Than Him When Looking Up And Seeing Him Like A Giant. This Is Meant To Refer To The Worms Eye Shot From The Bullying Short Film Where He Is Kicked In The Face In The Short Film. The Kicked In The Face Leads Him To Feel That He Is Small Like An Ant As He Cant Do Nothing And The Thoughts That Are Nightmares In His Mind Comes From The Shoe Chasing Him Trying To Stop On Him Like An Ant.
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The Aspect Of The Bully Being Taller Than Him Is Shown To Display The Perspective Of How The Character Views The Bully And So The Audience Can Connect To The Feelings And Inner Thoughts Of The Victim And Relate To These Concepts. The Concept.
II Also Wanted To Use Positive Space Within This Shot Having The Grass Be Tall And Around Him Displaying The Feeling Of Costrophobia By Using The Technique Of Positive Space. I Also Wanted To Make Sure The Character Was Running Towards The Camera As We See Just One Path Way Showing The Aspects Of How The Victim Only Sees There Being One Path For Him To Escape.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Teachers Memory Scene
From My Research I Did Within My Bullying Documentary I Did For Unit 7 I Learnt All About Bullying This Was Due To Me Creating A Factual Documentary On The Topic, This Was Where I Obtained Information About The Common Issues Within Bullying Where, Such As Many Teachers Have Claimed To Have Witnessed A Form Of Bullying Within There Schools However Failed To Act Accordingly Towards It, Due To Them Miss Interpreting The Relationship Between The Students. I Wanted To Display This Issue Within My Short Film And Have It Played Of Again Within The Music Video Where We See The Artist Explain His Thoughts In How That The Teacher Just Let Him Fall To The Ground And Yet Did Nothing To Help Him And Instead Had A Go At Him This Is Complimented By The Memories Scene That Shows The Artist Falling On The Floor, I Wanted To Interpreted The Documentary Facts Within The Music Video Creating More Realism And Shining Light On Some Aspects That Are Bad Within Schools And How Not Enough Is Usually Done To Tackle The Situation.
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Many People Believe That There A Big Major Issue Within Most School Of Bullying Within 70 Percent Of Children Within A Study Stating They Had Witnessed A Form Of Bullying Within There Schools, Showing The Heavy Issue This Theme Is. My Idea Was To Uses Self Reflections A Technique That I Learnt Within Unit 10 Toi Basically Target The Feelings Of People Who Felt They Have Experienced A Form Of Bully That Was Witnessed But It Was Never Delt With. These People Tend To Have More Anger Associated More Towards The People Who Watch More Than They Do With The People Doing The Bullying As They Know The Authority Figures Are Meant To Stop The Bullying Happening.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of Light Door With Fire
I Used A Door To Symbolize, New Beginnings As This Is What They Are Link To When You Dream Of Doors Having Been Opened, But Also Used To Represent Hope As A Door To A New Path Is Open However I Also Took Inspiration From The Aspect Of Having The Door Also Symbolize The Freedom In The Aspect That The Door Being Open Leaves The Aspect Of There Is Now Freedom Within The Mind Of The Artist This Juxtaposes The Let Me Go Music Video Where The Artist Seeks Freedom Within His Mind Here We See The Door Open Showing That There Is A Way Out And There Is New Space For Freedom.
I Used The Same Layout As Let Me Go In Positioning The Door Where The Character Was Seen Locked, This Is To Show Again The Freedom, I Took Inspiration Within The Aspect, Of Limbo, And The Nothingness As Inspiration To Where The Door Goes, Showing That The Researon There Is Fire Around The Door Is To Show That This Is A Dangerous Place In The Aspect Where The Locked Thoughts Are At.
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I Want To Have A Raven Be Displayed To Show The Aspects Of Rebirth And Symbolize The Character Being Reborn Within His New Changes He Has Done Within The Music Video. The Fire Around The Door Is Meant To Represent The Spiritual Aspect In The Aspect Of Determination And Motivation.
Meaning Behind The Prison Bars And Emptiness
Negative Space Is Used To Show The Emptiness Of The Void That The Victim Now Has Locked The Bully Away In His Mind To Keep Him Imprisoned From Mentally Hurting Him Within His Mind And Thoughts To Keep Him Contained, As He Had Infected His Mind Within Making Him Not Believe Within Himself But Also Taking Away His Friends And What He Enjoys.
The Cage Bars Is Used To Show The Isolation Within The Character In The Aspect Of Using The Lines To Separate The Character Face Between The Bars As He Is Separated From Infecting The Thoughts Of The Victim.
I Took Inspiration From The Aspect Of Black Wholes In The Aspect There Is Nothing That Surrounds These Ares Not Even Light Can Escape And Had The Background Just Be Solid And Plain I Added Smoke To Represent The Fog Within The Darkness. And The Bars Was Included To Represent The Trapped, Aspect Of Prisoning The Bad Thoughts Of What The Victim Has Been Through Away, Such As The Victim Is Now Basically Taking The Thoughts Of The Bully And Placing Them Away. Locked And Trapped Away In His Mind. So These Dark Thoughts Cant Ever Hurt Him Again.
The Tilt Of The Head Was Done Intently To Create A Creepy Look, That Is Meant To Represent Aspects Of Possesses And Horror In How The Bully Kyle Is Considered A Nightmare For The Victim.
Meaning Behind The Running To The Fire Exit Scene
The Door Within This Scene Is Red To Resemble The Aspect Of Danger For The Bully As Everyone Knows That He Used The Book, So He Is Running Towards The Exit To Escape His Problems The Doo Is Closed To Create The Feeling Of No Escape And I Tried To Create A Narrow Path Walk Way That He Runs To Creating Positive Space To Cast A Feeling Of Centrophobia For The Viewer Watching The Bully, As The Bully Feels He Is Trapped And Surrounded By People That Know What He Done. He Running To The Nearest Escape To Symbolize Him Trying To Escape His Issue And Problems That Have Come From Everyone Knowing He Has Cheated.
I Took The Aspect And Meanings Of What Running In Dreams Means And What Its Meant To Represent And Applied It Meanings Within The Scene In Displaying That The Bully Is Running From His Problems And Is Running Away From His Issues That Are Around And Present Within His Life.
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The Red Door Is Also Red To Symbolize The Blood In Aspect Of The Victim Has Pacify Hurt Bully In The Aspect He Has Not Hurt Him However He Shown The Bully True Colours To Others.
Meaning Behind The Use Of The Energy
The Energy Is Meant To Visually Represent Just Like The Bottled Emotions The Aspect Of Letting Go And Talking Out These Issues Is Leading To The Artist Having A Lot Of Energy As When U Shake The Fizzy Drink To Much It Can Explode And This Is What We See Hear We See The Artist Gaining Power Back Through Diving Into His Memories As Fuel However He Goes Very Far To The Aspect A Burst Of Energy Happens As A Pulse Where He Sees The Victim This Pulse Is Meant To Represent How By Collecting And Suppressing Your Feelings You In The End Are Damaging Your Own Health More As Its Important To Let Your Feelings Out.
The Energy Is Also There To Display The Amount Of Power The Victim Has Now As He Confidents Hats Gotten Better To Where He Feels More Open To Speak And Is In A Evolving State Where The Character Has Developed And Is Taken Notice Himself Within The Energy Being The Metaphors For Him Understanding That He Has Changed And He Is Feeling Better The More He Speaks About His Issue.
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The Energy Is Blue To Match The Aspect Of Peace And The Aspect That This Energy Is Energy Of Life And Healing Rather Than To Destroy The Energy Is Lastly As I Just Mentioned To Show The Healing As The Energy Forms Around The Artist In The Aspect Of A Form Of Healing Showing A Visual Change In The Aspect The Character Is Becoming Something Different.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Clones
The Clones Is Meant To Connect With Let Me Go In The Aspects Of Each Clone Representing A Thought, However In Let Me Go We Saw The Victim Erase His Mind And Thought This Was Due To These Thoughts Being Contaminated By The Bully And The Friends As Well From The Victim Himself In Believing In Certain Thoughts, The Thoughts Displayed Here Are All New, And Positive Thoughts, That Are Acting As The Agreement And Symbolize The Contrast Within The Mind From Let Me Go As The Character Thoughts Are Now All In Sync As One Unison Group Compared To Let Me Go Where They Was All Battling For A Chance To Say Something Negative Here We See Each Thought Is In Unison And Is On The Same Level Showing That The Artists Mind Is More Cleansed Within His Thoughts As They Are All Being More Like A Group Than Being Each Solo Artist.
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I Wanted To Add This Aspect To Show To The Audience And Symbolize The Development And Changes That Have Happened Within The Artists Mind. This Is Also Meant To Show The Contrast And Juxtaposition From The Thoughts Showing The Change And The developments Within This Area.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Light
The Light Was Used As I Took Inspiration Within My Research Within The Perspectives Of Music Video Directors And There Views Into Other Music Video Within This Video I Watched Humble Where I Saw The Iconic Light Shot I Wanted To Try And Recreate This Effect To Improve My Lighting Techniques Within My Project In Using Lighting To Guide The Audiences Attention To Certain Areas Within The Frame This Would Help Me Improve On My Weakness That Is Lighting And Means That I Could Try And Improve My Work Further, As I Am Planning On Doing A Projection Map The Lighting Will Be Partially Done When Filming On The Green Scene But Then I Will Add The Lighting In Post And Then Use The Lighting To Effect The Light With The Blend Modes, This Way I Can Still Recreate The Look Within The Music Video That Is Inspired From Humble. This Inspiration Will Also Help Develop My Lighting As Well As My Music Video Further And Hopefully Make The Shots Seem More Interesting To View.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of Match Dissolve
Within My Research I Learnt About Different Cuts I Wanted To Apply These New Cuts Within My Music Video And Work To Improve My Editing Through Having More Variety Of Cuts Used Within My Project Cuts Like Match Dissolve Was A Unique Cut I Have Never Used Before I Was Inspired When I Noticed This Cut After Learning About It Within An Eminem Song Called When I'm Gone. This Inspired Me To Uses This Cut My Own Way Within My Music video To Get And Understanding In How Its Used And How I Can Uses It.
The Match Dissolve Happens In The Moment Of The Direct Message Being Displayed This Is Why The Actor Is Positioned Centerer Frame And Not In The Rule Of Thirds. It Is Done Deliberately To Make Sure The Full Focus And Attention Is On The Artist As The Messages Are Meaningful. The Was Purposely At The End Showing The Thoughts Blend Within This Supposed Reality As The Clouds Fade To Curtains And We See The Artist Say His Lines Before The Last Shot Reveal That The Whole Music Video Was Actually From Within The Victims Mind The Whole Time.
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Meaning Behind The Use Of Light Door With Fire
There Is Meany Meanings Within This Scene, The Shakes Are Meant To Represent The Impact The Memories Have On The Victim Of Them Being Distressful And Hard To View For The Viewer. The Exposure Is Used To Represent The Flashes Within The Memories, As They Come And Go Within A Flash We See A POV Shot That Is A Memory Based On How The Victim Sees It Before We Cut Away Into The Thoughts We See The Thoughts Is Harmed By This Showing The Damage These Memories Have And There Impact Its Had On The Victim However We See The Victim Carry On, The Smeared Effect Was To Signify The Impact And Damage It Has And A Dutch Tilt Was Used To Create A Feeling Of Unease.
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The Bully Framed Within The Center To Create A Dramatic Message With The Shot, Making The Audience View His Head Before His Hand Goes Into The Rule Of Thirds Positioning Taking The Interest From The Head As It Becomes Demanding In Shot. I Deliberately Did This Too Create An Interesting Shot As The Hand Become The Main Focus As It Is Positioned Within The Bottom Left Lower Thirds Which Means That Its Within The Rule Of Thirds However The Character Is Within The Centre Displaying A Interesting Visual Look.
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I Made This Shot Look Darker As It Was A Darker Memory In The Aspect Of A Nightmare Thought And I Wanted The Clouds Darkness To Correlate With That When We See The Bully Compared To The Light Tone We See Within The Thoughts I Wanted There To Be A Contrast Between The Nightmare And The Light So I Decided To Add A Lens Flare Showing That These Are Memories And That The Artist Is Letting Go Of The Negative And Moving Forward This Is Why The Dutch Tilt Moves To Be Back To Straight, I Wanted To Take The Negative And Create Something That Has Positive Message. The Lens Flare Is Used As A Metaphor For The Light That Is Shinning Apone The Victim And How There Is A Glimmer Of Hope And Change To Soon Occur.
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This Shot And Its Reference Meaning
This Shot Is Used To Reflect And Reference Let Me Go, The Previous Music Video Where We See The Artist Having Bad Dark Thoughts And The Thoughts Of Guidance, All Hide Away Scared Of What May Occur, I Referenced This Again Here Within The Aspect Of The Covering Of The Eyes, However The Character Does Not Go To Cover Again As It Shows His Thoughts Are Not Scared Of The Bully Anymore Or Scared Of His Own Thoughts And Himself Anymore. This Shows The Change And The Contrast Within Lighting Also Juxtaposes The Lighting I Would Uses For That Shot As We See The Guidance Thought Is Able To Be In The Light Again.
Meaning Behind The Use Of Boxing Microphone
Basically The Reason I Choose A Drop Down Microphone Was To Resemble The Boxing Fights Where They Have A Hanging Microphone To Announce The Boxers And Fighters To The Stage This Links Towards The Metaphor Of How The Artist Is Fighting The Bully Through The Music But Also References The Boxing Scene That Follows Where We See The Victim Is Battling A Fight To Block Out All The Hateful Messages From The Trolls This Is Again A Strong Reason I Went For A Hanging Microphone Rather Than A Singing Microphone. I Believe The Microphone Would Make Sense With The Themes Of The Talent Show Being An Arena In The Aspect Of The Victim And The Bully Clash In Terms Of The A Boxing Match Of Words.
The Metaphor Within The Fire And The Microphone
A Deeper Metaphor Is Hidden Within The Aspect Of The Victim Holding The Microphone, We See The Microphone Is Ignited And Is Flammable However The Artist Holds The Microphone This Was Intently Done To Reference How Masters Of Martial Arts Walk Through Fire And Feel No Pain To become A Master This Is Also Being Shown Within The Actor As He Has He Hand On The Mic Yet He Is Not Experiencing Pain This Is Also Meant To Be A Metaphor For The Numbness That Even Fire Cant Hurt Him Now As He Is Able To Block Out Pain Just As He Can Block Out People Showing That He Is A Master Within Himself And That He Is Powerful.
I Felt This Shot Works Well In Displaying The Aspects Of How The Artist Is Now Stronger Just As Through All Of The Terrible Experiences He Been Through Such As The Fights This Will No Longer Take Effect On Him As He Now Is Immune To The Pain.
Orange Was A Colour Of Smoke That I Used To Display The Themes Of Success And Determination, This Due To My Research Found Out That Orange Can Symbolize These Meanings Why I Have No Idea But I Added It In Just Cause These Where The Themes Of What My Character Is In This Moment He Is Succeeding In Establishing His Views And Determined To Get His Message Across.
Meaning Behind Stepping Into The Light
Here We See The Victim Is Positioned Of Frame With Half His Head In Shot This Is Done Intently To Display The Victim And His Anxiety Making The Step And Push Towards Following His Dreams And Ignoring The Hate And Bullying His Been Through To make A Stand In The Light Where He Will Display His Feelings And Emotions Towards The Audience And This Is Also A Metaphor For The Light In The Aspect The Victim Is Coming Out The Shadows Into The Light To Be Herd Of All His Issues He Has Faced And What He Thinks Of People And The Bullying His Faced.
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The Reason His Positioned Out Of Shot To Move Into The Shot Direct In The Middle Is To Display A Direct Message Of The Characters Change And Evolution In The Aspects He Character Has Developed From Someone Who Is Shy To Pushing Himself Past His Boundaries And Start To Change The Way He Acts In The Aspect Of How He Carries Himself Around Being Brave. The Close Up Shot Is To Show The Facial Expressions Of The Victim Pushing Himself Into The Light.
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We See A Contrast To The Darkness Surrounding The Artist And The Spotlight Within The Middle Centre Of The Frame This Is To Also Visually Show And Make The Aspects Of The Character Stepping Into The Light Clear To The Viewer. I Wanted The Light To Draw The Viewers Attention Displaying How The Characters Face Has Come Out The Shadows He Was In In The Past To Speak Out About His Issues, I Was Using This As A Form Of Guidance Message Towards People Who Have Experienced Bullying That Have Been Keeping It In The Shadows To Try And Speak And Open Up About It Towards Others Who They Feel Close With.
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I Also Wanted To Show The Messages Of Me Themes Of Chasing Your Dreams In Pushing Yourself Further To Do Things To Reach Your Goal, The Aspect Of The Artist Stepping Into The Light Shows The Victim Is Making Moves Towards His Dream But Also It Could Help Hopefully Inspire People To Move Towards There Goals In Life.
Meaning Behind The Clothing Colours
I Have Chosen To Wear Blue As The Colour Of My Clothing Due To Blue Being A Colour That Is Known And See To Symbolizes Peaceful And Calm, The Reasons Link To The Characters Personality That With The Colours Of Clothing I Want To Influence The Audiences Perspective Of What Type Of Person The Protagonist Is Blue Is Seen As Calm And Peaceful So This Should Help Display Subconsciously The Messages Of What Type Of Person The Character Is And That He Is The Victim This Also Links To The Theme Of Pacifism That Is Shown Within The Short Film As We See The Protagonist Never Retaliates Back, This Is To Reference The Aspects Of Pacifism And How The Protagonist Does Not See Value Within Hurting Others Which Is The Juxtaposition Of The Bully's Character And Traits As He Will Stop To What Ever He Can To Get What He Desires.
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I Also Uses Blue Within The End Of The Music Video Finale This Is To Also Display These Values That Even Though The Character Has Evolved He Has Not Changed In The Aspect He Wants Revenge Instead He Still Peaceful And Does Not Seek Harm Within What The Bully Has Done Instead He Speaks Out About His Views On Everyone And How They All Caused An Impact To Him. This Shows The Aspect That Talking Out Your Problems In A Non Violence Way Should Always Be An Option, And I Hope The Music Video Displays This Message That Violence And Retaliation Back That’s Physical Is Not The Way Out And Instead Telling Your Issues To Someone Would Most Likely Help Them A Lot More, As They Wont Get Into More Trouble.
Meaning Behind The Clothing Colours
Black Was Worn By The Bully Due To The Meanings And Symbolism It Can Bring Towards The Outfit, Showing The Audience The Bully As A Mysterious Character That Is Power Hungry That Controls And Manipulates People To Obtain What They Want, They Have Strength In The Sense Of Power And Controlling Others As Well As Stance And It Also Symbolizes A Sense Of Evil. This Was Attributes That Fit The Personality Of My Bully Character And The Reason Why The Choice For Clothing Was To Have The Bully Wear All Black For The Short Film + Music Video Creating A Impact And Displaying The Personality Of The Character Subconously Before We Even Had Dialogue With The Character. I Said I Wanted To Take More A Deeper Look Within The Colour Theory Of My Project In Using Colours To Change Mood Effect Emotion But Also Give Information To The Audience Which I Think Will Improve The Short Film.
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Black Also Fitted The Colour Pallet For The Music Video In Having Black Red And Blue And White.
This Is Cause The Blue And Red Compliment Each Other Just Like Black And White Creating And Equal Balance Such As Portative And Negative, Light And Dark U Have One That Balances Out The Other, We See The Pease Of The Victim Is A Full Opposite Of The Bully
Mini Inspirations Within All Aspects
I Got Inspired To Uses Fluid Camera Transitions From Stormzy Vossi Bop Music Video. This Music Video, Is Edited Together With Smooth Transition, Between Different Scenes And Has Long Technique Camera Movements. I Wanted To Use This Music Video As A Way To Develop Some More Technical Camera Movements.
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Within Gook Music Video, We See The Music Video Uses A Lot Of Quick Cuts, That Go From The Performance Of The Artist To B-Roll Shots Of The Scenery, The Quick Cuts Are Effective Due To Them Being Placed On The Beat And Happen Within The Climax Of The Beat. ​
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I Like The Way This Music Video Includes A Variety Of Extra Shots That Is Not Just Of The Performance Of the Artist As It Helps Break Down Performance So Each Shot Of The Performance Does Not Get Dragged Out Or Boring For The Viewer. From Separating The Performance from The Music Video, with The Use Of B - Roll. The Performance Is Enhanced As It Makes The Performance From The Artist More Impactful.
Mini Inspirations Within All Aspects
Whilst Watching A DreamWorks Movie, I Noticed I Liked How The Clouds Surround The Subject, The Clouds Are Used To Make The Audience Focus On A Certain Subject Within The Frame. The Clouds Guide The Viewer To Look Towards The Main Of The Frame. ​I Wanted To Use This Technique Within My Music Video To Guide The Viewer To The Main Subject. I Also Liked The Look Of The Visual Look Of Clouds Within Title Sequence.
In Rae Sremmurd "Black Beatles" There Is A Lot Of Grain Added To The Footage. Grain Is A Texture You See When Filming On A Analogue Camera, The Texture Comes From The Film, Grain Can Be Large In Scale And Small, The Reason Grain Occurs When Filming On Analogue Was Cause The Chemicals From The Film.
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Many Music Videos And Other Types Of Media And This Texture On Digital Filmed Videos In Post Production, A High Reason For This Is Grain Creates A Nostalgia Feeling, Which I Believe Is Why In "Black Beatles" They Use Grain Heavily On The Footage. The Grain Creates A Nostalgic Feeling, And Compliments The Songs Vibe As It Has A Nostalgic Atmosphere.
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The Reason Why Grain Can Be Seen As Creating Nostalgia, Is Cause Many Of Us Have Grown Up Watching Media With This Effect On So It Creates A Old Memory Feeling But Also I Believe This May Be Due To The Grain Adding Imperfections To The Colours Of The Media, These Imperfect Colours, Could Be Nostalgic As Are Memories Have These Imperfections.
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In My Music Video I Will Add Grain, To Create A Nostalgic Feeling, That Resembles My Theme In My Artist Looking Back At His Past And To Also Enhance The Shot Of The Thoughts, As It shows The Imperfections Of How He Sees He Thoughts.
Highlight Moments Within Music Videos
I Noticed In Many Music Videos I Researched They Have Highlight Moments That U Remember The Most In The Music Video. Having A Highlighted Moment Makes The Music Video Remember able For The Viewer As They Can Link The Song To That Moment In The Music Video. Such As In The Music Video Breathe By Lil Skies We See The Artist Levitating Before Collapsing Into The Ocean. This Is A Highlight Moment In This Music Video That Is Unique So Many People Remember It. This Technique Has Been Used Through Music Videos For Years As Songs Like Get Ur Freak On By Missy Elliot And The Real Slim Shady By Eminem Use This Technique. With Get Ur Freak On The Highlighted Moment In This Music Video Is Where The Head Of The Artist Stretches Towards The Camera. This Is Due To This Moment In This Music Video Is Very Unique, and I Believe What Makes A Highlight Moment Is If The Scene Has Anything Unique That Has Not Been Done Before And Has To Stand Out In The Music Video.
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Through Watching A Music Director And Editor Cole Bennet. He Says That He Thinks About What Could Be The Highlight Points In His Music Video. He Starts With Thinking About This As This Helps Gain Audience Attention But It's Also Good For Getting The Audience To Remember The Music Video. Through Researching Into Highlighted Moments I Decided To Make Sure, When Storyboarding My Idea I Will Make Sure To Create Highlighted Moments That Are Made To Be Remember able In My Music Video. I Plan On Creating My Own Highlight Point To Help Make My Music Video Remember able But Also Help Entertain People In A Way That makes Them Think About My Music Video Many Years To Come.
Colours Colour Theory
Travis Scott, Music Videos Are And Example Of Using Bright Colours To Draw The Attention Of The Audience. As I Have Researched In Goosebumps Many Other, Travis Scott Music Video Have Fast Pace Editing With Effects So The Audience Are Not Left Bored Due To Them Having Low Attention Spans, The Music Video Draws The Attention Through Colours And Effects To Make The Viewer Interested In What's Happening. Within My Music Video I Want To Implement Some Effects To Make My Music Video Stand Out, However I Will Not Go To Extreme Like Travis Music Videos As It Does Not Fit The Theme, Of The Message I'm Trying To Display.
Inspirations
From watching the “rap god” music video directed by rich lee I was inspired by a shot where the artist rises higher in a pose to show of his power, I want to apply this concept towards my music video by having the character arise high to show the power he has rising above the hate and becoming who he wants to be, it’s to be a metaphor to show the power and rise the character has been on overcoming , the bully’s and the hate and becoming a better person than them.