Get Away Lyrics

Lyrics;

Far away she said,

We’ll write it off and start again,

Get lost in my own head.

Follow me she said,

Dive in deep to live again,

Let me under your skin

We’ll travel together for a change of scene and weather,

Searching for a place where we fit.

Across the continents chasing the sun and sea,

We’ll find the time to get away,

To get away,

Just you and me.

Far away she said,

I’m sick of this rain and i’m not content,

With second best.

Follow me she said,

I’ll take you to the ocean where the colours blend,

I won’t settle for less.

We’ll travel together for a change of scene and weather,

Searching for a place where we fit.

Across the continents chasing the sun and sea,

We’ll find the time to get away,

To get away.

Just you and me.

Timing

The timing of the lyrics matching to the song in my first draft is something i found very difficult. I could not manage to get the whole video to match up perfectly. This is because the live performance cannot match with the timings of a studio produced track where it has been sectioned as well as edited in the creation process. To resolve this dilemma, I am going to shoot some different shots outside a performance which have significant meaning to the track. With these shots, I will edit and cut them in into places where the timing is off between the video and the track. Because these shots aren't part of the live performance, it wont matter about the timing and matching of these shots to the track. I have taken this solution form the music videos in my research stage of my blog. With these additional shots, I can play around with different effects such as reversing the footage and mirror effect seen in "Are You In Love With A Notion" and "Arabellla".

The Courteeners

Recently I have purchased tickets to travel and see The Courteeners in manchester on the 27th of May 2017. When purchasing the tickets I noticed the advertising poster;

The use of the bizarre yellow and scarlet pink really appealed to me, popping out above the rest to inform me of this major event. The text is very simplistic, obtaining a neat and informative impact. The logo in the middle is very bizarre as It's the first time the band has used it for advertising, meaning there isn't any synergy between this and any other Courteener's posters, maing the poster the first of it's kind and unique.

Digipak Front Cover

Digipak Front Cover Creation

To create my digipak cover in photoshop, I first had to research the common size of Digipaks. I First did this by measuring the inside of a cd cover I had at home. My measurement was around 12 by 12cm roughly. I then double checked this on google, and the measurements for a standard digipak cover is 4.75 inches by 4.75 inches. By creating my digipak cover this exact size in photoshop, I am following the traditional codes and conventions of music digipaks. I began to use a photo from the band's live performance to empahsise the importance of live music. The focus in the image is not on the performance itself but infact a fan holding up a glass to the band. I liked how it depicted the importance of fans and audiences in music because without them, the band would be playing to an empty room with nothing to show for it. It also shows the great friendly atmosphere that comes with music and fans uniting together. It depicts the experiences and good times to be had at gigs and what music brings to people. I altered the saturation and added additional blur the image before adding the logo of the band. the logo placement on the digipak was done so in the inspiration from the research I have conducted on digipaks. This logo placement follows the conventions of an oasis digipak which has been majorly succsessful in the selling of records and recognition all across the globe.

Music Video Summary

From the music videos I have analysed, I have concluded that I wish to create a black and white music video. I have explored the use and its effectiveness in the ten music videos. I have also come to the conclusion that i want to base my video around a live performance, I have explored and conducted this in my research and planning and hope to make it as effective!