Hello again! So this time I'm going to be giving a brief outline of the history of music videos. So, enjoy!
So, a music video is a short film that accompanies a complete piece of music. Music videos were first established to promote the sales of the record it was played along with. Music videos can often be called just simply 'promos' as they are used mainly as a promotional tool in the industry.
Here is a timeline I've made on an interactive timeline site called timetoast. It details some of the main events that happened in the music video industry.
History of music videos timeline.
Also Here are some of the music videos that I talk about in the timeline. (all from youtube!)
Aerosmith vs Run-DMC:
Fantasia:
Split Enz (some New Zealand music for you Miss Hill!)
Thanks for reading, more to follow! :)
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Research: What makes a music video a music video?!
Although I've looked into this slightly in my last post, I thought it would be a good idea to really delve into what makes a music video, and so one way I've gone about this is to research 'Goodwin's seven' in more depth;
Andrew Goodwin believes that music videos stereotypically have seven characteristics..
1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics; So the music video would show certain traits or stereotypes of the genre, for example rock music often has large performances of the band, whereas acoustic music video's usually follow a narration or a concept.
This music video's a good example, Jason Mraz is famous for his acoustic music, and the music video fits in well with this genre - being slow paced and not too much action going on.
This music video's a good example, Jason Mraz is famous for his acoustic music, and the music video fits in well with this genre - being slow paced and not too much action going on.
2. Relationships between lyrics and visuals; Goodwin noticed that often there was a direct connection between the lyrics and what was going on in the music, perhaps like a narration. This happens in numerous videos, it doesn't always happen all the way through but sometimes only just for a few particular lines.
3. Relationships between music and visuals; In some music videos theres an obvious connection between the beats of the music and whats going on in the video. One of the most famous examples of this would be 'Around the world' - Daft Punk
4. demands of record label; The record label will not only want to sell the record but also get the band known, so they often make the demand that there must be ample shots of the lead singer and band, most often female lead singers will have many close up shots due to demands from their label.
5. Developing motifs or iconography; Goodwin noticed that through the use of music video's, artists would develop a certain trait or style that would then reoccur through many of their video's. For example a lot of stereotypical boybands often have dance breaks or lifting up their shirts to reveal their bodies.
6. Looking; Often in music videos you will notice that the lead singer or band looks directly into the camera, therefore making the audience feel like they are singing directly to them and concluding in the audience relating to the song and artist.
7. Intertextual references; In the song or video there can be references to other types of media, or lines that the audience will recognize from a film or perhaps even a different song, this often becomes memorable to the listener or watcher and so makes them think about the song and listen to it over and over.
It was really interesting to look into these theories, and now when I watch music videos I can relate each of his theories to the video, of course this isn't exactly what makes a music video and everyone will have a different view of exactly what makes a music video but I feel this research will benefit me when I come to creating my own music video!
Monday, 17 September 2012
General Music video research
So, to start off the research properly, I've begun to think about and find out what kind of music videos are the landmark videos, the landmark artists and what makes a music video a music video?
So first of all, I've looked into a few of the landmark videos and artists. To start off with, we have 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles which was a landmark video due to the fact that it was the first music video shown on MTV, one of the most famous music video channels in the world! This song is incredibly famous and a fantastic karaoke song! I won't talk about it too much, as Carla has already done a huge post on this video, so if you would like to see more research on this music video, refer to Carla's previous post.
Secondly, a band called OK:GO! have completely changed the ideals of a music video. One of their most famous videos is the video of them all on treadmills doing a dance routine. It completely challenged the ideals of traditional music videos in that it was a dance video but not performed by scantily clad women, by bald middle aged men. Also, it isn't a narrative video as there is no story being told throughout it and I would say if anything, it is a concept music video, as it is interpretive and the audiences may not have understood it at first, even though its just a dance routine!
Here's the video so you can laugh yourselves silly at it!
Every single video that this band does is slightly obscure. For instance in their video, 'this too shall pass', there is a huge 'marble run' but with different objects. So it starts off with a car knocking over some dominoes, which then continues and knocks things over for the duration of the video and then splats the band with paint at the end of the song. It is an incredible video because it is just amazing to watch and very entertaining for the audience. Here's a still from this video at the very end, where the four band members get splattered with paint.
Ok:Go! Have also done videos involving dogs and with them dressed as marching bands etc. In an interview with a playstation magazine, they said that their videos were 'just cool ideas that pop up every now and again'. This inspired me because I would really like to do something like this as my music video because it shows that the video has taken lots of time and effort but also that it is very entertaining to watch!
Another landmark music video and also artist is the video 'Smells like teen spirit' by Nirvana. As the 80's progressed, everyone in music videos became inspired from the success of 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson. Nirvana decided to deliberately make a video that challenged the trend of music videos at the time. Nirvana is also famous as becoming one of he world's first grunge bands to make it big. As they were attempting to challenge the stereotype, they deliberately hired a director that had never directed a music video before so that he would have inexperience. His name was Samuel Bayer and he went along with whatever the band said. They said they wanted to incorporate a 'grungey' atmosphere 'almost like one of our gigs.' This video is set in a school hall where the students begin to go crazy because of the music, implying that grunge music was empowering young people of the time. A mosh pit starts and scantily clad cheerleaders are covorting about, also implicating that it is in a gig type setting.
This is definitely a performance video, as it is universally known that the lyrics of this sng make absolutely no sense, so it couldn't be a narrative or concept video. The focal point is on the band but we also see a lot of shots of the crowd and how excited they are getting to show the exciting music and empowered young people. Nirvana used this type of music video particularly to challenge the stereotypes of music videos in the 80's and challenging the lavish production techniques that were used in videos such as 'Thriller'.
Here's the video!
Lastly, another landmark video that sparked off an age of music videos, is that of 'hurt' by Johnny Cash. It was a landmark music video in creating serious music videos that displayed a moral or a message. This video was about Johnny Cash's life and sifting through all of his past and how much he's had to go through and showing that he was still standing. This video was particularly poignant for two reasons, the first being that the director, Mark Romanek, intercutted bits of footage that showed Johnny throughout his life along with the footage that they were shooting at the present day. This from an audience point-of-view makes it very heart-wrenching to watch because it is showing a mans life in one short video and showing all of the pain that he had to go through, e.g. the shot of him in prison.
The second reason that this music video is particularly famous is that Johnny Cash never got to see the success of this video, because he passed away seven months after this video was released in 2003. He was on his way to having a new lease of life in the music industry as '90's kids' were re-discovering his music and his life story as well as all of the old fans anticipating his new music. He died at the age of 71. For that reason this video became significantly significant because it made new fans become attracted to his music and old fans mourn the loss of Johnny cash, and could use this video to look back on his life and view images and moments of his life that they hadn't otherwise had known.
This set off the landmark 'serious' music videos that displayed a clear moral, and therefore was one of the pioneers of a new type of music videos.
Here's Johnny cash's 'Hurt'.
More posts and more research to follow! :)
So first of all, I've looked into a few of the landmark videos and artists. To start off with, we have 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles which was a landmark video due to the fact that it was the first music video shown on MTV, one of the most famous music video channels in the world! This song is incredibly famous and a fantastic karaoke song! I won't talk about it too much, as Carla has already done a huge post on this video, so if you would like to see more research on this music video, refer to Carla's previous post.
Secondly, a band called OK:GO! have completely changed the ideals of a music video. One of their most famous videos is the video of them all on treadmills doing a dance routine. It completely challenged the ideals of traditional music videos in that it was a dance video but not performed by scantily clad women, by bald middle aged men. Also, it isn't a narrative video as there is no story being told throughout it and I would say if anything, it is a concept music video, as it is interpretive and the audiences may not have understood it at first, even though its just a dance routine!
Here's the video so you can laugh yourselves silly at it!
Every single video that this band does is slightly obscure. For instance in their video, 'this too shall pass', there is a huge 'marble run' but with different objects. So it starts off with a car knocking over some dominoes, which then continues and knocks things over for the duration of the video and then splats the band with paint at the end of the song. It is an incredible video because it is just amazing to watch and very entertaining for the audience. Here's a still from this video at the very end, where the four band members get splattered with paint.
Ok:Go! Have also done videos involving dogs and with them dressed as marching bands etc. In an interview with a playstation magazine, they said that their videos were 'just cool ideas that pop up every now and again'. This inspired me because I would really like to do something like this as my music video because it shows that the video has taken lots of time and effort but also that it is very entertaining to watch!
Another landmark music video and also artist is the video 'Smells like teen spirit' by Nirvana. As the 80's progressed, everyone in music videos became inspired from the success of 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson. Nirvana decided to deliberately make a video that challenged the trend of music videos at the time. Nirvana is also famous as becoming one of he world's first grunge bands to make it big. As they were attempting to challenge the stereotype, they deliberately hired a director that had never directed a music video before so that he would have inexperience. His name was Samuel Bayer and he went along with whatever the band said. They said they wanted to incorporate a 'grungey' atmosphere 'almost like one of our gigs.' This video is set in a school hall where the students begin to go crazy because of the music, implying that grunge music was empowering young people of the time. A mosh pit starts and scantily clad cheerleaders are covorting about, also implicating that it is in a gig type setting.
This is definitely a performance video, as it is universally known that the lyrics of this sng make absolutely no sense, so it couldn't be a narrative or concept video. The focal point is on the band but we also see a lot of shots of the crowd and how excited they are getting to show the exciting music and empowered young people. Nirvana used this type of music video particularly to challenge the stereotypes of music videos in the 80's and challenging the lavish production techniques that were used in videos such as 'Thriller'.
Here's the video!
Lastly, another landmark video that sparked off an age of music videos, is that of 'hurt' by Johnny Cash. It was a landmark music video in creating serious music videos that displayed a moral or a message. This video was about Johnny Cash's life and sifting through all of his past and how much he's had to go through and showing that he was still standing. This video was particularly poignant for two reasons, the first being that the director, Mark Romanek, intercutted bits of footage that showed Johnny throughout his life along with the footage that they were shooting at the present day. This from an audience point-of-view makes it very heart-wrenching to watch because it is showing a mans life in one short video and showing all of the pain that he had to go through, e.g. the shot of him in prison.
The second reason that this music video is particularly famous is that Johnny Cash never got to see the success of this video, because he passed away seven months after this video was released in 2003. He was on his way to having a new lease of life in the music industry as '90's kids' were re-discovering his music and his life story as well as all of the old fans anticipating his new music. He died at the age of 71. For that reason this video became significantly significant because it made new fans become attracted to his music and old fans mourn the loss of Johnny cash, and could use this video to look back on his life and view images and moments of his life that they hadn't otherwise had known.
This set off the landmark 'serious' music videos that displayed a clear moral, and therefore was one of the pioneers of a new type of music videos.
Here's Johnny cash's 'Hurt'.
More posts and more research to follow! :)
Thursday, 28 June 2012
So as Ruby has already said, we've now finished our thriller unit and therefore we're moving swiftly onto the next unit - Music Videos! To begin this unit our teacher has asked us to research an iconic music video from before we were born - I've chosen to look at the music video to 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles.
The Buggles are a British New wave group, they released 'Video killed the radio star' as their debut single on the 7th of September 1979. It was also one of the songs from the album 'The age of plastic'.
The song topped the music charts in several countries - this was most likely very much due to the music video helping to promote the band.
One reason it was an extremely iconic video is because it was the first music video ever to be shown on U.S MTV; it was shown at 12:01am on the 1st of August 1981 and was the first sign that MTV was going to be successful.
The song itself has a very straight forward narrative - that video killed the radio star - the song itself seems to explain a singers career cut short due to TV...it means that due to the advance in technology and the ability to create music videos and share them on means such as television, the radio will no longer be an important factor in creating stars and musicians. The lyrics also suggest that although radio has been such an important factor in so many peoples lives, any generations below them will not appreciate radio and will not understand how much of an impact it had on so many people. "I met your children..What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart."
When interviewed, Trevor Horn (a member of the band) exclaimed that he felt 'an era was about to pass'.
The song became an instant hit around the world, and since then has been used in numerous films such as 'Take this Waltz' - 2011 and also it's one of the songs on the hit game 'Just Dance'. Not only this, it's been used in the video game 'Grand Theft Auto'. The obvious success of the song could be partly down to the fact that it had such an iconic music video, used in such an iconic way.
The video was directed by Russel Mulcahy, who before this video had mostly shot entirely performance videos, as this was the norm for music videos around this time. He worked with the band to create an abstract narrative for the video. He went on to create many other music videos for various artists including Elton John, Duran Duran and Billy Joel.
The video includes a variety of 'Goodwins 7' theories about stereotypical music videos - this is perhaps iconic due to the fact that this video was created near the beginning of music video history therefore helping to manufacture Goodwins 7. The most noticable theory that 'Video killed the radio star' sticks to is the numerous close ups of the main singer - often due to the demands of the record label. From the beginning of the video the main singer is usually in the clip - and the camera shot is usually a close up on him. There are other shots of the band but not frequently and they are usually only shown for a few seconds.
The video also incorporates the theory that there is a link between lyrics and visuals, as this music video is loosely a narrative one. At the beginning when he is singing about tuning in on a radio to listen to music there is a small girl tuning a radio - therefore linking the visuals that we see and the lyrics that are being sung.
There are of course intertextual references throughout this song as the lyrics are all about popular culture, television and radio.
I think this music video is an extremely interesting one, as it was so iconic in the fact that in it's time it was linked to exactly what was happening in the music world and in culture and technology in general. I also think it's so iconic as it was the first music video ever shown on MTV - and it's quite an ironic video to show to start off MTV's career due to the fact that it's not really glamourizing music videos, more like saying it's a shame that they are becoming so popular!
The Buggles are a British New wave group, they released 'Video killed the radio star' as their debut single on the 7th of September 1979. It was also one of the songs from the album 'The age of plastic'.
The song topped the music charts in several countries - this was most likely very much due to the music video helping to promote the band.
One reason it was an extremely iconic video is because it was the first music video ever to be shown on U.S MTV; it was shown at 12:01am on the 1st of August 1981 and was the first sign that MTV was going to be successful.
The song itself has a very straight forward narrative - that video killed the radio star - the song itself seems to explain a singers career cut short due to TV...it means that due to the advance in technology and the ability to create music videos and share them on means such as television, the radio will no longer be an important factor in creating stars and musicians. The lyrics also suggest that although radio has been such an important factor in so many peoples lives, any generations below them will not appreciate radio and will not understand how much of an impact it had on so many people. "I met your children..What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart."
When interviewed, Trevor Horn (a member of the band) exclaimed that he felt 'an era was about to pass'.
The song became an instant hit around the world, and since then has been used in numerous films such as 'Take this Waltz' - 2011 and also it's one of the songs on the hit game 'Just Dance'. Not only this, it's been used in the video game 'Grand Theft Auto'. The obvious success of the song could be partly down to the fact that it had such an iconic music video, used in such an iconic way.
The video was directed by Russel Mulcahy, who before this video had mostly shot entirely performance videos, as this was the norm for music videos around this time. He worked with the band to create an abstract narrative for the video. He went on to create many other music videos for various artists including Elton John, Duran Duran and Billy Joel.
The video includes a variety of 'Goodwins 7' theories about stereotypical music videos - this is perhaps iconic due to the fact that this video was created near the beginning of music video history therefore helping to manufacture Goodwins 7. The most noticable theory that 'Video killed the radio star' sticks to is the numerous close ups of the main singer - often due to the demands of the record label. From the beginning of the video the main singer is usually in the clip - and the camera shot is usually a close up on him. There are other shots of the band but not frequently and they are usually only shown for a few seconds.
The video also incorporates the theory that there is a link between lyrics and visuals, as this music video is loosely a narrative one. At the beginning when he is singing about tuning in on a radio to listen to music there is a small girl tuning a radio - therefore linking the visuals that we see and the lyrics that are being sung.
There are of course intertextual references throughout this song as the lyrics are all about popular culture, television and radio.
I think this music video is an extremely interesting one, as it was so iconic in the fact that in it's time it was linked to exactly what was happening in the music world and in culture and technology in general. I also think it's so iconic as it was the first music video ever shown on MTV - and it's quite an ironic video to show to start off MTV's career due to the fact that it's not really glamourizing music videos, more like saying it's a shame that they are becoming so popular!
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Beginning of our A2 Music video unit!
So, we have now completed our thriller film, research and blogging process! I'm sure we'll put marks on here as soon as we know them! But for know, lets start with music videos!
So I'm going to analyse a very iconic music video from the 70's/80's (Not sure which, my guess is eighties). I'm going to study Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video. Firstly, some background info on the production of the video. It was directed by John Landis, a very famous film director, who Jackson recruited to direct this music video. It features a heavy reliance on prosthetics and make-up, as the cast are made up entirely of 'the living dead'. At the beginning of the video, there's a scene with former playboy centrefold Ola Rey, and a voceover by Horror voiceover veteran Vincent Price. The video is thirteen and a half minutes long, and has won two grammy awards and four mtv awards. It is considered one of the 'Most influential music videos in pop culture', as it began the trend of merging film-making and music videos. The red jacket Jackson wears is an iconic piece of clothing, and when fans or society for that matter, sees the red jacket with black stripes, they immediately associate it to Thriller. The dance performed by Jackson and the 'living dead' has also become a wordwide phenomenon, with people dancing along to it all over the globe. It is one of Jackson's most iconic songs, and the music video is also another of Jackson's many triumphs in that of the music industry.
So, firstly, I absolutely adore this video! I've always loved listening and watching when it comes to this song and video since I was very small, and has influenced me in many ways. The actual song Thriller has been a favourite of mine ever since I was little, mainly because It's a very upbeat tune to dance to, but also because of the music video. I have to admit, when I first watched the video, it scared me, especially when Michael turns into a zombie! But now I can dully appreciate the aspects of this music video that make it iconic and world-renowned.
I'm going to do it via bullet points, because it helps me make more concise points so I don't waffle on for hours :)
Good points:
-The storyline. Absolutely genius! It was partially Michael that wrote the screenplay, and partially the director John Landis, and when combining the two, it makes a fabulous zombie music fest! I think that using the concept of being 'inside' a horror movie is a brilliant one because I think it is every kid's nightmare to be trapped inside house full o' zombies. So this attracts the younger generation straight away because they want the thrill of schadenfreude, the feeling you get when you're watching something you don't want to happen to you, but is entertaining to watch someone else go through it. I also find the use of the actual 'living dead' characters very exciting to watch because they are genuinely scary! Especially when dancing the horrific dance and singing along to a song about being scared, its sure to scare anyone watching it!
-The dance. I thoroughly enjoy watching the fantastic dance routine performed by Jackson and the zombies. Those dance moves have become iconic on dancefloors all over the world, and is rated one of the top five dance routines in music culture of all time. I always love dancing along whenever I hear the iconic chorus.
-The prosthetics, make-up and costumes. I particularly like these because they really bring the piece together and make it a true 'horror' music video. Especially, make-up wise, when Michael transforms into a zombie, the change in his face is horrific! That really scares me whenever I watch the video, because it is one of my greatest fears, being turned into a zombie. Also with regards to clothing, I researched this video and found out that the iconic red jacket with stripes own the side, is a gift given to Michael by the directors wife, Deborah Landis, to make him look more 'volatile'. I think the use of very deep red connotes blood and death, which is definitely an overarching theme in this piece.
-Lastly, the setting. I adore the setting of the spooky haunted house because in old horror B movies, they're always set in old spooky houses, which helps the video fit the stereotype of B movies. I enjoy this feature because the setting is actually quite scary to look at, especially as its dark and its deserted, a typical set-up for horror movies.
So, there you go. Thats why I love this music video and this song.
Now here's the full-length video for you to watch and enjoy!
Thank you! :)
So I'm going to analyse a very iconic music video from the 70's/80's (Not sure which, my guess is eighties). I'm going to study Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video. Firstly, some background info on the production of the video. It was directed by John Landis, a very famous film director, who Jackson recruited to direct this music video. It features a heavy reliance on prosthetics and make-up, as the cast are made up entirely of 'the living dead'. At the beginning of the video, there's a scene with former playboy centrefold Ola Rey, and a voceover by Horror voiceover veteran Vincent Price. The video is thirteen and a half minutes long, and has won two grammy awards and four mtv awards. It is considered one of the 'Most influential music videos in pop culture', as it began the trend of merging film-making and music videos. The red jacket Jackson wears is an iconic piece of clothing, and when fans or society for that matter, sees the red jacket with black stripes, they immediately associate it to Thriller. The dance performed by Jackson and the 'living dead' has also become a wordwide phenomenon, with people dancing along to it all over the globe. It is one of Jackson's most iconic songs, and the music video is also another of Jackson's many triumphs in that of the music industry.
So, firstly, I absolutely adore this video! I've always loved listening and watching when it comes to this song and video since I was very small, and has influenced me in many ways. The actual song Thriller has been a favourite of mine ever since I was little, mainly because It's a very upbeat tune to dance to, but also because of the music video. I have to admit, when I first watched the video, it scared me, especially when Michael turns into a zombie! But now I can dully appreciate the aspects of this music video that make it iconic and world-renowned.
I'm going to do it via bullet points, because it helps me make more concise points so I don't waffle on for hours :)
Good points:
-The storyline. Absolutely genius! It was partially Michael that wrote the screenplay, and partially the director John Landis, and when combining the two, it makes a fabulous zombie music fest! I think that using the concept of being 'inside' a horror movie is a brilliant one because I think it is every kid's nightmare to be trapped inside house full o' zombies. So this attracts the younger generation straight away because they want the thrill of schadenfreude, the feeling you get when you're watching something you don't want to happen to you, but is entertaining to watch someone else go through it. I also find the use of the actual 'living dead' characters very exciting to watch because they are genuinely scary! Especially when dancing the horrific dance and singing along to a song about being scared, its sure to scare anyone watching it!
-The dance. I thoroughly enjoy watching the fantastic dance routine performed by Jackson and the zombies. Those dance moves have become iconic on dancefloors all over the world, and is rated one of the top five dance routines in music culture of all time. I always love dancing along whenever I hear the iconic chorus.
-The prosthetics, make-up and costumes. I particularly like these because they really bring the piece together and make it a true 'horror' music video. Especially, make-up wise, when Michael transforms into a zombie, the change in his face is horrific! That really scares me whenever I watch the video, because it is one of my greatest fears, being turned into a zombie. Also with regards to clothing, I researched this video and found out that the iconic red jacket with stripes own the side, is a gift given to Michael by the directors wife, Deborah Landis, to make him look more 'volatile'. I think the use of very deep red connotes blood and death, which is definitely an overarching theme in this piece.
-Lastly, the setting. I adore the setting of the spooky haunted house because in old horror B movies, they're always set in old spooky houses, which helps the video fit the stereotype of B movies. I enjoy this feature because the setting is actually quite scary to look at, especially as its dark and its deserted, a typical set-up for horror movies.
So, there you go. Thats why I love this music video and this song.
Now here's the full-length video for you to watch and enjoy!
Thank you! :)
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Update!!
So even though we've finished our film, the hard work is not over OOHHH NO MORE WORK!!
Now we're creating our evaluation in the form of an awesome video!!!
We've come up with ideas for every single question, and I decided to script each one to make it easier when it came to filming; we did try to film question 1 last week, but I just re-watched it and the continuity and script itself (we improvised) weren't up to the standard that we would want from our evaluation - so due to this I have just made cue cards, and also think we should create a backdrop and plan the camera work more.
In my free period and after school today I went round and filmed everything for the 2nd question - for this question we decided to have a student hold up a card with the main point of what we are saying, and then we will do things for each paragraph which we can then fast forward! for example, this morning I asked a few friends to run in circles round some trees on our field - with one of the girls holding a sign saying 'males' and then when it's fast forwarded we will record ourselves answering the question!!
We are staying after school Thursday to (HOPEFULLY) get loads of the evaluation done, the thing is Ruby, Kath and I have NO frees together whatsoever and as we have no class time left we have to either do it in our frees or after school, I have been working in my frees on the evaluation and I know Ruby plans to do this as well, we are trying to fit media in as much as possible so hopefully the evaluation will be up sooooon!!!!!!!
:D
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Audience feedback via facebook
I decided to post our thriller opening onto facebook, therefore enabling a huge range of social groups to watch it and give their own opinions - I'm really happy with the feedback we got;
Male, 46: Wow ... brilliant! .... what happened to the kids????
Female, 35: loving the clock counting down, good choice of music....gets the tension going, and along with the title at the end.....wants me to watch more!
Male, 18: I like it :) well done! Good variety of shots!
Male, 16: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?
Female, 16: It looks really good! I like the use of the clock... good tension... welldone :)
These are just a few of the comments we recieved, they are all really positive and they show that a range of ages from teens upwards would enjoy our thriller, and also we are able to see from these comments that our opening creates tension and suspense, and also hooks the audience so that they would want to watch more of the film!!
Male, 46: Wow ... brilliant! .... what happened to the kids????
Female, 35: loving the clock counting down, good choice of music....gets the tension going, and along with the title at the end.....wants me to watch more!
Male, 18: I like it :) well done! Good variety of shots!
Male, 16: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?
Female, 16: It looks really good! I like the use of the clock... good tension... welldone :)
These are just a few of the comments we recieved, they are all really positive and they show that a range of ages from teens upwards would enjoy our thriller, and also we are able to see from these comments that our opening creates tension and suspense, and also hooks the audience so that they would want to watch more of the film!!
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