Lyrical Timeline

In order to have a clearer idea of what I need to film whilst filming, I have created a lyrical timeline. This allows me to see if I have filmed everything I need and will also help the editing process go more smoothly.

Time (MM:SS)	Lyrics	Visual
00.01		Establishing shot of empty beach
00.02		Music starts
00.03	Things were different	Group of teenagers run into the scene from behind the camera
00.04	We were young
00.05	Skinny
00.06	Dipping having
00.07	fun
00.08	I remember
00.09
00.10
00.11
00.12	Back in	Set in the past (flash back) Clearly shown by clothing.
00.13	1991
00.14
00.15	When the
00.16	Story first begun
00.17	I
00.18	Remember
00.19
00.20	I
00.21	Remember
00.22
00.23	All of these
00.24	Shelves
00.25	Holding the
00.26	Things I’ve
00.27	Done
00.28
00.29
00.30
00.31
00.32	I knew
00.33	Myself
0034	Before
00.35	I knew
00.36	Anyone
00.37
00.38
00.39
00.40
00.41	Cause we	Water fight.
00.42	All chew gum
00.43	We all have fun
00.44	With water guns
00.45	La da
00.46	Da da da da
00.47
00.48	Da da
00.49	Dum dum dum
00.50
00.51	And we all grew	Flash forward to adult life alone.
00.52	Up shit
00.53	Got tough
00.54	Shit just wasn’t
00.55	Simple enough
00.56
00.57
00.58
00.59
01.00
01.01
01.02
01.03
01.04
01.05
01.06
01.07
01.08
01.09
01.10
01.11
01.12
01.13
01.14
01.15
01.16
01.17
01.18
01.19
01.20	And	Teenagers wearing wellies in the sea with the sun in the background.
01.21	Whenever the
01.22	Sun came
01.23	Out
01.24	We played
01.25	We didn’t
01.26	Wanna get
01.27	Older we
01.28	Didn’t wanna
01.29	Get older
01.30	We would run
01.31	On the
01.32	Block all
01.33	Night and
01.34	Day
01.35	We didn’t wanna
01.36	Get older
01.37	What a mistake	Argument between friends.
01.38	Saying
01.39	The way
01.40	I
01.41	Felt
01.42
01.43
01.44
01.45
01.46	I’d say my
01.47	Main
01.48	Influence
01.49	Is myself
01.50
01.51
01.52
01.53
01.54
01.55	And cause I started
01.56	Young I
01.57	Learned a ton I
01.58	Didn’t run
01.59	La da da
02.00	Da da da
02.01
02.02
02.03
02.04
02.05	I was scared as fuck	Breaking the law/being deviant.
02.06	And out of
02.07	Touch and I was
02.08	Testing my
02.09	Luck
02.10	Oh
02.11
02.12
02.13
02.14
02.15
02.16
02.17
02.18
02.19
02.20
02.21
02.22
02.23
02.24
02.25
02.26
02.27
02.28
02.29
02.30
02.31
02.32
02.33
02.34	And whenever	Repeat of teenagers on the beach/doing teenager things (walking around the streets, sitting in cafes etc).
02.35	The sun
02.36	Came out
02.37	We played
02.38
02.39	We didn’t
02.40	wanna
02.41	Get older we
02.42	Didn’t wanna get
02.43	Older we
02.44	Would run on
02.45	The block
02.46	All night
02.47	And day
02.48	We didn’t
02.49	Wanna get older
02.50
02.51	We didn’t wanna
02.52	Get older
02.53	And whenever
02.54	The sun
02.55	Came out
02.56	We
02.57	Played
02.58	We didn’t wanna
02.59	Get older
03.00	We didn’t
03.01	Wanna get older
03.02
03.03	I	Shown as adult alone in desolate environment.
03.04	Left myself in
03.05	The alleyway
03.06
03.07
03.08	Things	Repeat of the scene from the same lyrics earlier.
03.09	Were different
03.10	We were young
03.11	Skinny dipping
03.12	Having fun
03.13	I remember
03.14
03.15	I left	Cuts between group of teens to adult alone.
03.16	Myself in
03.17	The alleyway
03.18	All I
03.19	Wanted
03.20	Would become
03.21	Everything I ever
03.22	Loved I
03.23	Remember
03.24
03.25	I left myself
03.26	In the
03.27	Alleyway
03.28		Fade out of adult walking along the beach alone. Music fades out.
03.29
03.30
03.31
03.32
03.33
03.34
03.35
03.36
03.37
03.38
03.39
03.40
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03.42
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03.44
03.45
03.46
03.47
03.48
03.49
03:50
03:51
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03:56
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03:59
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04:01
04:02
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History of the music video

Late 1920s- Talkies:

·         Talkies are short musical films.

·         Vitaphone shorts, produced by Warner Brothers, featured many bands and dancers.

·         During this time the earliest karaoke was introduced by Max Fleischer and was called Screen Songs.

·         Early animated films by Walt Disney (Fantasia) and Warner Brothers (Looney Toons) were initially fashioned around specific songs.

1940s- Soundies:

·         Soundies were musical films that often included short dance sequences.

·         Louis Jordan made short films for his songs which he put together to form the feature film Lookout Sister.

1950s- Early music clips:

·         Tony Bennett claims to have created the first music video when he was filmed walking in Hyde Park in 1956, with the clip being set to his recording of Stranger in Paradise. It was aired on UK and US TV.

·         Elvis Presley created a music video for Jailhouse Rock in 1957.

·         Dáme si do bytu (Let’s get to the apartment) by Ladislav Rychman (1958) is the oldest example of a promotional music video with similarities to more modern videos.

1960-73- Promotional clips:

·         The Scopitone, a visual jukebox, was invented in France and short films were made to accompany artist’s music.

·         In 1961 Manny Pittson recorded a music video where he taped various clips with the musicians lip-synching.

·         In 1964 The Beatles starred in their first feature film, A Hard Day’s Night. It was presented as a mock documentary.

·         The Monkees TV series consisted of film segments that were created to accompany various Monkees songs.

·         In 1965 The Beatles began making promotional clips (filmed inserts) to promote their record releases without having to make in-person appearances.

·         Concert films were being released as early as 1964.

1974-80- Beginnings of music television:

·         The Australian TV shows Countdown and Sounds were significant in developing and popularising the music video genre in Australia as well as other countries.

·         Top of the Pops began playing music videos in the late 1970s

1981-1991: Music videos go mainstream:

·         In 1981 the video channel MTV was launched, airing Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles as their first music video played.

·         In 1983 a nearly 14 minute long music video was released for Michael Jackson’s Thriller, costing $800,000 to film.

2005- The internet becomes video friendly:

·         2005 saw the launch of YouTube which made viewing videos online much faster and easier.

·         In 2009 Thirty Seconds to Mars uploaded Kings and Queens to YouTube on the same day as release.

·         Many popular artists today use Vevo to upload their music videos to the internet and YouTube.

                

History of Indie Rock

Indie Rock

History:

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. It is very diverse, with subgenres that include indie pop, post-rock and dream pop. It was originally used to describe independent record labels but as grunge, punk revival and Britpop became popular in the 1990s the label started to be used to identify those acts that had an image of being an ‘outsider’ or ‘alternative’. During the 2000s, many indie rock acts enjoyed commercial success due to the growing importance of the internet.

1980s:

The term ‘indie’ arose in the 1980s to describe the music produced on post-punk labels rather than the labels themselves. The genre also dominated college radio stations in the US. The subgenres college rock, noise pop (distorted guitars and loud drums), jangle pop (chiming guitars and pop melodies similar to the 1960s) and indie pop were popular during this decade.

Some popular artists include:

·         The Smiths

·         R.E.M

·         Meat Puppets

·         Pixies

·         Primal Scream

1990s:

The 1990s brought major changes to the alternative rock music scene. Grunge bands broke into the mainstream and started to achieve commercial chart success. Punk revival bands also became popular. In the United Kingdom Britpop saw bands emerge into the mainstream. As a result of alternative bands moving into the mainstream, the genre name started to lose its meaning. The term ‘indie rock’ became associated with the bands that remained dedicated to their independent status. The genre also started to become diverse as more and more subgenres were created during the 90s.

Some popular artists include:

·         Nirvana

·         Pearl Jam

·         Green Day

·         Oasis

·         Beck

2000s:

The changing music industry, the growth of new digital technology and the increased use of the internet as a tool for music promotion allowed a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. This new commercial breakthrough and widespread use of the term indie to other forms of popular culture, led a number of commentators to suggest that indie rock had ceased to be a meaningful term. During this decade genres such as garage rock, new wave and post-punk revival became popular. Emo also became popular in the early 2000s.

Some popular artists include:

·         The Strokes

·         Yeah Yeah Yeahs

·         Arctic Monkeys

·         Fall Out Boy

·         Panic! at the Disco

Copyright letter

4^th November 2015

Copyright Request for Educational Purposes

Columbia Records

9 Derry Road

London

W8 5HY

Dear Sir or Madam:

OCR A Level Media Studies – Music Video Coursework.

I am creating a music video as my main piece of coursework for this A Level course.

I understand that you are the owner of the copyright for the musical composition “Alleyways – The Neighbourhood” and want to include the song as the track on which to base my video.  I would like to use the entire song.

Since I am on a limited budget and the video I create will only be seen by my fellow students at Attleborough Academy and the OCR Examiners, I am hoping that you will allow me to use the song without any charge.  If this is not possible, please let me know what fee would be required for this use. 

Your signature below, under “confirmed by,” will indicate that you will agree to permit this use without payment of a fee.  Please let me know if you have any questions concerning this license. 

Also, would you please let me know as soon as possible if this song cannot be licensed so that artistic changes may be made now.  You can reach me in care of my teacher, Ms Abigail Taylor, Attleborough Academy, 9 Norwich Road, Attleborough Norfolk NR17 2AJ, or  ataylor@aan.norfolk.sch.uk. Thank you for your help with this matter and we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Ellen Holmes

Ms A Tayor