Task Three – Analyse the track

Alex G Make Your Move


 The singer Alex G performs the song “Make Your Move”. The song us 3 minuets 50 seconds long with 2 verses, a chorus repeated 3 times and a bridge. The song is an upbeat   with a quite fast paced and a slow bridge. The song follows a verse, chorus, and verse chorus narrative with a bridge after the second chorus. This is done to help make is follow the normal narrative structure to make the song stick to the norm to help audiences understand the song as if it was not a normal structure some audiences will not understand it and will not listen thinking it is cluttered and badly written. The bridge is there is to add a range in the song, as with out it, the song would keep repeating the structure boring the audience so the bridge put a range in the song.

The song has a deep meaning about freedom and escaping the life your trapped. This song is a self-love song showing people that they are trapped in their lives doing the same thing over and over again and being stuck in a monotonous life.  Alex is compiling about the repetitiveness of life doing the same things over and over again stating "We’ve been wired for it, but we’re tired of it", she is saying that every one does the same things, which is pre set and have to carrying it out, but she wants to brake free of this cause she tired of being trapped in this endless cycle. 

 In the song there is many times of imagery and subtext used to show the meaning of the song. In the first verse she says "365 little lies we have written in our mind". She is stating that we have been told what to do with our lives and they are all lies, it was pre set as it has been “Written in our mind".  She then states, "You live in boxes 9 to 5 always hoping for a raise". Alex is stating about office work how it is a 9-5 and you are trapped in a cubical always working, workers are hoping for a raise for hard work always trying to get it but never getting their. Finally she also states, "It’s now or it’s never. We don’t have forever" She is stating that we have to make changes in our lives instead of staying in the same trapped place all the time never having any changes in our lives, but there is only a short amount of time to escape and you have to make the decision now.

Overall the song follows the normal narrative structure with a verse courses and a bridge. The son focus on the boring receptiveness of life and how we should break free sand do what we want to rather that conform to what society like get a 9-5 job.

Make Your Move

365 little lies we have written in our mind.
2.5 kids by 25 and you’re doing just fine.
We’ve been wired for it, but we’re tired of it.
Oh, we’re looking for something more.
365 different ways we can choose to live our lives.

Oooh, tell me what you’re gonna do.
Oooh, what have you got to lose?
It’s now or it’s never. We don’t have forever, no.
Oooh, it’s time for you to make your move.

Oh, don’t you know it’s dangerous when you try to play it safe?
You live in boxes 9 to 5 always hoping for a raise.
It’s enough for getting by, but tell me, does it make you happy? You’ve put your dreams on hold too long. Why wait another day?

And oooh, tell me what you’re gonna do.
Oooh, what have you got to lose?
It’s now or it’s never. We don’t have forever, no.
Oooh, it’s time for you to make your move.

We are all the same! Oh, we are all afraid! We are all the same! Oh, we are all afraid!
We are all the same! Oh, we are all afraid!
We are all the same! Oh, we are all afraid!

Oooh, tell me what you’re gonna do.
Oooh, what have you got to lose?
It’s now or it’s never. We don’t have forever, no.
Oooh, it’s time for you to make your move.

Task Two – Analyse the artist

Alex G's imagine is very importnt to her as a singer andwhen analyseing her as an artist.  The iamage Alex wants to portray as a singer is that she is jsut like everyone a , a every women. She originally came from youtube , posting vidoes of her preforming covers of other peoples songs. She wants to continuse this look of just like everyone else to keep her audiencer and help them still identify with her. This is also done to atrratc new audiences as she shows them she is a noral person who made it due to talent and that if she can do it anyone can. This is done to help her  gain audience as they sidentifies with her ,who if they met would be down to earth and normal which audiences want in celebrities and shows that they can make it too if she did.

Alex G also is trying to portray he iamge as a strong indepenennt women who don't need men to help her. Alex's image lways try to follow the theam of idependece , as she always stands strong starring at the camera in a strong fearless way , unlike other singers who either looks like they need help or look seducativly at the camera. This is done to show her audiences that she is idependtnat and they can be too and that her audiences dont need ment to help them. She is trying to show herself as a self emporing artist to her
audience to gain audience. She dose this so she can fit into that self love market with other artists like Lady Gaga to gain audiences who feel trapped. This is again done to show that she is a realtable arttist for audiences.


Alex G has two main song styles in her music ,they are either cutisy happy muisc or soulful anthnums with messages behind them. The first style is the cutsy pop song , the songs feaure happy backing track with bright happy imagry in hger vidoes includeing cakes and bright fancy clothing. This is donbe to show audiences that she is femeinie and cutsy to atrracted espaclly younger audiences. This isbre
cause the videos are esay to undertand narritve wise and is atrrarctive to look at due to the bright colours and happy imagrary. Also the music is upbeat and happy with a uplifting singing tone and gleeful lyrics.The second song style is the soulful anthums. Alex;s other videos always are slower with strong beats and powerful lyrics. There also is a focus on the strength of her voice thoughout with her proforming with tenasity and power. This is important as these songs are trying to protray a message in these songs. The strentgh in her voice is important as she is trying to project the messages of her songs on to audience. The more stronger she sings the more the audinece will listen and believe what she is saying. The strength of her voice is also to help attract audiences as they will be amazed at her talents and want to hear more songs.
 

Task One – Choosing the track/gaining permission

When using music for any type of media that is not owned by the person creating the production  they have to abided by copyright laws. These laws are put a protection of the song of public use of the Music without the autherisation of the artist to use the song. This was set out by the creators of the music to stop anyone useing the music. These laws were created to stop other peopel useing the music , gaining money or fame for a song they did not make. It was also to protect an artist interefgrity to stoop the misuse of the music. Copyright laws are important as it gives an artist protection and stops gain of other people which is not dereved. If these did not existit it would mean anyone could use the music even if the artist did not want them to loseing the ownership of music .

I chose this song  for a few reasons. Firstly the song fited in with the basic idea i had for my music video, as it hadtheames of confusion and change espallcy in the lyrics. Secondly the song fitted the mesage of freedom and aceptance that we want to prtray Finally I enjoy the song itself which means i like what i am creating and be intreersted in makeing the video.

Task Five - Understand the techniques of music videos

When creating the music video for don't go breaking my heart I used numerous shots and angles. In total we used 11 different shots, these include long shots, close-ups, extreme close-up’s and mid shots.  We also used 6 different camera angles; these include high angles, low angles and straight. We used a range of shots and angles to make the video more aesthetically pleasing and to show each singer separately and together to show both their individuality and their love. If this was not done the video will look uninteresting and bore audiences, as there would have just been the same shot on screen for 3 minuets. When filming we had to re-film numerous shots as there was either mistakes in the lyrics, the singer forgot to sing or the lighting was not right. The video required the actors to lip sync their lyrics, as we do not own the song and the singers in the video did not sing the song. To make the singer’s look more realistic we asked them to sing properly instead of lip synching as it makes it easier and more realistic when making the video.

After we filmed the video we had to upload our footage and edit it to the song. After uploading all the footage I had to go though each shot to see what can be used and what looks good even the shots that went wrong. This is done as even the bad shots might have a bit that could be used in the music video that will help extend the video and make it more interesting. if we did not cheek every shot we might not have good enough shots to use  meaning we might have to film more extending the time period we have to make the video. We then had to upload the track and match the chosen shots to the song. This is crucial to the music video as it makes it look like the actors are actually singing and not just singing over someone else's voice. Also the had to decide on the length of the shots as long shots would bore audiences but audiences might not b able to see all the short shots leaving audiences confused so we have to decide the right length of shots.

After finishing the video I can see that it was made successfully and looks good. Firstly the editing helped make the video good and interesting as there is a range of different shots cut together cut at mostly the right times to made the vid more interesting and visually appealing. Secondly the singing is edited in time to the actually song making it look like the actors are actually the singers making the video more convincing as audiences don't know they are not the singers. This helps audiences understand the video, as they will be less confused than if the singing was not in time and also makes the video look more professional. Also the cinematography looks professional with a range of shots and angles that appear in other music videos making the video successful. But there are improvements that could have been made in the music video. The actors could have bee directed more to look like they are actually in love as in parts of it they look awkward and that they don't like each other making the video less convincing of it meaning. Also there are few mistakes in shots like one of the actors looking at the camera when they should not have making the film look unprofessional. Overall the film is successful.