AS2: Task 3 - Analyse The Track/Final Idea

Stated below is the lyrics for the song we've chosen, which is Pieces of Eight by Killing Jimmy. It is a fast paced song, and it lasts for 3:18.
Meaning
We analysed the lyrics to be about a woman, who has lost her loved one at sea, this is evident when she sings "My love has gone away, I left him at the bay." The song also uses the term "Pieces of Eight" several times throughout. Pieces of Eight were silver coins, approximately 33mm in diameter, that were minted and distributed in the Spanish Empire after 1598, it was worth 8 Spanish Reales.
Content
It is arranged into 2 verses, 3 verses, and a guitar solo.

Killing Jimmy
Pieces of Eight

Somebody tell the state
My love has gone away
I left him by the bay
What will I do without my old first mate?
Now that he’s gone away.

Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before

I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces of eight.

I’m not a victim of a lovers lost heartbreak
Weep like a witch while she’s burning at the stake
He took my love in the cold light of day
That boy took my love away.

Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before

I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces of eight.

Guitar solo

Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before

I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds all pieces
And I’ll see him go
I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces
Holds my pieces of
Eighhhhhtttttttttt

AS2: Task 2: Analyse the artist

The we had chosen for our music video project is "Pieces of Eight" by the band Killing Jimmy. They are a punk band from Basildon, Essex. Their music is very fast paced, and they often play smaller venues throughout the county.

Some of the band's songs have piratical, and nautical themes to them. This includes the song we are using, as there are several references to pirates, and piratical themes throughout. For example, the title, Pieces of Eight is a reference to the spanish dollar, which was used in the golden age of piracy in the 1700's, and was worth 8 reales. 

AS2: Task 1 - Copyright Laws

Copyright Laws
During the creation process of a music video, legal implications have to be considered, as you're not allowed to use copyrighted material that is owned by somebody else. Failure to abide by this, is breaking the law, and could possibly lead to prosecution. 
You will need to get permission to use the music for the video, whether it be from the artist themselves, and/or their record label, as failure to do so can lead to prosecution. 
Failure to abide by these laws can lead to several things, the owner of the work can sue you copyright infringements, loss of sales for their work, as well as legal costs and other statutory damage charges, which would total in excess of over $150,000. 
If the alleged infringement is serious enough, it could result in a criminal charge, and any income made through possible distribution of illegal material would most likely be seized. Not only that, but anybody convicted of these charges, can face prison time of a maximum of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, or in some cases, both.

When making our own music video, we understand that all content belongs to their rightful owners, whether it be the artist, or their record label. Their content will be used for this media project, and nothing more than that.

Our Song

When we originally thought of making our music video, we had several ideas, one of which included a ska punk cover version of popular pop song, Take On Me, however as this would already copyrighted, it meant we could not do so. We did eventually come up with one, which was Pieces of Eight by Killing Jimmy.

Gaining Permission

After deciding on our choice of song, we then had to get confirmation on whether or not we would be allowed to use the song for our project. The band had broken up a few years earlier, but the former lead singer gave us permission to use the song for the project.

AS1: Task 5: Understanding the Techniques of a Music Video

For this task, we were told to make a lip sync of Elton John's & Kiki Dee's duet song, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, with the intention of showing how well we understand editing techniques, and how well we can make our own lip sync video, using the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".

Overall, I feel as though the final product came out very well, the editing process took some time because of the amount of footage we had. In the filming process, it took us quite a few takes to get the footage and lip syncing perfectly, we also had the song playing in the background during filming, to help the actors remember their lines a bit better. We also did a few different shots, including further away shots of the two actors, and close up shots of both of them, all of which took a few takes to get perfect. I think that the editing of the video was good, however, it took some time to get perfect, as we had to make sure that the lip syncing matched the music perfectly, and in some places, this was more difficult than others. The lip syncing process overall was quite simple tho, matching the lip movement to the timing of the song, and then watching back over it to make sure that the lip syncing and lyrics matched up perfectly. 

AS1: Task 4: Understanding the techniques of music videos - The Pretender

Understanding The Techniques of Music Videos:
For this task, we watched a music video and analysed each scene for the first 45 seconds. We looked at what happened in each individual scene, and took notes on the mise-en-scene, angles of shots, and how long the shot lasts, in coalition with how quickly the music plays.

When watching the video, we noted how long each different camera shot lasted at a different angle, and counted that as one scene, and in total, there was 28 different shots of varying length.

 We saw that the quicker the pace of the song, the faster the editing of the shots were, resulting in it speeding up in those scenes, and thew video becoming faster.