Evaluation task one – Narrative, Lyrics and Structure

 Our group was influenced by the James Bond movies when developing the structure of our narrative.  This is reflected in the clothes and costumes used.  Please see the picture below.

The group have modeled themselves on the appearance of James Bond; black suit and tie, clean shaved with oiled combed back hair.

We were also highly influenced by the film Stormbreaker that was also shot in a junk yard using the elements of the set effectively creating tension and focus to the narrative.  We also included a victim that used the conventions seen in the film; a gag, ripped clothes and high impact emotive obscure screen shots to emphasize the vulnerability of the actress, who is about to entertain the audience.  Andrew Goodwins principles of; “Smooth, efficient, structural design” were used to develop a relationship between the visuals and the music.

 
 We have also attempted to used close up miming of the lyrics in the music video in an effort to create realism.  This is an important aspect of the production as is reinforced by Goodwin “The artist acting both as narrator and participant helps to increase the authenticity however the  sync and other mimed actions remains at the heart of music video.  The audience need to believe this is real.”  

 

The chorus line, “I’m not like everybody else” was an attempt to make a statement in keeping with our projected image of going against the norm.  Ironically in order to create a platform for this message to be heard we need to do several things that are agreeable to most young people, such as the tune, rhythm and beat, and visual image of the group.  In essence, in order to get our message heard (which is contrary to popular opinion) we needed to use popular (normal) opinion.