There is no official music video made for the song we are using.
2 Other Videos by Kate Nash:
Mouthwash-
Artist: Kate Nash
Song: Mouthwash
Genre: Indie-Pop
Location(s): Backstage, dressing room, playing on stage
Kate looking into a mirror while she is backstage in the dressing room, she is performing singing to the camera through the mirror. Surrounded by different items of dressing up clothing.
Walking around backstage towards the stage area. Still singing to the camera as she is walking around. Shows the location by the plain walls and odd pieces of clothes and props around the shot, and the Fire Exit sign, shows they are backstage.
Kate is on stage, performing, playing the piano and singing to the camera/ audience. The camera moves in around Kate in a circle as though it is following the backing dancers. The backing dancers are dressed as robots (quirky, different, random) This shows Kate's personality, she is also quirky which is why she wouldn't have backing dancers dressed in normal clothes.
Costumes: Flowery dress, coloured nails, sparkly dress, glittery make-up, curly hair
Kate wears a flowery vintage style dress, under the dress she wears black leggings. This is in the scenes where she is backstage. This shows that she is normal and casual backstage.
She is wearing her hair in loose curls, that look natural and has blue glittery eye shadow on with eye liner. This is her backstage make-up.
In the scenes where she is on stage, she is wearing a dress with leggings still but the dress is glittery and shiny, which shows she is performing and feels like a star with all the lights on her.
The shoes she wears on stage are glittery and shiny to match her dress. They are high heeled which shows she is girly and feminine.
The make-up she wears on stage is glittery around her eyes and she is wearing black eye liner. Her hair looks more styled.
Storyline: Kate Nash is backstage helper who makes her way onto the stage as a big star.
Performance: Playing the piano and singing in the middle of the stage.
Kate sings as she walks around backstage towards the stage. As though she is taking to the camera.
On stage, Kate plays the piano and sings, whilst her backing dancers (dressed as robots) skate around her on roller blades, disco style.
Style: Girly, pop style, fun, sarcastic.
Colour: Sparkly, bright, colourful.
Notes: Props like make-up tin, flowers, clothes, backstage ropes. People dressed up as robots as background dancers.
Pumpkin Soup-
Model heads with golden dress up wigs. Shows she is backstage. Where there is going to be a performance.
Bits of clothing and costumes backstage. Hanging from the walls as Kate walks around them.
Make-up tin on the dressing table whilst she pretends to be playing piano on the table. As though she is practising for her big performance.
Ropes hanging from walls backstage makes the location look realistic.
Artist: Kate Nash
Song: Pumpkin Soup
Genre: Indie-Pop
Location(s): garden made of cardboard, green screen
Use of cut out statues to make it look like they are sat in a fantasy garden. They are sat on a large red vintage style telephone. It is a very unrealistic location.
Cartoon style cut outs of trees, in front of a green screen that is a light blue colour to make it look like sky. Oversized flower in her hand that she is picking leaves off absent mindedly.
Use of green screen again with a light blue colour like the sky. Use of cut out statues in a tree shape to make it look like a garden. Kate is knitting a scarf with hearts on it, refers to the songs theme "love".
Garden style cartoon background, blue sky created on a green screen. Cardboard "kissing stall" like they are at a fair. People dressed up as white fluffy cats in the background. Gives it a cute girly atmosphere.
Over sized dolls house, unrealistic effect. Small TV and small clock on the wall.
It is a very childish location. This is the outside of the dolls house, where the man is sat. Cartoon style dolls house.
Everything is very exaggerated. Like a theatre production. Use of green screen background for the swirly tree shapes.
Costumes: Bright yellow tights, red t-shirt and blue shorts (girly)
Kate: Girly, blue and white dress, makes her look like a doll. Alice in wonderland style. Curly hair and bright red shoes. Guy: Shirt and tie and skinny dark blue jeans. Worn with bright white pumps and red round glasses. Makes him look slightly geeky.
Kate wearing a simple red t-shirt and high waisted blue shorts, very casual girly style. Hair curled and a red simple square bracelet.
Guy wearing striped blue and white sailor style t-shirt. Red rounded glasses and red skinny jeans. Indie-pop style, geek style glasses.
Kate wearing navy blue dress, with bright red tights, fun and indie style. She is also wearing red rounded glasses to match the guy. Dark black doll style shoes and curly hair.
Guy wearing a bright yellow t-shirt and a red patterned cardigan, this is an indie-pop style. He is also still wearing the red rounded glasses to show his geeky side.
Storyline: Kate is explaining to a guy that she likes that all she wants is to kiss him, but he wants a relationship
Performance: singing
Style: In the style of an old t.v show with opening credits, but also cartoon style with the bright colours and the pop bubble font.
Cartoon style. Like the opening of a TV show. Very colourful, and bubble style font.
Colour: Bright, red, green, blue, pink, yellow, block colours
Notes: People dressed up in cat suits, as background dancers.
Use of pink teddy bear props, making them dance and kiss, over sweet and over exaggerated.
Props like heart shaped balloons, this adds to the overall atmosphere and effect of the video.
People dressed up in cat costumes, as the background dancers.
A Video From The Indie-Pop Genre:
Eliza Doolittle-Skinny Genes
Artist: Eliza Doolittle
Song: Skinny Genes
Genre: Indie-Pop
Location(s): In a house, bedroom, bathroom, living room.
In a bedroom of a house, like a sleepover party. Vintage style room with the designs on the back wall.
In a bathroom of the house, use of bath and sink in the shot to show they are in a bathroom.
In a living room in the house, everyone sat on the sofa in the background and flowery vintage curtains across the back window.
Costumes: short blonde wig, natural curly brown hair, denim shorts, light coloured baggy tops, bright coloured tops. Casual, girly, hippy style.
Eliza: Short denim shorts, with long tassels, hippy style casual. Indie-pop style.
Guy: pinstripe shirt with pale skinny jeans, red bow tie and straw hat. This is a 50s style vintage outfit.
Polka dot jumper, with white shorts and bright red socks. This is a casual girly look, the socks don't match the rest of the outfit which makes them stand out.
Dark t-shirt with a design on the front with white shorts. Casual, indie style.
Purple halter neck cropped top, 50's style with denim shorts. Hair tied back, relaxed style.
Storyline: Eliza is having a house party, house parties always make there way into every room so this is what the locations are showing, everyone is dancing and having fun, playing instruments.
Performance: Dancing, swaying, no specific choreography.
Style: Girly, casual, fun
Guy playing guitar in the background, Eliza dancing but with no specific choreography.
Style: Girly, casual, fun
Colour: Plain white colours mixed with bright colours (red, blue and yellow)
Notes: Lots of props, hoola hoops, ukulele, dancing hawaian statue, bath, pompoms, balloons
Red heart shaped balloons, fun, girly.
Hoola Hoops, Childlike and fun.
Dancing Hawaiian girl statue, fun, random, quirky.
Pompoms, girly, cheerleader style.
Your video analysis will need more detailed notes than this but this is a reasonable start.
ReplyDeleteLots of detail here, lots of screen shots, a good piece of work. To improve it even more you could try adding more analysis. You have done this in places, suggesting why things are the way they are, but not in others. This woudl improve your understanding and therefore improve your own project. Very good though.
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