Rough Cut 2

Here is another clip showing my music video's progression.
Here I have refined my shots to make them seem more professional and I've added in some effects to help the clips flow together.
I have also started placing filters upon some of the clips to represent a bad memory or a good memory - so that they contrast.



From criticisms in the class that state I need more performance and narrative shots I have decided to film these and add them in - my video should be finished after this 3rd round of filming.

Postively, my classmates liked the pace of the shots and how well timed they were with the music change. The filters and editing was also liked because it gave an obvious mood to the clip and made the narrative easier to understand seeing as I wasn't using any diegetic sound.
I feel some of my shots are a bit repetitive so I shall try and film more narrative and performance to fill in these parts and give myself a wider variety of shots overall.

Rough Cut

Here is the rough cut to my music video.

Feedback:

From class feedback the obvious criticism was that it needs to be longer, however what I have so far is said to fit the genre of the band and my miming was well synced with the song.
My narrative also reflects the lyrics of the song and fits the pace of the music, my class also felt pity for the singer which was the idea I wanted to get across.

I am pleased with the miming in my rough cut as I feel the shots are in time and fit,
I have decided to add a lot more narrative to my video than this rough cut contains so as the audience fully understand my interpretation of the lyrics.
I would also like to see more involvement of the singer so I will therefore be filming more shots of him singing/miming.

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Analysis)

Originally released in 1965 as a single on Columbia Records.
One of Dylan's first 'electric' pieces, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" was also notable for its innovative film clip, which first appeared in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary, 'Dont Look Back'.

The song's first line is a reference to codeine distillation and politics of the time: "Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine / I'm on the pavement thinkin' about the Government". The song also depicts some of the growing conflicts between "straight" or "square" (40-hour workers) and the emerging 1960s counterculture. The widespread use of recreational drugs, and turmoil surrounding the Vietnam War were both starting to take hold of the nation, and Dylan's hyperkinetic lyrics were dense with up-to-the-minute allusions to important emerging elements in the 1960s youth culture.

The song also references the struggles surrounding the American civil rights movement ("Better stay away from those / That carry around a fire hose"). (During the civil rights movement, peaceful protestors were beaten and sprayed with high pressure fire hoses.) In spite of the political nature of the lyrics, the song went on to become the first Top 40 hit for Dylan in the United States.




Analysis
It is apparent that this music video is completely narrative, as shown by the cue cards highlighting certain lyrics. The video itself is entirely one shot which would be quite hard to achieve in one go, the use of one shot is further highlighted by Bob Dylan occasionally making mistakes with the cue cards and their timing.

Both the black and white film and the clothing Bob Dylan is wearing make a statement about the era he is singing from. Ths mis-spelling of some of the cue cards such as "Suckcess" could either be a pun or representative of the workers this video is about - they may not have had such as good education, or none at all, in comparison to upper classes.
The alleyway this appears to be filmed in also looks like a slum area, again reflective of the working class.

The words and phrases written on the cue cards appear to be important in the sense that the director wishes you to remember them and what image they connote.