Hourglass
Our chosen song for
our video is Hourglass. This is because it differs from other songs on the
album, although sung by a male it has been portrayed through a female’s
perspective. It has a slower tempo and begins with a soft acoustic start
following through to an exhilarating bass line with piano melodies then
returning to Van McCann singing with his guitar like the beginning of the song.
Compared to other songs on the album ‘The Balcony’ and the lyrics have
inexplicit more complex and deeper meaning. It reflects conventions of a love
song based upon a relationship and therefore allows us to follow a narrative
closely related to the lyrics. The name of the song ‘Hourglass’ symbolises the
idea of an imbalance in a relationship and also suggests limited time and the
idea that like two ships that pass in the night, they rarely see each other
much like all the sand in an hourglass is rarely settled in one half. This can be seen through the lyrics “
I’m craving your calls like a soldiers wife” and “I just want to catch up on
all the lost times.” The concept of a soldiers wife is suggesting the idea that
much like a soldier the musician is unable to be with his partner much of the
time and seldom returns home, like a soldier due to that fact he travels and
has a hectic schedule. From the female perspective she wants to catch up on the
quality time they have missed out on.
The song has themes of unrequited, long distance and heartbreaking love,
which are all dramatic and intense emotions which can be applied to a narrative
as the song goes through the motions and the lyrics express the hopes for the
relationship to blossom through the words “offer my hand I’ll take your name”
indicating the woman wants to take her partners name in marriage because she
envisions commitment through adulthood with her partner but there are
significant factors that prevent the relationship from being pursued.
Although there is no
clean version of the song available, I was able to use the music-editing
programme ‘Audacity’ to remove inappropriate language so it can therefore be
used in or music video.
Feedback on your A2 Media Studies Blog so far:
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- Exploration of at least three music videos
- Plethora of factual research from the music industry (remember to explicitly show what you have learnt from this and how it is feeding into your own creation.)
- Interesting mood board
- Continue to make sure you are using a wide range of different ICT, for a range of presentational choices
EBI:
With your close textual analysis make sure that you have been as detailed, as precise and as specific as you can with this analysis. You also need to ensure you have used a range of key terminology.
-A key aspect is that you MUST make sure that you VERY clearly spell out what you have learnt from any task you have completed – whether that be analysis or research – and HOW this is going to inform your own creations.
-Make sure when creating your subsidiary products, you demonstrate a clear and appropriate in house style – keep this in mind when you do your subsidiary product analysis e.g. investigate in house styles.
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EBI (CONT.)
ReplyDelete-Make sure you have also clearly researched your audience. Think about what you are trying to find out when formulating your research methods and specifics
Make sure you have applied, explained and shown how you are going to learn what you discovered about specific theorists and theories.
Miss North