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What is Narcissism?

Narcissism
Narcissism is the personality trait of egotism, vaniry, conceit, or simply selfishness.

Narcissism comes from Narcissius who in greek myth was a pathologically self-absorbed young man who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. It is believed that some narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth.

Andrew P. Morrison claims that, in adults, a reasonable amount of healthy narcissism allows the individual's perception of his needs to be balanced in relation to others.

How this Video influenced our video.

This Music Video influenced our video because we wanted to have a simliar set as theirs for ours. We used the idea of performaning in a warehouse and modeified it to what we were able to access. Due to not being able to find a warehouse we used a drama room located at our school instead, we still have a simialr effects used in this video to help with the production of our music video.

Which demographic would most identify with the life style and generic style of the british band 'The Foals'

The band Foals is formed by 5 oxford drop outs. This straight away draws us to the obvious conclusion that their audience will be people (students) at the age of 16-23. Foals seems to target middle class (C1/ B) white males between the age of 16-23, this is shown by the band members being white males and by doing interviews with middle class newspapers such as ‘The Independent’.

We get this impression of the target audience being 16-23 due to many of the bands pictures. Many of the pictures of the band contain them doing something fun and rebellious. For example you would normally associate balloons with fun and party’s, this connotes that they life to live a free and fun life that is full of parties which most student (16-23) would want to do as well.

Foals seem to have a different style of music to any other I have heard. It is more ‘random’ then planned. This will draw younger audiences in due to the fact that they like to do thing on the whim and experiment with stuff. Their style is very laid back and relaxed which fits perfectly with the audience they are targeting by the use of hoodies and jeans, a causal but effective look.

Shooting scheduel

concept board

Story boards

Find my tribe

Annotations of Lyrics

// silence – the tape is put into the reorder and the record button is pressed
// guitar solo - Long Shot of band

i always thought you'd stay // pulls back so the tv is in view
i always thought you'd be here// tv starts to flicker
now you're gone //Tv cuts to a image of a girl and boy dancing around outside (night/twilight.)
now you've gone
away

Cuts away back to band performing on T.V (close ups)

there's nothing you can say // Cut back to couple in different location (park/lake?) boy gives girl a necklace
no-one left to tell me// couple kissing
now you're gone
now you've gone
away

Cuts away back to band performing on T.V (close ups)

i never thought you'd go // couple different shot maybe having a little argument
i never thought you'd leave me // tv continues to flicker
this time // relationship starts to fall apart
this time
you're gone

Cuts away back to band performing on T.V (close ups)

i feel you next to me // couple together girl gives back necklace and walks away.

put your arms around me //
but you're gone // Cuts back to band
but you've gone
away// tv blanks

SHOT LIST

cu - record button being pressed
ms - computer recording band
ls- band playing
cu - elements of band playing(guitar,drums.etc)
ms, zoom, cu - pc monitor
Transition to couple through monitor
cu - couple kissing (low angle)
ls - couple walking (tracking)
ms - couple sitting on park bench hugging (high angle/crane)
pull back through pc mointor to band

Concept rough idea's

Concept Rough idea.

-Intro to song starts playing

-First shot is tape being put into video player.

-shot of guitar being played.

-Camera Pulls out so you can see guitarist.

-Pulls out again so you can see the rest of the band.

-Pulls out so you can see a TV.

-Camera heads towards TV

-TV now main point in the video.

-TV turns on.

-TV is Fuzzing.

- (Singer starts to sing)

-TV screen cuts to a couple.

-Couple are laughing and having fun. (Like home video)

-Cuts to another shot of the couple.

-(versus finishes)

-TV changes from being of couple to the band playing.

Flipping between the two continue when lyrics sung couple when not band. the locations of the the couple change as well as the band. The band are always one location ahead of the couple.

Email Sent to band to gather more information and their reply.

1st email sent
Extra info
Note Message :
Hi if it is possible could you give me some information about the band. e.g;
What inspired you to make the band?
What bands inspired you music?
How many members you have?
What made you pick the name RarestSpun?
How long you been a band?
What are your names?
Who are your main audience?
What would you say your genre was?

Sara Disborough

Reply to first email

Re: extra info
Note Message:
Sara, what is this for? thought you were just going to be using the music on a video you are making? don't mind helping out but would like to know what it is about first.

2nd email

Re: Re: extra info
Note Message
It's part of our A level for media and we have to write a essay on where the band came from and why they got together. need to no the basic stuff.I no this is a weird thing to ask from a stranger. and i totally understand if you dont want to give out this information.
Sara

Reply to 2nd email

Re: Re: Re: extra info
Note Message
yeh it's ok, I've answered the questions below.
What inspired you to make the band?
Couple of us were pissed one night and it seemed like a good idea.
We had a few sessions and enjoyed it and it's gone from there.

What bands inspired you music?
Loads, too many to mention

How many members you have?
5

What made you pick the name RarestSpun?
It's from A Clockwork Orange

How long you been a band?
5 months with the current line up

What are your names?
Kev, Ste, Farrell, Cookie, Luc

Who are your main audience?
No idea, we've only played a few gigs round Manchester.

What would you say your genre was?
psychedelic indie-rock

Info on Rarest Spun.

Rarest Spun, From Greater Manchester formed in April 2010. The band consits of Kev, Ste, Farrell, Cookie and Luc. They started messing about with some songs and thought it would be a good idea to form a band. 5 months later they released 3 tracks; No Rush to go home, I wasnt ready and What now Charlie Brown? Rarest Spun are a psychedelic indie-rock band who were inspired by the bands Smiths, Pixies and Radiohead.

The name for the band was inspired by the book 'A Clockwork Orange'

"It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!"

(http://tagtag.com/famousquotes/quotes_part5_/2_alex_a_clockwork_orange_)

A Clockwork Orange was written in 1962 by Anthony Burgess. It was later filmed in 1971.

Link to bands Website

http://www.myspace.com/rarestspun

Reply to email sent to band.

Re: Artist Message for RarestSpun: Music Video
Note Message
yeh no problem, please put a link to our myspace on there at some point www.myspace.com/rarestspun. Send us a link when you're done. cheers.

Lyrics
I always thought you'd stay
I always thought you'd be here
Now you're gone
Now you've gone
Away

There's nothing you can say
No-one left to tell me
Now you're gone
Now you've gone
Away

I never thought you'd go
I never thought you'd leave me
This time
This time
You're gone

I feel you next to me
Put your arms around me
But you're gone
But you've gone
Away

At the beginning I wasn't to sure if we should go with a performance video or not. Danny was against us doing a performance video. But to me it seemed the best way with this type of song and would fit the genre perfectly. Also the bands that have been influential on Rarest Spun use performance based videos. (Radio-head, The Smiths, The Pixies) After many hours of studying the lyrics and listening to to song closely i came up with the idea of having a performance video with a twist. The video will start off with the band playing. The camera pulls away from the band to a T.V screen and on this T.V screen the band are playing. As soon as the singer starts to sing the image changes to a couple. In each new verse the couple change locations and seem to be drifting apart. And in the last shot the girl is walking away from the boy.

Letter to band asking for permission.

To the members of rarestspun,
We have sampled your music and wish to create a music video as part of our media studies A level. The song we are interested in is "I Wasn't Ready". It would be a great help to us if you would allow us to use your music. The music video will be posted on you tube and on two seperat blogs. If it is not to much to ask, would you agree to send us the lyrics to this song if you agree to us using it?
Awaiting your reply.

Yours faithfully Danny Turner and Sara Disborough

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