The Last King Of Scotland
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s
Storyline
In 1970, the just-graduated doctor Nicholas Garrigan moves to Uganda to get rid of his conservative father. While working in a mission in the country, he meets the new President Idi Amin after the coup-d’é-tat that overthrow the former government. He is invited to become his personal physician in Kampala and along the years he sees how despotic his friend is.
Budget: £5,000,000 (estimated)
Production Co: Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, FilmFour
Video Analysis
Blood Red Shoes – Don’t Ask http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5AB0mHnSk
This music video is a raw live performance with a blurred noise distorted effect. The camera work is frantic and gives a sense of confusion and delirium. The raw camera effect and distorted guitars compliment each other tactfully, transmitting the feel of actually being there at the live gig. I believe the producer was aiming for the raw live performance feel because the band themselves and the song use is quite raw and heavy.
The XX -VCR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2eO_mNM88
With the song being quite dim with a slow tempo, the producer has created a fairly minimal and bleak video which i would be interested in doing. I feel the transition from black and white to colour half way through the video works well. I believe the producer used black and white to add a dramatic and depressing feel which compliments the music.
Golden Silvers – Please Venus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0IyCgXfDLs
This video uses stop motion animation throughout, I feel i would like to incorporate some stop motion in my own music video. The whole video is black and white with colour animations and effects highlighting certain features. while the music is gradually progressing into its full, the music videos animation is also progressing with bigger animations and colour.
Research
Watched hundreds of professional and non professional music videos.
Produced a questionnaire
Analysed 4 music videos
Looked at many different techniques related to shooting a music video
Researched professional music websites
Planning
Noted Ideas
Song ideas
Possible Locations
Planning to incorporate stop motion technique into my music video
Learn about stop motion
At the start of todays lesson i worked on my contents page for my magazine, worked on the lay out and colour scheme. in the last 2 lessons we watch the TV series “The Wire” 4 times and had to make notes. in the last lesson mr butcher talked to us and explained about the camera angles and lighting and sound and music.
he also spoke to us about gender, age, ethnicity, class & status, physical ability and regional identity. Also spoke about binary opposition.
