Jim's Log 11/12/12

We have pretty much finished our Master Prezi, the only remaining factors to include are our ideas for videos which we have have started planning out in details to present too 'Our Krypton Son'. The ideas we are looking at for the song ill wind,  are all based on the premise that the song is about memories so we are looking to do a time rewind to see the band as young men. This is the basis of our idea, i will post more as our ideas are finalised.

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Jim's log 23/11/12

We are still in the process of creating our master prezi, i have had to rearrange my original prezi to make it easier for everything to be moved into the master prezi so at the moment my prezi is a shambles to say the least, but the group prezi is looking really well. Also we have created some new videos to be used as examples and practice. Joel is also working on some photoshop work and is creating excellent images that will help in making the digi pack.

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Jim's Log 6-11-12

Now we have been informed of the song we are going to be creating a video for, it is called 'Ill wind' and it is from 'Our Krypton Son's' brand new album. This song is very upbeat and has a very catchy tune. We have begun creating our master prezi. This is an amalgamation of all of are prezis into one master prezi conatining the best from everyones research.

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Jim's log- 17-10-12

At the moment we are working on our Prezi's to present to small town america. These are too contain any inspirations, thoughts and research that we do for our coursework. I am currently working on trying to find bands/artists who are similar to 'Our Krypton Son'. Some bands/artists i have come across are Richard Hawley and Nick Drake.

Prezi

Analysis More Than Conquerors - Rage Against the Machine

The video for "Rage Against the Machines(RAM)" "Killing in the Name of" is amazingly similar to the video for "Bear Knuckle Fight" by more than conquerors, so much in fact that you could probably say that more than Conquerors may have drawn some inspiration from RAM's video. 

The first big thing that you notice when watching both videos is the constant flashing lights which is typical of live performances in general. The effect is an extremely effective way to show the energy that is in the atmosphere at one of the band live shows where by the entire crowd is jumping and everyone is enjoying themselves. 

In the videos both bands use a lot of fast shot changes to move between the band members and the crowd which demonstrates the bands focus on the fans and how they see themselves as being part of a group or a community with their followers. Both bands make full use of focus pulls to create smooth transitions between shots which is like you are looking from the crowds point of view and the person in blinking.

In the videos members of the band jump into the crowd symbolising their bond with the members of the audience and the fact that they are all one big community. This is used by both bands and it really represents them as what they believe and that is putting the fans first.

The atir worn in the videos are also very similar in that the band either wears normal clothes i.e. t-shirt and trousers or they have no top on which shows the bare bones attitude both bands  take to music as they believe that the music should speak for itself.

The Black and white effect that is used at the start of the video symbolises the fact that what is being said is black and white i.e. the singer doesn't hide anything he says what he feels and you see what he thinks just from what he says which was RAM's ethos where by they wanted to stick it to the man and to quote the name Rage Against the Machine.

The way in which the lead singer stands and sings to the crowd is almost like he is a religious leader preaching to his congregation, or maybe even a cult leader. This is actually how RAM portrait themselves as a movement against governmental control. The singer could be said to be rallying his followers against the "Man" which was really the whole ethos behind the band.

When Tom Morello play his guitar solo the camera sways from side to side and superimposition is used this creates the feeling of being high which thus refers to the bands music as being like a drug. This was also used in the more than conquerors video.

The two band are extremely similar but different in there own accords due to the differences of time between them.

Concentric Transitions

The above is a video detailing a plugin for final cut pro which gives us a new form of transition that could be very useful when it comes to making our music video as it is funky and odd but it also looks very professional. We could use this to move from shot to shot with ease whilst still being aethstetically pleasing to the viewer.