Preliminary Task - What we Learned

From this exercise we learnt how to use final cut express in a more detailed and effective way.  for example how to use layers and how to prioritise them so that the right image appears first.  we also gained the expierience of singing outloud with people listening, this was ecpesially important because it is important to have confidence when singing so that when we match our mouths with the song it will look better.

Preliminary task - Finished Video

This is the finished video for the preliminary task.

Initial Research into our Chosen Band

Our chosen band the big hurt are a group of six members from america. There names are; Billy Martin - Vocalization Scientist, Will Sutton - Noise Bringer, Tim Johnson - The Low End Specialist, Matt Costello - Percussion Master, Germ - El Scratchini, Jamie Kelley - The Layer of Beats and Joe Mysko - Disco Mysko. They make there music i 4 different genres; drum and bass, reggae, punk and rock.

Newgrounds.com

Another website that we could use to find our music is Newgrouds.com. This is another website that contains unsigned artists with songs that we can use.

low down ho lyrics

below are the lyrics to the song we are using for our video 'low down ho', it is very important that we learn them so that we can sing the song fluently.

You would always be the one 
To try and keep a brother happy. 
Lately maybe I’ve been feeling kind of crappy. 
Low down ho. 
Yes I admit this shit just makes me sick. 
If I come quick she’s out the door. 
Man I don’t know. 

So why’d you have to be that way? 
Hotter than a cigarette and everybody’s smoking. 

She leaves me once again I don’t 
know why she had to go. 
She’s got my CD’s, VCR, TV 
and remote control at the pawn store. 

So why’d you have to be that way? 
Hotter than a cigarette and everybody’s smoking. 

So get to stepping woman you’ve got me feeling low. 
She’s trifling and scandalous I’ll miss 
the loving but she’s stepping on my toes. 
Low down ho. 

Why’d you have to be that way? 
Why’d you have to be that way now? 

Low down Ho.

Reply from the band

Billy William from 'The Big Hurt' has sent us a reply saying that we have permission to use their song for our coursework.  this is good news because now we can go ahead with making the video.

Prelminary Task

Our grroup had to comlete a preliminary task as a part of our course work.  The task was to create our own music video for the song 'Dont go breaking my heart' by Elton John and KiKi Dee.  Two people had to play the parts of Elton John and KiKi Dee and sing along to the song.  We then uploaded it onto the computer where we cut out the soud of the singers an edited it so that the mouths matched up the the song.


what did we learn from this exercise?
from this exercise we learnt how to use final cut express in a more detailed and effective way.  for example how to use layers and how to prioritise them so that the right image appears first.  we also gained the expierience of singing outloud with people listening, this was ecpesially important because it is important to have confidence when singing so that when we match our mouths with the song it will look better.

Song Choice

We have found a song that we would like to use for our music video, it is called 'Low Down Ho' by !The Big Hurt!.  We have sent an email to ask for permision to use there song forr our video, we are now awaiting reply.