JT - Responding to a track.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-f9o1-YUA

2. The track ‘Protect Me From What I Want’ by Placebo belongs to the rock genre. This is clear because of the use of drums and an electric guitar.

3. This track would defiantly represent a lo-fi video. This is as the song is of the rock genre and generally this genre would produce lo-fi videos. Also the band was formed in London so therefore a lo-fi gritty British video would be ideal for this song.

4. Videos which would be comparable to this track would obviously be other songs by Placebo as from these you can study the style of video this band makes and which kind of videos match the bands music and image. Other videos which would be comparable to Placebo is songs such as Numb by Linkin Park and I Don’t Love You by My Chemical Romance.

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6. A male character appears to be very dazed and confused, giving the feeling that he is on drugs. The song is called ‘Protect Me From What I Want’ so therefore all the things he wants is bad such as drugs which would be harmful to him. Also drugs play a large part in the rock genre, influencing and inspiring bands to make their music. The video is at night so it is very dark and there are a lot of blurred bright lights coming from the busy strip such as nightclubs, bars and shops. The character could be stumbling down this busy strip late at night when everyone is starting to leave which would link in with the lyrics ‘alone at the end of the rave’ and ‘catch the last bus home’. Therefore the video would be mainly performance based but there would also be some form of narrative behind the performance.

7. The beginning of this video could possibly be shot on the inside of a club or bar. Then the central part of the video could be shot along a busy strip of nightclubs as the main character walks through it and then finally possibly on a bus as that fits in with the lyrics.

8. Considering the grain of voice the character I would use would be a quite fashionable but messy white male character. He would be messy as the appearance I would want is that he is on drugs so he is in a bit of a state and had been out all night raving. This character would be about 22 years old.

9. The pro-filmic affects I would use would be a handicam to give the feeling of drunkenness or on drugs. Possibly a green screen could be used at points. Affects which could be used in post production are black and white to make the video seem more gritty and dark. Also speeding the video up would give the effect of a head spinning and not fully being in control, and then in certain parts slowing the video down to show the downside after being on a high.

10. Within the video a main actor to play the central character would need to be employed to fit the plan. Also maybe a few extras may need to be employed to carry out certain parts of the video.