Music Anatomy Sheet

Lyric Analysis.

Brainstorm of Ideas.

Band Bio.

ParaZali (Pronounced - Para-zarly-) are a three piece band from Warrington England
ParaZali have been together for about three and a half years and play live regularly.
They write their own material
ParaZali are a hard rock band who plan to establish themselves as a prominent force on the British rock scene and beyond.
They fuse lots of genres in their music, Hard rock - Metal - Classic Rock - Blues - Roots - (And more recently) Funk-
With thumping drum beats, thunderous bass lines and squealing guitar parts, ParaZali are something to watch out for.


For the band's official myspace: click here
You can also check them out on:
Isound
Ooizit
LastFM
Pure Volume (complete works up here)

Questionnaire results.

Questionnaire.

Today we created and handed out a questionnaire to see what our target audience would expect from a music video.

1. How old are you?
   16-20 21-25 26-30+


2. Are you ; male / female?


3. What is your favourite music genre?


4. Do you prefer narrative or performance based videos?


5. Do you think the video should correspond to the lyrics?


6. Do you think the band/artist should be in the video or a fictional character?


7. What is your favourite music video and why?


8. Do you think the people in the video need to be sterotypically 'goodlooking'?
   
9. Do you read music magazines? Which ones?
   
10. Have you ever been influenced to watch a music video by reading about the band in a magazine?
    
11. Are you more likely to buy an album if the album artwork looks good?
    
12. Does a band / Artist have to correspond to the genre? (such as promotional material / costumes)
    
13. Should a music video include special effects?
    
14. Should the music video be in black 'n' white or colour or a combination?
    
15. Should the narrative used in the video be linear / non linear?
    
16. Should the music video include dance routines?
    
17. Do you find that music videos 'objectify' women?
    
18. Do you think a music video should work within a genre of it's own e.g comedy?
    
19. Should a music video have a clear ending or not?
    
20. Where would you like a music video to be set?
    
21. Do you think the video should include a range of camera angles?
    
22. Should the artist perform towards the camera?
    
23. Do you prefer promotional material to be small or big and 'in your face'?
    
24. Does a music video make a song more popular?
    
25. Do you like to see the arist on the album artwork?

Codes And Conventions of a Music Video.

The Codes and Conventions of a music video include;

• Narratives (maybe linear maybe non linear)
• Simple Closed Narratives.
• Amplification of lyrics
• Use of Star.
• Close ups of Star.
• Some performance
• Story Lines
• Main Characters.
• Simple Special Effects
• Editing that matches the beat of the music.
• Eliptical Editing
• Lip synching
• Set in realistic places
• Mise en scene used to create character types
• Image of star is portrayed to suit genre.
• Not much interaction with characters.
• No dialogue at the beginning.
• Range of Camera Angles. e.g Tracking Shots and Crane shots.