Music Video

1. The story that we were trying to evoke was that of a father's departure to the war. In the beginning he is thinking of what is going to happen to his family that he is leaving behind. His heart is filled with remorse and sadness just thinking that he wont be there next to them supporting them. While these thoughts penetrate and engulf his mind, he starts saying his goodbyes to his family one by one, pausing during the intervals of the music as he goes up to every person. Then when, the music reaches short jolts this symbolizes when he goes to war and is fighting. However, the importance of the scene is that he can potentially die, and then when the music stops and soothes out, this is when he is injured and is in a life or death situation. His critical situation makes the mood of the entire story desperate and agonizing. Then the doctors come in and reveal the news to the family that he will be ok but not after some short suspenseful moments. In the end the family is reunited and together again. 2. 44 seconds to 1 minute 15 seconds. The first image that we selected was that that resembled a rock or something hard, showing how the father was trying to keep his feelings together but it was hard. Then the usage of the images of spheres almost looked like tears and then with the usage of one of the effects it looked like running water indicating a tone that of sadness and crying for his children and family. After another effect that made it seem like running water also makes it seem like crying and the flow of emotions across the fathers mind. All of a sudden an image of a lot of colors and just kind of a mesh of color comes up which show the mixed emotions and how the father is feeling. All of this underlines the hardness of the father to leave to the army while leaving his family behind. The images and the colors chosen show the distress that not only the dad feels but the children feel too. One of the colors is a blend of lines and streaks which show how the little kids do not understand why their dad is leaving and since purple is a color of emotion, thus outlines the disparity and impotence felt by the whole family at the current situation. 3. Actually 100% of our film is consisted of abstract images except for the little exerts of video we incorporated as well. We tried to pick colors that would go with the mood and that would give a certain feel which we wanted to portray. Also some abstract sensations were created through the usage of effects on Premiere Pro that distorted the images to give them a feel that would be parallel to the story behind the song. 4. I discovered that although at a first glance these images look weird and bizarre, they can actually serve to represent and demonstrate certain images, tones, attitudes, and themes. Not only that but i learned that a lot of the times abstract can actually show more than a typical image that shows an actual object. Also, abstract images can vary in interpretations which leads to multiple interpretations of just one abstract which can serve to add diversity to a specific theme. 5. I learned that both elements are parallel in their combination to interpret and deliver a message. I discovered that if one element is off in this combination, the whole message of the story can be thrown off if they are not matched. In other words, the images should go along with the tone of music whether it be relaxed and soothing or jolt-like and sudden. Furthermore, i was able to understand that one off colored or oddly placed image in the song could throw the whole message apart, seeing as how we initially did that, but decided to change it with another picture so it would not look as weird and awkward. Actually, it ended up fitting better than expected. 6. The most important contribution i feel that my partner made was the fact that she helped me come up with the story line and she pulled through in the project when i was gone for AP testing. Not only that but she did a good job at putting together the first couple of images and slides together so it would set up an establishing feel just like an establishing shot would serve as an introduction or a way to establish the setting of a place. 7. I felt that my original idea was unique to the storyline and i was able to distort the images in a way that almost reflected and mirrored how the message was put together. I also finished the video in the end and made it flow together so that it would have a much more smoother connection and consistency through out the whole story and song.