It is clear that for all the different websites, the different pages at the top, are always different.
Font type is different depending on the type of artist/band.
All have a shop, gallery of either videos or videos, often show tour dates or show venues, links to their music some way to contact them and they all have a bio.
Made up of one main page with it being split into different parts for the things like: Videos, images, bio, contact etc.
Contains an image gallery.
Mainly pictures of just the band members but rarely them performing.
Most pictures are taken inside some sort of studio, but some photos also are taken outside or whilst the band is performing.
Most websites contain just the one or two music videos on the main page.
Often have a video gallery that is much like the photo gallery. Sometimes they will have one big gallery of both photos and videos.
The video gallery never really contains any behind the scenes footage, but they do tend to just have music videos.
Video galleries contain behind the scenes videos and blooper reels in some cases.
Some websites have more videos than others. Almost all videos are YouTube embedded links.
Often there will be a picture at the top of a website and so the colour pallet will match the colours in the image.
Often a website will just consist of the one colour.
Usually, the duller colours work more and are featured more in rock artists websites rather than in other music genre artists.
Bands tend to have an image of the members, but often single artists may have an image or video playing in the background.
Some images like these, remain in the background of the website as you scroll down.
Social media links are often at the top of the page and sometimes at the bottom of the page.
Always have a Spotify, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. Most other social media links vary between websites.
There is often an email address at the bottom where you can get in touch of the artist. Always called the contact page.
You often send the email via the website so that you don't get the artists personal details and it is much easier to send any messages straight away.
Often a website will have a page dedicated to what they do and what sort of songs they perform.
If the website is related to a band, then it will name all of the different performers and how and when they joined.
Band bios are often shorter than solo artist's bios as they can talk more about themselves rather than splitting the amount of text between the different band members.
The font type of the website will always match the kind of style of the band or the artist.
Never use a regular font, all fonts are fancy, or they create their own for the title.
Some allow you to play it on different sources and also allow you to buy it.
Some websites want you to buy the music and don't allow you to play it.
Some websites allow you to listen straight away from the website.
All tour dates allow are shown straight from the website and they sometimes allow you to order tickets straight off of the website.
Some tours take place in bigger settings.
Other tours take place in smaller locations.
Some websites don't allow you to purchase tickets off of the website.
0.01 - Stationary shot of an empty motorway as somebody walks past.
0.07-0.10 - Slow pan upwards as the man rushes through a mostly empty airport
0.12 - Low shot from the front that follows the man
0.20 - As the man speeds up, the camera seems to be getting further away from him.
0.30 - The airport itself seems dark, but since it is light outside, the man seems to be nothing more than just a silhouette.
0.44 - As the man begins to fall over, the camera moves closer to him.
0.48 - Camera switches to being a POV shot of the man as he is on the floor.
1.00 - The floor under the man falls away and he goes from lying on the floor of the airport to being seated on the plane.
1.17 - Cuts from the plane to a hotel room.
1.20 - The giant clock turns into a small alarm clock.
1.30 - Underwater shot as somebody dunks their face into a sink.
1.57 - Cuts to another POV shot but everything seems to be slightly distorted as he looks around.
2.00 - Shows that he actually never left the airport.
2.11 - Close up on the man's eyes as they open.
2.25 - The sandwich on the man's plate mouths the words "tell my momma I'm sorry" as the singer sings it.
2.44 - As the plane is shaking, the camera is also shaking
2.48 - As the tension reaches its climax, there is a blinding flash of light and then it cuts to the man falling out of the plane.
2.50-3.00 - Several random camera shots to match the craziness of the man's experience.
3.16 - As the man is being defibrillated, an outline of himself shoots off from around him as if his life is trying to escape.
3.17 - As his head looks back from the electric shock, an upside-down shot is used so the man looks like he is staring into the camera.
3.47 - Fade between shots of the man's eyes to the man falling from the sky, to show that he can only see himself falling.
4.05 - Ends with the classic light at the end of the tunnel imagery as he passes away.
Twisted Sister - I wanna rock
0.01 - Starts in a classroom. The filter used gives the video a very 80s vibe to it.
0.05 - Ground level shot of somebody's foot hitting the floor. Gives a very sinister feeling and makes the character seem important.
0.10 - Comedic moment as everybody goes silent and somebody runs back to their desk
0.18 - The slow panning up to the face of the teacher adds to the authoritarian feel surrounding him.
0.54 - The name of the band is dropped into the video through a drawing.
1.28 - Song starts
1.29 - Poor lip syncing that transitions into the students wearing heavy metal outfits.
1.31 - Another comedic moment as the teacher smashes his head through the ceiling.
1.32 - We see that all the students have disappeared and the band members are what remain.
1.48 - Changes to an exterior shot.
1.53 - Intersperses the video with the band performing live.
2.30 - Changes from the band performing inside a concert hall to them performing outside the school.
2.50 - Cuts between the teacher throwing a grenade, to the band singing, to the audience of school kids singing along and cheering.
3.17 - Cuts to a shot of a pair of closed door that open and everybody enters.
3.19 - Kids hitting their heads against lockers in time to the drum beat.
3.37 - Cuts back to the band inside the concert hall.
4.28 - Music fades as we cut briefly back to the video before it ends.
Coheed and Cambria - The Joke
0.01 - Starts with an exterior shot of a spaceship showing that it is fairly film-like and sets up the fact that it is a science-fiction type of video.
0.03 - Shows a video of the main character tied to a chair.
0.25 - The climaxing of the song matches the climaxing of the video as he goes into hyperdrive.
0.26 - Cuts to the band performing the song in a well-lit plain black room.
0.27-1.06 - Cuts between the main video and the artists performing but as the song progresses, the band begin to feature for longer.
1.07 - The characters in the video are lit with the same lighting as the performers showing some sort of crossover.
1.26 - As the characters emotions begin to calm down, the lighting in both the spaceship and where the artists are performing begin to die down.
2.12 - As the character is now more depressed and goes to lie down, the coloured lights are much dimmer showing his change in emotion. Comparison to the brighter, warmer light used for the performers.
2.28 - As the main character has flashbacks, the picture becomes more hazy as if it is a memory he is trying to block out.
3.12 - Music climaxes again as one of the characters is stabbed.
3.45 - As the music comes to a close the main character becomes happier as he has closure.
3.46 - Colours in the video go back to being darker as the lighting is fading as the music is fading.
Black Veil Brides - Bleeders
0.01 - Opens on a high up, panning shot of what looks like a dystopian London from the early 1900s.
0.12 - Pans down to a window where a man stands and begins to lip sync along to the song.
0.17 - Clearly has been shot in colour but made to look black and white.
0.25 - We see a barber chair.
0.34 - We see a man covered in blood. This makes it seem like its out of Sweeney Todd.
0.37 - The first bit of colour that we see is from a man bleeding from the neck. He has bite wounds so appears to have been attacked by the main person who we now believe is a vampire.
0.44 - A clever transition as the man looks into a box and it zooms in to reveal its the next shot with the man standing in the centre of several rotating platforms.
0.47 - We see that the rotating platforms are the band performing.
0.50-1.17 - Several interchanging shots of the band performing, the man singing and the man singing in the reflection of his razor.
1.20-1.46 - Several interchanging shots of different people entering the barber shop and the band still performing.
1.48 - A tracking shot as a razor is picked up off the side.
2.10-2.25 - Shots that travel from one person's eye into another's revealing past memories about them.
2.40-3.06 - Shots of the band cutting to shots of people falling through a trap door in the floor.
3.37 - It is revealed that the barber was the boy that appeared in all the shots of the past memories.
4.07 - Shot of his child self killing his current self.
4.25 - When he falls through the floor, it has him land back in the box where he was performing throughout the rest of the video.
4.31 - As the song draws to a close, the lid of the box is closed as it fades to silence.
HARDY - ROCKSTAR
0.03 - Starts as a film like narrative with the band partying backstage before a big gig.
0.10 - The main person stands up and begins singing as the song kicks in.
0.26 - Rather blinding light that obscures the singer.
0.35 - When the band get outside, the video switches to black and white.
0.40 - The band members are dressed up as the Beatles and are running away from fans. The video quality dropped slightly to make it seem older.
0.47 - When the band get into the car the man looks at the camera and then the singing starts up again.
1.00 - Switches back to the current time back to the backstage party.
1.13 - As the chorus kicks back in, the band are back in the car dressed as the Beatles again.
1.14-1.38 - Shots that alternate between the black and white Beatles shots and the current party shots.
1.39 - As the music climaxes, it cuts to a shot of the band on stage performing.
1.40-2.25 - Several shots of the band onstage which alter between far shots and close-ups of the band and the audience.
2.26 - Cuts to the singer still singing but now dressed as Freddy Mercury.
2.38 - Cuts back to the performers on stage but now they are dressed in heavy metal/gothic outfits.
2.44 - Random shots of them in a photoshoot.
3.07 - The photoshoot turns into a fight.
3.16-3.17 - Very rapid shots cutting between all the previous characters.
3.20 - Ends with somebody covering the camera and then credits roll.
Modern Nomad - Can't Explain It
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Reason for choice: Wanted to look at a lesser known artist's music video.
0.01 - Glitch affect that fades into the first shot.
0.04 - First shot is a man carrying a disco ball. The camera is very close to him and he is mostly out of frame. It is night time.
0.14 - After the credits drop, the glitch effect is shown. During the glitch effect, the song title is dropped.
0.21 - Start with a moving shot that travels round the artist and a weird figure lying next to him.
0.26-0.27 - Two close up shots of people snapping their fingers in time with the music.
0.38 - Shot that uses reflections from a mirror ball.
0.50 - Reflective shot from a mirror.
0.55 - Shot from in a mirror that gets closer and closer and then changes to the actual shot.
1.00-1.16 - One long continuous shot where the characters walk out of frame and then the camera follows them.
1.24 - Shot that starts by looking up at the sky and then the shot changes whilst looking the same and pans back down to the characters.
1.47 - Several shots all at different transparencies overlapping each other.
1.52-2.00 - Several quick shots showing different close up images.
2.30 - A fade to black in the middle of the video. This transitions into another night time shot
2.49 - A shot that looks like it's in space, with a hole that looks like a planet where the video continues to play through.
4.00 - Video continues as the credits roll.
Save your tears - The Weekend
Video just focuses around the singer and his environment.
Everyone's faces are covered by masks but unlike some other videos, it seems to make the singer seem more important rather than trying to create a sense of distance.
Flashing light throughout the video to create a sense of excitement
0.05 - Close up of musicians hands. Repeats the shots at 0.31 and at 1.47.
0.20 - Close up shot of the singers face as they stare directly at the camera creating the idea that the singer can see you.
0.23 - Zoom out shot of the singer changes to a zoom in shot of one of the audience members.
0.25 - Close up on a person in the audience revels it to be a mannequin. This can be used to save on actors.
0.29 - Panning shot of the singer on the stage
0.48 - We see the singer take a drink but the song keeps playing showing that he wasn't actually singing but just lip syncing.
1.22 - Several jumpy shots showing several of the masked figures. Repeats at 2.34.
1.33 - Slow motion shot of the singer spraying champagne over people.
1.55 - Slow zoom in shot on a woman in the audience who isn't wearing a mask. Since she isn't wearing a mask, it makes the viewer think that she is the woman the song is about.
2.10 - Overhead shot of the people going onto the stage.
2.50 - Lighting changes after somebody is shot.
2.57 - Lighting is used to make the singer look like a silhouette.
Song finishes at around 3.40 but the video continues
David Kushner - Daylight
0.02 - Camera follows the axe as it swings down.
0.06 - Person is kept in centre frame.
0.10 - Cuts to a shot of two people in a church. They are both in centre frame.
0.15 - Low tracking shot that follows the people walking from behind the church pews so that they often get blocked from the shot.
0.17 - As the song begins, the singer is in centre frame, staring straight at the camera.
0.30 - Everyone's faces are blurred except for his, making it seem as though they are only memories which are fading away.
0.41 - Shot that travels through an opening door.
0.59 - Wide shot of the man reaching for the dark cloud.
1.01-1.30 - Several different shots of the artist singing the song in different locations.
1.32 - Blank room which with the use of darkness creates a sense of endlessness.
1.55 - Sat in a living room but it is raining. Rain is used to denote the sadness he is feeling.
2.10 - Two men standing in a room. One is on fire. Shows the pain that the man is feeling deep down inside.
2.42 - The two men join hands and both catch on fire showing he has embraced his pain and anger.
3.29 - Camera rises up to face the darkened ceiling and fades to black.
Shape of you - Ed Sheeran
0.01 - Starts with several low shots and close ups of the different people.
0.20 - Shots of somebody working out taken from inside the boxing ring.
0.47 - Reflection of people taking seen in a grubby mirror.
0.50-0.55 - Shots taken from opposite sides of the boxing ring showing the two different main people. Both of them are looking at the camera at different angles to show that they are actually looking at each other.
1.08 - Close up side angle shot of the two people at the lockers.
1.15 - Three separate wide shots that transition from the gym to the streets.
1.23 - Shot taken through the window of a café
1.27 - Deep focus shot of the people sitting at the bar with different cutlery and condiments in the foreground being out of focus.
1.45 - Shot of a car's back wheels as it drives away.
1.53 - The video plays out what the song is saying.
1.57 - Low angle shot of the two people boxing.
2.12 - Slow motion shot of them running.
2.16 - Shot from inside a locker looking up at someone looking in.
2.44 - POV shot of a punching bag as somebody attempts to hit it.
2.49 - Moving shot of somebody pushing some weights forward.
2.57 - Several close ups on someone's face as they prepare for a fight.
3.00 - Shot that pans down from the roof of a building down to the floor and seems to pass through it underground.
3.03 - Shot from down low looking up through the floor at the main character.
3.12 - Another slow motion shot.
3.15 - Shot that pans under someone's legs to show the main character.
3.31 - POV shot of the main character as he lies on the floor.
3.48 - Slow motion shot of people shouting at him transitions to slow motion shot of him on the floor.
3.57 - Shot begins at normal speed but slows down as the woman dives towards the man.
4.02 - Post credit scene of the main character on the floor.
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Video starts with the video's credits written on the people in sunburn.
0.13 - Reflective shot in somebody's sunglasses
0.15 - Colours switch into being black and white
0.16-0.22 - Four different shot types are used in quick succession.
0.39 - Although the video is in black and white, the card that she pulls out is gold to offset it from everything else
0.41 - Video switches back to being in colour
0.47 - Images that look like old camera printed off pictures are shown
1.02 - As new people are added in, their movements are all in time with each other to make it seem smoother. Happens again at 1.09 and 1.11, but this time it links into the lyrics.
1.25 - All the characters turn to look at the camera one by one, starting with the person furthest away.
1.44 - A transparent hat is used so that when the light shines through it, the song title is projected onto the singers face.
1.53 - All the men are standing with the same pose next to surfboards that correspond with their height.
1.55 - The singer is deliberately placed in the centre of the frame the foreground and background dancers are in the background higher up on podiums.
1.59 - Reflective shot in sunglasses seeming to show what she desires.
2.08 - Overhead shots of women on surfboards with their hats covering their faces.
2.20-2.30 - The singer's dancing often seems to be out of sync with the others, as if she if trying to show that she is different.
2.40 - Overhead shot revealing that the car she is sat in is full of water.
3.08 - As the car door slams, the singing stops as if she is being silenced by the law.
Throughout the video, symmetry and actions being in unison plays a very important part in this.
Harry Styles - Satellite
0.01 - Start with a low angle wide shot from the floor.
0.12 - The singer himself seems to have a cameo part in his own video.
0.18 - Brief overhead shot of the vacuum moving past underneath.
0.21 - A shot taken from the same level as the vacuum which keeps it in centre frame. This helps make it seem like he is the main part of the video.
0.33 - As the tv is shot from a certain angle, when the robot turns to face it, the robot faces at the same angle.
0.50 - Keeping the robot in the centre of the frame, it slowly stands up.
1.10 - Low tracking shot of the robot from round the front.
1.20 - The singing switches from being pre-recorded to being performed live as the robot rolls next to the stage.
1.35 - Several high up wide shots taken to make the robot seem small and so the people tower over him.
1.57 - As the setting has rain, the sound of the rain is overlaid on the actual song.
2.10 - Stationary shot of a building to which the robot rolls into frame.
2.25 - Another wide shot with the robot in the foreground and trucks in the background that shows that he is such a small vehicle.
2.35 - Slow panning down shot of the robot looking at his reflection adds a sad element to the video.
2.45-2.51 - Several scenic shots as the robot explores the world.
3.03-3.26 - Quick succession of many more scenic shots from high angles, low angles, near shots and far shots etc.
3.38 - Singer appears again.
4.10 - Unusually a sad ending where nothing ended up being achieved or gained unlike most videos.
Music video initial ideas
Music video ideas
For my video, I would like to choose a classic rock song, however, I would need to look at more of the modern rock song artists, so that I can get a grasp of what a rock song music video would be like.
Idea Number 1
Stop-motion video using some plasticine or some figures to create a scene.
Idea Number 2
Doing a video that cuts between somebody being held at ransom, who is singing the song I have chosen. Cuts between them and somebody disposing a body in the woods.
Idea Number 3
Adding a policeman to the previous idea who receives a videotape that shows the ransom video of the person singing.
Idea Number 4
Creating a flipbook, that tells a story through drawings.
Idea Number 5
Man dragging something through the woods switching between a supposed kidnapping video and the person dragging something.
Idea Number 6
A few people performing in a field with a couple of fourth wall breaks in-between cuts between them in the field. Their faces illuminated by torches in some scenes.
