Music video

The song of our music video is called Faith by a local band called As Gods, the bands genre is classed as metal, but the song we have used is not as harsh as typical metal song i would class it as soft rock. Our group first thought of doing their other song called Frozen, but decided against it as it was too long and there instrumental out weighed the lyrical element. Faith had a good variety of instrumental and singing, my group thought it would be very convenient to film them playing at a venue to incorporate it into our music video. We had some problems when we filmed them at the venue, the music was so loud it caused our video camera to malfunction and stopped working, this was a problem because we only had 2 other cameras so we could not get a variety of angles.  

The idea of our video is about a boy who has committed a hit and run. He panicked and was upset about what he had done and drove away. He is now being haunted by his conscience. The conscience is a person who is wearing a mask, the mask is used specifically as iconology, this feature is used to represent a faceless person who he has killed, the eerie look of it is so it is unforgettable and you can picture it in your mind. The music video starts off in a church and he is trying to repent for his actions, but it is too late. There is then a series of shot when you see him being followed. The main character then confronts his conscience, and then attacks and kills him because of the guilt eating him. By doing this he is killing himself. The reverse of the opening footage is due to him being consumed by guilt, theses shots are symbolic of his guilt and how it has killed him, he could not live with it.

We have used performance and narrative which are very generic convention for this type of genre.

We have made the band footage so that it is in sync with the song. This was such a tedious experience because all songs are different when being performed and it made it hard as we found out they had added lyrics to the live proformance. The lead singer was very interactive and quite a lively singer, this was good because he'd done a lot of fist punching and we timed this with the beats in the video.

The Lyrics

Suddenly I find myself

Surrounded by the sun

As I stare into the sky

I see what I’ve become

Blessings in disguise

I see what I’ve become

Visions intertwined

I see what I’ve become

And this is the place I call home

The place I rest my head

And this is the place in my moment

Valleys that I trail

(Who are these voices ringing in my head)

Woah, woah

Now I know

That I’ve got five minds inside my head

But I can’t explain this feeling that soon I’ll be dead

And this is the place I call home

The place I rest my head

And this is the place in my moment

Valleys that I trail

(Who are these voices ringing in my head)