H Kennedy - Media Studies Music Video NEA

  Initial Research When initially researching this, I consulted a friend and explained the concept of the project. He said that he would help me to find a song and we spent the next 30 minutes to an hour searching through user generated playlists on Spotify and iTunes until we came across this song.  While we were searching, we came across some good options, but most were too depressing and slow for what I wanted to do. 'Hey Julie' has just the right tempo for it to not be depressing, but not too fast for it to be 'Nightcore'-esque - if the song was too fast, I would need to record double to amount of footage just so that the video doesn't feel too slow paced. Additionally, after listening to the song and looking at the lyrics, I began to formulate some ideas, and wrote them down.  After this, I did some more research on the band that recorded this song - the Fountains of Wayne. I found that the album that 'Hey Julie' comes from was released in 2003, and inc

Story Board My final video is not the same as the music video because plans changed as I began recording. Most of the real-life shots have stayed relatively the same as my story board, however, I initially planned to physically animate some of it, but that became more of a difficulty. I eventually settled for using a video game called Garry's Mod, but I also planned to use other games such as Grand Theft Auto 5 and Minecraft, but these never happened. 

 

  Analysis of the lyrics of ‘Hey Julie’ by The Fountains of Wayne Working all day for a mean little man With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan -              Provides imagery of an undesirable boss where some listeners may be able to identify with the singer     and hate their own boss -               Makes the whole song more relatable   He's got me runnin around the office Like a dog around a track -              Reinforces the image of an office worker who feels like this kind of job is really not what they want      in life, as they are being worked too hard for their liking   But when I get back home you're always there to rub my back -             The reassurance of having that somebody to look forward to being with drives the protagonist (office      worker) to struggle in their work as long as it means they get to see Julie   Hey Julie look what they're doing to me Tryin to trip me up Tryin to wear me down Julie I swear it's so har