Non CopyRight Music

Copyrights are where the producer/owner of a piece of media content has the 'right to copy' and gives the credit for the work like a trademark or paitent. This proves that the content is yours and yours only. The breaching of those rights could have various consequences for the criminal, yes, breaching copyright restrictions could land you in jail! This is why in my project I am doing things by the book to ensure that everything is 100% legitimate. Its important as it allows industries to be regulated, think of it as paying for something and if you steal it you will get arrested. Same goes with media content, don't have proof of purchase (stealing) then the evidence is against you, governments all over the world are trying to stop copyright infringements. Also it allows the owner of the music to be protected by the court of law, as they own the final product they should determine what happens, how it's distributed and how it is edited. Problems that my come of age include: Getting the lyrics - this may become difficult as for a unsigned/unkown artist will not have their content passed around in the media. Other copyright problems could also arise including contacting the artist who is the owner of the music.

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (Short Version)

This is my favourite music video as it is unlike many of the music videos of its time, or even today. this music video is more like a film rather than a music video. the music video featured in a film by Michael Jackson called MoonWalker, which is a collaboration of multiple music videos from Michael Jackson's Bad. Each song together advocated a story, which can offer an explanation the short film like music video characterised here. Michael Jackson himself is considered the greatest ever performer and and artist of all time, it is impossible to think anyone will ever suceed his career, music, dance, and achievements, he was titles the King of Pop, receiving 13 grammy's and countless awards and records. Smooth Criminal is a pop/soul/R'n'B song which is world wide known and extremely popular, received a No.1 across numerous nations including Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands, and No.2 in the US and Europe. It is full of choreography that disproves the image of the video, full of flamboyant, expressive movements and gestures. the choreography fundamentally contradicts the noir element seen within the music video. there is the sense of the good v bad, characterised through the use of costume and light, the protagonist (michael jackson) is in white and blue, and constantly illuminated by a light that hangs over, this has common associations with angelic and pure imagery. this differentiates from the other characters, whom loom in the darkness, and shadows. although the protagonist is always lit by a pure white light, there is often a shadow that conceals the identity of Michael Jackson, this could symbolise his change innocence, and becoming affiliated with criminals, yet still remaining intrinsically good.  differently it could symbolise the concealment of identity. Through the costumes it is apparent it is set in the 1920's New York, where commonly associated with gangsters and criminals at this time, matching the lyrics and dialogue of the song. the immediate setting is a club setting.

The Brief

I have been given the task to produce a promotional music video up 5 minutes, I will produce a 'digipak' (six pannels) for its release on CD, a magazine advertisement for the digipak, I will also produce a critical evaluation.