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41. The Spice Girls: Wannabe: 1996: This video and song are what made the spice girls famous. As well as being an introduction to each of the five girls in the band, including the costumes and characteristics, it is also well known for being filmed in one complete take.

42. Bjork: It's Oh So Quiet: 1995

43. Dire Straits: Money for Nothing: 1985

44. Kylie Minogue: Can't Get You Out of My Head: 2001: Althoiugh Kylie was well known in the past, this song, paired with the video, bought her back into mainstream music. The white dress worn by Kylie in the video is what makes the video particuarly memorable.

45. Aerosmith: Crazy: 1994

46. Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming: 1981

47. The Prodigy: Firestarter: 1996

48. Johnny Cash: Hurt: 2003: This video stands out because of the emotion and pain it portrays. The video is used to look back at his life, and all he achieved. This, juxaposes with what he is at the present time of the video, when he is old, and ill, knowing he is dying. The video was made 6 months before he died, and features his wife, who died before him, making it a very personal and heartfelt video, meaning a lot to Johnny Cash.

49. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity: 1996

50. Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al: 1986: Paul Simon did not like being in front of the camera, for this video, he asked comedian Chevy Chase to appear in the video to lip synch to the song, in a comical styles video. The video is simple but effective.

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51. Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way: 1986

52. Massive Attack: Teardrop: 1998

53. Wham: Club Tropicana: 1983

54. Daft Punk: Around the World: 1997

55. Fatboy Slim: Praise You: 1999: This video stands out for the fact that it's unique,
original, live, and done in one take. The video is of a drama group, acting as 'improvised dancers'. They, along with with the director Spike Jonze, under the pseudonym Richard Koufey. They dance in a cinema enterance, live with various 'passers by', actually set up, filming. The sheer genius of the video is enhanced when the cinema manager comes along and turns of the music, to which Koufrey responds to by jumping into his arms, then resuming with the music and terrible dancing.

56. Eminem: Without Me: 2002: A postmodern music video, with references to his persona as an artist.

57. Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That): 1993: The video for this song tells the classic story of Beauty and the Beast, part of the Beast played by Meatloaf, as well as aspects of The Phantom of the Opera. The complete video is approximatly seven minutes long and it has been said that it has around the same budget as film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.

58. The Cure: Close to Me: 1985

59. Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You: 1977: This video reported on the gossip and rumours of certain marriage breakdowns within the group.

60. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams: 1983

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61. The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up: 1997: This video is very controversial. The lyrics celebrate men beating their partners, which is totally outragous. The video seems to match the theme by following what the veiwer thinks is a man on a night out, only to discover at the end it is a woman. 

62. Blur: Parklife: 1994

63. George Michael: Outside: 1998: This video is about alfresco sex. It was made following George Michael coming out as gay, and following the scandal of him being arrested for being discovered with another man in a public toilet, something which he mocks in the video.

64. Bjork: Human Behaviour: 1993

65. Aphex Twin: Windowlicker: 1999

66. Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues: 1965: At the time, this video was unique and original. It was done in one take and was simply Bob Dylan throwing to the flow cards with  lyrics from the song on them to the floor. It was from the documentary about Bob Dylan, called 'Don't Look Back'.

67. The Beastie Boys: Sabotage: 1994: This was a post modern video, reflecting a 70's cop show.

68. Madonna: Ray of Light: 1998

69. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes: 1984: This video was controversial and deemed inappropriate by many, as it set up the leaders of the Cold War, then President Ronald Reagan and then Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko fighting each other in a boxing match.

70. The Police: Every Breath You Take: 1983

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71. Bjork: All Is Full of Love: 1999: This video provides the idea that a pop singer is some sort of sirreal object.

72. Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love:1986: This video was seen as controversial due to the fact that it is seen to objectify and exploit women, having them all look the same, with the same clothes, hair and make up.

73. Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At?: 2001

74.Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit: 2001

75. Duran Duran: Rio: 1982

76. The Beatles: Strawberry Fields: 1967: This was a promotional film that became a video.

77. MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This: 1990: From this video came the fashion trend of the famous baggy trousers he wore and danced in.

78. Godley and Creme: Cry: 1985: Godley and Creme are now renound for their music videos- created individually. After many diputes between the pair, they went into directing music videos. But this video was unique at its time, using the idea of morphing faces into each other. 

79. New Order: True Faith: 1987: New Order did not like music pop videos. For this reason they wanted to create a video totally abstract and contrapuntal to the lyrics and meaning of the song. It totally ignores image. 

80. Radiohead: Just: 1995

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81. Ultravox: Vienna: 1981: The dramatics and theatrical nature of this video was an attempt to create a 'mini movie'.

82. 50 Cent: In Da Club: 2003: This video was a marketing tool for the artist.

83. Shakespear's Sister: Stay: 1992

84. The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays:1979: Again this is an example of a video that tells a story. This tells the true story of a girl, living in America, who went to the roof of her school one Monday and shot a number of students and teachers. The fact that she was a perfectly 'normal' girl made people question her motives for doing it.

85. Sid Vicious: My Way: 1979

86. The Streets: Fit But You Know It: 2004

87. Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime: 1981: This video is made up of a number of abstract ideas, and was exhibited as a piece of art in the New York Museum. The singer of Talking Heads spent time in a mental institutuion to pick up the actions and behaviours of various patients, and then used their movements as his dancing. 

88. Elton John: I Want Love: 2001: due to the fact that Elton John did not like to star in front of the camera in his music videos, this video began the trend of having famous people to lip sync to the song, in this case, Robert Downey Jr. 

89. Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight: 1996

90. The Pet Shop Boys: Go West: 1993: This was one of the first videos to be considered to be an artform. The director of the video was Howard Greenhalgh, who directed 11 of the Pet Shop Boys videos. 

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91. The Specials: Ghost Town: 1981


92. Herbie Hancock: Rockit: 1983: Being a black artist, MTV did not want Hancock to feature in the music video. It instead included a number of robots.


93. The Rolling Stones: We Love You: 1967: This video was actually a short film, docummenting goings on in the band. It featured the famous 'drug bust' of the time.


94. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart: 1983: First Irish artist to become number one in the US.


95. The Cardigans: My Favourite Game: 1998


96. So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds: 2001: The aim of the video was to promote the new band. In the video the audience is introduced to each inividual in the group, they are each given '21 seconds' to demonstrate their unique personalities.

97. Cornershop: Brimful of Asha: 1998: This video had to be altered slightly for showing, due to the fact that it features the band name (Cornershop) too many times, on various album sleeves in the video; it was acussed of over-advertising.

98. Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy: 1984: This video is about a gay man (the lead singer of the group) moving to the city. He wanted to make the video about 'real people'.



99. Supergrass: Pumping on Your Stereo: 1999


100. Musical Youth: Pass the Dutchie: 1982: Was the first video to feature on MTV which allowed the black artist/ band to be in the video.

Our Song/Artist: The 99's

The 99's are an indie rock band from the Saddleworth in the UK, made up of three band members;

The three 99ers developed their musical identity through time together at school, and grew into a band when James Loughlin and Adam Quigley recruited singer and guitarist Johnny West from seeing him at his stints in the local folk clubs.

The two years since have seen appearances on Clint Boon’s XFM show and the prestigious In The City festival which, added to heavy local gigging, has established the trio as a live song-writing force. 2009 saw the band take their show to London, with three successive gigs sold out at venues such as the Water Rats and Club 229, with much industry praise.

“We want to put where we come from back on the map for the right reason...The music we write reflects our area. We write songs on top of hills.” (Johnny West)

The 99s debut album was released in Spring 2010 due to overwhelming public demand. 

Our Song/Artist: 'Oh me, Oh my' Our Song

This is the video that The 99s uploaded onto Youtube, accompanied by their song 'Oh me, Oh my', which we are hoping to use for our own music video, when we receive an email from the band, confirming that we can use it.

Why Unsigned?

We have had to look for music specifically on unsigned.com, and newgrounds.com as we were unable to use an already signed band or artist. This is because they all have copyright protection, and we would therefore be unable to upload it onto youtube. This is a good thing as it means that we are having to come up with  more original idea, whereas if we used a signed song that already had a video, we would be more inclined to copy the ideas used in the original video. 

Of the two sites, unsigned.com was the pereferable website, as newgrounds.com did not feature song lyirics, just music.

Our Preliminary Video

The following is our finished preliminary video;

Preliminary Task

Over the last week, we have filmed and edited our preliminary task, to practice how to film lip syncing. We only had one lesson to film, and so it was also a good opportunity to practice working to a deadline. For the first time, we were working with HD cameras, creating a better quality, but did not particularly effect the functioning of the camera compared to last year.

Firstly, we had to get the song 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', by Elton John and Kiki Dee, from the apple mac to a portable device, such as a phone. However we faced a problem in the fact that none of our phones seemed to be able to support the audio. For this reason we used youtube loaded on a classroom computer, with lyrics on the projector, meaning we had the words if we needed a prompt. From here, we had to film myself and Joe singing the song, to each other, in one take for around a minute. This altered from our normal filming methods, as it was just one long take, rather than a number of short ones. This made it easier to edit. Next, me and Joe were filmed singing only our lines to the camera, individually, which we were to incorporate into our main film in editing.

Editing the Film

To edit the film we first had to upload the music, along with each of our complete takes onto individual layers. We have had to get into the habit of locking each layer into place, and only unlocking the ones that we're working on. From here, we had to remove the sound from our filming, and set the videos from a particular point along the song, so that the music was synced with us singing, so it looked like we were singing. not Elton and Kiki. After this, we played around with various final cut tools, to work out how to switch between layers, using straight cuts and dissolves. We also practiced putting two shots into a single screen.

Our Song/Artist: An optional song- 'Oh me, oh my'

Yesterday in lesson, i spent time on www.unsigned.com, looking at the different bands, artists and sons available. One song that I found, and though would be good, was 'Oh me, oh my' by The 99s. It's a catchy song, and isn't too fast, so it will be easier to lip synch in our video. We are considering it as an option, and so i emailed the band to ask permission to use the song, and i'm awaiting a reply.

Theory Work: Case Study- Jamie Thraves

Last week, we looked at a case study, involving a man named Jamie Thraves. Jamie Thraves was a young Director, who made sort films at university, which enabled him to get a job with company 'Factory Films'. With this company, he made 3 music videos with a low budget of £5000.
Thraves went on to make;


'Just' by Radiohead
Made in 3 days, with a budget of £100,000

'The Scientist' by Coldplay

Made in 3 days, with a budget of £200,000

'Song for Lisa' by Japanese Popstars

Made in 2 days, with a budget of £20,000