The Kooks 'She Moves In Her Own Way' lyrics

"She Moves In Her Own Way"

So at my show on Monday
I was hoping someday
You'd be on your way to better things
It's not about your make-up
Or how you try to shape up
To these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey

So now you pour your heart out
You're telling me you're far out
You're not about to lie down for your cause
But you don't pull my strings
'Cos I'm a better man
Moving on to better things

Well uh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
Well uh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day

And at the show on Tuesday
She was in her mindset
Tempered furs and spangled boots
Looks are deceiving
Make me believe it
And these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey
Yeah

So wont you go far
Tell me you're a keeper
Not about to lie down for your cause
And you don't pull my strings
'Cos I'm a better man
Moving on to better things

Well oh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
Well oh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day

yes I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
They're keeping us instead of
Kicking us back
Down through the suburbs
yes I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
They're keeping us instead of
Kicking us back
Down through the suburbs

But uh oh, I love her because she moves in her own way
But uh oh, she came to my show just to hear about my day
But uh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
But uh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day

 

 

 

 

When we began to plan/storyboard our footage that will go into our video, we took a lot of planning time to research into the lyrics of the song. We have decided to use a girl as the main footage as the song talks about a girl who is individual in her own way and we can contrast between the lyrics with the visuals.

DCAS Evidence

When we went to visit the DCAS centre we were extremely happy as a group with the equipment and space that was available. Due to the amazing facility we will have access to a huge variety of equipment which will allow us to create great footage for our video. We have sent an email to DCAS to thank them for their extremely generous hospitality.

 

 

Below are some pictures we took on our visit to the DCAS centre.

 

 

 

Planning our loacation for filming (DCAS)

For our music video we are going to carry out some of the filming in a music studio called DCAS. Below are the e-mails we used to contact DCAS and arrange a meeting. The recording studio was impressed with our emails and our polite enquiry so they gave us the use of one of their studios free of charge. This was an extremely kind gesture and will hopefully allow us to get some very professional shots to use in our video. Furthermore, this will give a greater effect when filming our video as it will allow us to add some extra features from the out-takes when filming. We are extremely grateful to DCAS for allowing us to use these facilities and would recommend the studios for any other media students in the future.

Type of Clothing/Image

Type of Clothing/Image

 

We have researched into the clothing that we need to make sure we use in the making of our music video. Our song which is ‘She Moves in Her Own Way’ by The Kooks, shares the genre of Indie Pop.

 

 

When we plan what our performers are going to wear we must ensure it fits this genre. As we can see from this picture they have their own individual style. The image in which they have created themselves suits their type of music and if their style was to change people may feel that they are trying to be something they are not. The image of the band does not overlook the music.

 

 

We can compare The Kooks to One Direction. One Directions’ image has been created for them as it is what consumers/audiences wish to see. The band is a lot to do with image as well as music as this is what attracts their audience. They wear bright colours to support their style of music and always have the latest fashion trend to help keep their huge fan base.

 

When planning our music video we must ensure that we follow the genre and do not revert to wearing bright colours which will contrast a lot with the music. Clothing/image is important to what audiences see and can have a major impact on an artist/band. Overall, this is a huge factor which we have researched in order to give us the best possible music video.

Preliminary Video





 

During the summer of 2013 myself and Dominic Collins worked in a group with Amy Hopkinson, Toniey Salt and Alice Martin. We made a music video for the song "Lets Get Ready to Rumble". Here is our finished piece below. We know there are points of improvement and we will learn from our mistakes to help with our final product of our actual music video.

 

 

 

 

Textual Analysis - Passenger

Textual Analysis

Artist:-Passenger

Song:- Let her go

I have chosen to do my second textual analysis on this song as this allows me to contrast it to my previous piece on ‘Olly Murs’ and how they are similar and how they are different.

The music video for this particular song is a live performance of the song, with various close ups of the band members and their chosen instruments which are; guitar, bass, keyboard and drums. This is portrayed as it is trying to promote the music as well as trying the artist. There is good lip singing as the dialogue meets with his lips. This allows the audience to relate to the lyrics and means they are able to understand the meaning of the song more. There is a strong relationship between the music and visuals. This relationship between music and visuals is good as the emotion comes through in the performer’s facial expression which enables viewers to connect with the song and makes them appreciate the music rather than the artist compared to other band such as ‘One Direction’ who are mainly about selling themselves rather than their music.

The Industry and Audience section of Richard Dyers’ star theory suggests that ‘Stars are manufactured by the music industry to serve a purpose - to make money out of audiences, who respond to various elements of a star persona by buying records and becoming fans’ and also that ‘Record companies nurture and shape their stars’. This theory can be applied to this particular music video as Passenger have been portrayed in a way that their particular audience will want to see them and hear their music. However, we can also argue this theory as this band has not been manufactured and nurtured. They have kept to their love for music and haven’t tried to promote themselves in a negative light. They have modelled this video around the music rather than themselves and this is what their target audience like to see. Compared to Olly Murs this video is more about the music. In Olly Murs it is about selling him more than the music but this video is more about the music rather than the artist.