Weezer - Troublemaker [[ Lyrics ]]

Put me in a special school
'Cause I am such a fool
And I don't need a single book to teach me how to read
Who needs stupid books?
They are for petty crooks
And I will learn by studyin' the lessons in my dreams

So turn off the TV
'Cause that's what others see
And movies are as bad as eating chocolate ice cream
They only sicken me
Don't let me play football
I'll sack the quarterback and jack a brother of the ball

I'm a troublemaker
Never been a faker
Doin' things my own way
And never giving up
I'm a troublemaker
Not a double-taker
I don't have the patience to keep it on the up

I picked up a guitar
What does it signify?
I'm gonna play some heavy-metal riffs and you will die
You wanted arts and crafts
How's this for arts and crafts?
Wa-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh (That's right)

I'm growin' out my hair
I'm movin' out to Cherokee
I'm gonna be a rock star and you will go to bed with me
'Cause I can't work a job
Like any other slob
Punchin' in and punchin' out and suckin' up to Bob

Marryin' a beyotch
Havin' seven kids
Givin' up and growin' old and hopin' there's a God

I'm a troublemaker
Never been a faker
Doin' things my own way
And never giving up
I'm a troublemaker
Not a double-taker
I don't have the patience to keep it on the up

I'm gonna be a star
And people will crane necks
To get a glimpse of me and see if I am havin' sex
And studyin' my moves
To try to understand
Why I am so unlike the singers in the other bands

I'm such a mystery
As anyone can see
There isn't anybody else exactly quite like me
And when it's party time
Like 1999
I'll party by myself because I'm such a special guy

I'm a troublemaker
Never been a faker
Doing things my own way
And never giving up
I'm a troublemaker
Not a double-taker
I don't have the patience to keep it on the up

Keep it on the up
I'm a troublemaker
Keep it on the up
I'm a troublemaker
Keep it on the up
I'm a troublemaker
Keep it on the up
I'm a troublemaker
Never givin' up

The Ting Tings - Great DJ

The Ting Tings have been described as an 'English Indie pop band', with 'Great DJ', released in 2007, as their third single. This was released on a local label called 'Switchflicker'. This band has just two members; Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum). The band won best UK video at the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards and it has been announced that they will be touring Australia and New Zealand in early 2009.

This music video includes a close up of half the singer's face, this seems to split the screen in half, her face, in contrast to the block colour of background. It also emphasizes her singing the words and gives the audience a clear view of her expressions when she is singing.

There are a few different special effects included in this music video, the first is a transfer of frames. The first frame shifts upwards with the second follows, flush, behind. This is an interesting transfer that keeps the attention of the audience and uses a consistency, because even though the colours change, the two are still doing the same dance again. Another effect used is changing the pace of the dancing, again to match the speed of the song. At the very beginning, with the slower introduction, the dancers are made slightly slower, as the music video progresses, their dancing becomes 'normal' speed. In the very intensely fast sections of the song that include singing, the singer's faces are repeated. Each copy of the face is added in time with the music, as they are singing.

Two main colours are used in this music video, a turquoise-blue and pink, creating the feeling of repetition. The background is green screen, edited in to make either a block colour or moving patterns, introducing a contrast into the video and also creating a surreal effect of not giving the video any particular setting or sense of space. It also gives the editor a lot more control over the pace of the video, making the patterns change faster or slower, to fit the speed of the music.

The singers' clothes, who also double up as dancers, coordinate with the colour of the backgrounds, wearing either one colour or the other, either to match the background or contrast with it. This introduces a sense of consistency throughout the music video. This use of bright colours makes it more interesting for the audience, as well lowering the target audience because the use of such stark colours stimulates the younger audience, whilst the fast beat of the song lifts the audience age up slightly, producing a wide range of people that this video may appeal to.

[[Due to being unable to embed this particular video I have instead placed a link here http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=hPNIYuDZZpU ]]

Green Screen

A green screen is a surface of green behind the main action at the front. It is used for when you want to add a different background behind that could not be produced by filming the piece 'normally'. It is done by placing a green screen or wall behind the main piece of action, allowing the editor to place another piece of footage in place of the green area. It is important for the people in the action at the front, not to be wearing green; this is because, one colour is chosen to be removed, in this case, green. If the person also wears green, their clothing will also show the background image.  This technique is commonly used for weather forecasts, instead of the presenters standing in front of a large, moving map, they are instead, most often, pointing at a blank green screen and the images are edited in at a later date. This can also be done with a 'blue screen'. These are the two colours chosen because it is thought that they are the furthest from skin colour.