(Before the six weeks)
Weeks 1-4-
Weeks 1-4-
before the six weeks we was introduced and shown what A level media was going to be about, music videos. We looked at the simple conventions of music videos and what makes a good music video or what makes a bad music video. We had to do a mock assessment on an old A level question which was a short clip from a film and analyse the camera shots, mise en scene and techniques used within the clip. Whilst doing this we had to compare it to regional identity.
Introduction -
In week one we was introduced by Mr Anstee and Mrs Shuttle what music video's are in more detail and how a music video should be presented properly, how long it should be, is the video good or not and is the singer of the song well known. In this week we learnt a lot about what the course would include and what would be involved throughout the course. We were set an essay based on the statement ' Music videos have changed drastically over time and are now unrecognisable from their historical counterparts '. When writing this I looked at a few different videos ranging from when music videos first began to videos from early 21st century dates. When writing this I had the videos both open and was comparing the two, how they change in terms of acting and special effects and further on.
Britney Task Start -
In week 2 we were set a preliminary task which was to make a short remake of the Britney Spears video 'Hit me baby one more time', we got put into groups with a mixture of boys and girls which I thought was better as having people with a range of skills in the group made things more successful, by this I mean some of the members of the group were good with using cameras and some others were good at the lip singing and acting. We also had people in our group who are really good at editing so they were able to help the weaker members of the group with the editing stage. We had all been introduced in the first year of AS level to the programs used for editing but some came out with a better end product than others and putting the people that had the good end product and the not so good end product together meant that a better all round knowledge of using editing programs was taught to the weaker members. We looked and picked out the locations that the Britney Spears video was filmed and picked locations as similar to the video as we could, all the acting was kept as similar to the video as possible and the singing was all in time. An example of this is when in the Britney video the teacher dismisses a class so we asked one of the male teachers in our school to act within our music video to dismiss a class full of students. In the Britney task I played a part in singing and dancing, also in the editing stage. Timing of my singing was very important as it had to be in exact flow of the music or it would look out of tune and therefore the video would look poor so I feel I had an important role in the group within the acting stage.
Britney Task Finish -
In week 2 we were set a preliminary task which was to make a short remake of the Britney Spears video 'Hit me baby one more time', we got put into groups with a mixture of boys and girls which I thought was better as having people with a range of skills in the group made things more successful, by this I mean some of the members of the group were good with using cameras and some others were good at the lip singing and acting. We also had people in our group who are really good at editing so they were able to help the weaker members of the group with the editing stage. We had all been introduced in the first year of AS level to the programs used for editing but some came out with a better end product than others and putting the people that had the good end product and the not so good end product together meant that a better all round knowledge of using editing programs was taught to the weaker members. We looked and picked out the locations that the Britney Spears video was filmed and picked locations as similar to the video as we could, all the acting was kept as similar to the video as possible and the singing was all in time. An example of this is when in the Britney video the teacher dismisses a class so we asked one of the male teachers in our school to act within our music video to dismiss a class full of students. In the Britney task I played a part in singing and dancing, also in the editing stage. Timing of my singing was very important as it had to be in exact flow of the music or it would look out of tune and therefore the video would look poor so I feel I had an important role in the group within the acting stage.
Britney Task Finish -
In weeks 3 and 4 towards the end of the six weeks we were finishing our Britney Spears task and had it loaded onto our blogs, which I feel that it looked quite good! The hard work that we put in had really paid off and all of the singing on the music video all looked in time, although when I was singing there was a girl (Britney) singing as the voice over which made me look a bit like a girl, it was good that I managed to stay in role as with a girl's voice over singing the song it would of looked a bit of a joke if I was laughing about it. When the task had finished I had learned a few different things from working in a group and working with stronger team members, Kayleigh and Ryan showed me how to use Adobe Premiere Pro better and how to edit better and I also picked up some dancing tips from the girls in our group!
(After The Six Weeks)
Week 1 -
The first week back after the six weeks we were refreshed of what the course was about and what it is going to include, as after a long break some people had forgotten little important parts of what the course was going to include. We were set an essay to write from Mr Anstee selecting a music video and analysing it in terms of:
for this essay I chose to analyse Robbie Williams music video 'Candy', the reason I chose to do this music video is because it is very entertaining and the song sounds really well to go with it. It is the prime example of what makes a music video good because throughout the whole video all of the lyrics seem to go with it. The genre of the Robbie Williams song is Pop which everyone knows about which made it quite a popular song. It is good for me personally that this song is in the Pop genre because I listen to pop songs quite a lot and this meant that I was able to pick the song apart easily and compare it to other pop music videos that are of a high quality. I learnt a lot from doing this media essay, mainly about how which genres fitted different songs, other people in the class had written about different genres and this meant I could learn what made a good music video in those other genres. I also learnt a bit more about what the conventions of music videos are and what makes a good music video or a bad one, do the lyrics fit in with the music video? was a good question to think of when writing an essay about that video.
On the fourth of September we learned about Andrew Goodwin's theory, who is famous for his quote 'Music video is not primarily a commodity form, but a promotional one'. From looking at this quote I learned more that music videos are made for an advertising purpose, to get the song across to fans and to catch more viewers eyes depending on if the video is good or not. From this quote I looked at whether music videos use big name companies for production and development of their videos and they do so I agree with what he is trying to say that the music video industry is more of a business than just trying to keep fans satisfied. Many products have been used in music videos for advertising such as drinks like beer and coca cola, these brands would pay sums of money to the artist for putting their brand in their music video and people would also recognize the song in return for having the product in the video.
(After The Six Weeks)
Week 1 -
The first week back after the six weeks we were refreshed of what the course was about and what it is going to include, as after a long break some people had forgotten little important parts of what the course was going to include. We were set an essay to write from Mr Anstee selecting a music video and analysing it in terms of:
- comparing to theory
- the genre
- how did it fit with conventions
- stereotypes
- narrative, performance or concept
- did the lyrics fit
- iconography
- mise en scene
- camera work
- editing
- relating to the artist
- purpose
for this essay I chose to analyse Robbie Williams music video 'Candy', the reason I chose to do this music video is because it is very entertaining and the song sounds really well to go with it. It is the prime example of what makes a music video good because throughout the whole video all of the lyrics seem to go with it. The genre of the Robbie Williams song is Pop which everyone knows about which made it quite a popular song. It is good for me personally that this song is in the Pop genre because I listen to pop songs quite a lot and this meant that I was able to pick the song apart easily and compare it to other pop music videos that are of a high quality. I learnt a lot from doing this media essay, mainly about how which genres fitted different songs, other people in the class had written about different genres and this meant I could learn what made a good music video in those other genres. I also learnt a bit more about what the conventions of music videos are and what makes a good music video or a bad one, do the lyrics fit in with the music video? was a good question to think of when writing an essay about that video.
On the fourth of September we learned about Andrew Goodwin's theory, who is famous for his quote 'Music video is not primarily a commodity form, but a promotional one'. From looking at this quote I learned more that music videos are made for an advertising purpose, to get the song across to fans and to catch more viewers eyes depending on if the video is good or not. From this quote I looked at whether music videos use big name companies for production and development of their videos and they do so I agree with what he is trying to say that the music video industry is more of a business than just trying to keep fans satisfied. Many products have been used in music videos for advertising such as drinks like beer and coca cola, these brands would pay sums of money to the artist for putting their brand in their music video and people would also recognize the song in return for having the product in the video.
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