As a group, we made a visual moodboard based on our chosen genre of music.  |
| Our group's moodboard also represents the chosen audience and associations with the Indie/Pop genre. |
Friday, 8 October 2010
Mood Board
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS WORK
Susuana from 283goswell on Vimeo.
When looking at previous student work, this video of 'The Kooks, Naive' was one of my favourites as it was simple yet i could tell a lot of work had gone into it through the editing. It had a clear narrative that was easy for the audience to follow - girl let boy down, said she was busy doing work but she was going to meet someone else. Although i thought it was a good video it did have some faults like Mise-en-scene, i also thought the boy that was singing image didn't match the genre of the music, also he spoke at the beginning and you could tell that it wasn't his voice singing. Even though it did have some faults i still though it was a very good video and would put this as a high level 3.
In class we had to view past students work on music video one i enjoyed the from 2 years ago the music video called beggin, this one was my favourte because it had many shots from different angle they also had some green screen in there video.
some things they included where:
- close ups
- hand held camera
- point of view
- 2 short
- over shoulder shot
i liked it the biggining because it starts of him talking on the phone sence of reality and then he drops into his bed where they have added one of the effects of dream life and this is where the song begins.
from what Andrew Goodwin says i think this video is an example of amplification as it gives as a differnt view of this song to the orignal even though i think it fits well it is still an example of amplification.
when watching this in class we all gave it a level 3 however after we where told it was a level 4 which came to a suprise but understood why after listing the good qulities
when watching this in class we all gave it a level 3 however after we where told it was a level 4 which came to a suprise but understood why after listing the good qulities
the women are shown to not care it to be easyly lead by men to what men want from them women are seen are reprsented in a sexualy way to make men happy and to pull in the male audience
Beggin' you from 283goswell on Vimeo.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Vladimir Propp's Theory
VLADIMIR PROPP
Vladimir Propp is best known for 'Morphology of the Folktale', a structuralist analysis and fundamental work on the theory of narrative. He attempted to fix all folktales to one structure.
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Short list of potential songs
The few we selected were:
- Calvin Harris - Flashback
- Marina and the diamonds - Oh No
- Pixie Lott - Use Somebody
- Bang Bang Bang - Mark Ronson
- KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Friday, 1 October 2010
Analysis of a previous student music video.
After watching a few of the previous year A2 music videos, I have selected my favourite out of the rest.
Beggin' you from 283goswell on Vimeo.
I have found this very entertaining and amusing to watch and I think that is a vital component in any music videos. If a music video may not be entertaining in that sense, then I believe it must at least be visually stimulating and appealing to watch. Music videos would have to demonstrate one of the following of amplification, disjuncture and illustration which all have to make the audience want to watch it over and over again.
For this group's music video, they clearly demonstrate their use of different camera angles such as close ups, over the shoulder shots, extreme close ups, long shots, low angle shots, long shots etc.
They use editing techniques such as video transitions in the beginning to illustrate that the boy is having a dream or perhaps looking back into the past.
They cleverly edited the whole sequence so that the quick cuts of different shot angles or different actions emphasise the fast pace of the music. When it reaches to a particular fast beat, they use editing to amplify that beat of the song which I believe was thought out well.
I particularly like their use of shots for the scene where the main lead singer is walking to the house, where they used a range of shots at different angles from different positions, just for that one scene. An additional scene I really liked was the use of 'going back in time' with the play-station controller. The effects to make it look like a camera viewing this scene is very effective, as they also use fast motion and reverse the whole movements. I find it funny as it is illustrating a story of the two boy's love life.
Although the mise-en-scene may look quite basic as it is shot in locations such as a studio, house and outdoor scenes, their acting is also convincing which I think is vital for a shot to look good and their use of editing makes the whole music video very effective.
Beggin' you from 283goswell on Vimeo.
I have found this very entertaining and amusing to watch and I think that is a vital component in any music videos. If a music video may not be entertaining in that sense, then I believe it must at least be visually stimulating and appealing to watch. Music videos would have to demonstrate one of the following of amplification, disjuncture and illustration which all have to make the audience want to watch it over and over again.
For this group's music video, they clearly demonstrate their use of different camera angles such as close ups, over the shoulder shots, extreme close ups, long shots, low angle shots, long shots etc.
They use editing techniques such as video transitions in the beginning to illustrate that the boy is having a dream or perhaps looking back into the past.
They cleverly edited the whole sequence so that the quick cuts of different shot angles or different actions emphasise the fast pace of the music. When it reaches to a particular fast beat, they use editing to amplify that beat of the song which I believe was thought out well.
I particularly like their use of shots for the scene where the main lead singer is walking to the house, where they used a range of shots at different angles from different positions, just for that one scene. An additional scene I really liked was the use of 'going back in time' with the play-station controller. The effects to make it look like a camera viewing this scene is very effective, as they also use fast motion and reverse the whole movements. I find it funny as it is illustrating a story of the two boy's love life.
Although the mise-en-scene may look quite basic as it is shot in locations such as a studio, house and outdoor scenes, their acting is also convincing which I think is vital for a shot to look good and their use of editing makes the whole music video very effective.
Analysing previous student's videos
In class we had to view past student's music videos one that i particularly liked was a video which used the song Naive by the Kooks. There was good use of media language as there was a wide range of shots as well as the use of panning and tracking which gave the video depth. The meaning of the video was also clear as the words correlated with what was happening. The video mainly consisted of shots in London on the Southbank etc which fitted in with the genre as there is a large indie base in London.
Susuana from 283goswell on Vimeo.
(The password is student.)
The lighting in the video was dark throughout which suits the tone of the song. The narrative was linear and there were no disruptions, the video was building up to the ending where it was revealed to the audience that she was cheating on him. The use of cross fade was very professional and linked the lyrics to the story. Shots were also framed well, sound with images and editing was also used appropriately. The Representation of women was negative as the girl was seen cheating on her boyfriend, the fact that the people in the video were all of a young age suggests that teenage girls in particular are cheaters.
A negative thing about the video was that the misc en scene was not great, at one point there was a McDonalds milkshake cup in the corner of the shot you could argue it is typical of London streets to be filled with litter, however it drew the attention away from what was happening in the video.
In reference to the Andrew Goodwin theory i believe this video is an example of amplification as the video introduced new meaning which did not contradict with the lyrics and added layers of meaning to them. I would give this video a Level 4 which is the highest mark as it was very professional, it also fitted in with the indie genre extremely well, misc en scene was good apart from the cup and the story in the video was very clear and easy to understand unlike other videos we saw.
Susuana from 283goswell on Vimeo.
(The password is student.)
The lighting in the video was dark throughout which suits the tone of the song. The narrative was linear and there were no disruptions, the video was building up to the ending where it was revealed to the audience that she was cheating on him. The use of cross fade was very professional and linked the lyrics to the story. Shots were also framed well, sound with images and editing was also used appropriately. The Representation of women was negative as the girl was seen cheating on her boyfriend, the fact that the people in the video were all of a young age suggests that teenage girls in particular are cheaters.
A negative thing about the video was that the misc en scene was not great, at one point there was a McDonalds milkshake cup in the corner of the shot you could argue it is typical of London streets to be filled with litter, however it drew the attention away from what was happening in the video.
In reference to the Andrew Goodwin theory i believe this video is an example of amplification as the video introduced new meaning which did not contradict with the lyrics and added layers of meaning to them. I would give this video a Level 4 which is the highest mark as it was very professional, it also fitted in with the indie genre extremely well, misc en scene was good apart from the cup and the story in the video was very clear and easy to understand unlike other videos we saw.
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