Tuesday 14 May 2013
Monday 25 March 2013
Dear Moderator!
Dear Moderator
This is a message to tell you that i have finished my coursework to the best of my ability. This project was all done by me and didnt have any unsuitable help from students or staff.
Jack Bowering
This is a message to tell you that i have finished my coursework to the best of my ability. This project was all done by me and didnt have any unsuitable help from students or staff.
Jack Bowering
Evaluation Question 3!
Q3-What have you learned from your audience feedback?
After we completed our rough cut we received some
feedback from the audience:
1. they said it needed more variation within the shots
2. it also was the correct Mise-en-scene
3. Costume was accurate to genre
4. Location was suitable
5. Lighting could have been improved
6. Lip sync could have been improved
7. Obvious genre representation
8. Good quality sound
Before we received this feedback we
researched what our target audience would be by going round and interviewing
several people and asking them some simple questions.
My audience feedback is fairly
accurate and to the point it has given us an insight into what we needed to do
to improve our work to make it a sufficient standard and a good clear music
video. By using their knowledge it made are jobs of clearly showing of the
genre easier and less of a struggle.
The responses of people that don’t follow
the indie rock genre differs from those who follow it for example a pop music follower didn’t understand why
the video was so simplistic and basic but that because there music follows a
bright and expensive story that is very visual. What the audience said
clarified our idea of what the genre would be so that the original target
audience we started with was actually correct and that we had set out with the
right gender and age group.
Evaluation Question 1!
Evaluation question 1
-In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge the forms and conventions of real media texts?
All media products follow a trend of forms and conventions. My A2 media
production follows this principle. This
year I created a music video based on the song ‘I bet you look good on the dance
floor’ by ‘Arctic Monkeys’ the genre largely decides the conventions and forms
used in music videos so for mine the genre would be indie rock which contains a
lot of specific conventions. For example:
·
Casual
dark clothing
·
Performance
aspects
·
Shadows
·
Little
movement within a shot
To find out about the different conventions
and forms of indie rock I watched several different bands and how there videos
differed from the Arctic monkeys song, from this research I found out the key
aspects.
In my video I included several key aspects
that I found but also I didn’t agree with all of the convention and felt that
the genre needed a new identity, so perhaps like a pop song I linked narrative
with performance. For the video I started with performance scenes and I also
had performance for the chorus. I also looked at other genre so I could challenge
the normal conventions associated with the indie rock genre. Not only did I
take the narrative aspect from the pop genre but I also was influenced by the
rock genre and used a simple lighting scene that emphasised the setting.
Next I looked at different theorists and their
view on form and genre for example Andrew Goodwin was a theorist that I looked
at a lot of the time. One of his key aspects was to link the lyrics to the
images so I saw this and challenged it. So I added a clip from a dance
completion when the corresponding section of lyrics appeared. Another one of
his key ideals is that there is lots of close ups on the lead vocalist which I
believe really helps identify the genre so I thought it was required in my video,
therefore on the performance aspect of the video I added several close ups and
therefore used the pre-existing convention.
Furthermore we saw that another key aspect is that there is only ever
performance and narrative so I felt I would maintain his theory and follow this
aspect, I also felt it corresponds to other indie rock music videos.
Thursday 21 March 2013
Inside cover!
I created the inside cover of our digipak, i felt the inside cover may not be the most seen but has hugh importance and i thought as one of the main principles of Andrew Goodwin's theory (who i have been looking into) was to focus on the lead role i felt it should be based around the lead.
We first chose this image because i felt it showed off the genre well and it further emphasised the simplistic nature of indie rock. However i thought it needed to be improved so i then chose to focus upon the face and upper body of the lead, also to convert it to black and white to add a more retro look which goes along with the song lyrics.
Above is the completed inside cover if i were to do it again i would have an image that came up more frequently as to relate it to the album more effectivly.
We first chose this image because i felt it showed off the genre well and it further emphasised the simplistic nature of indie rock. However i thought it needed to be improved so i then chose to focus upon the face and upper body of the lead, also to convert it to black and white to add a more retro look which goes along with the song lyrics.
once i had completed this i thought it just needed one thing which was a title but as the viewer would already have bought this product the title need not be massive and fancy so i chose a simple small image to be placed within.
Magazine cover evalulation!
Good:
our advert clearly shows our genre and style of the music video, it links into all of our previous work and the style we first wanted to achieve. The image maintains the same colour as the digipak so the audience will sub-counciously acknowledge it. Furthermore our reviews are from logical companies known to give reviews to our genre of music.
Bad:
our advert does not have a large amount of reviews so the audience may feel it is not as great as it could be as it doesn't give enough feedback from famous brands. The image is not from our video and therefore isn't instantly recognisable.
If i were to do it again:
If i were to do it again i would change the image to an image within the video so the audience can relate to the video with ease. Furthermore i would change the title as i feel it doesn't match the genre entirely. next i would add more reviews from possible franchises.
our advert clearly shows our genre and style of the music video, it links into all of our previous work and the style we first wanted to achieve. The image maintains the same colour as the digipak so the audience will sub-counciously acknowledge it. Furthermore our reviews are from logical companies known to give reviews to our genre of music.
Bad:
our advert does not have a large amount of reviews so the audience may feel it is not as great as it could be as it doesn't give enough feedback from famous brands. The image is not from our video and therefore isn't instantly recognisable.
If i were to do it again:
If i were to do it again i would change the image to an image within the video so the audience can relate to the video with ease. Furthermore i would change the title as i feel it doesn't match the genre entirely. next i would add more reviews from possible franchises.
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Thursday 28 February 2013
Evaluation question 1 (Draft)
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of real media texts?
My music video has several features which can be viewed as challenge forms and conventions of real media texts, firstly one key aspects of Goodwin's theory which is lip syncing, during our video there is several moments where the on screen images refer completely to the lyrics. During our music video we have challenged the normal principals by interlinking other media forms, towards the end of the video there is a clip of a people in a robot competition from 1984 which is also a link to a repeated phrase in the song.
Thursday 21 February 2013
Evaluation Question 4 plan.
Pre production:
- Blogger- Explain how,why.
- Youtube- To gather research, help with the understanding of media laws.
- Word+powerpoint- to clearly show our research in a suitable manner.
- Google- assisting the research
Production:
- HD camera
- DSLR- for still images
- Tripod- to maintain stability when filming.
- Green screen
Post production:
- Blogger - just to place all my work on.
- Word+powerpoint-to show our work clearly.
- Prezi-to show my work in a different way.
- Final cut pro- editing film.
Wednesday 30 January 2013
A bad week!
This week was set aside as the week in which we filmed the majority of our footage, however it was a D.I.S.A.S.T.E.R. Firstly there was a horrendous downpour of snow this with my illness made filming impossible for this week this therefore our rough cut was horribly under done. Due to this we have fallen behind schedule.
Thursday 17 January 2013
Shooting schedule.
In
this I will be describing in more detail the different shots and the overall
plan for music video of Arctic Monkeys ‘I bet you look good on the dancefloor’
Shot
1:
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Location Weston College- University
Campus.
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Shot type- Master shot, Wide shot
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Action- Performance based shot of an
entire band playing (Bass, Guitar, Drums, Singer) Shot will last around 20
seconds
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Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
2:
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Location: Weston College- University
campus
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Shot type- Panning shot, Close up or
Extreme close up
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Action- continuing with the
performance aspect but with a close up shot off all the band members faces in a
panning motion. Shot will last around 5 seconds
•
Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
3:
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Location: Hutton - 5 Weston way (My
house)
•
Shot type- Mid shot of the back,
green screen for the mirror
•
Action- First theme of narrative,
Lead actor (me) looking into a mirror and sees a girl in it instead of him, it
is the girl he is thinking about. Shot lasts around 3 seconds
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Date-
Shot
4
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Location: Hutton - 5 Weston way
(My house)
•
Shot type- Mid shot, Shot reverse
shot
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Action- Close up shot of the
"Mirror" and the girl in the camera. Shot lasts around 3 seconds
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Date-
Shot
5
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Location - Hutton - 5 Weston
way (My house)
•
Shot type- Close up, Shot reverse
shot
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Action- Reverse close up shot of the
Lead and showing his reaction to seeing the girl in the mirror
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Date-
Shot
6
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Location - Hutton - 5 Weston
way (My house)
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Shot type -
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Action-
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Date-
Shot
7
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Location - Weston college University
Campus
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Stot type-
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Action-
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Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
8
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Location- Weston seafront
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Shot type-
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Action-
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Date-
Shot
9
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Location- Weston College University
Campus
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Shot type-
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Action-
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Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
10
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Location- Weston College University
Campus
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Shot Type-
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Action-
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Date- 18/12/12
Shot
11
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Location- Weston-Super-Mare: Town
Centre
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Shot type-
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Action-
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Date-
Shot
12
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Location- Weston-Super-mare: Town
Centre
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Shot type-
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Action-
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Date-
Shot
13
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Location- Green Screen- Weston
College
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Shot type-
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Action- Explosion
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Date-
Shot
14
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Location Green screen- Weston
College
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Shot type-
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Action- Rio de Janeiro
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Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
15
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Location- Weston Super Mare: Town
Centre
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Shot type-
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Action- Close up of two People
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Date-
Shot
16
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Clip from Youtube
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Date- 18/12/12 Midday
Shot
17
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Location- Hutton - 5 Weston way
(My house)
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Shot type- Low angle shot
•
Action-
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Date-
Shot
18
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Location- Hutton - 5 Weston way
(My house)
•
Shot type- High angle shot
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Action-
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Date
Wednesday 16 January 2013
Just a thought..
I was thinking of the scene in which Ben is walking behind a group of girls on there way into town. I believe that this will look more realistic if we use a go pro camera in stead of the normal camera. i feel it will provide the audience with the perfect proof that hes behind them and the realism of the camera movement will related to it being a dream that we all will have and not just a video proffesionally put toghether and made to look perfect and unnatural.
Second day of filming.
On the second day of filming we did the first half of the bathroom scene in which Ben is shaving and getting ready for his night out. I arrived early that day to set up the props, camera and lighting so we could get straight into the filming. When Ben arrived we got straight into it and had a successful day of filming but as we only had to film around 20 seconds of filming it did'nt take alot of time.
Monday 7 January 2013
Chorus shoot!
On the first day of filming we completed the chorus, this shoot was based at Weston college (Weston-s-mare) This shoot went largely to schedule all completed in the time we previously arranged. This shoot included all of the props which were Mic, guitar and costumes. In this shoot we used several shots that were listed in the pre production. Overall i think that this day of filming was good and provided us with a decent mount of clips that can be used in the final piece.
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