Genre
Questions on genre:
1. Yes we think that media text producers consider the genre of their work, it probably has a large impact onto their format of media texts.
2. The audience may not fully take into account the generic features within genre however it definitely plays a large role to their experience whilst watching certain media texts.
3. Genre is what drives the programme to be categorized by target audiences and media text producers. Without genre most media texts would not contain any defining features and would lack in substance and obviously generic features.
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Friday, 11 December 2009
Digipack influence
Linkin Park - Reanimation
This is an existing digipack we used for influence in our digipack design. We chose to use this digipack because it has abstract pictures and good use of colour to make the pictures stand out. There is a continuous theme throughout the digipack. The digipack's cover features animation with graffiti incorporated into the design.
Digipak studio team
Robots in disguise are-
Dee Plume & Sue Denim
Produced by-Tiga
Mixed by-Jack Clarkson
Distributedby-EMI Records
With special thanks to-Tomas Turpie,Harry Carter, Ruby Brown, Chris Compton, Catherine Vining.
Studio team-
Guitars-Ghandi McTavish
Synths-Phish Phood
Bass-Mark Smith
Drums-Steve Thorne
EMI Records
Dee Plume & Sue Denim
Produced by-Tiga
Mixed by-Jack Clarkson
Distributedby-EMI Records
With special thanks to-Tomas Turpie,Harry Carter, Ruby Brown, Chris Compton, Catherine Vining.
Studio team-
Guitars-Ghandi McTavish
Synths-Phish Phood
Bass-Mark Smith
Drums-Steve Thorne
EMI Records
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Tom Turpie's Evaluation
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
We took the words “la nuit” (the night in French) which is said frequently through the entire song as well as the word “party”. From these two sets of lyrics we chose to use minimal lighting and bright colours to produce a party atmosphere within the video. We also attempted to write “la” and “nuit” on each side of one of your group members hands so that when the words were said in the song he/she could turn his hands to reveal the words. Because the song we chose is in itself quite unique and exciting we tried to portray this through the video to try and create a gripping and electrifying feel to it, unlike anything people would expect a video would look like from a group of A2 media students. The music genre (Dance/New wave) is very prominent within the video, due to the heavy of UV paint and special effects. There is also a large amount of dancing which has been enhanced with the special effects used and also by sleeping up/slowing down. We got the inspiration to use the UV paint from the Black Eyed Peas video for the song “I Gotta Feeling” which features a heavy use of the substance much like our own video. We also took the inspiration to use time effects from the music video “Floating” by Jape which is primarily shot in slow motion. The last video we took influences from was Friendly Fire’s video for the song “Skeleton Boy”, from this we took the idea that the performers were not visible but the UV paint stood out giving it a other worldly and surreal feel to the video. We kept the camera in a fixed position so that the performers had a wider space to experiment with different dances etc. We used a UV light as our main source of light as we wanted the UV paint to to stand out while the performers were hardly seen. We have always tried to keep the visual quite stimulating and striking with the use of the UV paint as well as glow sticks, photographic enlargers (which we manipulated to make them different colours) , SFX, and outlandish dancing.
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancilliary texts?
Our project seems to meld together seamlessly as we have tried to keep the same invigorating style throughout the development of each of the parts. By having out digipak simplistic yet colourful style much like our video but instead of it being black it has a much lighter feel so that instead of it being black it has a white sleeve. This allows it to go with our video but also create some sort of contrast between each of them much like many other bands/artists do. i did this as i did not want the digipak, video and magazine add to be exactly the same as i thought it would make the project seem bland and as if we had simply given up on creating something interesting and different to the other pieces in our assignment but still able to relate to it, which i believe i have achieved. The magazine advert also fits nicely with the image we were trying to give to the band as it still follows the video’s artistic style quite closely, i believe that in this case the design of the poster should be very similar to the video as, if people had seen the video and liked it, they would then see the poster recognise the style and buy the album.
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
When our video’s rough cut was shown to the class and put up onto different forms of internet media, such as Facebook and vimeo we had a wide variety of different positive points and criticisms. Many people loved the style we were putting into our video but also we were told that we needed different shots, shooting in day light both of which we chose not to take into account as we had a strong view on how the music video’s art direction and we believe that introducing either of these would not suit it. Another point we were given was that we should have put lip syncing into it which we had planned to do but at the time that we had to produce the rough cut, the UV paint I had ordered had not turned up and thus we could not film the lip syncing parts of out video. Since we have produced the our final cut, all of the feedback has been incredibly positive to the point that random people within the school that had seen our video on Facebook would come up to me and tell me how good they thought our video was. Due to this excellent response to our video I think that the finished product is both what our group wanted to create and also appealing to the public which is what we were wanting to achieve. The teacher feedback we were given was mostly positive, there were a few points that out teacher did pick up on. These were that at certain points within the video the there were visual dips where the audiences interest could be lost due to some of the shots being held for too long, this was also partly because our song was slightly. I removed this by editing random clips of the performers into the shots, speeding them up, adding effects. after doing this i believe and as does my teacher that these visual dips had been removed and the video ran for the full 4 minutes with the viewer staying fully captivated by it.
4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Throughout the time when we created our video we used the program final cut express, i believe that this is a very powerful piece of software and seeing that i was the primary editor in my first year of media studies i had become quire proficient at using it. For both the Digipak and magazine advert we used the program photoshop, again due to the fact that i took art (digital and mixed media) in my first year and also own this software this made it easier for me to create the digipak. We also used the internet to generate interest and feedback in our video, using facebook, vimeo and youtube. By using these websites we created a better video as it gave us a chance to see how people would react to it, and thus better it but editing to remove parts that people disliked and add what they thought would improve it.
We took the words “la nuit” (the night in French) which is said frequently through the entire song as well as the word “party”. From these two sets of lyrics we chose to use minimal lighting and bright colours to produce a party atmosphere within the video. We also attempted to write “la” and “nuit” on each side of one of your group members hands so that when the words were said in the song he/she could turn his hands to reveal the words. Because the song we chose is in itself quite unique and exciting we tried to portray this through the video to try and create a gripping and electrifying feel to it, unlike anything people would expect a video would look like from a group of A2 media students. The music genre (Dance/New wave) is very prominent within the video, due to the heavy of UV paint and special effects. There is also a large amount of dancing which has been enhanced with the special effects used and also by sleeping up/slowing down. We got the inspiration to use the UV paint from the Black Eyed Peas video for the song “I Gotta Feeling” which features a heavy use of the substance much like our own video. We also took the inspiration to use time effects from the music video “Floating” by Jape which is primarily shot in slow motion. The last video we took influences from was Friendly Fire’s video for the song “Skeleton Boy”, from this we took the idea that the performers were not visible but the UV paint stood out giving it a other worldly and surreal feel to the video. We kept the camera in a fixed position so that the performers had a wider space to experiment with different dances etc. We used a UV light as our main source of light as we wanted the UV paint to to stand out while the performers were hardly seen. We have always tried to keep the visual quite stimulating and striking with the use of the UV paint as well as glow sticks, photographic enlargers (which we manipulated to make them different colours) , SFX, and outlandish dancing.
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancilliary texts?
Our project seems to meld together seamlessly as we have tried to keep the same invigorating style throughout the development of each of the parts. By having out digipak simplistic yet colourful style much like our video but instead of it being black it has a much lighter feel so that instead of it being black it has a white sleeve. This allows it to go with our video but also create some sort of contrast between each of them much like many other bands/artists do. i did this as i did not want the digipak, video and magazine add to be exactly the same as i thought it would make the project seem bland and as if we had simply given up on creating something interesting and different to the other pieces in our assignment but still able to relate to it, which i believe i have achieved. The magazine advert also fits nicely with the image we were trying to give to the band as it still follows the video’s artistic style quite closely, i believe that in this case the design of the poster should be very similar to the video as, if people had seen the video and liked it, they would then see the poster recognise the style and buy the album.
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
When our video’s rough cut was shown to the class and put up onto different forms of internet media, such as Facebook and vimeo we had a wide variety of different positive points and criticisms. Many people loved the style we were putting into our video but also we were told that we needed different shots, shooting in day light both of which we chose not to take into account as we had a strong view on how the music video’s art direction and we believe that introducing either of these would not suit it. Another point we were given was that we should have put lip syncing into it which we had planned to do but at the time that we had to produce the rough cut, the UV paint I had ordered had not turned up and thus we could not film the lip syncing parts of out video. Since we have produced the our final cut, all of the feedback has been incredibly positive to the point that random people within the school that had seen our video on Facebook would come up to me and tell me how good they thought our video was. Due to this excellent response to our video I think that the finished product is both what our group wanted to create and also appealing to the public which is what we were wanting to achieve. The teacher feedback we were given was mostly positive, there were a few points that out teacher did pick up on. These were that at certain points within the video the there were visual dips where the audiences interest could be lost due to some of the shots being held for too long, this was also partly because our song was slightly. I removed this by editing random clips of the performers into the shots, speeding them up, adding effects. after doing this i believe and as does my teacher that these visual dips had been removed and the video ran for the full 4 minutes with the viewer staying fully captivated by it.
4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Throughout the time when we created our video we used the program final cut express, i believe that this is a very powerful piece of software and seeing that i was the primary editor in my first year of media studies i had become quire proficient at using it. For both the Digipak and magazine advert we used the program photoshop, again due to the fact that i took art (digital and mixed media) in my first year and also own this software this made it easier for me to create the digipak. We also used the internet to generate interest and feedback in our video, using facebook, vimeo and youtube. By using these websites we created a better video as it gave us a chance to see how people would react to it, and thus better it but editing to remove parts that people disliked and add what they thought would improve it.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
DigiPak
This is our digipack, which we think works really well, we feel that it fits in with the mood that our video was trying to create. i think that we were successful in making the band seem really fun. the digipack has photographs of the band that have been edited so that the pictures are more electronic to fit in with the genre of the music. we also included details about the album, including what other songs, and the producing details. we also included logo's of a record company to make it look more proffessional and realistic.
Magazine Advertisement
This is our music video magazine cover, we took the same idea as we did with our Digipack. We find that many of the colours we used in the magazine cover stand out because it appeals the viewer, and it also fits the genre that we picked. We had feedback relating the song to the genre we have chosen and most of the feedback was possitive. We added such labels as blueray, EMI records, and HD to give it an authentic look and add a touch of realism to the product.
I personally believe that i could see this magazine cover on display as it has a strong realistic feel about it.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
GROUP 51 FINISHED MUSIC VIDEO
Q3-51 MUSIC VIDEO 2009 from SATMEDIASTUDIES on Vimeo.
We're really happy with the outcome, and we've had feedback from some members of the class, which also think we've created a really good music video.
'i love this video its very unusual but matches the song brilliantly just think you would benefit from having choreographed movement.'
i we were to do the video again, we would probably take this comment into account, and take more time to come up with choreographed dances.
'The video suits the music, the effects are brilliant especially when the girls' lips are bright red. Dance routine is fits well with the song. :D'
Monday, 16 November 2009
Editing techniques
For our final cut of our music video we expanded our use of imagery techniques within the video editing process. We also varied our footage on a larger scale rather than focusing on longer scenes for alot of the video.
Doing this increased the atmosphere and mood, making it seem lively and fun, drawing in the audiences attention for a longer period of time.
One of the main effects used on short, sharper footage is 'dazzle' on final cut. We also increased and slowed some footage to vary the overall pace of our video.
Doing this increased the atmosphere and mood, making it seem lively and fun, drawing in the audiences attention for a longer period of time.
One of the main effects used on short, sharper footage is 'dazzle' on final cut. We also increased and slowed some footage to vary the overall pace of our video.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Rough Cut Feedback
we got a various different responses to our rough cut.
1. What do you rate as strengths of the music video?
- Good Editing
- Fits with theme of song
- Looks modern
- Nice Idea
- Good use of differen't shots
2. What do you think are the area's of improvement?
- Quite repetitive
- No lip syncing
- Bit long
- Plain Random shots
- More people needed
- include band and singer
3. What do you think the group should change?
- Differen't location
- Keep singers vague
- More shots of faces
- Add band
4. What has the group still got to do?
- Add more scenes and/or effects to make it seem less repetitive
- Add Lip syncing
we will take some of the advise given to us and try and apply it to our music video.
1. What do you rate as strengths of the music video?
- Good Editing
- Fits with theme of song
- Looks modern
- Nice Idea
- Good use of differen't shots
2. What do you think are the area's of improvement?
- Quite repetitive
- No lip syncing
- Bit long
- Plain Random shots
- More people needed
- include band and singer
3. What do you think the group should change?
- Differen't location
- Keep singers vague
- More shots of faces
- Add band
4. What has the group still got to do?
- Add more scenes and/or effects to make it seem less repetitive
- Add Lip syncing
we will take some of the advise given to us and try and apply it to our music video.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Video
Ideas
This is a video that has a part at the beginning that we think has a similar idea to something we want to achieve
This is a video that has a part at the beginning that we think has a similar idea to something we want to achieve
UV paint
These are the website's where we ordered our Uv paint from.
we ordered:
6 pack of skin safe uv paint
uv contact lenses
this came to around £38
We are going to use these items in our video and paint ourselves to give the effect in the style of the skeleton boy video by friendly fires we have refered to in our mood board and on another recent blog
http://www.glowshop.com/
http://www.theglowcompany.co.uk/acatalog/UV-FACE-BODY-PAINT.html
we ordered:
6 pack of skin safe uv paint
uv contact lenses
this came to around £38
We are going to use these items in our video and paint ourselves to give the effect in the style of the skeleton boy video by friendly fires we have refered to in our mood board and on another recent blog
http://www.glowshop.com/
http://www.theglowcompany.co.uk/acatalog/UV-FACE-BODY-PAINT.html
Monday, 12 October 2009
Locations for filming + Ed Lovelace
We have been having a dilema for where we could have our set. at first we thought we could have a room in a friends house that we could use, but then we thought the UV paint may damage the room. after a lot of thought we decided to think of somewhere, such as a shed or barn where we could make a mess.
Suggestions
Shed
deserted house
feild
kids play pak
public areas
garages
Ed Lovelace Talk In The Hall
Ed Lovelace is an ex Long road student who studied media. He kindly came in to talk to us about the music video industry. He has worked on smaller bands music videos and has progressed on to bigger budget and bigger band videos. for example he directed the gallows first video with only £100 budget and then went on to create two videos for the band Cage the elephant for £40,000 each. He is hoping to break into the film industry with his documentay/film called Werewolves across America but the film distribution is at a standstill because he needs clearance from the artist he was following in the documentary.
There is three main jobs when directing a music video, Director of photography, art director and cinematography. Each video has a set amount of time for each job to be done. The pitch takes three days, planning is one week, filming is one day and editing is three days making the whole process a two week project.
Certain parts of the footage in filming need to be changed, for example you can use colour correction to make the film look how ever you want it to such as changing atmosphere or the brightness of the shot.
Suggestions
Shed
deserted house
feild
kids play pak
public areas
garages
Ed Lovelace Talk In The Hall
Ed Lovelace is an ex Long road student who studied media. He kindly came in to talk to us about the music video industry. He has worked on smaller bands music videos and has progressed on to bigger budget and bigger band videos. for example he directed the gallows first video with only £100 budget and then went on to create two videos for the band Cage the elephant for £40,000 each. He is hoping to break into the film industry with his documentay/film called Werewolves across America but the film distribution is at a standstill because he needs clearance from the artist he was following in the documentary.
There is three main jobs when directing a music video, Director of photography, art director and cinematography. Each video has a set amount of time for each job to be done. The pitch takes three days, planning is one week, filming is one day and editing is three days making the whole process a two week project.
Certain parts of the footage in filming need to be changed, for example you can use colour correction to make the film look how ever you want it to such as changing atmosphere or the brightness of the shot.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
This is the black eyed peas video "i gotta feeling" which we have studied in the way that they use lighting and UV effects as we should be using most of them in our own.
This is our mood board which contains our varied ideas which mostly consist of UV paint, strobe lighting and various other colourful things.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Pitch.
my thought was to incorporate UV paint into the mise en scene of the video. putting it on the main character, secondary characters and perhaps group shots (dancing).
The main video will have some stop motion included into the video which will most likely be a small amount throughout the video. the music video will also change atmosphere such as location and then change from daylight to night.
we will have two main characters and then a few secondary characters in the video and there will be a story line based to the video. the two main singers take most of the screen time while as the rest of the band are shown every now and then through fast cuts and will most likely become background characters.
the music video "pogo" by digitilism has become a stepping stone for our production of the music video. the whole video is very fast stop motion which looks almost like the band is moving on a regular camera. This technique also shows the lead singer as if he is floating in the center of the room due to the amount of stop motion.
the equipment we will be using will consist of UV paint for the band and other characters. we will also be using a large amount of lighting effects such as UV light, dim lights, colour filters and strobe lighting which will play a big part in the video as it will add an additional stop motion effect.