Several Genres of Music

Anaysis of Several Music Videos

Thriller - Micheal Jackson
This video is about half narrative half performance. This is cleverly contructed so that the performance is part of the narrative.
The victims in this music video tend to wear blues and pinks, mostly innocent calm colours to exaggerate this contrasting to the bright red that micheal wears to connote a sense of danger.
I like how this video is very dark eerie and suspenseful.
Micheal Jackson presents himself as being dangerous in the video.
I think this video is trying to attract young adults of any gender due to the set-up at the begging where the expected video turns into an intertextual movie in the music video.
This video in particular helped to launch Micheal as a solo artist and evoked a change in the way music videos are made and presented, which has resulted in it being so legendary.

The A team-Ed Sheeran
This video is 100% narrative in order to portray its message of how drugs negatively effect the lives of people and in this case, this young girl whose taking class a drugs, relating to the title as shes part of the 'a-team.' I would assume that this video is aimed at a teenage audience to warn them against the effects of class A drugs.
This video is cleverly set in very glooms depressing settings such as the girls grimy apartment, out on the streets and the alarming car park where she awaits her 'client' as she has been forced to prostitute herself. The dark filters and black and white clothing help to reflect the lack of hope and hapiness in her life. She also tends to wear very rugged or revealing clothing so that it is easy to understand exactly what is going on with her and that the audience can tell what a terrible state she is in.
For Ed Sheeran this was a perfect song to really kick off his career. It presented him as a very caring person which I believe is reflected through most of his videos. I also think that this presents him as being a rolemodel by trying to stop the audience from doing things which other singers/bands enforce.



Omarion- Ice Box
This video is about 50% narrative 50% performance. This video is very dark, to connotate the dark depressive state that he is in. I would assume this video is aimed at a younger audience because it appears very commercialised. The clothing is black and white possibly showing the good and bad for both how he feels and the way he is treating his lover, showing he intends well, but hes been far too hurt. There is also lot of  uses of forests and mansion like houses, exaggerating the darkness of his situation.
I liked the use of the cartoonlike heart that goes blue to signalise the coldness of his 'ice-box' heart. This was a very strong vsual and very nice use of metaphorical imagery.
This video was very important for Omarions career as the song became a worldwide hit. It was a chance for him to display that he had other talents then pure singing alone.

Music Video Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task. we had a great deal of fun working with this song and making ourselves look a bit silly.
I liked the way that the beginning slotted together where we switched from me and rahab being at the front.
We found some complications with lip-syncing, which we now understand is more complicated then we had previously expected and is an area which needs working on.
If I were to re-do this video, i would work on the acting skills because as im sure you can tell, we had a case of the giggles.
I do however warn any viewers with lactose intollerance, our video is rather cheesy.

my skills audit

My Skills audit at the beginning of A2

I currently rate my ability in the creative use of the following technical skills as:

Filming	1	2	3	4
Holding a shot steady		x
Framing a shot, including and excluding elements where appropriate			X
Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate		X
Shooting material appropriate to the task set				X
Selecting mise–en-scene, including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting				x
Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer				X
Using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set			X
Using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set			X
Using titles appropriately				X

I set myself these technical skills targets, when I begin the A2 Coursework:

1. Practise shot taking to be able to hold a steady shot

2. Use more of a variety of shots next time

3. Use more shot transitions

4. practise framing a shot

I currently rate my ability to research and analyse media texts as follows:

Research and analysis	1	2	3	4
I can recognise a genre by identifying its particular patterns of codes and conventions				X
I am able to comment upon the construction of values and ideology within a media text			x
I am able to discuss possible audience reception of a text, in a meaningful way				X

I set myself these research targets, when I begin my A2 coursework:

1. Revise more in-depth

2. Go further into research

3. Try to memorise all types of codes and conventions

4. Improve the structure of your comments

I currently rate my ability to plan my own A2 coursework as follows:

Planning	1	2	3	4
I can create a detailed shot script		X
I can use storyboarding and take photographs in preparation for filming		X
I can manage time effectively	X
I can respond to and overcome difficulties while filming			X
I can use my previous research of genre to inform my own work				x

I set myself these planning targets when starting my A2 coursework, as follows:

1. Improve time management

2. be more detailed in doing shot script

3. think more logically when doing storyboard

4. start work earlier

I currently rate my ability to evaluate my own A2 coursework as follows:

Evaluation	1	2	3	4
I know how to ask questions of my target audience in a way that will reveal the success or otherwise of my coursework			X
I know how to look back at my research and identify the success or otherwise of the codes and conventions I used in my own coursework			X
I am able to judge the success or otherwise of my camerawork and editing				X
I am able to identify a strong link between my research, planning and final product		X
I am able to give persuasive reasons for all of the decisions I made during the coursework process			X
I am able to analyse my final product, in the way that I have created meaning			X

I set myself these evaluation targets when starting my A2 coursework, as follows:

1. Spend more time on it

2. Be more detailed with answers

3. Use a more complex layout

4. Identify strong links