I really liked Felix’s second song called: , this is because it has a very clear and vibey kind of sound.
Ellas song:make manager by broken baby. I thought this was great as it had a good like rock vibe and
I also liked George’s song called: 30 side as it was a rap indie mix which was really cool and i think there
could be a really cool rap video.
Song ideas for A2 media coursework.
First song - TITUS - cool (featuring billy Martin of good charlotte). Pop / hip hop.
Second idea - Julia Jacklin pre pleasure hip hop.
Third idea - Fievel is Glauque - go down softly/the river.
Block week exercise
The block week exercise we did for media consisted of a 4 hour sequence in which we filmed a short
music video in which we had to mime ourselves to harry styles song ‘as it was’, this was to explore and
use creativity to create a music video compiled of the three groups shooting at the same time.
Workshop 3 - first music videos
This is the first ever music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4K9sKf62s
A great example of a new / modern day music video with the same effects used just cleaner is Eminems
diss track to Machine Gun Kellys called ‘kill shot’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsPadN09N4A
Ac Dc is another great example of artists exploiting the internet and digital imagery early as they used a
music video very early on for one of thier songs called “can i sit next to you girl” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biaGJ_4rEzE
Another famous person that gets a lot of their views because of their creative videos are a group called OK
GO!
Taylor Swift is another example with music videos getting millions if not billions of views such as - ‘you
belong with me’ which has 1.3 billion views, bad blood with 1.5 billion and shake it off with 3.1 billion
views!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNIsY6JdUw - you belong with me 
Digipak conventions
Integrated images and star images are so important.
Overall 6 panes of design as their could be front back and 2 albums in and the spine.
Spine is very important must be in treading.
Front cover -
Image of singer / band on front
Name of singer / band
Name of album
Parental advisory explicits content
Info about any bonus material included eg extra tracks, behind the scenes, music video etc.
Inside Front Cover
• Other Image / background
• Possibly any of the following
• Thanks
• Credits for crew involved
• Message to fans
• Lyrics to a song
• Info about artist
Spine
Name of singer
Name of album
Record label logo
Inside back cover
Other image / background
Space for disc to be inserted
Back cover
Other image
Track listing
Barcode
Record label logo
Copyright information
Analysis of artworks
Green day - American idiot - communist hand, very like power to the people and also overall love or hurt
from the bleeding heart. Levi Strauss - binary opposition as heart connotes love and this one is shaped of
heart so love and hate.
Taylor swift - fearless
Looks empowered women, lion mane, male gaze and image of a nerd to make her ‘glow up’ bigger?
Colours are all merged and look and feel the same.
Have done my images on word as the internet did not work for me :(
Finding a artist. and their individual look as they are up and coming.
Finding a target audience for the audience and intertextual audiences, certain looks and styles so images
released of the bands and members.
Shown examples of bands first music video - don’t want to spend so much money but also a good budget.
The amount of scenes from the music video - > 10
Music videos creative director trying to get across a certain image to them.
Just dance by lady ga ga.
Showed a ‘dead party’ then she makes it better.
Lighting makes the video look old, but also highlights the signer or main character, lighting also makes it
look like an actual party they did this also it looks like a disposable camera of weird quality.
A lot of changing places meaning the use of one main light - they are basically cresting their own sun so
the lighting will not change but when they are outside its dark so doesn’t matter.
Kate Perry’s first music video -
Less scenes than the other one as they lasted longer on each scene.
Trying to portray she is wild?
Video is bold even though its not that old.
Trying to appeal to a younger audience as its set up like a sleepover and have a pillow fight.
Though this is set up sometimes to be for older but not really.
Use of male gaze to get views but irl girls will be supporting her at their target audience.
When the song shifts layers it then shifts layers within the music video as their is a certain video used for
the chorus.
Much softer lighting more ‘girly’ so looks likes its involved in beauty and lighting.
Arctic monkeys - bet you look good on the dance floor.
Very simplistic one close up of the singer and then a wide zooming on the band.
Raw singing no filters rough lighting with vivid individual lighting.
Simplistic as its just about the music.
The vibe means its shown for people into rock and into their 20s and 30s.
Their look is very casual but also uniform as they all just have polos and jeans.
Makes it more personal as he sounds like everyone normally.
Cold play - violet hill
Very simple in a white room can see all the equipment being used.
Quite quiet gentle could take your nan or deaf friend to see it.
A bad video as was so easily set up, looks too fake.
Also the fact two of the 4 are wearing the same t shirt, not good as the rest looked stupid not being
uniform and a careless mistake.
Post Malone -
Does not have as many shots as the other solo as it would have taken days to film as he’s in the desert
He was posing a lot of money
Planned it a lot though it has the feeling of just getting cars and driving.
Portraying he’s chilled and rich.
Contrasting the scenery and his outfits and cars.
Analysing this is America - link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
This is America is a very controversial yet strong piece of music and video, this is because the lyrics and
song overall are very catchy but at the same time it is fighting against many things such as racism and gun
violence.
This is shown within the music video as the context of him shooting but also singing with those he shot
shows or represents a false sense of security like they experiences at the time but also now as shootings at
schools and shops which are racially motivated have increased over the last few years.
Thus showing how its not only a troll song in which they exploit the recent events but they also
contemplate for the things in which they can improve on. This is also certain for childish gam-bone
making fun of American patriotism but doing it in subtle ways such as the chorus making it seem as if
shootings is just something that happened in America regularity, as suggested within the title this is
America.
