Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Preliminary Chase Sequence
A group of us decided to film a comical chase sequence, we each took turns doing different things so that we could get practice with each role. However, after editing we found some minor mistakes such as a smudge on the lens and the reflection of us through the glass of the door. We will avoid repeating these mistakes when we start to do our own real filming.
Since there wasn't an actual storyline to this, we decided to add a song and add tiny extra clips to make it a bit comical to watch.
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Genre Theory
Genre tends to be based on generic conventions of content; it ends up being repository of images, sounds, stories, characters and expectations. According to Steve Neale (1990)- the pleasure of popular cinema lies in the process of "difference in repetition". This means that the audience have expectations for each genre and although it ends up making the conventions somewhat repetitive, industries still to at least lightly use them throughout different aspects to please the intended audience. He also adds that "difference is absolutely essential to the economy of genre" indicating that if everything was exactly the same, the audience would eventually get bored, there is no pleasure without difference.
Tom Ryall (1998) describes genre theory as "patterns/styles/structures which transcend individual films and which supervise both their construction by the film-maker and their reading by an audience."
John Fiske defines it as "attempts to structure some order into the wide range of texts and meanings that circulate in our culture for the convenience of both producers and audiences."
Music Videos can have genres due to the narratives that are played throughout it, for example, a sad song more have a tragic narrative to it.
Tom Ryall (1998) describes genre theory as "patterns/styles/structures which transcend individual films and which supervise both their construction by the film-maker and their reading by an audience."
John Fiske defines it as "attempts to structure some order into the wide range of texts and meanings that circulate in our culture for the convenience of both producers and audiences."
Music Videos can have genres due to the narratives that are played throughout it, for example, a sad song more have a tragic narrative to it.
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Starting A2
For this years A2 media studies I have chosen to create a music video but due to the vast amount of work needed for this project we have been advised to work with 1-3 other people. So because of that I have decided to be in a group with Emily Scott - http://emilyscott-mediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/.
We will work equally together on both the practical work and research so that it's fair, this includes sharing our thoughts and ideas to each other and both adding our own creativity throughout the whole production so that it ends up being a project created by both of us.
Our first task is to research different music videos and get an idea of what the conventions are throughout them.
We will work equally together on both the practical work and research so that it's fair, this includes sharing our thoughts and ideas to each other and both adding our own creativity throughout the whole production so that it ends up being a project created by both of us.
Our first task is to research different music videos and get an idea of what the conventions are throughout them.
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