A LEVEL MEDIA BLOG

Statement of intent draft 1 Media Language The intention of my productions for my coursework will be to produce a realistic Dance music video featuring the song 'Summer' By Calvin Harris. as well as a cohesive website for the dance Dj that i have created. The video will present many conventions of the dance music genre as well as featuring the artist .  for the mies-en-scene in terms of clothing I will use typical summer clothing such as beach dresses and bikinis to illustrate a dance party theme and summer settings.  for the camera work i will include the usage of summer holiday settings and having moments of slow motion to evoke relaxation as well as contrasting fast motion shots, with ranging angles, such as closeups to wide angle shots. The narrative of my music video is the first character travels alone on holiday, exploring a new country and different settings and locations. the theme of travel is highly important in the narrative. i ...

Dance music video conventions Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For (Official Video) ft. Rihanna   Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa - One Kiss (Official Video) Calvin Harris-summer Mise-en-scene camera work editing sound. This music video sets the scene in an exotic location all pictures illustrate a bright ethereal sky. the lower half has a sandy landscape with mixed colours of red and grey which highly contrasts against the bright blue sky and darker bluish mountainous landscape in the background. which seemingly blends into the sky. also within the scene is a white block structure in the middle of the shot which could suggest the location of the rest of the music video. this is ambiguous and present's an adventurous element due to the atypical location. in terms of camera work the shot is captured statically, there is no movement and the next shot just appears without a transition filter. the actual picture may have been edited to make the colours seem brig...

Dance music artist website research AVICII WEBSITE This website is evidently for a dance music artist as it features locational images such as the rocks and trees like the ones featured in conventional music videos. Unlike other dance artist websites the colour scheme is limited due to the artist's recent death. This can be displayed by the main image because of the ethereal white misty sky which can be compared to a heavenly scene. The gold tree and birds can symbolise the fact that his music will continue to live on as his legacy.  It also shows the logo for the Artist's brand which promotes the artist's brand. it has a link to Spotify on the green Spotify logo. The website also has a commemorative photo of the artist. SKIRLLEX  this website can be considered as ultra modern due to the fact that it is represented as having a newsfeed style which can be likened to a social media platform. it also has polaroid boards around ...

Genre conventions of dance music What makes all of these music videos from the dance music genre? all videos feature the following: fast cut shots that are in time of the music beat. close up shots of characters within the video. bright theme colours including the clothing filtered lighting and special effects.  charcters are all dancing in lively atmosphere/environments. sometimes slow motion editing is used to juxtapose the fast music and highlight the energy of the music video. the videos also feature trendy clothing, especially the Cola music video which features a lot of Adidas brand clothing. Explore how the artists are using representation to appeal to their target audience in these three videos by picking out key frames from the video to analyse. all of the dance music videos feature a youthful selection of characters who appear to be in their teens/20s. this is due to the fact that these are the age categories th...

Newspaper Analysis This newspaper displays the 2017 election results at the bottom of the page. the whole cover focuses on this article as it was the main story of the day. Contrast of images: Theresa May is captured in a bleak and grey colour scheme, standing in front of 10 downing street, the image itself is comically captured to degrade her femininity by making her look less attractive, un-quaffed hair and open mouth expression on her face which makes her seem more informal. This is highly contrasting to the brightly edited image of Jeremy Corbyn looking positive, with a happy expression on his face as well as a proudly raised hand gesture. He is wearing the branded red colours of his labour party along with a white shirt which compliments the red and white theme of the Daily Mirror logo colour scheme. there is also an illustration of a ballot paper box which is cohesive with the overall theme of elections  it is highly ironic because despit...