A2 Music Video - Heathens, twentyonepilots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l6izARRjAY

This is the link for our A2 Music Video

This is mine and Gwion's A2 Media final product. We chose to do a music video for the twentyønepilots song - Heathens. This was the second idea we had after unsuccessfully planning a horror/thriller short film. We felt this idea suited us better and we test us more creatively but also be easier for us to execute. We had a good plan and idea in place for this music video.

Ancillary Texts - DVD COVER

This is my DVD cover for my A2 music video - Heathens. I chose this dark style theme because I felt it matched the song, the lyrics and the music video really well.

Ancillary texts - Website

https://lloydbelcher7.wixsite.com/mysite

This is the link to the website I have created to promote my band, Lloyd & Gwion. I decided to do the homepage of the website because I feel that this is what will attract people to remain on the website and to check out some of the music that is being produced. 

Q4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8nQepdGP-A

This is the link to my Prezzi, I posted it to YouTube because Prezzi would not allow me to save it.

This is my evaluation question 4. Q4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? I answered this question in the form of a Prezzi. This question involved writing the equipment that I used in order to film my project as well as what I used to execute the research and planning stage of my project. I answered this question in the form of a Prezzi presentation.

Q3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

This is my answer for Evaluation Question 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback? I answered the question in the form of a powerpoint slideshow.

Q2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

https://youtu.be/SAGdwmVLBHA

This is my answer for Evaluation Question 2.  
I answered this question in the form of a podcast.
For this question I discussed: 

-   The effects of Web 2.0 on artists promotion. 

- Why I chose to create my website on www.wix.com

- My decision to create and artist website rather than a music video website

- How it is important to create a theme for my artist

- How I linked the music video, DVD cover and website 

- The fonts that I used 

- My DVD cover on www.pixlr.com

- Why I switched between colour and black and white

- How each product promotes one another

Q1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CT8JFXQPCA

This is my answer for Evaluation Question 1, In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? I answered this question in the form of a commentary. Both me and Gwion discussed and answered this question in the form of a commentary.

These are the music videos we mentioned in the commentary:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UprcpdwuwCg Heathens - twentyonepilots
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-0pbY9JeU Ride - twentyonepilots
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDI9inno86U Fairly local - twentyonepilots
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q Shut up and dance - Walk The Moon
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GMQLjzVGfw Houdini - Foster The People
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvW61K2s0tA OK Go - The One Moment
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSVMgRr6pw Take Me To Church - Hozier
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QKreWPyPwc Something Different - Why Don't We
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_0jXPuIr0 What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber

Mrs Banks 6/2

In todays lesson we discussed bloggers and vloggers.

We listed off multiple vloggers/bloggers and we discussed what their role is within the media industry. We discussed consumer produced media and that is what most vloggers/bloggers are.
They show their daily lives and products etc that they feel are worth showing to their audiences or that they are sponsored, and paid, to show their audience.

Casey Neistat is a vlogger who uses his vlog and his audience to promote his business and his future ideas. He has gained an audience and has always used them as feedback when pitching his ideas or his business ideas to them.

New idea

We have filmed almost all of our new idea and have edited up to 2 minutes out of the 3 minute and 16 second song 'Heathens" by twenty one pilots.

We will continue to film the final pieces of our music video this week as we aim to complete it by Friday 10th February.

We aim to complete it by then so that we can begin our evaluation questions and our ancillary texts.

Change of idea

We changed our idea from a short movie to a music video. We did this because we weren't confident in our idea and as we explored the music aspect we became more interested an thought of better ideas that we were more motivated to do.

We then decided on the song we wanted to do a music video about. We both enjoy listening to twenty one pilots so we listened to some of their songs and then decided on which one we wanted to make a video for.

We chose the song "Heathens" from the film Suicide Squad because we felt as if we had developed a good idea for the video that matches the theme of the song.

Filming and editing equipment

To film our project we will be using the Sony Handycam HDR-cx240E camcorder. This is a good camera as it is very light and versatile, it will allow us to get every shot we need and it will allow us to plan the shots we need and we can challenge ourselves because we will know what we are going to be able to do. This camera was my own and it broke during recording so we used the Canon Legria HF R606 as a replacement.

To edit our project we will use iMovie. iMovie is a software which is very convenient for me as it is already available on my Macbook Air. It is a very well developed software which is easy to use and provides good features that can assist me during the post production of our project.

TV essay

In today's lesson we began our TV essay. We first have to write about the history of TV and programmes such as Byker Grove and Grange Hill. I wrote about how these 2 programmes show similar issues amongst the youth of society, and they use similar storylines that involve things such as sex, drugs, violence, alcohol, gangs etc. Grange Hill in particular was very realistic and tried their best to present the issues as realistic as they were, but the BBC didn't want the show to head in that direction so director Phil Redmond had to tone the issues down and make them more unrealistic and more light hearted.

1/12/16

Today I watched multiple horror, jump scare, thriller kind of films. I did this because seeing other ideas from professionals will hopefully give me new ideas or ideas that I can alter to make it more natural. Films such as the Conjuring and the Shining were good examples of creative ideas that keep viewers waiting and then appear at the most unexpected time. They delay the person/monster being shown for a little while because it makes people panic for longer, then they make the audience feel as if nothing is coming and that's when the monster/person enters the frame with a scream or music that will allow the figure to appear even scarier.

Production idea

Stalker is presented as the boyfriend from the start

Washing hands of blood and washing a knife, audience may believe it is just ketchup or something

Over the shoulder of him looking out the kitchen window with a pitchfork or shovel stuck in the ground

Then follow his journey to the girls house

Put on the supposed dead boys clothes

Stand on watch and put it on

Text asking 'when are you coming'

Then the storyboard sequence minus the boy because he is dead

Text conversation, loved up turns blunt

Fling the doors open and don't close them

Freya opens the door and you walk straight up the stairs and she questions why you arent answering her, then over the shoulder shot, freyas reaction then black screen then scream.

This is a brief production idea where I have just expressed ideas for my final production.

Youngers

In today's lesson we watched Youngers. Youngers is about 2 young males who want to become famous as a rapper and a music producer. One of the boys is intelligent and gets mostly A grades in his GCSE's, his name is Yemi and he is Nigerian. He has strict parents that don't want him to be a music producer. Jay is more of a failure, he only gets one C in his GCSE's and his dad thinks he's a waste of time. Jay is a player and gets caught playing 2 girls. The only thing he is good at is rapping so that's what he strives to do.

Plot

OUR FILM PLOT

The plot for our film is going to start with a boy/man walking in a dark road with a few dimly lit street lights.

He will be texting someone (girl) that he is on his way to meet.

However as we film the actor walking towards us we will see a black figure in the background following him.

That figure will proceed to catch up with the actor and attack/murder/assault him. He will then take his phone and continue texting the person (girl).

She won't have any idea about what has happened so she will welcome this person into her home.

She will leave the door unlocked and request that he just walk in.

Then we will have a shot where we see the man creep up on the girl and no one knows what happens next.

The screen will go black and there

Who is your audience?

Who is mine and Gwion's audience?

Me and Gwion have reviewed and researched into who our potential audience would be, we found that our target audience would be people between the age of 15 and 21. People who enjoy horror films which are a little bit twisted and keep people wondering & on the edge.

Our target audience will be people who enjoyed films such as The Woman in Black & The Shining. This is because our film will be the same genre as this, it is an unexacting horror where you don't know what is going to happen next and it is jumpy and keeps you awaiting the next jump scene.  

We have chosen this target audience because it fits the genre of our film, people enjoy jumpy horrors where you see things before the actor sees them.

Age/interests/views/opinions

Age - The age of our audience will be 15+, but our target audience will be 15-21 year olds.

Interests - They should be interested in solving mysteries, murder cases, figuring out who it is/was & be interested in scary, jump scenes which contain violence and horror.

Views - They would have had a good view on horror/thriller films. A good understanding of what is going on and how the film is developing.

Opinions - Their opinion on jump horror/thriller films will have to be a positive one for them to enjoy the film. If they are negative they won't appreciate the film.

Fast girls

Today we watched the film fast girls. Fast Girls is a 2011 British drama film directed by Regan Hall and written by Jay Basu, Noel Clarke and Roy Williams. It stars Lenora Crichlow, Lily James, Bradley James, Noel Clarke and Rupert Graves. The film follows the story of two women as they become professional sprinters and join the British relay team for a World Championship event.  

The film portrays lots of youth culture stereotypes. About a young black girl & her sister having a difficult childhood and being kicked out of their house & needing a way out. Shania (Lenora Crichlow) sees her way out as running. This is because she is a very talented runner.

It also portrays the differences in socio-economic class as there is Shania competing against a rich girl & she's also competing against her dad as well in an way. This is because her dad wants her to perform to the level he wished he could. He wants her to live the career he wanted and wished he had.

Media consumption

Our target audience will most likely be people who have consumed a lot of media, whether they have watch lots of films, similar to ours or not, read books, maybe books that have become films. They are active media consumers so therefore have the capacity for skepticism, judgement, free thinking, questioning, and understanding.

They consume other media through television and film. People that watch TV series that have multiple series and/or watch films that often have a sequel or more then that are the people who will be our main target audience. This is because we want to leave people questioning what is happening or make them try and predict whats going to occur next.

We also want keen film watchers who enjoy film/movie nights. Our target audience will mainly be the film fanatics who love films and love breaking down films and analysing them.