1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products?
Film making conventions – Through the process of making my music video I
focused on making the main character the centre of attention and how I could use
different effects to show the almost urgency in his actions as he goes to the meeting
point he inevitably fails to show up to as he is too busy thinking about what he is
giving up to be with this girlfriend.
The whole music video is based around how the main protagonist has to choose
between the relationship with the love of his life or his love of music, preforming and
having a great time with his friends. To show this I have divided the video into two
separate parts, through each versus we see the main character deciding to give up
his life as a musician to be with his girlfriend; and in the chorus we what he is giving
up.
From the moment we see him through the Polaroid’s of him and his friends to the
ground and goes to meet his girlfriend, the journey is represents him moving on,
choosing to be with her over this friends; to connote this I have use a series of
tracking shots throughout the video, tracking shots are used to show movement, I
have used this quite literately in the sense of, as I have mentioned, this journey is
him moving on.
In the first thirty seconds of the video where we see him looking through the Polaroid
I have used a series of quick close-ups and over the shoulder shots to identity what
he is looking at, all placed in time with the beats of the music. The reason why he is
looking through the pictures and why they have been thrown to the floor are later
explained.
In each versus of the song I have used a series of quick and varying shots, such as
panning, close-ups, and high and low angles, identifying what the main protagonist is
giving up for love.
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