James Blake - Genre conventions

1. James Blake –
Overgrown
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Genre Conventions

2. Camera Editing Sets/Location
Forest
Hills
Bedroom
Seaside
They are filmed double the
speed, so when slowed down it
looks like the dementors are
floating.
A simple black screen with
white writting – name of the
director. The name of the song
doesn’t appear anywhere
Establishing shots
Close-ups
Fade-out
Time-lapse
Smooth tracking and
panning sequences
Very slow editing- long shots

3. Costume/Hair/
Make up
Props Elements/
Structure
Hair simply styled to one side, not
messy, but not extremely neat
Simple short sleeved grey t-shirt
and black jeans
Black
jumper
added
Black
dementor
capes
None used
Lighting strand – light comes in
from different windows creating
light and shadow
Narrative based
Nature
strand
Perform
ance
strand
Dementor
strand

4. Key Aspects of Star Image Audience Appeal
Slow and very flowy – amazing
editing makes it very easy to watch
Dementor strand is quite original
Shadows make her very interesting
Simple, humble, relatable to people
Pretty boy, quite accessible,not too
good-looking. Very normal