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The document summarizes and compares two music videos by Ali Azmat - "na re na" and "Sayyoni". "na re na" depicts the main character's life flashing before his eyes as he dies, using symbols to represent events in a non-linear way. "Sayyoni" tells the story of a man who faces hardships from childhood, including kidnapping and humiliation. Both videos use dark coloring and lighting to create drama, with "na re na" featuring supernatural elements like angels and devils. Costumes, makeup, and film techniques like black and white shots contribute to the videos' themes.
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Video analysis
The document summarizes and compares two music videos: "na re na" by Ali Azmat and "SAYYONI" by Junoon. "na re na" uses dark colors and lighting to depict symbols from the main character's life flashing before his eyes as he nearly dies. "SAYYONI" tells the story of a man who faces hardship from childhood and takes refuge in a shrine where he is publicly humiliated. Both videos effectively convey messages through different cinematography techniques. They address social issues in Pakistani society and the importance of freedom and acting of one's own will.
Video analysis (Ali Azmat)
The document analyzes and compares the music videos for two songs: "na re na" by Ali Azmat and "SAYYONI" by Junoon. For "na re na", the video depicts symbolic scenes from the singer's life flashing before his eyes as he nearly dies, using dark colors and drama. "SAYYONI" tells the story of a man facing hardships, including kidnapping and public humiliation, through scenes of his life shot in a natural, old film style. Both videos effectively use techniques like lighting, costumes, and effects to support the songs' messages and portray their stories and cultures.
Music artist background
Beyoncé originally found fame as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which was managed by her father and produced several hit songs and albums from the late 1990s until their split in 2005. Since then, Beyoncé has had a successful solo career with multiple chart-topping albums and has also pursued acting. She is now a major international star known for her music as well as business ventures like perfume lines. Her marketing utilizes various traditional and digital advertising avenues to promote her brands and products worldwide.
Call Sheet
The call sheet is for a film shoot titled "Never Stop" to be produced by Emily Lacey. It lists Emily Lacey as filling every crew role and details two filming locations - Katie's house and Mousehold Heath. The scheduled scenes include Katie waking up in bed, Katie meeting friends and walking to the heath, and shots of nature including a leaf fight, tree climbing, and watching the sunset. The call sheet provides location details, a filming schedule, and indicates attachments for equipment, props, and risk assessment.
Call sheet 2
The call sheet outlines the filming schedule and personnel for a short film titled "Never Stop". Emily Lacey will fill multiple roles, including director, producer, camera operator, and sound technician. Filming will take place at two locations - Katie's house to film her waking up in bed, and Mousehold Heath to film her meeting friends and scenes of nature. The schedule includes arriving at Katie's house at 12:30pm to film sleeping and waking scenes, then arriving at Mousehold Heath at 1:30pm to film additional scenes until an estimated wrap time of 4:45pm.
Music artist background1
Beyoncé originally found fame as part of the girl group Destiny's Child in the late 1990s. They achieved great success with hits like "Survivor" and "Independent Woman" before splitting in 2005 to pursue solo careers. Since then, Beyoncé has had a very successful solo singing and acting career. She is known for empowering songs and videos that showcase her talent and leadership. Beyoncé is now one of the biggest stars in the world and is highly skilled at marketing herself through many avenues.
Bad Blood analysis
The document provides an analysis of the music video for "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring summaries of key elements:
- The editing used transitions to create a dull, gloomy mood and parallel editing between Taylor and Kendrick to depict an argument. Editing allowed for costume changes.
- The lyrics suggest problems between Taylor and Arsyn's characters and leave the audience wondering what happened using hints like "bad blood."
- The mise-en-scene subverts stereotypes through Taylor's initial lipstick prop and Lucky Fiori's cigar, while also including stereotypically masculine weapons. Lighting matches the video's mood.
- Camerawork established the city location and used close-ups
Declan whitebloom
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The document summarizes and compares two music videos: "na re na" by Ali Azmat and "SAYYONI" by Junoon. "na re na" uses dark colors and lighting to depict symbols from the main character's life flashing before his eyes as he nearly dies. "SAYYONI" tells the story of a man who faces hardship from childhood and takes refuge in a shrine where he is publicly humiliated. Both videos effectively convey messages through different cinematography techniques. They address social issues in Pakistani society and the importance of freedom and acting of one's own will.
Video analysis (Ali Azmat)
The document analyzes and compares the music videos for two songs: "na re na" by Ali Azmat and "SAYYONI" by Junoon. For "na re na", the video depicts symbolic scenes from the singer's life flashing before his eyes as he nearly dies, using dark colors and drama. "SAYYONI" tells the story of a man facing hardships, including kidnapping and public humiliation, through scenes of his life shot in a natural, old film style. Both videos effectively use techniques like lighting, costumes, and effects to support the songs' messages and portray their stories and cultures.
Music artist background
Beyoncé originally found fame as part of the girl group Destiny's Child, which was managed by her father and produced several hit songs and albums from the late 1990s until their split in 2005. Since then, Beyoncé has had a successful solo career with multiple chart-topping albums and has also pursued acting. She is now a major international star known for her music as well as business ventures like perfume lines. Her marketing utilizes various traditional and digital advertising avenues to promote her brands and products worldwide.
Call Sheet
The call sheet is for a film shoot titled "Never Stop" to be produced by Emily Lacey. It lists Emily Lacey as filling every crew role and details two filming locations - Katie's house and Mousehold Heath. The scheduled scenes include Katie waking up in bed, Katie meeting friends and walking to the heath, and shots of nature including a leaf fight, tree climbing, and watching the sunset. The call sheet provides location details, a filming schedule, and indicates attachments for equipment, props, and risk assessment.
Call sheet 2
The call sheet outlines the filming schedule and personnel for a short film titled "Never Stop". Emily Lacey will fill multiple roles, including director, producer, camera operator, and sound technician. Filming will take place at two locations - Katie's house to film her waking up in bed, and Mousehold Heath to film her meeting friends and scenes of nature. The schedule includes arriving at Katie's house at 12:30pm to film sleeping and waking scenes, then arriving at Mousehold Heath at 1:30pm to film additional scenes until an estimated wrap time of 4:45pm.
Music artist background1
Beyoncé originally found fame as part of the girl group Destiny's Child in the late 1990s. They achieved great success with hits like "Survivor" and "Independent Woman" before splitting in 2005 to pursue solo careers. Since then, Beyoncé has had a very successful solo singing and acting career. She is known for empowering songs and videos that showcase her talent and leadership. Beyoncé is now one of the biggest stars in the world and is highly skilled at marketing herself through many avenues.
Bad Blood analysis
The document provides an analysis of the music video for "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring summaries of key elements:
- The editing used transitions to create a dull, gloomy mood and parallel editing between Taylor and Kendrick to depict an argument. Editing allowed for costume changes.
- The lyrics suggest problems between Taylor and Arsyn's characters and leave the audience wondering what happened using hints like "bad blood."
- The mise-en-scene subverts stereotypes through Taylor's initial lipstick prop and Lucky Fiori's cigar, while also including stereotypically masculine weapons. Lighting matches the video's mood.
- Camerawork established the city location and used close-ups
Declan whitebloom
Declan Whitebloom is a successful music video and commercial director from London. He started his career working in various film production roles before finding his calling in editing. After editing hundreds of music videos, he was offered his first opportunity to direct. He realized he belonged behind the camera. Now three years later, he has directed videos for artists like Taylor Swift, One Direction, and Sugarland. His videos with Taylor Swift show a collaborative style featuring quirky, storybook themes appealing to teenage girls. Their video for "We Are Never Getting Back Together" portrays the feelings of a teenage girl's relationship ending through fantasy and reality elements, enhancing the song's lyrics.
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Music artist background1
Beyoncé originally started her career in the girl group Destiny's Child in the late 1990s. They had major success with songs like "Survivor" and "Independent Woman" before splitting in 2005 to pursue solo careers. Since then, Beyoncé has had a very successful solo singing and acting career. She is one of the best selling music artists of all time with hits like "Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies." Beyoncé is also known for her iconic album artwork and empowering music videos.
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Music artist background1
Beyoncé originally started her career in the 1990s as part of the successful girl group Destiny's Child. They had many hit songs and albums before splitting in 2005 to pursue solo careers. Since then, Beyoncé has had a very successful solo singing and acting career. She is known for her powerful vocals and stage presence. Beyoncé's marketing campaigns feature her iconic image and are spread widely through television, billboards, posters and other outlets, cementing her status as a global superstar.
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Storyboard
The storyboard describes the plot of a music video that aims to raise awareness about drug addiction among teenagers in Pakistan. It follows five friends who get high on drugs and end up in a fatal car accident. One girl is shown crying over the dead bodies of her friends before realizing that she too is dead. Her spirit is then taken by others into a white light. The storyboard outlines 25 shots that will make up the music video, including scenes of the friends taking drugs, the car accident from different angles, a girl mourning her dead friends, and protests against drug abuse.
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1. The Slayer album "Show No Mercy" uses symbols of destruction like devil tails and broken stars to convey the thrash metal genre.
2. Ali Azmat's solo album "Social Circus" features a graffiti-covered image of his face representing the confused social circus of today.
3. Nirvana's "Bleach" album art is in black and white to achieve a "bleached" effect, showing the band's energetic rock music.
4. Metallica's "Death Magnetic" depicts a coffin in a magnetic field, reflecting the album's name and content.
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Evaluation - Question 1
This document summarizes how the media product uses, develops and challenges conventions of real media forms.
It discusses how shots from the music video illustrate concepts through mise-en-scene, lighting, camera angles and intertextual references to other artists' work. Conventionally, music videos aim to sell the artist through close-ups and positioning them as the focus. However, some shots separate or contrast the male and female artists to reflect the narrative.
Conventions of album packaging, like bold font and band imagery, are employed but developed through additional effects. Inspiration is drawn from The 1975's simplistic yet effective style. Magazine adverts employ typical promotional techniques and inclusion of social media to engage target audiences
Conventions of a music video
Music videos use various camera techniques, lighting, location, costumes, and props to engage viewers and represent the themes and narratives of the songs. Common elements include close-up and long shots using camera movements like tilts and pans. Mise-en-scene includes strategic use of clothing, makeup, lighting, and locations. Videos also employ jump cuts and incorporate props that relate to the song lyrics to fit the narrative within the time of the music.
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This document provides analysis of several music videos through summaries of individual scenes:
- The beginning scene of one video uses a blue tint and wave sounds to set a moody, nighttime tone as the man has empty vodka bottles, relating to his low mood.
- Another video shows a woman doing laundry, which contrasts with her personality as she dances and escapes boredom. She always seems to be waiting for things to happen.
- A video about violence in America depicts a shooting in a church to show how unexpected violence can be and to bring awareness to the issue. It shows people happily dancing before the shooter takes action.
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The document summarizes and analyzes three music videos:
1) "Hello" by Adele, which uses dark colors and close-ups to convey loneliness and regret over a breakup.
2) "Shut Up" by Stormzy, a live performance-style grime music video filmed in an urban setting with friends, showing the artist's popularity.
3) "Everybody's Fool" by Evanescence, a narrative video portraying an unhappy model who hides her true feelings behind a glamorous public image. Lighting is used to contrast her public and private personas.
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Locations street and alley
This document provides location shots for filming a music video. It describes shots in an alleyway, including the entrance, an intersection in the middle, and areas that provide varied scenery. It also describes street locations where the girls will walk and speak, including a street with surrounding houses that was chosen to make it appear the girls were leaving a home. Key shots include the girls walking from an alleyway intersection onto the street and up the road where they will introduce the song's title.
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Storyboard
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Storyboard
The storyboard describes the plot of a music video that aims to raise awareness about drug addiction among teenagers in Pakistan. It follows five friends who get high on drugs and end up in a fatal car accident. One girl is shown crying over the dead bodies of her friends before realizing that she too is dead. Her spirit is then taken by others into a white light. The storyboard outlines 25 shots that will make up the music video, including scenes of the friends taking drugs, the car accident from different angles, a girl mourning her dead friends, and protests against drug abuse.
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The document summarizes and compares two music videos: "na re na" by Ali Azmat and "SAYYONI" by Junoon. "na re na" uses dark colors and lighting to depict symbols from the main character's life flashing before his eyes as he nearly dies. "SAYYONI" tells the story of a man who faces hardship from childhood and takes refuge in a shrine where he is publicly humiliated. Both videos effectively convey messages through different cinematography techniques. They address social issues in Pakistani society and the importance of freedom and acting of one's own will.
Album art
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2. Ali Azmat's solo album "Social Circus" features a graffiti-covered image of his face representing the confused social circus of today.
3. Nirvana's "Bleach" album art is in black and white to achieve a "bleached" effect, showing the band's energetic rock music.
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The music video for Ed Sheeran's song "The A Team" tells the story of a young homeless woman struggling to survive. Filmed in black and white, the video follows the protagonist as she sleeps on a park bench, busks for money, and eventually resorts to prostitution. Throughout the video, close-up shots are used to show the protagonist's facial expressions and vulnerability. Symbolic props like ecstasy pills foreshadow the protagonist's tragic ending. The video aims to represent the real struggles faced by less fortunate individuals and appeals to audiences aged 16-25 by exploring sensitive social issues.
Media props
The document lists and describes the main props that will be used in a music video. These include a music player and speakers to play the song, a purple ballet outfit to show the main character is a dancer, a handbag that carries her ballet clothes and drugs, chairs for a judge and waiting area, alcohol bottles and drugs in her bedroom, a mobile phone to advance the plot, makeup to contrast her dancer and drug using sides, a dance pole in the studio, and a bedside and dressing table to set other props. The props help tell the story of a ballerina with a dark secret drug addiction through their symbolism and roles in scenes.
Music video analysis
This music video for John Legend's song "All of Me" is a performance/narrative video that features both Legend singing and playing the piano as well as clips of his wife Chrissy Teigen. Some key moments include an establishing shot of Teigen laying by the pool that exemplifies the "male gaze," close-ups of Legend's facial expressions as he gets lost in the music during the chorus, and a slow motion underwater shot of Teigen that presents her as very desirable through lighting, camerawork, and her seductive positioning. The black and white cinematography with flashes of light draw attention to the subjects of Legend's affection and admiration for his wife that the song expresses through its lyrics.
Pitch for media
The document summarizes a music video project for the song "Spectrum" by Florence and the Machine. The group chose this song because they felt they could be creative with the visuals and narrative. Their vision is to tell the story of a woman who discovers her boyfriend's affair and goes on a drunken journey in the woods accompanied by colors representing her mindset. The video will have dark undertones to portray drunkenness and depression masking the woman's true feelings. It will appeal to the target audience of 15-20 year old females through its relatable themes and use of an upbeat indie/pop song.
Jessie J
The video for Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect" is set in a haunted house like the setting of "Alice in Wonderland". Various shots are used to portray different elements - establishing shots introduce the setting, jump cuts show people eating while Jessie J's eyes stand out in a close up. Sounds of wind, thunder and clocks feature. Costumes reference "Alice in Wonderland" characters. Editing techniques like blurred shots and lyrics relating to visuals reference Andrew Goodwin's music video theories, with the song and video genres contrasting each other.
Cross Media Case Study - Sia
Sia is an Australian singer and songwriter. After starting her career in the 1990s with her own albums, she transitioned to writing songs for other artists. Her 2011 song "Titanium", written for Alicia Keys but featuring Sia's vocals, achieved commercial success. Her 2013 album "1000 Forms of Fear" was also successful. Sia's website and music videos feature her trademark blonde wig and focus on dance performances by Maddie Ziegler, representing Sia's distinctive artistic style that does not show her face.
James blunt
The music video for James Blunt's song "Your Beautiful" uses a narrative format to amplify and creatively interpret the lyrics and mood of the song. The video depicts Blunt alone in a barren, icy landscape by the sea, wearing only a black coat despite the cold. As he prepares to jump off a cliff, the video suggests he is committing suicide due to being alone and unable to be with his love. The cinematography emphasizes Blunt's isolation and impending jump through the use of high and low camera angles.
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