This document summarizes how a student's media project for an A2 Media Studies course utilized conventions of real music videos, CD packaging, and advertisements to create an original work. Specifically, the student created a music video for the song "The Boyz" by Nicki Minaj and Cassie that incorporated typical elements of pop music videos like colorful imagery, dancing, scene changes, and camera angles seen in videos by other artists. The student also designed CD packaging with Nicki Minaj on the cover and track listings on the back that followed common conventions. An advertisement for the album replicated real ad elements like release date and purchase details.
How effective is the combination of your mainMon Mon
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a main music product with ancillary materials like a music video, album cover, and advert. Pink was used consistently across materials to tie them together and represent the artist Nicki Minaj. Different images and poses from the music video were also featured on the album cover and in different angles to create recognition and involvement from the audience. Elements like outfits, movements, and the word "Candy" were kept similar to reinforce the fun, colorful theme between the video and album materials.
The document discusses the use of various new media technologies at different stages of a coursework project. Adobe Premiere was used for video editing, though it had freezing issues initially. Photoshop was used for airbrushing pictures and Pixlr was used for additional photo editing and adding backgrounds. PowerPoint was utilized to create presentations and Slideshare was employed to share presentations online. Word and the internet provided research resources, while WordPress and Prezi facilitated electronic presentation of the work.
What have you learned from your audience feedbackMon Mon
The document discusses feedback received on a music video. The audience felt the video was dull and lacked color, recommending it take inspiration from pop music videos like Rihanna's "Rude Boy" which used many bright colors and locations. Based on this feedback, the creator of the video improved it by adding more colors, locations, and effects to make it more visually interesting.
Three students - Diana, Sahar, and Kevon - provided feedback on a music video. Comments agreed with Diana that the video needed more effects. Comments agreed with Sahar that the costumes looked good and made it seem like a pop video. Comments agreed with Kevon that the editing was professional but different locations could improve it.
What have you learned from your audience feedbackMon Mon
The document discusses feedback received on a music video. The audience felt the video was dull and lacked color, recommending taking inspiration from pop music videos like Rihanna's "Rude Boy" which used many bright colors and locations. Based on this feedback, the creator of the video improved it by adding more colors, locations, and effects to make it more visually interesting like a typical pop music video.
1. in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and c...Mon Mon
The document discusses the process of creating a two minute opening scene for a psychological thriller film. It outlines some typical conventions for the genre, including a main character suffering from mental illness, mind games, a sense of danger and isolation, and dark settings. The student's group incorporated some of these conventions, such as portraying the main character Sonia as suffering from neglect and isolation. Their opening scene builds tension and establishes key elements without revealing too much of the overall plot, conforming to typical conventions for thriller and psychological thriller opening scenes. They subverted one convention by portraying the female character Sonia as strong rather than weak.
This document summarizes how a student's media project for an A2 Media Studies course utilized conventions of real music videos, CD packaging, and advertisements to create an original work. Specifically, the student created a music video for the song "The Boyz" by Nicki Minaj and Cassie that incorporated typical elements of pop music videos like colorful imagery, dancing, scene changes, and camera angles seen in videos by other artists. The student also designed CD packaging with Nicki Minaj on the cover and track listings on the back that followed common conventions. An advertisement for the album replicated real ad elements like release date and purchase details.
How effective is the combination of your mainMon Mon
The document discusses the effectiveness of combining a main music product with ancillary materials like a music video, album cover, and advert. Pink was used consistently across materials to tie them together and represent the artist Nicki Minaj. Different images and poses from the music video were also featured on the album cover and in different angles to create recognition and involvement from the audience. Elements like outfits, movements, and the word "Candy" were kept similar to reinforce the fun, colorful theme between the video and album materials.
The document discusses the use of various new media technologies at different stages of a coursework project. Adobe Premiere was used for video editing, though it had freezing issues initially. Photoshop was used for airbrushing pictures and Pixlr was used for additional photo editing and adding backgrounds. PowerPoint was utilized to create presentations and Slideshare was employed to share presentations online. Word and the internet provided research resources, while WordPress and Prezi facilitated electronic presentation of the work.
What have you learned from your audience feedbackMon Mon
The document discusses feedback received on a music video. The audience felt the video was dull and lacked color, recommending it take inspiration from pop music videos like Rihanna's "Rude Boy" which used many bright colors and locations. Based on this feedback, the creator of the video improved it by adding more colors, locations, and effects to make it more visually interesting.
Three students - Diana, Sahar, and Kevon - provided feedback on a music video. Comments agreed with Diana that the video needed more effects. Comments agreed with Sahar that the costumes looked good and made it seem like a pop video. Comments agreed with Kevon that the editing was professional but different locations could improve it.
What have you learned from your audience feedbackMon Mon
The document discusses feedback received on a music video. The audience felt the video was dull and lacked color, recommending taking inspiration from pop music videos like Rihanna's "Rude Boy" which used many bright colors and locations. Based on this feedback, the creator of the video improved it by adding more colors, locations, and effects to make it more visually interesting like a typical pop music video.
1. in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and c...Mon Mon
The document discusses the process of creating a two minute opening scene for a psychological thriller film. It outlines some typical conventions for the genre, including a main character suffering from mental illness, mind games, a sense of danger and isolation, and dark settings. The student's group incorporated some of these conventions, such as portraying the main character Sonia as suffering from neglect and isolation. Their opening scene builds tension and establishes key elements without revealing too much of the overall plot, conforming to typical conventions for thriller and psychological thriller opening scenes. They subverted one convention by portraying the female character Sonia as strong rather than weak.
This document is a script for the film "Neglected" produced by Illusion Productions. It introduces the producer, director, main cast, and gives credits to those involved in casting, music, and production design. The script then describes the opening scene which takes place in a house on Victoria Avenue. It shows the main character, Sonia, waking up on her birthday to find a note from her absent mother wishing her a happy birthday. Sonia looks unhappy after reading the note.
Script for the boyz nicki minaj and cassie (music video)Mon Mon
The script is for a music video featuring Nicki Minaj and Cassie. It takes place on a proscenium arch stage. Nicki Minaj raps several verses expressing her dominance in hip hop. Cassie sings a chorus about men spending money on love. They alternate verses, with Cassie singing the chorus between Nicki's raps. In the final scene, Nicki and Cassie come together and Cassie repeats the chorus as the song ends.
Sonia wakes up alone on her birthday to find a note from her absent mother wishing her a happy birthday. She gets ready, goes downstairs to feed her cat, and finds the note left on the kitchen table with her milk. However, Sonia is displeased to be alone on her special day and sighs as she throws the note away.
1. in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and c...Mon Mon
The document discusses the process of creating a two minute opening scene for a psychological thriller film. It outlines some typical conventions for the genre including a main character with a mental illness, mind games, a sense of danger and isolation, and dark settings. The student incorporated some of these conventions like a character with a mental illness and a sense of isolation. The opening scene builds tension and establishes characters and themes without revealing too much of the plot, conforming to typical conventions. It subverts one convention by portraying the female character as strong rather than weak.
5. how did you attract address your audienceMon Mon
Films like Super 8 attracted younger teenage audiences by advertising on Facebook and children's channels like Nickelodeon and Disney. To attract their target audience, the filmmakers created Facebook and Twitter pages to engage fans in discussions and provide updates on the thriller film. They chose piano music for the opening scene to build tension and mystery, as piano suited the thriller genre better than rock music, which is more for action movies.
The document discusses representations of masculinity in media. It notes that masculinity is typically portrayed through strength, power, attractiveness, physique, and independence. Additionally, media representations of masculinity have become more focused on men's physiques in recent decades. This increased focus has made it difficult for men to live up to unrealistic ideals portrayed in media, just as it has long been difficult for women. As a result, men are encouraged to aspire to look like media role models, but some grow concerned about an inability to achieve such standards, while others worry about perceived anti-male bias.
The document discusses representations of women in media. It notes that while feminism has brought significant changes to women's roles over 40+ years, media representations remain largely the same. Women are predominantly portrayed based on narrow standards of beauty, size, and sexuality and tend to be emotional and focused on relationships rather than independence. They often take passive, helper roles in dramas and are victims more than active characters. Men are represented 3 times more in TV dramas and tend to be the focus of news stories. Stereotypical portrayals that conform to societal expectations are more common, and non-conforming characters are seen as deviant and face consequences.
The opening sequence of Love and Basketball establishes the setting, introduces the main characters, hints at the narrative, and uses suspense to engage the audience. It is divided into four "quarters" like a basketball game. Extreme long shots show where the story takes place and a character moving in. Clever camera angles make the viewers feel like they are watching unseen. Costume and reactions effectively reveal a main character is a girl in a surprising way. Catchy music and shots of the basketball hoop and players build suspense throughout the sequence.
The document discusses representations of crime in psychological thriller films. It notes that in Psycho, criminals are ultimately punished for their crimes with Norman Bates being arrested. Even though the focus is on Marion Crane, she is still punished for her crime by being killed. In Seven, the focus is more on the law enforcers but it also juxtaposes the law enforcer and breaker by highlighting the similarities between John Doe and Lieutenant Somerset. Unlike in Psycho, in Seven the criminal wins in the end and those who are killed seem to deserve it, with there being no true "good" conclusion as the "bad" guy triumphs in the end.
Seven features a varied racial representation with the main characters of Detective Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman, and Detective Mills, played by Brad Pitt. The film juxtaposes the black and white detectives as they work together to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as their motives. Overall, the film's racial representation is seen as more realistic and correct compared to other psychological thrillers of the time period.
This document discusses representations of gender in psychological thriller films. It analyzes the character of Marion Crane in Psycho, describing her as a flawed but strong female character that deviates from the typical "femme fatale" archetype. The document also discusses the male gaze in Psycho and the lack of significant female characters in Seven. It provides examples of how Jodie Foster's character in Silence of the Lambs and Helen Mirren's character in Prime Suspect take on traditionally male roles. The document also analyzes the contrasting characters of Somerset and Mills in Se7en and how Norman Bates is a complex character in Psycho shown through lighting techniques.
The document discusses several independent and low-budget films from the 1980s to early 2000s that were critical and commercial successes, focusing on how talented directors were able to achieve a lot with limited resources. Some of the films highlighted include Blood Simple, Mona Lisa, Reservoir Dogs, El Mariachi, The Usual Suspects, Bound, The Limey, Sexy Beast, Memento, and The American.
The 5 Best Psychological Thrillers Of All Time. Mon Mon
The document provides summaries for 5 films: The Usual Suspects, a mystery thriller about a survivor of a destroyed boat who provides a convoluted story about 5 criminals; The Butterfly Effect, a sci-fi film about a man who can alter his past memories and change his life; Inception, a sci-fi heist film about dream invasion and executing the toughest job of stealing an idea from someone's mind; Identity, a thriller about 10 strangers at a motel who are killed off one by one; and Shutter Island, a drama set in 1954 about a marshal investigating the disappearance of a murderer from a hospital for the criminally insane.
This document provides a summary of the top 5 psychological thriller films as selected by the author. It describes each film's director, year, and key plot elements. The films included are:
1. Silence of the Lambs (1991) - An FBI trainee must interview Hannibal Lecter to gain clues to catch a serial killer.
2. Rear Window (1954) - A man confined to his apartment suspects his neighbor of murder.
3. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - A soldier investigates dark secrets surrounding his fellow platoon members and the government.
4. Taxi Driver (1976) - A disturbed taxi driver becomes increasingly unstable in violent 1970s New York City.
1. Michael Jackson's "Ghosts" music video is the longest at nearly 40 minutes. It tells the story of a supernatural Maestro whose presence is unwelcome in a small town. Directed by Stan Winston, it features dance numbers by Jackson and ghoul family members.
2. The second longest video is "MTV's 25th Birthday Celebration" by The Streets at 20 minutes. It depicts 5 individual stories created by 25 people in the UK with only a week and a video camera.
3. Michael Jackson's "Bad" video is directed by Martin Scorsese and takes inspiration from West Side Story, showing Jackson's character getting involved with gangs in a subway station
Music has taught Eschiller many valuable lessons. Some artists taught lessons about self-acceptance and individuality like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus. Others taught about the importance of love and friendship like Bruno Mars and Avril Lavigne. Overall, music taught Eschiller that life is about having fun, dealing with hardships, and appreciating the people around you.
1) The document provides instructions for making a simple music video by oneself or with a friend.
2) It recommends recording an audio track of a song, choosing a location to shoot, and then recording multiple angles of yourself performing the song from that location.
3) The final step is to edit the various video angles together while syncing them to the audio track.
The document lists various popular music videos from 1995-2002, providing the artist(s), song title, director, original air date, production costs, and inflation-adjusted production costs. It shows that the most expensive music video was Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" at $7 million, while several others such as Puff Daddy's "Victory" and MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit" had production budgets between $2-3 million. Overall, the list demonstrates the large budgets and production values of many major music videos from that era.
The document describes a social event involving people who are well-groomed and wearing makeup enjoying themselves by jumping, drinking, and dancing at an event featuring UV body paint and a pool in a fun atmosphere.
This document is a script for the film "Neglected" produced by Illusion Productions. It introduces the producer, director, main cast, and gives credits to those involved in casting, music, and production design. The script then describes the opening scene which takes place in a house on Victoria Avenue. It shows the main character, Sonia, waking up on her birthday to find a note from her absent mother wishing her a happy birthday. Sonia looks unhappy after reading the note.
Script for the boyz nicki minaj and cassie (music video)Mon Mon
The script is for a music video featuring Nicki Minaj and Cassie. It takes place on a proscenium arch stage. Nicki Minaj raps several verses expressing her dominance in hip hop. Cassie sings a chorus about men spending money on love. They alternate verses, with Cassie singing the chorus between Nicki's raps. In the final scene, Nicki and Cassie come together and Cassie repeats the chorus as the song ends.
Sonia wakes up alone on her birthday to find a note from her absent mother wishing her a happy birthday. She gets ready, goes downstairs to feed her cat, and finds the note left on the kitchen table with her milk. However, Sonia is displeased to be alone on her special day and sighs as she throws the note away.
1. in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and c...Mon Mon
The document discusses the process of creating a two minute opening scene for a psychological thriller film. It outlines some typical conventions for the genre including a main character with a mental illness, mind games, a sense of danger and isolation, and dark settings. The student incorporated some of these conventions like a character with a mental illness and a sense of isolation. The opening scene builds tension and establishes characters and themes without revealing too much of the plot, conforming to typical conventions. It subverts one convention by portraying the female character as strong rather than weak.
5. how did you attract address your audienceMon Mon
Films like Super 8 attracted younger teenage audiences by advertising on Facebook and children's channels like Nickelodeon and Disney. To attract their target audience, the filmmakers created Facebook and Twitter pages to engage fans in discussions and provide updates on the thriller film. They chose piano music for the opening scene to build tension and mystery, as piano suited the thriller genre better than rock music, which is more for action movies.
The document discusses representations of masculinity in media. It notes that masculinity is typically portrayed through strength, power, attractiveness, physique, and independence. Additionally, media representations of masculinity have become more focused on men's physiques in recent decades. This increased focus has made it difficult for men to live up to unrealistic ideals portrayed in media, just as it has long been difficult for women. As a result, men are encouraged to aspire to look like media role models, but some grow concerned about an inability to achieve such standards, while others worry about perceived anti-male bias.
The document discusses representations of women in media. It notes that while feminism has brought significant changes to women's roles over 40+ years, media representations remain largely the same. Women are predominantly portrayed based on narrow standards of beauty, size, and sexuality and tend to be emotional and focused on relationships rather than independence. They often take passive, helper roles in dramas and are victims more than active characters. Men are represented 3 times more in TV dramas and tend to be the focus of news stories. Stereotypical portrayals that conform to societal expectations are more common, and non-conforming characters are seen as deviant and face consequences.
The opening sequence of Love and Basketball establishes the setting, introduces the main characters, hints at the narrative, and uses suspense to engage the audience. It is divided into four "quarters" like a basketball game. Extreme long shots show where the story takes place and a character moving in. Clever camera angles make the viewers feel like they are watching unseen. Costume and reactions effectively reveal a main character is a girl in a surprising way. Catchy music and shots of the basketball hoop and players build suspense throughout the sequence.
The document discusses representations of crime in psychological thriller films. It notes that in Psycho, criminals are ultimately punished for their crimes with Norman Bates being arrested. Even though the focus is on Marion Crane, she is still punished for her crime by being killed. In Seven, the focus is more on the law enforcers but it also juxtaposes the law enforcer and breaker by highlighting the similarities between John Doe and Lieutenant Somerset. Unlike in Psycho, in Seven the criminal wins in the end and those who are killed seem to deserve it, with there being no true "good" conclusion as the "bad" guy triumphs in the end.
Seven features a varied racial representation with the main characters of Detective Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman, and Detective Mills, played by Brad Pitt. The film juxtaposes the black and white detectives as they work together to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as their motives. Overall, the film's racial representation is seen as more realistic and correct compared to other psychological thrillers of the time period.
This document discusses representations of gender in psychological thriller films. It analyzes the character of Marion Crane in Psycho, describing her as a flawed but strong female character that deviates from the typical "femme fatale" archetype. The document also discusses the male gaze in Psycho and the lack of significant female characters in Seven. It provides examples of how Jodie Foster's character in Silence of the Lambs and Helen Mirren's character in Prime Suspect take on traditionally male roles. The document also analyzes the contrasting characters of Somerset and Mills in Se7en and how Norman Bates is a complex character in Psycho shown through lighting techniques.
The document discusses several independent and low-budget films from the 1980s to early 2000s that were critical and commercial successes, focusing on how talented directors were able to achieve a lot with limited resources. Some of the films highlighted include Blood Simple, Mona Lisa, Reservoir Dogs, El Mariachi, The Usual Suspects, Bound, The Limey, Sexy Beast, Memento, and The American.
The 5 Best Psychological Thrillers Of All Time. Mon Mon
The document provides summaries for 5 films: The Usual Suspects, a mystery thriller about a survivor of a destroyed boat who provides a convoluted story about 5 criminals; The Butterfly Effect, a sci-fi film about a man who can alter his past memories and change his life; Inception, a sci-fi heist film about dream invasion and executing the toughest job of stealing an idea from someone's mind; Identity, a thriller about 10 strangers at a motel who are killed off one by one; and Shutter Island, a drama set in 1954 about a marshal investigating the disappearance of a murderer from a hospital for the criminally insane.
This document provides a summary of the top 5 psychological thriller films as selected by the author. It describes each film's director, year, and key plot elements. The films included are:
1. Silence of the Lambs (1991) - An FBI trainee must interview Hannibal Lecter to gain clues to catch a serial killer.
2. Rear Window (1954) - A man confined to his apartment suspects his neighbor of murder.
3. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - A soldier investigates dark secrets surrounding his fellow platoon members and the government.
4. Taxi Driver (1976) - A disturbed taxi driver becomes increasingly unstable in violent 1970s New York City.
1. Michael Jackson's "Ghosts" music video is the longest at nearly 40 minutes. It tells the story of a supernatural Maestro whose presence is unwelcome in a small town. Directed by Stan Winston, it features dance numbers by Jackson and ghoul family members.
2. The second longest video is "MTV's 25th Birthday Celebration" by The Streets at 20 minutes. It depicts 5 individual stories created by 25 people in the UK with only a week and a video camera.
3. Michael Jackson's "Bad" video is directed by Martin Scorsese and takes inspiration from West Side Story, showing Jackson's character getting involved with gangs in a subway station
Music has taught Eschiller many valuable lessons. Some artists taught lessons about self-acceptance and individuality like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus. Others taught about the importance of love and friendship like Bruno Mars and Avril Lavigne. Overall, music taught Eschiller that life is about having fun, dealing with hardships, and appreciating the people around you.
1) The document provides instructions for making a simple music video by oneself or with a friend.
2) It recommends recording an audio track of a song, choosing a location to shoot, and then recording multiple angles of yourself performing the song from that location.
3) The final step is to edit the various video angles together while syncing them to the audio track.
The document lists various popular music videos from 1995-2002, providing the artist(s), song title, director, original air date, production costs, and inflation-adjusted production costs. It shows that the most expensive music video was Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" at $7 million, while several others such as Puff Daddy's "Victory" and MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit" had production budgets between $2-3 million. Overall, the list demonstrates the large budgets and production values of many major music videos from that era.
The document describes a social event involving people who are well-groomed and wearing makeup enjoying themselves by jumping, drinking, and dancing at an event featuring UV body paint and a pool in a fun atmosphere.
1. What have you learned from
your audience feedback?
From my audience feedback, I learnt by asking my
target audience what they thought of the music video,
I was able to edit my music video according to what
they said. Adding more special effects helped me to
make my music video more poppy which helped achieve
what we wanted to do.
Overall the feedback from my target audience was
good, a lot of people had congratulated us with the
work we had done from the start to beginning. By
getting feedback (in general) showed us how to
improve our music video and make it better
2. Targeting our target audience helped us to gain a better
understanding of our audience and what they wanted to
see. To enable us to be successful in the making of our
music video, we had to do research into our target
audience for us to get a better understanding of them.
For example; I couldn't have done a pop music video
without asking what my target audience wanted to make my
music video better- if I had left my music video the way
it was the first time, it wouldn't have been a proper
pop music video. Researching my target audience has
showed me that you need to listen to your target audience
as they are the key concept to your product as they are
the ones who are watching it.
3. The feedback, I received were both positive and negative.
Having both positive and negative helped me to see what I
needed to change and what I could keep. Negative
comments helped me to reflect on my work as I was able to
change and add effects in.