Sunday 23 September 2012

Influential Music Vidoe

Fireworks by Katy Perry

Fireworks by Katy Perry is such a good music video becacuse it is catchy, energetic and has a moral lesson. As well as this, the music video won the best video of the year. They used a lot of different shots in the video such as establishing shot, medium shot and CGI. It was fast pace and had a good mix of vocal point. Also their was a few acting of different people going through struggles, this includes parents arguing, bullying and sexuality change. This already appeals to a wide range of people to become more bold and free.. This was used to relate to what the songs about and the fireworks was used to express the feeling of being proud of who you are.

This is a link to the actual music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw


Rolling in the deep by Adele

Rolling in the deep by Adele is such a unique music video, the artist expresses her feelings about a past relationship and it is very clear for a viewer to know she is very angry. It has fast pace and is very catchy and the Artist is posistioned sitting down on a chair in an empty house. In the music video, they have used a variety of shots such as shot reverse shot, long shot and medium shot. The plates getting smashed and the hundreds of cups of water all shows anger and the drums in the background shows of the artist fustraition. In the music video, they also have symbolic objects to reflect the lyrics. Rolling in the deep won best editing and cinematography in a vidoe, as a viewer I really liked how different the music video was and how it didn't need a dance routine or a storyline to express the mood of the song.

This is the link to the actual music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw





 

 

 

 

 









 Walk by Foo Fighters

Walk by Foo Fighters won the best rock video, this music video was humerous and entertaining. It had narrative throughout the video the lyrics matched the drame to the song. It also had different types of shots and editing skills for example establishing shot, eyeline match and shot reverse shot. The music video is very memorable due to having performance and making some of the band members acting as someone else in different scenes of the video, It was very fun to watch.

This is a link to the actual music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PkcfQtibmU




 


 


Wednesday 19 September 2012

My Target Audience

Zonnique Pullins


Zonnique is a typical bubbly teenager that adores music, she loves to listen to Hip Hop, R&B and slow jamz.. But Zonnique mostly listens to a lot of soul music, she likes music that has meaning. She into artists such as R Kelly, Kirko Franklin, Maxwell, Lauryn Hill and many more.  Most of the time she spends her weekend going shopping, hanging out with her friends and dancing. Zonnique also loves attending church with her family, she takes part in her gospel quire which she enjoys very much.  She loves to dance a lot with her friends from school and chilling with her cousins on the holidays. Zonnique lives in a house with her parents and her little brother. Her parents are always busy working so she always has to take care of her little brother and she travels by the bus to school. Her favourite cereal is coco pops and her favourite drink is Mango Rubicon.

 Zonniques watches a lot of tv shows such as the simpsons, fresh prince of bel air, my wife and kids and many more. Her favourite character is Will Smith from fresh prince of bel air and she wishes for someone like him to be her ideal partner because he is very funny.













Zonnique also likes to keep fit by playing sports. Zonnique plays net ball in her spare time at her after school club. She occasionally goes on holiday, sometimes she goes Spain or on some occasions she goes Paris with her family. Her favourite restaurant is Nandos.




Monday 17 September 2012

Permission Letter to Columbia Records

La Retraite RC Girls
School
Atkins Road
London
SW12 0AB

13 September


Columbia Records
 9 Derry Street
London
W8 5HY



Dear Columbia Records

We are writing this letter to require permission to use the song ‘This Woman Works’ by Maxwell in our A level project. We are conducting a music video and have chosen to use your song; it will be shown to my media class when the project is finished. We will also be sending it of to OCR examination board and our teachers to, if the permission is given.

After our project is completed the product will not be released to a large audience, or put on music video sites for people to watch.

Your company and the artist, Maxwell, will be notified of the course and will have a chance to view the final piece of our project when it is finished. We will inform you on how the project is going during the pre production. Is it possible that you may give us a worded permission to use your lyrics and sound recording of This Woman Works by Maxwell?

If you provide this document it will be included in our report so that we are able to have evidence of your permission to use the piece of music in our project. Can you please include more detail that might be needed?

Thank you

Yours sincerely

Faban Hiyabu and Victoria Kaboyo

My Survey

Click this link to do my Music Video Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G3C28SQ

Influential music videos

Black or White by Michael Jackson
My first choice is Black or White by Michael Jackson, I chose this a as an influential and memorable music video because the video starts of with a drama of a little boy messing about in his room listening to Michael Jackson, then his dad gets angry at the amount of noise he is making. The drama then turns into Michael Jackson Black or White music coming on very loud that the dad gets blown away to another destination. This music video is full of comedy so as a viewer it will make you laugh and remember the song. This music video is set in different locations and Michael Jackson is seen dancing with people from different ethnic groups, this relates to the song title and the reason why it’s such a great music video is because it also sends a message that whether you’re black or white you still can have a good time.
Independent woman by destiny child
My second choice is independent woman by destiny child; I chose this is an influential music video because it subverts the stereotype of R&B music, instead of having woman half naked dancing in the video, Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams sing about being independent, hard working ladies. This music video is full of energy and expresses that woman are also powerful and smart. They use the movie Charlie angles to relate to their theme and show a few clips of the movie. This makes the viewer aware of the film and music video so that the music video will become memorable. They use different camera angles and have the ladies sitting behind the table to show that they are the bosses.
Louder by DJ Fresh Ft Sian Evans
My third choice is louder by DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans, I chose this as an influential music video because it s unique and doesn’t have a storyline but still the song is very catchy and the music video goes with the song. In the music video is shows professional people roller blading, having a good time. They used only one location and effects like slow motion; this music video is full of energy and makes the viewer want to jump up and down and enjoy the music. There are so many different types of shots and it’s full of colour which brings an exciting mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-dwpWpscU