A2 Media Studies

A2 Media Studies- Pitching Idea 

As a class we had to pitch our what our ideas were for our final piece for A2 media studies. We could pitch in any way we wanted and i did a powerpoint as it is visual and the class can see my idea and what i want to do, i believe doing something visual helps the audience to understand better the idea i have. Below is the powerpoint i did for my pitching idea, enjoy...

A2 Media Studies

A2 Media Studies- Target Audience Research

Target Audience Research 

To know more about my Music videos and the type of audience they might receive I underwent audience research. I asked 100 people 6 quick questions. I asked 100 people so i could receive a variety of different result from a number of different people.

Audience Research

Hope you have enjoyed my powerpoint on audience research...

A2 Media Studies- Music videos

Music Video Research

Recently on TV I was watching the 2012 MTV VMA'S awards and Taylor Swift, this sweet singer who i used to think of being all little and innocent came on.

She has totally changed, she has turned into this confidant woman who was singing 'we are never getting back together'. After seeing her on the MTV VMA'S i had to see the music video for research and ideas for my music Video.

What i found blew me away i loved the whole music video it was so fun and amazing it really made me love the song. Now i have found a new music interest in Taylor swift because now she has an edge and she is not the boring cute love song girl anymore.  

This is Taylor Swift now and she has changed from the photo you an see above you take a look:

This is Taylor Swifts new music video for her new song which is called 'we are never getting back together' it is honestly brilliant and so fun...

There's many elements in this music video which i love!!! i love the people dancing dressed in the animal costumes i think that is pure genius and so ironic to go with this music video, but i dont think that would fit as nicely within my music video as it is in this one. What i really like is that Taylor Swift is being a strong woman in this music video and showing how she is not going to be pushed around by a man and let him walk all over her. 

Even though the music video is funny and fun to watch it still has a strong message and this is what i want to portray in my music video. I thought i would share this with you because it is well crafted and so fun. 

Hope you enjoyed the music video as much as i did :D

A2 Media Studies- Notes and Inspiration

Notes and Inspiration

This post is linked to my music video post which is the post directly before this one. What happened on sunday was i had just got home from a meal out and i was listening to 'Give your heart a break' by Demi Lovato and the ideas for both my music video and teaser trailer came to me and i just starting writing my ideas down on a piece of paper. Anyway this is what i came up for the teaser trailer i hope you enjoy my notes and have a better understanding of what i want out of a teaser trailer.  









This image above is the Brain storm for my teaser trailer.



Where on the right is the idea i came up with for the teaser trailer and its the main story behind the teaser trailer.










Hope you have enjoyed looking at my post and getting a better idea of what is to come out of my A2 final piece for Media Studies :D

A2 Media Studies- Music Video Ideas

Music Video Ideas 

I have got many different ideas that i want to incorporate into my Music Video. Lately i have been thinking of what to do for my music video and i had loads of ideas but nothing that went together just right, which got really frustrating! However last night i started to listen carefully to different music videos and all these ideas just came bursting in to my head it was like a light bulb switched on and i just started writing.

I took some pictures of what i came up with and i hope you can get an overall idea of where I'm going with a music video...

Here are my notes which I wrote up on Sunday night....

This is the Brain storm of the music video, this was the true part of my inspiration when writing the idea for my music video . 

This is the meaning behind the songs, these two songs are the two that really jump out at me and that I'm edging towards, however it more likely to be  'Give your heart a break' than 'I wont give up on us'.

These are some notes on the location ideas and the possible actors i have in mind for the music video. At the moment I'm thinking about my friend Francesca Montanino and Simone Mayer to be included in the film

These are the notes i came up with i hope you have a better idea of my Idea :) 

A2 Media Studies-Music Video Research

Music Video Research 

I have done this podcast to explain what is going on in this post: 

This first song is one of my favourites, its called 'give your heart a break' by Demi Lovato who is a very talented artist in my eyes. I like this song because its a very soft song and it is also emotional, making you feel something different and seeing something from a different perspective. Not only that this song makes you think about things, which is what i like in a song and i hope you like it too...

The next song I'm putting up on my blog is extremely special to me and its a lot different to 'Give your heart a break' because its by the Foo Fighters who have a completely different style of music to Demi Lovato. This song 'Best of you' by the Foo Fighters is special to me because i saw it live a couple of months ago and ever since i have seen it i have loved it, this song yet again makes you think about things and is a lot different to most songs!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as i do. 

 Another song which is really sad and soppy yet i really enjoy listening to is 'Wide Awake' by the amazing Katy Perry. This song is a lot different to 'Best of you' because it is a pop song and it is softer to rock which is the genre of the Foo's however i love this song and yet again it with the image i have for my music video. 

 The next song is by a new found favourite artist of mine its Jessie Jay and her song 'domino' i like this song because its extremely fun and it makes you feel happy. I think this song would fit in nicely with the vision i have for a music video!!! So tell me what you think... 

 This next song is such a fun song and i love the band All time Low, i have also seen them live and they were just so fun and entertaining and i would love to use one of their songs for my music video. the song i would use is called 'Just the way i'm not' i find this song really ironic and cool and i think i could make a really good music video out of this song, so here it is: 

 This last song is a very slow emotional song, but i think it so sweet and powerful at the same time!!! it is by the amazing Jason Mraz who i love and find his songs extremely inspirational and i think that i could really work with this song to make it different and unique. I hope you like it as much as i do :)  

If you could do the poll on the right hand side of my blog that would be great in helping to decided what amazing song to choose, hope you enjoyed the songs :) 

Podcast-Teaser Trailers

Podcast-Teaser Trailers

This post is a very different post to my other because instead of writing loafs of information you can read i have put it into a podcast which is explaining this post and the other clips within this post so i hope you all enjoy my podcast....

This is the first ever trailer i made with my best mate Jake Wood otherwise known as Ginge!! it is so cheesy but i hope you can see how far we have come from this first clip. 

This is our second ever trailer/ clip its an improvement to the first one i think, have a look for yourself...

This is the third trailer/ clip that we made this one i find so fun especially near the end when the hat hits the camera as it cuts out!!! this was truly one our magic moments that we were proud of, it kinda gives us goose bumps very time we watch it.

This next video we included my little brother in Alex Innocenti as it was a hot day we wanted to film a water fight its not the best one we have ever done but it was fun to do and edit it together and i hope you have as much fun watching it as we did filming it. 

This is one of our most recent videos that we have done and in this one we have included mine and Ginge's best mate Francesca M she also went to the Marlborough school and me, Ginge and Frankie are literally like the 3 musketeers!!! this is why we had to include her into one of the clips because it wouldn't be right doing one without her, however me and Ginge hope to create more clips and when we do i will upload them for you to see.

Hope you have enjoyed all the clips that me and my best friend Jake Wood have done they were so fun to make, and has made my love for media and filming even greater !!! Hope you have enjoyed the clips :)  

Film Review-TED

Film Review-TED 

I have made a film review for the movie TED which i recently saw in the cinema, everything i have to say about the movie is all included within the PowerPoint. ask me any questions enjoy the PowerPoint.
TED Review

This is a link to the official 2012 TED the movie website, there is a lot of fun interesting things involved on the website and take a look and see for yourself you may enjoy it...

http://www.tedisreal.com/

Below is the trailer for Ted thought i might include it so you can have a sense on how funny the film actually is and there's more funny scenes in the movie:

Hope you have enjoyed my review on TED 

:D

Research- American History X

Research- American History X

Today in A2 Media Studies we looked at this scene from the movie American History x, this film is old fashioned and was in black and white. 

The scene we saw today was of a family at a dinner table discussing the issue of black and white people which was big in the olden days for American families. 

However the theme of the clip is about racial disagreement and allows people to think about the feelings of black and white people and how black people were extremely misjudged, as well as being extremely Miss-treated. 

The clip below is what we watched in media Studies, take a look and if you have any opinions on the scene comment below i would love to have a discussion about it.

Enjoy the clip :)....

   

Film Review- Audience Research

Film review-Audience Research 

Audience research can be done in many ways such as:

• Questionnaires 
• Polls
• Interviews 
• Internet 

In addition there are many other ways in which people can do research on a specific or general audience.

The other month i went to the cinema and i also went to the cinema this month, now your probably thinking what this blog is about..... well its about my experiences of both films and the audiences in the films. 

The first film i saw was Batman 'The Dark Knight Rises'  

Below is the trailer for the film as well as an image of the cover:

  

When i watched the film 'The Dark Night Rises', which has been around for ages as films, it was sold out. The entire cinema was full of people who were excited and full of joy to be watching the incredible      movie of batman 'The Dark Night Rises' and i'm not a Batman fan, so i didn't think i would enjoy the film as much as i did it was breathtaking and amazing the editing and skill that must have gone into that movie was insane. 

Also recently i went to go and see the keith Lemon Movie which is a popular TV series that is watched frequently by people however it is fairly new and not very well known. Yet gain i'm not really a fan of keith Lemon and i was expecting the cinema to be full of annoying Keith Lemon fans! Below is the trailer for the film:

   

When i went to see Keith Lemon the film there was exactly 7 people in the cinema that including myself and my little brother and even though the film was funny in parts and interesting (i guess) it wasn't what i expected. 

From this it shows that classic well know films such as the Batman series are more enjoyed and seen by larger audiences to Tv series such as Keith Lemon the film. Also the quality of both films were very different and that may also be a factors as well.

However soon i will be going into Oxford with Sophie Mania and Jackie Hibberd to give people coming out the popular and well know odeon in Oxford, George Street a face-to-face questionnaire so we are able to gather more audience research for our coursework in Media studies. 

Media Studies- The Bridge

The Bridge 

In media Studies we watched some of the film 'The Bridge', we were told prior to watching the film that it was based on a true story and has a unpleasant story line as this film was about people committing suicide of the Golden gate bridge in San Fransisco. Any way when we were watching the clip we were told to focus on the 5 W's which include:

• Who 
• What 
• Why 
• Where 
• When 

Throughout the clip i noted down a few things whilst keeping up to date with the film and everything that was happening within the film. However i believe the trailer  says a lot about a little here take a look for yourself:

As you can see from the Trailer it answer pretty much the 5 W's in one. this movie really made you think how people must be feeling, I mean driving yourself to suicide it couldn't be easy, however it happens and i think this film was trying to capture a message and make people aware of what happens around them. I think this film is emotional yet moving and if you haven't seen it, watch it!! it will maybe make you see life differently.    

This is what the DVD cover to the bridge looks like, if you ever find it pick it up :)

This image above is The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, its absolutely stunning and at the same time mysterious. I wonder what people feel when they jump off this bridge, maybe they want to end their lives in an extremely beautiful place?

We will never know...  

Compare and Contrast

Compare and contrast 

When it comes to the A2 briefs were given all of them were appealing and interesting briefs to carry out for my final A2 piece for media studies, however there were 2 briefs in particular which really attracted me and drew me in. Those two briefs are the following briefs below:  

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the band;

·         a cover for its release on DVD; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the DVD.

Above the images our of two of my favourite bands My Chemical Romance (MCR) and Plan B and below i will give you links to their music videos which really inspire me to make a music video for my final piece for A2 media studies:

My Chemical Romance- I'm not Okay (music video line) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZTNgAs4Fc

What i like about this video from MCR which is called 'I'm Not Okay' is how its been put together with actual scenes from the school which include dialogue and also incorporating the music over the scene within the school i find extremely creative and fun as well for the audience. In addition i find the scene where they are plying their instruments in the room, which has a studio feel to it, is also an interesting twist which is always keeping the audience interested.

Plan B-Stay too long (music video link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauIGhax9xg

What draws me in about Plan B's music video is that throughout their album of the deformation of Strickland Banks it plays a story and the music videos are different scenes which build up this interesting and fun movie. Furthermore in the Stay too long video he interlinks the rap within the music which i find extremely cool and fun making me want to listen to more. I find things like this really draws the audience in.

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the film; 

·         a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; 

·         a poster for the film

Im also very interested in doing a teaser trailer as you can pull very strong emotions out of the person watching it such as:
- Joy 
- Anger 
- Excitement 
- Love 
- Realisation 
- and sadness 

My sisters keeper is an amazing movie which brings out the many different emotions and really makes people stop and think, the only reason i watched this movie was because of the trailer and without that motivation and pulling force from the trailers a lot of great movies aren't seen.
Below is the Trailer for 'My sisters Keeper' have a look and see what i mean:

Another trailer which always excites me and makes me want to go and see the movie is the twilight series, every time a new trailer comes out in the cinema i jump up and get goose bumps and the trailer really makes everything exciting and real. Thats what i love about the twilight series it get you exited and makes you want to see the movie asap and not on the released date.

Below is the trailer to one of my favourite movie series 'Braking Dawn Part 1'

  

A2 Breifs

A2 Breifs 

These are our choices for out A2 final piece...

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the band;

·         a cover for its release on DVD; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the DVD.

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the film; 

·         a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; 

·         a poster for the film

3. An advertising package for a new product or service, to include two TV advertisements, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a radio advertisement;

·         a TV programme sponsorship sequence; 

·         a web pop-up

4. A promotion package for a new computer/video game, to include two TV advertisements, together with two of the following three options: 

·         the cover of the games package; 

·         two hyperlinked pages from the games website; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the game.

5. A promotion package for a new soap opera, to include a TV trailer, together with two of the following three options:

·         a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap; 

·         two hyperlinked web pages(with video extract) for the soaps website; 

·         A poster for the soap.

6. A selection of materials related to an original children’s TV drama, to include the title sequence to the TV programme, together with two of the following three options: 

·         the front cover to a magazine for the series; 

·         a DVD cover for the series; 

·         a radio advertisement for the magazine



Brief Research

Brief Research 

This is a PowerPoint on two of the briefs i'm interested which is the music video and teaser trailers, i hope that you enjoy the powerpoint  

Music Video Research