Directors with a Distinct Auteur Signature

Media Techniques -Analysis help

MEDIA TECHNIQUES

ANALYSE WHEN AND WHERE THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR MUSIC VIDEOS:

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition

• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.

Editing

• Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.
• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
• Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.

Sound

• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective.
• Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.

Mise-en-Scène

• Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
• Lighting; colour design.

REPRESENTATION

Discuss, analyse how and why the following have been represented: (various methods, audio, written, video blog posts - vary your styles guys).




Gender: What gender are the main characters and why?
Is it conforming to or breaking gender stereotypes?




Age What age are the people in your music videos and why?
Is it conforming to or breaking stereotypes?


Ethnicity What ethnicities are being represented and why?
Is it conforming to or breaking stereotypes?


Sexuality What sexualities are represented and why?
Is it conforming to or breaking stereotypes?


Class and status What social classes have been represented and why?


Physical ability/disability Is it conforming or breaking stereotypes?


Regional identity Is it conforming or breaking stereotypes?

Four Favourite Videos analysis - What makes an Effective Muisc Video?

Four Favourite Videos each - Analysis on Individual blog.

Describe what you are doing and why on your individual blog and introduce your new group blog on your post, name etc, who is in your group.

You can really vary your styles of analysis:

Written analysis, still images and clips can be included.

Audio analysis includes still and clips

Video analysis include stills and clips

Helpful questions to assist you are:

1. Instant Impact

2. Non-Linear editing

3. Repetitions

4. Strong sense of artist Identity

5. A Performance

6. Visual Pleasures

7. Wow Factor?

8. Provoke a reaction

9. Works on different levels......which are????

10. Pop culture?

11. Genre?

12. Mis en scene

13. Cost?

12. Director - what else have they produced/ directed

Have fun

Setting up your 'Group' Blog

Well done so far everyone.

Today you will set up your group blog:

Group A:

Daniel Williamson

Marcus Lam

Daniel Arnold

Group B:

Owen Davison

Boj Gonzaga

Mathew Dagnall

All must be linked to main blog please as well as each other.

Homework

All work so far to be completed and uploaded onto blogs.

Summer Video Project

Animated Lipsync

Evaluations for both discussing methods, screen shots, software, influences, inspirations, problems, genre, mis en scene.

See Mr Dougan's previous post for more information.

evidencing your lipsink

You Need to evidence your wonderful lip sink cartoons, we need screen shots of Sony Vegas, Photoshop to show what you did, you need to annotate these to explain skill you learned, difficulties you had and how you overcome them, explain how successful you think it is and what you would  do to improve on the next one.

Summer Project Lipsync

Over the summer you were set a project to create a personal music video using video and still clips.

Make and edit a Music video over the summer holidays.

Analyse your progress and development.

(Still photos-screen shots).

Take as many clips as possible for your formal music video when you get back in September, sunset, sunrise, waves, slow motion, time lapses.

You must upload the final video to your personal blog showing your editing methods and recording methods.


Analyse how you created it, your thinking behind it, styles used, software used and why, song choice etc.

Good luck and we look forward to your viewing your videos.

Summer Project Lipsync

Over the summer you were set a project to create a personal music video using video and still clips.

Make and edit a Music video over the summer holidays.

Analyse your progress and development.

(Still photos-screen shots).

Take as many clips as possible for your formal music video when you get back in September, sunset, sunrise, waves, slow motion, time lapses.

You have to upload the final video to your personal blog showing your editing methods and recording methods.

Good luck and we look forward to your viewing your videos.

Animated lipsync

Create an animated Lipsync (30 sec-60sec) max.

Choose one of your favourite songs

Use Sony Vegas to create a series of still clips with various mouths to create the effect of singing.

Upload to your blog and discuss your methodology and any issues or problems encountered.

Ensure you take screen shots to assist in your discussion.

Good luck and have fun.

Welcome Back

Hi everyone, 

we hope you had a fabulous Summer Holiday 

and you are raring to go.

Welcome to your A2 course.

Mrs McDonald-Holmes & Mr Dougan