Sinéad's A-Level Media Blog

To start I want to have long shots of me sat on the sofa in different positions looking through a scrapbook long shot: sat legs crossed to the left  long shot: sat with legs on the sofa  long shot: lying down with my legs in the air  mid shot: me sat looking down then up and eyes to the camera on beat to the song  I plan to film in a range of locations and swap between the shots throughout my video mid shot: of me lip-syncing the song in natural lighting  mid shot:  of me lip-syncing the song using sunset lamp mid shot: clips shot outside with the sky as my background  longshot into mid shot into close up: artist walks towards camera with a bouquet of flowers ripping flowers out whilst lip syncing the lyrics of the song  I would also like to include some slow motion clips in my video especially towards the end of the video to create a sense of relief mid shot/close up:  of the artist smashing a bouquet of flowers on a rock outside mid ...

be up to date  actively promoting latest music release/news have a clear house style  have fast links to the points of sale  easy navigation to internal links, outside sites and social media platforms (3 click rule) how genuine  text introduction 1 paragraph in third person or first person maintain mode of address pull quotes in about section  working links typography, links logos images colour scheme  who is my audience, who else do they listen to  look at band websites analyse them  similar  lyric video behind the scenes  filming film a lot and take loads of photos personal approach? superstar approach? promote tours

Theme: use same font from my music video where possible  Colour scheme: Purple and green  Songs: Lose You to Love Me  Song list: Jealousy, Jealousy Trouble  Lose you to Love me Videos featured on my website: Lose You to Love Me Trouble  Jealousy, Jealousy Photos: photos from all filming locations  

For my website I would like it to feature a range of images of me, the artist (April Waters), I plan on using a range of images from my original photoshoot and taking some artist photos at filming locations used in my 'Lose You to Love Me' video.

filming locations: Ashover Rock (outdoors) My spare room with a white wall behind me as a background  moving scrapbook pages  use my sunset lamp to create an interesting look to my indoor mid shots  i want to include my artists handwriting 

 music video question 15 marks  talk about: intertextuality  lack of artist in video motif  political viewpoints  media language  representation social and cultural contexts  play with understanding of stereotypes  stereotypes: appearance of California  rural English small village (BTW) the big issue: 15 marks  political, social and cultural context topics in public discourse  media language  representation codes and conventions  long form TV drama:  30 marks - 45-50 minutes any area of the media framework  based on audience media language  codes and conventions  attempt to apply at least 3 theorists (whichever I want/is relevant) remember to include points from other areas of the framework binary oppositions levi-straus  role of media framework big budget  a lot of money spent on promoting  statement question  long form Tv drama: 10 marker  audience theorists  bandura, ger...