A-Level Media Coursework Blog 1

  1) Type up your teacher's feedback   in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. Teachers feedback Good preliminary exercise – 42 seconds and some really nice shots in there. Camerawork is a strength – some nice framing and camera movement. Perhaps a little more movement could work since it’s a music video? Or perhaps slightly pacier editing in places? Generally the pace is good though. Location and weather (too sunny!) perhaps hold this back a little? I wonder if effects could help with this. Did you try slow motion or black and white? You definitely need another scene / location / performance element for the full video. Needed brand identity of your artist in there – that was part of the brief for the preliminary exercise. Student feedback WWW * I like the camera movement and angles. * Good shot angles/ varieties. * Good natural lighting * Good variety of shots/ Close-ups were good. * Good acting. * Liked the shadow shot/ Lik...

  1) State the  song  you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. The Script - Hall of Fame ft. will.i.am 2) Choose at least  three  music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each.  Make  bullet-point notes  on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. Rocky III • Eye of the Tiger • Survivor   * The editing of this music video has the same feel as the one in Hall of Fame due to the match on action when the beat drops. *The use of the mise-en-scene such as the boxing ring and boxing gloves shows a relation to the Hall of Fame narrative as their music video is partly focused (along with other different narratives) on two boxers fighting and in this music video it shows off that same narrative. Imagine Dragons - Believer * Switches from the visuals  to the instruments itself. * Shows the narrative first before the music artists. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You *Same narrative in mu...

 https://youtu.be/eK6gE8-OjlI  - Hall Of Fame Practice.