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Evaluation Question 1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Visuals for video Use: Ed Sheeran’s Video We took inspiration from Ed Sheeran’s music video “One” because we used some of the shots used in his video like the moving of the camera to different corners of the frame. Shots of music video We took ideas from George Ezra’s music video “Listen to the man” because we liked the use of the backdrop, stage setting, use of props and addition of humour. Shots of music video Adele’s Video When we watched Adele’s music video for “Hometown Glory” we really liked how smooth and clean the shots were through the use of a dolly. This gave us the inspiration to use a dolly when filming our music video to help us achieve this look as well. Shots of music video Ava Ruskin Video We also took inspiration from a student A level music for the song “He wasn’t there” because we really liked the creative use of props to make links to the lyrics. This encouraged us to use props in our music video to achieve the same outcome. This references Andrew Goodwin’s theory as it mentions how there is a relationship between visuals and lyrics and we most definitely portrayed this idea in our music video from the range of props and actions we had. Shots of music video Instrument We made sure we stuck to the convention of how singer/songwriters have their instrument present in their music videos to express the importance of it. We have Dave bring his guitar in so he could play and sing for us as if it was a live performance and this really helped when it came to lip syncing to the song. Shots of Dave playing guitar and Ed Sheeran playing guitar Colour coding we colour coded our music video in Final Cut Pro to give it a warm feel but adding a purple/blue tint to the clips of Dave’s performance as these kinds of colours are linked with the singer/songwriter genre in giving across and warm/friendly feel. Shots of Dave’s performance and gig pictures Colour on Digipak and Poster We also thought carefully about the colours we used on the digipak and poster. We stuck to darker shades because we didn’t want it to look over the top and too bright which is a huge contrast to the style of many digipaks and posters of the pop genre. The colours are linked with the singer/songwriter genre and give across and warm and friendly feel. We also found other examples like Adele’s album that consist of darker colours. Shots of Digipak and Poster and Adele’s album cover Challenge: Narrative Our music video goes against many singer/songwriter music videos as it doesn’t contain any narrative aspects that you would normally see in music videos of this genre. Our video contains performance with our artist and concept

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Evaluation  Question  1    In  what  ways  does  your  media  product  use,  develop  or  challenge  forms  and  conventions  of  real  media  products?      Visuals  for  video      Use:  • Ed  Sheeran’s  Video-­‐  We  took  inspiration  from  Ed  Sheeran’s  music  video  “One”  

because  we  used  some  of  the  shots  used  in  his  video  like  the  moving  of  the  camera  to  different  corners  of  the  frame.  Shots  of  music  video    

• We  took  ideas  from  George  Ezra’s  music  video  “Listen  to  the  man”  because  we  liked  the  use  of  the  backdrop,  stage  setting,  use  of  props  and  addition  of  humour.  Shots  of  music  video    

• Adele’s  Video-­‐  When  we  watched  Adele’s  music  video  for  “Hometown  Glory”  we  really  liked  how  smooth  and  clean  the  shots  were  through  the  use  of  a  dolly.  This  gave  us  the  inspiration  to  use  a  dolly  when  filming  our  music  video  to  help  us  achieve  this  look  as  well.  Shots  of  music  video    

• Ava  Ruskin  Video-­‐  We  also  took  inspiration  from  a  student  A  level  music  for  the  song  “He  wasn’t  there”  because  we  really  liked  the  creative  use  of  props  to  make  links  to  the  lyrics.  This  encouraged  us  to  use  props  in  our  music  video  to  achieve  the  same  outcome.  This  references  Andrew  Goodwin’s  theory  as  it  mentions  how  there  is  a  relationship  between  visuals  and  lyrics  and  we  most  definitely  portrayed  this  idea  in  our  music  video  from  the  range  of  props  and  actions  we  had.  Shots  of  music  video  

• Instrument-­‐  We  made  sure  we  stuck  to  the  convention  of  how  singer/songwriters  have  their  instrument  present  in  their  music  videos  to  express  the  importance  of  it.  We  have  Dave  bring  his  guitar  in  so  he  could  play  and  sing  for  us  as  if  it  was  a  live  performance  and  this  really  helped  when  it  came  to  lip  syncing  to  the  song.    Shots  of  Dave  playing  guitar  and  Ed  Sheeran  playing  guitar  

• Colour  coding-­‐  we  colour  coded  our  music  video  in  Final  Cut  Pro  to  give  it  a  warm  feel  but  adding  a  purple/blue  tint  to  the  clips  of  Dave’s  performance  as  these  kinds  of  colours  are  linked  with  the  singer/songwriter  genre  in  giving  across  and  warm/friendly  feel.    Shots  of  Dave’s  performance  and  gig  pictures    

• Colour  on  Digipak  and  Poster-­‐  We  also  thought  carefully  about  the  colours  we  used  on  the  digipak  and  poster.  We  stuck  to  darker  shades  because  we  didn’t  want  it  to  look  over  the  top  and  too  bright  which  is  a  huge  contrast  to  the  style  of  many  digipaks  and  posters  of  the  pop  genre.  The  colours  are  linked  with  the  singer/songwriter  genre  and  give  across  and  warm  and  friendly  feel.  We  also  found  other  examples  like  Adele’s  album  that  consist  of  darker  colours.  Shots  of  Digipak  and  Poster  and  Adele’s  album  cover  

 Challenge:  • Narrative-­‐  Our  music  video  goes  against  many  singer/songwriter  music  videos  as  

it  doesn’t  contain  any  narrative  aspects  that  you  would  normally  see  in  music  videos  of  this  genre.  Our  video  contains  performance  with  our  artist  and  concept  

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aspect  with  our  actress  so  there  was  no  narrative  involved.  Shots  of  Dave  and  Sammy  

• Humour-­‐  Our  music  video  is  humorous  throughout  as  it  portrays  the  themes  of  laziness  and  procrastination  which  we  have  made  funny  through  acting  and  creative  use  of  props.  Most  singer/songwriter  music  videos  we  have  seen  tend  to  portray  an  emotional  meaning  so  ours  is  a  big  contrast  to  this.  Funny  shots  of  Sammy  

• Andrew  Goodwin  theory  (idea  of  the  artist  selling  themselves)-­‐  our  video  is  very  different  to  this  as  we  focussed  on  the  simplicity  of  the  genre  and  how  the  artist  just  acts  naturally  in  front  of  the  camera  and  the  focus  is  equally  spread  between  Dave  and  Sammy  so  no  one  is  more  important  than  the  other.    Shots  of  Dave  and  Sammy    

• Poster-­‐  We  decided  not  to  feature  our  artist  on  our  advertisement  poster  which  goes  against  the  conventions  of  most  of  the  singer/songwriter  posters  we  researched.  We  liked  this  because  it  creates  a  simplicity  about  the  poster  and  we  featured  him  a  lot  in  our  digipak  so  we  didn’t  want  too  much  of  him.  Shots  of  poster  

 Develop:  • Casual  clothing-­‐  We  developed  the  convention  of  how  singer/songwriters  will  

wear  casual,  comfortable  clothing  in  their  music  videos.  Both  Dave  and  Sammy  were  wearing  casual  clothing.  We  developed  it  further  through  having  our  actress  wear  a  onesie,  which  really  helped  to  emphasise  the  theme  of  laziness.  Shots  of  Sammy  in  onesie  

• Target  Audience-­‐  The  singer/songwriter  genre  has  a  quite  vague  target  audience,  so  we  developed  this  further  by  making  it  more  specific.  Our  target  audience  was  mainly  teenagers  as  this  age  can  relate  well  to  the  lyrics,  so  we  made  this  direct  link.  Shots  of  Sammy    

• Speed-­‐  We  wanted  to  develop  our  video  by  giving  it  a  faster  pace  and  so  to  do  this  we  sped  up  some  of  the  clips  of  Sammy  by  either  2x  or  4x.  This  made  the  video  stand  out  as  something  different  to  what  we  had  seen  in  the  genre  and  it  also  reflected  the  humour  of  the  song  well.  Sped  up  shots  of  Sammy    

• Digipak-­‐  We  developed  the  convention  that  the  artists  profile  will  most  often  be  present  on  the  digipak  as  in  this  genre  this  is  the  main  focus.  We  took  plenty  of  pictures  of  our  artist,  which  meant  we  were  able  to  have  him  on  one  or  more  panels  of  the  digipak,  which  helped  emphasise  his  importance  as  a  solo  artist.  Shots  of  Digipak