I created a music magazine as part of my Coursework in AS, here I will be analysing my magazine as an official Rock magazine. I will be focusing on the audience of my magazine, I will look at aspects such as the age range of my audience. I will also focus on why it is that these specific people would be interested in reading my magazine.
I created a magazine named 11, this is a Classic Rock magazine focusing on older artists and bands such as 'Black Sabath, 'Jimmie Hendrix' and 'ACDC'. As my magazine is based on classic rock I realised that target audience will most probably be men over the age of 30.
After deciding this I had to be sure that all of the content in my magazine were based on classic rock, and so I began research into classic rock bands. This was all to be sure that I had a wide selection of classic rock bands that I could include in my magazine.
When I began my photo shoot for my magazine i had to be sure that the models clothing was suitable to be used in a classic rock magazine.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Music and Me Class Reflection
After completing my blog post on music from my past and present (Music & Me) we where excepted to share our chosen songs with the group showing the music video also. This was an interesting and productive lesson, I found it hard to share in front of the group as on the blog post I spoke about a subject I have nerve spoken to anybody about. This was about how I felt when my dad was away in Iraq, I used the song 21 guns to show how I felt in this period.
It was interesting to see the difference in musical tastes throughout the class, there where genres ranging from Rap to Dubstep, Rock to Pop. This allowed me to learn more about the students in my class to see how their minds would work when creating a music video for their genres and so I could see that there will be a huge difference in our music videos.
It was interesting to see the difference in musical tastes throughout the class, there where genres ranging from Rap to Dubstep, Rock to Pop. This allowed me to learn more about the students in my class to see how their minds would work when creating a music video for their genres and so I could see that there will be a huge difference in our music videos.
Music & Me
21 Guns- This is the song that reminds me of my childhood, when I was young my dad was a part of the TA. I didn't have much understanding when it came to the army, all I knew was that it was there to protect us. When I was 6 my dad was deployed to Iraq, he served in a six month tour. Although I was 6 at the time I still understood what war was and that people die in war. I was terrified all the way through his tour, it was during these six months were I began to develop my hatred towards war and conflict. I understand that this wasn't a particularly large portion of my childhood but it was most definitely one of the most memorable and will be a section of my life that I will never forget.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
What makes an Effective Music Video
There are thousands upon thousands of music videos out there today, with so many flooding the market, originality has decidedly gone down the tubes. However, there are some artists that still live up to what fans expect from their music videos.
But what makes a great music video?
1. Must be unique- This is one of if not the most important thing when it comes to creating a music video. Its boring when time and time again I see music videos for slow sad songs where the artist or group are walking down an empty beach or a lone room to promote sorrow and loneliness. If the video is unique hopefully the more people will like it therefore it will become more successful, this is something that I will have to keep in mind when designing my video.
Such as this Coldplay track 'Yellow', this would be the original for me when looking at sad music videos. The loneliness of this video is/was unique, this has been done a quite a few times since.
2. Tells a story. It can be a bizarre story that doesn't make much sense until the end, but the viewer must feel satisfied at the conclusion. It does not always have to be a story straight through the song, as long as the music and lyrics seem to suit the video and there is not too much contrast.
This is a good example for the statement above, there is a clear straight forward story for this video. A high percentage of lyrics for this song are meant to be a conversation between the artist and a fan. This works perfectly for this video as it matches perfectly.
3. The artist or director must not feel confined to matching the visuals of the video perfectly with the lyrics. While good in some cases it tends to be a sign of a novice video director as it can seem like the video is following a step by step video template.
4. Makes a lasting impression and/or is memorable. This applies more to the older music videos, the forerunners to great music videos, that might not have the best production values but people still remember them and are often sampled by other artists & mediums. Sabotage by the beastie boys is one of these memorable videos, they were a funny and talented group and this shows through all their music videos such as 'Sabotage'.
But what makes a great music video?
1. Must be unique- This is one of if not the most important thing when it comes to creating a music video. Its boring when time and time again I see music videos for slow sad songs where the artist or group are walking down an empty beach or a lone room to promote sorrow and loneliness. If the video is unique hopefully the more people will like it therefore it will become more successful, this is something that I will have to keep in mind when designing my video.
Such as this Coldplay track 'Yellow', this would be the original for me when looking at sad music videos. The loneliness of this video is/was unique, this has been done a quite a few times since.
2. Tells a story. It can be a bizarre story that doesn't make much sense until the end, but the viewer must feel satisfied at the conclusion. It does not always have to be a story straight through the song, as long as the music and lyrics seem to suit the video and there is not too much contrast.
This is a good example for the statement above, there is a clear straight forward story for this video. A high percentage of lyrics for this song are meant to be a conversation between the artist and a fan. This works perfectly for this video as it matches perfectly.
3. The artist or director must not feel confined to matching the visuals of the video perfectly with the lyrics. While good in some cases it tends to be a sign of a novice video director as it can seem like the video is following a step by step video template.
4. Makes a lasting impression and/or is memorable. This applies more to the older music videos, the forerunners to great music videos, that might not have the best production values but people still remember them and are often sampled by other artists & mediums. Sabotage by the beastie boys is one of these memorable videos, they were a funny and talented group and this shows through all their music videos such as 'Sabotage'.
I need to realise that a great music video does not mean a great song with a mediocre video, but a great music video can have a mediocre song. There are some amazing and iconic songs with okay music videos. The questions I need to ask myself are, Do I think of the music video long after i've seen it, even if i've only seen it once? Did it captivate me when I first saw it? These should be the questions I ask myself when determining whether it is great, so I can incorporate the best bits into my video.
Introduction
This is my introduction to my A2 course Blog, in this course I will be focusing on music videos and will eventually create one of my own. As well as focusing on music videos I will also be researching the way new albums or singles are promoted in the media with the help of promotion schemes and cover art. This blog is a diary of my thoughts on this topic and so you should except the posts to be focusing on reviewing existing music videos to start to see how a music video should be put together. I will then move onto my own relationship with music to see what style of music is best to use when creating my own music video, as the the more you enjoy the song your using the more thought you will put into how to design the video to compliment the song. After I have covered this area I will then move onto music video theory's so I can learn more from others on how to do things such as take a video and dismantle it to see why the director has decided to do certain things wether it is to use certain signals or signs in the video so that it goes hand in hand with the lyrics or how the choreography is important for different lines in the song. It will then be up to me to plan and design my video from song choice to cast, as I am working alone on this project the planning for my my own music video will be on the same blog as my research.
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