My group was assigned the music genre, Folk. We found that the most important MES (mise-en-scene) conventions of folk music included:
- earthy colours
- free and hippie costumes
- happy, free body language of the artists
- minimal make-up if any
- props include guitars, banjos, violins etc.
- natural settings
We then used all of this research on conventions of the folk genre to dress our model as a folk artist. After dressing our model, the class helpfully labelled her with adjectives that suggested how her character was suggested on post-its.
As a producer, I used the conventions of the folk genre to encode my model with the appropriate MES and the audience correctly decoded this by labeling her with the following adjectives:
- Flowy
- Dreamy
- Earthy
- Relaxed
- Calm
- Organic
- Care-free
Feedback on our model by the class
Below is my choice of final image from our shoot.
Click to view all the photos from our shoot.
This folk artist is presented as care-free I think this is the best of the photos taken of our model as this reflects the most conventions of the folk genre we had previously researched as you can see more clearly in the analysis below.
This task has developed my understanding of how important MES is and how to communicate a narrative through its use. I plan to use these production skills, by considering every part of the MES, when dressing my model for my music magazine.