Reflection:

All denotations are leftn in a media text for a reason. The producer has left in the denotations to display a narrative.  The elements that are used in a media text are called Mise En Scene. There are five elements to consider in a media text. These are: costume, lighting, acting, makeup, props and setting. When a producer makes a media text, they consider all of these elements before creating it.

In groups of three, we were given a genre of music to work on. For this genre, we had to create a moodboard for the topic and then we had to dress up one of the members of our group in a costume that matched the genre. My group was given jazz as the genre. As you c an see in the image above, we created a moodboard using pictures and words that we associate with jazz music. The person dressing up would also dress up as if they were performing that genre of music live to an audience.

This explains that poses in the photos above. We had to experiement with different camera angles to try and fiund the perfect shot for a tour poster. I took the photo’s based off of the photo’s that had been used in the moodboard. We tried to look laid back and relaxed, as that is what jazz singers normally are. The are also quite retro, which is why I dressed the model up in a bowtie and a waistcoat.

I think that the last image is the best photo that we managed to take, so we have decided to use this photo for the tour poster. We used this photo because in my opinion it looks the most like the jazz pictures that I have seen. I think this is because he looks more laid back, talented and retro.

After having completed this task, I uderstood the importance of Mise En Scene. I also understand how much a producer needs to think about before publishing an image. I understand that i will also need to take these things into account when I come to making my music magazine.