Cohort 2020 – 2022
KEY TERMS: Extraordinary, Ordinary, Star Image, Paradox of the Star, Representation, Target audience, Richard Dyer, Metanarrative IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STAR IMAGE! How the star/band/performer is represented in your video and on the digipak and social media page is crucial in constructing the values, attitudes and beliefs of the artist in the mind of theContinue reading Star Image – The Performer
Your first out and about shoot is on Tuesday 22 June – only 2 weeks away. We need to make sure that the planning for this is completed asap so that we can all the relevant health and safety sorted out. Moreover, you need to focus on making sure you know who, what and whereContinue reading Performance Shoot – important planning
KEY TERMS: coverage, star image, cut to close up, lip sync, extraordinary, ordinary, variety of shots, transitions, paradox of the Star, Richard Dyer. Edit to the beat. Link to a short video on how to shoot a music video – particularly the performance section. https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zrpgkqt You will need to work in your group to beginContinue reading Test Shoot – Lip Sync
KEY TERMS: genre, repertoire of elements, conventions, cinematography, editing, star image Instead of a written list of shots we want you to create a visual shotlist of the kind of shots you want to include in your performance shoot. This is a group effort so share a PADLET.com board amongst you. However, certain genres (types) of music relyContinue reading Visual Shot list for the Test Shoot and the Music Video
KEY TERMS: star image, performance, narrative, promotion, narrative structure, amplified, disjunctive, illustrative, themes, issues. You need to: Meet your group and thrash it out! Whose idea will you go with? One or the other or a combination? If it is a combination, then you will need to create a new presentation using slides from bothContinue reading Final pitch to your teacher
KEY TERMS: collaboration, communication, organisation, delegation, commitment. Important Advice This is a really great article about how to be successful in A level production projects. The advice comes straight from the chief examiner and so it is well worth spending time on. Group Contract Please spend time this lesson working on your Production Group Agreement. Think about theContinue reading Perfect Production Group
KEY TERMS: narrative, performance, amplified, illustrative, disjunctive, star image, edit to the beat, lip sync, MES, locations, anachronic, linear, montage. Using a slideshare and having listened to several songs, choose one that you have a ‘vision’ for. Embed the MP3/or Embed the lyric video – but not the actual video with the star performing Complete aContinue reading Your Mini Pitch
Choosing a Song. Start with thinking, ‘Who will perform this?’ and work from there. Perhaps opt for a solo performer to make organisation easier. If possible choose people from within your class who could perform/act. Don’t choose something that is well known. Don’t choose something too long, 3.5 minutes is plenty. Album tracks or cover versionsContinue reading Advice on Choosing a Song
Synaesthesia… …is a way of generating ideas from music – effectively ‘seeing sounds in your head’. It is a really helpful technique to use when listening to music in order to come up with visual ideas. When listening to a piece of music you should concentrate on each of the following features in turn: SenseContinue reading Seeing Sounds in your Head
KEY TERMS: Deconstruct, decode, analyse, success criteria, mise en scene, editing, camera, editing to the beat, lip syncing, star image, representation. What works and what doesn’t? This is your opportunity to get a sense of what can be achieved by students and also understand the high standards you should be aiming for in your music video. Task What’s yourContinue reading Previous Student’s Work