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  1) Type up your teacher's feedback  in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. Some really nice moments in this – I like the jump cuts at the start to introduce the relationship. I wonder if the cuts need to be slightly faster? But the effect really works. The way the song comes in is great but then I’m not sure what is happening with the visuals – it just seems like there’s nothing on screen? One to think about. In general, you need a much wider variety of shots – particularly close-ups. Could you have filmed more through the front windows to create that visual variety? You could also have used the rear view mirror for creative shots etc. Obviously need to fix formatting / export issue but I’m sure that can be done. It’s clearly filmed in landscape and just exported in portrait. Need brand identity of your artist in there alongside footwear element. 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and...

   https://youtu.be/9DnBgzDcQNc  1) State the  song  you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. Frank ocean- Godspeed. 2) Choose at least  three  music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make  bullet-point notes  on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. The song All too well by Taylor Swift was a story her feeling and emotions after a break up "I Will Always Love You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Whitney Houston  "Someone like You" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele. 3)  Write a short  music video treatment  for your extract (this is basically a script for your music video). You can  find an example of a treatment here . If you are making your real coursework then feel free to use the treatment from your summer project. scene 1: a close up of the girls face, waiting inside a hospital waiting room. The first came...

  Coursework: Ignite presentation learner response There have been some  excellent  Ignite presentations with some brilliantly creative responses to the coursework brief.  Hopefully, the presentations and Q&A sessions that followed have highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of your coursework proposal and may indeed have prompted re-drafts of your statement of intent.  Your learner response is as follows and will take some time to do properly: 1) Type up your feedback  in full  including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  research (through presentation AND blog)    3/5 music video/magazine concept                    3/5 Language: terminology and theory                4/5 Representations                                        ...

  1) Research: music videos You need to write a  150-word close-textual analysis  of  SIX  music videos that will inform your production work. The music videos you analyse are up to you but focus on a different aspect of media language for each one (see guidance below).   Music videos Music Video 1: Narrative How is narrative used in the music video and what impact does this have on the audience? Can you apply any narrative theories to the story in the music video? The song All too well by Taylor Swift was a story her feeling and emotions after a break up; about two young people falling in love but eventually the relationship and love faded leaving her feeling hurt, finally ending with a scene of her being sucessful with him not by her side yet outside watching her success in secret with regret and guit. The narrative makes the audience feel empathy towrds the chracters. Music Video 2:   Camerawork (shots, angles, movement) L ook for particular ca...

Radio: Introduction to radio Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Radio: War of the Worlds CSP (1938)

War of the Worlds: Blog tasks Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? War of the Worlds: Historical Context Orson Welles’ radio adaption of War of the Worlds has become notable not for the broadcast itself but for the reaction it received, and the subsequent press reporting of the audience’s reaction to the broadcast. It is often highlighted as an early example of mass hysteria caused by the media and used to support various audience theories. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? 30th October 1938 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? MANY FLEE HOMES TO ESCAPE ‘GAS RAID FROM  MARS’ – PHONE CALLS SWAMP POLICE AT BROADCAST OF WELLES FANTASY  A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio liste...