Friday, 28 June 2013
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Screen cast of Split Screen
We created the screen cast for how to split screen. Hope this helps!!!! :D
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
From the lesson of learning performance, concept and narrative, I decided to analysis Christina Perri's music video for 'Jar of Hearts' because it holds many elements for symbolic concept and a small range of narrative and performance.
Camera
For the performance side of things, their is a lot of close ups on Perri's face of her singing (she sings through the whole song when you see her). This also follows the Goodwin theory of how it is required from record labels to show the artist in the video.
A long shot is used to show the group of girl dancers behind her, which shows performance and symbolic concept; the female dancers are all very emotional and angry as there were supposedly hurt from the man who is 'running round leaving scars'. The dramatic dancing leaves the audience unsettled, also feeling slightly angry (as the fastness and harshness of the dancing represents the anger).
An establishing shot is used in the video on the last scene, where the man is standing on the road dance attacking and being dance attacked by the women he had hurt (or left 'scars'). This symbolically suggests that the women are angry and that he has upset so many that he will get hurt himself; he is shoved of the car by a women. This is part of the little narrative we see in the video as the audience follows the story of how the man goes from one girl to the next, also teaching the audience that it is wrong that he is doing that.
Editing
The fast pace editing used when the girls are fighting the man is symbolic, as it shows the anger of the hurt women and the panic of the man being attacked.
Colour correction is used throughout the video: all of it till the end is dulled down and made to look gloomy suiting the dramatic lyrics that have a depressing tone to it, and at the end of the video when the bay guy is 'dead', the colour lightens up and becomes mostly warm shades of pink and yellow. This way of using colour correction is symbolic as it reflects the moods of the song through visuals.
Prevalence is used on Perri throughout the video, as she is the artist. However, it is a symbolic concept as it foreshadows to the audience that she is the 'hero' of the small narrative: she finishes the man off at the end of the song and gets her heart back. This way, it is suggested through the whole song that she will challenge him "who do you think you are?"
Mise en Scene
CGI is used over the women's chest's to show a little, empty (or being emptied) glass jar inside of them, referring to Goodwin's theory of the visuals illustrating the lyrics "collecting your jar of hearts". This strongly relates to the symbolic side of the video as it represents the metaphor of 'giving your heart away' and 'taking your heart'.
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The costumes are also symbolic as the colours used show anger, nastiness and also innocence. Typically the man is dressed in black suggesting that he is the bad guy (in which he is) and some of the women are dressed in white (including Perri), which shows their innocence and vulnerability. However, some of the women are dressed in either full black or a little bit of black and grey, which suggests how they are not weak and that they are angry and seeking for revenge. Perri dressed in white also suggests how good would defeat evil, referring to how the video is showing a bit of a narrative.
Sound
The music starts off slow and gentle, which is supported by the gentle kiss and fall of leaves. But then Perri's voice becomes louder and takes more control of the song, making things more dramatic as their is emotion in her voice, which then leads to the background dancers becoming more disturbed and upset over the situation.
Overall the song suits the symbolic concept theme as the lyrics are full of euphemisms.
Friday, 21 June 2013
21st June
Today, we all studied the special effects we could use in our music video such as split screen, green screen, colour correction and key framing.
We were then told to get into our chosen groups, where we would then have to master a technique. I'm in a group with Ben and Hazel, and our technique to master is split screen.
I'm glad we get to focus on this technique as I believe it to be the most useful and interesting to learn (even though I'm looking forward to learn how to master the others).
At the end of the lesson we managed to look at a couple of tutorials (which were a bit rubbish), and decided to try and find some in our own time. When everyone left I stayed on the Mac trying to find something but still couldn't find much.
In the end I've decided to take bits and pieces of what we managed to find, to try and work out myself on how to use the technique. It seemed simple enough to get two of me on the screen, but it will take a while to perfect lighting (as the natural light changed in a split second). I'm just hoping that Ben and Hazel might come across something a bit better than what I did (even though the experiment I did turned out ok).
We were then told to get into our chosen groups, where we would then have to master a technique. I'm in a group with Ben and Hazel, and our technique to master is split screen.
I'm glad we get to focus on this technique as I believe it to be the most useful and interesting to learn (even though I'm looking forward to learn how to master the others).
At the end of the lesson we managed to look at a couple of tutorials (which were a bit rubbish), and decided to try and find some in our own time. When everyone left I stayed on the Mac trying to find something but still couldn't find much.
In the end I've decided to take bits and pieces of what we managed to find, to try and work out myself on how to use the technique. It seemed simple enough to get two of me on the screen, but it will take a while to perfect lighting (as the natural light changed in a split second). I'm just hoping that Ben and Hazel might come across something a bit better than what I did (even though the experiment I did turned out ok).
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Representation in Gender
I've decided to have a look at Olivia Newton John's music video 'Physical' to write about the representation of gender.
Camera
In the video, there are many close ups on the fitter men's bodies. This shows representation of how some men can be very obsessed in their body's appearance. It also suggests how woman can be attracted to men with muscles; Newton John looks at the men as though she is 'checking them out'. This also suggests how it is wanted for the audience to admire the men as the close ups are shoved in the audience's faces.
In contrast to the close ups, long shots are used to view the larger men. This supports the idea of how the fitter physic is more idealized than a more larger and unhealthier one (for both genders). This tells the male audience that they need to be more like the men they saw before the larger ones.
A long shot is also used when the only woman (Newton John) is in her tennis outfit standing by herself. This suggests the male gaze as she is wearing very little and is posing, gesturing that she wants a man to join her. However, the male characters challenge her as they all walk off out of the doors with each other.
There is mid shots used when the men walk out of the doors holding hands or with their arms wrapped around each other, and then again when Newton John pulls a larger man out of the door. This supports the stereotype of how all the good looking men are gay. It also shows how the men challenged Newton John's way of using the female body, as they just walk away without interest, whereas when they were larger, they were trying to impress her.
Sound
There isn't much connection with the sound and the representation with gender, however there is a steady beat throughout the song which relates to the men and lady working out, suggesting that they have determination in becoming more attractive (in the lady's case, making the men more attractive, suggesting that women are fussy in how men look).
Another one would be the lyrics: 'Let's get physical', showing the negative stereotype of how women can be bossy but also use more euphemisms then men.
Editing
Near the end of the video, dissolve is used on the larger men becoming fitter, giving the sense of time passing by and also before-and-after being compared. This shows representation on gender as men stereotypically need to be strong. It also shows how the woman has influenced them to become better, supporting the stereotype of how women are pushy.
Within the dissolves, there is intercutting used showing Newton John in the shower. The shower scene is slow making it seductive, which helps even out the gender representation in the video; there mostly has been men shown seductively. This scene is more for the male audience because of the lack of male gaze in the rest of the video.
Mise en Scene
The costumes used in the video fit the fitness suite theme well, however they are still a bit too 'showy' as they are used to emphasize the attractiveness of the men. The fitter men wear tight speedo-like gym pants, which is barely anything, but suggests how men is wanted to look: muscular and tanned. This again makes the male audience want to be more like them (similar to how the larger men want to do so).
However, it isn't just the men dressed to attract attention; Newton John wears rather tight clothing which shows her shape (even though it isn't as revealing). These again suggests the male gaze and how even if the music video is focused on the male body, the woman still needs to be very attractive.
On the scene when the larger man is on the bike machine, he salutes to Newton John when he sees her. This shows how men can be determined to impress women. However, Newton John turns the machine up, suggesting that the larger man needs to try harder, showing that women are hard to please.
Overall there is many negative stereotypes of vanity between the genders, however this particular music video is rather different to many other music videos as it is the male gender used for voyeurism.
Camera
In the video, there are many close ups on the fitter men's bodies. This shows representation of how some men can be very obsessed in their body's appearance. It also suggests how woman can be attracted to men with muscles; Newton John looks at the men as though she is 'checking them out'. This also suggests how it is wanted for the audience to admire the men as the close ups are shoved in the audience's faces.
In contrast to the close ups, long shots are used to view the larger men. This supports the idea of how the fitter physic is more idealized than a more larger and unhealthier one (for both genders). This tells the male audience that they need to be more like the men they saw before the larger ones.
A long shot is also used when the only woman (Newton John) is in her tennis outfit standing by herself. This suggests the male gaze as she is wearing very little and is posing, gesturing that she wants a man to join her. However, the male characters challenge her as they all walk off out of the doors with each other.
There is mid shots used when the men walk out of the doors holding hands or with their arms wrapped around each other, and then again when Newton John pulls a larger man out of the door. This supports the stereotype of how all the good looking men are gay. It also shows how the men challenged Newton John's way of using the female body, as they just walk away without interest, whereas when they were larger, they were trying to impress her.
Sound
There isn't much connection with the sound and the representation with gender, however there is a steady beat throughout the song which relates to the men and lady working out, suggesting that they have determination in becoming more attractive (in the lady's case, making the men more attractive, suggesting that women are fussy in how men look).
Another one would be the lyrics: 'Let's get physical', showing the negative stereotype of how women can be bossy but also use more euphemisms then men.
Editing
Near the end of the video, dissolve is used on the larger men becoming fitter, giving the sense of time passing by and also before-and-after being compared. This shows representation on gender as men stereotypically need to be strong. It also shows how the woman has influenced them to become better, supporting the stereotype of how women are pushy.
Within the dissolves, there is intercutting used showing Newton John in the shower. The shower scene is slow making it seductive, which helps even out the gender representation in the video; there mostly has been men shown seductively. This scene is more for the male audience because of the lack of male gaze in the rest of the video.
Mise en Scene
The costumes used in the video fit the fitness suite theme well, however they are still a bit too 'showy' as they are used to emphasize the attractiveness of the men. The fitter men wear tight speedo-like gym pants, which is barely anything, but suggests how men is wanted to look: muscular and tanned. This again makes the male audience want to be more like them (similar to how the larger men want to do so).
However, it isn't just the men dressed to attract attention; Newton John wears rather tight clothing which shows her shape (even though it isn't as revealing). These again suggests the male gaze and how even if the music video is focused on the male body, the woman still needs to be very attractive.
On the scene when the larger man is on the bike machine, he salutes to Newton John when he sees her. This shows how men can be determined to impress women. However, Newton John turns the machine up, suggesting that the larger man needs to try harder, showing that women are hard to please.
Overall there is many negative stereotypes of vanity between the genders, however this particular music video is rather different to many other music videos as it is the male gender used for voyeurism.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
19th June
In lesson today we learnt about the bases of music videos: Performance based (mainly including the performance of the artists/band), Concept (thematic and symbolic), and Narrative based (story alongside music through visuals).
We were then put in groups to create a recipe poster for one of the themes we learnt. I went with Cristina, and we were given 'Performance'.
We were then put in groups to create a recipe poster for one of the themes we learnt. I went with Cristina, and we were given 'Performance'.
Sorry it's not flipped the right way, for some reason when I put it right, it refuses to stay landscape.
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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