coursework examples

In our media lesson this week we was shown six different examples of older courseworks at our school. This will help us with ideas for our music videos. I wrote notes on the pieces as we watched them and here they are.

Example one:-

-fast pace
-different camera angles
-band playing instruments
-good lip singing

Example two:-

-fast pace
-band playing music
-random shots
-different camera angles and shots

Example three:-

-no lip singing because no technology
-different location
-good editing
-story line

Example four:-

-good lip singing
-no story line
-different locations
-good idea
-flash backs
-reversing the shot

Example five:-

-good editing
-don't like writing on screen
-lip singing not in time
-like a movie preview
-lots of energy

Example six:-

-reversing
-good count down
-lots of energy
-good performance
-good lip singing
-lots of effects used

more research.....

25- Madness "Baggy trousers"

-shows normal life

-children playing

24- Radio head "No Surprises"

-video and song complements each other

-close ups

-lyrics are on screen

-shown like a text

-water at bottom of screen

23- Britney Spears "Hot me baby one more time"

-dresses as a school girl

-set in a school

22-Justin Timeberlake "Cry me a river"

-stalking a old girlfriend

21- Queen "Want to break free"

-done in drag

20- Gorillaz

-cartoons

19- Madonna "Material girl"

-artist complements the video

-dressed like Marylin Monro

18- "Crazy in love"

-special lighting

17- Blur "Coffee and TV"

-dancing milk

-milk cartoon expressions pull videos alone

16- Outcast "Hey Ya"

-old style setting

-screaming fans

15- REM "Everybody hurts"

-stuck in traffic

14- "Dirty"

-set in a boxing ring

-not a lot of clothing

-lots of men

13- "Scream" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

-filmed on spaceship

-most expensive video made

-black and white

-bouncing off the walls

12- Cold Play "The Scientist" 2002

-walking backwards, but singing forwards

10- Nirvana "Smells like teen spirit"

-smoky

-dark

-dancing and jumping around

9- Madonna "Vogue"

-rich looking woman, dress up

-dance off

-old style Hollywood glamour

8- The Nerve "Bitter Sweet Sympathy"

-walking down street

-set in London

7- Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

-set in a ruff area

-pavement lights up

-dancing around

6- Robbie Williams "Rock DJ"

-girls dancing around him

-taken his clothes off

-takes his skin off

5- Madonna "Like a Pray"

-controversial video

-religious

-black Jesus

-Gospel choir

4- Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" 1975

-close ups of the faces

-fire

-playing live

-wear make up

-special effects used

3- "Take on me"

-cartoon

-adds value to the song

-mix between reality and fairy tale

2- Sledgehammer

-special effects

-background changes

-lots of props

1- Michael Jackson "Thriller" 1983

-like a movie

-walking down the street singing

-dance

-wolfs

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46- Adam and the Ants

-fairy tale

-big costumes and make up

-made like Cinderella

-special dance made up

45- Aerosmith "Crazy" 1994

-set in a shop, and some of the band performance

44- "Can't get you out of my head"

-different world

-future world?

-lots of different over the top clothing

-sexy

42- Bjork "oh so quiet"

-set in car garage

-like a music video

-lots of dancing

41- Spice Girls

-lots of running

-girls having fun

-shows girls personality

40- "Get your freak on"

-tribal

39- Pulp "common people"

-old fashion disco

-colourful

-un-natural at points

38- Fat Boy Slim "Weapon and choice"

-dancing

-flying

37- Guns 'n' Roses "November rain"

-wedding

-death

35- Sinead O'Connor "Nothing compairs to you"

-cries

-gives a real performance

-close ups makes you look her eyes

-powerful

33- U2 "Sweetest Thing"

-Boyzone in it

-showing emotions

-don't sing

31- "Stan"

-dark

-having

30- "Buddy Holly"

29- "Gay Bar"

More research

In our media lesson today we looked at seven different music videos from previous years. Here are the notes i made:-

Example one:-

-fast pace

-different camera angles

-band playing instruments

-good lip singing

Example two:-

- fast pace

-band playing music

-random shots

-different camera angles and shots

Example three:-

-no lip singing because no technology

-different location

-good editing

-story line

Example four:-

-good lip singing

-no story line

-different locations

Example five:-

-goof idea

-flash backs

-reversing the shot

Example six:-

-good editing

-don't like writing on screen

-lip singing not in time

-like a movie preview

-lots of energy

Example seven:-

-reversing

-good count down

-lots of energy

-good performance

-good lip singing

-lots of effects used

Looking at the different music videos has really helped me and Chris think of ideas.

TODAY......

In our lesson today we decided to do some test shots to see if my look like match the voice , we will put the test shots on at a later date.

Even more.......

64- Bjork

-strange

-super natural

63- George Michael 'Outside'

-in a toilet

-dressed as a police man

-disco in a toilet

-used filming from the air

62- Blur

-unnatural

-old days

-colourful

61- The Prodogy

-point of views

-shot in one night

-shown as a man, does "ladish" things

-seen in the eyes of a woman in the end

60- Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"

-dressed like a man, but had all her make-up done

-has a cow in the video

59- Abba "Knowing me knowing you"

-playing on gossip

58- The Cure "Close to me"

-everything is pushing together

-filmed in a cupboard

-uses other props to make it look like they are making the sound

57- Meat Loaf "Anything for love"

-set in a forest

-dark lighting

-parts are bright colours with the girl is in

-like beauty and the beast

55- Fat Boy Slim "Praise you"

-done using hidden cameras

-people dancing, bad dancing on purpose

-gets stopped half way thought

54- Daft Punk "Around the world"

-dancing skeletons

53- Wham! "Club Tropicana"

-set in a holiday place

-having fun

52- Massive attack "teardrop"

-unborn baby sings

50- Paul Simon "You can call me Al"

-singing to the camera

-comedy

48- Johnny Cash "Hurt"

-showed he was ill

-last video

-cover version

-long back in time

-very moving

Research

In todays media lesson we looked at three different music video. I have wrote notes about each one, and here they are.

First video:- "6underground"

-lip sings every work

-looked like she was singing

-voice matched the girl

-good mise-en-scene, clothing for singing in a band, make up, head phones

-head phones make it seem like she is walking around listening and singing along

-good editing

-setting matches song

-set in a bad side of london

-girl moves camera, good transition inot another shot

-fast editing

-flash cuts

-different camera angles used

Second one:- "Spread Love"

-lots of effort

-use of instruments

-man doesn't go with voice

-lots of close ups

-man shouldn't have done close ups, bad hair and teeth

-didn't feel completely like a music video

-clothes didn't match music

Third one:-

-really thought about clothing, matching the setting

-believable relationship

-graphic match, eye to sun

-not a lot of lip singing

-romantic seting

-do actions to lyrics

-fast editing, short shots

-pulls it all together

more, more, more

73:- Bass Jaxx

-surreal, not like reality

-normal life but with singing

72:- Rorbort Palmer

-singing to the camera

-with girl in background

71:- Bjork "All is full of love"

-robots

-technology is used a lot

-building Bjork as a robot

70:- The Police "Every breath I take"

69:- Frakie goes to hollywood "Two Trys"

-trying to flight

-high class men fighting

68:- Madonna "Ray of light"

-shows streets of America

-everything is fast

67:- Beastie Boys

-fast paste

-car chase

66:- Bob Dilan

-documentary

-lyrics are on sheets of paper

-out of time

-badly shot

65:- The Aplex twins "Window Licker"

-lots of swearing

-isn't the man doing it, someone who look like him

-girls turn into him

100 greatest music videos carried on

94:- Bonnie Tyler

-used special effects

93:- "when we love" Rolling Stones

-document

drug, looking drugged

92:- Herbie Hancock "Rock it"

-black singer

-robots

-sexual references

-body parts

91:- The Specials (1981)

-car journey

-roits in english

90:- the pet shop boys "Go West"

-gay rights

-sung firstly by the village people

-special effects

-looks like robots

-done on computer

-"comersal art" use new technogly

89:- Smashing pumkins

-creepy

-special effects

88:- Elton John

-playing piano

-someone else is playing elton john

-robert downy junior

87:- "cry"

-new video

-different to all the other ones

-show faces

86:- "can't touch this" Mc Hammer

-girls dancing around

rapping

75:- Duran Duran "Rio"

-on a beach

-girls wearing hardly any clothes

-set on a beach

-shows videos have changed

I am backkkk

Let the music video begin.