Dyer believes that stars are a construct designed to appeal to a niche market or to the mass crowd. through mediums such as movie, television, magazine and music.
Dyer says the consumers prefer a actual, or ''real'' who aren't manufactured, which artists can then use as a selling point when they want to sell their work.
However according to dyers theory, Stars also influenced current ideologies and fashion choices. A good example would be Kanye Wests shutter shades a few years back.
Friday, 24 October 2014
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
potential song choices
07-Seven Days: Don't give up. (band, rock)
A little of you time: My destiny. (Band, rock/pop.)
A little of you time: My destiny. (Band, rock/pop.)
Looking for an artist
When it comes to looking for an artist for our work, there are a few issues.
First of all, genre. We cannot use the following genres:
Rap: We cannot use rap, due to the often explicit content, and the difficulty of the lip synching.
Country/Western: it could be difficult to express the country genre in the urban environment we have to work in.
Dubstep/trance: we cannot use this genre in particular since it generally contains little to no lyrics.
Copyright: Copyright is a difficult situation, since it limits the choices we have when it comes to selecting our song without breaking copyright.
In the end we settled for 07 days, since they're slow enough to lip synch to, while not being too slow and also being male singers.
First of all, genre. We cannot use the following genres:
Rap: We cannot use rap, due to the often explicit content, and the difficulty of the lip synching.
Country/Western: it could be difficult to express the country genre in the urban environment we have to work in.
Dubstep/trance: we cannot use this genre in particular since it generally contains little to no lyrics.
Copyright: Copyright is a difficult situation, since it limits the choices we have when it comes to selecting our song without breaking copyright.
In the end we settled for 07 days, since they're slow enough to lip synch to, while not being too slow and also being male singers.
Monday, 13 October 2014
Elton john lip synching
What did we do?
We both recorded from several different angles getting several tracks to edit from, and then the actual editing which we did on adobe premiere so we could get a better feel for the program when it comes to the actual A2 music video.
What did we learn?
We better learnt the nuances of lip synching as well as gaining a better understanding of how to independently editing without assistance, as well as personally getting experience behind the camera, taking into account things such as lighting and angling as well who we want to focus on.
How is it different from a thriller?
A thriller generally requires longer shots, as well as more movement in the actual camera, unlike a music video which requires more frequent edits and a stationary camera.
Friday, 10 October 2014
3 types of video
Narrative:
A narrative music video is one with a beginning. middle and end. However there are two ways to go about it, 1 involving lots of inference, such as Will Young's leave right now:
This video requires inference on the audiences part, as nothing is really clear cut. Compare this to
K-pop band T-ara's video cry-cry.
This has a clearly set out narrative structure, with a beginning middle, end, dialogue, characters and camerawork akinf to a film, given off a very clear cut cinematic vibe, in contrast to Will Youngs more interpretive performance.
A narrative music video is one with a beginning. middle and end. However there are two ways to go about it, 1 involving lots of inference, such as Will Young's leave right now:
This video requires inference on the audiences part, as nothing is really clear cut. Compare this to
K-pop band T-ara's video cry-cry.
This has a clearly set out narrative structure, with a beginning middle, end, dialogue, characters and camerawork akinf to a film, given off a very clear cut cinematic vibe, in contrast to Will Youngs more interpretive performance.
Friday, 3 October 2014
Blog 5: Goodwin theory part 1
Goodwin believed that there was a specific trend among music videos. First of all is genre conventions. An example of this is seen in music videos. Dependent on the genre of music, it will follow different conventions.
An example of this would be the metal genre. represented in this case by Turisas's cover of boney m's rasputin.
This video has multiple metal conventions. This includes Such things as:
Stage/Narrative: Many metal videos offer a mix between a narrative story of some kind, (In this case a modern day rendition of Rasputin, the Russian leader who ws also an infamous womaniser.)
This is shown here this instance, between the narrative of the titular ''rasputin'' the man in blue and a lively stage performance by the band.
Theatrics:
Like quite a few metal bands, the band uses a theatrical style, a mixture of viking and body paint.
He also proposed that there was a link between lyrics and the content of the video itself. This can then lead to 3 outcomes: Illustrative, amplifying or contradicting. Illustrative is when the lyrics are descriptive of what is occuring in the video. Contradicting is when the lyrics oppose the video, for example a happy video going alongside depressive lyrics or vice versa. Amplifying is like illustrative, but to a greater extreme.
Also, as in Goodwin's theory, is the sense of voyeurism. There are many scantily clad women in this video, that we are viewing through the male gaze and its male point of view.
There are also multiple close ups of the bands, with them looking into into the camera flipping between the illusion they are playing in some form of club, and looking directly into the camera, thus reinforcing the idea of screens thus fully, completely completing Goodwins theory.
In the case of the above video, the lyrics are in accordance of illustration.
An example of this would be the metal genre. represented in this case by Turisas's cover of boney m's rasputin.
This video has multiple metal conventions. This includes Such things as:
Stage/Narrative: Many metal videos offer a mix between a narrative story of some kind, (In this case a modern day rendition of Rasputin, the Russian leader who ws also an infamous womaniser.)
This is shown here this instance, between the narrative of the titular ''rasputin'' the man in blue and a lively stage performance by the band.
Theatrics:
Like quite a few metal bands, the band uses a theatrical style, a mixture of viking and body paint.
He also proposed that there was a link between lyrics and the content of the video itself. This can then lead to 3 outcomes: Illustrative, amplifying or contradicting. Illustrative is when the lyrics are descriptive of what is occuring in the video. Contradicting is when the lyrics oppose the video, for example a happy video going alongside depressive lyrics or vice versa. Amplifying is like illustrative, but to a greater extreme.
Also, as in Goodwin's theory, is the sense of voyeurism. There are many scantily clad women in this video, that we are viewing through the male gaze and its male point of view.
There are also multiple close ups of the bands, with them looking into into the camera flipping between the illusion they are playing in some form of club, and looking directly into the camera, thus reinforcing the idea of screens thus fully, completely completing Goodwins theory.
In the case of the above video, the lyrics are in accordance of illustration.
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