Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Help with Blogger

If anyone wants help with technical blogger issues or designing their blog - give me a shout and I'll point you in the right direction/sort you out!

I'd like to see more links to sites and perhaps some live feeds. Also you can link your own youtube if you've got one and show your latest work. There's loads of things you can do so just 'come on down' as they used to say!

Mrs T x

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Posting from scribefire

This is a remote post from scribefire to blogger

Friday, July 11, 2008

Pink Floyd - "The Wall"

Monumental

Intro and guide ONE - everything you need to know!

and TWO (this is the wiki)

This is a MILESTONE in music history as well as music VIDEO.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Music Video Analysis

You need to choose TWO videos, from the following. All can be viewed on my youtube channel (link on the right) and are placed in a playlist for you.

Either
1. George Michael - "Outside"
or
2. Eminem - "Stan"

AND Either

3. Chemical Brothers - "Elektrobank"
or
4. Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar"

You need to write an analysis of the music videos, for the first video choice (1 or 2), focusing on the narrative and ALL the usual media language cues (as if they were short films) MEDIA LANGUAGE (Editing, Lighting, Colour, Mise-en-scene, Camera Framing, Camera Movement, Costume, SFX etc), plus REPRESENTATION, NARRATIVE, GENRE, AUDIENCE... You must also use the notes on Music Video analysis in your red folders.

For the Chemical Brothers videos (either 3 or 4), this framework is less useful and you will need to use the analysis notes provided in your red folder more carefully.

Think about WHY these frameworks and analyses differ for these videos.

Your write up may be in note form or bullets. It can be hand written or typed. It must be legible, coherent and thoughtful. It can be emailed to Mrs Thrasher. It must not be late.

The due date is THURSDAY 10th July 08 for 12(d) and for 12(c) it is MONDAY 14th July 08.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

video about changing music industry

Follow the link to my youtube channel to watch an interesting video on the changing music industry

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

...catching up

HERE  is the link to my version of a marketing strategy for you to compare with.

miss t 

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

so...this is what it should/could look like

Here's my version of a brief marketing strategy for 'The Dynobots' --> HERE

Read it through and reflect on your plan -
<1> what did you miss out? 
<2> what have you learnt?

 POST your thoughts on your blog today please (Tues 1st July - 12c and Thurs 3rd July - 12d). 
Make 5 points for <1> and 10 points for <2>
Your points can be specific or general but should reflect your learning.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Marketing Form to be completed

The form you need to complete to show an overview of your intended strategy is HERE. This will allow you to download a pdf form. 

If you need one you can complete on the computer, go to M Drive and look for it there - it is called Marketstratform.doc.

You also need to produce a VERY neat and well presented A1 display piece that show all your ideas. One per group. Use the A1 paper in my room, PA7.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

TOTALLY BRILL GUARDIAN SPECIAL on digital music!!

It's absolutely great, is seven pages of links to great articles all hyper linked with little explanation and covering a huge range of issues regarding changes in the music industry - I beg you to TRY IT OUT!


Monday, June 16, 2008

Short List of Kylie Images to get details for..


Click the image for it to enlarge


What makes a star image/brand?


Here's a copy of the brainstorm to remind you!

CLICK THE IMAGE and it will enlarge

Coldplay stole my song....and other bad press

here's the link for the blog you'll need for the poor press section - read the comments on the blog click here to link to the article


What about Kid Rick? is he a liar?

and why was Kayne booed at his gig?

You need to find more articles like this. Try to think about how press can be good as well as bad - and how the internet plays its part in amplifying this.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

For setting up a marketing strategy proposal...

in order to set up your marketing proposal, click here

For the star image class...

Follow the link on the Music Video Blog for the form to submit during the class or follow it here; Star Profile Sheet

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Keep it up guys!

keep it up guys - you can do it!

Mrs T xx

Friday, May 30, 2008

action adventure help!

Hi guys!

To help with this, I have posted a clip from Casino Royale to my youtube – http://www.youtube.com/user/juliestarchild so you can watch a chase sequence with no cars – I think this is a VERY IMPORTANT part of what we didn’t cover yet.


Just been thinking about some important parts of Action Adventure that you may not have covered with Miss Dymioti OR done for some time

The following is my little pointer for revision.

KEY POINTS IN ACTION/ADVENTURE

- ACTION
- MOTION
- SPEED
- SPECTACLE
- CHASES
- FIGHTS
- THINK ABOUT PARTICULAR MODES
SPY GENRE – like bond (casino royale for example)
ADVENTUE – like indiana, pirates etc
PAST TIMES – like indi, pirates, king arthur
CARTOON/SUPERHEROES – like hulk, spiderman, iron man
THRILLER CROSS OVERS – with elements of DETECTIVE/CRIME/SPY – like
the italian job

Think about these particular techniques:

In no particular order as they say, remember to be ready to comment on

 Music – to add pace, tension and atmosphere
 Interspersed Longshots – often repeated to show location of action
 Frequent close up shots to focus on the hero
 Lots of stunts – not always hi tech – could be hi tech stunts but with no CGI as such – i.e. focussed on real action/people/locations (I mean no monsters,sci-fi, mummies etc etc) but could be more like the latest Bond)
 Fast cutting for action BUT changes in pace in a sequence, slow bits as well!
 So editing dictates and establishes changes in pace
 High angle shots, often using cranes to give perspective on action and to give sense of place and continuity (and sometimes spectacle – in Casino Royale, the crane sequence is intercut with long shots so we know how high the fight/chase is taking place). This is linked to…
 Stunts themselves have many quick edits showing the action from multiple angles – it lengths the ‘stunt’, makes it a ‘money shot’ and slows the pace a little
 Very quick edits and spinning camera shots can show disorientation, speed, multiple action – this is important – we see the one shot from various angles
 The use of low angle shots to emphasise power/hero
 Remember to look for crane work that swoops in on the action
 Costume can be very important, especially if it contrasts across characters or seems incongruous to the surroundings – remember also it’s a staple of how the audience will read a character
 Remember to think about WHO the audience is and how that affects content
 PROPS can be very important, phones, cars etc can be seen as (sometimes low) status symbols and watch out for details that tell you things related to meaning and the narrative – why is that number on the phone screen? Why that number plate? Why that sign?
 Dialogue can often be a clumsy way to tell both the audience and the characters on screen what is happening elsewhere – like ‘how’d it go Harry? Is he dead yet?’ or ‘I’m off to pick up the drugs now’ you get the idea
 Silence or quiet moments work well as contrast and can often indicate that what seems like ‘all clear now, it’s safe’ are not what they seem and can be merely a precursor to ‘uh oh – I knew it was too good to be true’!
 Remember to think about a sense of impending peril
 QUEST is important or a MISSION – usually to save someone, uncover the truth, beat the bad guys etc etc
 Heroes are often maverick characters and break the rules and expectations
 They are often abnormally super or multiply talented! (ie can speak greek, Spanish and do karate, play the piano etc etc)
 Narrative is SLOWED with the pace of editing as I have said but this OFTEN happens when the hero is in danger so a screen chase can traverse a whole street block in 20 screen seconds but the one moment of jeopardy might get at least 20 seconds ALL OF ITS OWN!


That’s about it for now – any other questions, email me!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

misty's adventures in latymer blogland

Hi all, here at last - aren't you glad (not)!