Jess Norton A2 Media Studies

Discuss the representation of youth in contemporary film and television Youth are represented as being let down by society One way the youth are represented in contemporary film and TV is by being let down by adults. Parents aren't always around to help socialise their children or even just to show them affection compared to other cultures, British youth are less integrated into the adult world and spend more time with peers according to the Time Magazine article 'Britain's Mean Streets'. Young people want to make healthy and informed decisions, but until now, too many have been let down by the education system- Katrina Mather, 16 year old member of the Youth Parliament. Fish Tank In Fish Tank we see that Mia has little to no positive relationship with her mother and no Father. As The Guardian said "Mia has an enormous poignant capacity for love, but she has never received any, certainly not from a damaged mother, whose one moment of intimacy with her da...

 

This is the final outcome of our album poster. For the background we used a photograph of the two girls standing in front of the sea with the focus on their hands which we also used for the inner panel of our album cover. Even though you can't see their hands we liked that your could see the flowing hair in the top right-hand corner. The hair links with the image which we inserted in the middle of the poster. We used a similar photograph to the one we used in our album cover, however this one is brighter and focuses more on the lighthouse in the background. We selected the image in a circular format which we inserted onto the poster three times in different scales and with a lower opacity of about 23%. The biggest circle is rotated by 42 degrees and the middle circle by 90 degrees. We found that this gives the poster an interesting aspect and illuminates the image in the middle from the background. On top of the middle photograph we added the title of the album and the artist...

Front & Back cover These are the final outcomes of our digipak. The front cover shows a photograph of the two girls in front of a lighthouse which immediately links with the Album title 'Lighthouse'. We decided to keep the front cover quite simple and only display the artist's name above the album title. To give the cover a more interesting feature we added a transparent border around the edges which will appear throughout the ancillary tasks. The back cover is a photograph of the two girls holding hands standing in front of the sea which the focus on the waves of the sea. The composition of this image gave the perfect setting for the album list as the arms of the girls create a kind of border around the titles and give a sense of symmetry. Because of the distant focus it also almost seems as if the girls are looking out towards the titles which emerge in the far above the sea. In the bottom of the back cover we added a barcode as well as the credits which includ...

Our rough cut includes all footage which we filmed on two separate days except the performance of an actor playing the piano which we are still missing. At several point during the video, the screen goes blank which are the sequences which will later show the performance part of the music video. Besides adding the performance to the rough cut, there are a few things that we would like to change. First of all, we are still unsure about the colour correction which we added in Premiere Pro. It is only a very light filter which makes the footage look warmer and gives the shadows a purple tint, however we would like to experiment more with different filters to see which one fits the final video best.  When planning our music video we were also thinking about adding a little intro like the sound of the piano chair moving. This would give the video a little more of a story before the footage even shows up on screen.  The story is another problem we have. Right now, without th...

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Patrick Watson - Lighthouse   Other music videos: Is there a common theme to his videos? The first music video I embedded of the song 'Broken' shows lights a car passes driving at night. Occasionally, faces of other people including the artist appear as an overlay over the shots of the lights. Not a lot is happening in the video and even though it seems like it is not following a certain storyline, the video suits the lyrics of the song. Lines such as ' Tell me where we're going tonight, tell me where we're going so fast' suit the car driving past the neon lights at night.  The second video of the song 'Places you will go' is a one-take lip-syncing performance using different effects to make the heads of the performers bigger. This and the video for the song 'Into giants' are the only lip-syncing songs I could find.  This video follows a storyline and is probably the most entertaining video out of all of the above. Ho...

We have decided to cut down on some of our locations and settings to make the filming process shorter and easier as we are struggling to find days where all our group and cast are available. We will still go to happisburgh lighthouse and uses Evie’s garden, sisland woods and we still hope to use Hendenham House for our indoor performance scenes. However our other settings (Bungay common and shotesham ford) we have decided not to use because they aren’t as unique and wouldn’t bring muh more to our music video and practically they aren’t very convenient.

No changes have been made to the props list since the planning post so we are working from that.

No changes have been made to the costume and make-up since the planning post so we are working from that. We still want to use the same style of make up and costumes because it gave a successful feel to the video.

No changes have been made to the characters, we are still having the three young siblings and the artist as described in the planning character and casting post. However we are having to make slight changes to our casting of these characters. We originally wanted Millie Wykes to play our eldest sister however due to her going away we weren’t able to use her. We then decided on Maddie Wilson however we are currently struggling to find the availability with her. Millie has now returned so we are thinking about using her again although we are still waiting for confirmation. Other than this everything is staying the same as the planning post.

No changes have been made to the script/stage directions/synopsis since the planning post so we are working from that.

No changes have been made to the storyboards since the planning post so we are working from that.

Our final storyline idea for our music video involves three children exploring their surroundings in order to escape the reality of their everyday life. Abused by their father, they find happiness in the nature and places around them. At the end of our music video it will become clear that the little boy who is one of the three children is the artist performing the song telling the story of his upbringing through his song.

These are some screenshots from Megan Lansdell's media blog and I think her work is at a Level 4 standard. She has included a detailed description of her character profiles and what all the different aspects mean and why she wants to create them. These are some screenshots from lily ray's year 13 media blog. I have compared her work to my own and i feel like her work is at level 4. She has included in depth details of her plan or plot and filming. Level 4 work involves: - Planning and research evidence with be completed with detail - There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience - There is excellent work in shortlist, layouts, drafting, scripting or story board - There is excellent organisation of actors locations costumes or props - Time management is excellent - There is excellent skill in the use of pf digital technology or oct in presentation - There are excellent communication skills - There ...