Abbie Hallam A2 Advanced Porfolio

Hiya Guys So, today in lesson we have been looking at the criteria for our music video which gives us a good idea of what needs to be included within the music video to achieve the highest of marks.  In short, the criteria divides the marks up into four levels. Level 3 and 4 are the ones we should aim for within level 3's grade boundaries being between 24-31 and level 4's being 32-40. Level 4 states that candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills: Shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise-en-scene Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects Recording and editing sound with images appropriately (As our group are aiming for the highest of levels, i am only including level 4!) From looking ...

Hey Guys,  Today I am going to be commenting on the feedback that was given to me by Mr Welch on our 1 minute music video task. Before the summer break, me and the rest of my group created a 1 minute music video to 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' by Cyndi Lauper. We created this for practise for our final piece, which is a full length music video. We have received feedback that will hopefully help us for next time when we make our final production of a music video, from this feedback we are able to reflect on it and make sure that we don't make the same mistakes again next time.  Here is the feedback we got given:  Feedback on one minute music video (July 16) Areas of strength: Strong opening with well-chosen transitions and consideration of mise-en-scene Well framed shots and variety of shot types Images and sound are well edited   Areas for development: It’s not always a good idea to have a single vocal track performed by 3 people unless it’s pa...

Here's an email that has been sent off to the manager of Passion Pit. We hope to get a reply that will give us permission to use Passion Pit's song for our A2 music piece . 

Richard Dyer states that the star is a construction and not a real person. This star is constructed through music videos, magazines, advertising etc. The star image is made up of a range of meanings which are attractive to the target audiences. Stars are manufactured by the music industry to serve a purpose; to make money out of the audience, who respond to various elements of a star's personality by buying records and becoming fans.   His theory is split into three sections: The stars as commodity - The stars are produced to make a profit from putting their faces on products and merchandise, some examples would include clothing, such as t-shirts, hats etc., posters, mugs.  The stars as ideology - They will often be styled to represent certain ideologies of social groups. For example people who like the music genre, grime, might try to copy some aspects of the figures in the music genre on what they wear and their style, the way they would see this would ...