In our double period media lesson today i analysed Faith Hill's digi pack which i have uploaded onto the blog as proof of my working. We also used this time to figure out the sorts of shots we could include using. We looked at Taylor Swift's song 'Love Story' which uses a similar sort of setting to film at as we want to film outside, by Audley end house which is a castle, so using a cliche scene. We looked at cutting rates in the song and the types of shots, for example Taylor Swift uses many close ups and tracking out/into her singing outside. We will make a full list of shots to include.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Digi pack analysis 1- Shania Twain
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Email replies
So here was our reply to this email:
Friday, 5 October 2012
Response to my email
I have had a reply to my first email about being able to film at Audley End house. They have given me the email address of a woman called Linda Dyer who would be able to provide more information about the possibility of filming our video on Audley End's ground.
This is my reply:
So this is my initial email to Linda and i await her email.
Some results for Audience research
During class last week each group played their chosen song for their music video and all the other students wrote down on a piece of paper their interpretations of what they think would be in the music video, if there was a music video.
From various students these are our results as follows:
- A sunset background
- A girl in a field singing
- Someone singing about a complicated relationship, for example sees that boy around when he's with friends.
- Boy sees the girl but seems that he doesn't care and chooses his friends instead of that girl
- The girl is fed up about particular events in her life
- Girl wanting that boy she sings about to change
- The video not showing the boy that the girl is singing about
- when she is outside there are: autumn leaves, kicking her feet/ dangling her feet
- Autumn colours and theme for the video
- floating leavs
- The video tells a story/ has a relevant narrative
- possible shot- cross cut between indoors and outdoors so has a link between narrative and performance
- when she is outside there are: autumn leaves, kicking her feet/ dangling her feet
- Autumn colours and theme for the video
- floating leavs
- The video tells a story/ has a relevant narrative
- possible shot- cross cut between indoors and outdoors so has a link between narrative and performance
My email to Audley End house
We have had some brilliant ideas about possible locations to film in and our main idea is to film at Audley End house. As it is our main possible location i have tried to get in contact with the East of England LOCAL OFFICE and i await their reply. Here is a copy of the email i sent:
Audley End house is near enough perfect for our music video as it has gardens to film in and a lot of land which is where we wan to film as being in the outdoors is a major part of our genre- being in the outdoors represents freedom.
Audley End house is near enough perfect for our music video as it has gardens to film in and a lot of land which is where we wan to film as being in the outdoors is a major part of our genre- being in the outdoors represents freedom. 
Monday, 1 October 2012
Shania Twain
Shania Twain is a 47 year old Canadian artist that comes under the POP/ country genre.
Shania Twain has managed to experiment within her own genre, the pop genre, both without losing the original fans who made her famous in the first place.
After looking at her videos; You're still the one, That don't impress me much, From this moment on, You've got A way and When you kiss me.
After looking at all of these videos i noticed that Shania sings into the camera a lot and shows confidence in her songs as she looks straight at the camera so that it is more personal for the viewer to watch as it seems like she is singing to them.
There are many crosscuts used, from either the narrative that is being played out and the lip syncing into the camera. They are subtle as they show her in different scenes but effective as they make the video more interesting to watch as there is more being shown.
He song' That don't impress me much' uses a very extreme set of camera angles. They are either from very far angles or there are close ups onto her face especially.There are uses of cross fades which gives a smoothness and less harsh image to the video.The song 'you're still the one i want uses the extreme close ups which is the complete opposite of the song 'you don't impress me much'. It has close ups of Shania's face as she sings and the actor's body.
The mis-en-scene is very different in all of her videos. Her appearance is completely different in every single one. However she is always known in these videos to have flowy and natural hair which is one convention of mis en scene she uses as part of he look which doesn't change that often. Her outfits are very extravagant which all reflect her videos. In 'you're still the one ' she has a white floaty dress which she stands out in as it is very windy. It also stands out in the video because the video as a whole is quite dull and blue. The screen shot i have chosen is from you're still the one- it shows clearly that she has long flowy hair- a typical convention of the pop and country genre.
In her video 'any man of mine' she is uses the more tradition aspects of the Country genre however in her other songs there are quite strong influences of pop in her videos. An example is in the outfits, in the song 'that don't impress me much' she has an all leopard print outfit whilst in 'any man of mine' she has the typically washed, light coloured jeans and denim waste coat She goes back to the routes of using props in the background such as carts, and we see tree stumps, fields and other trees outside in the background.
Shania Twain has managed to experiment within her own genre, the pop genre, both without losing the original fans who made her famous in the first place.
After looking at her videos; You're still the one, That don't impress me much, From this moment on, You've got A way and When you kiss me.
After looking at all of these videos i noticed that Shania sings into the camera a lot and shows confidence in her songs as she looks straight at the camera so that it is more personal for the viewer to watch as it seems like she is singing to them. 
There are many crosscuts used, from either the narrative that is being played out and the lip syncing into the camera. They are subtle as they show her in different scenes but effective as they make the video more interesting to watch as there is more being shown.
He song' That don't impress me much' uses a very extreme set of camera angles. They are either from very far angles or there are close ups onto her face especially.There are uses of cross fades which gives a smoothness and less harsh image to the video.The song 'you're still the one i want uses the extreme close ups which is the complete opposite of the song 'you don't impress me much'. It has close ups of Shania's face as she sings and the actor's body. 
The mis-en-scene is very different in all of her videos. Her appearance is completely different in every single one. However she is always known in these videos to have flowy and natural hair which is one convention of mis en scene she uses as part of he look which doesn't change that often. Her outfits are very extravagant which all reflect her videos. In 'you're still the one ' she has a white floaty dress which she stands out in as it is very windy. It also stands out in the video because the video as a whole is quite dull and blue. The screen shot i have chosen is from you're still the one- it shows clearly that she has long flowy hair- a typical convention of the pop and country genre. 
In her video 'any man of mine' she is uses the more tradition aspects of the Country genre however in her other songs there are quite strong influences of pop in her videos. An example is in the outfits, in the song 'that don't impress me much' she has an all leopard print outfit whilst in 'any man of mine' she has the typically washed, light coloured jeans and denim waste coat She goes back to the routes of using props in the background such as carts, and we see tree stumps, fields and other trees outside in the background.
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