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After the questionnaireAs a result of this information; 40% choose Indie/alternative as their preferred music choice.
We watched ‘indie/alternative’ music channels to get a grasp of real media products- channels like NME and Kerrang! TV was the underlying inspiration for me.
My ability to research into real life media texts was extremely helpful as I was able to physically watch each video and analyze my favourite and least favourite parts.
Annotated popular NME video
The close up at the very beginning of the video offers an exciting and intimate opening.
It then shows a different point of view on the main character in a different shot- this gives it complex depth. An overview shot of the
scene gives an establishing understanding to the audience.
The action of the video shows a clear narrative and exciting story for the audience to follow.
The establish shot shows the scene and heightens the narrative further –maintaining the interest of the audience.
This shot offers a variety of ways to look at the picture.
The close up shot of the phone shows the narrative and gives us a wide range of different angles to view.
The main character singing directly into the camera at the forefront of the picture is something we will definitely take on board as it addresses the audience.
The video has a clear ending to the narrative when the main character finally makes it to the band practice- this gives an overall finish to the video.
What did this teach us? By researching real media products
and annotating this video in detail we found some key
elements that were important to take on board for our video;-an interesting narrative
-a main character to sing direct to the camera
-numerous different angles to view the video
Birdy – Skinny Love - We chose the current hit song
from a young artist ‘Birdy-skinny Love’ that was one of the most played songs on NME TV in 2011.
- To develop an underlying motivation for the story I annotated the lyrics and used internet explorer to research the meaning of the lyrics, this was a useful exercise for me as it gave me a narrative to stick to.
Our annotation The underlying meaning of the lyrics was the idea that the love is ‘dying away’.
Its the story of a broken heart were all the ‘strings are cut away’.
-This was a useful exercise for me as it gave me a narrative to stick to. After doing this I was able to have a step by step guide and I created a storyboard of events for filming. -We created generic conventions of real media text as we had a linear narrative with a ‘typical girl/boy’ story/.
