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Key Theory Revision: Genre codes and conventions  Genre theory  Genre fluidity Camera work - framing and composition shot types, angle, position, movement  Lighting and colour Editing – pace, type of edits, continuity Narrative construction, related to narrative theory Sound – dialogue, music Mise-en-scene – setting and location, props, costume/dress, hair/make-up  Odi's malfunction scene: Positioning of characters shows power upon the person who abides the law involving synths. Close ups exaggerate the emotional conversation with the owner and the synth. Shot of Laura behind Anita expresses suspicion. Odi lying on the ground with high angle mid shot, smashed glass and jam around him. connotes him breaking. Shot into the mirror with Anita. Shot imposed to emphasise her face. Voyeurism. Anita is beginning to come to terms with her own identity. Mid shot, high angle.  Shot/Countershot of George and the detective's conversation. ...
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Title: Horizon Genre: Indie Rock/Punk music Target Audience: Music fanatics age 15 plus Ideological focus: independent, exposing small bands Key Representation:

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name- The elephants age- 17 costume- Cheap clothes, floral, fancy trousers, bright clothes, sunglasses, funk socks, Messy Long-ish hair key ideology- To express unique qualities from others props- Inflatable animals Style- indie, hipster Place Of Origin- New York Headline/Title: Bad company Stand first/ Kicker: "March 1989: Appetite for destruction is a number 1 hit and q is about to lock horns with Guns N' Roses. Pull quote: "Hoodlums, Addicts and thieves" Body/Body copy: Standard and clear columns. Main Image: Spread across one whole page, album cover as background, featuring each band member in their typical showcase clothes. The lead singer Axl Rose showing middle finger to express his rebellious and stereotypical rock emotions. Slash wears his iconic top hat which he is famously known for wearing. This entices the reader into the article while reading as it can easily be recognised by anybody who knows him. The skulls in the background a...
Regulations: You must complete an individual cross-media production, applying your knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework (Media language, representation, media industries, audiences). Unassessed participants may act in, or appear in the media production, or operate lighting, sound, recording and other equipment under your direction if required. The cross media production must be conceptualised as a complete package of interrelated products in two forms, reflecting the nature of the contemporary media and the importance of different Task One- Create an original music video to promote your new artist or band Length: 3 minutes- 3 minutes 30 seconds. Two or more filming locations (e.g: studio, rehearsal or live venue, or other locations). Wide range of camera shots, angles and movement to interpret the music and lyrics of the song. Shots of the artist or band to establish a clear identity/ image. Performance footage (rehearsal and/ or live and/ or lip ...

Music video song suggestions

In order of highest request. 1.Do Something- Slaves https://youtu.be/0vHhzJHH1VM 2.Lethal Combination- The Wombats. https://youtu.be/GDX2dl0i7dA 3.Lovers Law- Rat Boy https://youtu.be/zZBcdBP1bdg 4.Rock City- Kings of Leon https://youtu.be/6Fhfjhtd4TI 5.Riot Van- Arctic Monkeys https://youtu.be/j052-ROwPFM 6.Shotgun- George Ezra https://youtu.be/-A811DjtMxg 7.A lack of understanding- The Vaccines https://youtu.be/KyfcTOM1D08 8.Party in a Forest [Where's Laura]- The Wombats https://youtu.be/6SE5095JQBU 9.Handle This- Sum 41 https://youtu.be/2SSikInuR38 10.The vampyre of time and memory- Queens Of The stone Age https://youtu.be/HFrAbINkSE0 11.What you do to me- Don Broco https://youtu.be/GvBSeLsneYo 12.Up In Arms- Foo Fighters https://youtu.be/5WF4qOotO58

Formation Beyoncé

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mise-en-scene: L/S of police officers lined up opposite a small, vulnerable black child. Mise-en-scene: "Stop shooting us"  graffiti accompanies the lyric "Get eliminated" symbolises the threat of death made against the black community. C/U- Beyonce sitting in on a police car, sinking into the water, forming a binary opposition between the police and Beyonce, a black performer. Slow pan of dilapidated buildings accompanied by the lyrics "do you remember what happened in Orleans?"- explicit reference to Hurricane Katrina, themes of abandonment of black community. Mid shot of Beyonce and crew in Antebellum dresses, which have connotations of slave ownership, symbolic of empowerment and self-ownership. An explicit example of cultural appropriation. Beyonce uses direct address throughout multiple shots in the music video in order to express aggression and intimidation. However it shows a polysemic meaning as it could be a plead for help. Her solid...
Binary Oppositions always create conflict, emphasis, a wider target audience, comedy and is able to demonstrate ideologies. Representations can cultivate audience ideologies and allow them to make their own assumptions about a media product. Everything we study has been constructed different from reality. Anaconda Nicki Minaj Music Video Young Black Women are consistently sexualised in Nicki Minaj's Anaconda. Editing: The screen wobble emphasises her buttocks. A large amount of low angle shots are used to create a clear a view for viewers.