Media Blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? People say that it shouldn't count as a country song as there are hiphop elements of the song 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? thats not his real name  He came from a poor area and had to sleep om his siblings couch  3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? representing ethnic minorities in cowboy and outlaw films  4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? he fact that Lil Nas X is a black teenager from Atlanta and country is a predominantly white genre did not go unnoticed. 5) How does Charlie Harding sum up the whole thing in the final part of the podcast transcript?  Old Town Road situation shows  genres are socially constructed  rather than strictly defined by musical elements. He suggests that industry decisions, marketing, and cultural assumptions all shape what counts as a genre. 1) How did Lil Nas X announce...

  1) What is the purpose of a music video? To promote the song to then be bought or streamed online and also to make the artist more recognisable 2) How has the digital age changed the production and distribution of music videos? CGI and other technological advances allows more impressive visuals  distribution is now focused on you tube and social media more than TV 3) Which three major record labels are behind VEVO? What is VEVO and why was it created? Sony , universal , warner music group  - to provide youtube with music videos  4) What are the key conventions of a music video? Lip singing , a set , promotion of the artist record label and producer , dancing 5) How can narrative be used in music video? Give an example of a music video that uses a narrative. Old Town roads narrative of an outlaw going to modern times and singing about riding on a horse in his time 6) What examples are provided in the factsheet for intertextuality in music videos? Blink 182 video for...

  1) Discuss what your preliminary exercise will involve – make notes on your blogpost of  location ,  sequence of events ,  casting  etc. Location - My house  event - i will enter a door and showcase this with a close up of my hand entering the door and another angle from within the room  casting - myself playing both roles   2) Write a short  script  for the preliminary exercise. Remember, scripts outline movement and shots as well as dialogue. The  BBC Writer's Room  is a brilliant resource for tips and examples of TV scriptwriting.  Here's a genuine TV script example from Luther  to check you are formatting your script correctly. person 1 : who are you  person 2 : im your long lost identical twin                   ive brought you here to tell you something  person 1 : what  person 2 : were not from this earth , were aliens from a distant planet who c...

  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. 3) Now reflect on your video. Did you meet the brief and successfully include the three key editing aspects we have learned? 4) What were the strengths and weaknesses of your final film? Write a detailed analysis picking out specific shots, edits and any other aspect of film language you think is relevant. 5) L earner response: what aspect of editing did you find most difficult? What have you learned from this process that will help you when you start the actual coursework later this year?

  1)  British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2)  Blinded By The Light  case study research  3 )  Regulation - BBFC research and tasks 

  1)   Introduction to TV Drama 2)  Capital: CSP case study and analysis 3)  Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4)  Film industry assessment LR 5)   Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis 6)  Postmodernism and Deutschland 83 7)   TV: Industry contexts