Friday, 25 November 2011

Homework: Max Davies: From MTV to YouTube

For a school trip we went along to a presentation up Brick Lane about how to create a music video and how it came about. Its was put on by RichMix (a creative educational company). We was presented clips by Pete Fraser, a chied examiner for OCR A level Media Studies. Then Liz Kessler, a leading producer in the business spoke about the industry. Finally Corin Hardy, a new, modern music director spoke about the industry also.


What is a Music Video
- feature artist
- Can tell a story
- Needs to be memorable

Music Videos through the years
1930
- A color box - Len Lye
- Abstract



1940
- Soundies
- Video juke box
- Nat King Cole



1960
- Scopitone
- VIdeo Juke Box



1960
- Films
- Hard Days Night
- Subbterrain Homesick Blues




1970
- Queens - Bohemian Rhapsody



1981
- MTV
- No black people,
- No female
- All British
- 1st video on MTV - Video Kill the radio star



Madonna
- 1st female on MTV



Micheal Jackson
- 1st Black artist



Method of Analysis


Andrew Goodwin
1) Genre Characteristics
2) Visual with lyrics and music
3) To sell star
4) Vogeurism (looking through screen)
5) Intertextuality

Top Tips on creating a music video


0) Lip sync and Practice
1) Choose Track
2) Treatment
    Pitch
    Clear concept
3) Plan
    Story board
4) Blog
    Influence videos
    Photos
5) Equipment
    Tripod
    tape
6) Shoot
    10 performances
    Close ups
7) Footage
8) Edit
    sync first
9) Screening
    feedback
10) Analysis
      Evalutaion

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