MEDIA STUDIES BLOG 2015/16

Ideologies of the music industry Keith Negus- creativity in the music industry Identifies two distinct ways of thinking about potential artists from within the music industry Ø   The organic ideology of creativity Ø   The synthetic ideology of creativity Organic Approach Ø   A naturalist approach t artists Ø   The seeds of success are within the artists, who have to be nurtured by the record company Ø   The image of the artist is enhanced by the record company Ø   The artist is given time to evolve and progress through their career Ø   Emphasis is given to album sales and the construction of a successful back catalogue Ø   Often aimed at older or more sophisticated consumers Ø   Profits generated by the kind of act tend to be part of a long term strategy by the record company Ø   The killers Ø   Maroon 5 Ø   Taylor swift Ø   Green day Synthetic approach Ø   ...

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As a group we decided it would be a good idea to put our video on to Facebook as there we would get honest opinion from family and friends and from the four of us get the opportunity to out it out to over 4000 different people. Above are just some of the great feedback from our film, showing that our handwork paid off and people really did enjoy our film.

Comparison of Prelim task to main film: When filming our prelim task, my group and I were unaware of how to use the camera, as it was the first time using a proper camera rather than our phones but also we had never been in a situation of using a high tech camera before. When we were looking over at the storyboard at first, we thought we just had to film it all from one shot. We didn't know we had to shot it from all different angles.   In our Prelim task we used three types of shots: close up shot, wide shot and a medium close up. However in our film there were a variety of shots including an establishing shot and even a bird’s eye view shot, which we used a drone to enhance to viewing experience and give another viewing perspective. In our film, the school invested in newer cameras. Therefore, we were fortunate enough to use them as well as being able to use the camera on the drone where as in previous times with our prelim we used old cameras with footage that didn...

This evaluation task has been completed by putting answers on our youtube clip about the technological side and the research process in how we came up with the Idea of making and producing our 2-3 minute thriller/horror film called The Diversion Please turn annotations on!!!