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Postmodernism in music video: Blog tasks

  Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article?  Postmodernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? They argued that the meaning of a text is not determined by the author's intention, but rather by the reader's interpretation. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is a form of intertextual discourse in which a text makes critical commentary on itself or on another text. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28?   Postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts in all established . 5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? It is a concept that is important regarding representations from media producer

Coursework: Preliminary exercise feedback and LR

  1) Type up your teacher's feedback   in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. Lots to credit here – I like the cut to black visual/editing motif in the opening, it works well. As it continues I’m not sure if there’s enough pace but it’s good to have a consistent style. I know there is a footwear element but the end feels more like an advert than a music video! Need to think about how to cover this without losing the music video conventions. The initial running element is unconvincing – it just doesn’t look natural. I wonder if you need the narrative of failure first. Can you just have someone working themselves into the ground? You will need another scene / location / performance element for the full video. Needed brand identity of your artist in there – that was part of the brief for the preliminary exercise. 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write  three  WWW b

prelim : OBEE- Till I Collapse

 https://youtu.be/Xgnlt-sAT1k?si=IXlQTadvQB1WXVH7

Music Video: index unfinished

  1)   Music video introduction blog task 2)   Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)  Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

Radio: Final index

  1)   Radio: Introduction to Radio 2)   Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3)  Radio: War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

  Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? It was originally a novel published in 1898 about an alien invasion and the conflict between mankind and a species from MARS. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? It was broadcasted in 1938 and audiences believed that the alien invasion was happening in real time during the broadcast causing them to react in numerous ways whilst spreading the 'news' that they truly believed was factual. 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? With the headline,  MANY FLEE HOMES TO ESCAPE ‘GAS RAID FROM MARS’ – PHONE CALLS SWAMP POLICE AT BROADCAST OF WELLES FANTASY. 4) How did author Brad Schwartz describe the the broadcast and its reaction? Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News’ suggests that hysteria it caused was not entirely a myth. “Instead it was so

Preliminary exercise: Research and planning

  1) State the  song  you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. https://youtu.be/ytQ5CYE1VZw?si=uElnSj0iYt1WjqUs  Till I collapse by Eminem 2) Choose at least  three  music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make  bullet-point notes  on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. Hall fame - The script ft WILL I AM   https://youtu.be/vLYYwQ8dNuc?si=ZkVHedoZGCOMkWjD Shape Of You - Ed sheeran https://youtu.be/JGwWNGJdvx8?si=rk-METyEv3-V-6tn Eye of the tiger - survivor https://youtu.be/ob8TNqQw2hY?si=nASwAiAqx3MpTFYa 3)  Write a short  music video treatment  for your extract (this is basically a script for your music video). You can  find an example of a treatment here . If you are making your real coursework then feel free to use the treatment from your summer project. Start from 00:51 with Scene1: In bedroom under the bed having tired expressions struggling to get up with dull lighting. Scene 2 : Gets up - puts on shoes