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statement of intent,

  Statement of intent -500 words Obaida Khan Introduction: The song of choice for my music video will be Till I collapse by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg. Till I collapse was originally released in 2002 and has reached wide successes getting into the top 100 on the billboards as well as achieving billions of streams across all digital platforms. It has had a high cultural impact and is commonly seen as the song that mostly links to motivation and success due to it being used in workout videos and such numerous times, it has also featured  in a number of movies and video games. For my music video that will have the song as the main soundtrack the two artists will be Obee who will  do the acting for the storyline and performing aspect and the feature will be RJ who will also have some performance additions as a part of my music video. Magazine: The magazine will be a double page feature which will consist of an interview from Obee of how the idea for the song and the music video came about

Music video pre-production

  1)  Music video treatment   https://youtu.be/ytQ5CYE1VZw?si=uElnSj0iYt1WjqUs  . It will commence with a demonstration of the main character (myself) as being weak and having no drive/motivation as well as being lazy . Then as the song progresses he makes an effort to begin exercising however he starts off with not the most confidence yet shows resilience . Over the song he gets stronger and training becomes easy  .Then his confidence is at a high  . He then starts a performance singing the music in a set location outdoors with a crowd that slowly builds up 2) Mise-en-scene planning Costume Causal wear and clothes that are commonly worn during workouts like tracksuits All shoes to be portrayed are Nike Lighting High use of natural lighting Dull lighting   Detailed lighting on close shots Actors/performers I will cast myself as the main actor  The group of crowd/friends will be some of my friends including Rajandeep Props Use of running wear like specific hats an gloves including demon

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