In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
After doing research and looking into the normal codes and conventions of a rock music video we decided to keep with the normal conventions. The music videos that we looked at in the rock genre, in particular Foo Fighters 'pretender' helped us to gain an understanding of the normal codes and conventions of rock music videos. We noticed that they are usually wearing very plain, casual clothing or band shirts so we followed this in our own video with our actors clothing. Indie Rock videos typically have the band playing their instruments with a very simple narrative alongside the band scene. we kept our video simple with just having the band and the simple narrative alongside. we used a range of different camera angles of the band and their instruments.
Although our music video has quite a few differences as well as similarities to The Foo fighters 'pretender' video i feel it still follows the same codes and conventions and helped us to gain an understanding of it. The main similarities our video and the Foo Fighters video is that they both has a slow start setting the scene, and then gets more into the song even tho the Pretender is a much faster song than Use somebody which also shows a difference in the two video as the Foo fighters clips are very quick and short to go with the beat of the song whereas our song and video has a slower beat so our shots are longer. Another difference is that our video has a simple narrative giving flashback to a girl and then going back to the band scene. In the pretender video all of it us set in the same place, even though there is more than just the band setting there is no real clear narrative unlike our video. Another difference is that we decided to use an edit layer over the top if our video which gave it an aged look. I really liked this effect as i feel it emphasizes the fact that it is a flash back reminiscing on their past.
Our video is very simple and easy to follow by having a narrative which is easy to understand and then the band scenes throughout it. We used a variety of different camera angles and shots and a main one was when Abbie is looking directly into the camera as if she is looking at the audience and talking to the lead singer (David), breaking the 4th wall. I feel this was effective even though it is not a traditional convention of an indie rock video. We also know form our feedback that this was a creative and effective technique as the comments we received were positive.
Both of our videos have the band members wearing appropriate clothing for the genres codes and conventions. They are wearing simple plain clothing, some with plain tops or band tops and skinny jeans looking very casual. The clothing seen on rock band artists are very different to what you would see on a pop band. Pop band usually wear brightly coloured clothing which would be considered on tread that everyone aspires to look like whereas the rock genre are very basic clothing. before choosing rock as our chosen genre we were planning to do a rap video, which helps to compare and see the difference between the different genres. i noticed when researching into rap that they usually wear a lot of gold jewellery, hats, try to show of their money with their clothing and expensive items in their videos. So the plan for the clothing for our first video is very different to what we decided in the end when changing it to indie rock. I feel by following the main codes of conventions of our chosen genre we have been able to create a professional and realistic outcome which is is recognisable to the audience as a indie rock video.
Although our music video has quite a few differences as well as similarities to The Foo fighters 'pretender' video i feel it still follows the same codes and conventions and helped us to gain an understanding of it. The main similarities our video and the Foo Fighters video is that they both has a slow start setting the scene, and then gets more into the song even tho the Pretender is a much faster song than Use somebody which also shows a difference in the two video as the Foo fighters clips are very quick and short to go with the beat of the song whereas our song and video has a slower beat so our shots are longer. Another difference is that our video has a simple narrative giving flashback to a girl and then going back to the band scene. In the pretender video all of it us set in the same place, even though there is more than just the band setting there is no real clear narrative unlike our video. Another difference is that we decided to use an edit layer over the top if our video which gave it an aged look. I really liked this effect as i feel it emphasizes the fact that it is a flash back reminiscing on their past.
Our video is very simple and easy to follow by having a narrative which is easy to understand and then the band scenes throughout it. We used a variety of different camera angles and shots and a main one was when Abbie is looking directly into the camera as if she is looking at the audience and talking to the lead singer (David), breaking the 4th wall. I feel this was effective even though it is not a traditional convention of an indie rock video. We also know form our feedback that this was a creative and effective technique as the comments we received were positive.
Both of our videos have the band members wearing appropriate clothing for the genres codes and conventions. They are wearing simple plain clothing, some with plain tops or band tops and skinny jeans looking very casual. The clothing seen on rock band artists are very different to what you would see on a pop band. Pop band usually wear brightly coloured clothing which would be considered on tread that everyone aspires to look like whereas the rock genre are very basic clothing. before choosing rock as our chosen genre we were planning to do a rap video, which helps to compare and see the difference between the different genres. i noticed when researching into rap that they usually wear a lot of gold jewellery, hats, try to show of their money with their clothing and expensive items in their videos. So the plan for the clothing for our first video is very different to what we decided in the end when changing it to indie rock. I feel by following the main codes of conventions of our chosen genre we have been able to create a professional and realistic outcome which is is recognisable to the audience as a indie rock video.
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