Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Redundancy And Entropy.

Chiddy Bang - The Opposite Of Adults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McRgkE_vgjU&feature=channel
First of all the setting of this music video is very redundant as it is shot in many normal places such as Skate parks, a school, basketball court and a park, there is nothing unexpected about the mise en scene in this video as everything is quite normal e.g the clothing, the two band members are just wearing everyday clothing such as a pair of jeans and a hoodie. The lyrical content and music is low redundant as every piece of music has some sort of lyrics and dancing etc, they are standing in front of the camera which is also very typical of a music video. The title of the song 'Opposite Of Adults' is very entropic for many reasons, firstly the band members are doing things children would do, We see them jumping on beds, Dressing up and fighting, this is not normal by adults so therefore their is a factor of unpredictability. Another entropic scene is when we see the two male's with 'Wobbly' head's, this is entropic as it is not realistic.














Boy Better Know- Goin' In.
This video is highly entropic to a UK Grime listener as most UK Grime video's are set in the street's of urban cities such as Birmingham and London athe video's and are produced on a low budget. This video from 'Boy Better Know' is set in a normal everyday household so most people will see this video as redundant if you are not familiar with the genre Grime. There are other aspects of this video that make it highly redundant one being that the group are dancing are singing in front of the camera this is expected in a music video. The clothing of the group is also fairly redundant as they are just wearing standard clothing which is predictable, the cut's in the video are fairly quick connoting that the pace of the video is fast and their is alot going on. The way the video is filmed using a hand held camera shows a low sense of entropy.














Drake - Over
This video starts off with both redundant and entropic part's, firstly the start of the music video is highly redundant as Drake is just sat on a bed and there is nothing unexpected about this scene, but there is parts where entropy is expressed as the room starts to change e.g lighting, and their are special effects e.g the wall turned into a road. This can be seen as entropic as we do not expect for the room to change so quickly. We then see Drake on his own with a black background, there is nothing unexpected as it is completely normal. Drakes clothing is also predictable, he is American so we expect him to wear baggy clothing. Lip syncing is highly redundant as every music artist lip syncs in their music videos.







Friday, 10 September 2010

Video Skills Audit

Research - I believe Research is one of the key components to achieving a high grade in the video coursework for many reasons, first of all with no research you are unable to find out what genre of music you are going to target, the age/gender of your target audience and also you will have no information to work from. During the coursework task i will do thorough research so i can achieve the best grade possible. I will do lot's of research from different sources e.g internet, other students (Questionnaires and Surveys) and also the media (TV and Magazines).

Editing Accuracy/Continuity - During AS Media Studies, we didn't do that much work on videoing, but at the end of the year we remade Busted's - Thats What I Go To School For, During the task we had to edit our video, i was very new to this area of Media Studies and wanted to learn more about editing. During A2 i would like to get very good at editing, so i can create a highly proffesional video, to get better at editing i will seek guidance from my teacher and other students.

Organisation & Blogs - I am already quite organised, as I get all my work done on time, but i would still like to keep improving this aspect of my work as it will allow me to achieve a high grade during A2 Media, My Blogging is good, but i think i should do the work on the day it is set as i am then clear of what the task is. Leaving the task to the day before it is meant to be handed in is bad as you may of forgotten what to do.

Storyboarding - I find this aspect of Media Studies quite boring as it takes a while and isn't very interesting, i do not like the theory side of Media Studies as I like to work on Practical things such as a music video, but if i concentrate thoroughly and put 100% on the theory side e.g storyboarding, i will gain a much better mark overall.