Miming Task

We have just completed our first miming session, were we had to mime the lyrics of  "The Foo Fighters- Learn to Fly".

In groups of three we attempted to mime the song, I added a few dance moves to show my confidence and to make the task a bit more interesting. It was difficult as your mind suddenly goes blank in front of the camera and the lights make you feel hot and under pressure. It relieved the tension having two classmates next to you as the spotlight isn't  solely focused on you. It was an easy task as its a known song that is familiar to most people, the lyrics were easy and not complicated. 

The hardest part about the task is learning the lyrics especially if the song in unknown to you, the easiest part about the task is the actual performing of it because your with people in your class who you can put your trust into and its likely you will fail or make a mistake as will they so they pressure isn't focused directly on you

Music and me

Music and Me

Childhood (Shocker)
This song represents my childhood as it was the first band I ever listened to and the first CD I ever owned. It kinda sums up the MTV generation as it shows that from an early age (6+) we are stuck on rock type of music it shows the type of music that I grew up listening. The music i listened to when i was young has an influence over the music i have a preferred interest in now. This was a song that was quite big and popular growing up and i'm sure a lot of people will of been a fan of Busted as they were a big band during 2000- 2004



Travelling

I chose this because it reminds me of me and my dad driving to wales there and back. Also it was on Peter Kay's phoenix nights which me and my dad alway used to watch it always makes me want to go on a big road trip with the family and gets me excited for holiday (Plus its a classic). Its very much a family orientated song as i can relate it to all of my family members and have a significant bond with this song.



Now

This song represents my life now it basically sums up that nothing will stop just for you no matter what your going through life will always carry on. It always makes me feel better as I first heard this when Lupe Fiasco was relatively unknown and unheard of and its good to know that people feel the same as I feel through hard times. This type of music shows what music I am interested in, the genre is like a mix of hip hop and rap which is the type of music i prefer to listen to.

Media - kodaline high hopes

This music video immediately gives off a serious effect within the first five seconds as it shows a man struggling with life so decides to end. This sets the tone for the rest of the video, its a very personal video as it tells a story of compassion of the man who was minutes away from death but is saved by a woman in white running away.

Repetition
We see repetition(shown above) as soon as the woman in white sits inside the car, on the journey home the same camera shot is used numerous times to show her new life as this camera shot has not been demonstrated in the video before. Also repetition is shown as she uses her finger to feel the pain from her body and then she paints herself and the man in a cartoon quick draw on the window this is significant as it shows her coming out of her shell and being more creative and interactive. Some camera shots are repeated to show the relationship between the two main characters in the music video, the repetition of the lyrics high hopes gives off the theme of the music video and gives off an overall good feeling that the music video tries to install on us

Non-Linear Editing
The video lets itself down by not incorporating non linear editing which is mixed editing between the band performing the song and the story of the video. This could show the direct line between how the story is relevant to the band and how it makes sense.

Strong Sense of Identity
The music video gives off the bands strong sense of identity in terms of genre via the tone of the music it shows the genre is indie with the constant low tone it remains the same like a mix of a light hearted song and indie to show the bands overall identity

Visual Pleasures
The director who is unnamed provides visual pleasures with the story being told such as when the man sees this woman we all see her as a symbol of hope, it gives off a humble feeling as he just sees it as doing her a favour rather than saving both of their lives. We as an audience feel excited when they finally kiss as it shows what we have been looking for in the story and it gives us relief. When she puts her hand on his shoulder at the end we are also relieved as they both survived, as did their relationship.

Provokes a Reaction?
The music video seems like a short story taken from a film rather than it being created just for this video, this video remains unknown to the majority of the public as the band is relatively unknown despite them having been in the UK charts twice and also being Irish Number 1 in 2013. This music video definitely provokes a reaction when the two main characters are gunned down it makes us feel sad for the two of them as they have come so far and finally seem happy then its suddenly taken away in an instant.

Performance
There is no performance by the band throughout the music video this could be to ensure their genre is strengthened or because the story is a performance enough as it already sends a strong enough message. The band have performed this song live in concert and also created other videos just with an acoustic vibe to it.

Place in Society
The song has been covered by a lot of young singers on youtube who sing it acoustic to try and mimic the soft sound Kodaline created, it fits in with lots of different cross media formats such as the internet and i've seen performances by young and upcoming singers on Facebook this shows its place in society. This music video is very unlikely to be mocked or parodied due to the band being relatively unknown and also the acting in the video is good and not over dramatised enough to mocked, the band in my opinion wanted to tell the theme of how helping people is good and to always have "High Hopes" no matter how low you feel as your symbol of hope may be coming to you, like the woman in the wedding dress did for the man who was trying to commit suicide

Introduction

What will be on my blog.....

On my blog for this media project there will be things such asexamples of music videos from genre ranges with explanations of music videos based on the meaning or what they are trying to represent. The blog posts i will be creating will be related to taks we have been set by our media teachers and they will be all be create for the benefit of our music video overall I will include my own opinions and reviews of music videos such as likes and dislikes and things iIthing have been done for purpose

Use of Genre
I am going to use the genre of rock and pop for my music videos because it is a genre that I like and the music videos that are used are the ones that i pay attention to the most such as The Killers and The Script. I used to watch a lot of music videos when I was young on music channels like MTV as this was what alot of typical boys my age listened to and enjoyed, im not a huge fan of music but I do appreciate some of the aspects that go into it such as the meaning of lyrics and the style of the instruments played.

What I think I will Achieve
I think I will find this work challenging, i believe that i should be able to create a very succeful music video, with up to date blog posts that include all of the key posts needed  aswell as my own personal posts. I will do my best to get the best
mark available and  do my own, research based on what the examiner finds nessacery such as looking as key blogs that have acheieved full marks, (Group blogs such as the XYZ'S).