Music and Me

I've always loved listening to music but the songs I listen to now are very different to back when I was a child. I always remember listening to old bands with my dad as he took me to school or around the house.

CHILDHOOD
This song reprsents my childhood because it was one of the first songs that I remember listening to. Me and my dad used to listen to this song when he was taking me to after school sports or just general driving. I still listen to this band quite a bit because it reminds me of the past.
     
                                  Pink Floyd - wish you where here

TRAVELLING
When I was a kid I worked for my dad quite a bit over the summer holidays, we travelled to Manchester on deliveries in my dads van. The song that I decode and relate to my past experiances is JCB by Nizlopi.



However the music I listen to now differs to the old ones. I listen to a lot of calm music and some up beat songs, the genre I listen to are mainly indie or dubstep.


                               Mumford and sons - hopeless wanderer




That was just one example of the songs I enjoy, I also like artists like Ben Howard, Gabrielle Aplin, and many more. My taste in music can differ to genres like house music to indie folk because I like songs with meaning and soemthing that can relate to my schemas.

What Makes a Good Music Video?

The music video I will be talking about and analysing in this blog post will be Of Monsters and Men - king and lionheart.




Instant impact - The main impact of this music video is the story and how it is being shown in the music video. The song is about a mother whos son had been taken away from her. However the mother never gives up looking for the boy. The video is very over exaggerated with monsters and spirits. This music video is very artistic and has a lot of different camera angles and effects to show the story as it would feel in real life. It reminds me how George milies made is short films and old movies it shot of has that theme.

Linear editing - In this video there are a lot of edits and CGI, this would have been done in the post production stage to get the video the way the band what the video to look. The angles and shot that the camera used were very noticeable , for instance there is a lot slow motion and close ups in the whole music video.

Visual pleasures-  The quality of the video is if a high standed, ranging up to 720p to 1080p making it very clear to look at. The mise- en - scene is very dark and not well lite throughout the whole video. Even though the lighting is of a low key bis goes well with the song. dark and mysterious and emotional, this is suited towards the song and the video.

Wow factor - The video has a unique wow factor, when watching the video it gives a sense of emotion. This song is a very 'get up and do it' song, the whole theme is very interesting and original, they' ve made the  video look like an old movie with the set design and the 3D look to it.

Pop Culture - The video does now show any evidence of a pop culture, the song is aimed towards a certain culture and fan base. This is shown by the song itself and the instruments used.

Analyses of Coursework

1b) Analyses one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience.

'Division' is the Magazine i made in AS media studies, Its a three page magazine containing the front cover, contents page and also the double page spread. 'Division' is what i'm going to be analysing. I will be focusing on the audience side of the magazine. However, i will be looking at aspects such age, Gender etc. 

'Division' is a Indie magazine that is based in the UK, it is looking at new and upcoming artist within the UK. By getting its inspiration of bands and artists such as Mumford and Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, Lucy Rose, Ben Howard and Of Monsters and Men. I realised that the magazine should be aimed at teenagers because they're coming into the stage of thinking on their own and indie is getting well known in the younger generation. Teenagers of todays generation want to be their own person, by liking things other people are familiar with and finding upcoming artist better than the 'mainstream' artists. This is also because of the audiences personality. The targeted audiences personality is very much the same as it is a group. Indie have a  distinct lifestyle as they have the own fashion sense and they 'set the trend'  

For  my coursework I will be looking at the Genre 'Indie'. The genre Indie will be related to the work to come. Each piece of work that I create will be relevant, even in this piece. I have recently created a music Magazine in my last course  that is also relevant to the genre of my choice - Indie. Front cover, Contents page and a double page spread.

The images that are on my media product are related to the genre and the Magazine, the images are about people that represent the genre and the Magazine.