Welcome to my blog, my name is Emma Hagstrom and this is where I will be recording my research, planning and progress of my A2 Media Coursework. Hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Initial ideas

06:21 Posted by Emma Hagstrom No comments
1. Continue with the Preliminary The first idea we had was to simply build on our preliminary idea and improve it. Originally we thought that perhaps we could re-use some of our footage from our original piece, but upon discussion and review, felt that it would not be worth it and we needed to create more substance and narrative. From this, we created a slightly new idea, sticking with the same...

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Consumption of music video

06:06 Posted by Emma Hagstrom No comments
A few years ago, perhaps prior to 2005, consumption of music videos would have primarily been through TV on music channels. A popular one would have been MTV, occasionally shows were created out of showing music videos. For example, the popular cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead used to have a show narrating music videos. This would have most likely been the most popular, if not the only way of...

Friday, 11 November 2016

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Setting

01:57 Posted by Emma Hagstrom No comments
Setting generally refers to the environment in which a media product is taking place e.g. a house, in the woods etc. It is quite an important aspect of film making and can make or break the product, depending on how fitting/well-made/well-chosen it is. In terms of music videos, often the genre of the song is what decides on the setting. Sometimes even the lyrics of song can decide the setting,...

Song Choice

01:54 Posted by Emma Hagstrom No comments
How important is song choice? Song choice is very important as the genre of the song and also potentially lyrics are usually what shapes the actual music video itself. If the song doesn't fit the music video then the product as w hole i.e. the song and the video has a much lessened effect. Sometimes however artists decide to go for a music video to accompany a song that has absolutely nothing...

Friday, 4 November 2016

The key history of music video

07:37 Posted by Emma Hagstrom No comments
To generalise and summarise breifly, in the current music video era that we live in today the adoption of the 'Sex Appeal' of females has monopolised the music industry, opposed to choosing the more traditional and quality methods because today  they are less profitable. Of course there are still many different,  interesting, imaginative and heart felt  videos being produced however...