Monday, 20 July 2009

Michael Jackson Case Study

In our lesson, we watched a number of Michael Jackson videos and compared them, to see how one of the greatest entertainers in the world took his ideas to his music videos.


Leave Me Alone

Animated, cartoons, spaceships, Michael Jackson flying around.

Lyrics closely related to the video

Shows shots of news articles about him, allegations made against him in real life featured in his video, said to be a response to the media.


Scream Feat. Janet Jackson

Features his sister Janet Jackson

Video in Black and White

Space Theme

Simultaenous dancing with his sister

Lyrics are a response to child abuse allegations


Billie Jean

Starts off in black and white

Animated

Has a crime scene theme

Special effects- Floor lights up when he walks on it etc

Thriller

Has a storyline of horror film for the first 4 minutes

Michael Jackson is watching himself act in the cinema, and then goes outside and starts the song

Simultaneous dance with zombies

Special effects

Black or White

Starts off at the begining with a mini story line

Star cast, including Macauly Culkin, someone who was very famous at the time (Home Alone).

Includes many different cultures including Indian, Black, Chinese, Russians and many more

Shows number of famous of people such as Tyra Banks

Monday, 13 July 2009

Brentford CLC

On two occasions so far we have visited Brentford CLC to use there facilities to aid our media work.





They have Apple Mac computers, which have excellent software for creating and editing videos.





The first week we went there we learnt the basics, how to play around with the different video effects and just got a general feel for it.





The next week, after having shot our ''Busted'' music video, we took what we had filmed to Brentford and put it together on the macs. We had not fully recorded everything, so therefore put together what we had recorded so far, and learnt how to use IMovie with the help of an assistant at Brentford. I learnt how to edit clips and shorten them, and get them in sync with the music so that our mouthes were moving in time with the singers voices.



The next time we went to Brentford, we went with the finished clips, and incorporated them into what we had done the previous time. I successfully managed to finish the video and had the privelidge of having it put up on YouTube.

Here is the link to our remake of Busteds ''What I Go To School For'' edited by myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RMXgyeH5gs