Week 2 - Genre Research

 

Hi class

Today is all about GENRE research! Watch the video then proceed to the tasks below;

PART A of Genre Research

Your task is to;

1. Read through THIS DOCUMENT which presents the different codes and conventions of music videos

2. Watch the video below to start

2. Make notes into a blog post about what the genres are in this video and some characteristics of each

3. Choose 3 different music video genres and at least 2 music videos in each genre , embed clips of them from Youtube into your blog

4. Analyse technical/stylistic elements (filming, editing, mise-en-scene and sound) - refer to that first document for ideas of what to look for!

5. Present your findings in a presentation blog tool 

6. Explain what your genre preference is for creating a music video and why

PART B of Genre Research  

Start looking into those 3 genres you discussed in part A and answering the following questions in a blog post;

Look at

-  what record labels tend to produce artists in those particular genres

- who is the target audience for those genres (what demograhic is mostly consuming that genre / downloading / watching on Youtube etc)

- How the brand / Artist represent themselves on album covers

- What cross-media-convergence opportunities have been utilised for those artists/ bands in those genres? (newspaper / magazine articles / front covers / TV interviews with celebrity shows / news media)? 

Welcome to A2 Media Studies!

 Welcome to the first A2 Media class this school has ever had! 

It really is going to be a blast. 

Here is your task for the first week;

1. Watch this clip to get an understanding of what to do

2. Create an A2 Blog

3. Create your first blog post 

4. Research some A2 blogs, include the links in your blog post

examples;

https://ladafranulovic.wordpress.com/

http://stma2mediastudies.blogspot.com/p/example-blogs.html

https://sulliemedia2.wordpress.com

5. Document your thoughts on the course, the blogs you've looked at (what you liked/ didn't like), ideas off that bat that you think you may be interested in for your upcoming film task, provide examples of work you want to use as inspiration for your advanced portfolio

6. Take a look through the syllabus. Read the pages that outline your course and highlight the parts we are doing (e.g. 

First things first,