Research In To An Artist - Task 5

By doing this presentation/research into TheWeeknd, it has developed my knowledge about his music and the reasoning behind his album cover shots. I have also done a mood board which I think sums up my artist. As well as this, I have done a very small amount of research into 2 artist who I think are relative to my artist. The benefit of this is that I can still take inspiration from them as well as my own artist.

Analysis Of Music Videos - Task 4

A2 Media - Analysis of Music Videos Task 4

This task has helped me as it enables me to see how long shots are left on the screen for and also how quick the cuts are in comparison to pace of the music, it is usually in time and also it cuts at the same time as a part of the beat. I have also seen that the camera movements are also directly proportional to the pace of the music. As the music starts the increase, the colours become brighter and the pace of shots come and go quicker, and the camera movements often become quite quick. From this I can take into consideration the pace of this song, and this will then influence the pace of my editing and also what shot types and camera movements I choose to use.

Research Into Existing Companies That Produce And Distribute Music Videos - Task 3

This task has helped me because t gives me information about the typical people who are associated or relevant in my music genre, or more specifically to my inspirational artist. It also helps because it allows me to see that people who often collaborate with one another - such as The Weeknd and Drake -  usually use the same producers, or have worked with the same producer.
I have got some information from Wikipedia or from the artists/producers websites.

Conventions Of A Music Video - Task 2

By completing this task, it has really helped me develop an understand and gain some knowledge about different artist and different songs. By this I mean the shot types that are used an the effect that they have. It made me think about how some shots can be perceived as different videos include the same shots but can have a very different meaning so when planning my music video I am going to have to make sure I take into consideration how I want my shots to be interpreted. I have also learnt that in 'The Weeknds' music videos he uses a lot of slow motion and empty space, which connotes his loneliness or vulnerability.

History Of Music Video - Task 1

By doing this task, it helps me understand about music video itself and gives me an insight to how it has changed. This task helps me as there will be aspects of old and new music video characteristics in my music video. There will be the black and white side to it but there will be effects like slow motion and more advanced effects used than what they used to have.

Digipaks

Digipaks are a type of packaging for CDs or DVDs, they are made from cardboard with an internal plastic holder for one or more discs. They are typically in a 'book' style form (gatefold) on the inside of these gatefolds, there are plastic disc holders which the CD or Dvd is held by. This gatefold style enables more than one CD or DVD to be held in a digipak, this is beneficial as it means more than one disc can be held at one time which means digipaks can be useful if there is a set of CD's or DVD's.

The picture above is a typical layout for a digipak. There is space for 2 discs either side of the centre. The centre will often consist of the album name, the artists name and some information about the artist and the tracks on the album. On the back of this will be the front cover which will be the album cover picture and on the back of the centre panel it will show the tracks on each disc or information about what each disc is and what it consists of. The font will be relatively simple so it allows the audience to read whats inside the digipak.

Behind the plastic casing where the disc is held, there is often a picture of the artist or of a picture relating to the artist or the album. Digipaks or usually a lot more colourful than normal/single CD casing. I feel that it shows the artitsts personality more as it is more personal to the artist.