Whilst looking over my blogs I have found that I have learned a lot since the beginning of the year. It has come to my awareness now that I am unable to watch a music video without analysing the media language in my head, it now comes very naturally. I notice many things that I wouldn't have before when simply watching for entertainment. Moreover this blog has allowed me to look back and see the progress I have made and the build up of knowledge that has allowed me to really enjoy the media course!
For example when watching the Countdown video by Beyonce I noticed the amount of hard work and effort that has been put in in order to make it such a successful music video.
Immediately you can see the use of speed up when Beyonce immitates a clock with her arms. These visual effects really draw in the target audience and keep the audience focused on the main artist. Also I really enjoyed the split screen and hope to incorporate this into our music video during the chorus and have a few people saying the main line 'down with the trumpets'.
Also this another influence for our split screen trial where we attempted to have Adam in 3 places on screen in the same location. We have now learned from the errors we made in the trial and hope to make it effective as it is in Beyonce's video.
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