Thursday, 28 April 2011

Media Evaluation 4

Media Evaluation 3

Media Evaluation 2

Media Evaluation 1

Initial Cast List

Dannii Hall as the female child


Sam Hall as her mother


Carly Jones as herself


Extras as other family members


The main character in our music video will be Dannii hall and the story about her mother and any other extras would be family members and the last character shown in our music video is Carly Jones our artist which will include shots of her singing in the studio.

Filming Schedule

Shot List

Below is the type of shots and transitions we can include in our music video however there are many more to consider using:

Close up shot - this will show the audience the emotions of the characters and allows the audience to connect with them like lacan states when you connect with the character to see how they think and feel in that situation so that they can try and understand thier emotions.


Wide angle shot - allows the audience to see the location of the scene and can gain an idea of the story line so that they are able to see what is happening around the scene. An example would be scream where you can see the character being kiled while also see her parents coming up the drive to the house.


Over the shoulder shot - so the audience can see what the character is looking at and can see it from their perspective. The example here would be namely from movies where the character as something to hide or is looking at something small like a mobile or a letter.
Slow down or speed up time - this can help the audience react to things in a better time so that you can show a lot lot oif time to make it seem quicker or slow something down to make the time feel longer. An example of this would be the effect within the matrix films.

Zoom out and in - this can help to show something important especially when zooming in on something as it is something in particular that is being shown or something being zoomed out to show something that could of been hidden before. An example would be to show peoples emotions or memories from a photograph.

Panning - this allows the audience to seem as if they are actually there witnessing what is happening in a scene helping them understand the storyline while helping them to also look at the big picture, to see the action while it is happening. An example of this would be during a chase or a running scene.

Fade in and out - this usually is a good transition to use between shots that are simialar to each other, for the beginning of the music video or fade the last scene out to black at the ending of a music video. Example of this: at the end of taylor swift "mine".

From the music videos that I have looked at or analysed all of them have included some of the shots and/or transitions above which i feel make them effective and are used mainly to help the audience understand the narrative of the storyline as well as the emotions of characters.