Blog post 1:A2 Media: Intro post

My name is Hunter Benjiman look I am taking A2 media this year previously finishing up AS level media. I am 17 years old in Cambridge year 13 and achieved a C grade average in my AS media course work and exam paper.

How was last year:

 I found last year interesting and quite a good experience learning new things and getting to know all the new sides to media previously unknown to me. 

What I hope for this year:

I would really like to be able to increase my average of a C and bring that average up to a B. Also, I would like to really be able to get the most out of the course and be able to increase my skills in these areas.

A2 examples of music videos:

 

A2 examples of blogs:

https://sarmadsmediaa2.wordpress.com/

In this blog, it was at first a little challenging to find things and the labels were a little bit tricky to navigate but it made sense after a while and I overtime was able to find out what was happening.

http://kieramusicvideo.blogspot.com/

This blog I came across was very easy to navigate, really good labels that were very instructional for me to find whatever I was looking for there was also a very nice layout/ front page giving us an easy overall view of the blog.

https://a2zayeea.wordpress.com/

This blog was even more confusing than the first one with no labels and one flow on feel with no breaks ups in the posts. This made it very challenging to read it all as you could not even find anything unless you scrolled down for a while.

A common theme that is shown thru a lot of the blogs is that there is a lot of planning that goes into each one, as well as quite a few PowerPoints.

Genres:

The genre I am thinking of using for my own music video is a rap genre/ Hip hop genre which in that case I will be using quick cuts shaky shots and dark lighting etc... the clothes most likely used will be more casual wear, jumpers, shorts, track pants, sneakers, t-shirts, almost streetwear, most likely jewelry, sometimes guns knives, etc...

Rap/Hip hop:

Rap is a massive genre that has come up just recently and is coming into the light now with many followers. Because rap is up and coming massively at the moment different countries are expressing their style through music videos and not just the song itself and giving it its own touch and flavor.

America:

This Is a song by a famous artist Roddy Ricch which shoes off the use of flip transitions a lot where the camera is twisted and shaken and flipped in between transitions. Also, we see the use of a slowed-down effect and the use of reversed film to exaggerate and draw out the moment making it more powerful. There is also a lot of use of dark film like at night filming to add an unknowing feel to it.

England

In this British drill rap song by up and coming artist big jest, you will see most transitions are done by quick clean cuts which give it a real nice choppy hard feel to it. You also see that a lot of the lyrics come up on the screen as it is said to almost reinforcing the hard-hitting important lyrics.

Ideas of songs I wanted to use for the music video:

Costumes/clothing worn & props:

In hip-hop culture, the type of clothing worn is quite often a variety of colors but most of blues, reds, black, brown, grey, and white. The usual is also that they wear a lot of bling, chains, pendants, iced out watches, bracelets, earrings, rings, and grills as well ( a grill is a silver/gold with diamonds encrusted in, this is then molded to the teeth of the person and can be pulled in and out whenever). The clothing is often baggy, often cargo pants and baggy shorts, sometimes they also wear bandanas as well fashionable tactical vests. Shoe wise they wear a lot of big brands E.g. Nike, Jordans, etc... these shoes have been common for a while looking cool while being comfortable as well as being easy. As well as all these clothing items they often, not always, have items like guns knives, and cool cars to bring across some of the feels of their lives. 

type of clothing often worn:

Iced out chains common styles often with pendants on:

Glock 19, gun shown often in music videos with rap:

Jordan 1's, shoes often worn:

AF1, another common shoe:

A tactical vest is often only worn for style reason: