Theo Clark (Candidate Number:1186)

Would You Rather with Martin Garrix Question 1  Would I rather listen to my least favourite genre of music for 24 hours or never listen to my favourite genre for 6 months? Haha, being a musician, it seems all I do is listen to the music I am either working on, or listening to my favourite artists like Drake, Travis Scott and Tiesto. It may sound a bit cynical, but electronic dance music is my passion and my favourite genre. I can’t imagine being in world where I can’t even listen to my own music and 6 months without my own music would feel like a life time. So for that reason I would rather listen to my least favourite genre of music for 24 hours. Question 2 Would I rather join an amazing but very underrated band or join a bad but very famous band? For me being a musician isn’t about fame of being a so-called celebrity it is about producing  Music that I know will help to brighten people days and bring happiness into a very complicated and confused w...

Editing my Music Video - Things to Consider ·        What editing software to use when editing? Editing is a crucial part of the music video, where effects can be added that deepen a narrative which can influence the audience. Owing to their being a crowded market of editing software, I am looking to use one that is both free and reliable. iMovie form the off start has seen to be my preferred option owing to it being readily installed into Apple Mac’s and the positive experiences that I have had with it on previous projects. ·        What, if any, filters to use? I believe that filters help to ameliorate current footage. Filters, is fitting, help to deepen the narrative of a music video. For example monochrome filters capture a sombre atmosphere, used when oppression and sadness is wished to be conveyed to the audience. Filter are also used to either present a previous memory or future situation. Through filters ...

Artists Website - Things to Consider What website builder to use? To ensure that I achieve conventional and professional looking website, that first and foremost promotes my artists and is an interactive hub for their audience, I believe I will use Wix.com owing to the site being easy to navigate. Wix.com as an Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI), this assists users in the process of creating their website to ensure that they achieve a suitable outcome for the genre of site that users are creating for.  ·       Am I going to include exclusive content for my website? My website must offer exclusive content, which will provide users with an incentive to view my site. As I am aiming for my website to be the interactive hub for my chosen artists, it must contain either an exclusive interview with my artist, or a behind the scene tour of my music video. Both piece of Audio-Visual media will strengthen the relationship between my ...

Music Videos - Things To Consider   ·        What representations you wish to contrast? I need to contrast at least two different representations, in order to fulfil the brief. For my music video I have chosen to contrast gender and age, both allowing me to create a strong narrative. ·        What song to use for my music video? I need to use a song that lasts at least three minutes. This is owing to the brief which states that my music video has to been at least three minutes long. My chosen artist is Martin Garrix so I need to find a song that is both fitting the genre and at least three minutes long. ·        Has your chosen song already have a music video? My chosen song by Martin Garrix cannot have a pre-existing music video.  Therefore, I must search on the internet and conclude which song to use from my possible list.   ·    ...

Lukas Graham '7 Years' Music Video Full Textual Analysis Lukas Graham’s ‘7 Years’ music video contains one predominant narrative, which follows Lukas Forchhammer, the leader singer of Lukas Graham, life as he struggles to come to terms with his father’s death. Lukas Forchhammer is the leading artist in the video. He is portrayed to be an unassuming, inclusive artist who both Reaches out personally to fans of Lukas Graham but also ensures diversity among the region Christiana, in Copenhagen where Forchhammer was born. Forchhammer is presented to be an atypical musician who is both finding his feet on the global stage as well as battling with his own domestic issues within the music video. The music video is male dominated owing to Lukas Graham being a male soul band. All of the reoccurring family members of Lukas Forchhammer and members of Lukas Graham are male, this means that within that the music video is dynamically masculine through their representations. Lukas Forchha...

Ed Sheeran's 'A-Team' Music Video Full Textual Analysis Ed Sheeran’s ‘A Team’ music video contains one predominate narrative which explores the despairing and miserable reality of homelessness with in London in the 21 st century. The music video has one reoccurring character played by Selina MacDonald, who is a woman in her mid to late twenties, battling a crippling crack cocaine addiction which subsequently kills her owing to an overdose. The video starts by vertically panning away from her face, which mirror her lifelessness being drawn from her body. It is Significant in ‘A-Team’ that the character with the drug addiction is female, this is contrasting with media stereotypes that portray drug addictions to be prevalent among homeless male owing to the statistic that 68% of homeless males are in their condition owing their substance abuse. However, the increase in female consumption of narcotics is more radical than that of men, since 2010. Selina is of White Bri...