What are the different types of music video? How can we tell the difference? What makes music videos popular to audiences? What makes them important to studios and artists?
In this video I unpack some of these questions and more looking at specific examples of music videos including a breakdown of:
Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
All The Stars - Kendrick Lemar & SZA
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe After Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
Introduction useful for GCSE and Alevel with all exam boards but specific to Eduqas A Level Set Texts later as case study – Formation + RipTide
A master PPT slide collection for teaching Music Video content considering the areas of:
Audience
Representation
Media Language
Contains overview of texts and questions alongside tasks and questions throughout.
Detailed starter tasks with clear differentiation / Objective and overview slides to promote context etc. Links to exam type questions also and suggests homework ideas.
Slides will require re-ordering as you go…
Includes other PDF resources featured within the PPT for printing / viewing
Note Stars used contains adult language in YouTube version
Useful for all exam boards but specific to Eduqas A Level Set Text – Zoella (Online Media)
A master PPT slide collection for teaching Zoella considering the areas of:
Audience
Representation
Media Language
Industry
Contains overview of text / industry focus and questions / audience breakdown alongside tasks and questions throughout.
Detailed starter tasks with clear differentiation / Objective and overview slides to promote context etc. Links to exam type questions also and suggests homework ideas.
Slides will require re-ordering as you go…
Includes other PDF resources featured within the PPT for printing / viewing.
Useful for all exam boards but specific to Eduqas A Level Set Text – Vogue (1965)
A master PPT slide collection for teaching Vogue Magazine considering the areas of:
Audience
Representation
Media Language
Industry
Contains overview of text / industry focus and questions / audience breakdown via A3 resource sheet (included) alongside tasks and questions throughout.
Detailed starter tasks with clear differentiation / Objective and overview slides to promote context etc. Links to exam type questions also and suggests homework ideas.
Slides will require re-ordering as you go…
Includes other PDF resources featured within the PPT for printing / viewing.
Useful for all exam boards but specific to Eduqas A Level Set Text
A master PPT slide collection for teaching Life On Mars (S01E01) considering the areas of:
Audience
Representation
Media Language
Industry
Contains overview of text / industry focus and questions / audience breakdown via A3 resource sheet (included) alongside tasks and questions throughout.
Detailed starter tasks with clear differentiation / Objective and overview slides to promote context etc.
Links to exam type questions also and suggests homework ideas.
Slides will require re-ordering as you go…
Includes other PDF resources featured within the PPT
Case study pro forma worksheet for No Burqas Behind Bars (Documentary)
Covers all areas of representation, media language audience and higher band thinking - Linked to Eduqas exam board
**Screenshots included for analysis!
Scalable PDF - Printable at A4 also - Shrink to fit
Case study pro forma worksheet for The Jinx (HBO TV Series)
Covers all areas of representation, media language audience and higher band thinking - Linked to Eduqas exam board
**Screenshots included for analysis!
Scalable PDF - Printable at A4 also - Shrink to fit
How do newspapers end up with the stories they do? With so much national and international news - there is only a limited amount of pages available to fill with content. How do they choose the content we read? In this episode we look at the clever process of “news values” (news agenda).
On the YouTube video descrioption - Find a downloadable FREE PDF resource below to give a quick outline to use in your analysis!
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe Afer Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
This episode gives a detailed overview in how to analyse a magazine front cover, including the conventions to look out for…
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe Afer Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
In this episode, we complete a live tutorial in Adobe Premier Pro learning the tools of the software and creating a basic timeline with video, image and sound. Use the free resources in the demo yourself - download for free from the description on my YouTube video
Why not follow along in real time? If you don’t have Adobe Premier Pro you can always download a free 30 day trial from Adobe’s website.
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe Afer Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
In this episode, we complete a live tutorial in Adobe Photoshop building a magazine front cover! All the key tools such as layering, masking (cutting out), positioning and adjusting images / text are covered and the resources used in the video can be downloaded from the description in the YouTube video:
Why not follow along in real time? If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop you can always download a free 30 day trial from Adobe’s website
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe Afer Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
An interesting process that goes on without our knowledge! Watch this episode to learn how the media purposefully controls the final output that you and I “experience” in the products we buy and choose…
What equipment do you use to make your videos?
Camera - Sony A7RII (shooting 4K)
Lens - Sony WA Zeiss FE4 16-35mm
Mic - Rode NT-USB with mount arm
Video Edit - Adobe Premier Pro + Adobe After Effects
Mr B is a Media Teacher and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
An A1 poster outlining UK regulation for key areas of industry including:
Film / Game / Newsprint and TV/Radio)
Can be scaled when printed - a great resource for revision / wall display
Produced as a vibrant classroom display - these 4 posters outline the key areas of:
Mise En Scene
Cinematography
Editing
Sound
They contain key examples and links to their use in the media.
They are PDF and can be shrunk (to A4 or smaller) when printing (revision resource / welcome pack content?
They look very striking A0 size!
Easy to follow video with examples / case studies for students
It is argued that we have four basic needs when it comes to the media we choose and use - this well known and widely used theory looks at each need and breaks it down with helpful examples! One to definitely help you understand audiences better and how (and why) the media is made the way it is!
**Skip to chapter time points of each part of the theory here:
Information: 01:49
Companionship: 03:06
Identity: 04:56
Entertainment: 12:20
Mr B is a Media Teacher of 12 years, a Head of Media Studies and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
Sound is such an important part in the media and it has become something which can bring us to tears in our favourite films! BUT did you know a lot of the sound you hear isn’t original? How do they get those amazing effects? What are the types of sound to understand? Find out in this (somewhat detailed!) overview…
**Skip to chapter time points of each theory here:
Diegetic Sound: 00:43
Non-Diegetic Sound: 01:39
Music Use: 02:08
Sound Effects: 03:27
(Foley) Sound Effects: 04:59
Voice Over / Narration: 08:35
ADR (Additional Dialogue Recording): 09:31
ADR problems / how sound can fix issues?: 12:06
Example of Foley Sounds in effect: 17:37
Mr B is a Media Teacher of 12 years, a Head of Media Studies and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
Why do companies never get any sales? Why do some brands just keep growing? The Reception Theory (by Stuart Hall) is amazingly powerful in understanding audiences but also how a company might think and approach their marketing. If you have ever wondered why adverts look the way they do, you NEED to learn this secret of getting into the minds of the consumer!
Mr B is a media teacher of 15 years, a head of media studies and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
Knowing which typography to use and how it all works can be tricky! Design can look amazing or terrible with the right/wrong font choice. Explore why designers do what they do in this episode - learn the rules of the game!
Mr B is a ex-media teacher of 15 years, a head of media studies and has worked in the media industry in varying fields. Feel free to send in questions you would like considered in future episodes.
Watching film on the big screen will always be a novel or even necessary experience for many, but taking cinema to the biggest screen is one thing to experience without question! IMAX is a fantastic way to not only watch film, but to experience film as the director wanted you to. Learn about IMAX and how it is different to standard film, why it is beneficial to film producers and why audiences enjoy this more!