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Preliminary exercise: Research and planning

Research and planning 1) State the  song  you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. The song that I have chosen is " Cool Girls " by Tove Lo. 2) Choose at least  three  music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make  bullet-point notes  on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. The Warning- More long shot medium shot extreme close-up bold makeup bright colour palette  strong facial expression - empowerment editing  transitions Bonsai kitten- i have freedom Logo of her name close up face reveal dark colours transitions  play of edits central positioning She and her darkness Name of label dark colours presenting empowerment  Subversion of mulvey's gaze  close ups wide shots long shots showing the whole of setting Contrasting colour scheme and setting  You can  find an example of a treatment here . If you are making your real coursework then feel fr...

Coursework: Ignite presentation learner response

  Coursework: Ignite presentation learner response Your learner response is as follows and will take some time to do properly: Create a new blogpost called 'Ignite presentation learner response' 1) Type up your feedback  in full  including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  Research: 4 Concept: 5  Media language: 4 Representation: 5 Industry and audience: 5 Delivery: 5 2) Use this feedback, comments from peers and your own reflection on your presentation to  self-assess  and write your own detailed  WWW  and  EBI  for your coursework concept and presentation as a whole. WWW: Good presentation style Good introduction and over-view of themes Well structured Good concept and research Very good slides and bullet points  Good pace Good vocabulary and media language Representation theory well explained Audience pleasure explained Good conclusion EBI: Accuracy of spelling "pyschographics" Detailed concept on blog 3) ...

Coursework: Summer Project 2025

               Coursework: Summer Project 2025 TIKTOK VIDEO ANALYSIS: TikTok Video 1: Narrative https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqsyvVt/ This TikTok video follows a narrative of a journey between two lovers. Propps' theory is applicable here as the characters shown in this music video perhaps play the role of ‘hero’ and ‘princess’, which also aligns with the theory of Steve Neale, who claims stories are often repetitive. For example, the audience is aware of the repetitive content between two lovers and their love story, therefore it’s more familiar to the audience, therefore the audience is likely to enjoy it.There is also an enigma code as the audience wonders who the characters are and why or what are these different locations symbolic. TikTok Video 2:   Camerawork (shots, angles, movement) https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdCJP3jc/ The TikTok video uses a variety of camera shots and movements to enhance its visual appeal and focus attention on the mak...