begining editing music video

Me and my group have now render most of the foot for are music video and have now begun the editing process. So now we are working in the editing station in my class on the apple Mac’s using a software known as final cut. At this point we are at the early stage of editing , as we still have one scene to film, but we are making progress as we are around 1/5 of the way through editing. Also we are familiar with the editing software as we have past experience editing using the soft ware as we used it to create are lip sink, as a result of this we have edited the running scene and some of the house scene , the introduction, and some of the cafe scene . I feel that we are making good progress and are working as a team to make a original music video, we are making disitions which have been discuss as a group so there are no arguments as we all have the same vision of what we want.

album cover art analysis of Paloma faith

I am analyzing Paloma Faith album cover who is in the same genre as my artist and is also of the same sort of nature , by doing this it will give me a better idea of what i should put into my album front cover as they are of the same genre.
The album cover has the conventions of a normal album which is the artists name in the top left corner , also another convention which is in it is that the artist is the central of the album cover so it is clear who's album this is . A further convention used was the name of the album being in the bottom left corner which is seen in most album covers.

There has been a use of many codes with this album cover as the artist has been depicted as being divine as there is a glowing halo around her head and when looked at more closely it seem to be a sun which is a code for god as the great philosopher Aristotle sees God as the sun. Also there is a dove in each of there hand which is a code of the divine as it is related to Jesus . also their are roses around her halo which codes her femininity and also love this links in with the divine aspect as to be divine you been to be all loving as this is a characteristic which the classic god of theism is said to have this characteristic. Beyond the roses there are further codes used as there is a silky sheet like material which times around the roses like curtains which are a light ocean blue color and white this gives a code for mystical as it is like a divine mist , or fog which gives it a mythical feeling to the album cover.

Further more their are other codes used as there is a postmodern technique which is used know as a juxtaposition as the top half of the artist on the album cover is divine were as her bottom half is titillating as she is wearing a bra and also has this black tattoo on her body, the used of this code draw the audience in as it is eye caching and also nice to look at because it is not normal .

Another code used is in the mise en scene as it is just a normal room , but the image of the artist is very abnormal this is striking to the audience as it makes the audience concentrate on the central image of the artist.

Other codes have been seen to be used in the font as a art-deco font has been used, which relates to the genre of her music and her style which is her image and identify and tastes. further codes for her art-deco image has been made though her hair style as it is a typical art-deco hair style of the 1920-1930 in the u.s.a .

Filming

Today on the 25/01/11 we done are second filming session. Which consisted of use going to woodford and going to a authentic british cafe , as the scene which we shot was inside this cafe .The artist is part of the narrative in this scene . She is crying from her brake up with her boyfriend and we filmed her doin with in the cafe with a cup of tea in her hand as the mise en scene is the type of place you would go to reflect and have a cup of tea .

Beging filming

we started filming on the 19/01/11 at clay bury forest with my group , we done all the shots which involved the forest which was a hefty chunk , we also done the scene were the boyfriend is giving back her stuff , this bit of the filming is around 1/3 of the total amount of filming . we have arranged another filming session 26/01/11 where we will do the scene in the cafe, after this we will have another filming session which will be the house scene after this we will start editing .

Music video preparation

Me and my group have decided which artist we are going to do a music video to . The artists name is Ellie Tanner and her songs is called Home . The genre of music is folk pop , and the song is about braking up with her boyfriend. My group decided to use this artist and her song as they understand the genre of the music and also they know the artist personally so they can get, a better understanding of the song from her and what ideas she is trying to put across though the song , so when recording the song we can make a music video which narrative fits in with the theme of the song

Me and my group have further sat down and licensed to the song , and created a story bored which fits the narrative of the song , we done this as a group so we could discuss what we want to do and the ideas we wanted to generate from the song , we also times every shot which we planed to fit in with the song . We also planed the date which we are going to do the filming which is the 29/01/11. so i believe we are on target and prepared to do the music video

Michael Jackson's dangerous album artwork

Conspiracy theorists are terrified of occult symbolism, to the point where demons lurk in every corner. Supposedly, these “in the know” can see obvious things that the rest of us are just plain oblivious to. I would argue that said theorists are oblivious to the fact that the conspiracy is in such fear-mongering, making these people easy targets for hidden agendas. But that would be way over their heads. The reality is, no educated person is oblivious to much of the blatant symbolism these conspiracy pushers think we are. We’re just not as terrified of history and have a better idea of how it’s put together.

For example, Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album cover is said to feature hidden insignia of the occult, proving that he is part of some kind of Illuminati conspiracy. Which type of conspiracy varies considerably from moron to moron- some feel he was a sacrificial victim playing into the hands of the Devil’s henchman; others believe that he himself perpetrated the return of the Prince of Darkness. Yeah. Thing is, there’s nothing hidden whatsoever about the symbols on the Dangerous album cover. Artist Mark Ryden has painted freemason symbolism clear as day; they eye of Horus, there are also goddess figurines, Jackson’s bandaged hand held like a yoga mudra, twin pillars, anthropomorphism, cherubs, and more.

Those who apparently know the real God also point out the terrifying triangle that appears in the 1987 video, Leave Me Alone. After all, the pyramid was used specifically to summon up “demonic power” according

to the mjfiles.com. And in Billie Jean, Michael Jackson leans against- gasp- a pillar, a sure Masonic sign of…well, of something.

Furthermore, according to the elluminati.blogspot.com, the words This Is It contain a secret reference to Isis. Look carefully!

Did Michael Jackson weave these symbols into his work as subliminal messages about the Devil? My guess is no. The letters “is” appear in an awful lot of words. Perhaps anyone having a “crisis” is supplicating ancient demons! Moreover, Isis was one of the first deities ever invented by mankind. Perhaps the Royal Ontario Museum and the traveling King Tut artifacts exhibit have a secret Satanic meaning. Or perhaps, they are shown, rightfully, so that we can see relics of our human heritage.

Michael Jackson was an educated man schooled in history. There is no doubt he approved the fantastical art of his Dangerous cover, but not because he was in league with the forces of darkness. What is the message of that cover, where a rollercoaster goes into the dark tunnels and where creatures that are half man, half animal roam? That life is a playground, for one thing, where mysteries and miracles abound, but where danger lurks in hidden corners. Life is beautiful and dangerous. It is a nightmare and a miracle, too.

If Michael Jackson was really a Satan worshipper, wouldn’t he have promoted Nike instead of L A Gear? After all, Nike is named after a goddess, and Los Angeles means “angels.” That theory wouldn’t satisfy me, though these amusing buffoons would have a heyday with it. For one thing, I’m not going to dismiss human history’s various definitions of the world, and I’m certainly not going to dismiss the idea of female divinity. Certainly, as an educated person, I don’t want to dismiss mythology, which is integral to understanding human nature. But most importantly, Nike isn’t evil because it’s named for the great goddess. It is evil instead for greed, pollution, and employing child slaves in the third world. But those who spend their days desperately trying to unlock the symbols of conspiracy are too afraid to actually see that their own gods of so-called liberty and greed and apocalyptic terror are the real forces of darkness.

Lorette C. Luzajic

Please feel free to reproduce any of these articles, as long as author Lorette C. Luzajic is credited and the story runs with a link to this site.

Postmodern analysis of Lady Gaga's- Telephone

Postmodern analysis of Lady Gaga’s- Telephone

A postmodernist would say that the graphics used at the begin of the lady Gaga music video is a allusion to Quentin Tarantino kill bill. Other postmodernist technique as it makes reference to films in the video and also merges genres.

Further postmodernism technique used is that they break the illusion which is in the music video by using jump cuts the effect which give the video a jarred effect . Also the video is self-referential as she is making reference to herself when the guards say, “I told you she didn’t have a dick”, as she was said to be a transsexual by the media.

They further use more postmodernist attributes by using a elastic costume which does not fit in with the genre , this makes the audience realize that they are watching a music video. They further do this by placing things together that do not go together as in the music video they place women and a weight bar together which goes against normal convention, also two of the women are wearing odd shoes as they are each wearing on each others shoes , they done this to code that they are having a lesbian relationship. They further brake the illusion by using product placement, of such products like diet coke and virgin mobile.

They further make references to vogue in the dance sequence as the posses Lady Gaga uses are the conventional posses which are seen on the front cover of the vogue magazine , this a postmodernist technique as it is merging another genre

Lady Gaga is the ideal postmodernist icon as she is a mix match of so many things.