Monday, 11 October 2010

Lyrics Wordle

I inputted the "1984 - Green Eyed Monster" song lyrics into wordle, this gives a bright presentation of words from the song, with the most common words being larger and exaggerated. It looks nice, and shows important areas of the song.


From this, we can see that the words "you", "chat", "looking" and "why" are all focused upon heavily in the song. Maybe me and Matt should concentrate more upon these words, making sure they are lip-synched to perfection and perhaps feature a little more in the video than originally planned.

Lyrics (1984 - Green Eyed Monster)

ooh
aah
..
What is his name? Where is he from?
Why is he talking to you for so long?
is he a friend on just an acquaintance?
..
Why is he looking so deep in your eyes?
I'm sure the stories he's telling are lies,
and why do have, to laugh so much with him?

..CHORUS..

It's another attack of the green-eyed monster,
While i'm looking for you, wondering where you are.
Does anybody know..
That i'm with you?
While you chat, chat, chat.
To all the boys and that.
Take a deep breath, calm down.
..
So why's he text and got your number?
Why's he say, and does her another?
Is he a friend, or something suspicious?
Haven't you got any friends who are Ladies?
All the men of all ages.
Why do you have, to be so close to them?

..CHORUS..

It's another attack of the green-eyed monster,
While i'm looking for you, wondering where you are.
Does anybody know..
That I'm with you?
While you chat, chat, chat.
To all the boys and that.
Take a deep breath, calm down.

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Costume Shopppiinnnnngg :D

Yesterday me and Matt went shopping for media costumes. We searched in all sorts of shops, including charity shops, which I'm hoping will be a once in a lifetime experience. We were successful! We found a great hat in Cancer Research and the PERFECT coat for our detective in Oxfam. Below are some pictures from our shopping experience: :)



Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Channel 4's 50 Greatest Music Videos


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This presentation shows the top 50 music videos on channel 4 earlier this year. This means it is very modern right up until this year. Looking at these videos has helped me decide what aspects of music videos are good and has helped me come up with some of my own ideas.

Channel 4's Top 50 Music Videos


This is a television program that was featured on channel 4 earlier this year (2011). We are watching this in class and it is a GREAT resource to reflect on when thinking of shots and influential extracts when making a music video. I'll display the top 50 throughout my blog.


Sunday, 3 October 2010

Our Target Audience

From the results we gained from surveymonkey.com we can say these things about our target audience.

  • There are more females than males
  • They are mostly aged between 17 and 21 years of age
  • They like watching music videos
  • They watch music videos pretty much everyday
  • They watch music videos mainly on the internet, more specifically on Youtube.com
  • They like Indie Music

Stereotypically, a member of our target audience will look like this:




I'm just kidding (sorry couldn't help myself). A member of our target audience is most likely to look like this:




Saturday, 2 October 2010

Audience Research Questionnaire Results

Question 1: What Is Your Gender:





Knowing the gender of our audience means that we can tailor parts of the video to that specific gender and its common interests. From our results, we can see that 15 out of 26 (57.7%) of our most likely audience are female, and 11 out of 26 (43.3%) are male. This means that females are more likely to watch and enjoy our video, and that the rest of the results from this questionnaire can be linked more specifically to females than males.





Question 2: What Age Category Do You Fit In?




If we know the rough age of the people watching our video, we can change and edit it to suit them and their interests. This affects production, distribution and everything in the whole process. 42.3% of the people who took this questionnaire we're aged between 17 and 21, so all the results gained can be specified to that age bracket more than any other.





Question 3: Do You Enjoy Watching Music Videos?





If people enjoy watching music videos, then our video will be seen by a much greater audience. From these results, we can see that 92.3% of people enjoy watching music video. Goodgood :)





Question 4: How Often Do You Watch Music Videos?



If we know how often people watch music videos, we can estimate how many people will see the video over a certain period of time. From these results, we can see that 69.2% of people watch music videos everyday. This is very promising for our video.





Question 5: Where Do You Watch Music Videos?





This question, if in the industry, would relate directly to distribution. Knowing where people watch videos means that the budget could be used to better effect by channelling it in the right direction. For us, we can see that 50% of people watch most of their music videos on Youtube. If we upload our video to Youtube.com then it will get a better and more respecting audience.




Question 6: What Is Your Favourite Music Genre?






From these results, we can see that the most popular music genre is 'Indie'. If we pick an Indie song, the video will get a much better reception with the target audience, which is 17 - 21 year olds. This question had a wide spread of answers, with Indie being the most popular, but with only 34.6% of the votes. Perhaps we could find a song that crosses-genres in order to increase our videos audience.