Matthew's Media Blog

I will be completing a Website for my task 2. I will be using the website creator Wix as my start point for my website. The Website for slowplay will of been inspired by many case studies, this includes Post Malone's. He is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He uses a collection of large background images on his website. As shown below: The website is simple and has a limited amount of clutter on the home page, it includes links to his latest album. This i believe is a great format for a home page, this is because it is not hard to process as an audience, also it is a nice format to look at as it is simple and appealing.   Moreover, the menu on the Chainsomkers website is very clean, this is shown below, I will try and mimic this on my own website. There is easy access to the various social media platforms that the band offers, such as Twitter and Itunes.  I will try and make my website as interactive as possible, this will in gauge the a

In my music video, I want to convey various emotions and thoughts through my editing style. I will do this through several techniques: firstly, the speed of the shots, transitions and the camera movement. If i aim to convey a downbeat mood/tone then the speed of camera movement will slow down, as this takes away the thought that the main character is upbeat, this change in speed will have to match the beat of the song, otherwise the desynchronized camera movement and speed will look strange for the viewer. Moreover, the common mistake that A level students regularly make is using the camera to zoom mid shot, this doesn't only lower the quality, but it seems unnatural and can destroy a mood that is being encoded for the audience. Zoom is used very little in professional music videos and films, this is because it lowers the overall quality of the product, as it is seen as a poor technique, because of this a director will use a track or a pan to replicate the same effect without low

' Story board The story board that I have created below, aims to show a detailed story into my main persons life over the time period in the music video. I have added a short description next to each picture, the description details, in short, what each image is representing. In my project I will try and include all of the elements that i have depicted below.