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Code and Conventions of Indie folk: Every music genre has various codes and conventions which are followed when creating music videos. With regards to camerawork there is a frequent use of long shots, which show the artist playing an instrument; establishing shots and shots of scenery (for example country side etc.) and close-ups of the artists. In terms of miss-enscene, lighting is varied - ambient lighting or fairy lights/lanterns are also used - the lighting choices usually match the mood of the song; the choice of clothing is usually fairly mainstream/normal, this varies from pop music as artists usually dress up with this genre. Editing for indie folk music videos is usually described as 'subtle', soft focuses are used often and are predominately used on the artists' face and the location and videos usually end with a fade to black. In terms of general codes and conventions, there may not be a strong link between lyrics and imagery but there is a m

Essay 2 Beyoncé’s formation is seen as being a major political influential video that brings to light the issue that is the still on-going mistreatment of the black community in America and is a political cry for black women to take pride in them selves and stand tall. Meaning behind the video The Super bowl 2016 during the super bowl halftime Beyoncé was said to have smoothly and effortless “stole” the spotlight away from Coldplay and Bruno Mars. Her performance of her song formation was heavily influenced on the black panther movement of the sixties and was the singers way of contributing to the on-going battle with the black lives matter movement currently going on across America and reaching around the world. It was said that her performance was like a political cry out for all black women to have pride in New Orleans. Quote “Beyoncé marched onto the football field, clad in skin-tight leather and Michael Jackson style gold military gold sashes, with a posse of impeccably chore

Beyoncé uses her work to fight for black rights Beyoncé is a feminist icon Beyoncé is original ^all correct statements about Beyoncé's music video, Formation

I'll use media language in my production portrayed connotations of home actors will be feeling, it will also be able to give a small entail of what might happen within the movie as there will be images placed on the cover which will be chosen carefully as in the film poster you'll not want to give too much away to consumers as you will want them to still come and see your movie to find out what happens. The mise-en-scene I use will be thought through carefully, the types of shots used, the editing used, the costume and makeup, the setting and props and the lighting. For example, some of the main outfits I'll be using Will be worn dirty clothes the connotations of using these what emphasise on the situation which my characters are in, it will show lack of civilisation and that's nothing has been left behind after the war in the post-apocalyptic world where everything has been destroyed. From the research I have done on action movie film posters, I have been able to see w

Some of the main ideas of post modernism are that in media-saturated World post-modernists claim we are constantly immersed in media 24/7, on the move at work at home, the distinction and between reality and the media representation of it becomes blurred or even entirely invisible to us, we no longer have any sense of the difference between real things and images of them. Post-Post modern media rejects the idea that any media product or text is of any greater value than another. All judgments are taste, anything can be art, anything can reach an audience. One example in life on Mars of post-modernism is that Sam Tyler maybe dreaming up the early 1970s while in a coma from his hospital bed because he hears different voices which made him think back to his life in the 2000s, when he is watching TV the man starts to him but he is unsure of who this is because he did not expect the TV to talk specifically towards him so he is unsure of what is real and what is hyperreal. Also, the end