What makes a Star?

Video Ideas

This video we found on YouTube is another students A level work. We found it interesting and thought it had some good ideas which we could incorporate into our own work. It is also of a similar genre which means we can relate to the video and use it as a comparison to ours, helping us to improve our work.

James Bay- When we were on fire (Music Pitch)

Codes & Conventions of Music Videos

Teacher assessment feedback

Since our last teacher assessment I have picked up on some of the comments and tried to improve my work. One of the points made by my teacher was to try and differ the software and tools used to present my work. Since then I have used online web tools such as Emaze, Prezi and Slide share. There are still many different tools I can use to vary my posts.
Another point picked up on was the colour of the text and the background. My teacher was finding it hard to read my posts when marking, so i made sure i changed the background and the font so they could be seen more clearly.
One piece of work that miss said I was missing has now been completed. This was my Digipak research which is important for us as we had to re-create our own. We needed to know the general conventions of a Digipak and then completed the task of making our own interpretation of a famous Digipak. We chose to use one by rapper, Eminem.
I have also got a few things missing off of my blog which need to be completed in the next few days.

What music means to me

When we were on fire- annotated lyrics

House music mood board

Mise en scene ideas

Audience Survey

research into music videos

James Bay- When we were on fire- Final song choice

Drifting apart, getting hard to hold you
Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold
Are we burning out?
Swept out of sight, rolling up on an ocean
Let's cut all the ropes and get lost in the moment
If our hearts are alive, maybe then we might
Send us back to the sun

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before
When we were on fire, fire

Head down, heading underground feeling wasted
Cold to the bone, so alone I can taste it
Let's light it up
Streets are alive now, and everything's bracing
You're on my mind, running in my veins fueling the flame
Let's start it again

And I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before
When we were on fire, fire
We were on fire, fire

Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, now don't tell me no
That we're burning down
Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, now don't tell me no
That we're burning now

I know, I know we're losing light and our love is dying
Take me, take-a-me home
Back to where we was before when we were on fire, fire
And I know, I know that we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before when we were on fire, fire
When we were on fire