Enter shikari - radiate short analysis.

Enter Shikari – radiate.

Genre characteristics

General examples- drums, guitar and clothing.

Detailed example- drums and guitar are common instruments in the post-hardcore genre. The band keeps along with the genre fashion to attract their desired audience.

What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?

General examples- the lyrics are played on screen throughout the video.

Detailed example-

What is the relationship between music and visuals?

General examples- performance based and concept based video.

Detailed examples- the video is showing the band on screen with all the equipment. The twist is that the band are hand cuffed so they aren’t able to perform. This makes the idea a concept video. This is because it isn’t common or usual.

Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs?

General examples- a few scenes.

Detailed example- throughout the video there a few close ups of the band members faces. This could be to show the emotion of the band. It could also be to promote them selves.

Is there reference to the notion of looking?

No.

Are there intersexual references? 

No.

Is it performance based, narrative-based or concept-based? How much of each?

General examples- performance & concept based.

Detailed example- this video is mainly concept based. This is because the band are hand cuffed and aren’t able to perform. In some sense it could be a performance based but it is mainly concept based.

5 stars TV Show Pats lesson. 24/oct/13

The point of this exercise was to create a TV show/series that the audience would like. Each member of the class created a character. These characters was then used as an audience. 

Our TV show was designed to attract an audience given by the class.

Audience: 

Dylan 28 M (aggressive, involved in drug trade) 

Freddy 22 M (loud, cleaner) 

Susan 80 F (grumpy, own home, retired)

Molly 19 F (Timid, studying maths)

Lucy 22 F (sporty, unemployed)

Fiadhe 24 M (nice but easily agitated jobless, uneducated) 

Albert 27 M (interested in animals, stripper) 

Abbie 30 F (blunt, heartless, doctor)

Martin 27 M (expensive tastes, sportsman) 

Valerie 18 F (quiet, mysterious, student) 

Michael: 19 M (Photography student, shy, minimum wage) 

Alfie 25 M (autistic, Schizophrenic, unemployed)

Conor 20 M (singer/songwriter, joker)

Abdul 19 M (amateur football player, quiet, poor) 

Colin 18 M (student, Aspergers , political activist) 

Jarvis 26 M (racing driver, sporty, friendly) 

Jessica 23 F (hot-headed, outspoken, singer) 

Mary 26 F (loud, unemployed, homeless) 

Only 50% of the audience would watch this TV. 

5 Stars 

5 Stars is a hotel prank show. It involves a famous celebrity being told they're doing a documentary. They are then sent to a hotel. Everyone else in the hotel is an actor. During the 'documentary', the 'neighbours' turn out to be very strange. The celebrity will be put in awkward situations. The genre will be entertainment/comedy. 5 Stars's audience is aimed towards 15-40 year olds. Target audiences aren't generally this broad. But this Tv show is inspired by Dom Jolly's comedy.  It will be shown on TV at 7:30pm on a Saturday night. 

The purpose of making a TV show after creating an audience is to insure that the show will attract the desired audience. If you wasn't to find an audience first it could be a complete fail. 

Final Cut Pro quiz.

Can you name three ways to open Final Cut Pro? 

Clicking the app in the dock.
Finder.

What four keys are often used with keyboard shortcuts to get functions or commands? 

CMD
Shift
Alt
Ctrl

How do you access a shortcut menu?

Ctrl click or right click the icon.

In what main menu can you find the import command? 

File - import.

Three ways to open the click in the viewer.

Dragging, double click, right click - open, selecting the clip and clicking enter.

Besides clickthign the play button, what key would you press?

Space bar or the L key.

Which key moves the play head? 

Arrows

How do you mark an in-point or outpoint on a click?  

Using the 'I' or 'O' keys.

What button in the canvas do click to edit a click? 

The Red Overwrite button.

What visuals help you identify first of last frame of the click? 

The film strip in the right side/left side of the viewer.

What do you see when you see the audio, not the clip?

Sound waves.

How do you make a new bin?

Ctrl-click-new bin. File-new bin. CMD-B.

What are the shortcuts for save, hide and quit? 

CMD- S, CMD- H, CMD- Q.

CMD-B = New bin.

Open shortcut menu- hover of the icon, right click.

End- takes you to the beginning o the clip

Home- to be beginning of the clip.

Down arrow- moves the play head forward to the next clip.

Up arrow-

right arrow- One frame forward.

Left arrow- back one frame.

Shift left arrow- one second backwards.

Shift right arrow- one second forward.

J- To play the clip backwards.

K- pause.

L- plays a clip forward.

K/J- Slow motion backwards.

K/L- Slow motion forward.

Shift &spacebar- rewind the clip.

I- set an in-point

O- sets an outpoint.

Shift & I- moves the playhead to the in-point.

ALT & I- removes the in-point.

Shift & O- moves the play head to the outpoint.

ALT & O-

A- selects the default.

CMD & Shift & S. - save.

Chalk and cheese.

Title: Chalk & Cheese.

Genre: Drama, comedy.

Tagline: Black & White, Apples & Oranges, Chalk & Cheese, Lucy & Freddy.

Synopsis: When

Final cut pro interface.

How is lighting effective?

What is three point lighting and how does it work? 

Three point lighting is three different locations of lighting to show the subject. This is used in interviews. This is because the main subject is the person being interviewed. Having a light shining in the same direction from three different angles (left, right & above) clearly shows who the subject is and who the crew want the attention on. 

Soft lighting: A light source is large relative to the subject, the light tends to "wrap" around the subject. Soft light use is popular in cinematography and film. Fill lighting. Soft light can reduce shadows without creating additional shadows. 

Hard lighting: it creates strong, defined shadows. This causes "hard" shadows and lighting. 

Using the three point lighting. I could use one light on the right, one on the left and one above the subject. 

Music video - Enter Shikari - Radiate.

Enter Shikari - Radiate. 

"Radiate" is in the Post Hardcore/Electronica genre. The video was directed by Daniel Broadley for Kobe Media. What i would expect to see from this genre is a performance based music video. Most music videos have the band performing on the screen. However this video it is unconventional because it rebels against the "rules". The rebellion of this relates to the bands image.

Lyrics are on the screen throughout the music video. All the band equipment is not equipped (un-stringed guitars, drums without skins). This is shown throughout the video. Through the majority of the video, all the bands members have their eyes blacked out. This suggests to the audience that the band is meant to been seen anonymous. Their hands are also handcuffed. This could indicate that they're not meant to be making music. It could also suggest that the band are rebellious, this relates/reflects the bands image.

Throughout the music video, lyrics are placed on the screen as they are sung. This makes the video cut to beat/flow. It is very smooth and relative. Solo instrumentals are illustrated in the video. At a certain section of the song, the pace decreases from an high paced exciting song to an emotional slow paced song. This is reflected in the music video. When the pace begins to decrease the camera cuts to the main singer sitting down singing to the camera.

Enter Shikari's record company may of have been trying to sell this song by its uniqueness. There aren't many music videos like this. The band was "going against the rules" with this music video. This is because of other bands in this genre generally use performance based music videos. This is the bands way of showing their audience that they're rebellious. This is the image Enter Shikari want. Due to the fact that the band isn't performing, it is a concept music video. If the band was playing it would be a performance based video. This music video is completely different from other Enter Shikari's music videos. This may be because they wanted a different message to be sent.

There are no sexual displays in this music video.

This music video is a video of its own. There isn't another video like this. There may of been an inspiration for the video, but i'm not aware of any.

This music video is slightly performances based and slightly concept based. It is partly performance based because the band are on screen with their instruments. But the band aren't playing the instruments. They're handcuffed so they aren't able to play. This music video is mostly concept based. This is because it is unexpected and unusual. This can be very entertaining for the audience because they never know what to expect.

To conclude, Enter Shikari's "Radiate" music video is concept based. The bands image is to be reckless and rebellious. The lyrics, visuals and sound all relate to each other which creates a smooth, entertaining and enjoyable experience for the audience.