Friday 14 September 2012

Music Consumption

Advantages of music consumption for audiences


  • Try before you buy in iTunes, this allows the audience to listen to the song for 30 seconds that will help them to decide 
  • Audiences can download from free downloading websites e.g. limewire
  • Audiences can download any music from youtube by using website that convert youtube videos into mp3 files e.g. youtube-mp3converter
  • Audiences with 24hours internet access can just listen to music without buying it e.g. Spotify

Important Names
  • Shawn Fanning founder of Napster
  • Youtube/Myspace
  • Cubase
The theories
Music consumption
by: atorres05
List that shows we are part of the audience
  • Going to cinema 
  • Watching videos on Youtube when bored
  • Watching the television everynight before going to sleep
  • Buying music and films through iTunes
  • Listening to music when travelling e.g. bus on the way to school
  • Teenagers in todays society listen to music while walking to or from school

The changing ways we have consumed popular music is an example of how domestic media have changed. E.g how music used to be stored on cassette tapes, walkman, boombox etc.





Monday 10 September 2012

Music Record Labels

Analysis of previous student A-level music videos


Good Music Video
This music video is good as it shows a clear narration about a troubled man, this is good for music videos as it would not confuse the audience. The editing techniques used for this are in-synced with the music therefore it draws the audiences attention to the music. The quality of the video is clear and smooth, in addition the location used binds perfectly to the story being showed and the genre of music that is used. 


Average Music Video

This video is average as it used alot of editing techniques and camera angles this helped the vidoe to be more insync with the music, however some scenes of the lip syncing are off also the body language portrayed by the supposed artist needed to be more convincing. Although overall the whole music blended perfectly to the genre and lyrics of the music being played in addition the narrative of the story fitted perfectly to the lyrics of the music. The instruments being played are also on point with the beats.


Bad Music VIdeo

This music video is bad because the narrative used is bit unclear the Micheal jackson like dancer confused the whole narrative. Some of the lip syncing scenes are off and the camera angles that were used are ineffective and didn't match well to the music, also there was only a few close up shots meaning the main characters emotion weren't clear.



Ugly Music Video


This music video used too much repeated video clips which was mostly used throughout the whole video for example the first clip taken was repeated on the first half of the songs. The effects used dint match to the songs beat and the video's narrative. The narrative of was unclear, the difference between the role of the two girls were unclear and which one is the real girlfriend in the situation.