Gantt Chart

I have created to gantt chart to aid in the time management and planning of my blogs to keep a steady and consistent uploading rate. I will go back and edit this to suit me if need be.

Film Noir

This is the film noir style clip I have made alongside Joe Candlin and Erin Body. We decided to use the darkness of our setting as a positive light and used it to create a lot of tension and ambiguity to the clip. We also used a hand held light to create shadows and mystique silhouettes. We have followed a lot of conventions of the film noir style of filming but have added a horror sort of twist to increase the tension for the audience. I am very satisfied with our clip as the quality of filming is very high and the framing is also ver good. We used the lighting really well and the darkness to our advantage. We also provided more footage than needed, this is a positive because it depicts our effort and creativity to create a narrative and a plot but could also be a negative in the future of not meeting time limits and running over the allocated time. 

Video Killed The Radio Star

"Video Killed The Radio Star" was written by The Buggles in 1979 from the album "The Age Of Plastic". This is the most nostalgic music video to date as it is the very first music video to air on MTV. The network launched on August 1st 1981 and provided the evidence that MTV was going to be successful. The hit single was very popular in England but basically unknown in the United States. MTV helped globally sell records for The Buggles and gave a visual reality to the music. This music video made history for its controversial lyrics about how music videos was changing music. The video contains a variety of effects and futuristic 80s themes.

 

Money For Nothing

"Money For Nothing" was written by the British rock band "Dire Straits" in 1985 from their hit album "Brothers in Arms". The iconic music video for "Money For Nothing" was one of the first to feature computer generated animation. The animation was created in an early programme called Paintbox. The animated characters in the video were intended to obtain more detail such as buttons on their shirts but the budget for the music video was used up, resulting in the music video that stands today for "Money For Nothing". The masterpiece won Best Video in the 1986 MTV Music Awards and is historical for it's effect and impact on music videos since it's release. Personally, the music video looks visually ahead of it's time as it obtains stunning use of colours and visual effects both on the band in the video and the animated characters. This music video is a great example on how music videos are essential for people to remember songs and gain popularity for the band.