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Friday 2 March 2018

WEBSITE General + Indie Genre Conventions Summary

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EVALUATION QUESTIONS

EvalQ1a+b: Conventions + Represenations
EvalQ2: Branding
EvalQ3a+b: Audiences + Distribution
EvalQ4: Technologies

ARTIST RESEARCH

Some Gradual Info
Timeline
The Members
Their Musical Themes
Commercial Success In The Digital Age
Commercial Success: The Charts
Critical Kudos
Record Label, Managers, Producers
Similar acts
Live Performances
Media Coverages/Appearances
Audience
Audience Questionnaire
Social Media
UGC

MV PRE-PRODUCTION

Possible Suede Tracks
Changing Track #1
Changing Track #2

RESEARCHING THE TRACK

General Lyric Structure
Interpreting The Lyrics
Contexts + Resources
Representing Instruments

GENERAL MUSICVID ANALYSIS

MusicVid #1 - Despacito
MusicVid #2 - Wiz Kalifa's See You Again
MusicVid #3 - Psy's Gangnam Style
MusicVid #4 - Maroon 5's Sugar
MusicVid #5 - OneRepublic's Counting Stars
MusicVid #6 - Fifth Harmony's Work From Home
MusicVid #7 - Spice Girl's Wannabe
MusicVid #8 - The Pixies's Bagboy
MusicVid #9 - Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools
MusicVid #10 - Halsey's Colors

INDIE ROCK MV RESEARCH

INDIE MV #1: Arctic Monkeys - One For The Road
INDIE MV #2: Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

DYSTOPIAN MVIDS

Dystopian MV #1: Kraftklub - Fenster
Dystopian MV #2: Halsey - New Americana
Dystopian MV #3: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

GENERAL DIGIPAK ANALYSIS

Digipak #1: Kate Bush - Aerial
Digipak #2: Bjork - Bastards
Digipak #4: Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

INDIE ROCK DIGIPAK ANALYSIS

INDIE DP #1: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People

WEBSITE ANALYSIS

Website General EG: Charlie Putth
Website Indie Genre EG: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Website General + Indie Conventions Summary

WEBSITE ELEMENTS

Some basics
Elements For Musicians
YouTube Channel
Tours
Extra Photography
Website Trailer

DIGIPAK POSTS

Past Student Examples
Resources
Writing Lyrics For Extra Songs
Forms Of Album Packaging
History+Appeal of Record Sleeves
Image Inspirations
Photo Collection Examples
Reissued Artwork
Concept Albums
Interludes
Interactive Elements
Clues Hidden In The Album Artwork
Best Hits Lists
Clues Hidden In Artwork
Fan-Club Releases

AUDIENCE

My Artist's Current Audience
Audience Questionnaire
UGC
Digipak Interactive Elements
The dance factor
Appeal Of Vinyl

INDUSTRY

Crash Course On Music Industry
YouTube
Vevo
Fundraising Platforms
Online Streaming
MusicVid Channels
Economics Of Music Industry
Spotify
Artist Commercial Success In Digital Age
BBFC
Artist Record Label+Co.
Talk With Industry Figure
Music Video Age Ratings
Self-Distribution + Self-Producing

MEDIA LANGUAGE

Media Language A-Z
Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra & Simulations

AUDIENCE THEORY

NRS Social Grade
Primary & Secondary Audience
Stuart Hall's Reception Theory
Roland Barthes's 5 Codes
Hypodermic Needle Theory
Two Step Flow
Uses & Gratifications
Dan Gillmor's Former Audience
Morley's Counter-Empiristic Notion
Four-quadrant

NARRATIVE THEORY

Literary Theory
Propp's 7 Archetypes
Kristeva's Intertextuality
Todorov's 5 Stages Of Equilibrium
Applied To Social Medias

GENRE THEORY

Definitions Of Genre
Philip Tagg's Axiomatic Triangle
Daniel Chandler
Steve Neale's Repetition & Difference
Jason Mittell

REPRESENTATION - GENDER

Male & Female Gaze
Judith Butler's Performative Theory
VDB's Sexism Index
Feminist Frequency YouTube Channel

REPRESENTATION - CLASS

NRS Social Grade

MUSIC VIDEO THEORY

Dan Miller's Redefining Music Video
Andrew Goodwin
Carol Vernallis
Michael Shore
Sven E Carlsson

PHOTOGRAPHY THEORY

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Susan Sontag
Walter Benjamin
John Berger
Geoff Dyer
Fred Ritchn
Roland Barthes
Robert Hughes
David Hockney
Grant Scott

TECHNOLOGY

Photoshop
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

CREATIVITY

AS & Hopes For A2

R+P

AS & Hopes For A2
AS & A2 Resources

USE OF CONVENTIONS

AS & Hopes For A2
Issue With The Brief + Capability

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

AS & Hopes For A2
Analog Vs Digital
Web 2.0

DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH

Music Video Channels
iTunes
YouTube
Vevo
Spotify
MusicVid Marketing
Economics of Music Industry

POSSIBLE MV INFLUENCES

Possible Influences #0 - Diegetic Intros, Interludes & Outros
Possible Influences #1 - Silence
Possible Influences #2 - Reflections
Possible Influences #3 - Playing with Focus
Possible Influences #4 - Black & White
Possible Influences #5 - Non Diegetic Titles
Possible Influences #6 - Diegetic Titles
Possible Influences #7 - Screens Within Screen
Possible Influences #8 - Feet Tapping
Possible Influences #9 - Ways Of Closure
Possible Influences #10 - Reverse Narrative
Possible Influences #11 - Fractured Screen
Possible Influences #12 - Other Songs In Video
Possible Influences #13 - Signs As Branding
Possible Influences #14 - Performers Singing To Character In Narrative
Possible Influences #15 - Phasing Sound In & Out
Possible Influences #16 - Different Colour Frames
Possible Influences #17 - Quirky Characters
Possible Influences #18 - Body Movements
Possible Influences #19 - Lyrics Directly Represented
Possible Influences #20 - Layering
Possible Influences #21 - Track On Repeat
Possible Influences #22 - Mechanical Lyrics
Possible Influences #23 - Soothe My Soul
Possible Influences #24 - Dark Figures
Possible Influences #25 - Character In Several Locations
Possible Influences #26 - Water
Possible Influences #27 - Lips On Screen
Possible Influences #28 - Fading In & Out
Possible Influences #29 - French New Wave

POSSIBLE MV CONTINUED

Possible Influences #31 - Credits In YouTube
Possible Influences #34 - Album Name Referenced
Possible Influences #36 - Freeze-Frame
Possible Influences #37 - Splitscreen
Possible Influences #38 - Transitions

POSSIBLE DIGIPAK INFLUENCES

Possible Influences #1 - Street Blocks
Possible Influences #2 - Close-Ups
Possible Influences #3 - Filter
Possible Influences #4 - Signs As Branding
Possible Influences #5 - Photo Collection

USE OF TECHNOLOGY

Blogger - Rebranding
Google Calendar
Digipak Resources
Website Tools
How To Storyboard
Unavailable Resources

SITES FOR LYRIC DECONSTRUCTION

Genius
Songfacts
Song Meanings - The Audience Discuss Their Meanings, Hundreds Of Them!

USEFUL LINKS ON MUSIC INDUSTRY

My Crash Course On The Industry
Billboard
AllMusic
OfficialCharts
MusicVid Director Playlists
PromoNews
Vevo News
MTV Music News
Cosmopolitan - Music
Genius YouTube Channel
Indie Mag Music
Ranker Musiac
List Of Indie Music Vids
10 Great Music Vids With A Political Message
SteveHoffman
Lost Art Of Non-Album Single
Sky News Entertainment - contained useful pieces on music

THE BALANCE - Insight on the World of Music Business

Industry Basics
Being a Musician
Contracts + Royalties
Industry Profiles

Music | The Guardian

NME Music

The Independent - Music

PopMatters - News

uDiscoverMusic

Gizmodo - Music Videos News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip

VideoStatic - Music Video News & Community

AVMusic

Vinyl Mag

Consequence of Sound

Financial Times - Music

ROLLING STONE

Music
Artists A-Z
Album Reviews

MUSIC LITERARY RESEARCH

Andrew Goodwin - Dancing In The Distraction Factory
Carol Vernallis - Experiencing Music Video
Carol Vernallis - Unruly Media
Simon Reynolds - Retromania
Keith Negus - Popular Music Theory
Saul Austerlitz - Money For Nothing
Lara M.Schwartz - Making Music Video
David Bowie Exhibition - David Bowie Is

GENERAL MEDIA LITERARY RESEARCH

John Hartley - Communciation, Cultural & Media Studies, The Key Concepts
Maria Beville - Gothic Postmodernism

DB BLOGS I'VE USED

Music Vidz
A2 Media
ProdEval
Media Regulation
MediaTechTipps
Media Student Blogs

OTHER MEDIA STUDENT BLOGS I'VE USED

Evie's Lilac City
Molly Vids
Joe
Sophie's Rasmusic Vid
Adel

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