Daire Mcewen

My first draft had the overall same idea and clips used however after reflection I decided to remove any of the low quality clips as some were shot in poor lighting on a phone and replace them with clips shot on a high resolution camera. This improved the production quality of the video as a whole and allowed me to change the content of some the clips to make the narrative more seamless. I also restructured the order of the clips so that there are two clear halves of the video to show the difference in representation of the two groups as originally it was not very clear that there were two separate groups of youth. To add to the distinction of the two areas of representation i made sure that there were no fish-eye lens clips in the mainstream section of the video as the change in cinematography is very effective in separating the two.  I also added more visual effects such as increasing the brightness and contrast of the clips to emphasize the good summer weather as this allowed i...

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My video is going to show the lifestyles of youth during the summer and how they can differ. The two areas of representation are going to be mainstream and alternative youth culture, and this will be shown by their choice of activities, clothes and behaviour. The alternative people will be shown skateboarding as this is a widely known counter-culture that will be very visually pleasing and will fit well with music if the tricks are done in time with the beat. The mainstream youth will be seen going to concerts, day trips to cities, beaches and going out as these are all very common activities. The Mise-en-scene will also change in terms of the clothes the characters wear according to their group; the skateboarders will be wearing more streetwear styled clothing whereas the mainstream characters will be wearing more generic popular clothes in order to conform to cultural and social stereotypes. The song I will be using is Gold Dust – Shy-FX as it is happy and up-beat sounding and has ...

Eminem's website homepage has his logo at the top to promote himself an artist. there is also a menu bar at the top left with links to other pages such a shop, videos, events and lyrics. There is a big screenshot of his latest music video covering the majority of the homepage that scrolls along to show other relevant areas of the artists work.  The video page uses screenshots from various music videos in a series of banners across the page promote his latest music videos in chronological order. The user can click on these to watch them and it includes extra videos such as "behind the scenes" and interviews whihc allows the fans to learn more about the artist and their songs. There is an event page which includes details of all the latest shows and other events. There is also an option to buy tickets which is essential for promoting the artist. The page is simple and clear  with only the relevant information. There is also a lyrics page which has a breakdown...

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1. artist name/logo 2. menu bar with various links to tour dates, tickets and other content 3. news about the artists latest work 4. upcoming events and work 5. both images and videos of the artist 6. links to social media 7. bright colours to match the dance genre