Tuesday, 30 November 2010

New coursework project: A teaser trailer or short film production.

Instead of producing a music video and exploring that media within groups, I am on the other hand working on a production task on my own.
A choice of two briefs was given:
(1) a short film in its entirety of around 5 minutes
(2) a teaser trailer for a new feature film
In both cases additional print texts are also required, creating a package rather than the single text created at AS.



Monday, 29 November 2010

Practice pitch for group exercise.

TEENAGE DIRTBAG- WHEATUS. (wiki).

Idea: Narrative and Concept.
Stereotypical character of a loser/waste of space (main character). Male character, medium hight, clothes too big for him, longish scruffy hair and hand-me downs.
This character is in love with a girl (popular and pretty), her boyfriend is a stereotypical Jock.
Scenes: Main character walking the hallway singing, Jock pushing him out the way, He drops his books infront of girl, watches the girl and jock get into the car and drive away.
Perhaps scenes of him daydreaming about him and the girl being together (Prom)
Easy to do - film around school, young cast within media studies group, idea links in to the lyrics.
Very easy to achieve, not very time consuming in the short time period we had to film and cheap.

lyrics


                                                  Main Female character.

Main male character: Teenage Dirtbag.





Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Subgenres of Metal: Christian Metal.

Christian Metal.

Also known as white metal.
Emerged in the late 1970's, pioneered by 'American ressurcection band' (WIKI) and 'Swedish Jerusulum'. (WIKI)
This 'Metal sub genre' is associated with songs using Christina themed lyrics. When the NWOBHM phenonenom arose, bands sprung up along side it as part of the sub-genres place in a long tradition of metal. The christian themes are often combined with the subjects the bands are rooted with. (wiki)






Christian Metal websites are set up to explain what christian metal is and why it is relevant to modern day society, still  earning its place in music today.  Showing also the amount of followers and the extent the fanbase goes too

Examples of Christian Metal Bands : Tourniquet (wiki)and Mortification, (wiki) who led the movement in the 1990's.
Other bands followed such as : Underoath, (offical website) Demon Hunter (wiki)and As i lay lying.

Mortification- livin like a zombie


Underoath - writing on the walls.