Getting started with Prezi

As shown in picture format is my first Prezi presentation. I found Prezi really easy to use and will certainly create more presentations like this for my future blog posts.It is a fun and tidy way to explain your points and answer coursework question about our music video. As shown in the picture above, you can create multiple slides and talk about different topics in the same presentation.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. a shot that shows a link between lyrics and/or music and visuals
2. a shot that typifies the way a record company would want their artist to be represented
3. a shot that illustrates how your video uses music genre
4. a shot that shows an intertextual reference
5. a shot that demonstrates your use of camera
6. a shot that demonstrates your use of lighting
7. a shot that demonstrates your use of mise-en-scene
8/9. Two shots which you feel demonstrate something which shows you have watched other music videos


1) This shot of the character doing sit ups combines well with the lyrics as when the lyrics say, "Try a little harder", the character on his next rep comes up with a weight in his hand. Combining the visuals with the lyrics is important as it adds another element to the music video to make it that much more thoughtful, intelligently made and interesting.

2) This shot of the drummer shows the musician to be wearing jeans and white trainers. This is how the record company would want their artist to be represented due to the genre of the band and due to the way the band sing and make music with the use of rap.

3) This shot for me defines how are music video includes examples of how we have thought about representing genre in our music video. The acoustic guitar appears often in our music video due to the fact that this instrument fits well with the sound of the music made and is the same type of guitar used by the actual band. The genre of Hip Hop associates well with the symbolic use of an acoustic guitar.

4) This shot of  close up of a pianist playing a piano was influenced by a shot similar to this used in a music video by The Gym Class heroes. As mentioned before, the clip caught our eye due to the use of instruments in their music video.We decided to include many shots of instruments throughout our music video as shots of the band playing the instruments in various different music videos is a typical convention in the music industry.

5) The close up of the main character picking up a heavy weight was done to show the development of the characters strength. As portrayed at the beginning of the video where the character isn't as strong, this contrasting shot works well to show how he has succeeded due to his hard work.

6) This silhouette shot shows are use of lighting well due to the fact we have created a way of getting the silhouette look we wanted through the use of putting a light box behind are character in a dark room. The light surrounds the character whilst making the character a silhouette, giving a great shot which shows are use of lighting within our music video.

7) A shot which I thought portrayed the use of mise-en-scene well, is the establishing shot where we see the character walk in the gym.This shot works well as it shows the audience the surrounding's of which the character works in, whilst also carrying on with the walking sequence which takes place before this clip.

8/9) These two shots were both influenced from the same video which was a weightlifting montage of an athlete and what he does in his training. All his clips were in black and white and produced a great outcome. The characters head in his hands represents the character's thoughts and the emotional side to training. Similarly to these, the shot of the character sitting on his bed thinking has similar meanings. Both clips have a lot of importance in our music video and were both influenced by other videos.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. a shot that shows a link between lyrics and/or music and visuals
2. a shot that typifies the way a record company would want their artist to be represented
3. a shot that illustrates how your video uses music genre
4. a shot that shows an intertextual reference
5. a shot that demonstrates your use of camera
6. a shot that demonstrates your use of lighting
7. a shot that demonstrates your use of mise-en-scene
8/9. Two shots which you feel demonstrate something which shows you have watched other music videos

1) I chose the song, Chris Brown-Champion due to the way the two characters are standing in the shot. The characters arms are raised in the air to portray success of some sort. This picture works well with lyrics of "I was born a champion".

2) This guitarist from Metallica is portrayed here in one of their music videos is represented in a stereotypical Rock way. This is how the record company would want their artist to be represented due to the audience they are trying to attract and the type of songs they produce. The image of the character is very important to how they want there band to be portrayed and known.

3) Here, Eminem is shown from one of his music videos. This certain screenshot from his song shows that the character is dressed to represent the genre of the rap artist. The baggy clothes, hat and jewellery suit the genre of the artist and therefore create the image of the artist to match the genre of rap.

4) This screenshot was taken from the music video, "Hall of fame" by The Script. When we first saw this clip, we instantly thought that we could do something like this and put it in our music video somewhere. The silhouette effect works brilliantly due the way the character is conveyed and all focus is aimed towards the character. In our music video we have included a clip similar to this using the same technique as what they did here. We placed a light box behind the character and chose a dark room so that the light would surround the character creating this silhouette effect.

5) The long shot from one of Lady Gaga's video works well to make the corridor seem longer. This use of camera is appealing to the eye of the audience and creates a good visual image as it draws the audiences eye line down the corridor, making you focus on the lead singer, Lady Gaga.

6) This shot from The Foo Fighters' video, "Rope" is done similarly to the silhouette shot from The Scripts music video, "The Hall Of Fame". The white background and black silhouette as shown in the screen shot from the Foo Fighters' music video is a great example of their use of lighting.

7) Although this screen shot from OK Go's music video, "Here it goes again" only contains one camera shot throughout the whole video, the actual mise-en-scene shown here is a perfect example for the question due to the way the characters and treadmills are placed to show the audience everything that is happening and everything they need to see.

8/9) To shots that influenced us were taken from the music videos, "One more night" and "The fighter" from the bands Maroon 5 and The Gym Class Heroes.The first clip from Maroon 5 shows a boxer in a profile shot facing the camera. This shot works well as it shows the audience the character from the other boxers perspective. In addition, the other shot that shoes a close up of a pianist playing a piano portrayed by The Gym Class heroes caught our eye due to the use of instruments in their music video.We decided to include many shots of instruments throughout our music video as shots of the band playing the instruments in various different music videos is a typical convention in the music industry.