Sunday, 28 June 2009
Music Videos
If you're considering music video then you might like to have a look at the examples below, not to emulate them but perhaps to see how it's sometimes possible to "borrow" ideas from other videos and make them your own. The "making of" video is useful because you can see some of the filming process involved.
Saturday, 27 June 2009
Copyright
As you know we have had discussions in class about using music in the music video brief. Well OCR have just produced this document to clarify their position. http://community.ocr.org.uk/core/community/public/download_file?rid=2640 It clearly explains that as far as they are concerned it is ok to use existing songs. They will not deduct marks for this. However they take pains to state that they cannot be held responsible for any problems that using existing music might cause for schools and individuals. It seems their main worry is people putting downloads for a track that they don't own the rights for onto the website that they might produce as an ancillary task. I can see that record companies and publishers would take a very dim view of this.
The document also includes a lot of links to copyright free music on the Internet, including Moby's site. He famously allows people to use his music so this site and some of the others might be worth a look.
The document also includes a lot of links to copyright free music on the Internet, including Moby's site. He famously allows people to use his music so this site and some of the others might be worth a look.
Your New Blog
I want everyone to set up a new blog for the A2. Make sure that you create it in the same area as the old one since we know that those all work. When you've set it up leave the URL as a comment on this item. Then I can bookmark you. Good luck!
Research
The research into short films that we have been doing needs to be written up. The films we looked at were:
Dog Years http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=1351206
Where's the Money Ronnie! http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=315533
Yellow http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=794953
Me and Alfie http://www.chewtv.com/index.aspx?tabid=toprated
Karma Crusaders http://www.chewtv.com/index.aspx?tabid=toprated
Dog Years http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=1351206
Where's the Money Ronnie! http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=315533
Yellow http://www.screenonline.org.uk/media/stream.jsp?id=794953
Me and Alfie http://www.chewtv.com/index.aspx?tabid=toprated
Karma Crusaders http://www.chewtv.com/index.aspx?tabid=toprated
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
British Film: Main Issues
Contemporary British Cinema
Issues and Debates
Does Britain need a separate film industry?
How has the British film industry managed to survive?
Does Britain need a separate film industry?
This area of debate centres on the reasons for having a national cinema. This will include issues of representation. Do we need films that show ourselves to ourselves?
There is also the institutional context. The industry directly employs around 33,500 people and supports something like 95,000 jobs in total. The industry contributed around 4.3 billion pounds to the British economy in 2006. This was up 39% from 2004, so the industry is becoming more successful in economic terms.
In terms of audiences, on the whole the mass of the cinema going public might be just as happy if all their film entertainment came from Hollywood. However there is a substantial, largely cine-literate and middle-class audience, that wants to see films about Britain and on British themes.
The forms and conventions of British film are rooted in documentary and realism. We are also well known for costume dramas and comedies as well as gritty thriller. This type of cinema looks to Europe rather than Hollywood and would be lost without a native industry.
How has the British film industry managed to survive?
Issues of audience, institutions, forms and conventions and representation all impact on this debate.
Mass audiences tend to prefer Hollywood films. Certain types of realist low budget cinema are often seen as appealing to niche audiences.
The British industry is characterised by small production companies and a handful of studios (notably Pinewood) These institutions are supported by Film Tax Relief which the government introduced in 2006.
By representing Britain to the world, albeit often in stereotypical ways, the British film industry aids the tourist industry.
By concentrating on low budget genres many production companies survive from one film being completed to the next. However this is a hand to mouth existence that can easily spell disaster if one production fares badly. The industry is supported by a number of co-funded productions using the forms and conventions of spectacle and special effects which have much larger budgets.
Issues and Debates
Does Britain need a separate film industry?
How has the British film industry managed to survive?
Does Britain need a separate film industry?
This area of debate centres on the reasons for having a national cinema. This will include issues of representation. Do we need films that show ourselves to ourselves?
There is also the institutional context. The industry directly employs around 33,500 people and supports something like 95,000 jobs in total. The industry contributed around 4.3 billion pounds to the British economy in 2006. This was up 39% from 2004, so the industry is becoming more successful in economic terms.
In terms of audiences, on the whole the mass of the cinema going public might be just as happy if all their film entertainment came from Hollywood. However there is a substantial, largely cine-literate and middle-class audience, that wants to see films about Britain and on British themes.
The forms and conventions of British film are rooted in documentary and realism. We are also well known for costume dramas and comedies as well as gritty thriller. This type of cinema looks to Europe rather than Hollywood and would be lost without a native industry.
How has the British film industry managed to survive?
Issues of audience, institutions, forms and conventions and representation all impact on this debate.
Mass audiences tend to prefer Hollywood films. Certain types of realist low budget cinema are often seen as appealing to niche audiences.
The British industry is characterised by small production companies and a handful of studios (notably Pinewood) These institutions are supported by Film Tax Relief which the government introduced in 2006.
By representing Britain to the world, albeit often in stereotypical ways, the British film industry aids the tourist industry.
By concentrating on low budget genres many production companies survive from one film being completed to the next. However this is a hand to mouth existence that can easily spell disaster if one production fares badly. The industry is supported by a number of co-funded productions using the forms and conventions of spectacle and special effects which have much larger budgets.
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