Fun Media

This time you will work in pairs, if you feel like it. You can decide any fun activity connected with the media. Here you have a proposal:

Firstly, you will look for a song you like. Shoot it, edit it and upload it. Finally, you will explain the process and your personal role in the final product.

You should analyze the lyrics, paying attention to hidden meanings.

We have to compare and to understand its tone and its mood. Then you will make a 'short film' to get us into the mood of the piece, more than into the story.

The aim of this essay is to understand the relationship between music and poetry.

Here you have an example: David Bowie's 

" A Space Oditty"

Bowie's iconic character, Major Tom, was based on director Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Bowman, in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". Bowie began writing “Space Oddity” six months after seeing the film.

 Tips to film your Song

Video clips don’t have to be just about stories or reality. You do not have to follow the lyrics, you can use pictures, sound and editing to build up a sense of mood:

1. Use colours for meaning. Certain colours make us think of certain things. Grey or brown can be sad, red can be threatening, orange and yellow can be warm and welcoming, blue can be calm or cold...

2. Use things for meaning. Look for things like rust, splintered wood or peeling posters to show decay, or buds or shoots to show life, how to show love or despair...

3. Look for wind and movement. Look for the leaves of trees, grass, waste paper across a pavements, clouds across the sky. Keep the camera still so that people see the movement.

4. Shoot through things Shoot through windows, doors,(out of focus) fences or branches, and windowpane glass.

5. Shoot textures and patterns Concentrate on things like pebbles, wood grain or tree bark, sand, rust and peeling paint. Get in close and fill the frame with them.

6. Look for simple shapes. Shoot things that are round, square or rectangular.

7. Compare similar things If you shoot several things with a similar shape or pattern, you can edit them together to show the similarities.

8. Use reflections and shadows. Look for things reflected in windows, mirrors or water. Rippling water can be a great way to add life and movement to your film.