1. 4.1 – Understanding different media.
This section is about researching the history and development of record, looking at
examples of records and the recording technology used. I did a variety of primary
and secondary research throughout and I found that the combination of both was
beneficial.
To begin with, I looked at the macro elements of film (based on music videos) so I
knew the types of things that I was meant to be looking when watching and even
conducting a music video. In order to gain a better understanding of record in
general, I undertook various research tasks looking at the four main types of record;
print, film, audio and web-based. I looked at the history of these four types of
recording and analysed the development in which each of these had taken over the
years and tried to understand how social, economic and technological factors have
influenced this development. I then looked at examples of different types of records
(VHS, CD, DVD, 35mm etc). I answered lots of questions about when they were made
and the quality of them and related this back to the development of record.
I wanted to gain expert advice on this, so I interviewed three people who have a lot
of experience with all different areas of record. One of the three was Lokmen Chekki
who had previously worked for big names such as the BBC as a production assistant,
told me a bit about Camera Obscura and the processes of creating a film. The second
was Yoshito Darmon who was a professional camera man who told me about camera
shots and angles and taught me about the ‘rule of three’, ‘headroom’ and
‘leadroom.’ The third person was Trevor Jarvis who was a professional in creating
animation and taught me how to use adobe flash CS3 to create my own animations.
Each of these people had given me something essential that I could take on and use
in the creation of my music video.
I also looked on YouTube and found a few videos that gave advice on how to create a
music video and the stages they went through when they created a particular music
video. In order to find out about the history and development of record, I decided to
do a lot of research mainly on the internet because it is a quick way in which I can
access the information that I need. However, I also looked at books and other
sources for information.
I think the researching process went well as I managed to find out all of the
necessary information and learnt a lot from it too. I think that I could have varied the
ways in which I presented the information in order to improve it and it would have
made it more appealing. Overall I think this section was successful and have learnt a
lot by doing this.