Documentary.
Analysing documentries.
TYSON THE MOVIE.
During our A2 Media lesson we began to watch the opening to the documentary TYSON. Which is all about Tyson the boxer. While watching it, there were alot of different elements that fit well with the conventions of a documentary and there were some that didn't follow conventions. The meaning of the documentary was to show Mike Tysons life, what he'd achieved the good and the bad. At the start the credit appear on screen, they are colourful contrasting colours that stand out from the black background. these colours could represent the colourful life he had lead. This is unconventional because they text for documentaries is normally plain and simple, it looks as if it is the start of a film. The effect of the text is fade in and fade out which is simple for an opening. This may symbolise Mike Tyson having an unconventional life so the person who put together the opening may have just unconventional colours to represent this. Throughout the opening sequence there is archive footage shown of Mike Tyson fighting. This is old footage because it is not very good quality, and it is pixulated. It has either been edited to change the contrast of the footage or it was filmed in that way. Spilt screen was used to show the different angles and to show two things happening at one time. It was freeze frame shots then the titled appeared again, then with a swipe transition to another shot. The shots froze then carried on with another shot in a different part of the screen. In the background there was a sound of a crowd screaming, the commentator talking and the bell ringing. There was also the famous song from the film 'Rocky' which is associated with boxing. At the ring of the bell, TYSON appears on the screen. The writing of him name was in a strong bold font, it was as if the writing was made out of fire. This could resemble Tyson's fiery temper when his in the ring. The sharp text could also mean danger because of the fire in the writing. This could also show Tyson's dangerous side while his fighting. The last shot was of Tyson winning the heavy weight belt. A man then says "reign for a long long time" this could mean the success of his career. It then fades into Mike Tyson's face and different angle close ups of his face and him talking. The voice over is him asking himself questions such as "who am i?" Then it shows him standing on a beach, calm with a sunset, the sunset could represent the "sunset" of his career. He looks as if he is thinking, thinking about his career. The beach and him being on his own shows that he might be isolated while reflection upon his experiences.
TYSON THE MOVIE.
During our A2 Media lesson we began to watch the opening to the documentary TYSON. Which is all about Tyson the boxer. While watching it, there were alot of different elements that fit well with the conventions of a documentary and there were some that didn't follow conventions. The meaning of the documentary was to show Mike Tysons life, what he'd achieved the good and the bad. At the start the credit appear on screen, they are colourful contrasting colours that stand out from the black background. these colours could represent the colourful life he had lead. This is unconventional because they text for documentaries is normally plain and simple, it looks as if it is the start of a film. The effect of the text is fade in and fade out which is simple for an opening. This may symbolise Mike Tyson having an unconventional life so the person who put together the opening may have just unconventional colours to represent this. Throughout the opening sequence there is archive footage shown of Mike Tyson fighting. This is old footage because it is not very good quality, and it is pixulated. It has either been edited to change the contrast of the footage or it was filmed in that way. Spilt screen was used to show the different angles and to show two things happening at one time. It was freeze frame shots then the titled appeared again, then with a swipe transition to another shot. The shots froze then carried on with another shot in a different part of the screen. In the background there was a sound of a crowd screaming, the commentator talking and the bell ringing. There was also the famous song from the film 'Rocky' which is associated with boxing. At the ring of the bell, TYSON appears on the screen. The writing of him name was in a strong bold font, it was as if the writing was made out of fire. This could resemble Tyson's fiery temper when his in the ring. The sharp text could also mean danger because of the fire in the writing. This could also show Tyson's dangerous side while his fighting. The last shot was of Tyson winning the heavy weight belt. A man then says "reign for a long long time" this could mean the success of his career. It then fades into Mike Tyson's face and different angle close ups of his face and him talking. The voice over is him asking himself questions such as "who am i?" Then it shows him standing on a beach, calm with a sunset, the sunset could represent the "sunset" of his career. He looks as if he is thinking, thinking about his career. The beach and him being on his own shows that he might be isolated while reflection upon his experiences.
Music Videos.
Analysing music videos.
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are.
This song is a narrative and performance video. It starts of with a close up of a women who you assume to be the girlfriend listening to a caset play and there is digectic music the song playing.
The introduction to the song after the girl, was Bruno Mars coming in and taking the tape out of the caset player. then he pulls the film out and writes his name in it on the table, then the name of the song.
This is not a normal convention for a music video because the artist and song title does not normally appear as part of the actual video. "her eyes, her eyes" he draws eyes using the castet tape film. this happens throughout the video while describing the girls appearance.
This atmosphere from this song is bright, nice and calm because it is an romantic song and his singing about how beautiful she is. The video fits well with the lyrics and what his sing about. What he signings in the song, appears from what he draws from the tape.
Theres a close up of him singing on the piano, he watching. shows shes listening to him and his singing for her.
B.O.B - Magic.
At the start it is a close up of a radio, the voice on the radio is B.O.B's .
Then it goes to an extreme close up of him passed out asleep in bed.
Then it goes to random close ups of things around his house such as a sink then back to him waking up. To this video there is a bit of narrative because there is a story going on that kind of relates to the song. It is also abit of performance because B.O.B wakes up and starts singing.
It swaps and changes shots from him eating breakfast in the kitchen to being in sleep, this could so that his not actually awake and is dreaming the whole thing.
Then it changes to him being in the garden by the pool with a lot of beautiful women. It shows a dream element to the video, which could associate with the title of the song "Magic".
Then when the chorus of the song starts it changes again to a meduim shot of the man that sings the chorus (Cuomo) and B.O.B on stage singing to a crowd, to which it looks like its set in a front garden.
After that he runs in to his house after all these "magic" things have happened to wake himself up in bed, then peopele follow him to a meduim shot so you can see the whole room. After that he finally wakes up and finds a picture he took with a women in is dream which shows the magic element in the video.
Short Films.
Craig Devlin - This is the life.
