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  Statement of intent : draft 3 I will make a  2-3 minute music video  with an accompanying  music magazine . The song i have chosen to do is called 'I'm not racist' by Joyner Lucas, the  genre  of the song is  rap/ hip-hop.  I plan on adopting some of the features of the original music video such as the  cinematography  used. I have chosen this genre because it initially gave audiences an insight into the lives of young, black, urban people and also gave them a voice.  Tricia Rose  has criticised commercial hip hop and suggests black culture has been appropriated and exploited by capitalism. I aim to use the genre of hip hop for what it used to be about and shed light on politics, race and history.  I will include  Todorov's theory of equilibrium  ,in the beginning both men have an existing state where they hold prejudice against each other and have suppressed feelings. The  disequilibrium  will b...

Coursework: Print magazine research and planning

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  1) Research  music magazine cover key conventions . Look over the  magazine cover key conventions notes sheet  and write which of these you will use for your magazine cover. (This is a film magazine example but the conventions still apply). Conventions include: Dateline Masthead cover lines central image sub images pull quotes barcodes colour scheme 2) Find at least  five  music magazine front covers  (either current or former magazines as many have stopped their print editions) aimed at a similar target audience to your project (mainstream music audience). For each one, pick out  one design idea or convention  that you could use in your own print work. A few examples to start you off: This is a good example of a music magazine as it is aimed at a similar target audience to mine, which is a young, urban mainstream audience. One key design of this magazine cover is the medium close up shot which is a convention of many music magazines. The b...

Coursework: Statement of Intent, pre-production and filming

MUSIC VIDEO PLANNING Statement of intent draft 2: I will make a 2-3 minute music video with an accompanying music magazine . The song i have chosen to do is called 'I'm not racist' by Joyner Lucas, the genre of the song is rap/ hip-hop. I plan on adopting some of the features of the original music video such as the cinematography used. I have chosen this genre because it initially gave audiences an insight into the lives of young, black, urban people and also gave them a voice. Tricia Rose has criticised commercial hip hop and suggests black culture has been appropriated and exploited by capitalism. I aim to use the genre of hip hop for what it used to be about and shed light on politics, race and history.  I will include Todorov's theory of equilibrium ,in the beginning both men have an existing state where they hold prejudice against each other and have suppressed feelings. The disequilibrium will be when they are expressing their feelings and anger, they both be...