DB Playlists

For now I'll add one linked to an exam board training course, but I'll add more here over time which are linked to some aspect of your GCSE work.

(Several gathered here)

AQA COURSEWORK TRAINING VIDS
A Dr Who vid on uStream, then a YT playlist:
Live Streaming

MUSIC VIDEO conventions research

To help evidence research into, and knowledge + understanding of, the media language of music videos, you need to analyse a wide range of examples.

From this, you should generate several well-illustrated pages with a summary (which you split into as many smaller topics, or put alongside aspects of your planning as you wish):

1. the general media language (conventions; what makes it recognisable from other types of media text) of the format
2. the media language specific to your genre/artist

You can see in this post on my blog dedicated to music video and the music industry (a very helpful resource for you to use), just a few of the elements you could pick out - here's a screenshot of some of those (from a much longer list):

So - you're looking for screenshots that will help you illustrate conventions. Always name the artist, track and year for any video you reference. If you can also screenshot 1 or more YouTube playlists (of videos you've viewed/analysed for your research) from your own channel, this helps show the range and depth of your research.

I will play you annotated clips from some videos I've blogged on, done an earlier vodcast on, and added to a playlist. We will pause after each clip so you can see if you can spot at least 1 more possible 'convention' demonstrated by this video. That might include any of Goodwin's points (he sums up six features that his research claims define the typical music video). You will find the necessary hyperlinks in this very useful post.

For The Pixies example, look again at this post...

We'll start with a discussion of the first 75 seconds of this...


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MUSIC VIDEO 2016-17 Y11 rough to final cuts playlist

Playlisting is a great tool - a handy way for you to remember (and evidence, through screenshotting) which videos you've viewed for your research. You could (as I do) split this up into multiple themed playlists.

I'll gather your samples, rough cuts and eventually final cuts in the playlist below. It would be useful if you comment on each others. You can also view many past A2 music videos through my channel, and look at current A2 blogs to see more as they progress.

I'm happy to comment on a blog post if you prefer - just email me a link to the post where you've embedded your latest cut.
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Sci-Fi Films on YouTube

You can find more than just trailers on YouTube: many older films, now out of copyright, are viewable in full, plus many more recent examples (rights holders get paid for advertising that YouTube inserts).

The following YouTube search will bring up multiple playlists of full movies:

science fiction films full movie

I've created playlists using some of these, plus newer examples (trailers, not full movies) - you can create your own too to help with your research (you could save features, documentaries etc as well as films/trailers).

The links below are for BBFC pages, explaining why they got this rating - all the same bar the last two...

Avatar, The Force Awakens, Cowboys vs Aliens, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Terminator Genisys, Pacific Rim, Paul, Men in Black 3

We will use this 1950 movie (Destination Moon) as an example for initial analysis, thinking about issues such as representation of gender, business/government, enemy/threat/'the other', mise-en-scene...



This is a better known 'classic':


This one you may have read!


Hybridity isn't a new idea...


A good example of how postmodern irony has become common - and how some movies do target an older primary target audience!


A good example of hybridity:



SOME DOCS ON SCI-FI



71 SCI-FI DOCS
By another YouTuber ('User')



50s/60s + some older sci-fi...


Recent sci-fi film trailers
In order: Avatar, The Force Awakens, Cowboys vs Aliens, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Terminator Genisys, Pacific Rim, Paul, Men in Black 3

Gcse 2016 exam outline from DB3igs

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