4114 MEDIA BLOG

Take on Me -  A-ha This music video impressed me the most.  It tells the story of a cartoon character who falls in love with a woman in a diner who's reading the comic book he appears in.  It was done by hand using a technique called rotoscoping. Eventually you project the video on a screen or  rotoscope  and trace the image. It is done frame by frame. For this particular video around 3000 drawings were made. It took 16 weeks to complete them. I think for a video of its time, it uses innovative technology that portrays a lot of skill and  dedication, and therefore impressed me the most. The three dimensional feature of the hand appearing out of the comic book was the most impressive feature in my opinion, or the transition between comic drawings and real life within a single frame.

Emeli Sande - Heaven Analysis Emeli Sande Heaven Analysis from oliviascudder

Corinne Bailey Rae - Stop Where You Are Context "Stop Where You Are is about being present, its about recognising and ritualising the moment and celebrating where you are right now". "Fame is like being bullied." "I was just trying to write a song about being optimistic, really, about grabbing opportunity where it falls." Corinne was born in Leeds an urban city much like the setting of the video - graffiti etc. She suffered from depression maybe due to the husbands death due to overdose. Mise en scene Concrete building,  Isolated, metal, underground, secret location which is i ntimidating and dangerous Corinne is now wearing a red dress which could symbolise her new found love for herself alongside her new found confidence. C onnotations of love, women empowerment or danger.  She wears natural make-up which could also imply her new self-confidence. Younger self she is wearing a blue hoodie, which has connotations of sadness and how she has ...