Moodboard

Click to see my moodboard for film&music video!

Genre Theory: Research Task

Short Films

Although I watched this a while ago, it is still my favourite short film I've seen so far...

A2 Practical Coursework: Choice of Briefs

Edgar Wright - The King Of Comedy

I thought I'd put this here because I just love it, Edgar Wright is one of my favourite directors!

Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

A2 Expectations

For my A2 course, I'm really looking forward to filming either a short film or music video. I really think I can try and show my creative side even more, and filming is something that I'm both interested in and looking at having a career at in the future- so this will be incredibly useful as a first-time project. I have some ideas for a music video, and my plans for it are really starting to shape out. I just hope my aspirations aren't too extreme (but they never say "aim low", do they?).

I'm looking forward mostly to learning about the production of it, as well as doing the actual filming. Most of all however is the editing, as I feel like there's so much you can do with technology these days that there are so many options I can use within editing to make my production even better. I just hope that I can learn new skills in editing in order to produce the best music video/short film I can.

If I was doing a music video, I'm pretty sure I'd be using this song by AWOLNATION.

AS Media Reflection

Welcome to my new Media blog for A2.

Click here to see my AS media blog.


Over the past year, I have learnt so much about both technology (Apple technology; Macs, Photoshop, Camera technology; lighting, camera effects, mise-en-scene) and the media (music industry; major/independent record companies and the impacts of various factors whether they be beneficial or not). I really enjoyed both sides, particularly learning about television dramas. I will probably never look at a film/tv show in the same way again, but I love that I can go on and on about camera angles and representation and actually seem knowledgeable in this subject!



I had an idea in my mind about my magazine from the beginning, that it would look semi-professional. I have bought magazines such as Kerrang!, NME and Q for over three years, and this somehow helped me in deciding which way I wanted to design my magazine. With my genre of alternative rock, it was difficult to get the band-shot I wanted as it required a one-colour background, which was impossible to find a location for shooting. So instead, I looked at magazines such as NME who do mid-shots of single band members, which was easier and also made it look more professional, which was what I wanted.
I liked my magazine in the end and it looked like something that I would buy if I saw it in store, so I was proud of it for that reason. However, if there was anything I could improve, it would be to add a puff or buzz word in a different colour because it was all pretty similar throughout.