WE7 and Spotify

Folks maybe worth checking out we7

http://www.we7.com/

They were sort of precursors to Spotify, having embedded advertisements in exchange for free downloadable or streamed music content.

Spotify is great, as you are able to stream many full albums, live albums from so many of your favourite artists. A free Spotify account has adverts that last for around 30 seconds that repeat every 15 minutes.... a small price to pay for free music in a high bitrate, unlike some of the dodgy stuff that's downloaded from Limewire. A Spotify Premium account costs £12 a month or £120 a year and there are no adverts. This also means that you can access spotify on your iPhone, and even play the music in your playlists when you are not online!

http://thenextweb.com/blog/2009/09/07/spotify-iphone-app-impressions/

Some music articles

It is REALLY important that you take an interest in the way that the internet in particular has impacted upon the music industry. Your knowledge of the music industry constitutes 25% of your overall mark. I will be posting up lots of articles that are imperative for you to read. Hopefully you will enjoy researching this subject :D

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/nov/12/measure-impact-downloading

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/13/ooizit-music-sales-single-site

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/02/spotify-new-offline-service

http://torrentfreak.com/lady-gaga-earns-slightly-more-from-spotify-than-piracy-091121/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/18/pirate-bay-prison-sentences-sweden

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/23/sweden-music-sales-filesharing-crackdown

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/nov/24/file-sharing-free-piracy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/02/labels-music-industry-filesharing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/03/myspace-launches-music-site

http://music.myspace.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/02/labels-music-industry-filesharing

First Exam Question

By now you should have completed all of the technical aspects of production in Tv drama, including editing, camera movement, composition and angles, sound and mise en scene.

In the following extract, (begin 1 min 21 sec into clip):

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of gender using the following:

-Camera Shots, angles, movement and composition

-Editing

-Sound

-Mise en Scene (lighting, costume, props etc)

You should watch the extract through once. Then watch again taking notes. Take notes after for a few minutes, then watch another twice taking notes.

The mark-scheme for this is:

-Explanation/analysis/argument (20 marks)

-Use of examples (20 marks)

-Use of terminology (10 marks)

You do not need to introduce or conclude, just to explain and analyse examples in relation to the representation of gender through the micro-analysis of the extract.

I would like this emailed to me by the evening of Wednesday 2nd December to ctierney911@c2kni.net thanks.

Your blogs!

I have to say I am really impressed with the work you are doing on your blogs guys..... Keep it up!

Hi folks, some more work for you to do on your blogs, this time on image and sound editing. Again, try to complete your answers with video showing the technique in use. To be done for Monday 23rd November.

Editing

Transitions,

dissolve,

fade-in,

fade-out,

wipe,
superimposition,

long take,

short take,

slow motion,

ellipsis and expansion of time,

post-production,
visual effects.


Sound

• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound;
synchronous/asynchronous sound;

sound effects;
sound motif,
sound bridge,
dialogue,
voiceover,
mode of address/direct address,
sound mixing,
sound perspective.

• Soundtrack:

score

incidental music

themes and stings

ambient sound

Shooting Scripts and Story Boards

Have a look at these sites that offer an example of story-boarding and shooting scripts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/downloads/scripts/movingon_tb.pdf

http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/

FRAMING AND EDITING

You should now look at the composition of shots and some of the editing techniques frequently used in the grammar of filming. Please make sure you have video evidence to accompany your points:

(To be done for Thursday 15th October)

Framing

Rule of Thirds

Depth of Field

Deep and shallow focus

Focus Pulls

Transition of image and sound

Continuity and non-continuity systems

Cutting

Shot/reverse shot

Eyeline Match

Graphic Match

Action Match

Jump cut

Cross Cuttting

Parallel editing