Wednesday 15 December 2010
Journal
Today we finshed filming the catwalk scene it went well and we got shots from different angles. now we have finshed filming everything we can start to upload and edit after christmas.
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Changes
We decieded to change the person to play Lucy Star to make it easier for us to film we choose Kathryn to play Lucy Star and for me and Jade to just be the models. Today in our free lessons we all went to the drama costume room to film the performance singing part to our music video it went really well and we got some good shots to use.
Thursday 9 December 2010
Monday 6 December 2010
The Stars
This is Amber she will be playing our Lucy Star, we choosed to ask her as she is reliable and trustworthy, we also know she will do the singing and dancing without backing out.
This is Kathryn, she will be playing one off our models.
This is Jade, she will also be playing one of the models.
This is Kirstie (Me), I will also be playing a model.
This is Nicole, she is also playing a Model.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
Journal
Today we Filmed at we had so much fun, we filmed the complete catwalk scene which looked really good. The clone machine that Kathryn made looked soo good, as a group we created the catwalk runway using the blocks in the Drama room we used, we put the clone machine in the middle and added tinsle to the outside it looked soo good once it was all done, we are hopeing to finsh filming by this week aslong as it dont snow.
Monday 22 November 2010
Our Pitch
Pitch
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This was the presentation we made for our Pitch, However I wasnt able to be in class when the picthes where presented as I had tonsillitis :(, but the group told me that it went well but the only criticism was to show how our video would link with Andrew Goodwin's Music Video Analysis.
Costumes
We searched the internet to look for a costume of Lucy Star and we found the perfect outfit, her style is unique and 80s fashion. And for the wags we will find a black dress with high heels, the wags will either have a handbag, pet dog, sunglasses, or shinny jewerlly.
Music Video
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
We see Gwen Stefani arriving at an airport the setting is realistic and believable, she then gets into a car and answers her phone it is a mans voice telling her to get to the studio asap we now know that she is a music star that has arrived to record her song, Gwen Stefani says that she is so tried and needs to sleep this gives the impression that something might happen, the next shot tells us that we have know moved to a month later and we see Gwen Stefani in bed sleeping she is then woken up by a phone call it makes me wonder if she has been asleep for a month, she is then in the studio with a piano the camera moves to a close up of her face and then moves to a close up of her computer where she is playing a ping pong game, the shot moves to her phone and her mp3 player that has her name on it, we hear the phone start to ring the only sound we have heard since the beggining is digetic, She then starts to play the piano and starts to sing a song this makes us believe that the song is about to start. but it doesnt and we see her getting a coffee from the machine we then get a close up of a poster that says writers block we can help, we now put it together and know that she is writting a song and is having trouble with it.
She takes a number and then we see a car driving past and the next shot takes us into a dark room, she has gone to see someone about her writters block, as we waits we see a close up of a toy rabbit that is moving on the desk we then she Gwen Stefani looking heavily at it, the next shot is of her back at the studio she picks up a clock that stands out of the rest of the video, she then sits down and the clock start ticking we see the rabbit come flying at her and knocking the clock at her hands she falls back on her chair but not to the ground this makes us know that she is going into another world, we then see her in a maze that looks similar to Alice in Wonderland the rest of the video reminds me of Alice in Wonderland as she sees the same things that Alice saw, we see a shot of her in a house, this video is mad and crazy. The shots then switch from her at the studio to her in the maze we see the lyrics being wrote on the page that she is singing.
Her costume in the studio is showing of her belly making her look sexy and femanine and showing a different side to her, the last couple of scenes of her in the studio show her dancing and singing to 4 girls that are dressed in school uniform, she is dancing in a sexy way infront of the school girls at the end the girls all laugh.
The music video is creative and unique
We see Gwen Stefani arriving at an airport the setting is realistic and believable, she then gets into a car and answers her phone it is a mans voice telling her to get to the studio asap we now know that she is a music star that has arrived to record her song, Gwen Stefani says that she is so tried and needs to sleep this gives the impression that something might happen, the next shot tells us that we have know moved to a month later and we see Gwen Stefani in bed sleeping she is then woken up by a phone call it makes me wonder if she has been asleep for a month, she is then in the studio with a piano the camera moves to a close up of her face and then moves to a close up of her computer where she is playing a ping pong game, the shot moves to her phone and her mp3 player that has her name on it, we hear the phone start to ring the only sound we have heard since the beggining is digetic, She then starts to play the piano and starts to sing a song this makes us believe that the song is about to start. but it doesnt and we see her getting a coffee from the machine we then get a close up of a poster that says writers block we can help, we now put it together and know that she is writting a song and is having trouble with it.
She takes a number and then we see a car driving past and the next shot takes us into a dark room, she has gone to see someone about her writters block, as we waits we see a close up of a toy rabbit that is moving on the desk we then she Gwen Stefani looking heavily at it, the next shot is of her back at the studio she picks up a clock that stands out of the rest of the video, she then sits down and the clock start ticking we see the rabbit come flying at her and knocking the clock at her hands she falls back on her chair but not to the ground this makes us know that she is going into another world, we then see her in a maze that looks similar to Alice in Wonderland the rest of the video reminds me of Alice in Wonderland as she sees the same things that Alice saw, we see a shot of her in a house, this video is mad and crazy. The shots then switch from her at the studio to her in the maze we see the lyrics being wrote on the page that she is singing.
Her costume in the studio is showing of her belly making her look sexy and femanine and showing a different side to her, the last couple of scenes of her in the studio show her dancing and singing to 4 girls that are dressed in school uniform, she is dancing in a sexy way infront of the school girls at the end the girls all laugh.
The music video is creative and unique
Friday 5 November 2010
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Moodboard for music video.
This is our moodboard we slipt it into two different sides the fake side and her side, on the fake side we see pictures of wags and what is meant to be perfect, on the other side we see pictures of charity shows and their logos, and the fashion that is unique.
Thursday 21 October 2010
Similar Music Videos
Madonna- Like a virgin
Cyndi Lauper- time after time
Blondie-One way or another
These are videos from the 1980s that show the style and fashion we want Lucy Star to wear.
Monday 18 October 2010
Song Choice
Our song choice is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cynd Lauper)
The Lyrics
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun....
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun...
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.
They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...
Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)
They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh,girls...)
They just wanna,
(Have fun....)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un
They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...
The Lyrics
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun....
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun...
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.
They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...
Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)
They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh,girls...)
They just wanna,
(Have fun....)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un
They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...
Sunday 17 October 2010
Codes and Conventions of a Music Video
Every music video has there own unique approach, but the codes and conventions are always the same. When looking at the codes and conventions they are there to follow the structure of music video because without following them, it could may not be seen as a music video. The codes are especially there to construct meanings in media texts.
There are two different ways a music video can be, either:
Technical:
The way the music video is constructed in way to create meaning
Camera Angles such as the different angles and shots
Editing- How fast the video will reflect the song, Genre
Sound- Diegetic or Non diegetic sound, sound to match the genre
Symbolic:
Meaning has more then meets the eye
Stronger emotion, Facial expressions
Mise En Scene- Whats in the frame
The codes and conventions are there not to be broken, and are there to give the ways in which a music video should made. The codes and conventions are not set in stone but can be adapted, some music video directors choose to challenge the codes but it is never good to challenge the codes and conventions to much because it could turn out that the music video will not look like a music video first and foremost and secondly challenging may lead to a music falling out the genre of what you want it to be.
Styles of a music video
There are different ways a music video can be constructed, this is due to the different genres in the music industry and also the way the artist will be portrayed. These are:
Performance- Band/Artist singing
Narrative- Has a story during the video
Mixture- This is when the video has a narrative and also a performance together
Cameo- The band are in the narrative of the song but do not perform the song
Animation- Digitally made
Camera
With a music video the camera shots are really important for the people watching because they can only see whats on the screen, therefore a variety of shots should be used to give the viewer an all round view of the video, but the variety depends on the genre whether to have so much variety in the shots. Popular shots that are really effective are:
Close up- The close up shot is really effective in music videos, especially in performance music videos. Close up shots could be of the lips, guitar strings, any possible way and it will be successful, extreme close ups are also very effective too.
Birds eye View/Crane- This shot is good because it will enable the shot to hover, in the case of a performance, it could be used as a shot to hover over the stage
Low angles- This will be to show the artist or band in a dominant frame of the video
Long Shots- This shot is constantly used and it just gives a music video a shot that you can always go back to in the video, extreme long shots are also used frequently.
Pans/Tilts- These shots are used for the artist/bands if they want to change to another band member
Tracking- This is a shot that is very frequently used to track the artists/ bands movement in the song to ensure they keep center of the frame
Editing
In the case of editing, it simply has to match the pace of the song. Techniques included with editing are:
Jump Cuts- Very effective for an artist when singing in a new frame and place, but the continuity and flow of the song continuing with the artist is good.
Split screens- Using CGI, Split screens showing two different shots at the same time.
Choosing Diegetic sound to include
Adjusting sound level in some parts of the video
Mise En Scene
The mise en scene will depend on what kind of genre the music video is. The main focus of mise en are scene:
Props- What is used in the video, Equipment reflecting genre
Costume- What the Artist/band wear
Location- Where the video will be set.
Facial Expressions- The way the artist
There are two different ways a music video can be, either:
Technical:
The way the music video is constructed in way to create meaning
Camera Angles such as the different angles and shots
Editing- How fast the video will reflect the song, Genre
Sound- Diegetic or Non diegetic sound, sound to match the genre
Symbolic:
Meaning has more then meets the eye
Stronger emotion, Facial expressions
Mise En Scene- Whats in the frame
The codes and conventions are there not to be broken, and are there to give the ways in which a music video should made. The codes and conventions are not set in stone but can be adapted, some music video directors choose to challenge the codes but it is never good to challenge the codes and conventions to much because it could turn out that the music video will not look like a music video first and foremost and secondly challenging may lead to a music falling out the genre of what you want it to be.
Styles of a music video
There are different ways a music video can be constructed, this is due to the different genres in the music industry and also the way the artist will be portrayed. These are:
Performance- Band/Artist singing
Narrative- Has a story during the video
Mixture- This is when the video has a narrative and also a performance together
Cameo- The band are in the narrative of the song but do not perform the song
Animation- Digitally made
Camera
With a music video the camera shots are really important for the people watching because they can only see whats on the screen, therefore a variety of shots should be used to give the viewer an all round view of the video, but the variety depends on the genre whether to have so much variety in the shots. Popular shots that are really effective are:
Close up- The close up shot is really effective in music videos, especially in performance music videos. Close up shots could be of the lips, guitar strings, any possible way and it will be successful, extreme close ups are also very effective too.
Birds eye View/Crane- This shot is good because it will enable the shot to hover, in the case of a performance, it could be used as a shot to hover over the stage
Low angles- This will be to show the artist or band in a dominant frame of the video
Long Shots- This shot is constantly used and it just gives a music video a shot that you can always go back to in the video, extreme long shots are also used frequently.
Pans/Tilts- These shots are used for the artist/bands if they want to change to another band member
Tracking- This is a shot that is very frequently used to track the artists/ bands movement in the song to ensure they keep center of the frame
Editing
In the case of editing, it simply has to match the pace of the song. Techniques included with editing are:
Jump Cuts- Very effective for an artist when singing in a new frame and place, but the continuity and flow of the song continuing with the artist is good.
Split screens- Using CGI, Split screens showing two different shots at the same time.
Choosing Diegetic sound to include
Adjusting sound level in some parts of the video
Mise En Scene
The mise en scene will depend on what kind of genre the music video is. The main focus of mise en are scene:
Props- What is used in the video, Equipment reflecting genre
Costume- What the Artist/band wear
Location- Where the video will be set.
Facial Expressions- The way the artist
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Today
Tuesday 12th of October, we disscussed more about our idea and have decieded on a idea that we are all pleased and happy with, we decieded to keep the fashion show but add a cloning machine that changes the models to all the same, we fought of making the cloning machine out of cardboard and glitterly things. We also fought about having parts of the song sung in a charity shop with lucy trying on different clothes :)
Monday 11 October 2010
Lucy Star
Lucy Star (real name Lucinda Strompton) is 19 and comes from a small town in Scotland. After getting to the judges houses round of the x-factor in 2009 but losing out because she was 'too different', Lucy decided to change tack. She used her x-factor exposure to build a fanbase through My Space and released a few tracks as free downloads. She got signed to Rough Trade a few months ago.
Sound: 80s punk/pop revival
Ideology: Be who you want to be, not what society says you should be.
Influences: Janis Joplin, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Florence and the Machine
Likes: Charity shops, clubbing, fancy dress parties
Dislikes: Size zeros, boredom.
Digi-pack
Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside. Since Digipaks were among the first alternatives to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak-style packaging made by other companies, the term digipak or Digi-Pak is often used generically, even when the media holder is a hub or "Soft Spot" rather than a full plastic tray.
Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Because such packaging is less resistant to abrasion than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear relatively quickly. Manufacturers have helped to reduce environmental impact and improve functionality by introducing recycled components into its trays.
Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Because such packaging is less resistant to abrasion than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear relatively quickly. Manufacturers have helped to reduce environmental impact and improve functionality by introducing recycled components into its trays.
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Today
Tuesday 5th of October, today we fought up with our idea of a fashion show we decieded to make the fashion show mock different sterotypers such as wags, gothic, barbie and some others. We then made a prezi up that showed all our ideas, once we finshed make it and uploading pictures on it we showed our teacher who fought we shouldn't take the mock out of sterotypers. So after the lesson we fought of maybe changing it to not mocking sterotypers but people that are the same.
Wednesday 29 September 2010
What we did in lesson on the 28th of September.
Today in lesson we got our songs and we organised ourselves into groups, in my group I am working with Lauren, Jade and Kathryn :). And our superstar is Lucy Star who is singing the song Girls just wanna have fun by Cyndi Lauper.
Rough Trade in the 1980's
How did contracts effect the development of Rough Trade?
- Although having contract want to work with Rough Trade it also was helping Rough Trade create a name for themselves with these big acts, behind the scenes money became tight, as they weren't taking enough credit for their work.
What issues occurred between the record label and distribution?
- Although having contract want to work with Rough Trade it also was helping Rough Trade create a name for themselves with these big acts, behind the scenes money became tight, as they weren't taking enough credit for their work.
What issues occurred between the record label and distribution?
Rough Trade in the 1970's
How did Rough Trade start?
-Geoff Travis started Rough Trade by opening up one shop that sold records in west London 30 years ago.
Which music trends were popular?
-In the summer of 1976 punk become very popular.
What was the ethos of Rough Trade?
-By now punks were revolting against all mainstream music, and they wanted to support this by selling a different genre of music to mainstream.
How was rough trades different to large corporations?
-Rough trade didnt follow the genre of music that was being released by mainstream companies for example Rough trade released punk music and soon after that they released reggie music.
What techniques were used to expand the Independent music scene?
- Rough Trade created an alliance between punk and reggae music, which was seen as a "unique/alternative spirit".
How did this lead to Rough Trade's expansion?
- This created a new type of music and showed independent artists that you don't have to be part of mainstream music culture, to become popular. it also led to artist sending in their music for Rough trade to sell.
What type of business structure existed in the 1970's?
- Their business structure was 'do it yourself' they didnt want to build an empire they just wanted to release music to the public that mainstream werent releasing.
Explain the successes of the distribution department and record label..
- In the 70's record distribution was controlled mainly by big companies, so Rough Trade started mail orders to other companies to sell independent records, giving independent artists a chance to get the music across. Where the profit was cut exactly by half more artists began to contact Rough Trade, this is when Independent labels started to affect the big companies as the artists began to abandon mainstream labels. In 1978 Daniel Miller set up 'Mute Records' and used Rough Trade as a distribution service, allowing Rough Trade to start using new records to sell.
Questions on Sony BMG
1. Which subsidiary labels do Sony BMG own?
The labels that Sony BMG own are Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America.
2.How are Sony vertically integrated (how do they profit from the different stages of music production, distribution and consumption)?
Sony wanted to stimulate the sales of hardware by controlling the production and distribution of software. Sony, on the other hand, doesn't need to make a cent selling music. It makes its money manufacturing consumer electronics, producing films, and licensing its formats (e.g. Blu-ray, Playstation), and even owns some retail. While the company wouldn't turn its nose up at profits from recorded music, its music division can be an asset for the company overall without any black ink of its own. This is because the music can be licensed on friendly terms to Sony's movies, games, and distribution portals, and can be used to support new technology formats.
3.How do Sony profit from the media convergence at the level of the media product ( for example a film soundtrack or music in a video game)?
Sony profit from media convergence as if a film is using a soundtrack by a artist signed to their label
The labels that Sony BMG own are Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America.
2.How are Sony vertically integrated (how do they profit from the different stages of music production, distribution and consumption)?
Sony wanted to stimulate the sales of hardware by controlling the production and distribution of software. Sony, on the other hand, doesn't need to make a cent selling music. It makes its money manufacturing consumer electronics, producing films, and licensing its formats (e.g. Blu-ray, Playstation), and even owns some retail. While the company wouldn't turn its nose up at profits from recorded music, its music division can be an asset for the company overall without any black ink of its own. This is because the music can be licensed on friendly terms to Sony's movies, games, and distribution portals, and can be used to support new technology formats.
3.How do Sony profit from the media convergence at the level of the media product ( for example a film soundtrack or music in a video game)?
Sony profit from media convergence as if a film is using a soundtrack by a artist signed to their label
Monday 27 September 2010
Song BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment began as the result of a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and Bertelsmann Music Group (part of Bertelsmann) completed on March 4, 2004. It is one of the Big Four music companies, and includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America, and others. The merger affected all Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group companies worldwide except for Japan, where it was felt that it would reduce competition in that country’s music industry significantly.
Financial analysts covering the merger anticipated that up to 2,000 jobs would be cut as a result, saving Sony BMG approximately $350 million annually.
The company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, who succeeded Andrew Lack on February 10, 2006. In the first half of 2005, the company's share of new releases in the United States (US) declined from 33% to 26% according to Nielsen SoundScan. This, and Lack's negotiation of what some called an "ill-conceived" deal with Bruce Springsteen led to Bertelsmann informing Sony that it would not renew Lack's contract.
The company signed a content deal with the popular video sharing community YouTube.
On August 5, 2008 Sony Corp. agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's 50 percent stake in the music company for $1.2 billion to get full control. The music company will be renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and will become a unit of Sony Corporation of America. This will allow Sony the rights to artists on the current and historic BMG roster and would allow Sony Corporation to better integrate its functions with its Playstation 3 and upcoming new media initiatives.
The Merger
On March 27, 2006, the New York Times reported that Bertelsmann was in talks with Sony to possibly alter the current venture. Two executives close to Sony BMG said that Bertelsmann may offer Sony its half of the company in order to raise money by leveraging some of its media assets. Executives close to the label have stressed that any such agreement will likely take months to conclude.
On July 13, 2006, however, the European Court of First Instance annulled the European Commission's clearance decision as IMPALA (a trade association for independent labels in Europe) had applied for. This judgment was appealed by the merging parties. On October 3, 2007, after a new investigation, the European Commission upheld its prior approval of the merger.
It was also announced in 2006 that Sony BMG would dismantle the Sony Urban Music label. All of the artists will now be assigned to Epic or Columbia.
It was announced in March 2007 that Sony Music Entertainment Japan, which is not part of Sony BMG, would dismantle the Tofu Records label. All of the SMEJ artists will be now signed to Epic or Columbia.
The international media and entertainment companies Sony Corporation and Bertelsmann AG announced on August 5, 2008, that Sony has agreed to acquire Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG. The music company, to be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SME), will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
On October 1, 2008, Sony Corporation completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the companies' joint venture.[3] The music company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and operates music labels such as Arista Records, Upstate Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Records and Zomba Records. The sale price was not disclosed when the deal was announced in August, but news reports valued it at $1.5 billion.
Financial analysts covering the merger anticipated that up to 2,000 jobs would be cut as a result, saving Sony BMG approximately $350 million annually.
The company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, who succeeded Andrew Lack on February 10, 2006. In the first half of 2005, the company's share of new releases in the United States (US) declined from 33% to 26% according to Nielsen SoundScan. This, and Lack's negotiation of what some called an "ill-conceived" deal with Bruce Springsteen led to Bertelsmann informing Sony that it would not renew Lack's contract.
The company signed a content deal with the popular video sharing community YouTube.
On August 5, 2008 Sony Corp. agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's 50 percent stake in the music company for $1.2 billion to get full control. The music company will be renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and will become a unit of Sony Corporation of America. This will allow Sony the rights to artists on the current and historic BMG roster and would allow Sony Corporation to better integrate its functions with its Playstation 3 and upcoming new media initiatives.
The Merger
On March 27, 2006, the New York Times reported that Bertelsmann was in talks with Sony to possibly alter the current venture. Two executives close to Sony BMG said that Bertelsmann may offer Sony its half of the company in order to raise money by leveraging some of its media assets. Executives close to the label have stressed that any such agreement will likely take months to conclude.
On July 13, 2006, however, the European Court of First Instance annulled the European Commission's clearance decision as IMPALA (a trade association for independent labels in Europe) had applied for. This judgment was appealed by the merging parties. On October 3, 2007, after a new investigation, the European Commission upheld its prior approval of the merger.
It was also announced in 2006 that Sony BMG would dismantle the Sony Urban Music label. All of the artists will now be assigned to Epic or Columbia.
It was announced in March 2007 that Sony Music Entertainment Japan, which is not part of Sony BMG, would dismantle the Tofu Records label. All of the SMEJ artists will be now signed to Epic or Columbia.
The international media and entertainment companies Sony Corporation and Bertelsmann AG announced on August 5, 2008, that Sony has agreed to acquire Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG. The music company, to be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SME), will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
On October 1, 2008, Sony Corporation completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the companies' joint venture.[3] The music company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and operates music labels such as Arista Records, Upstate Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Records and Zomba Records. The sale price was not disclosed when the deal was announced in August, but news reports valued it at $1.5 billion.
Thursday 23 September 2010
Rough Trade.
A definition of Independent music - Independent music is different from the typical lyrics and notes that appear in a mainstream music record, it is also an artist that is not attached to a major company and it is on its own.
Punk rock era was seen as the birth of independent labels as it allowed any one any where to record music and release it to the rest of the public, punk music was also not been heard on mainstream labels this gave independent labels an advantage over mainstream records.
Web 2.0 is also having the same effect on the music industry as independent labels did during the punk era as web 2.0 is allowing any one to release music on social sites such as myspace and facebook this allows anyone to listen freely to music, sites such as youtube are allowing the public to listen to the music over the internet with out paying for it which means that singles and albums arent doing as well as they use to. The main site that is having the most effect is itunes as it allows people to download music without buy the singles or the album.
Some bands would rather stay with an independent label rather than signing to a major company as independent labels allow them to have a say in what happens to the music they have recorded it also gives them a 50-50 pay as like major record companies. It also allows them to record their own music rather than following codes and conventions which most major record companies do.
Definition of hegemony-Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others (e.g.: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture). Or Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
Music Videos
Music Video's have been around in the 1920's.
Artists (Jazz musicians) such as Bessie Smith made short films to accompany popular songs (1929).
In 1965 Bob Dylan filmed Subterranean Homesick Blues as a segment for D.A.Pennebaker's film, 'Don't Look Back' - Widely credited as one of the first modern music video's.
In 1970 the record industry discovers TV shows are a great opportunity to promote their artists, on shows such as Top Of The Pop's.
In 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody is seen as a 'groundbreaking' video released by queen.
Artists (Jazz musicians) such as Bessie Smith made short films to accompany popular songs (1929).
In 1965 Bob Dylan filmed Subterranean Homesick Blues as a segment for D.A.Pennebaker's film, 'Don't Look Back' - Widely credited as one of the first modern music video's.
In 1970 the record industry discovers TV shows are a great opportunity to promote their artists, on shows such as Top Of The Pop's.
In 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody is seen as a 'groundbreaking' video released by queen.
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Robbie Williams
Later this year it was announced that Robbie Williams had returned to Take That to make the popular boyband complete again, Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow released their own single this settled there conflit between each other the lyrics were written by Gary Barlow a few years ago.
I choosed to do a case study about Robbie Williams as he is a well known artist that has been in a boyband and reached number one and also been a artist that has made it own his own, his personalibilty allows him to connect with the audience, I have been to one concert where Robbie has performed and it was amazing although it could be argued that his singing its perfect his stage presents is outstanding.
I choosed to do a case study about Robbie Williams as he is a well known artist that has been in a boyband and reached number one and also been a artist that has made it own his own, his personalibilty allows him to connect with the audience, I have been to one concert where Robbie has performed and it was amazing although it could be argued that his singing its perfect his stage presents is outstanding.
Robbie Williams
Angels became one of Robbie Williams most famous song that is known though different age groups.
Robbie Williams soon dissappeared to enter rehab to recover from drugs, he was out the public eye for 3 years before returning with a new record Bodies
Robbie Williams soon dissappeared to enter rehab to recover from drugs, he was out the public eye for 3 years before returning with a new record Bodies
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams(born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch his solo career. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That and that the group intended to release a new album in November 2010.
His debut album, Life thru a Lens, was released on 29 September 1997, on EMI Records. The album produced a string of successful singles, including "Angels", which has become one of his best known songs to date. Other successful singles from the album include "Old Before I Die" and "South of the Border". Williams followed up the success of his first album with his second album I've Been Expecting You, released on EMI Records on 26 October 1998. Like his debut, the album charted at number one on the UK Album Charts and was successful on other worldwide album charts. The album produced Williams's first UK number one single to that point, "Millennium". His third and fourth albums, Sing When You're Winning released on 28 August 2000 and Swing When You're Winning released on 19 November 2001 were well received by music critics, and like his previous albums, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. Sing When You're Winning is more of a pop album, while Swing When You're Winning is more a jazz/big-band led album, in which Williams claimed that "he always wanted to do a jazz album". From both albums, successful singles were released, including "Rock DJ", which was released from Sing When You're Winning and "Somethin' Stupid" (featuring Nicole Kidman) which was released from Swing When You're Winning.
The follow-up album to Sing and Swing When You're Winning was Escapology, released on 28 November 2002. Escapology debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts, making this Williams's fifth UK #1 album. Singles released included "Feel", "Come Undone", "Something Beautiful" and "Sexed Up", all of which were top 10 hits in the UK. In 2004, Williams released a Greatest Hits album. His 2005 Intensive Care album was one of the best selling albums of 2005, and was the 53rd best selling album of the decade in the United Kingdom. His follow-up album, Rudebox, was however less successful in chart sales. After the release of Rudebox, Williams took a musical hiatus, and returned in 2009 with his long-awaited Trevor Horn-produced album Reality Killed the Video Star, which became his first album throughout his career not to chart at #1 on the UK Album Charts.
Williams has sold more than 55 million records worldwide. He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. He has also been honoured with fifteen BRIT Awards—more than any other artist—and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s."
Tuesday 21 September 2010
What we did in lesson
Today in lesson we went thought our teachers case study of Madonna I wrote down some notes on how the teacher presented her case study and what information we found out about Madonna and her changes though the years, from this I am doing to do another case study on Robbie Williams.
Monday 13 September 2010
Sunday 22 August 2010
JLS launchs their own condoms
Apart from being a well known band espically to the teenage female generation, JLS have launch their own foundation to help support young people to help their charity they have launched their own range of condoms to try and reduce the risk off diseases within the teenage generation.
JLS
JLSI decieded to do my case study about JLS although they didn't win X factor in 2008 they are more well known then the actually winner.
JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing)Following their appearances on The X Factor, JLS signed to Epic Records, and enjoyed continued chart success throughout 2009. Their first two singles "Beat Again" and "Everybody in Love" both went to number-one on the UK Singles Chart. The band's eponymous debut album was released on 9 November 2009, and has since sold over one million copies in the UK. JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single ("Beat Again") at the 2010 BRIT Awards.
In 2010, JLS signed an American record deal with Jive Records, and released "Everybody in Love" as their debut US single. "The Club Is Alive", the lead single from their second studio album, was released in the UK in July 2010,and earned the band their third number-one on the UK Singles Chart. The four members of JLS are Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan "JB" Gill and Oritsé Williams
Awards and Nominations
2007 Urban Music Awards Best Unsigned Act Won
2009 2009 BRIT Awards Best British Single "Hero" (With The X Factor finalists) Nominated
MOBO Awards Best UK Newcomer Won
Best Song "Beat Again" Won
BBC Switch Live Awards Switch's Outstanding Artist Won
Prom King Aston Merrygold Nominated
Virgin Media Music Awards Best Group Nominated
Best Newcomer Nominated
Best Track "Beat Again" Nominated
Hottest Male Aston Merrygold Nominated
2010 2010 BRIT Awards British Group Nominated
British Breakthrough Won
British Single "Beat Again" Won
2010 Shockwave NME Awards Worst Band Nominated
Thursday 17 June 2010
Reflecting on AS
After finshing the AS course, I think that I have worked hard to make a title sequences that I am pleased with. The time working up to the exam was stressfull as I worried about the question that was going to appear, the part of the exam that is on tv drama's was more easier for me as at home I watch tv drama's. The exam for me was okay as I had alot to write and found that the tv drama clip had alot to menotion about the representations of genre, overall I am pleased with how I worked and the skills I have learned well hopefully help me get me though A2. I am looking forward to starting A2 and making a music video.
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