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Media NEA Breakdown Timings 0:00 - 0:08 Soldier(s) running into position. 0:08 - 0:14 Looking through scope. Sniper scope effect. 0:14 - 0:19 Calling other soldiers forward. 0:19 - 0:25 Boots running along the ground. 0:25 - 0:36 Friendly soldiers walking across field. Enemy taking up ambush positions. 0:36 - 0:47 Friendlies walking closer to tree line. More intense shots of enemy taking up ambush points. 0:47 - 0:53 Ambush scene. 3 of the 4 soldiers get shot. 0:53 - 0:58 Friendly soldier diving behind object for cover with bullets going off. 0:58 - 1:04 shots of enemy advancing across field. 1:04 - 1:09 PTSD shot of soldier behind object. bullets landing all around. 1:09 - 1:20 Different shots of enemy moving/advancing across field. 1:20 - 1:25 Shot of large explosion around soldier behind object (camera shake). 1:25 - 1:30 soldier looking over the top of the object. spots RPG unit. 1:30 - 1:36 RPG fires and impacts just short of the object. 1:36 - 1:48 s...

I am making a music video for the song ‘Watercolour’ by Pendulum. Within my music video I plan to use media language to convey a dance video, which will contain a clear representation of a warzone/battlefield and the horrors that it entails. I will be focusing on the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a well-known problem especially to those who have been in active combat. This will be used to appeal to a target audience of culturally and socially aware, 16-25 class AB demographic to hopefully reflect the huge and extensive problem of PTSD within operational theatres around the world. It will also hopefully conform to the industry context desired by Universal Music, music that shows professionalism and innovation and therefore promotes both the song and the topic of the song being PTSD. To achieve this I will use a mise en scene of a warzone to reflect and hopefully convey the vast problem of PTSD on soldiers to the target audience. I will be dressed in comb...

Universal Music was once the record company attached to  film studio   Universal Pictures . The company's origins go back to the formation of the American branch of  Decca Records   in September 1934.   The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939.   MCA Inc.   merged with American Decca in 1962. In November 1990, Japanese multinational conglomerate Matsushita Electrica agreed to acquire MCA for US$6.59 billion. In 1995, Seagram acquired 80% of MCA from Matsushita. On December 9, 1996, the company was renamed Universal Studios Inc, and its music division was renamed Universal Music Group; MCA Records continued as a label within the Universal Music Group. In May 1998, Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999. Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have artificially inflated compact disc prices through the use of ill...

Analysis Long shots of the setting which in this particular case is the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. By setting the scene the audience will be able to work out the possible storyline or content of the video. A wide angle shot is used here. The effect of the camera panning forwards across the sea towards the city creates a sense that the audience is about to delve into the content of the video.  Many special effects are used during this video such as fireworks exploding and duplications of certain objects within this video. E.g. over 100 Ferrari's driving on a motorway. These special effects create a more captive video to captivate an audience.  These effects allow the producers to create something captivating without using a high budget. Uses wide angle shot and a lower angle looking slightly upwards towards the sky for the cars scene. Uses a medium high angle shot for looking down at the city and the fireworks. ...

Space Disco Lindstrøm - I Feel Space  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7_edU9T2Ho Electronic Rock Pendulum - Watercolour  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPB7uzKuh4 House David Guetta Ft. Avicii - Sunshine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqCGe5kdQs Hardcore Skrillex - Ruffneck  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t2TzJOyops UK Garage Wookie - Scrappy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e89v2PfVWs

- He is a 50 year old french DJ who makes EDM music. - He has sold 9 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. - In 2011 he was voted the number 1 DJ in the 'DJ Mag Top 100 DJs' poll. - Started as a DJ in 1984 in Paris. - Married for 24 years then divorced in 2014. - He is ranked as the 1778th most popular person in the world today. - Net worth is $75 million. - He is known as the 'Grandfather of EDM' for his influence to those in the music industry. - He co-founded Gum Productions with Jean-charles Carre and Joachim Garraud. - His other record labels include: 'What A Music', 'Big Beat/Atlantic', 'Parlophone', 'Virgin', 'Capitol', 'Ultra', 'F*ck Me I'm Famous', 'Jack Black Records', 'GUT'. - He has done collaborations with: Avicii, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Alesso, Sia, Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, Afrojack, Chris Willis, Kelly Rowland, Sam Martin, Skylar Grey, Rihanna, ...

1920’s Music videos in the 1920’s were called ‘talkies’, Sound Films or Vitaphones. These were produced by the Warner Bros. and First National Studios. They were mainly used for feature films. Shown on the Television. Example: ‘The Jazz Singer’, Al Jolson (1927) 1930’s In the early 1930’s music videos were featured in cartoons mainly made by Walt Disney. They were known as ‘Silly Symphonies’ or ‘Merrie Melodies’. These showed famous Jazz and Blues musicians with animated characters. Shown on the Television. Example: ‘St. Louis Blues’, Bessie Smith (1930) 1940’s Music videos in the 1940’s were called ‘Soundies’. These were three minute short musical films. Each contained dancing, live orchestra etc. They were all Jazz and Blues songs. They were shown on Jukeboxes and Music Machines in restaurants, bars, pubs etc. They cost about $12,000 to manufacture. Example: ‘Boardwalk Boogie’, Will Bradley (1943) 1950’s Many music videos in this era were made as a r...