Music Industry

Monday 3 October 2022

Live lounge

commercial radio: it is the broad casting of television  programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate to sell advertisers to make profit.

public service radio: the purpose of public service radio is that it is made for the people and to make high quality radio and aren't trying to make any profit and is funded by tv tax.

Monday 17 October 2022

Public service radio

Public service radio: is made for the benefit of the public to educate people and entertain them

BBC Radio2 

Case Studies

LO: to research the case study and artists involved, annotate in detail the examples from the case study.

tom grennan is a 27 year old singer from Bedford who performs and plays such song genres as alternative, rock and indie pop who works with such people as Ella Henderson and Clavin Harris. he has won such awards as brits song of the year and brit award for best British alternative rock he talks about life difficult and problems with backtrack of his own music he talks about his life before he was an artist.

Monday 21 November 2022

BBC radio and audience

Lo: to explore the bbc radio and audience behind the live lounge.

a public service radio is a radio purposely their to entertain and educate the public for there service.

1. they have 8 interactive and 10 radio networks.

2.it owns 50 regional radio stations.

3.they are funded by a license fee.

4.commercial radi or satalite

5.capital fm, pirate fm, hits radio,

6. you can listen to it on a mobile phone, computer, radio,  

the radio 1 veiwers are mostly 15-29 year olds.

the radio 2 demographic are 35+ 

the BBC radio 4 audience are around the age of 54

the bbc radio 4 extra are 15+

young listeners:

this will attract the attention of young listeners as they may be relax by the music and may relate to it.

its target audience is 15-29 

this shows how that age group is attracted to the radio as they may enjoy the music made around there time  

it supports emerging artists from the uk:

this is aimed and targets a younger audience because they give younger people something to beleveie in so they can get the courage to do that them selfs.

documentaries and advice campaigns to young adults:

this is for a younger audience to help them with there social and mental health

Monday 16 January 2023

Live lounge appeals and format

LO: to explore the format of the show and its appeals.

because one of the programs could be playing a few podcasts behind the main one so people dont miss it and can catch up.

theses presenters are picked as they have seen to smile in most of there photos telling us that they are welcoming and also around the same age range for bbc which would relate to the viewers more.

the live lounge is a studio in the radio 1 studios the presenters normally present there own 1 or 2 songs

and then a unique cover from a A list artist on bbc radio 1 they are all played acoustically. 

Uses and Gratifications

Personal identity - viewers can relate to the presenters because of the music and there age.

Information - background information about the artists and up coming music. 

Entertainment - enjoy live music.

Social interaction - people can discuss the performance afterwards.

convergence

1) you can access all different types of podcast for news, weather, music and sport

2) bts, the 1975, rita ora and jamelia

3) they advertise BBC player and  

 

live performance is seen as more culturally significant than simply playing records.

in stormys performance they have used back grounds singers and stormzy with only 3 days of prep to rehearse along side having to find a place to perform and how to get the instruments there with a big enough space for all of them.

the live lounge appeals to there audience through there presenters as most of them are the same age as the presenter while also using the same language use or slang as younger people this ensure the live loung target younger audiences.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Music Videos

i would expect to see music, dancing, props, instruments, people singing, urban citys and studio locations  in a music videos. 

Aviril Lavigne  'skater boy' 2002                                                            Wheatus 'teenage dirtbag' 2000

Skater boy

1. aviril Lavigne 

2. Skater boy 

3. pop-punk / rock

4. 2002

5. The song is a metaphor about two people who are unlikely to be together when in all reality they should be a couple. Although their outside appearance differs, they have what it takes to be a great team, yet because the girl was too shallow to see what was inside the punk, she missed out on a great guy. This song proves that you should see beyond the outside appearance and get to know a person before judging them.

6. various shots of people skating and people dancing in an urban city while aviril Lavigne is standing on top of a car and people spray painting.

7. aviril Lavigne

He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
He was a punk
She did ballet
What more can I say?
He wanted her
She'd never tell
Secretly she wanted him as well
But all of her friends
Stuck up their nose
They had a problem with his baggy clothes

He was a skater boy
She said, "See you later, boy"
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to earth

Five years from now
She sits at home
Feeding the baby, she's all alone
She turns on TV
Guess who she sees
Skater boy rockin' up MTV
She calls up her friends
They already know
And they've all got tickets to see his show
She tags along
And stands in the crowd
Looks up at the man that she turned down

He was a skater boy
She said, "See you later, boy"
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a super star
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?

He was a skater boy
She said, "See you later, boy"
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a super star
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?

Sorry, girl, but you missed out
Well, tough, luck that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
Too bad that you couldn't see
See the man that boy could be
There is more that meets the eye
I see the soul that is inside

He's just a boy
And I'm just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
We are in love
Haven't you heard
How we rock each other's world

I'm with the skater boy
I said, "See you later, boy"
I'll be back stage after the show
I'll be at a studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl you used to know

I'm with the skater boy
I said, "See you later, boy"
I'll be back stage after the show
I'll be at a studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl you used to know

Teenage Dirtbag

1. Wheatus

2. teenage dirtbag

3. alternative / indie 

4.2000

5. The song is kind of a movie in itself, in the spirit of the teen romance.

6. a guy walking down hallways in high school who is seen to get bullied and is focused on getting the attention of a girl

7.Jason Biggs

Her name is Noelle
I have a dream about her
She rings my bell
I got gym class in half an hour
Oh, how she rocks
In Keds and tube socks
But she doesn't know who I am
And she doesn't give a damn about me

'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me, ooh

Her boyfriend's a dick
And he brings a gun to school
And he'd simply kick
My ass if he knew the truth
He lives on my block
And he drives an IROC
But he doesn't know who I am
And he doesn't give a damn about me

'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me, ooh

Oh, yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh, yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'

Man, I feel like mold
It's prom night and I am lonely
Lo and behold
She's walkin' over to me
This must be fake
My lip starts to shake
How does she know who I am?
And why does she give a damn about me?
I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby
Come with me Friday, don't say maybe
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you

Oh, yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh, yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'...

 the purpose of the video skater boy is to show the audience that no matter how Rich or poor or how much you differ form your partner is that you can still be together. the song is a metaphors about 2 people who are unlikely to be together when in all reality they should be a together this is seen through the lyrics of the music video. it also helps to promotes her image and identity. the lyrics to an extent convey to the narrative of the music video.

the purpose of teenage dirtbag is similar to teenage dirtbag as it is there to show the audience that no matter of different you are from someone you like or know you can still have interests in the same thing and make it work together this is seen through the narrative and lyrics of the video.it also conveys the bands identity and there status in the music industry. the song is also about a childhood experience Brendan b brown had in 1984 on long island and the music video is meant to represent his experience.

LO: to understand exam style questions and practice more exam technique.

BBC radio one offers a wide range of music as they use up and coming young artist from around the uk with all different types of genres music and also use mainstream artist like stormzy playing beonce.

bbc radio one target 15-24 year olds by using younger and more influence speech more relating to that age group and a more informal speech they use word like "innit" and "sick" in there vocabulary wich more relate and connect with the younger ages.

question 1

1. who owns radio 1? BBc

2. what is public service broadcasting? is when a radio service is funded by the goverment to entertain and edcuted people without using adverts for money and profit and benefits the public 

1. vertical integration 

A. horizontal integration 

B. tv license 

2. radio stations use young and emerging artist to target different audiences why also using a vairaty of different genres of music to target a range of audiences.

A. music radio stations use new alerting news to educate the audience on what is going on in their are making the radio station a public service station.

B. radio stations can be active with there viewers by doing phone in shoutouts and giveaways with there viewers radio stations can also be passive with a only a certain genre of music in there radio with no suggest from the viewers and play music which is a base on the viewers assumptions 

3. the BBC have to provide wider range of entertainment to benefit the whole of the public and all of there different interest and needs.live lounge radio 1 does this by using a wide range of music genres and popular topics at the time to interest a wider range of their audience they do this to bring in more viewers as the remit is what they have to meet to still be funded and still be a public service radio station. 

Monday 20 February 2023

Dirt

LO: to reflect on areas to improve in the assesment.

question 1: identify the word that describes a large company which owns a set of companies that produced different media forms. conglomerate 

question 1: bauer media owns radio stations as well as magazines. identify the word that describes adding other areas of business in this way. diversification.

question 1: identify one source of funding for BBC radio one. TV licences

question 2: two marks would be given for the  opening sentences, which explains how radio stations target their audience.two marks would be given for the following sentences, which exemplify different use of targeting in radio 1 live lounge. 4 marks 

targets question 3: talk about how the radio make points about how the BBC connect to wider audiences. give examples from radio 1 live lounge and how and it reaches the remit and why it has to reach it.

they dont have to attract a wide audiences on radio. targets 15-24. it plays a variety of different music attracting different ages.

live music. provide a platform for live music. live lounge featuring stormzy.

news. to inform and educate. talking about local news and weather and events in the area.

bbc radio 1 provides a wider range of context than commercial radio for several reasons. firstly radio 1 provides a wider target audience and a wider media playing much more music genres and types while also present and educating there audiences on range of different interesting subjects.

Monday 6 March 2023

LO: to research the case study and artists involved, annotate in detail the examples from the case study.

Lizzo is a 34 year old women from Detroit united states she has recently recent songs such like " about dam time" and "2 be loved" in albums such as special and coconut oil. she has won many awards including grammy record of the year and grammy award for best pop solo artist of the year.

songs original and covers

special from her album and it covers equality and gender. sam smith "unholy".

interview

 she reply in funny remarks

Appeal to TA

uses covers of popular songs more target to younger audiences.

inform educate and entertain

them on lizzos new songs and albums

innovative and cutting edge new uk music

 

     

to inform educate and entertain

she entertains with her comical remarks she shows off her flute skills. entertains through talking about the launguage and culture between the uk and america. they talk about current issues and how it effect the younger age group.

target

it targets the audience with the music by kendrick lamar and lizzo appealing to a younger audiences.

range of music

a range of music including her own albums and sam smiths albums along side other popular songs at that time.

support emegering artist

provide a platform for live music

it provides a platform by using a variety of songs and genres to create and entertain and majority of the listeners.

champion uk artist

although she isnt from the uk she decided to cover a uk artist

provide a mix of music and speech                             

she peforms san smith "unholy" and a song from her own ALBUM "special". there is a lot of chat a music played through out the discussion.

      

                                                    Wednesday 8 march 2023

           Music videos       

                                                           

LO: to explore how camerawork is used to create meaning in music videos.

           

1. they have used a long shot.

2. it is used to include the bike and car they are riding on. she might be singing about being childish or about a friendship as they include a wide angle shot that focuses on the whole group together.

3. they are showing childish traits by wearing bright colourful clothes and by riding children toys which are not meant to fit them while riding down a street.

1. the shot connotes to being in a desert, hot and about being alone.

2. she might be singing about being alone or might be singing about the heat.   

3. they have used the wide shot to represent the themes of her being alone in the desert.

Skater boy is Expressionistic 

Teenage dirtbag is Naturalistic

1.

They have used a point of view to show how the man has focused his interest on the singer because she is the main focus of the video.

2.

They have uses a wide angle shot to represent the music videos purpose of representing loneliness.

3.

They have used a high angle shot to represent the main singers importance and how she is the star by using her as the main focus of the image.

4.

They have used a low angle shot to represent the bullies as being bigger and stronger than the main singer.

5.

They have used a dutch angle to represent how the singer is meant to be the main focus of the music video and how she is seen as abstract and expressionistic.

they use abstract and shaking camera movements to give the feel that you are there when with the main singer and that the camera man is also there and not just observing it.

shaken,fast,chaotic,frenetic,dramatic

smooth,still,slow,calm,

the camera movement in teenage dirtbag is smooth (naturalistic) for example, at one point in the video you see a mid shot of the bullies as into slowly moves into the smoothly. the smooth camerawork fits the tone of the song because it represents the music video almost like a memory.

the camera movement in skater boy is dramatic (expressionistic) for example at one point when the main singer is on the car the camera is being shaken around almost like it is a point of view of one of the people in the audience.the dramatic camera work fits the tone of the video as it is seen to be taken on a hand held camera while being move and jump about with by one of the audience.

music video producers use camera work to tell a story not only through the lyrics but also through the camera work through out the music video this can be seen in the music video 'skater boy' as through out the video they are seen to use a more dramatic expressionistic camera work to tell us more about the story behind the lyrics this can be seen at one point in the music video where the main singer is seen to be jumping around on top of a car as the camera is being shaken around dramatically showing that this is the point of view of one of the audience as almost a point of view with a shaken hand camera which is refrencing how the man holding the camera is also represeted in the lyic.

Wednesday 22 march 2023

Sound and Editing

LO: to explore how sound and editing are used to create meaning in music video.

diegetic and non diegetic

           

diegetic: sounds are those from inside the world of the text that the characters can hear.      

non-diegetic: sounds are sounds outside the world of the film that the characters cannot hear.                                                    

teenage dirtbag diegetic sounds: the car crashing into the bike the reason they have only used this sound is to connect the character to the narrative.

skater boy diegetic sounds: spray paint can falling, traffic, smashing glass and a helicopter along with police sirens for the sounds at the beginning it is used to help describe the location without even getting to see it. it creates a theme of anti-establishment.

Editing

editing includes special effects along with transitions, order of shots, continuity, shot duration and pace and rhythm.

skater boy does cut to the beat and the pace of the video matches to the song.

teenage dirtbag does cut to the beat but at a much slower beat than skater boy as they need to see the narrative to happen to understand the song.

both of these videos use continuity.

continuity editing is where the video is edited in the same order as the narrative is represented.

both of our music videos use continuity editing.

continuity: events are edited and presented in chronological order.

non-linear:out of order editing no clear distinction of a story.

skater boy has more cuts as the song is a faster pace than teenage dirtbag and has less of a narrative than teenage dirtbag.but teenage dirtbag has much longer shots and less cuts as it is a slower song and has more of a narrative to show than skater boy.

music videos use camera work differently so they can show the meaning and narrative between certain videos that are meant to be represented differently this can be seen in skater boy which is expressionist video this can be seen through the use of tilted angled shots and using mostly close up to mid shots to describe the narrative of the story and to show how the main characters and singers differ from the average person. teenage dirtbags camera work can also be seen to differ from skater boy as in the music video they are seen to use mostly long to mid shots that track and follow the main singer for a longer amount of time as teenage dirtbag is shot with continuity as it has much more of a narrative than skater boy this explanation shows how music videos can differ from each other using different types of media language.

Wednesday 19 April 2023

LO: to explore how representation are constructed in music videos.

male

1. physically stronger.

2. less emotional.

3. more labour worthy jobs.

4. more masculine colours like blue. 

5. more work.

6. short hair.

7. sports.

8. agressive.

9. more active.

10.logical 

female

1. more emotional.

2. weak.

3. less labour worthy jobs. 

4. feminine colours like pink and purple.

5. lots of make up.

6. housework.

7. long hair. 

8. passive

9. dependent.

10.kind 

objectification: the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object

sexual objectification: is when a male/female views another female/male primarily as an object of sexual desire rather than a person.

they represented as sexual objects as they only see them for their bodys this also can be seen when the camera focuses on the women's chest but not her face showing how are identity is not important but only their bodys.

skater boy

1. love is represented as heteronormative 

2. teenagers are represented as messy and more technological and rebellious and violence.

3. women are represented as in skater boy to were more casual clothes making her to be seen as quirky and different.

4.ethnicity in the us is represented as mostly white crowd even in a city where it should have a range of diversity.

5.artist are represented as the main focus of the video and represented as important and special and also rebellious and very anti-establishment. 

6. teenage values like rule breaking are celebrated 

7. stereotypes teenage are rebellious. 

Teenage dirtbag

1. love is represented as a heteronormative.

2. teenagers are represented as jocks and bullies and seen as nasty which are idealized by less popular teenagers and males are seen to be more dominant in the music video.

3. women are represented as princess and objects and almost like fantasy and dreamy. 

4. ethnicity in the us is represented as mostly a white crowd. 

5. artist is represented to be quite casual and formal and represented as the loser and a shy guy and seen as immature and an underdog.

6.teenage values like being unpopular and being a loser are valued in the music videos

7. stereotypes bullies and jocks.

Wednesday 26 April 2023

LO: To explore and practice exam style questions.

in the exam you can either get a 4 mark question or a 10 mark question

WWW: good use of terminology and you explain the effect of the elements used.
EBI: make sure you are using specific, detailed examples from the videos to support your ideas.

4 mark question

compare how gender representation are constructed  in music videos. refer to two music videos you have studied to support your answer.

 in skater boy gender is represented as anti-stereotypical this is seen in the video by how Avril Lavigne 

is seen to wear more masculine and baggier clothing which is less revealing and shows that she is seen like the average person. which is different to how normally women are represented in media which can been seen in teenage dirtbag which differs from skater boy in their used of stereotypical version of female characters this can be seen through how the main female character is seen as more of a prize than a person and is objectified thought the video.this can be seen when the camera focuses in on her and uses slow-mo to represent that she is more of a prize than a person how she wears more revealing clothing which sexualises and objectifies her even more. 

10 Mark Question 

 Explain how stereotypes are used in music videos. refer to two music videos you have studied to support your answer.

Stereotypes are used in music videos because they are easily recognisable and help the audience understand the narrative. for example in Skater Boy they use stereotypical representations of males as active, rule breakers and interested in girls. this is shown through them often skating, biking or driving, often in places they shouldn't be (like biking on the roof tops), and filming the pretty girl in the car.this fits in with the teenage stereotypes also used. 

For another example in Skater boy they use stereotypical ideals about teenagers representing them as rebellious and dangerous. this is seen through the use of the male and female teenagers spray painting and planning dangerous and illegal events in the streets (like having a concert in the middle of a public road) this all fits in with the stereotype of teenagers being rebellious and not following rules or orders given to them.  

Another example can be seen in teenage dirtbag that is similar to the use of stereotypes in skater boy that can been seen through stereotypes used for females and their objectification and sexualisation. this is seen through the main characters clothing (she is seen to wear more revealing clothes which objectify her and dehumanises her) and camera work ( they use slow-mo on her character is some shots showing to the audience that she is almost seen as a prize or angle) used in teenage dirtbag this all fits in with the stereotypes females in teenage dirtbag.

More examples can be seen in teenage dirtbag similar to skater boy through the representations of stereotypical male attributes like strong, masculine and rebellious. this can all be seen through the use of camera work in teenage dirtbag where the bullies are made to look strong and overpowering over the main chracter through the use of a low angle shot to give them more height and power and