Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Interactivity and Easter eggs in my website



I have incorporated interactivity on my website to highlight how music artists use convergence.

Homepage:

1. a Lightbox which allows fans to signup to a newsletter



2. A quiz for avid fans



Music page:



Clicking the bird on the corner of the music video encourages fans to share their favourite movie on twitter.



 the left cutout (pictured above) of Krystal links to mindful.org. She mentions in the 2nd audiovisual that she meditates - reinforcing her grounded star identity.



The Purdey's bottle opens a Lightbox when clicked which allows the user to tweet the timestamp where Purdey's is featured in the video. The drink brand has health focused ideologies which aligns with Krystal's persona.

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Music Video Intertextuality

 Mid 90s - coming of age film about skating, lots of miss-en-scene to reflect the film in my music video




Euphoria - a long form tv drama which tackles the complex issues of growing up such as relationships, derealisation and many other shared themes of the music video. The target audience for this music video and euphoria are the same. 







P.s. I Love You - a movie based on a book which deals with themes of letting go of love; the same can be said for the music video's overarching theme


Avatar - the song intertextually references Avatar in the line "ooel ngi kamei", so the mise-en-scne is willow trees, often seen in the original Avatar







Statement of Intent Draft

Product 1  For my music video, I intend to create a video which explores themes of heartbreak and derealisation through the media language w...