Friday 19 March 2010
Monday 1 March 2010
Postmodernism Music
Postmodernism Music
This song is Destiny's Child ft Timberland- Get on the Bus.
Jonathan Kramer spoke about the 16 characteristics of postmodernism music, I belive that there are many aspects of these 16 point in the song get on the bus.
-2) on some levels ironic- i think that he is adding the sounds of the monkeys and birds in an ironic way, he is almost saying that the monkeys and the birds are making music aswell as Destiny's Child.
This song is Destiny's Child ft Timberland- Get on the Bus.
Jonathan Kramer spoke about the 16 characteristics of postmodernism music, I belive that there are many aspects of these 16 point in the song get on the bus.
-2) on some levels ironic- i think that he is adding the sounds of the monkeys and birds in an ironic way, he is almost saying that the monkeys and the birds are making music aswell as Destiny's Child.
Friday 15 January 2010
Postmodernism and Music
•Work that is created Based on older material, this includes sampling.
What is sampling? Who uses it? and where is it played?
Sampling is the act of taking a small part or sample, of one sound recording and reusing in a different song. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. People who sample are commonly referred to as producers or beat makers. For example in the song Human Behavious by Bjork a sample from Ray Brown Orchestra Go Down Dying, she has taken a sample from right at the begining of the song and has used it throughout her song. But then Hieroglyphics have sampled Bjork in their song, Let It Roll.
Some smapled music is mainstreamed, such as Florence and the Machines, You got the love. But there is alot of sampled music that on reaches a very niche market. to get more of an understanding of where you can listen to sampled music i had a look and listen online, and got some ideas from some friends who i know listen to artists.
What is sampling? Who uses it? and where is it played?
Sampling is the act of taking a small part or sample, of one sound recording and reusing in a different song. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. People who sample are commonly referred to as producers or beat makers. For example in the song Human Behavious by Bjork a sample from Ray Brown Orchestra Go Down Dying, she has taken a sample from right at the begining of the song and has used it throughout her song. But then Hieroglyphics have sampled Bjork in their song, Let It Roll.
Some smapled music is mainstreamed, such as Florence and the Machines, You got the love. But there is alot of sampled music that on reaches a very niche market. to get more of an understanding of where you can listen to sampled music i had a look and listen online, and got some ideas from some friends who i know listen to artists.
Monday 11 January 2010
Postmodernism and Music
• The postmodern sensibility that anything can be considered cool in an ironic “I know it’s bad, but it’s so bad it’s good” way.
An example of this is Lily Allen’s first album “alright, still” a lot of the song she wrote were ironic in a way we knew what she was singing about was wrong, but they were such happy tunes we still sang along. For example in her song LDN these lyrics are this “there was a little old lady who was walking down the road, she was struggling with bags from Tesco, there were people in the city having lunch in the park I believe that it’s called al-fresco, when a kids came along to offer a hand, but before she had time to except it, hits her over the head, doesn’t care if he’s dead cause he’s got all her jewellery and wallet” Here is the video from LDN
To put the postmodernism into context the next lyric in the song is "you might laugh you might cry” which proves to point above that even though it’s really bad, its bad enough for some audiences to laugh at.
An example of this is Lily Allen’s first album “alright, still” a lot of the song she wrote were ironic in a way we knew what she was singing about was wrong, but they were such happy tunes we still sang along. For example in her song LDN these lyrics are this “there was a little old lady who was walking down the road, she was struggling with bags from Tesco, there were people in the city having lunch in the park I believe that it’s called al-fresco, when a kids came along to offer a hand, but before she had time to except it, hits her over the head, doesn’t care if he’s dead cause he’s got all her jewellery and wallet” Here is the video from LDN
To put the postmodernism into context the next lyric in the song is "you might laugh you might cry” which proves to point above that even though it’s really bad, its bad enough for some audiences to laugh at.
Monday 14 December 2009
Analysing Adverts
Analysing Adverts
Analyse the 2 children's adverts watched in class. To what extent do they conform to or subvert traditional gender roles?
Consider textual details (mise en scene, music, voice over etc) in your analysis.
The two adverts I am analysing are Ben 10 and I Love Ponies, both adverts for children's toys. Although the adverts are very different in many ways they both conform to traditional gender roles.
Ben 10 has many different textual details that we as an audience would link to boys, for starters the actors in the advert are both boys, so we see that boys are going to play with the product. There is a lot of green in the mise-en-scene, with green slime bursting out of the box at the beginning of the advert, this adds to the excitement of the product as it is eye catching and it portrays that with the product comes this “fun”. The advert is fast pace, with very slick editing, this is a traditional way to attract the young male audience because they do not have a very long attention span, so the fast editing will hold their attention for longer. By mixing shots from the cartoon and the real life it will attract the male audience who may wish to be a part of this “fantasy world”.
In the advert for my little ponies we can see the contrasting colour pink, rather than green from the boys advert. Girls stereotypically like pink and purple, they are also supposed to like hearts and flowers which are continually featured in the advert. The advert is a slower pace because girls have a faster attention span than boys. This adds a calm and relaxing mise-en-scene to the advert, something girls are much more like to want to do.
Analyse the 2 children's adverts watched in class. To what extent do they conform to or subvert traditional gender roles?
Consider textual details (mise en scene, music, voice over etc) in your analysis.
The two adverts I am analysing are Ben 10 and I Love Ponies, both adverts for children's toys. Although the adverts are very different in many ways they both conform to traditional gender roles.
Ben 10 has many different textual details that we as an audience would link to boys, for starters the actors in the advert are both boys, so we see that boys are going to play with the product. There is a lot of green in the mise-en-scene, with green slime bursting out of the box at the beginning of the advert, this adds to the excitement of the product as it is eye catching and it portrays that with the product comes this “fun”. The advert is fast pace, with very slick editing, this is a traditional way to attract the young male audience because they do not have a very long attention span, so the fast editing will hold their attention for longer. By mixing shots from the cartoon and the real life it will attract the male audience who may wish to be a part of this “fantasy world”.
In the advert for my little ponies we can see the contrasting colour pink, rather than green from the boys advert. Girls stereotypically like pink and purple, they are also supposed to like hearts and flowers which are continually featured in the advert. The advert is a slower pace because girls have a faster attention span than boys. This adds a calm and relaxing mise-en-scene to the advert, something girls are much more like to want to do.
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