Plan for question one; In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Prezi, tube chop

Videos that inspired us:
• Natasha Bedingfield – I bruise easily, looking in the mirror taking making up off whilst crying
• Sinead O’Connor – Nothing compares to you, one take of her singing into the camera emotionally
• Janelle Monae, one take of her singing into the camera emotionally
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony, singing into the camera

Digipak’s that inspired us:
• Britney Spears- In The Zone, close of Britney’s face
• Natasha Bedingfield, close up of her face filling the frame, brightened so you can only see the mouth, eyes etc.

Symbolism:
• First draft- the two scenes (make up on and make up off) represent how she has stripped herself bare and has revealed her true self for the one she loves
• Final draft- like the first draft, she takes her make-up off but all on one take, symbolising that she is stripping herself bare and revealing her true self

Theory:
• Barthes- enigma- the enigma and action codes in our video could be when Liv cries and smudges her make-up it’s clear she is going to take it off all together etc.
• Todorov- equilibrium- Liv has make-up on was the equilibrium, Liv crying and taking her make-up off was the disequilibrium and Liv without any make-up on was the new equilibrium.
• Levi-Strauss- binary oppositions- there isn’t really a binary opposite in our video because it’s only one simple take. But purity and corruption could be opposites, because Liv is seen as corrupted when she has make-up on then she is pure without any make-up on
• Prop- narrative roles- Liv fits into different roles like… the hero and the princess
• Goodwin:
- illustrate- Liv was crying so this illustrated the meaning of the lyrics
-amplify- the meaning of the song I amplified through Liv’s facial expressions and actions
-relationship between lyrics and visual- Liv mimes the whole song and when she says certain words she does certain actions i.e. when the song says ‘dry your tears’ Liv wipes a tear from her face
-close ups on main artists- There is a close up of Liv on the video, digipak and poster
-intertextual references- similar to Sinead O’Connor, Janelle Monae etc