Evaluation - Question 1

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

There were many videos that I was influenced by when making of my video. I was inspired by artists such as Scorcher's It's My Time video and Nick Jonas' Who I Am video. I was also influenced by the running scene from the Rocky Balboa movie.

Scorcher - It's My Time

I was influenced by many things in Scorcher's video. Firstly, the audience can hear that the chorus was sang by a crowd so we had our classmates and friends in the chorus. On the other hand, Scorcher had a group of children singing it. Secondly, in the Scorcher's video, one of the sub-storyline was a boxer training. He was doing push ups preparing for his upcoming fight. In my video, I had a runner doing push ups preparing for his run. Thirdly, I  thought that the judging scene in the Scorcher's video was also important and effective as it shows the character have succeeded. Below are images directly from my video comparing to Scorcher's video.

Nick Jonas - Who I Am

I was inspired by Nick Jonas video because he used a clipboard in the chorus. I thought that this is very useful and effective way to get across the chorus. I also believe that the audience will like it because it is different and usually you wouldn't see anything like this in a grime genre video.

Rocky Balboa (Not Original Running Scene)

I was very influenced by the Rocky's running scene due to the way it was shot and the types of shots were used. Because of this, in my video I had various similar shots to Rocky's scene. Also, in Rocky's video, he raised his arms in the air and this indicates that he is ready for his fight. Furthermore, in my video I used an establish shot to show the mise-en-scene as it emphasise the urban city of where the artist is coming from.