Real Media Comparison - Hollie

PERFORMANCE STILL

A girl playing the piano is similar to Bruno Mars in his When I Was Your Man music video. The similarities of the stills are that both the characters playing the instrument are very concentrated and focused. Differences between the two photos is that our still is more focused on the girls hands and playing the piano. We created this feel as we used a high angle shot looking down on the piano and the hands on the keys, whereas the still from the Bruno Mars music video was more focused on the piano itself and the performance rather than the actual playing of the instrument as we cant actually see if he is play or pretending. This is portrayed by a long shot where also establishes the location ad setting.

For our still, if i did it again i would improve it by adding a shot of the characters face as this would add more emotion and more meaning to the lyrics. We could of also used a different camera angle to show more of the mise-en-scene and the location as this would give the audience a feel of where the character is and the mood of the video.
In the still from the Bruno Mars music video i feel that they should add a shot of his hands actually playing, this would give a real feel of performance and show his talent to the audience.
I think that both the stills reflect the genre of the music video as both shows an aspect of performance and obviously shows the characters playing an instrument. As well as in the Bruno Mars music video it is evident that the character is sing as well.

NARRATIVE STILL

Our still of a girl driving her car is very similar to a scene in the music video 'See you Again' by Charlie Puth and Wiz Kalifa. The similarities are that they are both driving and expressing some emotion whilst driving. I can tell that emotion is being shown as they are both looking out into the distance rather than the road in front. However our still is very different as it is a different angle, as out still is a high angle looking down into the characters car. i feel like our still focused more on the fact she was driving, whereas in the See You Again music video the focus is on the character in the cars emotion as it is a medium shot and you can clearly see his expression.

I think that we could improve our still my making the main focus the emotion that the character is portraying, to demonstrate this i would use a close up of the characters face and show more of her face but still make it obvious that show is driving as it adds to the narrative.
I feel that the real media still could be improved by the maybe adding another shot of an extreme close up of the characters face to reassure the audience of the emotion he is feeling and wants to portray.
The stills reflect the genre of narrative as both stills are telling a story, as the character is obviously going some where and it has a meaning. However, i feel that we could make it more obvious that she is driving and why to make it clear to the audience what is happening.

IMAGE STILL

This still is of two girls doing there hair and make up in a toilet mirror, this is similar to the still from Little Mix 'Love me Like You" music video. They are similar as in both stills, the girls are applying make up or fixing their hair and alter their appearance. However, i feel that the real media still from Little Mix music video is focused of the four of them whereas we were trying to focus on the reflection from the mirror and that girls feel like they have to alter their bodies and appearance. i still feel this message is portrayed through the photo but in a different way and use of the lyrics. The real media example is a long shot to show what the characters are wearing and i feel that the director is creating an image here of the female characters whereas our still is still creating an image but more of trying to be perfect and not already being perfect with their costumes.

We could improve our still by applying the genre to the still and representing the indie rock genre more with the use of costume and props. If i completed this task again i would probably change the angle of the camera and have a close up of one of the girls, as i feel this would create more of an image of the character and the facial expressions this would also create an image of the characters feels towards putting up make up and her look.
The real media example from Little Mix music video could be improved by adding a close up of all their faces or a over the shoulder shot of what they are looking at in the mirror. Thus would create more of an image of their individual characters as they will represent their flaws and present more of their image that the director is trying to illustrate.
The stills reflect the genre of the music video as they both create an image of the characters insecure as they are checking their appearance and altering themselves to fit in with society or impress.