Homework: Write three paragraphs similar to the one above linking your own production work to the definitions of creativity and explaining in detail how you were specifically creative in the making of your thriller and your music video.
In the making of my thriller I was specifically creative as I made ‘novel associations’ using flashbacks, linking characters in the present to characters in the past. The element of ‘problem solving’ also appeared in my thriller opening as it is unclear whether the flashbacks are flashforwards, and the plotline is made unpredictable. We ‘brought something new into existence’ by challenging media conventions; a female was the person in power and a male was the victim. We furthered this challenging of conventions when we decided not to use shadows and mirrors to create suspense and fear as typical in thriller openings; we wanted to show how unexpected the kidnapping was by placing the child out in the open which also represents his vulnerability. We used our flashbacks creatively by using script and imagery to confuse the audience but also make suggestions to the plotline. For example, the female villain is seen in an empty room, but the flashback suggests happier times with a child. Script in flashbacks such as when the child says ‘it hurt me a bit’ causes audiences to wonder if this is linked to the graveyard flashback. We were also creative as we used intertextuality in one of the flashbacks, using words from the book ‘The Gruffalo’, as we found the words reflected our storyline in a creepy, innocent, unsuspecting way that subtly foreshadows the rest of the film; when the female villain says in the flashback ‘A mouse took a stroll in the deep dark woods. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good’, we linked this to the main plotline; the mouse represents the child she kidnaps; a small, blond, vulnerable little thing, and the fox represents the kidnapper; more powerful, red haired and cunning. It suggests that taking the child seemed like a good idea to the kidnapper; she was lonely, and obviously in a mental state of confusion. The 'deep dark woods' represent the danger the child was placed in by being left alone, even for a while, whilst 'stroll' implies the innocence of the child. We also used lighting creatively as the flashbacks were blurred to represent a dreamy, hazy memory of the past, and made sure we used bright, happy colours in the flashbacks in comparison to the present.
In the making of my digipack I was specifically creative on the back cover, being unusual as we used blueprints of a house. The numbers in each room were the numbers of each track. This links to the music video we made, ‘Dollhouse’. To make the blueprints less traditional and more like a doll’s house blueprints, we used colourful font for the numbers and changed the names of the rooms typical to that of a Barbie house; e.g. Dance Studio, Spa, Tea Room, etc. This links to the notion of ‘The making of the new and the rearranging of the old’, and is also relevant as Barbie was one of our star image motifs. The blueprints were turquoise instead of the traditional navy colour to give it a more youthful feel and link to the house colours.
Our music video was creative in the way we listened to the song and decided on the story behind the song so that we could link this to the music video. Our interpretation was that it was about a girl whose boyfriend controls everything she does, and wants her to be perfect. The music video captures her emotions at breaking point; yelling at her boyfriend, hitting him etc, whereas flashbacks show them in happier times; picnicking. Examples in our video of how her boyfriend controls her compared to what she wants to be is demonstrated on the lyric, ‘tryna control me like some kinda Barbie’; the artist is wearing a warm coat and jeans and then changes into a short dress. This is also shown on the line ‘but that just ain’t me’, as she eats cake in slow motion. It was also creative as we used intertextuality in creative ways; our links to ‘Alice in Wonderland’ are subtle such as the scene with the mirror; ‘through the looking glass’, and the tea party scene; the ‘mad hatters tea party’. We chose to do this as we wanted an innocent, fairytale theme but also a modern, quirky theme, e.g. the colourisation, fast cut montage etc. This combination of old and new represents the contrast but union between the traditional pop music videos and the newer electropop music genre which our artist fits to.
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