Today we had our first lesson of our A2 Media course with our lovely new teacher Miss Poulten. We were given an overview of what the course includes and also spent some time looking at some of our favourite music videos in order to prepare us for when we make our own.

We looked at some different, quite unusual music videos, here is an example of one we looked at..



This is Born This Way by Lady Gaga. I quite liked the mirrored kaleidoscope effects and the elaborate over the top costume designs. I always like things that are quite quirky and different and although I'm not a huge fan of Lady Gaga I think that she is actually really brave looking at some of the things she does.

Here are some of my personal favourite music video's..



I love this video, I think the acting is really good and I really like how it tells a story throughout. It's quite an intense, emotional song and the music video makes it even more effective in this sense. The use of fire is particularly effective, it seems to not only go with the lyrics 'watch me burn' but also has connotations of hate, evil, burning, pain etc. It is very symbolic and a powerful use of imagery



This is a perfect example of something simple yet effective. I just love it, it's funny and even though it's all in one take I never find myself getting bored.



All of Lenka's music videos are really fun to watch this one in particular. I love her creative, funky style it's perhaps something I'd like to do for my music video.