Location (Mousehold Heath)

Mousehold Heath

In 1144 the body of a boy, William of Norwich, was found on the heath. The story was circulated that his death was the result of ritual murder carried out by Jews and he attained the status of saint and martyr. This was the first medieval example of blood libel against Jews. A number of bones of Jews were found in a well whilst Chapel Field Mall was being built. The remains of 17 victims of anti-Semitism were of men, women and children near the section in the area where Café Rouge is. The carbon dating fits the anti semetic attacks in 1144. The victims were thrown into the well whilst alive!

In 1549 Robert Kett, rebelling against agricultural hardships, led a large group of men who camped for six weeks on the heath before the uprising, known as Kett's Rebellion, was suppressed. Robert Kett's rebellion (an uprising in protest against landowners enclosing common land where farm labourers could graze their few animals). Kett's rebellion has inspired movements against oppression and inequality . Curiously the forced privatisation of state schools and turning them into academies is a form on enclosure. The land and buildings that belonged to the people is now in the hands of charitable institutions and other private enterprises! Kett would be rebelling against this if he were around to day! But his rebellion is famous and his last bastion was Mousehold Heath.

Mousehold was also painted by Norwich artists such as Cotman and Crome. Particularly interesting is their focus on the big East Anglian skies which I could include in my print productions as this location is being used in my music video.

Mousehold Heath was famously painted by a number of the Norwich school artists including John Crome and John Sell Cotman.
In his autobiographical work Lavengro George Borrow records his meetings with gypsies on the heath. The Norwich born novelist, and one time Lord Mayor, R. H. Mottram was another artist who valued the open space of Mousehold Heath. He once described it as "the property of those who have the privilege of Norwich birth".

 Kett was sentenced for treason and for supporting the landless and the poor. He was hung in chains from the walls of Norwich castle and left to die of hunger and cold. His body was left hanging there for many months as a reminder to the people of Norwich of the fate that awaited traitors!

 The Heath thankfully still belongs to the people of Norwich. This location will give our music video an iconic sense of Norwich City.

Painting of Mousehold by Cotman

Painting of Mousehold by Crome

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages? (FINAL)

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback? (FINAL)

Evaluation Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product with ancillary texts? (FINAL)

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (FINAL)

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback? (Rough)

Evaluation Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product with ancillary texts? (Rough)

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (Rough)

Completed Print Productions

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Poster/Advert

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This is the storyboard I created to help with my music video. However, as my video uses a montage narrative, I have only included several random images that we could potentially include. I thought it would be a great idea to use close ups of the leading female and leading males face as these are the two actors that the audience need to focus on the most.
 
A point of view shot could be used for a road trip as this puts the audience in the actors perspective and they may be able to identify with them. For example, the target audience would be people age 16-21 and people in this age category may have only just learned to drive or bought their own car.

I thought an image of Jill and Joel on the swings would be effective as this would result in the lyrics matching with the visuals, for instance the title of the track is used in the lyrics: 'Back when we were kids' This is  something many people used to do when they were younger - go to the park and play on the swings or slides. For this image, I think we should try and use a variety of camera shots/angles, for example, long shot, low angle, high angle, medium shot, close up, over the should and decided which camera angle looks the best.

A cafe/bar were the two actors are chilling out together and drinking coffee would be a lovely image to involve. It is also an inter-textual reference to the Tv Drama 'Friends' - they go to a similar place called 'Central Perk'. I think shot reverse shot would work well here, focusing on Joel then Jill as this still uses close ups and is done quite quickly, therefore the action will synchronize with the beat - fast paced. (Goodwin)

As the song is about growing up but wanting to be a kid again. I considered it to be a good idea to involve events that happen as teenagers grow up, such as going to gigs/festivals or concerts. Therefore, if we get the chance to go to a gig, I could film some of it and use it in the music video. For camera shots/angles, I think a panning shot would be very effective because the audience can watch the behavior of a variety of individuals and also close ups would be efficient.

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