Screen Test

This blog shows the screen test we did for our version of the music video. This blog is made by Kenzo:

When we did the screen test for our music video, we showed our audience the first product so that we could get a lot of criticism and produce our version two much better. Another thing is that a screen test helps us to view different perspectives of different types of audience, whether they get the message of the media text we're trying to convey. Most of the ratings given were around 7-8, which surpassed our predicted rating, but there is still more room to improve. The criticism all audiences have in common is that most of the scenes are too dark and shaky, which reduces the clarity of the media text.

Reflection: Doing the screen test helped my group to get criticism about the music video. The common criticism we found is that most scenes are too dark and too shaky in version 1, so we told our editor (Jeremy) to revise for version 2. During the production of the screen test question, we were delayed by a significant amount due to one of our group member forgot to design the questions. This was also our fault as a whole group, as we did not remind him of this task. However, we soon tackled the problem as our group member was quick enough to design the questions and print them out.

Classwork: Persona + Brand

This blog contains the classwork we did relating to Persona and Branding for our music video. The branding was made by Kenzo and persona classwork was made by the whole group.

Classwork: Persona by Kenzo Susanto

Here is the mindmap we did for our main character that will be shown in our music video:

Reflection : This oost helps us know how to represent our artist in the music video. This gives our artist a an idea of how they will look in the music video.

Digipak: Research & Development

This blog post shows the research I've done and the progress to reach the final Digipak. This blog was mainly made by Kenzo and was assisted by Kenneth Lee.

The Research
When doing the Digipak research, I used multiple social media apps such as Instagram, X, and TikTok to give me a wider understanding of how other artists construct their Digipak to fit their persona and the intended audience of their album. Our teacher told us to do 6 research of Digipak cover but I did 10 give us a better understanding of our genre.

1) Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep

Camera:

1. Medium Shot: The angle of this shot is taken at eye level, and the lack of camera movement and angles makes this scene feel uncomfortable and eerie, as if something is wrong, even though nothing has happened. The position of Billie Eilish is facing directly to the audience and centred in the frame, also adding to the uncomfortable feeling.

Miss-En-Scene:

1. Dark background: A calm but sad feeling. This also depicts a single character in a small, dimly lit room, which conveys loneliness and quiet.
2. Simple and Plain costume: The loose and oversized white outfit shows vulnerability and links to the theme of sleep. The white contrasts with the dark black surroundings, making the image feel unsettling. 

How does this reflect the Artist's Persona?

Does the Artist have a logo? Is it consistent with their other media?
How has the Album Cover influenced you?

2) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say I am, that's what I am not

3) Homeshake - CD Wallet

 

4) The Weeknd - Dawn FM

6) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

9) Keshi - Requiem

10) Jeremy Zucker - Love is not dying

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DEVELOPEMENT

1st Version:

Classwork: Theory of Stardom

This blog post is the classwork we did during class about Stardom's Theory.

theory of stardom by Kenzo Susanto

Reflection: This is the classwork we did about theory of stardom. Doing this classwork was not really useful for our music video project but atleast it gives us a wider understanding of media.

Behind the Scenes

This blog post shows the scenes, pictures/footage of behind the scenes. This post was made by Kenzo and assisted by Candra.

Media Studies BTS music video by Kenzo Susanto

Filming Schedule

This blog post is the schedule that we planned to shoot our music video. This post was mainly made by Candra. Any change of schedule will be stated below the original.

ORIGINAL:

Scene	Date/Time	Props	Equipment	Location	Other
Kenneth walking alone and the light scene and the parking scene	02/01/26 18 00	No props	Phone camera	Lotte parking	We need to shoot this at night
Kenneth house scene	07/01/26 16 00	Paper , sandwich , book ,milk , bag	Phone camera	Kenneth house	Kenneth could record this alone

REHEARSED SCHEDULE:

Lyric Sheet + Storyboard

This is the storyboard and lyric sheet for Comp 3 that Jeremy and I composed. While the others gave suggestions and inputs on it.

Storyboard + lyricsheet by Kenzo Susanto

REFLECTION:

Doing the storyboard was no longer a threat for me, as I've done this multiple times with other groups. However, I do need to improve my explanation and drawing skills for it, as right now, this is not enough for me. An additional task was also given to me, which is the lyric sheet. This was just a walk in the park, and it was so much easier than the storyboard, even though this was my first time. We probably would go off track a bit from the storyboard when shooting the Comp 3, which is not a problem, as the storyboard right now serves as the stem of the tree and eventually new ideas will branch out from it.