Australian Idol: Winner’s Songs Workshop
June 10th 2008 01:48
Final Exam – Multiple Choice
1. When writing a song for an Australian Idol winner to perform, is it more important to emphasise:
a) blandness
b) obviousness
c) complete lack of bite
d) pretentiousness
e) all of the above
2. Considering that every Australian Idol winner is different, how can we tailor a song to suit an individual performer?
a) don’t tailor. When asked, change the subject
b) use different lens in video clip
c) change personal pronouns from ‘she’ to ‘he’ or ‘he’ to ‘she’
d) select ‘feature instrument’ from the ‘Violin or Cello Lucky-Dip Hat’
e) all of the above
3. If a potential single is not ‘hitting the spot’ with the focus group, we could change it by:
a) slowing the tempo to a crawl, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
b) increasing the number of instruments, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
c) using more sweeping shots in the video, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
d) do nothing, and just kid ourselves that it is ‘epic’
e) all of the above
4. The lyrics of an Idol winner’s song should be:
a) recounting a personal triumph through adversity
b) faux-anthemic
c) as bland as a grain of sand in the Sahara Desert
d) uplifting for all the anorexic, overweight, depressed and low-self-esteem kids who we believe may ‘identify’
e) all of the above
Well, on that note, I guess we're done.
1. When writing a song for an Australian Idol winner to perform, is it more important to emphasise:
a) blandness
b) obviousness
c) complete lack of bite
d) pretentiousness
e) all of the above
2. Considering that every Australian Idol winner is different, how can we tailor a song to suit an individual performer?
a) don’t tailor. When asked, change the subject
b) use different lens in video clip
c) change personal pronouns from ‘she’ to ‘he’ or ‘he’ to ‘she’
d) select ‘feature instrument’ from the ‘Violin or Cello Lucky-Dip Hat’
3. If a potential single is not ‘hitting the spot’ with the focus group, we could change it by:
a) slowing the tempo to a crawl, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
b) increasing the number of instruments, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
c) using more sweeping shots in the video, thus kidding ourselves that it is ‘epic’
d) do nothing, and just kid ourselves that it is ‘epic’
e) all of the above
4. The lyrics of an Idol winner’s song should be:
a) recounting a personal triumph through adversity
b) faux-anthemic
c) as bland as a grain of sand in the Sahara Desert
d) uplifting for all the anorexic, overweight, depressed and low-self-esteem kids who we believe may ‘identify’
e) all of the above
Well, on that note, I guess we're done.
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