Contacting Tesco

Beatrice has contacted Tesco to ask if we would be allowed to film in their Car Park in Welling.

Journal 31 October

Amy has contacted NCP to ask permission if we can film in the car park at Bexleyheath. Today I have put up photos for Reece aswell, Beatrice has also contacted Tesco Car Park and Laura has made a casting slideshow.

What we wrote to the Car park in Bexleyheath:

Me and three of my classmates from Welling School Sixth Form, thought it would be nice to film part of our A-level music video in a car park. We thought that the car park in Royal Oak Road North road , Bexleyheath , DA6 7HG, would be a perfect location for this. We were advised to request permission to film there, rather than just turn up. We are happy to pay for a car park space, as we will be using a car in the video also. We hope to hear back, about whether or not we will be able to do this.

Animatic Unfinished

Reece - Locations

I have made screenshots of the different location we plan to film in. Here are two of the locations the other is in my house using the plain red wall as a background .

This will be the car park we plan to use for our music video, using the inside part as the lighting in there will make it easier for us to film. It also has a rough and dark look with the metal fence and being an underground car park.
Shot of the street the girls will walk down and sing.
The lamp post in this picture is a key part of the shot as one of the bang girls stand under the lamp against the wall.
The brick wall along this street will be used for the background when the girls sing.

Make up, hair and Costume

Costume by Laura Pound

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Casting

Casting

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Results from Questionaire

Journal 20th October

We have been discussing the situation on lighting for the music video. The car park wouldn't be an issue as they are lit pretty well anyways however we decided that we would need to provide lighting in the streets using the torches. As we are filming close to my house we would use an extension lead and use bigger lighting equipment that my dad has.
Hopefully this has addressed the problem with lighting.

Journal

Today we started our storyboards, we as a group sat down and wrote out what we wanted in each shot as a plan before we started drawing the storyboards. We now have a good idea of where we are setting the video having three locations in mind. It will take more that a day to get all the footage we need and we discussed issues such as lighting because most of the video is set in the dark streets. We also thought about music output to make sure the song and shots would go in time and what props we would need and plan ahead for example we need a car for a main part of the music video.
So far have nearly have 45 shots completed.

Poster Analysis - Katy Perry E.T

Katy perry - E.T Poster analysis

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Analysis of Paramore Music Poster

This is the poster for Paramore's Album Riot.

The typography is in the style of scratchy writing and has been placed messy and all over the place this has been done to show that the chaos and mayhem that happened what a riot happens.

The band is also on the poster to established the actual band. They have been edited to blend in with the writing in black and white to not take the focus of the writing everywhere and maybe to show that they are included in with the riot and messy side shown. The only colour show in orange is the name of the album this is done to make the name obvious and not just a word they chose to have all over the poster. However the bands name isn't included, this could of been done as they are a popular and well know band and fans can don't need the name to know who they are.

I like the idea using the style of photo editing for my digipak perhaps. But I would include the name of our band as we aren't yet established and would be breaking into the industry. This is then taking away the norm in pop genre posters and covers as most pop bands are just normal photos of the band in a line. As our band is supposed to have a edge I want to try use this style and make it known to the audience that we are a bit different.

30 seconds to mars digipak

This digipak has been done in the colours that 30 seconds to mars are always known to use red black and white. It also has symbols and logo all over the digipak which the band members have tattooed on their bodies. The typography of 'The Mars Army' has been keep simply and bold like the rest of the digipak. 30 seconds to mars has made songs about war in all their work as in this pack photos are included of the band members dressed in army gear and being called the Mars Army. Songs from the normal album are included along with bonus tracks and photos and images of the band or references towards the band.

The front cover is a logo of the band with a triangle with a line through the middle, in the background there are animation drawings of people all draw in black but all japanese with the headband on.

DIGIPACKS

A digipak is a relatively new type of packaging for CD's which folds out (sort of like a book) instead of a noraml CDcase. They are made out of cardboard unlike normal CD cases which are made out ofplastic. This is a more effective method of packaging as there is no risk of cardboard cracking in someones bag or being stepped on and ruining the CDinside however water damagecan destroy the packaging. Another positive of a digipak is that it is also cheaper and easier to make than a regular CD case.

Here is an example of a digipak.

In the digipak song names,images of the artist or band, and the record label.

This is done to promote the image of the band more with visuals of the artist or band to appeal to the audience. A booklet is normally given within the digipak giving all details and maybe a dvd version of live performances depending the artist.It also makes the buyer feel like they are getting their money's worth when buying a Digipak with extra 'goodies'

Life on the Murder Scene is the first live album by My Chemical Romance. It was released in 2006,the release includes three discs, 2 DVDs and 1 CD of the whole history documenting the band from the start to the present. Life on the Murder Scene includes two demo tracks and a previously unreleased track.

Models were used for the art cover Jamisin Matthews and Jaime Andrews portray the demolition couple in the cover photo, booklet, packaging, DVD art, and DVD menus.

This artwork of the digipak has been made to fit in with the title of the album having blood and murder shown. The three colours is a stereotype of what would be used in a 'horror' and graphic work using black and red with the contrast of white. Making the blood stand out on the images but using the black to create the dark feeling.Even the typography has been made red to stand out more with the blood on the hand. The logo however has been kept the same so the fans can clearly see with band this is, this has been done because images of the bands aren't shown so using the logo establishes the artist.

Questionnaire for 'Studded Roses' (female questionnaire)

Questionnaire for 'Studded Roses' (female questionnaire)

‘Studded Roses’ target audience questionnaire
1. How old are you?
 15-17
 18-21
 22-30
 31+

2. What genre of music would you say you like best?
 Pop
 Rock
 Indie
 R ‘n’ B
 Dance
 Metal
 Rap
 Other

3. What three shops do you buy clothes from mainly?
 Topshop
 Primark
 River Island
 Oasis
 Miss Selfridge
 Urban Outfitter
 Hollister
 Dorothy Perkins
 New Look
 H&M
 Next

4. Who would you consider as your style icon?
 Cheryl Cole
 Rihanna
 Kate Middleton
 Jessie J
 Kate Moss
 Lady Gaga

5. What male attention would you say is your favourite below?
 Zac Efron
 Johnny Depp
 Enrique Iglesias
 Eminem
 Olly Murs
 Robert pattinson

6. What girl group do you like the best over the past years?
 Girls Aloud
 Sugababes
 The Saturdays
 Destiny’s Child
 Pussycat Dolls

7. If you had the choice of a night out at one of these places, where would it be?
 Cinema
 Bowling
 Party
 Meal
 Gig
 Other

Audience Profile

Media audience profile - studded roses

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Feedback from our class

- We may need to incorporate elements of performance within the video.
- Our idea of 'The Chase' is unlikely to last 3 minutes and it may get boring after a while.
- We should be cautious of 'The Chase' idea because it may get confusing after a while, as to who is chasing who.
- Where is the video going to be shot?
- When doing our storyboard we need to plan it out properly as to which shots will follow what
- We need to be careful that our music video does not get boring or confusing because there is only one sequence.
- There needs to be costume changes within the video, (which is essential for a girl band), the fact that there is only one sequence may make costume change difficult. Therefore, we need to consider our sequence.
- Possibly a performance in a dark, underground club scenario?
- May need to use a street near our school (due to us wanting to film the video at night and because of the lighting.
- Overall, our class liked 'The Chase' idea and the complex narrative but there needs to be more to it.

General Feedback for all:
-Need to shoot a lot of material
-Has to be a lot of variety
-There needs to be a lot of cuts to make it pacy for the audience
-Need to shoot at least three times at three different angles.

Journal

Today we have a mini crit to present to the class of what our idea was. From our feedback we have thought more of the narrative on what we want in the story.

We came up with a few new idea with the chase scene. The girl shown being chased by the guy but at the end it works out that another girls is tracking him and using the other girl as 'bate'.

Also we came up of a way to start the video with having a shot of the feet and them walking slowly them dropping a rose from the person and landing on the floor. From this the audience can establish who the song is by.j

Journal

In this weeks lessons we have been developing our ideas for our music video. We created our moodboard for our chosen genre, the genre we choose was more pop/rock so that our band was different and had a edge. The mood board comes across dark with a girly twist as we don't want the group to look goth like.

Our Mood Board.