27/10/11- Journal

Today's Journal

Today I met up with our lead singer Molly and talked over the ideas we have on filming. She is happy with all of it and asked how we would like her to act, and we said rather cheesy and melo-dramatic. As she did A-Level drama we are all very confident in the group of her acting capabilities. As a group I think we have definitely made the right decision as the role of our eccentric lead singer will fit her personal nicely. The music video we are hoping will be the right levels of fun and excitement but with some professionalism. We do not want it to look like a cheesy teenage girl singing to herself, we want it to captivate audiences so they will be fixed on the constant little gags and surprises. We also spoke over the production schedule for Saturday 5th November, we would like molly to be at the display with the fireworks. However if it does not have the same effect on the night we can have a second camera just filming the fireworks and we could make another nice effect by projecting on the gallery wall at school and her singing as the projection trails the walls.

Production Plan

Anima

We need to gather all of our props which include props:

Parachute men - £1 each, we purchased two packets in total of £2 for 16 parachute men.

Bouncy Balls - £1.60 for 15 balls on eBay, for 50 balls we will pay around about the £6 mark.

Giant Confetti Cannon - £2 each eBay, purchase 2 possibly for £4.

Glitter - Hobby Craft £1/2 each packet, about three to four different colours.

Confetti - 50p from Petals Loft in Bexleyheath, already purchased.

This is the over view of the costumes, what we are using and how much:

For the more subtle and soft part of the song we will be using a very hippy but natural looking outfit.

We will get this outfit from either Charlotte's collection or Libby's or last resort we go into a charity shop and buy one for £5 or under.

For the more louder and vibrant parts we want her to wear something very bright and fun preferably a dress from Molly's collection which is very 70's Bohemian.

We will be using different locations so that it sets the scene for the music:

The first location will be in the Gallery in the Art department for our first shot with the parachute men. This will not cost anything.

We will also be using Bostal Heath for our intertextual reference this also will be free to use.

When she is singing with a microphone we will put her in the gallery with a  green screen behind her, we were thinking of putting either some sort of tie die on the green screen or a massive image of the inside of an apartment.

We will also be using Danson Park on firework night so that we can film the fireworks to put into our music video

Do we need any permission for the locations we have chosen?

The only permission that we need so far are the scenes in the gallery as we need to make sure that their is no exhibitions being held in their at the time of filming or that no one is working in their and need it to themselves.

Who are we using in our music video?

We are going to use Molly Baxter in our music video as the main singer. We have asked her and she has agreed to film with us which has relieved us of that part of our planning.

Who will be on the set on the filming of our music video?

The people on the set whilst filming will be Libby, Charlotte, Si Hin and for only certain parts of the music video Molly Baxter will be present.

What do we want the end product to look like?

We want the end production to be a very Bohemian type video, that is a lot of fun to watch, dance to and listen to. This is going to be visually dynamic and pleasing to the eye.

18/10/11- Journal

Today's Journal



Today we told our friend Molly what we wanted to do in our music video, we still are yet to tell her everything. Yet she likes the song and seems ready to help us with the music video, which is really good news as we really felt our music video needed a performer, to raise the standards of it. Today we mentioned to her glitter scenes within the music video, in half term I would like to buy and test out all of our props and we can enlist Molly's help for this. We can also film all of them as tester shots so we can see what works best on camera and not. As a group we are still yet to buy all of our props and some matters in the music video such as the external shots at the fireworks display need talking over, as we need to make sure Molly can be there for filming. I'll update tomorrow on all of our decisions.

17/10/11- Journal

Today's Journal

Well today we were story boarding and I suggested using real fireworks, we deliberated where this could be done and collectively as a group decided at our local parks fire work display in November. This perhaps might be our first piece of footage actually shot. Also last week I had the brain wave of our lead singer should have an over excited expression when singing the line "Zing, Boom" and when the song says "boom" she blows various props at the direction of the camera. The props I thought could be glitter, today we also added confetti as Libby bought some for the video on Saturday. We are also going to use party poppers and confetti cannons. We are looking in to buying confetti cannons online along with the bouncy balls and Si Hin will be ordering them hopefully by the end of the week.

16/10/11 Journal

Today's Blog

Today we have finally got our performer, our best friend molly has decided to do it. Talking as a group on Saturday we decided that having a performer was a necessity, if we want the production of our musics video to look realistic. We will be planning further what we want our performer to be doing, we want it to be an instrumental band led by the female lead singer. But this is something we have to talk over, otherwise we could have just her and no reference to a band whatsoever. Also tomorrow we shall be story boarding and deciding upon final factors such as what props to buy.

Our Questionnaire

Questionnaire

When doing this questionnaire we do not have a main focus of younger audiences up to middle age, this is because we feel that these are the people that are more likely to listen to the music we are using; they are our target audience.

Song: Oh, So Quiet

Our Idea: For our music video we want to keep it fun and entertaining with lots of vibrant colours, we are using juxtaposition as well so that we can combine the lyrics with the narrative. We want to use a calm atmosphere when the song goes quiet for example a shot of some empty stairs or some parachute men falling in slow motion then when it picks up again the shot of the stairs is intruded by lots of bouncy balls falling down and the parachute men get thrown off course harshly. By doing this we are adding colour and fun to the video but making sure we follow the beat of the music. We also want to use time lapse within the video and lots of colour, that is our main focus.

Male / Female (Please Circle)

Are you a student? Yes/No (Please Circle)

If not please state...................................................................................................................................

What age are you?

.................................................

Which genre of music do you most prefer? (Please Circle)

Country

Pop

Rock

Indie

Heavy Metal

Hip Hop

R 'n' B

Folk

Brit pop

Alternative

Bohemian 

If other please specify.............................................................................................................................

Who is your favorite band/singer?

.....................................................................................................................................................................

What is the most recent music video you have watched?

..................................................................................................................................................................

Did you enjoy it if not why?

....................................................................................................................................................................

Are you interested in the idea that we have put across? 

Yes/No (Please Circle)

If so do you think that it sits well with the music we our using?

Yes/No (Please Circle)

If not please Specify................................................................................................................................

Will you look out for this music video?

Yes/No (Please Circle)

If so would you consider downloading it?

Yes/No (Please/Circle)

12/10/11 Journal

Today's Journal 

Today's lesson consisted of us being told if we are up to date on our blog with all of our research and planning work, then we can now finally start story boarding. Today I was away to do interviews for new history teachers so whilst i was away Libby made the questionnaire that we shall hand out at lunch today, to people who we think our apart of our target audience. I shall put the questionnaire on here promptly and update soon about the results we get from our target audience.