Preparing for Filming Day 3

As last weeks filming day was rained off, I have decided to film the final part of the music video tomorrow evening. I organised for my two dancers to arrive at the location half and hour before my main actress, so I can film the bits with just them first and then film the parts with all three afterwards. Tomorrow I will rely heavily on artificial lighting as it will be very dark in the evening. I have the costume sorted for my main actress and have asked my dancers to wear completely black. On the first filming day, I took pictures of my main actress in her outfit, so continuity shouldn't be too hard for tomorrow.

I should be able to upload the footage from tomorrow onto Final Cut Express and therefore will be able to start the 3rd phase of editing, by getting all the footage into place.

Past Student Ancillary Text

Again this Digipack is quite basic, but does contain all the information and conventions of digipacks. They have clearly edited the images used and the text looks fits the images. However I hope to do a bit more with my digipack and want to have more images and information on mine.

Here is the poster that goes along side the CD. There is a clear link between the digipack and the poster, for example the image and font used. The poster again contains the information needed for a poster, but it isn't particularly eye catching.

Past student Ancillary Text

I really like the editing of the images on this digipack and think the writing is really suited to the colour scheme and editing of the images. I like how some of the pages are simplistic, with very little writing, and then others contain a lot more information. However it is still very basic, and I would like to do more with my digipack. I would like to be able to reach the same level of editing as this text, but would like to have more information and images of the artist and fans.

Past Student Ancillary Text

This is a past student digipac.

I personally think they could have done more with their digipac as its very simple and contains the bare minimum. I plan to have a more complex layout, with more information and pictures of the artist and fans. They do have the name of the album, bits of lyrics, list of songs, bar code and other important information on it, but they don't have any extra information, pictures, or lyrics. I don't think it's very well edited and could have been better if more time had been put into.

I hope to spend a lot more time editing the images and putting more information on my digipac as well as using a more complex layout.

Preparation for Filming Day 2

Tomorrow  I am filming the second location and theme for the music video, which is the dog racing. I am going up to Thetford Forest to film them racing in the evening. I will need a camera and a tripod, but I won't need any props, costume or lighting, as I will only be filming dogs and no actors.

Lesson on Ancillary Texts

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Preparing for Filming

Today I checked all the equipment, props, costume and lighting needed for the first filming day. I checked all the features on the camera worked and that the tripod was fully functional- the only thing missing was the memory card for the camera that I will get tomorrow. I checked the costume and props to make sure that filming would be quick and efficient. I charged the camera today and have fixed any costume and lighting issues. I should be fully prepared for filming tomorrow after school.

I have downloaded the song onto my phone and have printed off the lyrics so my actress can have a hard copy to look at before filming. I have already sent her the song and lyrics so she can start learning them before hand, but a hard copy is always helpful for filming.

Past Student Work

Filming Day Schedules

Production Schedule

As my music video will contain 3 different locations, I plan to film on 3 separate days. 

1. On the first day I will film the parts of the music video that feature my main character being in a cage as she is unavailable for filming between the 18th and 28th of October. As this section is of just her, it will be easier to organise filming at an early date.
2. The second day of filming will be of the dogs and dog racing I want to use in video, this is mainly due to the main actress being away for 10 days in the middle of the filming process.  Whilst she is away I will be editing the clips and organising the third day of filming for which I need for actors and dancers. The filming of the dogs will require little organisation of characters but mainly of finding the right camera angles to use.
3. On the final day of filming, I will record the ritual- dance scenes around the fire. As this is a more complex piece of footage, it will require more time to organise it properly and therefore I have decided to do this a later date than the other two filming days. This filming day will need to be done at night/dusk, which might require extra lighting other than the natural light of the fire. This means it will have to be an extremely well organised filming day, as the will be a time limit due to the nights getting darker quicker.

Costume design:

     

                

Storyboard

Dance routine ideas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwV3m6shI4

For the ritual dance routine parts of the music video, I will ask 3 or 4 dancers to choreograph and do a dance with similar movements and themes as this one. This is the kind of dancing I would ideally like for the fire scenes I have planned. The first minute of this video contains the kind of movements and feel as I would like to replicate in my music video; the dance feels very ritual like, which is the effect I am going for.

To do list for the week!

Pictures of my ideas

Here are some of the pictures of scenes I intend to use in my music video. They are just basic drawing and ideas of how parts of the music video will look. They will help me with the storyboard and set up of the scenes. Obviously these are not necessarily the scenes that will be used in the video, but more than brainstorming, allowing me to get a better idea of how everything will look and if it looks right for the video. 

Album cover poll- Results.

From the album cover poll I did, 50% of people voted for the Bastille album cover for 'BAD BLOOD':

30% of people voted of the Rihanna album cover:

10% of people voted for the Kodaline album cover:

10% of people voted for the Gabrielle Aplin album cover: 

And nobody voted for the Christina Perri album cover:

These results would suggest that most people prefer less obvious album covers, that relate back to the hit music video for the album. However as 30% of people voted for the Rihanna album cover, it could also be said that people like the close up image of an attractive female artist. I would like to combine the top two voted themes, by perhaps having a similar 'less obvious' theme, with a close up of the female actor I plan on using in my music video- therefore attracting the type of audience that voted for the Bastille album cover and the Rihanna album cover. I intend to ask my target audience to vote on which album cover they like most for ancillary text I produce. I will make several versions of the album cover for this project and then edit and decide on one by asking the target audience for the band I want to use.

Research into Ancillary texts- Results.

Here are some of charts made from my audience research into what they think is important about the ancillary texts:

As you can see most people thought that the two most important things that should be on an album cover is the artists name and the the name of the album. The third most important thing they felt should be on the album cover is a picture of the artist, closely followed by the list of the 'hit singles' on the album. As 11 people answered this survey, its clear that everyone felt that the name of the artist, and the album name was important for the album cover. I will use this information to create an album cover for this project- I plan on putting the name of the artist and the name of the album clearly in the front of the cover.

 

A majority of people said that pictures of the artist and information about tours are the most important things to go on an artists website. Latest music videos and a bio on the artist were the next 'most important' information needed on the website. 

As you can see, 80% of people agreed that there should be a relationship between the album cover and the website. 10% of people strongly agreed, and only 10% disagreed this the statement. I personally believe that a relationship between the album cover and the website is important, and plan on incorporating this into my ancillary texts.

Again a majority of people (70%) agreed that their should be a relationship between the music video and the album. However this time 20% of people disagreed with the statement, while again 10% of people strongly agreed. I think I will try to create ancillary texts that have some kind of relationship with the music video. 

As a majority of the people that answered the survey were between 16-21 (fitting into the target audience for my genre of music) it is safe to assume that this information is accurate in ensuring that the audience for my project like the ancillary texts. The favourite genre of music of the participants in the survey was a mix of Rock, Indie and RnB.

Audience research

Album Cover Poll

Which is your favourite album cover?

Bastille- Pompeii

Rihanna- Talk that Talk

Kodaline- In a Perfect World

Christina Perri- Tragedy

Gabrielle Aplin

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Bastille- Pompeii0%

Rihanna- Talk that Talk0%

Kodaline- In a Perfect World0%

Christina Perri- Tragedy 0%

Gabrielle Aplin0%

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