Why there has been no audience ffedback for our first showing of the music video

Basically when we previewed the first viewing of our music video we had massive technical problems, the video jumped the whole time which resulted in everything being out of time, this meant that the target audience that we gave the questions to could not really give us any relevant feedback as a result of the video not being what it should be, the basic feedback that i received was, make the video l; less jumpy, this meant that all the feedback we got was void and we had to invite a few people to have private viewing at another time and took advice down from there, this resulted in the cutting of too scenes that we to full of effects, as that is what the majority of our target audience said

The equipment list

We only used, and needed to use, two things. Both of these things were given to us by the college to use for our filming. The two thing used were the camera for filming and the tripod for the different camera angles and techniques.

The Camera we used the Sont hdr cx8ek hd:








The Tripod we used was called, manfrotto

First draft of album cover

Progres on filming

Progress of our filming

WE have finished our filming after one successful filming session on the Sunday of the 30th of October.

We had tried to film on a number of occasions before this but certain conditions and variables demanded that we were not able to film before this date, so we are very pleased that we finally got a good filming session done, and are happy with the footage that we captured. Weather wise the conditions were perfect as it was a sunny day with only a few clouds in the sky, but since these clouds were low the moved very quickly which means that when we come to editing the sky may look slightly different from frame to frame, however this could not really be avoided.

All in all I am very happy that me and Chris have got our filming done as we can now edit it into the actual music video.

Analysing the magazine advert for the album #2

Analysing the magazine advert for the album #2

Sarah Blasko: As Day Follows Night

The advertisement is found in Mojo magazine, it being in mojo magazine may suggest that it is alternative genre album that may not be able to be pigeon hold for a certain genre, this is because Mojo is a music magazine that normally advertises and reviews music of most rock and alternative music, Mojo is defiantly not a commercial magazine for music. This advert is taking up a whole page which may suggest that it is a important or a highly anticipated album. The target audience for this album may be for a more sophisticated and/or elder generation, this is because as opposed to a magazine such as smash hits Mojo is not aimed at teenagers or young adults and Mojo is not commercial music.

The writing in this music advertisement is rather plain, interesting however is that the name of the Artist is in black while the writing of the album is in white. This I think is clever as the name of the album follows the name of the artist, it follows, and the artist is in black which could connote that it is night, and the album is white, this may represent day following night, just like the album name. The artwork in the advertisement is I am guessing a picture of that actual singer of the album. This picture is her face planted on rather bland background, but then there is a sudden explosion of colour. All of this could connote that the album is a explosion of new talent on a rather bland music scene, with her face being at the front of the picture suggesting that she is at the forefront of the latest wave of talent.

There is no telling when it will/was released, which is odd, but that may just suggest that it has been already released, and they are simply re-promoting it. However there are many reviews on the page and they are all either 4 or 5 stars, from various different sources, this is the advertiser trying to show it is a really well reviewed album, and that if you have not heard of it you are not really in touch with the in scene and for you to become int touch with this scene you need to buy this album.

Questionnaire about music videos

Circle the appropriate answer

Could you enjoy a well constructed music video even though you do not like the song?

Yes no

When looking at a music video what do you think is important?

The setting Story line The props The clothes

The band being in the video

If for some reason the band that did the song were not in the video would you really care? Yes or no and explain your answer in the lines below

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If the band could not be in the video what does the music video have to include to make it good?

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If a video had to include drugs reference or any other references that weren’t physically allowed in the video (for example, real drugs), how would you suggest they could overcome this obstacle?

Analysing a magazine advert for a album

Analysing a magazine advert for a album

Tom Jones: Praise & Blame

The advertisement is found at the back of the magazine mojo, first of all the advert taking up a whole page worth of space suggests that the album is big or important album, furthermore if it is at the back the news of this advert could be seen as nearly as important as the actual cover and be seen as important as any single thing or aspect inside the magazine. Also the advert being in mojo could suggest that this album is more sophisticated and for a elder generation as opposed to if it was in a magazine such as smash hits you would expect it to be a commercial album that is intended for the younger generation.

The name of the album and artwork work very well together as in the album picture is off a church built there is a very black depre4siing background this juxtaposition could bee seen as the white church as being hope and the black background being blame, and since the album is called praise & Blame I believe that this works very well together.

The add also tells us when the album will be released and who helped work on the album e.g. producer and who the producer as worked with before the album, that is a kind of promotion in the ay they are kind of suggestion if you like the artist the producer worked with before you will love this. There is a also a quote from newspaper saying about how good the album is, also promotion as if you value what this newspaper says you will already think the album si alright as a media text you have already consumed is telling you to consume this one.

Costume List

Costume list

The idea for this

music video is that we are going to have the characters wearing rough cloths, this is because we went ti connote that they are living on the edge and that they do not care too much about their appearance, also we want it to be suggested that they spend all their money on other things rather than their cloths, this will suggest that they are the stereotypical junkie.

The clothes for the male Character (While he is a junkie)

As you can see from the selection of cloths that I have got pictured out for the male character, I have decided to go for a rather rough look, I believe that darker jeans will be more suitable to the product as the colour black connotes a more mysterious and dark character, and altough not necessary evil this character could be seen as heading down the wrong path in life, as he is taking drugs.

Male character after he has sorted himself out

For this I think it would be appropriate for the character to be wearing a suit suggests that he is successful and maybe a high ranking businessman. The suit in question wll be a classic black blazer black tie black shoes black trouser and white shirt, also if possible we need as much of the whit e shirt to show as possible, thi is because whit e connotes that he is good and because he has changed into this new better person the white shirt will symbolize that very change.

Female character:

The female character will be wearing very similar cloths to that of the male character when he is a junkie but the female character will be wearing cloths like this for the entirety of the product, the same reason as for the male character is why she will wear this, but as her character does not get better I believe that it will also be effective if her cloths act

ually got in a worse condition throughout the prodct, as this will be able to show her worsened state of confusion throughout the product.

Basic Notes on Band and Song

Notes on the band that we are using for our misc video for media

They are called The Riot Tapes.

They are based on Eire.

The song we are using is called: Open Eyed Dream

Open Eyed dream the song is about two drug attics clinging on to each other.

Brief character Bio

Character bio

Sarah: ( Female character) Sarah is the name we are giving our Female character, she is a junkie and will able wearing rough cloths. Sarah has spent the vast majority of her life with Joe, who is her best friend these two do everything together, but is their relationship on the edge…

Joe: (Male character) Joe is the male character, this name is mentioned a few times in the lyrics, and that is why we picked the name for the character, Joe is a junkie but he is a bit annoyed with his life choice at this pionjt in time and is considering getting clean, however he has not told Sarah yet, and he is not sure of he is going to at all.

Analysing the lyrics for the song we are using for our media product (music video)

Analysing the lyrics for the song we are using for our media product (music video)

V1
( In this part of the song we will be setting the scene with a couple of location shots, as well as introducing our two characters, for the lyrics hey joe it might be fitting to have a shot of the female character looking at the male character)
Hey Joe
Where did you go
I have it all ready
Its ready to snow
Got the candlesticks lit
And my body's warm
Come Home

(For these lyrics we will show the character high and having fun together)
I'm just to high to sleep
Open Eyed Dreams

Stars, Streams, Lights Shining x2

CHORUS
( In this part of the song the male character Joe will disappear and the female character Sarah will disappear)
Then I fall down
And you slip away, yeah, yeah x2

V2
Hey Joe
Its all gone so wrong
Remember the good days
Remember our song
Its all just a bit
Too heavy I'm sick
Come Home
(In this part we are going to show our female character looking for the now presumed to be lost male character)

I'm just to high to sleep
Open Eyed Dreams

Stars, Streams, Lights Shining x2

CHORUS
Then I fall down
And you slip away, yeah, yeah, yeah x4

( With these lyrics below we are going to show what is assumed to be the male character in a suit, however when the female character looks at him it will turn out to be someone else)
Hey Joe
Where did you go
I had it all ready.......

Casting, why we picked the two actors we did

Casting for our media music video production we are going to need two actors one male actors and one femal actress, this is becaus in our media production we have one male and one femal part, the actor and actress we have decided to use are Flic Quinn and Jordan McDowell. We have chosen to use these two as they both did GCSE drama and got good grades, and I believe they both are now doing drama at AS level. This means that we have two people who are capable of acting, and as it is a music video the character they are playing will not be speaking parts, so they both need to be a good at improvisation and also very effective at conveying there feeling through facial and body expression rather than using words. Furthermore the characters they are playing are supposed to be good friends, this is a good thing because Flic and Jordan are good friends in real life and should be able to act the part when it comes to filming, as well as the fact that they have known each other for a while they should also be good at acting like they dislike each other and that they are both having trouble with their friendship, and of course that will be vital when filming them slipping further from each other when it comes to filming.

The danger of doing drug reference in our media production and how we are going to do it

Ideas for suggesting drug references in our music video

In our music video we need to reference drug abuse, without being to full on, so the props we are going to use need to be rather discrete. Ideas for discrete drug references that we could use could be, stuff such as normal cigarettes dotted around the floor.

I believe that make up could also be a very effective device to project the illusion that the characters in our music video are taking drugs, for example we could use make up to make there skin look pale, we could use it to give them that classic big eye bag look that some may associate with drug use, but most importantly and effectively I believe that if we could make it look like the characters have a variety of cuts and bruised on them it would like they have been up to no good, which one could associate with drug use.

To show the characters are high we could use the camera technique of filming in day time but using the camera in night vision mode as this can leave an interesting blurred and almost disoriented look, and if we use this effect while using it as a point of view shot it would suggest that the character could be high and that is why the world looks like that.

We must be careful though as I have been told that we can not be to full on when referencing drugs as it then might be unacceptable, and that is the last thing we want when trying to make a music video for A2 media, as it being unacceptable will greatly inhibit our products potential.

Basic plan for music video

Basic plan for our video
First overview
Our Music video will consist of two main actors of which the plot will revolve around.
The story line for the music video is that the two characters have been together for what seems like forever, this includes through their own hellish battle with drug addiction. However one of them makes it through the drug addiction and the other does not, this leaves both characters wondering how good/bad the others liver is and whether they should have tried harder to help the other person. This leaves the character who is still suffering from addiction to feel alienated and this state is elevated by the drugs they use turning into a uncontrollable feeling of paranoia. Some of the music video will follow this addicted character through their trauma. The final scene will be the two characters meeting one final time, the addicted character will still be that, addicted, while the other character will be finally happy and in control of their life. This contrast will be shown through the mise en scene and in particular the costume of the two character, the addict will be in rough cloths abd will look worse for wear, wile the other character will be looking sharp in a suit and will walk past the addict without even recognising them .
Split into parts

• Part one, will be the two characters together, one male one female, they will be high and will be enjoying themselves and in particular each other’s company. This will give the audience a feeling of the two characters relationship as long lasting friends.
  
• Part two. This part will be the breakup of the two characters as the both fight to become clean of their addiction, The male character will eventually win his battle while the female character will lose hers. This will strain the relationship until the male character can no longer wait for the female character to lose their struggle and he will cut her loos of his life
  
• Part 3 will be the female character will be feeling alienated and alone and is depressed from losing her friend. As a result she ends up doing even more drugs. We will not seen the male character in this scene
  
• art 4. In this climax the two characters will walk past each other and will not recognise each other until it is too late and then we will have a close up shot of the male character turning around with a puzzled look on his face trying to remember the face he once used to know. The mise en scene will be vital in this part as the two character need now to be shown as opposites, the clothing will be the key in showing this, the female character will be dressed in worn tatty cloths to show that she is a junkie, while the male character will be in a suit and will be looking like a valuable member of society.

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