Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
LO2: Recce sheets [✓]
This is the location recce for Student support room which is located inside the UTC Sheffield City Centre building. This is where the interview scene will be being filmed.
This is the location recce for the office which we will be filming in, located inside the UTC Sheffield City Centre building. The office will be used to film the office scene which is right at the end of the music video.
This is the location recce for the party scene. This is being filmed in a house located in Stannington, Sheffield.
LO2: Risk assessments [✓]
We made risk assessments for each location that we are going to be filming the music video in. This is so that we knew the possible risks whilst filming and how we would respond to said risks if any of these things were to happen. If we has located a large risk it would have changed our judgement on whether it was safe to film in an area for not only ourselves but also the rest of our crew and actors.
This is the risk assessment for the Student support office within the UTC Sheffield building. This is where the interview scene will be filmed.
This is the risk assessment for the house in which the party scene will be filmed. There was no high risk situations so therefore it is safe for filming and for our actors.
LO2: Lyrics sheet analysis
The lyrics are obvious, easy to understand and digest this allows us to make the music video easily because the lyrics are literal meaning when it comes to making the music video we can use this to our advantage as most songs nowadays use metaphors and different language terms to get there point across meaning that the making a music video a bit more difficult to make as it has to take into account the metaphor which is something we will not have to do because they lyrics are literal, which also allows us to have full creative freedom as there is not specific lyrics in the song that means we have to do a certain thing in the music video, allowing us to make up metaphors and have full freedom in the content of the music video.
LO2: Evidence of contact with band
These are the emails between us, as a group, and the band "The Sundowns". This is evidence of us contacting the band and speaking to them. Discussing their ideas as well as telling them our own ideas. Our main point of contact was the lead singer, Regan Jones, who we then went on to facetime and have a business meeting with as a group. There was then further contact with other things such as text message and social media. The band will be kept in contact with throughout the whole process of the creation of the music video.
This is a screenshot from Spotify, which is what we used in order to listen to "Party at 8" and plan our music video using.
LO2: Treatment
The Brief
For Unit 15, our brief was to create an audio-visual promo. This is in the form of a music video for an up and coming local band or artist. We were told to create a music video as this is a promo for the musician to use and also includes sound and visuals.
The Narrative
The music video that we are creating is a narrative which follows a girl, Megan. The music video starts off with a shot of a secretary and Megan sat waiting for her interview. There is no sound playing during this part of the video, it is just silence as the secretary calls Megan into the interview. The next shot is in the interview room, with the interviewer and Megan, there is a small amount of dialogue between the two, exchanging a "hello" as they shake hands and both go to sit down. The music starts playing quietly in the background and the interview scene starts to become slow motion. There will be shots of the clock ticking and the interviewer writing, this is mixed with jump-cutting to close-ups with connote a party scene. These include close-ups of drinks, speakers and people laughing. During this part, it is in normal time and the music is slightly louder. This foreshadows what is going to happen later on in the video but could also connote Megan's thoughts during the interview. Throughout the whole interview scene, we see the male interviewer have an interest in Megan, he looks at her in a sexualised manner and as these are not feelings that she reciprocates, he informs her that she has not got the job. We see this through the use of his shaking his head, still shot in slow motion. We then see Megan, react in a negative way to the news that she has been given, the way she reacts is jump cut between the party, these cuts are very quick to show a change. The next scene shows her leaving the interview and travelling to the said party, this is on different forms of transport including trams and walking. We also then see her getting ready for the party, this shows a transformation between how she is seen in the interview scene. The sound for this part is now at a normal level, along with the speed that it is being filmed in. The party scene shows not only Megan enjoying herself but also shots of the location which will be a house due to the song being titled "House party at 8". There are shots of things that would typically happen at parties such as drinking, dancing and laughing. After a while of shots of Megan at the party, flirting with different people, the music stops and we just hear the ringing of a phone. As Megan looks at who the caller is, her face drops and the party scene fades to the next scene. The song is playing in the background but quietly. This final scene is showing Megan looking upset and disappointed whilst sat at a desk working. We then see a slow-motion shot of the interviewer walking past her, this is the man who has harassed her during the interview. This cuts between the man smiling and winking at her and then she sat at her desk looking disappointed, to connote that she was so desperate for a job that she was willing to put up with someone who harasses her. Finally, the music goes back to normal volume and we see a shot of Megan answering the call at the party. This leaves the audience open to interpretation of whether she is thinking about what could happen if she took the job or if she actually did decide to take it herself.
Target Audience
The band, The Sundowns, are an indie/alternative rock band who are from Sheffield. Their music is generally more aimed towards a Sheffield based audience, however, this is not a limitation. Our music video is aimed mainly at a target audience of 16 to 25-year-olds due to not only the audio for the music video but also the narrative of the music video that we have decided on. As this narrative include themes such as drinking and partying which will appeal more to this age range. The music video is aimed at a white British audience with a 40:60 ratio of men: women. The band is made up of 4 male members so, therefore, this could appeal more towards a female audience however males do also enjoy the genre of indie music. 0ouy mj78uy
Equipment List
Health and Safety Considerations
Legal and Ethical Considerations
Who are the target audience:
Our Band is a mainly a Indie rock band and the song that we are making a music video for is a indie rock song. The target audience for the band is, white British, 16-21, 40% male and 60% female, ABC1. The is because the hole genre of indie rock is more popular amongst women, 16 and over and because of the age they will be in the ABC1 gap because they will be starting or have started working, or towards the end of education which tends to be the case for 16 year olds and older, meaning the entire target audience is within the ABC1 category. Also the magazine Kerrang which is magazine that is all about this sort of style of music have a similar target audience which is what we used to get a better idea for our target audience.
Dates:
14/05/18- 21/05/18 -filming week
Equipment needed:
Tripod
1x Cannon 650D DSLR Cameras
Computer: Mac
Adobe premier pro
Health and Saftey Considerations:
One of the locations we will be filming at is Olivia's house. This house will be used for the party part of our music video as this is were the actors will be, pretending to have a party. A health and safety consideration we need to think about is because the house for the most part is mainly laminate flooring meaning there could be a possibility that someone could slip and fall if they are not wearing decent footwear. This means we will need to warn people about this and get them to make sure they are wearing shoes that are not hazardous on the laminate flooring. Another thing that could be a health and safety problem to do with the floor is that if someone has a drink while we are there and drops it, it can become a slipping hazard, which means it would need to be moped up imminently because if not, while we are filming and people have to act over the top and excited then it could result in a fall if someone was to walk into the water. Another part of the house we will be filming is
One of the scenes we will be filming at Olivia's house for the party scene and the getting ready for the party scene. Some of the health and safety considerations we need to consider are:
Legal and ethical considerations:
Copyright -
The story/narrative of the music video is fully original from our point of view but there is a possibility people could claim we used someones intellectual property or blatantly copied there idea for a video, which could result in legal problems. The way to prevent this would be look online and see if we can find a music video that has a similar narrative as ours, which could result in money problems for us as well as legal trouble if people think we have copied their ideas.
Having explicit content in the music video-
The music video touches on some subjects like sexualisation of women in the work place and harassment as well as drinking etc. All of these are Farley rough subjects to film about because different people react in different ways to these kind of subjects which could cause ethical issues for us because if we do not represent Megan right people could think its offensive in the way we have portrayed these sensitive topics, meaning we need to do research to make sure we we film is not deemed offensive.
Certification and distribution:
The age rating of the music video will be 15 because the music video displays a lot of adult subjects like harassment, sex, drinking, all of which is not appropriate for a younger audience.
The distribution aka the way will get the music video out to the public. This will be done by putting the music video on Youtube.
For Unit 15, our brief was to create an audio-visual promo. This is in the form of a music video for an up and coming local band or artist. We were told to create a music video as this is a promo for the musician to use and also includes sound and visuals.
The Narrative
The music video that we are creating is a narrative which follows a girl, Megan. The music video starts off with a shot of a secretary and Megan sat waiting for her interview. There is no sound playing during this part of the video, it is just silence as the secretary calls Megan into the interview. The next shot is in the interview room, with the interviewer and Megan, there is a small amount of dialogue between the two, exchanging a "hello" as they shake hands and both go to sit down. The music starts playing quietly in the background and the interview scene starts to become slow motion. There will be shots of the clock ticking and the interviewer writing, this is mixed with jump-cutting to close-ups with connote a party scene. These include close-ups of drinks, speakers and people laughing. During this part, it is in normal time and the music is slightly louder. This foreshadows what is going to happen later on in the video but could also connote Megan's thoughts during the interview. Throughout the whole interview scene, we see the male interviewer have an interest in Megan, he looks at her in a sexualised manner and as these are not feelings that she reciprocates, he informs her that she has not got the job. We see this through the use of his shaking his head, still shot in slow motion. We then see Megan, react in a negative way to the news that she has been given, the way she reacts is jump cut between the party, these cuts are very quick to show a change. The next scene shows her leaving the interview and travelling to the said party, this is on different forms of transport including trams and walking. We also then see her getting ready for the party, this shows a transformation between how she is seen in the interview scene. The sound for this part is now at a normal level, along with the speed that it is being filmed in. The party scene shows not only Megan enjoying herself but also shots of the location which will be a house due to the song being titled "House party at 8". There are shots of things that would typically happen at parties such as drinking, dancing and laughing. After a while of shots of Megan at the party, flirting with different people, the music stops and we just hear the ringing of a phone. As Megan looks at who the caller is, her face drops and the party scene fades to the next scene. The song is playing in the background but quietly. This final scene is showing Megan looking upset and disappointed whilst sat at a desk working. We then see a slow-motion shot of the interviewer walking past her, this is the man who has harassed her during the interview. This cuts between the man smiling and winking at her and then she sat at her desk looking disappointed, to connote that she was so desperate for a job that she was willing to put up with someone who harasses her. Finally, the music goes back to normal volume and we see a shot of Megan answering the call at the party. This leaves the audience open to interpretation of whether she is thinking about what could happen if she took the job or if she actually did decide to take it herself.
The band, The Sundowns, are an indie/alternative rock band who are from Sheffield. Their music is generally more aimed towards a Sheffield based audience, however, this is not a limitation. Our music video is aimed mainly at a target audience of 16 to 25-year-olds due to not only the audio for the music video but also the narrative of the music video that we have decided on. As this narrative include themes such as drinking and partying which will appeal more to this age range. The music video is aimed at a white British audience with a 40:60 ratio of men: women. The band is made up of 4 male members so, therefore, this could appeal more towards a female audience however males do also enjoy the genre of indie music. 0ouy mj78uy
Equipment List
Health and Safety Considerations
Legal and Ethical Considerations
Who are the target audience:
Our Band is a mainly a Indie rock band and the song that we are making a music video for is a indie rock song. The target audience for the band is, white British, 16-21, 40% male and 60% female, ABC1. The is because the hole genre of indie rock is more popular amongst women, 16 and over and because of the age they will be in the ABC1 gap because they will be starting or have started working, or towards the end of education which tends to be the case for 16 year olds and older, meaning the entire target audience is within the ABC1 category. Also the magazine Kerrang which is magazine that is all about this sort of style of music have a similar target audience which is what we used to get a better idea for our target audience.
Dates:
14/05/18- 21/05/18 -filming week
Equipment needed:
Tripod
1x Cannon 650D DSLR Cameras
Computer: Mac
Adobe premier pro
Health and Saftey Considerations:
One of the locations we will be filming at is Olivia's house. This house will be used for the party part of our music video as this is were the actors will be, pretending to have a party. A health and safety consideration we need to think about is because the house for the most part is mainly laminate flooring meaning there could be a possibility that someone could slip and fall if they are not wearing decent footwear. This means we will need to warn people about this and get them to make sure they are wearing shoes that are not hazardous on the laminate flooring. Another thing that could be a health and safety problem to do with the floor is that if someone has a drink while we are there and drops it, it can become a slipping hazard, which means it would need to be moped up imminently because if not, while we are filming and people have to act over the top and excited then it could result in a fall if someone was to walk into the water. Another part of the house we will be filming is
One of the scenes we will be filming at Olivia's house for the party scene and the getting ready for the party scene. Some of the health and safety considerations we need to consider are:
- Make sure that everyone is wearing shoes that will not slip on the laminate flooring
- Make sure that no one spills a drink on the laminate flooring
- Make sure that when we are filming in the bedroom, no one trips on wires in the room
- Make sure during the party scenes, people are carful and do not hurt each other.
Legal and ethical considerations:
Copyright -
The story/narrative of the music video is fully original from our point of view but there is a possibility people could claim we used someones intellectual property or blatantly copied there idea for a video, which could result in legal problems. The way to prevent this would be look online and see if we can find a music video that has a similar narrative as ours, which could result in money problems for us as well as legal trouble if people think we have copied their ideas.
Having explicit content in the music video-
The music video touches on some subjects like sexualisation of women in the work place and harassment as well as drinking etc. All of these are Farley rough subjects to film about because different people react in different ways to these kind of subjects which could cause ethical issues for us because if we do not represent Megan right people could think its offensive in the way we have portrayed these sensitive topics, meaning we need to do research to make sure we we film is not deemed offensive.
Certification and distribution:
The age rating of the music video will be 15 because the music video displays a lot of adult subjects like harassment, sex, drinking, all of which is not appropriate for a younger audience.
The distribution aka the way will get the music video out to the public. This will be done by putting the music video on Youtube.
LO2: Initial Planning – narrative and performance ideas [✓]
Our music video is going to be purely a narrative video which will nor include any performance from the band, The Sundowns.
Narrative
The music video that we are creating is a narrative which follows a girl, Megan. The music video starts off with a shot of a secretary and Megan sat waiting for her interview. There is no sound playing during this part of the video, it is just silence as the secretary calls Megan into the interview. The next shot is in the interview room, with the interviewer and Megan, there is a small amount of dialogue between the two, exchanging a "hello" as they shake hands and both go to sit down. The music starts playing quietly in the background and the interview scene starts to become slow motion. There will be shots of the clock ticking and the interviewer writing, this is mixed with jump-cutting to close-ups with connote a party scene. These include close-ups of drinks, speakers and people laughing. During this part, it is in normal time and the music is slightly louder. This foreshadows what is going to happen later on in the video but could also connote Megan's thoughts during the interview. Throughout the whole interview scene, we see the male interviewer have an interest in Megan, he looks at her in a sexualised manner and as these are not feelings that she reciprocates, he informs her that she has not got the job. We see this through the use of his shaking his head, still shot in slow motion. We then see Megan, react in a negative way to the news that she has been given, the way she reacts is jump cut between the party, these cuts are very quick to show a change. The next scene shows her leaving the interview and travelling to the said party, this is on different forms of transport including trams and walking. We also then see her getting ready for the party, this shows a transformation between how she is seen in the interview scene. The sound for this part is now at a normal level, along with the speed that it is being filmed in. The party scene shows not only Megan enjoying herself but also shots of the location which will be a house due to the song being titled "House party at 8". There are shots of things that would typically happen at parties such as drinking, dancing and laughing. After a while of shots of Megan at the party, flirting with different people, the music stops and we just hear the ringing of a phone. As Megan looks at who the caller is, her face drops and the party scene fades to the next scene. The song is playing in the background but quietly. This final scene is showing Megan looking upset and disappointed whilst sat at a desk working. We then see a slow-motion shot of the interviewer walking past her, this is the man who has harassed her during the interview. This cuts between the man smiling and winking at her and then she sat at her desk looking disappointed, to connote that she was so desperate for a job that she was willing to put up with someone who harasses her. Finally, the music goes back to normal volume and we see a shot of Megan answering the call at the party. This leaves the audience open to interpretation of whether she is thinking about what could happen if she took the job or if she actually did decide to take it herself.
Narrative
The music video that we are creating is a narrative which follows a girl, Megan. The music video starts off with a shot of a secretary and Megan sat waiting for her interview. There is no sound playing during this part of the video, it is just silence as the secretary calls Megan into the interview. The next shot is in the interview room, with the interviewer and Megan, there is a small amount of dialogue between the two, exchanging a "hello" as they shake hands and both go to sit down. The music starts playing quietly in the background and the interview scene starts to become slow motion. There will be shots of the clock ticking and the interviewer writing, this is mixed with jump-cutting to close-ups with connote a party scene. These include close-ups of drinks, speakers and people laughing. During this part, it is in normal time and the music is slightly louder. This foreshadows what is going to happen later on in the video but could also connote Megan's thoughts during the interview. Throughout the whole interview scene, we see the male interviewer have an interest in Megan, he looks at her in a sexualised manner and as these are not feelings that she reciprocates, he informs her that she has not got the job. We see this through the use of his shaking his head, still shot in slow motion. We then see Megan, react in a negative way to the news that she has been given, the way she reacts is jump cut between the party, these cuts are very quick to show a change. The next scene shows her leaving the interview and travelling to the said party, this is on different forms of transport including trams and walking. We also then see her getting ready for the party, this shows a transformation between how she is seen in the interview scene. The sound for this part is now at a normal level, along with the speed that it is being filmed in. The party scene shows not only Megan enjoying herself but also shots of the location which will be a house due to the song being titled "House party at 8". There are shots of things that would typically happen at parties such as drinking, dancing and laughing. After a while of shots of Megan at the party, flirting with different people, the music stops and we just hear the ringing of a phone. As Megan looks at who the caller is, her face drops and the party scene fades to the next scene. The song is playing in the background but quietly. This final scene is showing Megan looking upset and disappointed whilst sat at a desk working. We then see a slow-motion shot of the interviewer walking past her, this is the man who has harassed her during the interview. This cuts between the man smiling and winking at her and then she sat at her desk looking disappointed, to connote that she was so desperate for a job that she was willing to put up with someone who harasses her. Finally, the music goes back to normal volume and we see a shot of Megan answering the call at the party. This leaves the audience open to interpretation of whether she is thinking about what could happen if she took the job or if she actually did decide to take it herself.
LO2: Initial Planning – moodboard [✓]
This is a moodbpard of the first idea we had for the music video. This was for the song "Mowbray Street" however we decided that after we had gathered ideas that it was a weak idea for a music video so we reconsidered and decided that a different song and narrative would be more appropriate.
This is a moodboard of different images of the bad. We gathered these images in order to get more of a feeling of what the band is about as well as their style.
This is a moodboard for the song "Party at 8". We prefer the music for this song for the music video as there is more to go off in terms of instumental parts as well as lyrics and tempo. The moodboard shows different images which could represent the narrative for the music video that we want to create.
LO2: Initial planning – mindmap [✓]
LO2: Call sheets for production [✓]
These are the call sheets for the production of Party at 8. This includes all the information that our team and any other people involved may need to know, including the actors in the music video. This ranges from infomation about what equipment is needed during the filming to what the actors needs to wear. This is a useful document for actors that are part of the scenes to use and view as it is informative and gives them information. It also includes contingencies, this means there is a back up plan if anything didnt go to plan during the filming. This is also useful in case on of our team members cannot attend the filming and we need to use another personalle, the same for backups of the actors.
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