Shooting schedule

I've made a shooting schedule for my music video:

People: I have decided only to have one actress in my video. I have decided this as I want the audience to focus on the mise-en-scene and the meaning of the song. This will also make filming easier as i won't have to rely on a lot of people. I am going to use Bibi Roberts as my actress, as she fits the genre of the song and has experience in the media industry.

Dates and times: I am going to film on the weekend, mainly sunday but also saturday morning. This is going to be the best time to film, as Bibi has school on the week days and the locations that I am filming in will be quiet on sunday, which will make my filming much easier.

Locations: I am going to film in ingress park and in my garden. These locations are easy to film in and flexible as I can film in them whenever.

Props: I am not going to use many props, but one that I am going to use is a pair of starry glasses. This provides a link from the video to the song and will attract interest and make my video unique.

Costumes: I am going to ensure that the wardrobe that Bibi wears is of an indie genre. As Bibi fits into this genre well, I will be using her own clothes to style her appropriately to the style of the song.

Shot list

I have decided to write a shot list for my song:

Shot 1: a wide shot of the singer walking through one of the main settings

Shot 2: a high angle shot of the singer (1 1/2 seconds)

Shot 3: a wide shot of the singer walking towards camera

Shot 4: a long shot of the singer playing around in a woody, tree setting

Shot 5: a pan across the trees and lights

Shot 6: a close up of the singer wearing starry glasses and lip-syncing

Shot 7: a long shot of the singer sitting in a tree

Shot 8: a medium close up of the singer lip-syncing and acting in wooded area

Shot 9: a long shot of the singer stationary in the scene from the 1st shot

Shot 10: a high angle shot lip-sync

Shot 11: an extreme close up of starry glasses and lip-sync

Shot 12: a medium close up of singer walking through wooded area

Shot 13: a montage of fast cut shots from tree scene, starry glasses and park scene

Shot 14: a long shot of singer sitting in a tree acting

Shot 15: a wide shot of singer dancing

Shot 16: an extreme close up, singer lip-syncing

Shot 17: a close-cut, fast-paced repeated shot of singer dancing through wooded area scene

Shot 18: an extreme close up of singer putting on glasses

Shot 19: a pan of singer wearing headphones lip-syncing

Shot 20: a wide shot of the singer walking away through park scene

In my video I have a lot of repetitive shots, but i have taken into account the pace of the song and shots and have chosen to repeat short clips of the same scene rather than long shots throughout to avoid my video being tedious.

Evaluation question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Evaluation question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation question 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

Institutions

The music industry relies heavily on the promotion of groups and artists.

Editing programmes

I used various programmes to edit my music video and DigiPak. For my video I mainly used Adobe Premier Pro. This was really effective and gave a good, finished final product. It was very easy to use and the effects features really enhanced my video.

For the DigiPak I mainly used Photoshop. This was a good programme to use, as it offers a wide range of effects and is very professional. I enjoyed working with this software and found it really gave my DigiPak a successful finish.

I have included some printscreens to give an example of some of the programmes.

Artist permission

I wrote to Ellie Goulding to request the permission to use 'Starry Eyed' for my music video. Here is the email that i sent through Ellie's website: (www.elliegoulding.co.uk)

Dear Ellie Goulding,
I am an A level media studies student and for my practical film making project it is necessary for me to film and edit a music promotional video.

I really enjoy your music and I am writing to you to ask for your permission to use 'Starry Eyed' as the music track in my video.

My work would be for educational and exam purposes only and would in no way be used for commercial gain or profit.

Yours sincerely,

Romilly Roberts

Promotion of existing texts

To help me create my DigiPak, I researched exisiting CD covers. I looked at successful covers from the same genre that I was aiming towards and looked at the layout, effects and images that they used to make them look professional and interesting.

Target audience

I researched my target audience around the indie genre. I decided to aim my music video at the 13-19 age range, as i thought this best suited my video and was most appropriate for my genre style.

Research

To gain a better understanding of my target audience, I researched 'indie' culture. I looked at music, fashion, behaviour and style that was typically associated to the indie genre. This really helped when I was thinking about the setting, wardrobe and acting for my video, as I wanted to make it appropriate to my target audience.

Time planning

I used Celtex to plan my filming. This proved to be a good programme to use, as it was very clear and simple, and helped to keep the filming precise and on track. I also created a production log and project schedule, which gave me aims and targets and helped me to keep to these.

Edited images

In preparation for my music video, I experimented with different effects that I could possibly use when creating my DigiPak. I used Photoshop for my editing, and used a lot of pop-art inspired effects. This preparation really helped when creating images for my supporting products. I've also included some images that show various Photoshop effects.

Storyboard

I created a story board for my music video. This allowed me to see my music video mapped out and acted as a plan for my filming. It also helped to think about what kind of settings, actors, lighting, wardrobe and time scale I was going to use.

Final DigiPak

This is the final version of my DigiPak. 

I worked on this as part of my response to my brief. I tried to keep the style of my DigiPak to coincide with the style of my film. I thought carefully about which images I wanted to use, and what image I wanted to reflect from my final product.

Synopsis

This synopsis outlines the aim of my task and initial thoughts of my music video. This helped to gather some initial ideas of how i wanted my music video to be.

Script

These are the lyrics to Starry Eyed by Ellie Goulding. I used this as a script through out my filming. It helped the acting and lip sync to be accurate and look professional.

Advanced production

This is my media advanced production planning folder

final film

If you have any thoughts on my music video, feel free to leave comments, thanks.