Introduction:
Production roles are the roles that the people in our group will take to produce the music video it is important to give production roles to everyone in our group because this will ensure everyone is organised and knows what there role is going to be in the making of our thriller it makes the process of making our music video much quicker as everyone knows what they are doing and what they have to do.
Different production roles:
Director:
The director is the leader of the music videos production the director calls the shots throughout the videos production.
Producer:
Partner of the director the producer controls the videos budget.
Camera operator:
Controls the camera when filming.
Lighting operator:
Controls the lighting used in the scenes.
Location manager:
Decides where the music video will be set.
Hair and make up:
Does the hair and make up for the actors in the music video.
Story Boarder:
Plans the outset of the music video.
Editor:
Edits the music video.
Print designer:
Designs the album cover and the digi pack for the album.
Photographer:
Takes pictures of the stars and the music video.
Our groups roles and why:
Chardelle:
Director, Story boarder and hair and make up. Chardelle has been given these roles she was director and hair and make up from last year she has been given the role of director again as last year she got 110% out of the group and made sure we were on task. She has been given hair and make up again as she is again the only girl in our group so is the only one with experience in hair and make up. This year she is now the story boarder as she is the director so she can show the idea clearly.
Lashane:
Producer, Print designer, Photographer and Locations manager. Lashane has these roles because he was good at managing the budget last year so was great at producing. He is now the location manger as he knows very good locations for our video. He is now the photographer as it will be convenient for him to do so while we film and he has experience with photography. He is the print designer as he is the photographer so he will know what he wants to do with the shots on the album and in the digi pack.
Me:
Camera operator, Lighting and Editor. I have these roles because two of them I also had last year and I was chosen to be camera man and editor last year as I have many technical skills which makes it easy for me. I have now been given the role of lighting manager as I have the technical skills and also it helps as I am controlling the camera and the shots.
Why has this been beneficial:
This has been beneficial because everyone in our group knows what we are going to be doing so this has been saved us time and confusion when making our music video.
Friday, 5 December 2014
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Planning: Characters
Character 1:
C
haracter name: College girl
Age: 17
Ethnicity: White
Gender stereotype: Vulnerability, Insecure and needy
Costume: Scarf, White jumper, Skirt and tights.
Hair + Make up: Pony tail and Natural make up.
Body language: Low self esteem and Weak
Represented as... A weak vulnerable person who cannot stand up for herself and keeps it all inside and to herself because she feels she cant tell anyone.
Role within music video: She is the college girl who commits suicide.
Characters who have influenced my character decision:
Character 2:
Character name: Male - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black Caribbean
Gender stereotype: Masculine, Controlling, Quick tempered and Assertive
Costume: Shirtless and jeans
Hair + Make up: None
Body language Touchy and Good posture
Represented as... A controlling boyfriend he loves her but has a bad temper and cant control it and becomes abusive but then feels guilty.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Character 3:
Character name: Female - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black
Gender stereotype: Vulnerable, Emotional, Weak and Naïve
Costume: Tight vest top and his boys boxers
Hair + Make up: Long hair, Red lipstick , Eye make up and Fake bruises.
Body language: Vulnerable and has a attitude
Represented as... She is a young naïve girl who is so in love with her boyfriend she will him no matter what happens.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Conclusion:
This has helped us as we now know what we will want our characters to look like in the music video so we will not have trouble when making the video.
C
haracter name: College girl
Age: 17
Ethnicity: White
Gender stereotype: Vulnerability, Insecure and needy
Costume: Scarf, White jumper, Skirt and tights.
Hair + Make up: Pony tail and Natural make up.
Body language: Low self esteem and Weak
Represented as... A weak vulnerable person who cannot stand up for herself and keeps it all inside and to herself because she feels she cant tell anyone.
Role within music video: She is the college girl who commits suicide.
Characters who have influenced my character decision:
Character 2:
Character name: Male - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black Caribbean
Gender stereotype: Masculine, Controlling, Quick tempered and Assertive
Costume: Shirtless and jeans
Hair + Make up: None
Body language Touchy and Good posture
Represented as... A controlling boyfriend he loves her but has a bad temper and cant control it and becomes abusive but then feels guilty.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Character 3:
Character name: Female - Couple
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Black
Gender stereotype: Vulnerable, Emotional, Weak and Naïve
Costume: Tight vest top and his boys boxers
Hair + Make up: Long hair, Red lipstick , Eye make up and Fake bruises.
Body language: Vulnerable and has a attitude
Represented as... She is a young naïve girl who is so in love with her boyfriend she will him no matter what happens.
Role within the music video: Part of the couple who are in love and intimate but begins to argue and turn violent.
Conclusion:
This has helped us as we now know what we will want our characters to look like in the music video so we will not have trouble when making the video.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Planning: Similar videos
Structure - Jhené Aiko - The Pressure (Explicit):
Structure:
The video is structured the way we want ours to be with many different narratives throughout the video and shows star image. This is done using pans and fades in and out with straight cuts. As the song goes on song goes on it shows the problems of all the characters and shows all negative narrative and this is how we want our video to be.
Narratives:
The narratives in this video are extremely similar to our narrative for example we have relationship problems in our video and so does this one. At the end of the video the characters is all alone and that is how our video will be except the characters will commit suicide in our video.
Performance:
The star is in a dark room alone with a light over her with darkness around her this is how we want our star to be in a room alone in the dark.
Artist - Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko:
Camera work/Facial expression:
To show her emotion allot of close up shots are used throughout the video as she is crying to get her sadness across to the audience. She has a very drained and zooned out look throughout the video.
Body language:
Her body language is very into herself as she is hugging her knees and hiding her body showing she just wants to be alone by herself.
Performance:
She is alone in a bath tub throughout the video to show the audience she wants to isolate herself from everyone else. In our video we want our star to put this across to the audience.
Costume/Make up:
Her make up is very nude and natural showing the audience she is very stripped back this allows her to connect with the audience as she is more real.
Content - Five Finger Death Punch - Coming Down:
Structure:
The video is structured the way we want ours to be with many different narratives throughout the video and shows star image. This is done using pans and fades in and out with straight cuts. As the song goes on song goes on it shows the problems of all the characters and shows all negative narrative and this is how we want our video to be.
Narratives:
The narratives in this video are extremely similar to our narrative for example we have relationship problems in our video and so does this one. At the end of the video the characters is all alone and that is how our video will be except the characters will commit suicide in our video.
Performance:
The star is in a dark room alone with a light over her with darkness around her this is how we want our star to be in a room alone in the dark.
Artist - Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko:
To show her emotion allot of close up shots are used throughout the video as she is crying to get her sadness across to the audience. She has a very drained and zooned out look throughout the video.
Body language:
Her body language is very into herself as she is hugging her knees and hiding her body showing she just wants to be alone by herself.
Performance:
She is alone in a bath tub throughout the video to show the audience she wants to isolate herself from everyone else. In our video we want our star to put this across to the audience.
Costume/Make up:
Her make up is very nude and natural showing the audience she is very stripped back this allows her to connect with the audience as she is more real.
Content - Five Finger Death Punch - Coming Down:
Narrative:
Narrative shows the stories of two teenager going through bullying that has led them down the route of suicide. It shows us the troubles they go through and how one person can save them from what they want to do.
Performance:
No performance is shown as star image has not been used you can only hear the band in the background the video is focused on the narratives.
Concept: No concept is used at all the video is very serious and focused on the narrative.
Mise en scene :
Setting: School, Home and streets.
Costume: Female main - Black dress, underwear and baggie shirt. Male main - Jeans, shirt, back pack and hoodie. Female make up - Average make up not caked. Male make up - None.
Facial expression and body language: Female main facial expression - Distraught, pain, anger, calm, nervous and blank. Male main facial expression - Distraught, pain, anger, calm, nervous and blank. Female main body language - Calm and distraught. Male main body language - Calm and distraught.
Lighting and colour: Natural lighting and low key lighting.
Iconography: Gun, Pills, Phone, Laptop and Make up.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Planning: Locations
Locations:
Location 1 the house:
We decided to use a house as our first location as it is suitable for the first narrative in our music video. The house is where the couple in our first narrative will be arguing and fighting around the house as the song is played over it lyrics relevant to this are "And I cant remember the last time I took love from anyone." This is relevant as when at home with your partner your meant to feel loved yet the couple contradict this as they argue and fight we felt this was a valid problem to bring up in our video and fits what we are trying to put across to our audience.
Advantages:
Relevant to lyrics: "Crucify me."
Relevant to genre: Hip-Hop usually uses run down areas as it is aimed at the lower classes in society so people can relate to it.
Relevant to target audience: If a teenager wants to run away public transport is what they run to first.
Advantages:
Relevant to lyrics: "Are you hating yourself? Do you really hate me." This will show our second narrative the prom girl being bullied then running away wanting to be alone.
Relevant to genre: Urban streets relevant to Hip-Hop.
Relevant to genre: Young people just want to run away and be alone when hurt or in times of stress.
Advantages:
Relevant to genre:
Hip-hop is all about people, themselves and their feelings this shows this location is relevant to the genre as its a place of thought and self reflection.
Relevant to target audience:
It suits the idea of wanting to curl up and hide alone this is a common thing between young teens to want to be alone and think and they are our target audience.
Advantages:
In conclusion researching my locations has been very beneficial to me as I now know the strengths and weaknesses of our locations and how we are going to use them therefore it is going to make filming allot easier.
Location 1 the house:
We decided to use a house as our first location as it is suitable for the first narrative in our music video. The house is where the couple in our first narrative will be arguing and fighting around the house as the song is played over it lyrics relevant to this are "And I cant remember the last time I took love from anyone." This is relevant as when at home with your partner your meant to feel loved yet the couple contradict this as they argue and fight we felt this was a valid problem to bring up in our video and fits what we are trying to put across to our audience.
Advantages:
- Easy to find this location
- Relevant to the narrative we have chosen
- Many different rooms in a house so like having many locations in one.
- Not much space so is hard to film in the small rooms.
- Lighting issues.
- Neighbours might think the fighting is real.
Relevant to lyrics: "Crucify me."
Relevant to genre: Hip-Hop usually uses run down areas as it is aimed at the lower classes in society so people can relate to it.
Relevant to target audience: If a teenager wants to run away public transport is what they run to first.
Advantages:
- Easy to get to.
- Time efficient.
- Large space.
- Other people traveling could get in our shots.
- People may think our actor is actually trying to kill herself.
- Being near the edge is dangerous.
Relevant to lyrics: "Are you hating yourself? Do you really hate me." This will show our second narrative the prom girl being bullied then running away wanting to be alone.
Relevant to genre: Urban streets relevant to Hip-Hop.
Relevant to genre: Young people just want to run away and be alone when hurt or in times of stress.
Advantages:
- Lots of options.
- Large space.
- Realism.
- Can film locally.
- Cars could get in our shots.
- People could get in our shots.
- Hazards.
Location 4 dark room:
Relevant to lyrics:
"I cant recall the last time I took advice from anyone". This is relevant as young people only trust themselves and don't listen to others.Relevant to genre:
Hip-hop is all about people, themselves and their feelings this shows this location is relevant to the genre as its a place of thought and self reflection.
Relevant to target audience:
It suits the idea of wanting to curl up and hide alone this is a common thing between young teens to want to be alone and think and they are our target audience.
Advantages:
- No disruptions in our shots.
- Easy to give direction to actor.
- Can be filmed at anytime.
- Not hard to create the shot.
- Lighting is hard to use.
- Quality of video.
In conclusion researching my locations has been very beneficial to me as I now know the strengths and weaknesses of our locations and how we are going to use them therefore it is going to make filming allot easier.
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Planning: Outline of narrative
Outline of narractive:
I like the video that we have chosen as it is talking about and making people more aware about the problem people go through in their live everyday such as suicide , parental problems and Relationship issues.
I like the video that we have chosen as it is talking about and making people more aware about the problem people go through in their live everyday such as suicide , parental problems and Relationship issues.
The music video will be mostly performance and narrative based with a little bit of concept. We have decided to plan our video like this because this allows us to be able to tell a story and raise awareness of some of the struggles people go through as well as have star image and bring entertainment for the viewer through the dancers.
Theories:
Goodwin-
We are following some of this theory as we will be including editing that matches the pace of the song and the visuals will make sense to the lyrics.
Dyer-
We will be following this theory as we are using star image with our 2 main characters by using lip syncing the rapper and the singer.
Mulvey-
We will not be using this theory as we do not want our female characters to be represented as sexual object and instead we want them to be represented as vulnerable and innocent in order for the audience to understand their struggles.
Hebdige:
We are not going to use this theory as although our visuals and themes are not mainstream they do not resist mainstream and do not fall into a subculture and instead is aimed at a niece audience.
Adorno:
We are not following this idea as we are not trying to manipulate put audience and turn them into masses with our video.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Planning - Graphs
Feedback of questionnaire
The Graph below shows the feed back to what kind of music video the people who took the questionnaire prefer. The graph shows that the most preferred music videos are performance for the people who took my questionnaire.
The graph below is showing how many people like diverse music video this graph is showing me that more people like diverse music videos than the ones who don't who took my questionnaire.
The graph below shows me that allot more people enjoy true to life music videos thandont of the people who took my questionaire.
The results of this question show me that more people who took my questionaire think that notion of looking is important than dont.
Conclusion: In conclusion these graphs are showing me what people prefer and would prefer to see in music vidoes so now i can take these results and use them to help me make my music video.
The Graph below shows the feed back to what kind of music video the people who took the questionnaire prefer. The graph shows that the most preferred music videos are performance for the people who took my questionnaire.
The graph below is showing how many people like diverse music video this graph is showing me that more people like diverse music videos than the ones who don't who took my questionnaire.
The graph below shows me that allot more people enjoy true to life music videos thandont of the people who took my questionaire.
Thes results of this graph were equally split 10 to 10 this tell me from the the people who took thr graph half prefer male singers and half prefer female singers.
The results of this question show me that more people who took my questionaire think that notion of looking is important than dont.
Conclusion: In conclusion these graphs are showing me what people prefer and would prefer to see in music vidoes so now i can take these results and use them to help me make my music video.
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