Organisation Schedule Dairy

This is a break down of all my posts. By doing this I plan when I complete and add more posts to my blog. I will update this every so often to keep track of where I am and what I have to achieve. I can use this to give myself personal deadlines to add posts and complete work before starting another post. It also allows me to organize my time better so that I can complete my work on time. 640

Record Label

Cast List

Artist - Lucy Bell

I have chosen Lucy Bell as the role of my artist because she is very confident at performing in front of the camera. This will work in my advantage as i am trying to highlight that women are confident and dominate the pop culture. This presence will work well with the moral of the music video. I also choose Lucy because she lives and works in Hull which will mean she will be able to get to shooting locations when required. I personally know Lucy well as we are part of the same friends group and I know that she is reliable and wont let me down. Where both fans of Taylor Swift and we regularly keep up to date with her music and posts on Facebook/Twitter, as well as popular chart music. She is also a media student, making her aware of the work we have to do and the research and meaning behind music videos.

Female Lead - Erin Miller

I decided to choose Erin Miller to play the role of my female lead. I decided to choose Erin as she fitted the brief of the character I wanted to play. Erin is also part of the same friends group with Lucy, Me, Nick and ____. This means I know her personally very well and know I can trust her to do a good job at performing this role. She also lives close to the areas where we will be filming, with the exception of Bridlington and Scarborough. This will make it easier to reach the locations where we may need to take extra shots or to retake any shots in case I need to. She is also a fan of Taylor Swift, Erin, me and Lucy have attended one of Taylor's concerts and again follow her activity as well as other popular female artists.

Male Lead - Nick Richardson

I wanted to find a person who would best suit the character description I have in my head for a friendly supportive male to play the lead. Nick is from Hull also and attends the same college as the other cast members. Due to the locations of where I will be filming and where Nick lives, it will be easy to pick up cast members with them all living close together and make it easier to organise shooting arrangements. Nick also consumes pop artists like John Newman and niche bands like Royal Blood ect. His awareness of the media will benefit my music video as he will be aware of what is asked for when performing.

Antagonistic Character - Joseph Wilson

To play my antagonistic character I wanted someone who would look intimidating and would give a good performance. Therefore I chose Joseph Wilson because I am good friends with him and I knew that he would be able to attend filming days. He also has a licence so he would be accessible to take us the different locations to film. Another reason for me choosing Joe was because he also does media and therefore is aware of conventions of the products I will be producing. He mainly consumes power pop genre like the band Blink 182 and regularly streams music on YouTube and iTunes.

Health & Safety Grid

Hospitals

 

Looking at nearest hospitals on the NHS website allows me to identify the closest place to a health service incase any of these injuryies occur or need specialist attention to. As my film will be shot in Bridlington and Scarborough I decided to check the nearest hospitals to that location as I am unfamiliar with the area. As for when I shoot in Hull, If there is any injuries or accidence, I can go to the Hull Royal Infirmary which is on of the largest hospitals in the region. Hopefully by taking percautions while shooting and traveling to the places we visit, they shouldnt be any injuries that occur. However knowing this knowledge will be helpful just incase.

Mise-en-scene Ideas

The ideas I have in mind for my characters are shown above. The top right circled images are the ideas I have for the bad guy in my music video. I have chosen the character to wear a leather jacket because stereotypically, those seen wearing a jacket like this are usually rebellious. I also think that people would recognize this character as being the bad guy because of this stereotypical link. I have also looked at band t-shirts like the Rollingstones and ACDC because I think these t-shirts would help the persona of the character and create this realistic rebel character.

For the main characters best friend I have looked at long sleeved shirts and a fluffy hooded bright coat. I think that by wearing a shirt it will create an innocent appearance because it is juxtaposition of what the rebel character will be wearing. Also I looked at fluffy big coats because personally I think it would add to the soft gentle nature of the character that I am trying to create. For this character I want him to be a caring person which I think by having an outfit like this, will help create this.

For the female characters in my music video, I want them both to wear black jeans. I picked out black because I think that for the actor in the narrative, it will create a dull aspect to her outfit which will correspond with her inner feelings. Also I think it will work well with the jacket I plan for her to wear. I have chosen for her to wear a hoody because I think that hoodies are not seen as glamorous, so by wearing one I think it will create a sense that her life isn't as glamorous as other peoples. Again to correspond with the fact her life isn't what it seems. As for the artist I have chosen a cardigan that I in vision her wearing in the music video while lip singing to the song. Under that I plan for her just to wear a plain t-shirt so that it doesn't distract the audience to her shirt than her singing.

I collected these images because I think these are the best images to represent the ideas I have for my characters in my music video. The first set of images are of the hairstyles I like and could use for my artist actor. For my artist I have based the hairstyle on being short and blonde. I think this will go well for my music video because it contrasts the hairstyle of the female in my narrative element of my music video. By having blonde hair this will make her stand out when filming as she will be stood against a black background whilst she performs.

The collection of images to the right are my thoughts for what my main female character could have her hair. I chose the colour brown because I personally think that the colour is quite dark and can make the person appear pail and have a keep it to herself attitude. I think that the hairstyle for my artist should be down, as this would be simple and can be either styled up in some shots or down for the shots when she is being abused.

The middle images are my ideas on what I think the boys in my music videos hairstyle should be like. I have gone for short hair because that way you can see their faces and you can create different styles with it.

 

Here are some of the images I found and will use to inspire what my artists will wear in my music video. For the female character in the relationship, I am going to keep the make up simple and so that it looks natural on my actor. I think this would look best because if she was to wear heavy make up, it wouldn't look right for the character as she is meant to look like your average public female 18 year old. That way the audience can relate to her. I chose a shot of a woman who looks to have been just crying because in some shots, she will have been crying and I want to achieve a realistic look with the make up. It might be best to ask the actor to cry to create this affect, or just smudge the make-up under her eye a little. I will have my actor wear little eye shadow like the second picture to the top right, this will look natural and make her eyes stand out to the camera to empathise her emotions.

I plan to leave the make-up for the male characters because in this society it is rare to see men with make up on. However, I may have the actor wear a layer of foundation so that their skin is flawless and irresistible to the female audiences.

For the actor singing the song, I looked at some ideas which I think would look really good to use for my music video. Above you can see that I looked at black eyeliner to the right, as I thought this would benifit my artists appearence because with her having blonde hair, the black will stand out as well as link with the black background in the shot. I will have a look at make-up tutorials to get a similar natural affect like in most modern music videos. 

I have a couple of idea for lighting in regards for my music video. Some include direct lighting at different angles at my artist during the performance element of my video. By doing this, this would create dramatic affects of the artist and create a dark atmosphere. I plan to use synchronized lighting when taking the photographs for my magazine advertisement and cover, as this be easier to get a natural light or use light to create a dramatic effect to my artist. I can also use a softbox lighting equipment to create a natural light on my artist rather than using a harsher light like a HMI light. However, I may use this lighting to see what affects I can get with it. For the narrative section of my music video, as I will be doing most of my filming outside, the need for lighting won't be needed as much. Never the less, for the filming that will be filmed indoors, I will use lighting and natural lighting from the windows to create spot lights and to create tension in the scenes. For the lighting I will use different techniques to see whats best at that moment when filming.

These images are the main props that I have decided to include in my music video. Some of these props such as the picture frames, door and table will be in the scenes during the narrative performance at the house location. This is because these are what you would expect to see in a real life home. When framing, I will take care in what will be seen in each scene to make sure my music video looks realistic to create the iconography of in the house. There will be frames round the house to create a realistic family home and furniture that will be placed in the dining room to create the iconography. I also plan on having a letter left by the bad guy in the dining room to show the end of there relationship. This is quite significant in the narrative performance as it signifys the end of her suffering, hence the prop will be important for the narrative sequence. Amongst the pictures I have collected, the fan will be important during the shooting of my artist performing because I will use it to create movement in her hair. I have included candy floss with my shots because when the two main actors go to Bridlington, they will buy sweets and stuff to show there friendship and enjoyment while out. I will include other props during each scene to again create realism and iconography.

Make up tutorial

While still using Youtube, I then went on to look at make up tutorials for a natural brown eye shadow look. I think this would look perfect for my narrative character because, this affect in my opinion looks warm and glowing. I want my model to look this even though the mental abuse that she is supposedly going through. Looking at the video, it gives you valuable tips and tricks which will come in handy if I do this. By looking at these types of videos, I can avoid possible problems that people may of come across when applying this make-up technique.