Vox pops

As a group we decided on the outcomes we wanted from our audience by planning the questions we wanted to know from them in advanced. When I done the Vox Pops the most challenging thing was to find mature enough people to to take part in answering the questions we prepared. There was many people to pick from which made it easier for me to move on from the immature interviews and interview sensible people to take part in the vox pops. Having done the vox pops allowed us to understand our target audiences demand and gave us a wider view on what to provide to our audience through our music video. 

Recci

In order to get filming we need to have ideas of what locations we are going to use to film in.

A) This is an image of a classroom we planned to use this location because many of our target audience are of a young age bracket being 14 to 25 at this age they are still in school or university. We plan to use this to record myself and josh flirting and playing around while Lij is staring through the door feeling lonely and upset.  Being able to have school facilities is our music video will target our audience in a way that will allow them to connect and feel like they can relate to our music video. This will increase demand as if they listen to the song while being in school they can spread it to other people who can also relate to it. Allowing older consumers who are not in a learning environment how it was to be in school with your crush and hopefully bring back good memories for them. 

B) The second image is of the drama studio based in our school. I thought it will be a good idea to film in here not only because we should take advantage of all the resources available to us but also because it had a blank white wall in which we can take images for our ancillary products. In addition filming in the drama studio will allow us to use lighting and a stage for our artist and to make him look like he's performing to real audience, 

C) We decided to also film in an opened top bus which gives tours around central London. Filming in the buss will target tourist and take the, inconsideration in our music video as they can be seen as potential target audience. These busses are known for always being in central london, many young people are in central london chilling with friends and having a good time. Filming here will make them feel famous and contribute to their self esteem and increase demand of the music video.

D) We felt that a cafe was a nice, chilled and relaxing place to film a couple having fun and spending their spare time. A lot of young people can be found studying and socialising in cafes and so they will be able to feel part of the music video and understand Lij a little bit more by spending time in places he does and probably talk about similar things. 

E) We liked the idea of filming in Burllington Arcade as it sets a romantic atmosphere for the audience. Many people go on dates to arcades at a young age and so we hope to give audience a reminder of how the young life was and it continues to be in 2016. 

Production Log 7

This week we done our Vox Pops, This task asked us to pop up to our potential audiences being young adults from the age of 14 to 25 and ask them questions based around our chosen song from 'Lij Gilmour- Hanging Out'. The questions where as following

• What song does this make you think of? and why?
• What traits would you most expect or like to see from this artist?
• What Themes , Locations, Clothing, Artists do you expect to see?
• What artists and songs do you listen to when you think of your crush or partner? 
• Who is your favourite artist and why?

From these simple questions we received positive feedback from our audiences as they said things that we as a group had thought of before.For example Dalal Rashid a young 17 year old 6th form girl who is from Dubai said that she will expect to see the artist Lij Gilmour dress similar to the artists from the One Direction band. This showed my group and I that One Direction could be a potential competitor for Lij Gilmour..

We also took care of the shooting script this week. We decided that Sam should be in charge of this as she is the editor of our music video and she will be good at estimating the seconds of each shot which made her perfect for for this task. Despite she was in charge of this we all contributed to help out and put in our ideas and finalise the locations, shot types and seconds per shot. This helped us finalise our ideas for the music video. While doing this I also helped us decide on what images to pick for our digi packs and magazine cover.

Shooting Script

Production Log 6

This week we started our Getting into our groups and organising ourselves by giving each other appropriate job roles was the main outcome of this week. We had to think about who had the most effective experience and who suites the job role better. The job roles assigned to me was hair and makeup because I am good with styling and picking out the best outfits for everyone. I was also picked to do the graphic designing and flat plans because I enjoy taking pictures and editing them to look their best.  We decided that the music video for our last assignment was going to be Samanthas chosen artist 'Lij Gimour'. We decided this because we felt that a music video for his song 'hanging out' would be nice to play around with and make an interesting music video out of it. 

The second task given to us as a group was the beach combing for inspiration as a group task. In this task we was asked to search for videos that could have an influence on our music video idea on 'Hanging Out'. After looking through various artists and songs that can be repeatable to Lij we finalised our ideas on the 3 songs. It was hard as a group to finalise them simply because there was many to pick from and we  had to see what we learnt from these music videos.

Music Video Beach combing

When beach combing for ideas with the rest of the group and spending various time looking through music videos and artist that our chosen music video could have similar conventions to. We finalised the decision on that we could take ideas from the music videos below to inspire us and give us ideas on what to do for out final music video. 

Cody Simpson- La Da Dee

The first song we decided on was La Da Dee by Cody Simpson. We decided on this music video due to the locations used when the artist is performing. For example when he's in the cafeteria . This gave us the idea of recording out music video in a restaurant or to stick to our main idea in a cafe shop. We thought this was a good idea because we originally planned to make or music video in a cafe shop because of the relaxing, chilled and laid back atmosphere. The lighting is also bright which makes the music video more uplifting and the high colour palette would also catch, entertain the audience. This related to our music video because the song is called 'hanging out' and it's about a love, happy song, I feel like we can also use some of the props like the guitar to make the music video express the love theme through the guitar playing.

One Direction- Night Changes 

The One Direction night changes music video gave us the idea to make our music video handheld and from a Point Of View (POV) perspective. We said this would suite our music video because we wouldn't need to rely on so many people to be in our music video and we can test ourselves using different camera techniques.  The fact that in the music video the artists act like they are on a date with the audience makes the audience feel special. We will like to portray the feeling of being heart broken so that our target audience for our music video idea can feel part of it and so they can relate to the music video. This will allows our music video to be realistic.

Haley- ghost - protagonist

Having the main character in the music video ghost by Haley have sexual interactions with another woman in the music video allows them to attract various audience from all genders. There is not many music videos that contain lesbians and bisexuals and having watched this music video supported out idea of our main protagonist to be a girl who is in love with her girl best friend. In our group we discussed that everyone should have the chance to be heard and understood and we feel that through our music video we could represent all types of relationships including same sex relationships. This will allow us to have a wider range of audiences.  

Job Roles

Job Roles

Karen, Jessica and I have decided upon the job roles within our group and why we feel that person is best suited for that role.

• Director - Sam - It was decided that Sam would be the director of the video as her song was chosen to be used for the final video and we felt that she would be best a guiding the group towards out final vision.

• Producer - All - We decided that we would all produce the final product as we felt that we would have an important part to play in finishing all the tasks within the brief but would have to maintain continuous communication.

• Camera women - Jessica - We chose Jessica as leading camera women because I would mostly be in front of our camera as the leading women of the music video and sam would be directing Jessica. We also know that she is very skilled with camera work and has passed experience with using cameras within her AS task so, we feel that she will produce the best result.

• Editor - Sam - We decided on Sam to be lead editor as this was something that she had past experience with, within the AS task. She has an eye for detail, precision, accuracy and just have a general enjoyment for editing which means that she is more then willing to spend extra time needed to complete it to the best of my ability. 

• Time Management - Sam -  Sam was also chosen to be our time manager because she is the most punctual with her work meaning she will always be up to date with what needs to be done in time for the dead line. 

• Hair + Makeup - Karen -  I was selected for the job role hair and make up artist as I have a great eye for what looks good. I enjoys doing her own hair and make up within her spear time and we feel that she does this very well. She will also be in front of the camera and she knows what costumes and make up will suit her best as playing the character in the music video.

• Lighting - Jessica - We chose Jessica for lighting as she has had past experience doing this with her AS Media Studies project and her Drama GCSE which means that she knows what lighting will work best for each scene.

• Casting Director - All - We decided that we should all have a final choice within who we chose as the talent within our  music video as we felt that having more than one opinion on this was important. 

• Location/ Recci Manager - Karen/ Sam - we decided that Sam and I would best suit this task as we know a range of local areas that would suit the video. 

• Photographer/ Directer of photographer - Sam - This was something that Sam did within my AS Media project and is something that she enjoys doing in her spare time so this is something that I will do well with. She is talented and knows the appropriate camera techniques to use in different situations. 

• Call Sheets/ Script writer - Sam - As she is also time manager this is something we decided that I should do due to my good time keeping skills.

• Graphic Design: Flat Plan/ Typography/Copy Writer  - Karen - We decided that I would be great for this position, this because I enjoys doing design and I am also very artistically creative. 

Cast: 

• Josh Q-P - We felt that Josh was best suited to play our leading male as we felt that he has a mature look to him and would be highly reliable to be on time and take it seriously.
• Karen Cuenca - We felt that I would be best to play our leading lady as she is reliable, part of the media group and that I would best suit the part and will understand what we want for our final outcome.