MEDIA STUDIES BLOG 2015/16

Idea for CD: This album cover of the police is a very simple but effective cover. We see the band name 'The Police' in big bold with a bright colour to catch the audiences attention in which everyone would know who the band is. This bans 'Cream' In this album cover of motor head we can see how all the band members wearing the exact same outfit which is a stereotypical 1980s rock band outfit wearing all black with leather jackets and black jeans.

Account of Shoot day 3:  We decided that the next section of our music video which needed to be filmed would be filmed in one of our band members house in all different rooms as well as, in the boot of his car and on his road. This would demonstrate the band members living as normal people which adds to the authenticity of their image, so you can sell them as being more organic.  The reason we believed this was because this is something the audience approve of due to the research and feedback that we gathered from out target audience. We went on the weekend in the morning so we were able to ilm outside in the bright light.  T he first thing we did as a group was bring all the instruments into the garage and work out what we were filming first and when. Once everyone was set up and ready to go we first filmed in the boot of the car. We did this just to show the audience that artists are still practising and they are close as a group on the weekend and in their spare time they rehears

Account Of Shoot Day: We decided that the main location of our music video will be filmed in our schools theatre which would demonstrate a live performance of the band playing at a concert as we believed this will give the music video that organic effect. The reason we believed this was because this is something the audience approve of due to the research and feedback that we gathered from out target audience. furthermore this has been used in many music videos over many years and although not original, it works and its effective and the audience do like it. We had to stay after school so we could get the filming done as there was no opportunity during school hours to do so as the theatre was heavily booked up. The first thing we did as a group was bring all the instruments into the theatre and set up the equipment in the formation the band would be playing, as were unable to do this during the day. Once we set all the equipment up, the band members got changed into their clothes wh

Feedback from music video so far: We have began editing our music video by firstly adding the song in the background and gather some shots we had and put them in place. We, added the close up shot of the spotlight on our lead singer for the opening lyrics, the shot of our singer in the studio rehearsing and the shots of them playing wide as a band. After going round the school, we showed gathered a video of feedback from pupils as we wanted to know what has gone well so far and maybe what we could change it or anything that would need improving. From looking at the video most people thought that the lip singing wad perfectly in time and looked realistic. We knew our lip syncing would be accurate as we made sure our singer was in time with the song from the beginning.  Some people really liked the black and white effect of our music video and found it very cool and effective. Moreover, people also liked the close up of the guitarist hand movements as we see him playing it in tune with a

Risk Assessment:  Low  Medium  High  Need to be careful of breaking or dropping the equipment at school. If the weather is bad for example, raining or snowing it will be difficult to film. It is a busy road and high street so many people could walk past and have background noise affecting the film. As we are using a car injuring ourselves in or around the car. There could be road works or traffic lights on the street. This will effect filming. Our drummer is a young girl and we are filming in public she could be vulnerable and people could speak to her. Damage to the car or equipment during filming. As we our filming on a road someone may want to steal or rob the equipment and instruments of us. As we our filming outside and using expensive equipment someone or people could try and mug us or beat us up. Someone could trip over the wire. So we need to be careful and organized. We could be filming in a dodgy public area in which case we will need to be ca

An Idea for our Music video:  After browsing 'Youtube' and looking at many different music videos I felt as if I could add something which would be really effective and cool which the audience would enjoy as it isn't in many music videos. I decided that I wanted shots in the music video which included our band rehearsing in the studio. However, after more research and looking at videos I came to conclusion that a really cool effect would be is what ' Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It’s Christmas?' use. This is when the singers are singing down the microphone in the studio, and this is a shot we added into our video. 

Our Idea:  We decided that to develop our idea we would need to have a background story within the band. We thought of different stories and events that has happened within bands and artists within the past. However, we came to conclusion that having a relationship within our band was a fantastic idea and we could relate it back to the band 'The White Stripes'. As well as this, our star image is incredibly similar to 'The White Stripes' which is another highlight of our band. Our Lead singer Sam Steinberg, likewise the lead singer and guitarist of 'The White Stripes' Jack White is in a relationship with our female drummer Katie Fisch, in which they met in secondary school at 17. They formed a band and began to gain a closer friendship which developed feelings. This is very similar to 'The White Stripes' as Jack and Megan in 1996 September 21. We felt that playing up the romance between the singer and the drummer would enhance the bands appeal as we

Inspiration for Instrumental  Developing our ideas of Music Video:  During one of our media lessons, I was started listening to some music and watching music videos on 'You tube'. After watching one specific section of a particular music video I really liked the look of, I decided that it would be a good idea to use in our music video. This idea was to have our band members getting ready for their day at the beginning of the song during the instrumental. This was inspired to us by the grime artist Dave in his popular music video 'Picture Me'. This is because in Dave's video it had someone getting out of bed, getting dressed and off to work for an ordinary. We believed this will help us interact with our audience because they can relate to the normal lifestyles that the band members lived before they came famous and stars in the music industry. This can inspire the younger generation; that is our audience because it may teach them that if you work hard, no

Defining our audience Rather then the audience as a mass we need to break the audience down into a segments and look at the psychographics and demographics. Our song comes under the bracket of mass produced. The song is made for the mass of people. there is a downside to this as it can be interpreted as a commercial or trashy.  Our song is mainstream but we are trying to add an element of rebellion to it we are also trying to appeal to an alternative audience. Demographic Segmentation This is where an audience is segmented according to various significant social criteria for example gender, class, race and sexuality We looked at the demographics of our target audience Psychographic segmentation Also known as lifestyle profiling combines a psychological profile of the consumer with ideas about how they conducted their life in the market place VALS is the values attitudes and lifestyles classification system is probably the best known of the psychographic profi

Change of actors:  On our first day of shooting, one of our actors in the band who was our lead guitarist was not available to perform on this day. Therefore, we then decided to use another person to act in our band as we needed to start filming on this day. We then decided that using a girl would be a perfect replacement for the band. The idea came from thinking of other bands and the first thought that came to my mind were 'The White Stripes'. This was an American band made up of two members one being the lead singer and guitarist who was a male and a female on the drums. They had a very organic and rare star image - firstly as a stereotypical rock band including more than two members and mainly full of males. As well as this, they were always specific in which they wore during live performances. They would only wear red, black or white clothing. Another band similar to ours are 'Paramore'. The band members are all wearing different clothes and are stood t

Account of shoot day 1 Before we started getting the camera together our group had a discussion and came to a conclusion that it would be impossible to complete the filming of our music video with one of the actors that was to be in it due to the fact Freddy Kramer was unable to miss lessons to film with us, so we came to a decision that we would use a female for a video to add a twist which could also create a wider audience group. By having a mix gender band, it could be comparable to the likes of bands such as Paramore. Sam Steinberg would be the lead singer Katie Fisch would be the drummer Robert Elman would be the guitarist This shoot day consisted of the band practising in the studio, it would be a part in the video where the band had come together to try and perfect there song, tweeting it and tuning it so it just right. We manage to get. This required us not to use any specific outfits or props as it was a casual enjoyable filming section of the video. We got individual s

MOOD BOARD In our mood board we tried  to visually express the mood and theme of our music video.  The most important part of a mood board is the colours and that is why we decided to keep the colours mainly black and white apart from one obvious one in the middle where a band is performing.  This is because throughout are music video there will be minimal lighting apart from when there are shots back at the studio of the band performing as it shows there passion for music and wanting to become famous reiterated. The setting in the mood board shows that open space and the country side will be a key part of the music video due to it reinforcing the idea that the band have huge dreams and have no limits to there success. This links in with the narrative as its all about the band becoming famous and starting at the bottom as ordinary people. This is shown in the mood board as a few of the images show men being on there own alone. The image of the band is shown in the mood

Fake tales of San francisco by the Arctic Monkeys At the beginning of the song the main noticeable thing is the band playing music instruments such as the drums and the guitar. This symbolises that the band are organic and have a passion for pure and simple music. The next thing which is very noticeable about the music video is the type of filter used on the camera. It demonstrates that the video is homemade and its questionable that it is filmed on a mobile phone. This shows that the band care more about their music and pleasing the audience sound wise then visual. The music video is basic and is easy to understand. It is a visibly clear in that the music videos shows the life that the band live while touring and performing to audiences and that the band members are also close as the shots usually show them together enjoying themselves. We can also tell who the lead band member is due to the camera time he receives throughout the song. Further on during the song, t

Shots of the band demonstrates they are a group, a gang and it demonstrates that they have a star image of rebellion and drug taking. There are also loads of quick cuts between the different instruments as the song stars further enhances their organic status. The focus of a television screen within the frame to show the singers close up of him singing this highlights Andrew Goodwin convention the notions of a screen within a screen. This helps sell the singers image as being the sex symbol of the band and demonstrates in which his image is different to the rest of the band as he is sold o his looks. The use of dark colours along side the green screen images and fast zooms and birds eye view shot also adds a frenetic element to the song and enhance the performance element. The reasoning behind this is to represent the band as being more organic and a live attraction to appeal to their target audience of indie rock fans.

This shot by shot guide shows the different types of shots used throughout the video, They will appear more then once however if we come up with new ideas for new shots, this will be later notified in another post. INSTUMENTAL All members of band in their own homes getting ready for a normal day clearly shown miserable, boring lives. I've been roaming around Always looking down at all I see Painted faces, fill the places I can't reach Sitting in back of car playing with friends having fun getting drunk and getting into trouble. You know that I could use somebody You know that I could use somebody Looking into the distance of the view looking very isolated on his own. Someone like you, and all you know, and how you speak Countless lovers under cover of the street Dark road ahead reiterating that he is alone and has a long journey to get to being famous ahead. You know that I could use somebody You know that I could use somebody Close up of singer

In our mood board we tried to visually express the mood and theme of our music video. The most important part of a mood board is the colours and that is why we decided to keep the colours mainly black and white apart from one obvious one in the middle where a band is performing. This is because throughout are music video there will be minimal lighting apart from when there are shots back at the studio of the band performing as it shows there passion for music and wanting to become famous reiterated. The setting in the mood board shows that open space and the country side will be a key part of the music video due to it reinforcing the idea that the band have huge dreams and have no limits to there success. This links in with the narrative as its all about the band becoming famous and starting at the bottom as ordinary people. This is shown in the mood board as a few of the images show men being on there own alone. The image of the band is shown in the mood board because you can se

Ideas For Music Video

The narrative we wish to portray in our music video is based around the concept of a band whose life is on the up and is on route to becoming a famous band. We see this at the beginning of the music video it starts off with the band behind a car having fun and proud of there accomplishments . There journey to become famous is implied via the long road trip that the band go on. An example of a road trip type effect in another music video is 'Hero' from Enrique Iglesias as it shows clips of him travelling on long journeys in the middle of no where to save a girl but in our music video it is a band trying to become famous and succesful. Although they both may seem like very different story lines they are similar because they both include an individual or group on a mission to get somewhere and have to take a long journey to get there. Our narrative will begin with the group being at the bottom trying to get noticed by anyone which is reiterated in the title of the song which is &

Location 1: studio The studio will  included as a part of the movie where will be singing the song and it will sow us perfecting the music video. The studio we will use will be in the school making it easier to transport the camera and movie it around. This scene shows the band performing the song with musical instruments perfecting the song ready for it to be recording showing that the band is organic. Being organic will help them hopefully break into the music world by being original an focusing purely o the music. This part of the music video sows similarity to other bands and their music video like in the song Home by Daughtry which shows the band practising  there song in a studio before performing to a live audience Location 2: The theatre is also located in school like the studio making it  very convenient meaning we have more time to edit and perfect the look of our video.It will  will be used as another cut scene where it will sow the band performing the song for

Chromatics Lady electronic/retro/alternative star image: vaguely sci fi, retro-very 80s influenced, detached image looked distance and aloof narrative/performance- parting around a big city- organic seen to be playing musical instruments location/setting/costume-car/city/studio performing Goodwin- The song is cut to the beat, dark images on the screen match the mood of the song, focus on the singers performance during the chorus Dyer- star image- lighting, looking away from the camera into the distance, dark glasses worn at night, looking like iconic sixties band such as the velvet underground helps sell there band as cool and retro- Negas- through the use of instruments and studio setting to demonstrate their differences from other electronic bands Mulvey- male gaze-girl singing camera focuses on her lips and body in the taxi

The essential idea of what we are doing is manufacturing a band for a song, and this will be that bands first release, and it is our job to make the video successful we will start with the image of the band, ensuring that their style is fit for the style of the song and that they know how to play the instruments required so they can realistically mime the track. Then it is possible to create a concept for the video that will blend well with the music the band we are creating obviously has no fan base so it is up to us to get them out their  via various marketing techniques and digipacks the best type of music video contains three different narrative strants, a performance element which the label think is vital as it acts as a fail save. A lip sync element, just simply singing in a situation with very few props. lastly a narrative element the story, which will be led by genre and style. the music video will then consist of constant cutting between these narrative strands whic

Our Prelim lip sync