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...

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 th...

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 wi...

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...

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 ...