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Friday, 28 October 2011
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
Filming Schedule
Filming Schedule
This is the filming schedule that my group members and I believed would be most beneficial as it takes into consideration half terms and individual weeks. The table simply states when we will film and more specifically what layers will be shot on each day. In the half term week, the week beginning the 24th of October, we planned to have a whole day of filming on the Saturday in which the South Bank Layer will be shot. This decision was made as it gives the girls in the band and some of the extras we are using time to plan the rest of their half term and only have to dedicate one main day to filming. We also left room for optional filming within the half term week as we thought we made need to shoot extra scenes for fillers.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Plan for Filming - 10th October 2011
The above word document shows everything that we hoped would get achieved on the 10th of October. By having a plan, it meant that we were able to get straight into shooting the layer instead of getting to the location and wasting time organising what would be filmed.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Location Shots - The Street
The layer in which the street is on screen is before the actual song is heard. It sets the scene of the area in which the girls live/are brought up in and allows the target audience to learn more about the different individuals within the group. The scene is quite short with scripted speech and presents the girls in an everyday life situation. The script ends with the girls saying 'yeah that alright still' which introduces the name of the song, 'Alrite Stillll'.
The image above identifies a residential shot of the road that the first layer is filmed on. Clearly, the street in which we decide to film looks like an every day street in London. This is exactly the image that we wanted to portray as the band's target audience is that of normal boys and girls between the age of 14 and 18. Within this age range, teenagers' everyday activities involve hanging around with friends and being surrounded by those you know best. Furthermore, we found that this street looked natural and would be able to relate similarly to the areas in which our target audience can associate with.
Similarly, these two images above reveal a long shot of the street and an establishing shot. Within these images, it is clear to see where the girls will be walking and reveals the residential area in which the layer will be filmed. In terms of ease of access, the road is very near to where Graveney School is located meaning that all of the girls will be able to get there easily and we can potentially film within a school day.
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| Residential Shot of the Street - Layer One |
The image above identifies a residential shot of the road that the first layer is filmed on. Clearly, the street in which we decide to film looks like an every day street in London. This is exactly the image that we wanted to portray as the band's target audience is that of normal boys and girls between the age of 14 and 18. Within this age range, teenagers' everyday activities involve hanging around with friends and being surrounded by those you know best. Furthermore, we found that this street looked natural and would be able to relate similarly to the areas in which our target audience can associate with.
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| Additional Shots of the Street - Long Shot an Establishing Shot |
Monday, 17 October 2011
Location Shots - The Alleyway
Above is a PowerPoint presentation which reveals one of our music video layers. The presentation contains a few images and the reasoning behind why we thought the area would be good to film in.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Original Script for Road Layer
For the first layer, the girls are seen casually walking up a road in mid-conversation. This layer primarily sets the scene and ambiance that we wish to portray within the video and allows the target audience to get to learn a bit about the individual members of the group. As a group, we scripted a short conversation that the girls would be saying to each other as they walked up the street. However, when it came to actually filming this layer, the script felt a bit awkward so we allowed the girls to make up their own script. This worked a lot better as it seemed more natural and allowed them to relate to their target audience in a more realistic way.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Original Script
Above is the script that we created for our music video. It includes the different layers that we wish to have and what will happen on screen when certain lyrics are being sung. The script will be very important and helpful for when we come to create our storyboard, but we do expect that many things will change and alter.
Friday, 14 October 2011
School Timetable of Regina Okeke
As explained below in Sharna's timetable, we believed that knowing when the girls had free lessons would help us organise when to film.
Timetable of Regina Okeke
Timetable of Regina Okeke
Thursday, 13 October 2011
School Timetable of Sharnough Dauley-Hill
The below picture is the timetable of school lessons and free periods that Sharna has. We decided that it was imported to find out when the girls were free to ensure that we made the most of the periods that we had off together. This meant that we were able to organise filming schedules accordingly in terms of specific timing within the day.
Timetable of Sharnough Dauley-Hill
Timetable of Sharnough Dauley-Hill
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Biography of Actors Playing RD in our Video
Similarly to the band RD, we decided to have three main girls to represent the group. This was because the song itself is set up into three main parts which represent different characteristics of the individual girls. Furthermore, there is a brief description of the girls that we chose below, which girl will be singing each part of the song and the general reasoning behind why we chose them.
Sharnough Dauley-Hill
Sharna, a student attending Graveney School is currently 16 years of age. Playing the character of Chronz within the actual RD group, Sharna is very reliable and up to date with the current R and B, Grime and Hip-Hop genres of music. By attending Graveney School, communication and scheduling filming arrangements is fairly easy as it is very common to see her around.
We decided to give Sharna the MC part within the song, as we felt that it fitted naturally with her characteristics and personality. Therefore, we hope that on screen, her actions and persona will appear to be natural and relate directly to members of our target audience.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Sharna:
Being a 16 year old, Sharna is able to directly relate to our target audience and has the right attitude and persona that we want within the group. She also works well with people, is known to be reliable and from what was seen within the auditions is confident with working with new people.
Regina Okeke
When we were first advertising that we needed three girls to take part in a music video, Regina was extremely enthusiastic and up for the challenge. Due to her initial response, we knew that she would be dedicated and would help motivate others to come to the auditions. However, Regina at first decided that she would prefer to be an extra in the video but when asked again was up for being a main character. Also attending Graveney School, it will be easy to contact her and inform her on any decisions that we make as a group. At the moment in the early stages of planning, we are unsure as to whether Regina will be singing the lyrics of Martika or Troy. This is because she is very versatile and therefore we want to test what persona she best suits on screen.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Regina
Similarly to Sharna, we believe that Regina will be dedicated and committed to being in the video and her natural versatility means that we will not be restricted when filming her. She is also extremely friendly and listens carefully to direction so shooting her will hopefully raise minimal issues.
Shamilla Simms
Being a member of the production group, Shamilla Simms filled in to be one of the main girls. This was due to the original girls that we had being unable to film when we planned the filming schedule. As a member of the production team, Shamilla knows the importance of meeting deadlines and will definitely be 100% committed to making the music video a success.
A bonus of working with Shamilla being on screen, is that the camera takes naturally to her so the video will hopefully have a natural vibe. She also gets on extremely well with the other girls, and by being part of the actual acting she is also able to suggest direction and inform me and Tia of what is working effectively.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Shamilla
Being a media A2 student herself, Shamilla knows the importance of commitment and dedication and how much effort, time and work goes into filming. Due to this, she will work her hardest in motivating the other girls to act natural on screen and perform to a high standard.
Sharnough Dauley-Hill
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| Sharna - Singing 'Chronz's Part |
We decided to give Sharna the MC part within the song, as we felt that it fitted naturally with her characteristics and personality. Therefore, we hope that on screen, her actions and persona will appear to be natural and relate directly to members of our target audience.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Sharna:
Being a 16 year old, Sharna is able to directly relate to our target audience and has the right attitude and persona that we want within the group. She also works well with people, is known to be reliable and from what was seen within the auditions is confident with working with new people.
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| Regina - Singing either Troy or Martika's Part |
Regina Okeke
When we were first advertising that we needed three girls to take part in a music video, Regina was extremely enthusiastic and up for the challenge. Due to her initial response, we knew that she would be dedicated and would help motivate others to come to the auditions. However, Regina at first decided that she would prefer to be an extra in the video but when asked again was up for being a main character. Also attending Graveney School, it will be easy to contact her and inform her on any decisions that we make as a group. At the moment in the early stages of planning, we are unsure as to whether Regina will be singing the lyrics of Martika or Troy. This is because she is very versatile and therefore we want to test what persona she best suits on screen.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Regina
Similarly to Sharna, we believe that Regina will be dedicated and committed to being in the video and her natural versatility means that we will not be restricted when filming her. She is also extremely friendly and listens carefully to direction so shooting her will hopefully raise minimal issues.
Shamilla Simms
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| Shamilla - Troy or Martika |
A bonus of working with Shamilla being on screen, is that the camera takes naturally to her so the video will hopefully have a natural vibe. She also gets on extremely well with the other girls, and by being part of the actual acting she is also able to suggest direction and inform me and Tia of what is working effectively.
Overall Reasoning Behind Choosing Shamilla
Being a media A2 student herself, Shamilla knows the importance of commitment and dedication and how much effort, time and work goes into filming. Due to this, she will work her hardest in motivating the other girls to act natural on screen and perform to a high standard.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Original Cast Members
Sharnough Dauley-Hill
- 16 years old
- Attends Graveney Sixth Form
- Dedicated and Committed
- Previous Dance Experience
- Dance GCSE received a year early
Originally, these were the three girls that we chose to play the lead parts within our music video. This was because after watching the auditions, they seemed the most dedicated and enthusiastic about the task and presented themselves to be the most committed towards helping our video to be a success. However, when it came to filming schedules and planning when the different layers would be shot, Aniesha and Brianne were unable to film when we needed them to. This meant that we had to look at the audition tape again, and ask others if they wanted to play one of the main girls.
- 16 years old- Attends Graveney Sixth Form
- Dedicated and Committed
- Previous Dance Experience
- Dance GCSE received a year early
Aniesha Rowe
- 16 years old
- Attends Graveney Sixth Form
- Previous Dance Experience
- Previous Gymnastic Experience
- Dance GCSE received a year early
- 16 years old
- Attends Graveney Sixth Form
- Previous Dance Experience
- Dance GCSE received a year early
- Easy to contact
Brianne King
- 16 years old- Attends Graveney Sixth Form
- Previous Dance Experience
- Dance GCSE received a year early
- Easy to contact
Originally, these were the three girls that we chose to play the lead parts within our music video. This was because after watching the auditions, they seemed the most dedicated and enthusiastic about the task and presented themselves to be the most committed towards helping our video to be a success. However, when it came to filming schedules and planning when the different layers would be shot, Aniesha and Brianne were unable to film when we needed them to. This meant that we had to look at the audition tape again, and ask others if they wanted to play one of the main girls.
Monday, 26 September 2011
Brief Biography of the Official Group - RD
This PowerPoint gives a brief description about the original RD band members, how the group was created and recent performances they have done and collaborations that they are involved with. By making this biography, I have learnt more about the group as a whole which will really help with the staging, costume and overall ambiance that we will direct our girls to convey.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Mood Board of R'n'B Girl Groups
The mood board below has allowed us to get a clearer understanding of the images we will be looking to produce within our photo-shoot. Not only has it inspired us in terms of costume, design and the aura that girl bands express, but it has also given us many ideas for designing out digipack.
Mood board
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
Mind Map of R'n'B Videos
Mind map
This mind map helped us to come up with ideas for our layers and think more deeply about the lyrics and the meaning that they convey. Through the lyrics of RD - Alrite Stillll, we learnt that the girls are singing about every day experiences and the atmosphere that they bring with them when they go clubbing.
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Friday, 23 September 2011
Audition Poster
Audition Poster
The above PowerPoint was made to be shown on big projectors at our school. When we were looking for ideal members to play the RD girls, we decided to hold auditions so that we could get the best out of those that were interested. The poster describes details of where the auditions were held, what time they would begin and who to contact for alternative information. We also filmed the auditions so we were able to watch them back and give the main roles to those who performed the best.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Table of Frees
Table of Free Periods
This is a table of mine, Shamilla's and Tia's free lessons within average school days. We thought that this was vital to know as we could figure out filming times and planning times around when each of us were available.
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Monday, 19 September 2011
Email to Big Mouth Entertainment - RD
As you can see, when we finally chose an artist to create a music video for, we had to again email their managers/production company to ask for permission to use their track. This song was called 'Alrite Stillll' by a new and upcoming girl group named 'RD' (Ruff Diamondz).
Shortly after I emailed the company, I received a response which stated they were happy to let us use the song. Their only request was that we send them the video after it is completed. With the permission letter out of the way, we now began to concentrate on finding the correct lyrics, holding auditions for our band members and other cast and beginning to plan the video itself.
Shortly after I emailed the company, I received a response which stated they were happy to let us use the song. Their only request was that we send them the video after it is completed. With the permission letter out of the way, we now began to concentrate on finding the correct lyrics, holding auditions for our band members and other cast and beginning to plan the video itself.
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Additional Groups Before We Chose RD - RTI and 3LW
RTI and 3LW
This short presentation consists of two more girl groups that we were thinking about choosing for our video, along with reasons why we chose against them. The two groups are called RTI and 3LW (3 Little Women).
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
TLC - Music Video 'No Scrubs'
The above video is one of TLC's most common songs titled 'No Scrubs'. The song is about the girls not wanting to get involved with certain stereotypical boys.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Additional Groups Before We Chose RD - TLC
TLC
TLC, a well known RnB group from the 90's, are an artist that have songs we potentially thought we could use. Consisting of three girls, TLC have a range of different tempo songs, altering from slow paced emotional songs, to more up beat songs such as 'No Scrubs'. Again, and similarly to Mis Teeq, the group are presented on screen as being very close friends but they are also sold as individuals who each have different personalities. There are clear examples were each individual artist is on screen alone, singing or rapping specific lyrics. This suggests that there is more to the group than just friends singing together, but also conveys the fact that they are normal girls looking to inspire and relate to their target audience. Due to this, we thought TLC would be great to make a music video for as we believed the group ticked all the boxes that are needed to produce a successful artist.
TLC Group Shot and
Individual Shot ¬
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The main problem that we came across with using TLC as an artist for our video was the fact that they are an already signed group, and very well known. This meant that rather than just asking for permission like we would have had to do for Thicke, we would have had to get in touch with each band member individually to assure that they were okay with us using their songs. Due to the long process that this would have been, we decided to keep looking for an artist that is less famous.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Mis Teeq - Music Video 'Scandalous'
Mis Teeq - 'Scandalous'
Above is one of the girl group Mis Teeq's most well known video for their song titled 'Scandalous'. If we did decide to use this group as an artist, we would have probably used this song as it is quite up-beat and has a similar rhythm to our final RD song.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Additional Groups Before We Chose RD - Mis Teeq
The above powerpoint presentation explains why the group Mis Teeq where an optional artist for our video and also why we chose not to use them.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Email to SNK Managament - Thicke
Above is the email that we sent to Thicke's management asking for permission to use their song. We stated who we were and why we wanted to use the song, along with website links to our blogs so they could see our previous AS Level work. With access to our work, they would also be able to see how are completing our work over the next few weeks. Unfortunately, we received an email back from the email server, stating that the email address was no longer in use. From this, we decided to use other ways of contact such as Facebook and Twitter to get hold of the band members from Thicke individually. When we did so, one of the band members tweeted back to us, unfortunately saying that she does not have a copy of 'Let U Go' as it was very old. However, she did send us a ink to her new website with a lot of new tracks on it.
Overall
We decided tp step away from Thicke as a group after realising that we were unable to get hold of the song we initially wanted. Our search for an artist continued.
Overall
We decided tp step away from Thicke as a group after realising that we were unable to get hold of the song we initially wanted. Our search for an artist continued.
Friday, 2 September 2011
Lyrics to Thicke - 'Let U Go'
THIKE - LET YOU GO
I’m so confused
I don’t know why I let you treat me like you do
We’ve got issues
I let you walk in and out of my life and that’s not right
So much hurt
So much pain
I never thought that I could feel like this but I do
Being in a relationship with you is like a rollercoaster.
(Chorus)
(and it all ends right there right there)
I let the rain fall down on me
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made (ooohhh heyyyy)
I let the rain fall down on me (i let it fall)
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made
(VERSE 2)
no more sleepless nights
Or waiting for you to unlock the door and come inside
I’ve gotta get a hold of myself
Cause I have too much pride
(For you to think that you can do the things you do )
i know that you don’t love me like you say you do
(i have to tell myself to just let go of you)
(spoken)
(Male)I’m sorry
(band member)Apology not accepted
(CHORUS)
(and it all ends right there right there)
I let the rain fall down on me (ooohh)
I let you get away with everything (yes i did)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made(ohh the rain falls down yeaaahhh)
I let the rain fall down on me
I let you get away with everything (wooahhhh)
I let you slide
My tears are high (high)
to cover up mistakes you made
(BRIDGE)
Everything you did baby
I let you slide
Woaah
Everything you did baby
I let you slide
woooaahhhh
(I ,I gotta let you go repeated to the end)
Never said anything to hurt you baby
(Let you goo)Yeaahhhh
ohhh
ohhhohhhhhhh
I Yeaahhhhh
(Let you goooo)
Woaahhhh
I’m sorry(male)
Let you goooooo
I’m sorry (male)
From the lyrics to 'Let U Go', we felt it was very important to create a clear distinction between lyrics and visuals. As one of Goodwin's main ideologies based around music video analysis, we thought that to do this successfully we had to make the video look as professional as possible.
We had ideas such as a girl looking confused and not set on her mind with the lyrics 'I'm so confused' and when it says 'I let the rain fall down on me', we would have filmed when it was raining outside, so the scene created a good combination of both pathetic fallacy and deeper meaning.
I’m so confused
I don’t know why I let you treat me like you do
We’ve got issues
I let you walk in and out of my life and that’s not right
So much hurt
So much pain
I never thought that I could feel like this but I do
Being in a relationship with you is like a rollercoaster.
(Chorus)
(and it all ends right there right there)
I let the rain fall down on me
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made (ooohhh heyyyy)
I let the rain fall down on me (i let it fall)
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made
(VERSE 2)
no more sleepless nights
Or waiting for you to unlock the door and come inside
I’ve gotta get a hold of myself
Cause I have too much pride
(For you to think that you can do the things you do )
i know that you don’t love me like you say you do
(i have to tell myself to just let go of you)
(spoken)
(Male)I’m sorry
(band member)Apology not accepted
(CHORUS)
(and it all ends right there right there)
I let the rain fall down on me (ooohh)
I let you get away with everything (yes i did)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made(ohh the rain falls down yeaaahhh)
I let the rain fall down on me
I let you get away with everything (wooahhhh)
I let you slide
My tears are high (high)
to cover up mistakes you made
(BRIDGE)
Everything you did baby
I let you slide
Woaah
Everything you did baby
I let you slide
woooaahhhh
(I ,I gotta let you go repeated to the end)
Never said anything to hurt you baby
(Let you goo)Yeaahhhh
ohhh
ohhhohhhhhhh
I Yeaahhhhh
(Let you goooo)
Woaahhhh
I’m sorry(male)
Let you goooooo
I’m sorry (male)
From the lyrics to 'Let U Go', we felt it was very important to create a clear distinction between lyrics and visuals. As one of Goodwin's main ideologies based around music video analysis, we thought that to do this successfully we had to make the video look as professional as possible.
We had ideas such as a girl looking confused and not set on her mind with the lyrics 'I'm so confused' and when it says 'I let the rain fall down on me', we would have filmed when it was raining outside, so the scene created a good combination of both pathetic fallacy and deeper meaning.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Originally, me and my group members decided on a slow paced track by an unsigned girl group called 'Thicke'. We came across them on the website www.unsigned.com and believed that their track titled 'Let u Go' would be perfect to make a music video for. Furthermore, we began to understand the concept of the lyrics and emailed the group for permission (See emil in the post above).
Unfortunately, we found that the group had split up and that the email, website, and contact details of the group had all been cut off. Due to this, we decided to try and contact each member of the group individually through sites such as twitter and facebook but found that there was no way of being able to download the song. This meant that we had to choose a different, and sticking to a girl band vibe, we came across the group RD (Ruff Diamondz) on Youtube. However, before we made our final decision in choosing RD, there were many other artists that we looked at such as; 'Mis teeq', TLC, RTI and 3LW.
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