Planning - Facebook Page

Facebook Page

As social media is becoming more world widely used, we decided to create a Facebook page for our artist. This would allow fans to be able to follow and keep updated on the artist, such as what they're doing, when a new album is going to be released. Pop artists using social media pages such as Facebook has become increasingly popular within the last few years as it creates a stronger bond between artist and audience as they can keep up to date with their favourite artist and it means the audience feel like they know the artist, which keeps them wanting to listen to albums.

Planning - Brand Logo

After looking at other music label record logos, I noticed that they are predominately in simple black and white. This means they look simple as well as being recognisable. Because of this I decided to go with a simple black and white theme as thought black and white would be a suitable name for our brand. The final outcome was the image below. I think this is simple yet recognisable.

Planning - Storyboard of Music Video

We created a storyboard of what we wanted our music video to look like. This was helpful as it meant we had guide we could follow and plan so that the visuals would go with the lyrics as this is a typical convention of a music video. This also meant that if one person was not there to film, we all still knew what we needed to film and what we wanted the music video to look like. It also meant that we could work out timings of each shot and what camera angles we wanted to use, as well as what visuals we wanted and a rough lighting suggestion. This was really helpful in planning the music video. 

Planning - Filming/Editing Timetable

As our school works on a fortnight timetable, we worked out what days were available for filming. The blue boxes all mean we were all available to film. Any media box's meant that we had a media lesson and were able to focus on either filming or editing. To make this I checked through each persons scheduled to find good times to film. This worked really well when it came to working out when to film and edit each week. As having a set scheduled can mean it becomes messy as things may change. This way we are able to see who's free when.

Planning - Costume Planning

Costume Planning

                                         Costume planning:

We wanted to use the idea of the actress being a mannequin and the idea of the video we wanted to get across was the idea of being trapped in this image you’re not.

Costume 1: we want to use a skin coloured leotard to represent her as a mannequin. This will show that she feels trapped and that she has to act and look a certain way to please people.

Costume 2: we also want to show a ‘natural’ side the actress in the video. To do this we are going to use a simple black dress as black represents power and elegance which works with the idea of her breaking away from a fake lifestyle.

Costume 3: we wanted to use bright coloured costumes that will represent her fashionable and glamorous life style. By using bright colours it follows the conventions of a typical pop music video.

Planning - Contact Producers

Contact Producers

In order to make this music video we contacted the record company to request permission to use the tack for our video.

Copyright permission letter:

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are A-level students and we are writing to request your permission to use one of the tracks by Christina Perri. The track we wish to use is 'Human'.

With your permission, this task would be used in our current A-Level media studies project of creating a music video to a popular music track, as well as producing an album and a magazine advert for the artist.

If we received your permission, this track would only be used in an educational context and be viewed by our media class, our teacher and the OCR exam board moderator. It WILL NOT  be released to a large audience.

The artist and your company of course will be fully recognised throughout pre-production and the final video itself. A copyright noticing with wording supplied by you can be in the records of the project. If this is required, please send full details.

we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Eleanor Gilbody
Georgia Botting
Jessica Webb

Planning - Prop List

Prop List:

For our video we decided not to use many props.

We looked at using a box for the actress to sit/lie on so that we can get some different angled shots and have her in different positions.

We also decided on using string as we want to make her seem like a puppet where she's 'trapped'.

Other than these two items, we decided we do not need props as we want the video to focus on the actress.