Feedback :)

Here is some feedback I received from the other members of the class of my blog so far.

PITCH- Roles, camera shots, props and costume. :)

After talking within the group, we decided to share out the roles for the task. We decided that I would be the director, as I am used to cameras because I do photography, Brady will be the producer as she is closer to the band and is good at creating ideas, and Alex will be in charge of lighting and sound as she is interested in the genre of music, so she knows how the videos look and music sounds. We will all also share the role of editing.

The camera shots, we decided, would mostly be medium and long shots, to show the location and the full body of the band members. We will add in the occasional close up and medium close up of props and faces.

We would like to include a range of props in our video, obviously instruments like guitars, we'd also like to use a harmonica as the lead singer plays the harmonica in some of his songs. We will use a microphone and maybe some balloons to add colour.

For the costume we like the idea of traditional English countryside clothing, such as waistcoats and shirts, possibly adding a hat as well, we think this clothing fits in well with the music and location.

 

PITCH-Images of possible location.

Here are some images taken of locations is Sunderland that we could possibly use for the video,  Herrington park is a location that we will probably be using for the video.

PITCH- Plot/Location.

Once we finished talking about our ideas in the group, we decided to go with a countryside look for our music video. We originally wanted to film to whole thing in the field, but we think that filming in a documentary style might look good, so we will use a few different locations. The choices for our countryside look are, Herrington Park, Tunstal hill or Mowbray Park. After filming in one of the locations we will find an empty venue, where we will film the band performing. The video will be following the band around, in a documentary style so they aren't really acting, just being themselves, and partially filming them performing in an empty venue possibly bar one. The reason for the empty venue, is to symbolise that the band is not well known and unsigned, so they are only just starting off their career. If we decide to change our idea slightly we may add a few extra people into the video. The genre of the music is Indie Folk, similar to Mumford And Sons and The Kooks.

Moodboard :)

This is my mood board I made for my music video. The group I am in decided that the band we will use is an indie folk band, we also thought it was better to use an original band instead of an already famous band. One of the other members of the group knows a band called Reckoner and their music is similar to the likes of Mumford and Sons and White Lies. Some of the videos we like the look of are Mumford and Sons videos, they are filmed in fields and we thought it would be a good idea to film our music video in some form of field or forrest. The next few posts I will be uploading will show my pitch for my music video idea.

Media Summer project

The brief I am choosing to do for my A2 coursework is the music video project, and the advertisement. The two inspirational texts I have decided to look at are both music videos, The Kooks- Naïve, and Mumford and Sons- Winter Winds.

I like The Kooks video because it shows a story throughout the video, which is what I want my music video to do, and it is possibly the type of music video I would be able to produce to fit with the local band that have agreed to let my group use their music. With this music video, it relates well to the target audience I would be aiming for, which is 15-30, the video shows people partying, in clubs, in relationships, laughing and

arguing.

The video for Mumford and Sons is similar to the type of video we would like to do, as we agreed we liked the look of fields and trees being used as the location. This video also shows a story throughout it, but is mainly in one location, whereas the other showed a few locations. The music fits nicely with the video, and I like the way the video progresses further through the field. I would

like to use the band in the music video as I think it looks better, but I would also like to use other people.

In my group video, I would like to use the same type of idea as the Mumford and Sons video, and possibly the type of progression as The Kooks video. I would like to include different stories with different characters, all leading to the main story including the band members. I think the music will be similar to both of the above bands and my music video will include extracts similar to each video. I prefer the Mumford and Sons video as an inspirational text, to The Kooks video, as it is similar to the type of video I want to make. As I have reviewed the videos I like the look of the Mumford and Sons video better as it reflects the same setting/location and possibly storyline that I want to use for my video.

Progressing from AS to A2 :)

I finished AS Media Studies with a grade C, which is what I expected to achieve, although I could have done better if I'd finished more written research for my coursework. I think my magazine was average but nothing special, I liked parts of it, but other parts could have been better. I didn't do too bad with my exam, but this year I think I need to focus a lot more on my coursework, and include a lot more research. I want to finish this course with at least a B. I progressed with my photoshop skills and began to understand more about video editing but I still have room for improvement. I think I will be able to create a music video well, along with the other people in my group. :)