Storyboard

Storyboard from Sophie Chettleburgh

Prop List

PROPS
Disney Jumper (GIRL)
Sun Glasses (MAN)
Glasses (2nd MAN)
Chain Necklace (MAN)
Hat (MAN)
Shorts (GIRL)
Watch (MAN)

COSTUME
Sophie- Jumper and Shorts
Antonio- White T-Shirt, Hat, Chain/Necklace, Watch
Joe (MAN 2)- Glasses

LOCATIONS
School
Tesco
Outside School (HOUSE)

Production Diary

Monday 26th June:
This is the first day of our preliminary task and we have researched a range of songs that we have short listed. Some of the songs that we have short listed are, Yours-Ella Henderson, 7 Things- Miley Cyrus, Bitter Sweet Symphony-The Verve as well as 212 by Azaelia Banks. The song we have chosen is 212 of which we will use 2 different actors within.
Tuesday 27th June:
Today we have analysed the 212 music video and Leah and Antonio have screen grabbed a range of different cuts within the music video. Each shot they numbered and decided where we should film this video, and what locations we decided to chose. The primary location being in school as most of the beginning is in front of a brick wall.
Wednesday 28th June:
In todays lesson we have decided that we will conduct the video up until the 40-42 second mark to cut out the rude language. As well as this, the locations we have decided to film the video is in school, in a corner shop and outside a local house.
Thursday 29th June:
Today was the first day of filming for our preliminary task and we filmed the majority of the video. We filmed all the mid and close up shots with the girl and boy. We have analysed the footage that we have too choose from when pairing all the video together.
Friday 30th June:
Sophie, Leah and Ant have all gone off site and this is our final day of filming. We have filmed the last extra clips, for example the ones of the house outside and within the shop. Once we had filmed all of these clips we imported these onto premiere
Monday 3rd July:
This is the first day of editing. We have all the footage already imported previously. We placed all the footage in order that we could and matched it up to the main 212 video, along with the soundtrack.
Tuesday 4th July:
Today, we carried on with our editing for our preliminary. Our main focus in editing for today was to perfect the timings between each cut before we added any video effects such as the black & white effect. During this hour, Sophie spent lots of time ensuring the details from both videos matched. After this, Sophie then used the black & white effect on the entire footage.
Thursday 6th July:
Today is our last day before we are able to hand in all of our work for media and it is the final deadline before we leave school until year 13. We have got to complete all of our previous tasks as well as all of our prelim tasks which consist of the storyboard, evaluation and the prelim video.

Star Profile

Richard Dyer

Within todays lesson we analysed the theorist Richard Dyer and what theories he had. We all came up with a variety of different types of media platforms which are Film, TV, Music, Newspaper, YouTube/Online and Magazines.
There are a range of famous figures related with these types of media platforms.

FILM- Leonardo Dicaprio
TV- Simon Cowell
MUSIC- Ariana Grande
NEWSPAPER- Rupert Murdoch
YOUTUBE- Zoella


Music: Stars (1979) was Dyers first book. This suggested that he developed the idea that the viewers' perception of a film is heavily influenced by the perception of its stars and publicity material and reviews determine the way audiences experience the film.
He suggested that there is a difference between the phrases pop "performer" and "star". Dyer says that "pop performer" is anyone who delivers a song and sings/performs it to an audience where as a "pop star" is a well known artist who is especially known within the industry, just for being them or due to something significant labelling them as that specific artist.
Richard Dyer states that to be a "pop star" they need to have staying power to remain in the industry long enough to be remembered as well as this they need to have a different character and personality to others within the industry to be recognised as an independent artist.

No Rest- Dry The River

Within our lesson today we all gathered as a group to analyse the music video of "No Rest". From this task we had to picture what type of music video we would make from the lyrics we heard. My ideas were:
Setting 1: In a beach
Setting 2: Bedroom
- The use of pictures when the lyric "picture frames* is sung showing the audience memories of a couple.
- Flash back memories of past events with the partner.

OTHER IDEAS

Pip

:Following a girls day within London whilst being unhappy about events that have just occurred between her relationship with another person.

:Cuts of band singing the song

;Picture of the couple in frames.

Ant

:Time-lapse in woodland area

:Man collapses and dies (slow motion of death)

Ale

:Use of clips of memories of what he loved

:Animals in the background

Leah

:Nature and wildlife

:Band in a field

Faith

:Partly narrative and partly

DISTINCT of No Rest

 







Setting- based outside and nature is promoted with the bird as well as the background being of mud and dirt.

Themes- Community, Anger, Death, Friendship, Old.

Icons- Bird, Water, Stones, Sticks, Band.

Characters- 4 Band Members.

Textual Analysis- Birds eye view, Earth Grey Edit.

What Music Means To Me...

Carol Verallis

Carol Verallis' theory is based on music editing. Based around 4 key concepts which are Narrative, Editing, Camera Movement/Framing, Diegesis.
Narrative

• Video is the visual response to the narrative, whatever is happening visually reflects the lyrics in the song
• Narrative may not always be completed, dysfunctional/fragmented.

Editing

• The video may disrupt or break the conventions of continuity editing. Editing may also be brought to the foreground. May see Jump cuts, Breaks of the 360 degree rule, cutting with the beat, juxtaposed frames and graphic matches.

Camera

• Establishing shots are one of the key features. Medium and close up shots also establish the artist.
• The style of framing is also distinctive.

Diegesis

• Setting of the video.
• Sounds within the setting (cut to diegetic sound)(birds, cars, people).

As shown above, the music video 'Pound the Alarm' has approximately 366 camera cuts and shots. This music video has a lot of flickering ghosting effects which enhances the amount of cuts. They use this in order to tease the audience of what the artist is going to show, such as performance and location.

Goodwin Task

Andrew Godwin came up with six different conventions that are shown in music videos to differentiate them from each other.
1) A relationship between the lyrics and the visuals which illustrate, amplify or contradict the lyrics.
Illustrate- How it is shown and how props are used.
Amplify-  How actions are used to connect the audience.
Contradict- Contrapuntal/Opposite/Contrast.
An example video that illustrates a relationship between the visuals and language is riptide. They use props in conjunction with the lyrics to enhance the relationship between the visuals and lyrics to the audience.

An example video that amplifies a relationship between the visuals and language is Kanye Wests homecoming. This is shown throughout the visuals portraying to the audience that the location shown is where Kanye grew up and has sentimental feeling as presented throughout the lyrics.


An example video that amplifies a relationship between the visuals and language is

2)Thought Beats: Seeing the sounds (the relationship between the music and the visuals which illustrate, amplify and contradict).

3)Genre-related style and iconography present.
- the use of a 'trademark' (an example of what they wear/what they are known for)
-Genre also shown by the location presented in the music video
-What genre is portrayed by the video.

4)Multiple close-ups of the main artist or vocalist: the creation of a star image to promote a recognizable brand image.
-Close-ups to promote the sales of the single.
-Most common with women as they use provocative angles.

5)Voyeurism often plays a major part, especially in relation to females.
voyeur- someone who looks at someone in a certain way.
-Voyeuristic angles of women in order to entice a male audience.

6)Intertextual references to other media texts may be present, especially humorous videos.
-Taking ideas from others, for example films/video games/music. This could be used in order to create recognition for what the music video is portraying.

Music Videos

There are a variety of different music videos that have aspects that make them particular from others. For example Narrative, Concept and Performance. 

Last Friday Night music video by Katy Perry is an example of a narrative music video. A narrative music video consists of telling a story that is told throughout the lyrics supported by the actions portrayed throughout the video. This type requires the viewers to understand the lyrics to be aware of what is going on. Throughout this video it portrays a clear idea that this girl is trying to have fun on a Friday night with her friends, which does relate to the lyrical content. 

"is this a hickey or a bruise" is sung as Katy Perry shows her neck to the audience which is the resemblance of either of these. This also relates to previous events sound by the artists such as "there's a stranger in my bed" which is shown as the girl is in her bedroom with random looking people and she looks confused, therefore relating with the lyrical content. 

Another music video that portrays a narrative aspect is Riptide by Vance Joy.

Focus is performed by Ariana Grande and this is an example of a performance music video. A performance based music video contains the artist singing and connecting with the viewers/audience which include dancing and lip syncing. These types of videos usually contain close up shots of the artist of which this video has close up shots of Ariana's lips singing and an extreme close up of her eyes and face. 

This video has a sexual theme therefore enhancing Ariana's features when they carry out a close up shot such as the licking of the lips and the wink, which makes the audience interact with the artist. In addition to this the lyric that is repeated as well as the title is "focus on me" of which she does make herself the centre of attention and is performing to the audience to ensure that everyone is focused on her. 

Another type of music video is concept which is portrayed above in the 'Adventure of a lifetime" video by Coldplay. A concept music video is more difficult to make due to the idea trying to be put across, although these are usually obscure and aren't particularly understood by the audience. Throughout this video is a monkey illustrating movements which does not involve the artist. The video doesn't instantly relate to the lyrics as it doesn't mention animals, therefore showing a concept type of music video. As well as this it shows an ape finding a beats pill which doesn't relate to the lyrical content at all.