Alice Freeman-King's A2 Media Studies Blog

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Shooting Schedule:

We think it will take at least 2 days to film our music video:

28th November 12.00 -
smashing glass shot 5, 13
5.00pm -
Meet at Bushey location. Alice's house.
Do actor make-up and outfit
Organise props
5.15pm -
Start filming shots 2, 3, 4 on the street.
5.40pm -
film shot 12 at Alices house
6.00pm -
shot 6, 7, 8
location: Beevors at School
7.00pm -
back to Sophie's
Harrow on the Hill Viewpoint for shot 1

29th November
5.oopm-
PhotoShoot (for digipack)

7.00pm -

Shots 10, 11, 14, 15, 16

At Alex's house for fire pit

9.30pm -

Argument shots 9

Story Boards:

Ideas for Our Storyboards:

We took a different approach to creating a storyboard.

This is because, although our music video follows a story, it does not follow a specific order. For example, although the argument would come later, it could also come earlier or at the start. We found that many music videos mix up there shots like this.

Therefore, we decided to draw each scene we wanted to use and each idea on our storyboard. We then cut them out and lined them up.

After, we played the song, and referred back to the lyrics in order to decide where we think each shot/scene should go in relation to the others.

We understand that this could change, however for now it gives us an idea.

Permission Letter for The Song:

Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Republic Records (Universal Music Group)

Dear Lucian Grainge(Chairman & CEO),

Our names are Sophie Compton and Alice Freeman-King and we are currently studying A-Level Media Studies at Aldenham School.

As part of our coursework this year, we are creating and producing a music video to a song of our choice. We have chosen Let it go by James Bay as the song we would like to create a music video for, and we are writing this letter to seek your permission to do so.

Please note, this video will be used only for my coursework and will not be distributed or marketed in any form. We would greatly appreciate your permission to use this song.

Many Thanks,

Sophie Compton and Alice Freeman-King

Monday, 12 October 2015

Inspiration for my digipack:

As the genre of our song is blues rock, we have taken time to research different Fonts, Colour schemes, photos and layout uses within this genre.

We would like to use a similar to this because we like the simplicity and it is very easy and clear to read.

We believe a dark colour scheme is more affective than a brighter one as it more appropriate to the songs on the album and this allows it to touch the audience more powerfully. We also like the way the red lips stand out on a black and white shot, therefore we would like to use this in our digipack.

As our ideas are based around a argument within a relationship, we feel the front of the digipack should include a picture of the couple shouting as it shows the intense emotion that the audience can expect within the song.

For the layout of the digipack, we would like the writing of the artist and the albums name to go in the middle of the front cover. We believe this will make the name of the artist stand out.

We really like the idea of a piece of furniture behind text, therefore we are going to use this idea but however change it slightly to the back of a piano to show where the artist works and gets his inspiration from.

Purpose of a Digipack:

To promote an album
To list the content of the album
make the CD eye catching and attractive
showcase the identity of the artist/band
to give us an insight into the musician and the music behind it
use art and images to express the message of the songs or artist
to store additional promotional materials such as sleeves within the digipak which could be posters or booklets