Production Diary (On going) Music Video

18.09.2017
Today is the first day Sophie, Ale, Renae and Pip all sat down together and discussed what song we would like to do and what themes we would like to portray within the music video. We first came up with the idea of having one person act as the artist and be the focus of the video, however we found multiple songs such as "i won't" by little mix, of which all three girl would participate in the music video to make a girl group. We thought this to be the best idea, as our thoughts all linked together and we thought this would be a good idea for the whole of the music video.
19/09/17
Today we were making our presentation that we have to present to the class tomorrow. Within this presentation we have to include what music videos have given us ideas for our music video. We have also included songs which we have considered and then also the two songs that we have narrowed our choices down to. Also in the presentation we have spoke about the props we hope to use in our video, the settings we hope to film in and also the costumes we will wear. We have also discussed a few band names and are hoping to come up with a few more tomorrow so that we have a wide range that our peers can choose from to help us decide. 
20/09/17
During today's lesson we all sat down and analysed student music videos and decided what level we would put the video into. For example, we looked at ex-student videos from our school that made their music videos last year as well as from other schools such as Hertwood House and Latima. In addition to this, we got set a separate task where we had to find 5 other student videos and list the positives and negatives of each of the video and decide what level they would be. 
21/09/17
We have finally finished our group pitch videos and we are now ready to present. Within the lesson today, we pitched our ideas to the rest of our class and received feedback from our class mates of which they enhanced our ideas as well as gave us suggestions that we have considered but may not incorporate. 
22/09/17
Today we all sat down together and recapped on what we have to do according to our lap charts, for example, checking all of the blog posts that are there have been completed. In addition to this we have all gone over our timetables and decided which days we can all shoot and meet up and we have dedicated every lesson as well as frees to film this music video. We have also decided on who will do which job, for example with Ale being the director and filming the whole music video, he is also going to do the research and analysis into the website and digipaks. However, we have also separated all of the other tasks between Pip, Renae and Sophie. 
25/09/17
Within the lesson, Sophie started the Stealomatic Task which is an ongoing task which will take around a week to complete. Pip was filmed by Renae, doing the Lip sync task which each of us will have to do it as well. Then she started to edit it to have the song played along side it to see how well her lip syncing was. Ale was getting up to date with his blog and also completed the days production diary.
26/09/17
Today Renae, Sophie and Ale completed their lip sync for the lip sync task while Pip filmed it and then when finished edited the lip sync task into a video to upload on our blogs. Sophie then carried on with the Stealomatic Task and then Ale and Renae completed blog work.
28/09/17
Today we focused on planning who was going to sing each shot in the video, we created a presentation on this with many different slides deciding how many shots we were going to have throughout the whole video. We know that this will be a big help when filming our music video because it means that we will be prepared for every shot.
29/09/17
Today we planned which of us girls was going to sing each part of the song, this is a vital part of our planning because before we start filming we have to make sure we know who is lip syncing which part of the song so we can prepare correctly.
02/10/17
Today Ale is doing research for our digipak and the website, Pip is continuing with the lyric breakdown to ensure we know exactly what parts of the song each of us are singing. Sophie is researching into the artist of our chosen song (Little Mix) and into similar genre websites and CD covers.
5/10/17
During today's session Pip started the storyboard for which we will use whilst we are filming to give us guidance. This storyboard including the actions for which we will carry out throughout each lyric and how long each act would last for. This consisted of us understanding who will sing what bit.
6/10/17
In addition to individual work for the band, our teacher introduced us to the software 'screencastify' of which we looked at a variety of artists websites. Our teacher showed us how we should use this software in analyzing the website. We was told to have a look at what type of websites inspire us so that we could get some ideas for our own creation when we make it on wix. In addition we all made our own scripts so that this can be spoken whilst we talk over the website. Renae analysed little mix, Pip analysed Fifth Harmony's, Sophie analysed Rihanna's and Ale analysed Oasis. 
9/10/17
Today is our first day of filming, pip drove us all to hylands park where we filmed in a variety of locations around the park. For example we all individually sung the song against a wooden wall, then we all performed together and tried to do a lot of camera shots such as pans, tracking, low and high angles. We all had similar looks within our checkered shirts, jeans and boots, of which we all had signature hairstyles as we wanted to look different but within a country location. We got enough footage, as well as this, we took a lot of photos in order for us to build our website, magazine, Twitter/Instagram pages and digipak.
10/10/17
Tuesday's lesson consisted of us analysing the footage that we had recorded on Monday, and we did import some of this footage onto our editing software Premiere Pro. This was so we could get an idea of what the footage looks like along with the audio from the song we chose. In addition, Ale made a start on the digipak by going through the images we took and he selected our strongest one from that day to make a start on.
12/10/17
We have now got a rough idea of the other locations we would like to film in, for example setting up a set within our school in our drama studio with a plain background and fairy lights, we are also waiting for a response from Marsh Farm and we would also like to film at a golf club that is based in a country area, a long with being a barn. We also came up with a range of names for our band with out teacher and we had the people around us vote for the ones they liked the most. The contenders now are Trinity, Blue Moon and French Vanillas. 16/10/17
Today was spent planning for our next shooting trip to marsh farm. This included gathering information about how we would get there, what specific locations we wanted to use and what outfits and props we needed to bring with us. Ale and Sophie also focused on producing out social media accounts so that we could publicize the making of our music video. 
17/10/17
The Marsh Farm Shoot was booked for today so all four of us went. We spent the whole day filming and had perfect lighting just before the sun started to set while we were filming in the corn field, giving us amazing lighting and superb shots to include in out video. We filmed in various locations such as in the barn with the animals such as the pigs and the horses. We also filmed within the Maize Maze where we managed to film from a variety of angles and shots. 
18/10/17
From returning from Marsh Farm yesterday, we had a lesson where our teacher spoke to us about Cross Media and Synergy and how this should be used within our planning and work for the video. We analysed Daft Punk from their album covers to their teaser video and official videos. From this we learnt that we need to incorporate the same colours, costumes and themes throughout all of our work in our digipak, website, and promotion for our band. We also went through all the footage and images from yesterday. Ale has also made a start on our website. 
19/10/17
Ale wasn't in today's lesson therefore it was only the girls. Renae and pip made a start with the editing of the first draft of the music video, and Sophie finished the cross media task, edited the vlog from the Marsh Farm shoot day, and also edited the photos of the outfits we wore at Marsh Farm. Pip also continued with the plan of the lyric breakdown which helped Renae with what shot to put where within the video. 
20/10/17
Today, Pip is carrying on with adding some more footage onto Premiere. Ale is doing website research in order to make our website the best matched to our band. Sophie has been working on making the magazine so she has been doing some magazine research to ensure we have  included all of the right things. I have been analysing the photos that we are planning on using for our digipak.
30/10/17
We have now returned back to school from our half term holiday, of which we have undertook various tasks individually. In addition, pip was absent today however Ale, Sophie and Renae did work within the class. Our teacher caught us up on work that we needed to finish before deadlines such as the halfway evaluation on Friday.
31/10/17
Sophie continued with the editing of the music video today to ensure that there is a first draft done for the halfway evaluation. Pip has finished the storyboard images and is now taking photos of it ready for it to be filmed. Renae has continued with other work such as presentations. Ale has also carried on with the website and has made a large progress with focusing on the tour and biography page.
02/11/17
We finally decided we wanted to go back to hylands to gain some more footage, such as long shots and establishing shots. We wanted to shoot these as a chance to build up our music video and add in an opening to make the video look more put together. Renae, Pip and Ale all went to hylands, whilst Sophie stayed editing the music video and finishing off extra pieces of work. Pip also started on the editing of the storyboard and Ale progressed with the digipak designs. 
03/11/17
Today Sophie is editing and adding in more footage onto the music video, we are trying to get as much as we can done with the video in order for the halfway evaluation deadline. Ale is finishing of the album cover today and also working on the website. Renae has been working on the halfway evaluation Prezi, it is important to do this as it allows us to see where we are as a group and whether or not we are on target to finish on time.
06/11/17
Today we presented our halfway evaluation prezi to the class, this was a grat task because it meant that we gained feedback from our classmates on what we needed to work on and also what they thought was good.
08/11/17
Today Sophie is editing more of our music video, Pip is finishing off the storyboard, Ale and Renae are working on the digipak and planning when we can have our photoshoot for this.
13/11/17
Pip finished the feedback and published it on the blog. Ale looked an improving the website from the new feedback we were given. Sophie added to the editing and then moved on to add her improvements to the magazine cover. Leaving Renae to cack on with the digipak.  
14/11/17
After analysing the video thoroughly and making a decision yesterday, we have decided we need to undertake a photoshoot for our digipak. We have decided that we want to be dressed in simplistic outfits so that one of the girls in the band do not stand out in contrast to another member. We all want to look equal. We have decided to do this photoshoot at Hylands Park again, our original shooting location. 
15/11/17
Today we did not have a lesson however as a group we undertook tasks individually such as adding to the website, editing, magazine research and editing the digipak. 
16/11/17
After our reshoot of the 14th we decided to analyse all the footage as a group and decide which clips we should use in the music video. Ale has almost finished off the website with all the merchandise finalised, Renae has made a lot of progress with the digipak, Pip and Sophie edited the music video in turn, with Pip doing extra research and Sophie almost finishing the magazine cover. 
17/11/17
Today Renae continued with the digipak, she printed it off in order to receive feedback from our teachers and our classmates to see if it needs any improvements. Pip continued with editing the music video, Sophie continued with creating the magazine and Ale finished off the website and published it.
20/11/17
Today Sophie continued editing, Pip and Renae through the digipak feedback and discussed what needed to be tweaked and added, Ale worked on Photoshop to create some better photos for the digipak .
21/11/17
Today Pip is editing the video, Sophie is finishing off the magazine to be able to print it off to hand out to our class mates to gain feedback, Renae is working on the digipak and Ale is ensuring that all of his blog posts are up to date.
23/11/17
Today Ale continued with some finishing touches on the website, whilst Renae and Pip worked on their blog posts and finally Sophie has started the magazine article. 

Feedback from Peers on ideas

When we presented our ideas to our class mates we received a lot of ideas and advice on what we should and shouldn't do due too what they enjoyed and didn't enjoy.

One of the songs we were thinking about doing was 'Fool Me' by Neon Jungle, our classmates thought on this song were:

• The song wasn't very upbeat which could have meant it would get boring.
• The pitch doesn't change throughout the whole song.
• Nobody could picture any creative ideas for the music video with this song.

Another song we thought about doing was 'Rear view' by Andra Day, our classmates thoughts on this song were:

• That it was too slow of a song to create a good music video with.
• Has a sad theme which could mean the audience wouldn't engage and would find it boring.
• That it has quite a boring tune.

Our classmates also gave us some ideas on what camera use to do throughout our video, some of these ideas were:

• Having many different locations and flicking through these quickly.
• Driving through the countryside.
• Focusing on a country hat, the girls would throw the hat into the air with the camera following, then the hat would land in a different location which makes up one of the transitions

3 track presentation

Evidence of Presenting

Here we are presenting our ideas about our music video to our peers in our class. In our presentation we spoke about our choices of songs that we have for our video, also the song that we had already picked to do and we got their opinions on it, we also mentioned the music videos that have given us ideas for our own music video and also we mentioned the locations and themes we were going for in our music video and how they linked in well with our song. We got a lot of good feedback from this task and we also gained a few new ideas which our classmates gave us.

Similar genre videos

This is one of our inspirations for a music video, this is because this music video is country themed which is how we want our music video to be. The shot at 1 minute 19 where the transition of her in the mirror changes is one that we would like to aim to have in our music video, this is because it is  a very good technique which we could use in our video.

Star profile

What music means to me

Banana Phone

For this task we were given a range of shots that we had to include in the video. The first shot that we did was filming a person sitting down with the monitor window open with another camera filming the monitor, I feel that this shot went really well as we matched it exactly to the example shot that we were given. The second shot that I included was the cloning shot, I feel that this shot went kind of well but also I feel it could have been better, this is due to the fact that the shots weren't in time with the music. The third shot that I included was the depth of the field task, this is where we held an object up and made it the same size as a person who was standing a away form the camera. The fourth shot that I did in this video was the reverse shot, I feel this went really well as we had some cool jump shots and also some interesting shots when we was throwing the ball and the banana. The fifth shot we included was wheelchair/trolly shot, this shot went well as we did a dolly shot where we followed the person on the trolly. The final shot that I included was the lego animation, this is where we took around 60 photos of  lego, we moved the lego in each picture to make it more of an animated story. This shot didn't go very well as the lego pictures were too zoomed in and we didn't really plan the animated story we were making out.

On Location 3

This is a short video of what it looked like in the corn field at marsh farm, which was our third location in the music video. This was a great location for us as it really went with our country theme. 

Audience

How do you consume music?

When? Do you have a daily routine? Is some music more suitable at a certain time of day than another?

Music is a big part of my daily routine, I often listen to music when getting dressed in the morning as I feel like this gets me in a good mood and gets me read for the day ahead. I also listen to music on the way to school in the car. When working in lesson I eel that music helps me to concentrate and get my work done. Sometimes when I'm feeling down I will maybe listen to sad songs because I can relate them to the mod that I am in, but also when I am feeling happy I will listen to upbeat songs that I really enjoy.

Gigs, Car, School?

I enjoy listening to music at festivals, for example I went to V festival this year and also last year and enjoyed the music that was played there, it was also more enjoyable because the music was live by the artists. I also enjoy listening to music in the car when traveling, this is because it makes the journey more fun. When revising I feel music helps me to concentrate more and also when doing work at school I feel that it helps me to focus more.

How? Radio, Ipod, Computer, TV, Live?

I often listen to music with my phone as this is the easiest way for me to do so when I'm at home. At school, I sometimes listen to music through the computer from YouTube so that I don't get distracted by my phone in lesson. When in the car, I often use my aux lead which allows me to plug my phone in and play music in the car through my phone, however, I sometime listen to the radio.

Why? What are the pleasures associated with music consumption? What does it offer the audience and what does it need to gratify?

I listen to music as I enjoy it very much, I feel it helps me focus at school but I also feel that it's something fun when I'm on my own as well as with my friends.

30 second break down

Shoot Plan

Band Name Survey Monkey

As we were struggling to decide on a name for our girl band, we thought it would be a good idea to create a survey monkey for our students and this would help us to decide on a name based on their votes.

Band Name Ideas

We have carried out a task of research of which we have came up with a variety of names for our girl group. We have been inspired by groups like TLC and The Dixie Chicks. 

1. Trinity
2. Azure
3. Lollies
4. Dawes
5. Hallucination
6. Frozen Custard
7. Sizzling Brownies
8. Lallies
9. Blue Moon
10. French Vanillas
11. Pistachio
12. Indigo

As a result of this research task that we undertook from a group of around 30, there was 7 votes for Trinity, 1 for Hallucination, 1 for Frozen Custard, 1 for Lallies, 6 for Blue Moon, 1 French Vanillas, 2 for Pistachio, 2 for Indigo. As a group, our favourites are Trinity, Blue Moon and French Vanillas.

Similar Artist Research

Little Mix are a really inspirational band who have been becoming more and more famous since winning the X Factor in 2011. Over the years they have won many awards such as Brit Award for British Single, Kids Choice Award for Favorite Global Star, Glamour Award for Band and many more.
As a band they promote strong and independent women, this is mainly shown through their music, for example their song 'Shout out to my ex' , 'Power' and 'Wings'.

They promote their band in ways such as their website and their social media. By having lots of information available on these pages, it makes it easy for their fans to access their tours, music and images and information about the band.

Fifth Harmony are a girl band, following their exit form the American X Factor they released a single in which the music video for this won the MTV Video Music Award for Artist To Watch.














The band again promotes themselves through social media and their website. These are great ways to give their fans information about what's coming out when and also when they're performing next and where. Also, the fans can see what the band is up to in their daily lives and many more things such as merchandise.

Similar Website Research

This is a slide share on what makes a good website, it was important that we did some research on this was we wanted to ensure that our website was the best that it could be. We found out that it was good to have a striking image on the front page to lure our audience in. We had to make sure that we had a name for our website so we are able to be found by our fans, we had to make sure we had a good sign relating to us as a band and we also found out that contact information is vital to have on the website.