Behind the scenes

This is the behind the scenes of the shooting of our music video.

Font research

Two commonly used fonts for the folk genre are:
- Cooper Black Italic (designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1920s). It has been used for the cover artwork for the sound of silence by Simon & Garfunkel.



 



- Minion Pro. It has been used by the artist Sarah Jarosz for her second album, follow me down. The singer's name is written in Minion Pro regular; the album title written in Minion Pro Italic.

 

Examples of fonts found on Word:

 

Elephant     Cooper Black     Garamond premier pro  

Goudy Stout   Minion Pro    Minion Pro Cond

 

Examples of fonts online:

 

This font is called FF Folk

 

 



Release forms (jamie and Lewis)

Release forms (Me and Freya)

 

Animatic storyboard

Health and Safety risk discussion

Set plan (carl's bedroom)

Actors and Prop list

CHARACTER	ACTOR	COSTUME
CARL	CARL	·         BOOTS ·         BLACK JEANS ·         BLUE JUMPER

 

PROP	SCENE #	ACTOR	NOTES
ENVELOPE CONTAINING LETTER	1-6 63-66	CARL	THE ENVELOPE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHARACTER, AS ITS CONTENTS IS VALUABLE TO HIM.
PHONE	1-6 63-66	CARL	THE PHONE REPRESENTS HIS DELEBRATION. IT SHOWS HIS LACK OF INDEPENDENCE AND FRIGHTFULNESS OF LEAVING EVERYONE.
STONE	37-39	CARL	REPRESENTS HIS ANER AND FRUSTRATIONS TOWARDS HIS FRIENDS.
GUITAR	48-55	CARL	PLAYING THE INSTRUMENT WITH HIS FRIENDS, REPRESENTING HIS ACCEPTANCE AND SHOWING THAT THEY ARE FRIENDS.

 

CHARACTER	ACTOR	COSTUME
JAMIE	JAMIE	·         BOOTS ·         JEANS ·         KNITTED JUMPER ·         SUNGLASSES

 

PROP	SCENE #	ACTOR	NOTES
GUITAR	48-55	JAMIE	SHOWS THAT HE IS PART OF THE FRIENDS GROUP. SHOWS THAT BY PLAING IN THE BAND THE ALL RELY ON EACH OTHER.

 

CHARACTER	ACTOR	COSTUME
LEWIS	LEWIS	·         BLACK SHOES ·         BLACK TROUSERS ·         CHECKERED SHIRT

 

PROP	SCENE #	ACTOR	NOTES
DRUM (MARCHING BAND STYLE)	48-55	LEWIS	SHOWS THAT HE IS PART OF THE FRIENDS GROUP. SHOWS THAT BY PLAING IN THE BAND THE ALL RELY ON EACH OTHER.

NO PROPS

CHARACTER	ACTOR	COSTUME
FREYA	FREYA	·         BOOTS ·         JEANS ·         JUMPER ·         SCARF

 

Equipment list

This a list of the equpment we will need for Sunday.

Bawsey Pits Shooting schedule

 

Bedroom shooting schedule

 

Animatic storyboard

This is the animatic version of our storyboard for the song Trees by The Oh Hellos.

Crew List

 

Magazine adverts- Noah and the Whale

This is a magazine advert for the digipak 'The First Days of Spring' by Noah an the Whale.
Noah and the Whale fits in with our genre as it is indie folk.
It fits in with their target audience due to the colouring and the set of the image - it shows the group in nature with natural lighting (which fits in with the folk genre).
It also has a review from another magazine/newspaper/critic that has given it 4 stars: this is to show the audience how great it is and make them want it even more.
It also says what the digipak includes (CD, deluxe edition CD/DVD and a new and popular song) - this is to show the target audience all the things they can get with it and it will make them want it more as it includes a popular song.

Feedback

Post-16 Feedback Form

 

Focus: Blog Update (14/11/13) http://carlwarda2media.blogspot.co.uk

Strengths: 1.      You have included personal images and strategies to use when on set. 2.      You are exploring key media terminology.

Areas for improvement: 1.      You need to take time to ensure all of week 1 and week 2 has been uploaded as your posts have been less regular than before.

Resulting Actions  (student response):     -          Start making regular posts again

Feedback

Post-16 Feedback Form

 

Focus: Blog Update (14/11/13) http://carlwarda2media.blogspot.co.uk

Strengths: 1.      You have included personal images and strategies to use when on set. 2.      You are exploring key media terminology.

Areas for improvement: 1.      You need to take time to ensure all of week 1 and week 2 has been uploaded as your posts have been less regular than before.

Resulting Actions  (student response):     -          Start making regular posts again

Feedback

Carl Ward Post-16 Feedback Form

 

Focus: Research & Planning

Strengths:   ·         You have completed careful research into other similar music videos. ·         Recce shots were very good. ·         You have reflected on your focus group results.

Areas for improvement:   ·         When you use Josh’s slideshare you cannot gain a mark for this as this is his work.  ·         Research into special visual effects. ·         Complete a risk assessment. ·         Costumes, shooting schedule, animatic etc… all need to be on your blog. Please check the hand-out to see what needs to be uploaded. ·         The research and planning is difficult to navigate. Create labels – one for research and one for planning. Then place the relevant posts under these labels.

Resulting Actions  (student response):   -          Not using other people’s work -          Planning put on blog -          Created labels

Intertextuality

Intertextuality is when a piece of media is created on inspiration of another media piece: sometimes parodying the original. Intertexuality is used to reference something that already exists, maybe to show the appreciation of it or to derive it.



This is the original music video for Hold On by Don Broco.



This is a parody edition of the original, and it was created by the group.


This use of intextuality by Don Broco may appeal to the audience as it shows a glimpse into the group's life when touring: it also gives the audience a feel of what the members are actually like. The original video of Hold On portrays the musicians appearing to be full of themselves and quite vain while the parody shows the group almost joking about their level of vanity and not taking themselves too seriously (unlike in the actual video).

We have used intertexuality as shown in our MoodBoard. We have been very much influenced by other folk musicians such as Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers. Our plot for the video is also inspired by these musicians and so is the set; props; costumes.

Intertextuality we have used (video example):



We have used intertextuality when looking at this video as it has helped to inspire costume, setting, lighting and prop ideas (below images show this).

Discussion (writing a storyboard and planning)

Digipak advert - Mumford And Sons

This is an advert for the album Sigh No More by Mumford and Sons.
It fits in with our chosen genre as it is also folk.
This advertisement appeals to their target audience as it is has the Mumford and Sons logo in bold which will standout to fans of the group.
It also has a black background so that the images and writing stand outmore.
The images fit in with the genre of folk as it shows the band members in a natural environment with their instruments. Another part of the images that itsin with the folk genre is the natural lighting.
It will also appeal to the target audience a it shows previous ppular songs by the artists.

Bawsey Pits

These circled places are the different areas of bawsey Pits that we thought could be good for filming.

Getting permission to shoot at Bawsey Pits

This isa picture of an email I sent to ask permission for filming at Bawsey Pits. It reads as:

Hello Nicola,

 

My name is Carl Ward and I am currently studying A-level Media  at Thomas Clarkson Academy. As this is our last year of A-levels we have to create a final assessment project: our project will be creating a music video.

As our music video is in the genre of folk we need a set that is very natural and filled with nature. We have looked at Bawsey Pits and found it to be more than suitable, perfect in fact.  I am writing to ask you if it would be possible for us to shoot our music video at Bawsey Pits? We would not be using any of the water at all, avoiding it in fact so that will not be a safety issue.

 

We will be hopefully shooting before the end of November with your permission?

Please do not hesitate to ask for any further details of our plans and ideas.

 

Thank you ever so much for your time,

Carl Ward

 

Since sending the letter, we have had a response:

 

It reads as:

This has been forwarded to the relevant person.  I am waiting for a reply.

Regards

Nicola Cole
Resources Administrator
Sibelco UK

Since receiving this email, we are still waiting on a response.