Change Of Location

Originally we decided to film our music video at Wynard Park, after visiting our chosen location we both wanted to research other possible locations as we thought that Wynard wasn't the best location for us to film at. After researching we then found a perfect location with the best scenery for our music video which was Hardwick Park - in which we chose our final location to here.

Filming Progress

As already mentioned we were hoping to film on the 23rd of October in the colleges studio facility. Unfortunately our actress had to attend an educational visit which was organised last minute. This resulted in us not filming the studio scene. Due to this we may have to play around with some other ideas, as we will not be able to access the studio over half term.

Final Logo

This is the final logo, which we are using as our company record label. I think that our logo is very much different to other record labels as it is unique and unusual in it's own way. The bright colours which have been incorporated, are very eye catching and will draw the audience towards it. I think that our logo fits well with our chosen genre of pop, due to the style, font and colours that have been used.

Casting

Initial Idea's

Institutional Research - Columbia Records

Record Label Idea's

Record label idea’s from BethandVicMedia

Record Label Ideas

To create our record label logo, we used Photoshop. Firstly we drew an outline of a triangle using the tools from the software. We then began to create various sizes of triangles within the base triangle. We used the Polygonal Lassa tool to carefully draw around each individual triangle and then to colour them in, making sure that we didn't go over the lines. The usual trends of logo's are normally plain, so we wanted to base our logo around a shape, first we initially decided upon a square but we thought that this would be to simple, in which we then decided upon a triangle. We added bright colours to the different triangles in order to make our logo stand out to the audience and to make it unique and quirky. After we had finished the image which was going to be incorporated into our logo, we then went on to research different styles of font, in order to get the best effect for our style of logo and to fit into the Pop Genre as best as our logo could.

Call Sheet - Castle Eden

Call sheet castle eden from BethandVicMedia

This is a call sheet we have created for the planning of filming our music video. It includes, length of time we hope to have the music video completed by, the date we hope to shoot, location we have agreed to shoot at, casting, props, camera equipment, wardrobe.

Call Sheet - Studio

Call sheet studio from BethandVicMedia

This is a call sheet we have created for the planning of filming our music video. It includes, length of time we hope to have the music video completed by, the date we hope to shoot, location we have agreed to shoot at, casting, props, camera equipment, wardrobe.

Camera and Studio Booking

Studio and camera booking from BethandVicMedia

Risk Assessment

Risk identified from BethandVicMedia

When focusing on the planning on our music video so far, we produced a risk assessment sheet, in order to identify any major risks that could take place when we are carrying out our filming. It would be good to look out for these risks in order to make our project the most successful as it can be. We have analysed the risks in terms who is responsible for them and how we can also overcome these risks. 

Request For Permission

After deciding the artist and song that we were going to use within our coursework, we emailed the artist's record label requesting permission to use the particular song of our choice. Unfortunelty, I could not find the record label 'Polydor' email address or twitter account, in which i had to use Facebook to contact them and ask for this permission. I explained that the use of the song would be for educational purposes only.

Lyric Analysis

This is our lyric analysis, in which we have memorised and organised what will be going on in each line of the song, within our music video. We have decided to choose two locations to take part in our music video, one of which will be the use of the studio within college grounds and the other will be at Castle Eden, focusing initially upon forest, enclosed areas. Within this lyric analysis we have used a lot of close up shots initially to focus upon the artist's emotion and to put a message across to the audience. The reason why we are portraying the artist's feelings and emotions so often within our music video, is so the audience understand the meaning and concept of the song. 'Your Song' is a sad song, which gives us an idea that the artist is missing someone, preferably a person who she used to be in a relationship with, as we can identify this by the lyrics which are used within the song.

Lyric Breakdown

Before we start to think about the initial ideas of what we intend to do with the music video and what we want the music video to achieve, we have broken down the lyrics of the song of our choice "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding which we hope to use in our production of making a music video. Within this lyric breakdown we have noted down exactly when each line starts and ends. This will enable us to work out what would best fit where within the song which varies from different types of shots, choreography of the music video and much more.

Lyric breakdown from BethandVicMedia

After creating a lyric breakdown of "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding, I then went to focus upon the meaning of the lyrics and the story behind them by analysing various lines of the song. In my opinion this song has a sad melody due to its slow beat and gentle sounds, this song may have a meaning of the artist, Ellie,  missing someone who she used to be in a relationship with,  a person who she used to be close to and shared her life with, in which she is creating this song to reminisce on old memories. From lyrics such as " How wonderful live is now your in the world" paints a picture of how the Artist's life changed when she met this specific person and how happy it made her. Other lyrics like "Yours are the sweetest eyes i've ever seen" shows how the Artist is reflecting back and reminiscing on memories and thinking about what she loved about this specific person.