Technical Difficulties. - Alexandra Hobbs

When creating our music video we did not come across many technical difficulties, but we did face some.
With the Camera the battery life did not last very long when filming.
Some of the difficulties we faced were when editing mainly, we found it difficult to silhouette, it took us a while but we eventually figured out how to do it.
another difficulty when editing was to make sure there was no green around the singer on the green screen shots.
And that was all the technical difficulties we faced.

Iconography Mood Board - Maddie Tester

Costume Planning

This will be the complete outfit worn by the lead singer and female actress when singing on green screen only. A printed white t-shirt with a guitar, brown boots and dark blue skinny jeans. We decided to chose this because our music type is indie/pop/country and this is a typical outfit that a female teenager would wear and also goes with our video with the use of a guitar and this is why we decided on the chosen t-shirt. Worn by Mercedes Sayles.

 

This will be the complete outfit worn by the lead singer and female actress when singing when shooting the beach and Newlands corner scenes. A printed white t-shirt that says "To be or not to be that is the question" William Shakespeare inspired, white converses and light blue skinny jeans. We decided on this outfit because it fits the mood of a romantic love scene or break up. The t-shirt shows both sides just like our music video. Also its just a casual outfit and this is what we want, a normal everyday outfit with a bit of an edge and we believe that the t-shirt will because of showing both side to a love story just like William Shakespeare did. Worn by Mercedes Sayles.

This could be the outfit worn by the backing singer/guitar player and other female actress. Three possible dresses very girly made of lase and very natural colours, with black leggings and flat ballet pumps. We decided on possible using these as an outfit because we want her to look girlie and more attractive than the other female actress showing the audience that she has the edge and she will win the love interest also so it shows her as innocent. Worn by Chloe Alldis.

This could be the outfit worn by the love interest. Smart shirt, branded t-shirt pale/dark jeans and red/black and white vans. We decided on possible using these as an outfit because we want him to look stylish and attractive as he is the love interest and this is a very typical teenage male outfit, also its casual/smart and this is the effect we want, we need him to look good and appealing. Worn by Jamie Barnes.

- Mercedes Sayles

Convention Of Our Genre

Our music video genre is very popular in this day and age and the 'Kelly Clarkson' video 'Mr Know It All'   portrays what we have been planning especially. It has many shots that we are using and the edgy performance that she shows is what we want our music video to look like and make the audience feel. 

  

Taylor Swift

We have done a lot of research in our genre of music and the best artist that we have found that best fits with our chosen song is Taylor Swift. Her music is very similar to ours, it is county pop and uses a guitar very heavily. The videos are mainly narrative with a hint of performance. They are also very personal to Taylor and she tends to write about personal experience. The video 'Mine' is a personal love story about a break up and make up. The video focuses on past experiences of being a child and watching her parents break up and she feels she will go though the same thing. The video has lot of close up on photos hanging on a line in the trees and as the pictures are focused on, it relates to the lyrics. The video has been very carefully put together and its like a mini story almost. Taylor Swift has very precise videos, she knows what her audience likes and she delivers similar all the time. Her target audience is mainly females in the teenage bracket and this is why she try's to make her videos as relate able as she can. She try's to cover story's that younger people go though everyday so people find it easy to relate to her music videos.

-Mercedes Sayles

Filming Scedule - Alexandra Hobbs

Wednesday 5th October 2010 - film whole song in front of the green screen 3 times from a different angle.
Wednesday 19th October 2010 - film at Newlands corner for flash back sceens and a bit of lip syncing.
Saturday 22nd October 2010 - Film in a bed room for the making of the scrapbook at the beginning, in the mirror lip syncing and sitting at the table and dropping the glass scene.
Sunday 23rd October 2010 - film at west wittering the beach flash back sceens and take photographs for the scrapbook.
Tuesday 24th October 2010 - film romantic cinema scene and burning of the scrapbook for the end.

- Alex Hobbs

Prop List - Alexandra Hobbs

For our music video the props that will be featured are:

A Glass cup
A Guitar
A scrapbook
Photographs
A Bin

- Alex Hobbs

History Of Music Video - Alexandra Hobbs

Visit our history of music video on timeglider.
http://timeglider.com/app/viewer.php?uid=line_fb4cfcd5e4ad0a6ff162ede5cc915c7c

- Alex Hobbs