Music Video Analysis 4

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Filming Day#4

Today I filmed the flashback of the couple on a date, however I ran into some problems doing so. The area we chose to film in ' Kings Cross Granary Square ' was extremely busy and as I was the only member of my group present it was extremely hard to direct the couple and film at the same time. Due to the male's busy schedule I don't know when we'll be able to film the remainder of the shots as I didn't get a variety of shots, to make sure I don't into this problem again I should always have my shooting schedule with me as I had to rely on the storyboard which wasn't as detailed.

Granary Square, Kings Cross

Couple - Nikita(actress) and Aron(actor)

Due to the problems faced on this day I will have to meet with the actor and actress to film some more footage of them on a date so that our narrative flows better and is easier for our audience to understand.

Music Video Analysis #3

Filming Day 3

Today I was able to film the rest of the shots following on from our last session. We filmed at Old Billingsgate Walk where I was also able to capture some scenery shots. At first there was some trouble with the lighting however after adjusting some settings on the camera my problem was resolved. After looking back at the footage theses shots will be best placed at the beginning of our music video to show the female upset, looking lost and confused about the end of her relationship.

The location we filmed in there were a lot of tourist attractions in the background such as Tower Bridge and The Shard we took advantage of this and included it in our video.

My main aim during filming day 3 was to make sure that the female protagonists feelings of sadness and hurt were portrayed which will in turn allow our audience to connect with our music video better as they can sympathise and empathise with her.
 I made sure this was done in a number of ways :
1 - close ups of her facial expressions will allow our audience to easily identify what the female is feeling
2 - choice of clothing / the female was dressed in dark colours to emphasise her mood
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Actress Profile

Nikita Holloway

Nikita Holloway will playing the part of the broken hearted female who finds the strength to leave her damaged relationship with her boyfriend although she is hurt. Nikita is our protagonist and our music video will be focusing on the ending of a bad relationship although her and her boyfriend shared good times and memories the love is now lost. Myself and my group have decided to portray this using a narrative, we'll show the happy times of the relationship and how the female is feeling during the sad times and also how she moves on showing her strength.

My own research into our target audience displayed that our audience would be females between 18 and 25, the decision to use a female between these ages will allow our audience to connect better with the emotions being portrayed in our video. I believe that it is particularly important for the audience to connect with the main character of our video as it directed towards them, we want to make sure that we create something appealing and interesting to our audience.

Filming Day 2

Today we were able to film for the first time with our chosen actress. As a group we made the decision to have the female wear dark colours to portray her emotion about her lost relationship. We made this decision as the shots we were filming were of a particular part of the song where the female is singing about her sadness and betrayal of her lost love.

Nikita Holloway

Nikita Holloway and group members.

Today was a successful day as we were able to shoot everything we planned for this day and some extra footage of the female and the location including close ups and wide shots. 

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Lyric decoding

Today I sat down and spent some time decoding the lyrics whilst repeatedly listening to the song, this allowed me to understand the actual meaning of the song. By doing so I was able to link what ideas we had as a group to different parts of the song whilst also coming up with new ideas to propose to my group members during our next group meeting. Doing this task helped me to efficiently plan what shots we wanted to film on what days.

Filming Day 1

Myself and my group decided that our first day of filming should involve getting some scenery shots of our chosen locations including signs, we also dedicated this day to familiarising ourselves with the camera and how to operate it properly making use of the different features.

   

Hoxton Station

The Geffrye Museum

Both these locations are approximately a 2 minute walk from each other, we'll be filming here on filming day#2 as we'll have our actress.

Final Idea

Location Recce #1

Location, Location, Location

Today myself and another member of my group decided to visit one of the locations we have chosen for our music video and take some photos and videos to share with the other members of our group.

We visited the Geffrye Museum.

Geffrye Museum

The Geffrye Museum will be used for capture footage of the female waiting for her boyfriend to show up to their date. These shots will be best placed at the beginning of our music video. We hoped to to film the couple on a date using the museum cafe as a location however we were unable to film inside. We will use the outside of the museum instead as we are allowed to film there.

Other locations we are deciding on are as follows:

Southbank

Using Southbank as one of our locations we hope to film the flashback scenes of the couple on a date happily enjoying themselves. I also would like to use the scenery around to include in our footage e.g. the skate park and the bridge.

Granary Square, Kings Cross 


This location will also be used as a date scene for the couple. 

Old Billingsgate Walk.
This last location is one that I spotted whilst at work. I thought it would be perfect for the female to be looking out at the water, trying to find peace in the end of her relationship.

Myself and my group members are still deciding on what coffee shop/ cafe we should use when showing the couple happily on a date,

Conventions of chosen genre - Indie Folk/ Indie Pop

INDIE MUSIC

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