Filming

Today we started filming some scenes for our music video. We filmed the parts of the main girl running back to the corner where the man is waiting for her. These scenes in the video will have a dream-like effect on them as they are actually in the imagination of the man.

Location Scouting

Here are a few location options we are considering for the scenes of the music video where the main girl is out with her friends. This is a typical high street where girls would stereotypically go shopping. We plan to have scenes in the music video in which the girl is doing stereotypical activities with her girl friends that show that she is getting over breaking up with the boy.

This is the location we have chosen for our band shots in our music video and also for some of the photography for our ancillary tasks. We have chosen the location for it's urban feel and the fact that it's in a secluded, isolated location which fits the themes of our video. The band will break the silence of the atmosphere and this will create a sense that they are alone.

Costumes

I have created a document which will assist me in making sure there is continuity in the costumes and props where there needs to be. The actors will be given instruction by me about the type of clothing to wear for the shoots and I will ask them to wear the same outfits on different shoots where nessessary. This will mean consistency in the mise en scene throughout the video and is vital to help the narrative to make sense.

Production Schedule

Today we devised a production shedule for the production of our music video. We will try to stick to this so that we have maximum editing time as this is the most important part of creating a good music video. This production schedule also means that if we need to re-shoot anything we will have plenty of time to do so.

Cast List

Our cast list has now been confirmed as below. All of the actors have agreed to be in our video.

Cast List

Today we wrote down and discussed our provisional cast list for the music video.
This is the cast list at the moment. Some of the actors are still to be confirmed and we will be contacting them as soon as possible.

Ancillary Task Research

Codes and conventions of band T Shirts

• The band name.
• One key image of the band.
• The name of an album/ tour that the T Shirt relates to.

Ancillary Task Research

Magazine Advert Research

Codes and conventions of magazine adverts

• The name of the band/artist
• The name of the album
• Images of the band/artist
• Images similar to the cover of the album
• Release date
• A website link
• Details of where to buy the album

Ancillary Task Research

I viewed some existing CD covers of The Script's for inspiration for my ancillary tasks.

Codes and conventions of CD covers. 

• Title of the band.
• Title of the album/single.
• One image that takes up the whole cover. Can be an image of the band or an abstract image. The image could also be a scene from the music video. 

As my product will be a CD/DVD digipack I will also include information on the cover that shows it is a CD of the album and a DVD of the music video.

Style Sheet Options

For my two ancillary tasks I am creating a CD/DVD digipack of the album and the music video and a magazine advert for the digipack. I am also creating a T-Shirt design for the band's tour.
Today our group discussed style sheet ideas for our ancillary tasks.
These are some possible font styles and color combinations that the group are considering.