Week beginning 30th Jan

In lesson this week we carried on with our planning as we had no set idea for what our ancillary tasks will look like;

The plan for the digi-pack can be seen below;

 The front cover of the digi-pack we are planning to have our band’s name as the centre of attention and then us three sitting on some of  the letters the plan for this can be seen below;

Inside our digi-pack we want to include a booklet as we believe this is will attracted our target marker more by giving them an insight  into  the band members. This will include a large picture of each band member individually and a quote from each of us relating to beauty. We will also have a page of our signatures as this is often common in did-packs. And the back page will be a image of all three of us together.

The back of the CD cover will be the song titles but this will also include our production label and a barcode to make it look realistic.

We have also decided to make two magazine adverts the plans for these are below;

Research

Cher Lloyd - Want U Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inwAc-ZBpx0&ob=av2e

I carried out some more research on music videos, Cher Lloyd new music video is very interesting and contains many elements in it which we have tried and also which we ad through about for example moving images on a still picture and the idea of being on the front of a magazine which can be seen below;

I believe these work really well especially the magazine clip, we have been struggling with this as we found it hard to position ourselves in the shot and make it look like we are really on the front cover. After watching this video I have gained some inspiration as to how it can work successfully. It is also interesting to see how just and simple outline ot features give the audeince and understand where the image is for example teh second image you can see elements on it so you know that the image is like a picture being taken on an Ipone also the last image appears to be on a Ipad, these are both really intersting how they have constrcuted the shots and just you can see how small features give the audience an understanding.

Week beginning 9th Jan

Today we refilmed our mask shots as teh orgional ones we had filmed when put togther didnt flow as people hands were in shot therefore we decided to put the mask on a stick so we would no longer hand continuiity problems with the hands. This also made teh maks more steady, in order to keep the timing correct for when teh mask should rise and then put down we counted for each pupil so we know it was the same for each of them. We used many different students and stood them infornt of black card in order to keep the background the same.

After we had filmed and uploaded our mask footage we contiuned to plan for our ancillary task, we researched magazine adverts for persiosu bands new song. Some of the adverts we foudn are below:

We look at adversisment for girlbands so we can see what they have doen as see if it gives us any inspiration. In all of them teh band members are the main image with just the band name and teh song’s name therefore it is simple. The band members clothes are co-ordinated with eachotehr to created a sense of membership they also all have simplistic backgrounds so the band stands out.

Week beginning 2nd Jan

In our lesson this week we stared to plan our ancillary task, we needed to first come up with our band name. We have decided on ‘Sugardolls’ this isn’t the most original name we wanted it to sound girly and fun. After discussions Paige came up with the idea that we want us three to sit on our bands name this has been roughly designed so we have an idea of what it looks like.

The digi-pack needs to include a booklet about our band, we need this to include quotes and information about teh band members as well as images of our band members together and individually.  

Plans for Ancillary Tasks

A magazine advertisement for the digi-pack (CD/DVD package)

For photographic images: One idea we have had is to make the CD look really big central in the page with us three band members surrounding it but we will be small for example we can be leaning against the CD. This helps to make it the CD the main part of our advertisement and hopefully it will stand out.

This advertisement needs to be bright and colourful so it stands out but we will still want it to stick to the same colour scheme as the digi pack so it helps the consumer to create a relationship between them.

Typography and text: We need the text to be in exactly the same font as what we have used on the digi-pack. One font we have spoken about is ‘Comic Sans MS’. The text needs to be large enough to catch the consumer’s eye but not too big that it overloads the advertisement. Information that we need on the text is the name of the CD, the name of our band, reviews of the CD from celebrities but this would be smaller. Another important bit of information that is needed is the relese date.

Layout decisions: Balance of images to text needs to be equal with most of the text at the bottom of the page and reviews in a smaller font. We want the CD to be in the middle and fairly large so the consumer knows that the CD is the main aspect of the advert.

Genre codes and indicators of audience targeting: The clothes and colour schemes we will be wearing and using will be an indication of the target audience, we will need to wear fairly stylish and girly clothes to relate to teenage girls.

A cover for its release as part of a digi-pack:

For photographic images: After various group discussion and research we have decided that we want to make the front of our digi-pack unique therefore our favourite idea is that we want to have a close up of Maya on the front as this is not what you expect to see on the front of a CD case especially for a girl band. This is likely to intrigue them as they will wonder what the song is about.  

Although we are having a shot of Maya on the front throughout the digi-pack we want individual pictures of us three as well as group ones. Two album covers which we have gained some inspiration from is seen below, although these are not targeting the same audience as us they do not include themselves on ten CD cover;

Typography and text: The font needs to be clear and easy to read we have decided that we want both the name of the CD and our bands name as we want to keep it simple and not confuse the consumer with an overload of information.

Layout decisions: Our digi pack is going to heavily rely on the images of Maya as well as the band as thought it we are going to have pictures of each of us and a little information about us so the consumer can familiarise themselves with us as a band.

Genre codes and indicators of audience: Clothes we will chose to wear in the photo-shot which the images on the digi-pack will come from will represent our style and genre therefore this will indicate to the audience what type of group we are.

Week beginning 16th Jan

In our lesson on Tuesday we needed to edit our re-filmed masks and shots of Maya which were filmed at Millie’s house. The masks shots are a lot more successful now and it has made a big improvement to our overall production as it no longer looks messy and it flows much better. When re-filming we put the masks on a wooden stick making the shot tidier as hands couldn’t be seem and consequently the mask was help in the same position. The shots of Maya look a lot better as we replace the one of her walking which can be seen below;

This is also what our time line looks like now as it is almost finished and the editing is become a lot tighter;

Week beginning 16th Jan

In our lesson on Tuesday we needed to edit our re-filmed masks and shots of Maya which were filmed at Millie’s house. The masks shots are a lot more successful now and it has made a big improvement to our overall production as it no longer looks messy and it flows much better. When re-filming we put the masks on a wooden stick making the shot tidier as hands couldn’t be seem and consequently the mask was help in the same position. The shots of Maya look a lot better as we replace the one of her walking which can be seen below;

This is also what our time line looks like now as it is almost finished and the editing is become a lot tighter;

Week beginning 2nd Jan

Millie did some filming of her younger sister who appears in our music video (Maya) as we had previously relieved feedback on our 2nd draft.

One of the shots Millie re-filmed wasthe shot of Maya reading, we had to change the school book Maya was previously reading to a fashion magazine so it enhances our theme of ‘beauty’. We already knew this shot was difficult to film as you have to start zoomed in on Mayas eye and then zoom out so the audience can see her reading. The camera is often hard to keep focused and Millie had t o make sure her zoom wasn’t too slow or too fast.

We also knew we had to reshoot the shot of Maya walking in high heels as this wasn’t working as the difference between Millie and Maya wasn’t obvious enough. We had previously decided that Maya should wear larger heels so the audience can clearly see that they are too big for her, Millie also decided to put her in a dress which is too big for her and for her to walk in socks with teddy’s on as this will symbolise how young she is. Instead of using the door as we knew this didn’t work Millie decided, so Millie reshot Maya walking up to the wardrobe door and open it, then when the door shuts Millie is there and walks out to show the difference.

We had spoken to Mrs about different aspects which would show her age, one of these was Maya applying lipstick which Millie decided to shoot. She used bright pink lipstick. We haven’t yet edited any of these shots so when we do we will see if there is space to put in this shot as well.

Research

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

(Music Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahha3Cqe_fk&ob=av3e

When watching this music video I noticed some really
interesting transitions and ideas, as this music video looks at the past and
the present in the same way we are in our music video it was interesting to see
how they moved from one stage to another. Like ours this music video contently
jumps from past to present.

There was one transition I found particularly interesting
and it hasn’t been something we have thought about when is when the lady stirs
her coffee this then becomes the man string his paint brush in dirty water
there is a cut between them to the lady’s face so it doesn’t jump form one to the
other but I thought this worked well and it is interesting as it still manages
to show a consistency which sometimes we find hard to manage.

Another element of this music video which I found interesting is the fact that there is a sequence of the old lady and the young lady on the bed together when in fact they are the same person so it is like one is looking back while the other is looking forward. This is interesting and also slightly bizarre to see them together although I believe it works well, which is something perhaps we can think about in our own production.

Feedback on 2nd Draft

On Thursday we showed our second
draft of our production to receive further feedback and see what we had manage
to improve well and what still needed redoing. So we were then closer to
reaching our target grade for our production work

Feedback;
· Holding shots steady;
“Mostly very good” – although we
still need to re-film the shots of masks as they are to jumpy.

·Framing a shot;
The shot of Maya and Millie walking in the heels still doesn’t work even though
we slowed it down therefore we will need to think of a new idea of how to go
from Millie to Mayas feet successfully making it a smooth cut but also noticeable.
We are thinking of using Paige’s shoes as she is a bigger size than mille
therefore the transformation may be clearer. Mrs also said there is “some
really nice framing of your external shots”

·Appropriate material;
Good use of the masks (although needs to be re-filmed)
Magazine cover and fashion items – represent beauty

·Selecting mise-en-scene;
Put masks on sticks as previously mentioned so hands do not have to be seen
Change what Maya is reading when she is sitting down to a fashion magazine so
we stay to the theme of beauty.
Good Locations.

·Editing for meaning;
Cut the shot of Maya reading before the hand comes in.

·Varied shot transitions, caption and other FX;
Good ideas for green screen, another idea is that the first shot of me on the
magazine cover we should use a still image of me which then turns into a moving
image of me lip-syncing.
Speeding up on the crows on the chorus was a good idea.

·Use of sound with images/editing;
We need to check on part of my lip-syncing as it is slightly out – may need to
be re-filmed.

Overall comment;
“Definitely improving showing advance skills in green screen”

To do list;
1. Improve mask shots
2. Improve shots of Maya
3.Get more images of fashion – linking to theme

Week beginning 12th Dec

In our lesson on Tuesday which is our
production lesson of the week we chose to edit out production by putting a
background on the green screen shots we had previously filmed.
We decided to try the magazine cover
which Millie found as we did look for others but we weren’t able to find any
better ones. We used this with each of our individual lip syncing as it didn’t work
as well with all three of us lip syncing at once as we were too wide. This was difficult
to get correct as we had to resize ourselves and make sure the magazine cover
was positioned correctly.
We also used the fashion montage to
put behind all three of us lip-syncing as we decide that they represented beauty
well.