Exterior Location Shots Music Video - Session 10

Here are some photos I took near where I live which be used when the main female protagonist, played by myself, goes looking for the boy and during the chorus.
Exterior Location Shots Music Video by Slidely Slideshow

Carol Vernallis - Music Video Theorist Applied To Textual Analysis

Sources: https://exploringmusicvideo.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/functions-and-meanings-of-music-video-editing.pdf

Character Profiles For Final Music Video - Session 9

Together we came up with information about each characters in our music video so they were more in depth characters. Laura then collected this together and created posters on it. Here it is:

Uses and Gratifications Theory- Blumler and Katz

Props For Our Final Music - Session 8

Here are some important props which will be a key part of our music video: 

This globe is used in the chorus with the lyrics 'Ugly is the world we're on' and it will be spinning. Therefore, we are following Goodwin's theory of the lyrics matching the visuals. The reason that we chose this globe particularly is it has a 'vintage' style which would combine well with the 'spooky' elements in our music video compared to a brightly coloured globe.

Furthermore, we are planning on using a piece of clothing belonging to the male character who has been killed and the female protagonist finding it in the woods. The reason we chose the type of fashion of a flannel shirt is it is more masculine which means the audience can associate it easily with the male character.  

Mood Board for Music Video

Today my group and I thought that it would be a good idea to create a 'mood board', by adding pictures of some of our most iconic ideas for our final music video. The reason we thought this would be a good idea is it would help us get more to grips with how we want the music video to look and how we want to portray the 'spooky' feeling to it along with the 'typical teenage girl sleepover' style at the beginning.

We've added things such as the candles that we plan to show first in the music video and possibly them being blown out at the end of the music video. We chose to include a handwritten note as it is something that is left by the main girl. 

Another thing that we added was a picture of a torch (which adds to the 'spooky' feel with regards to the lighting) as well as an outdoor location where there are trees (where the girl finds the boys shirt on the floor).

Different Genre Theories

Storyboard For Our Final Music Video - Session 7

Here is an animatic of our music video storyboard for Transylvania by McFly that we made collaboratively:


We have spent a lot of time on it to make sure it was as detailed as possible so we knew what we would be doing when filming.

Lip Syncing Practice - Session 6

As a group we decided that we would do some lip syncing practice, I did my footage at home while Laura and Tammy did theirs at school.We did this for practice before filming the actual video so we we were familiar with lip syncing and putting it in time with the actual music when it comes to editing. Furthermore, we wanted to make sure it was clear the girls were having a conversation as suggested in the lyrics, but obviously they won't be in different locations for the final video. The part of the music video this takes place is in the chorus when it switches to the sleepover and myself telling the story. Here is how it turned out:

Audience task

Here is a mind-map on audience we made as a group:

Costumes for the music video - Session 5

As a group we have decided that I should play the lead role in the music video as I am the one telling the story within the verses of the song. When it comes to the costumes during the sleepover part of the narrative we will be a more informal and comfy dress code so we are following the stereotypes of what people wear at them. Therefore, we came to the agreement that we will be wearing onesies as shown below: 

While for the serious narrative I will be wearing more formal dress so the audience are able to recognise the contrast in tone to the different narratives within our music video.

The Male Gaze theory linked to a textual analysis