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Schedule

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  Due to me having issues with excel, I have made a listed time schedule rather than a gantt chart, here i have listed all of the tasks I need to. get done, when I should start them and when they should be finished by. Bellow you will find a brief evaluation of how well I followed it. Throughout this project I have completed all of the production tasks on time, however, If I could change anything I would give myself more time to reshoot as I have some footage I wish I could change but could not because of poor weather conditions. I, however didn't complete any of the evaluation by my planned finish date due to organisation problems, next time I would to improve, create a gantt chart so I can more effectively manage my time.

Story Board

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  shot 1:  Camera angle:  Below eye level to make audience look up at her to relate to the tower in the lyrics shot type:  Midshot shot length:  7 seconds action:  The protagonist will begin the video by siting ontop of a climbing fame in a kids park playing the ukulele. misce en scene:  I want to use mostly blues and greens for this shot to emphasise the melancholic feelings the lyrics create as well as to help the protagonist stand out as she will be wearing a singular item of red to symbolise she still wishes to find love no matter how she denies it. No other people should be in this shot to emphasise the isolation. editing:  cut from this shot to shot 2 Shot 2: Camera angle: Eye level to make the audience feel ass though they were there shot type: long shot shot length: 7 action: Two people hold hands and act romantic to show exactly the opposite of what the protag wants, as she believes it is unrealistic and nothing but a "silly dream" misce ...

Analysis of 3 music videos

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Dodie Clarke- 6/10 Song meaning The general meaning of this song is feeling insecure. She conveys this throughout lyrical meaning along with the pace of the instrumental.  "I feel like a 6/10, I've gotta get up early tomorrow again"- my interpretation of this lyric is whilst she doesn't feel ugly, she also doesn't feel attractive. Dodie has conveyed this the through a rating to possibly link to the way society views peoples looks as people often rate people looks out of 10 as if it is a competion. She furthers her views of her feeling unremarkable by saying she has to get up early again, this could mean that she feels, like how she views herself, her life is repetitive and un-extrodinary. Later in the song she repeatedly says "what goes on behind the words? is there pity for the plain girl".  This suggest that she is anxious about how people view her and furthers her thoughts on herself being "plain". Later in the song she repeats "I know ...

my final video and evaluation

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 Cynical Fairytale I found this project quite enjoyable and found myself learning a lot throughout. I believe as a whole my final production came out good, however could use improvement. To begin this project I researched into different perspectives of music video theories (vernallis and goodwin). I believe my research on these two theorists was accurate, detailed and informative however if i was given the chance to improve I would add more examples to demonstrate their theories. I then did an analysis of 3 music videos showing some genre conventions, analysing the song and how the video linked to it. I think my analysis was detailed and had a good amount of depth, however to improve I would link in the two above theorists perspectives to add even more depth and perspective. I then scouted out potential locations and created a brief story board showing what I wished to create. As I couldn't find images of my locations anywhere and I didn't schedule for time to photograph the lo...

My music video idea and inspirations (add detail)

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 My idea is to use a mainly performance video style, I want to conduct this through showing a female playing the ukulele along to the song in a large variety of locations and have a select amount of shots showing a small narrative for example, when the lyrics say "even though flynn ryders out there i'd probably reject him" I want to show the protagonist rejecting the male character, where as further into the music, when she says "but i blew the only shot that I think I ever had" I want to show the protagonist trying to redeem herself to the male character but he rejects her. The reason I have chosen performance over narrative and conceptual is because in some cases, seeing the artist perform their piece is more powerful and effective than seeing a narrative and I wish to be able to successfully create this effect within my music video. I also feel like the repetition of the same action but within various locations shows that the artist feels like shes repeating ...

Shot list/location scouting

 Location scouting: Due to the amount of visibly different shots I want, I ideally wish to film in three main locations with at least two different areas in each location I can film in. Nuneaton-Stockingford recreational park Pros: - There are 5 separate areas to film in - Really close to my house so can go home to change equipment incase of any accidents - Public area, free to film in Cons: - Often litter dotted about and can be dangerous due to glass - Often people in all areas potentially worth filming in - Can be dangerous place  I have decided to use this as one of my filming locations because it is a large open space, conviniently located and has a variety of feature that could be useful towards my video. Nuneaton-The dip Pros:  -3 separate areas to film - Conveniently located making equipment transporting easy - open so is well lit Cons: - ground is uneven in places making unstable for equipment - often get people on pit bikes through, making potentially dangerous ...

Song choice and initial research

  Song choice- Why? The song I have chosen to create my music video for is a song called Cynical Fairytale by an indie-pop singer/songwriter called Egg. I have chosen this song for many reasons such as wanting to explore this genre of music and creating a music video with the genre conventions of indie-pop. I am hoping to film a performance based music video with a narrative message conveyed behind some of the shots.  target audience I will be conducting a short questionnaire to verify the demographics and psychographics I wish to target along with ascertain the video styles the audience would prefer. distribution method I am choosing to distribute my questionnaire on twitter and facebook on fan pages for egg and similar artists such as Dodie Clarke. This is to get mainly responses from the target audience. Questionnaire:  What Age Group are you in? 15 and Below 16-18 19-21 22-30 30 and Above What is your gender? Male Female Other When listening to artists such as Egg or ...