Production Log - Album Poster Draft

In today's lesson I have began drafting my album poster. I have decided on the layout I want to have however I did not have a picture to use yet so therefore that will be added later on. This shows the base of my album poster and it helps me figure out what else I want to add and what type of pictures. Furthermore, I believe I might end up changing the whole structure in order to make it more interesting and not look more like a movie poster.

Script

I have successfully completed my music video script and I believe this has helped me fully realise what I will be needing for my music video and the locations I need in order to film it. Having thought about it carefully I have decided to start with a Prologue and have the first few seconds of the video filmed in my house, where the protagonist is 'dreaming'. My second location will be Ruislip Lido as I wanted to have some nature around to make it look more unique and realistic, and I think Ruislip Lido is a great place to make this happen.

Additionally, there may be some scenes filmed in Hyde Park as I want to add some variance to my music video, however in order to do this I may need to gain some consent for me to be able to film in Hyde Park, so therefore according to how much time I have that decision will be made clear.

Shot List

This is a shot list of my music video. I have decided to include a Prologue as I wanted to make it more interesting and have a smooth instrumental start to the music video. Doing a shot list has helped me a lot, and I will be using it while filming in order to make sure I do not miss out any scenes or shots. Furthermore, I have also decided to repeat a few scenes, for example when the chorus is playing. I believe this will give my music video more of a structure.

Production Log

For the last few lessons I have been fully concentrating on finishing my storyboard. This is what i will use to guide me when doing my actual film shoot for my music video. I am very happy with the shots I have come up with, however i have no doubt that when actually filming my music video I will think of other creative shots and angles to experiment with.  An example of this can be depending on the weather, if it is raining I will be able to film some shots in the rain which will make my music video more interesting, and taking into account my music video will be a love story it will benefit the conventions of love music videos very well, as it has a sad mood involved. 

In order to create my storyboard I have taken A4 paper and for each shot I have drawn the scene. In order to make sure the shots i drew fit into my alternative rock genre I watched the actual video of "Kodaline - All I want (which is the song I'm using in my music video). After watching this I had inspiration about using slow motion in a lot of my shots, to make the video less jumpy and more smooth and graceful, unlike the genre of the music, however I wante to come up with something more unique as the song is very different too. 

While drawing my storyboard I also tried to listen to the song over and over again as it helped me gain a visual imagery of my music video. This allowed me to have a rough acknowledgment of how long each shot needs to be, and how far along in the song I was. 

Production Log - During my summer holidays

During my summer holidays I have been to visit many locations in which I could be filming my music video in. I took a trip to Hyde Park as there are some very good views, in which I believe would make my music video look very realistic.  Additionally, through my summer holidays I have also been gradually completing research tasks and doing as much research into different music videos as possible. Moreover, I wanted to go and see Kodaline perform live, however I could not make that idea become real as I did not manage to get the tickets in time.  Doing research tasks has given me some great knowledge on music videos, which benefits me when I film my own music video, as I have learnt some of the music video conventions and important features that need to be included.

Research into Kodaline

KODALINE (2)

I have decided to do some research into Kodaline, as it gives me a broad idea of what the band is about and their type of music videos they create. As I am using their song for my final music video it has given me an insight of what type of music video it needs to be and what the audience will be expecting from me. Moreover, it taught me that not all rock bands have loud and drums in their music video which means I can make my own music video look as unique as possible and surprise the audience.

Music Video Theory

I have done research into the music theorist Andrew Goodwin as it has helped me gain an insight into what I should be thinking about when creating my own music video.  Furthermore it has also given me a wide range of knowledge about what specific things the audience focuses on. This has helped me make those parts especially look very professional and attractive to the audience in order to succeed with my final music video.