Researching our Target Audience

In our research for our target audience we managed to find a way to advertise and get some feedback on the types of genres and music videos that people enjoy. We are looking to advertise our questionnaires on “Facebook”, “MSN” and in school. This because we believe that those places are where we are likely to find a range of different people. The questionnaires will allow us to gain knowledge on what type of genres people prefer and what they expect in music videos. The questionnaires will contain up to 8 or 10 questions giving the audience an option for their answer in each question. We are looking to publish the questionnnaires out tommorrow so that we have enough time to collect the data.

Here is some pictures indicating the places we are advertising our questionnaires;

Wordle

This is an image that I created in Worlde.net and it is basically giving me the vital, effective and most used words in the lyrics of the song “Crush on you”. I believe that using "Worlde" to demonstrate effectiveness as it’s a different technique to show the lyrics and popular words used in the song. Therefore people are able to spot the key words used in the lyrics.

Second Filming in London

Today was a stressful and memorable day because we took a day off school to go up London and film our second part of the video. The day was planned a week ago therefore we had set times to meet in order to complete the filming. For example we planned that everybody should meet in London for 9 o'clock. Once we got to London we went Buckingham Palace to ask permission to film in front of the palace as we wanted to show creativeness. However we wasn't able to get permission from the Police because they simply thought it wasn't safe for us or the royal family in terms of media and suspension. Although we didn't get permission we still went ahead with our plan and filmed at Buckingham Palace.

After spending an hour and so at Buckingham Palace filming and taking pictures when then decided to move on to a different location. Whilst walking away from Buckingham Palace one of our crew member's managed to find a park that was perfect for our next scene. St. James Park was the location we found therefore we used it as one of our romantic scene with the main boy and girl, to express their feelings for each other. Shooting at St. James Park was difficult because the acting had to be perfect as we didn't want the audience to recognize any fault in the video. Therefore it took us a couple of times to get the correct shot because the chemistry between the main girl (Michelle) and boy (Jason) had to be created exactly right. However spending an hour planning and filming did us a whole load of good because we believe it was our best filming as we managed to fit in many shots. For example tracking, mid, long, close and zooms we were used significantly to create an exciting music video.

The last part of our filming in London was on the bridge by the London Eye. Filming next to the London Eye was beautiful because its a tourist attraction that means a lot to us the British Public. Consequently we thought that it would be great to include it in our video. Though filming on the bridge was difficult because there was so many people either touring around or going work therefore we couldn't get enough time to film as they would just walk past the camera when recording. So that was very frustrating for us as we would have to wait for people to walk pass, but there were time where people walked past the film whilst recording. As result it ruined the filming, however we did manage to film a few minutes without being interrupted. In those few minutes we managed to squeeze in the dancing of the group.

On the whole again am proud of the group because we completed another stage of our task which is proving to us that we will achieve the best grade possible. :)

The London Locations used

We have filmed quite a lot of locations in London for our music video. This is because we want to demonstrate creativity and knowledge. So the different places we filmed in London I took a picture of and I’ll be talking about the different locations in this post.

Firstly we filmed at Buckingham Palace as we believed that it was prestigious location that has a lot of significance to the country, since it’s where our Queen lives. Therefore thats one of the location where we wanted Khandi Floss to perform that last dance as it would follow the glamorous look as it’s also a glamorous location. However due to the Queen and the media we weren’t able to perform the dance in front of the Palace. As a result we had to go elsewhere in London to perform the dance.

Here is a photo taken by us showing Buckingham Palace;


Another location that we used and has a lot of significant to our music video is the London Eye. This location is a great choice as many tourists come to visit the London Eye as well as having an importance to the country. Therefore because we weren’t able to use Buckingham Palace, we did our final dance in front of the Eye. Along with the dancing we also managed to squeeze in the lip syncing as that’s another important aspect to the video. I believe it will be beneficial towards our coursework grade because it’s a beautiful location that has a lot of meaning to many people.

A photo of the bridge and London Eye taken by us;


St. James Park the last location we used in London for our music video. We used St. James Park to film our romantic part of the video where the group leader (Michelle) and the boy who she has a crush on (Jason) go out and enjoy themselves in the park. The park was a good idea because it’s a huge tourist attraction as its gorgeous, natural and passionate. Therefore it was a great scenery to show the chemistry of the main boy and girl portraying the message of love in the music video.

Photo showing St. James Park;

Storyboard

Here is a picture of our music video Storyboard. The storyboard contains drawn pictures of the events that will take place in our music video. It also includes all the different shots and pictures that will be used in our video. It's important that we identify the different shots as it contributes to the planning of our coursework.

The Cast

Our plan has been done and we know now how the video will operate. As a result we’ve also found the people that will be involved in the video and in the shooting of the video. There are about 8 people who will be involved majorly in the shooting and making of the video. With those 8 people I have managed to split them up into different departments and roles that they are going to having during the coursework.

Here is the pictures and roles of the different people involved in the making of the “Crush on you video”;

Meghan Producer and Joao Director
So on the left is Meghan the producer who actually I came up with the whole idea of using a girl band. She also came up with the different locations as her idea was better then mine and Jason's put together. Therefore we went along with her plan to improve and add more of our own ideas and experience. On the right is me (Joao), and I'm the director therefore am there to position and order the actors about as I take control of the filming.

Khandi Floss (The Girls)
This picture shows the girls that are going to be used as the band memebers of Khandi Floss. On the left is Marie and she will be known as Harmony. In the middle is Michelle the bands leader and she is the original member of the band. She is known as Honey in the group. The last member is Maureen on the right she is also new to the group and she will be covering Pharai who is a original member of the group.

Jason Editor
He is our main man because he covers many aspects of the J2M Production. For example he does the editing of our music video, which is probably one of the hardest and stressful thing of our coursework. Also he deals with the music of our video, so in other words the technical stuff is done by him. However 1 last and big duty that he is involved in with J2M Production is that he is apart of the video as the main guy that the band leader has a crush on.

1st Mise en Scene

This picture is the location where we started filming for the first time. In this particular location we had both the band and Jason in the shoot, as the scene is meant to portrait the ending of lunch time. In the filming the group (i.e. girls) are together having general conversation. From there Jason walks pass, which Michelle then stares at him. With that shot wanted to create an atmosphere for the audience and since of empathy for Michelle and her crush.

Here is the 2nd mise en scene we used on our first filming. This picture is the side path that leads to the enter of Robert Clack School. In that particular location we got the girls to walk down towards the camera, as it gives a girl band look. We also got the girls to perform their dance as we wanted another dance location in the video.



That's a picture of the third mise en scene we used. The picture demonstrates the actually frame we used in the filming as the empty chairs were filled with students. We used a classroom as one of our mise en scene because it links to the school girl crush. In the filming we had Michelle sitting behind Jason and imagining the possible outcomes of her crush. Again that's making the audience have empathy for her crush.