Filming Schedule

Wednesday 4th of December 

Studio Scene

"mind" scene (when my main talent is acting crazy in the studio with scary make-up). This scene will be in the studio if it is free for use. However, if it isn't I can make my own studio at home as I have a white backdrop which is large enough for what I want to produce.

In this shoot I will be carrying out some experimentation shots as I believe if I film more then I need, I will have prepared myself enough for my final draft in december and will be able to use other clips if some don't work very well.

For example, when I planned my stort board, I  did not plan to use many close up shots; although, as I am a photography student too, (I am used to producing more work than needed and experimenting with spontaneous ideas) I feel that I will use a number of different shots, and pick the best bit of filming produced on the day to include in my music video. 

This scene will be repeated throughout my music video but I don't want the same shot to be repeated, just the location and concept. 

What Will I need for this shoot?

• make-up
• white clothing for my main talent
• make-up wipes to remove the make-up when we have finished filming
• tripod - I own one
• Food and refreshments 

Thursday 5th of December 

 Bath Scene

This shoot should be much simpler as I will just be doing different frames of my main talent in the bath. However, I am constantly thinking of new ideas which will completely change my story board. I have thought about making the music video I have planned musch more abstract. In this scene I have thought about filming different shots of my main talent in the bath, but as the scene develops, I will use a dark liquid to mix in with the water and the bath slowly turn black which will hopefully look professional as I am editing my whole music video into black and white. 

What Will I need for this shoot?

• make-up
• black bra and pants for my main talent to wear under the white top in the bath to emphasise she is in the bath 
• Dark liquid which wont stain the bath
• tripod
• towels

Adaptations and changes to my ideas

With my music video I have planned how the narrative will develop and it was a mixture of a story/abstract concepts however I feel I can push myself to be much more experimental with my work and produce a abstract and narrative music video.

From producing my animatic/story board I began to look into more music videos by artists I really enjoy at the moment like Hiam and their song 'falling' this music video is abstract and different. Which inspires me to be different in my approach to my A2 advanced media portfolio. Comparing myself when researching now to last year, I feel I have gained confidence in trail and error. I produced a lot of drafts for my music magazine and this has led me to believe how I can push myself and my creativity to a new personal level, in producing a moving image piece of work rather than still imagery like in my AS studies. 

I've had adaptations to my scenes such as the studio scene. I will keep to the inspiration from Rihanna's disturiba music video with the scary acting and quick camera movements for when my music picks up. However, an adaptation of mine is when I thought about using paint on my main talents face on a close up. I began to think "why stop there?". As I have experimented with still imagery in my photography studies I thought I could adapt this to my music video by using many different camera angles, pans , and zooms to make my music video much more interesting and allow my audience to be active in their opinions to the video. By this I won't be sticking to a hypodermic needle by feeding a concept into their thoughts, but to allow them to think of their own and decode my music video. 

Another adaptation of mine is when my main taken is in the bath. I thought about doing some planned shots in the bath as originally planned on my story board but allowing a different form of portraying the same concept (drugs overcoming her) in a different form. I will do this by the tap water changing colour to a black and how the bath water slowly turns from clear to dark representing how the drugs are overwhelming her/her body.  This is the same concept of drugs taking over as in the studio scenes and the paint running down her back, face, and other body parts (when I am experimenting with good angles and shots) represents the concept of time. 

To have something to fall back on, I will still film some story narrative shots as a back up if my abstract approach is not what I hope to produce. However, even though I have changed my ideas last minuet, I believe I will be able to produced a good outcome with my abstract approach. 

Ancillary Text Planning

CD Covers

Throughout my filming for my alternative rock music video, I will take photographs of my main talent, locations and etc for my ancillary texts that being an album cover and a magazine advertisement.

These four images I have found on 'Google images' are prime examples of CD album covers. 

Therefore, I will either have to take a photograph of a band, or an aspect of the music video. I think, to one, save time, and to make editing easier, I will take my photographs of my main talent in my music video when filming.

I will be creating a CD cover and music advert in Photoshop as I am very familiar with the software and how it works from using it solid in AS media when I was making my music magazine.


The Beyonce Cover isn't the same as my music genre, however I think the costume and composition of the text behind her is a good idea. I could also do some artwork involved with am image like the led zepplein picture however I'd mix a picture of Jodee (my main talent) and paint on top of parts of it to looks abstract and artistic.

These are some ideas I have produced with my test shot of Katie to get an idea of what I wish to produce for a CD cover.

When I come to producing my final outcome, I will be using my main talent Jodee in the studio wearing the black costume which she will be wearing in my studio filming.
By doing this I will allow continuity to flow from my music video to my final product and ancillary media texts.



In CD's the continuity flows from the front cover, inside and to the back of the CD cover. Looking at existing products found around my house of the same genre, you can see how these products use the  same fonts throughout and same colour scheme. This is easy to distinguish from my work in AS on music magazines and understanding what the key connotations are which create realism to the magazine.


These are some ideas which for what I would like my ancillary texts to look like.

I really like the R for Rihanna's CD cover. I think it is discrete, and a good idea for my chosen genre and look I'm going for. This is used with two photographs and I want to use photographs and paint in my ancillary texts like the example of mine above.

I began to look at different text fonts as I thought I could either hand draw, or look online for some ideas. I went on a website called Daft font. I typed in 'Rebels' (as I couldn't think of any other name for the artist) and clicked on the category "horror" for my chosen genre/look I want to create.

I really like the second row down. The R reminds me of Rihannas CD cover, but as the, music genre is different to Rihanna's genre of music, I dont think my audience will relate the two together. As this is just planning, I don't think my final outcome will be as I have planned to begin with as I found out In AS with my music magazine; The first draft looks nothing like my final outcome.

The photographs below are of a most recent album from Foo Fighters. This is showing the layout and photographs used which have inspired my to use a medium of photography rather than all computerised text.

From looking at the Foo Fighters CD pack. I thought I would pick random CD's from around the house and photograph them for my research to show that the conventions of different artists are the same. 

They all contain artist name on the front and album name even though they all look different due to the composition of the text and image/artwork used. 

All artwork/design on the CD's themselves all vary in style however the conventions tend to be again the artists name, album name and sometimes the tracks are numerically listed on the CD too. 

The back fo the CD's however are all very different apart from the use of the tracks numerically listed. I would like to be creative and be rather analog in my approach using artwork with possibly an image. As I am just researching at the moment, I will be thinking my plans/ideas through properly at a later date. 

Now what about posters? 

Posters tend to be similar to the album cover, however; the content on the poster depends on what the poster is used for.... For example, promotion of a CD or the appearance of the musician at a concert. My poster will be to promote the artists new album. 

I got this image from Google images and I will be using this to help plan my product. This will be useful as it will allow me to make prints to fit the dimensions given so that I will reduce the cost of printing as I'm hoping to get the dimensions right first time round. 

These photographs of different types of CD casings are the style I wish to create. I Think the top photograph would be eye catching to my target audience with a colourful print or photograph on the CD shown through the whole. 

The one below is a good idea as I like the use of stitching along the edge of the CD cover however, I would need to layer up dark prints onto it to allow the case to stand out like this below for example. 

I like the colour and idea of a fold in the casing. I think this will be better for my product to draw attention to my target audience by having more intriguing photographs and/or colourful textures.

The photographs in the prezi file above are what have am using for my inspiration. I really like the photograph in the middle of my photo collage as I believe it will allow continuity from my music video to my CD cover and music magazine advertisement.

Another Idea i've had is to experiment with a skull outline and draw on it. Here are some examples, I'm not sure where I would place it however I have an Idea of where I could - music magazine advertisement.

This photograph below is my take on the drawing above. I used a photograph of Katie from my photography as a tester to see how difficult it is to create. When I produce my final outcome if I use this idea will be used with a photograph of Jodee.

Health & safety Production Assessment

Hazardous material or procedure	Risk (What could go wrong?)	Control Measures (Safety Precautions)	Action –  in case of accident	Remaining Risk (Low/Med/High)
Cables in studio on the floor	Some one could trip up and fall over	Make sure that cables are placed carefully and out of the way telling cast where they are to warn/make them aware of the risk	Contact someone of authority at the college and seek medical advice from doctor or hospital if necessary	Low
Main talent  Walks/Sitting next to an abandoned building	Glass or sharp objects could be present on the scene and my actress could cut herself	Look around the area I wish my actress to walk/sit to make sure there is not harmful material present	Contact someone of authority at the college and seek medical advice from doctor or hospital if necessary	Low
Candles/Flame	During filming something could set fire when I have candles in a certain location  or place candles in jars so that if they fall over at all, nothing catches fire as easily	To avoid a fire, don't leave candles unattended	Leave by the nearest exit and call 999.  Also, contact people of authority.	Low
Allergic reaction to paint (used on hands and face of main talent)	As this paint will be going directly onto my main actress' face and hands, there could be an allergic reaction from the paint on her skin	To avoid this, I will carry out a skin test well before shooting to see if there is an affect on the skin.	Take my main talent to seek medical advice	Low
car accident  (To get to and from different locations, I will be driving my cast)	Could be a crash and I would be held responsible if someone were injured.	Make sure all cast are wearing seat belts (I also have a warning noise in my car if someone doesn't) and make sure they tell their parents where they are going.	Call 999 and inform someone of authority	Low - (I am a legal driver)

Mise-en-scene - Prop List and Location List

Prop List

• Fake Cigarettes -I will buy from joke shop
• False eye lashes -I will buy from primark
• White bed sheets - use old ones 
• Box lights - photography studio (ask for permission, I also have 2 box lights at home) 
• Rope (Prop from photography - as i am a photography student I have permission to use it) 
• Socks (with holes in them) 
• Mirrors (Simple mirror on a wall or wardrobe either at my house or my main talents house) 
• Black or white back drop (I have a white back drop and I will ask permission from the photography department to use the black backdrop in the studio)
• Money (I will withdraw some notes) 
• Little Bag of Salt or Sugar (to look like drugs)
• Wine Bottles (use old wine bottles - from home) 
• Vodka Bottles (use old Vodka bottle - from home)
• Candles (I have a lot of candles at home)
• Disco coloured lights (I have these at home)
• Big rings - Use mine (these reinforce the type of fashion indie/rock would wear)
• Paint for face (Picture below) 

In my photography studies, I used paint and it worked really well in contrast to the skin on my model. I believe that adding this to my main talent, it can make my music video more abstract; however, I will not be letting the paint run on her back, she will have it running from her eyes and then smudge it across her face as if they were tears. I believe this will work and look good however, I will need to practise this with my main talent to make sure it will work before I book out the studio and waste filming time. 

Location List

• Bathroom at my house
• Brick wall - Around the back of local corner shops for a rough looking location 
• Photography Studio - At My College / White backdrop could be shot at my house with my own box lights if studio is needed to photography students desperately
• Local Streets -For my main character to walk down OR if she doesn't feel confident being down a street, I could film this down a country road with a "rough" looking building in the shot
• Kitchen - Jodee's Kitchen

Studio set up 

This is how my lighting will look in the studio with the backdrop draping down to the fall to create realism and continuity to look professional. Using this harsh lighting, shadows will be created which will make my video look interesting once I change it to black and white and edit some of these scenes into a mirrored image. 

I used Katie in this image as Jodee was unavailable 

Brick Wall 


This is the back street of my local shops and I feel that this is the perfect location for my "brick wall" location as it usually has rubbish or run down elements to the location which is what I want to in  this location shot.

Local Streets 

The 'A' on the map is where I live. The local shops are down the street called "Woodhall Way" so this screen shot is the streets I will film my main talent walking down the streets. I will try to make these walking scenes look professional as I dont plan to have a long shot of her walking, I would prefer to use close-ups on legs/feet walking and medium shots showing her clothing moving to show she is walking in a more interesting way.

Kitchen 

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Bathroom 

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Bridlington or Hornsea for Beach 

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