Project log - 20th September

Today I took it upon myself to re-record my actress singing the song I chose of 'let her go'. I wanted to ensure that I could fit in all of the aspects into my video to what I wanted to originally. Before I had a soundtrack of 1 minute and 51 seconds, but after a lot of research I felt that I wouldn't have been able to achieve the best I wanted to with only a small amount of time. I re-recorded the track at a time of 3 minutes 55 seconds. I think this is going to benefit me a lot more as I will be able to fit in all of the different shots and scenes that I had originally planned. I am going to shoot my first set of scenes next week hopefully in spare time, so I can start editing in lesson time.

Project log - 12th September

Today I recorded Sophia singing the song which I am going to be using. It was a live performance, recorded in a studio. I had a problem with the backing track as it was only one minute and a half, but I decided to go ahead with the recording as my actress/singer said it was the only one she had found to suit her voice. Even though it is a shorter song, I have decided it would be good to have even if I wasnt able to use it for my real piece. I also got some footage which I am going to use for the start of my video, which was before singing and preparing for the song. For the recording of this, I used a mircophone, Canon 500D and editing software on a computer. I did this with the help of two friends who have experience in recording in studios which allowed me to gain some knowledge on the area.

Project log - 12th September

Today I am recording my singer as I have planned to have a live performance of the song 'Let her go'. I am going to record her at a friends house Metin, who has a recording studio at his house, and is studying Music tech and media also. I think it will be good for me to be able to use this as an experience as he has the knowledge of recording as it is one of his interests. Also, I will shoot some of my footage there as I want to have a shot of the 'behind the scenes' before the actual singing begins. Im excited to be able to use the technology that I will be today as I havent used it before and I will be able to analyse the difference in quality that it makes to the overall outcome.

Project log - 10th September

Today in class I had started to make my storyboards and to progress onto the planning stages of my work. I wanted to be able to plan out a thorough idea of what I am going to have in each scene. In the end, I planned out every 10-15 seconds of the song up to a minute and a half, giving me a rough idea of what scenes I need to have. I have booked myself a camera from school to allow myself to film my actress singing and performing on the 12th of September. I have gone through my ideas with Sophia (my actress) and told her about how I want to my video to look and sound.

Project log - 5th September

Analysis of artists magazine ad

This is the advertisement for Rihanna's 'Loud' album. It is advertising the new music and the artist and how she is developing as a singer and is providing it to her fans and is also welcoming new people into her music. It is offering people the opportunity to listen to her music due to the fact awareness is being raised by providing the dates of the release in larger writing. This is a good way for Rihanna to be publicised as she is being exposed as a successful artist and is positively promoting themselves in the music industry. The image is doing a good job at highlighting the message which is wanted for the audience to grasp aswell as the text. The album 'Loud' is mirroring the image which is used of Rihanna as she is portrayed as a powerful, bold character. It gives the audience of this advertisement a slight insight of what it would be like to get into the sort of music, for example, out going, meaningful and opinionated lyrics would be expected from an artist like this.

From research, I have gathered that the most successful advertisements, such as this one, include minimal text and large images featuring the artist and no one else. It is important for this to be the case as it leaves more for the audience to work out themselves, and gives them the opportunity to use their imagination and gather their expectations.

Inspirational music videos

Ellie Goulding's new release 'burn' is one of my favourite, and plays a big part to my inspiration of my own music video. I like this song so much because the video really relates to the lyrics, and engages the audience through the dancing and up beat tempo. Ellie's video is really capturing the strong mindedness of her and how she is the main focus throughout. As you can see, the thumbnail and first view we have of the video gives us the first impression that it is a very focused video, on the person who is telling the story. To me, I believe the lyrics are very much narrative, and therefore allows us as the audience to follow. 

All of the shots within the video are leading up to the chorus, leaving our imaginations to work out what is going to happen, who the video is about, why she is singing it, and what is so special about this lead up. It is so inspirational for me to see, as I feel like I can take things from the video and adapt them to fit my own.

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Project log - 2nd September

I have been working on the remains of my research tasks for a few hours now and have made a good attempt of finishing the list. Remaining I have 5 tasks, in which I aim to have finished or nearly finished by the end of the day. This will help me so much when I return back to school tomorrow as I will have a lot more time to be able to focus on the different aspects of preparing for my video, and what I can include to make it successful. I can also use my time wisely to get my blog up to scratch and maybe even start to film.

Existing digipak

Music channels

Music video theory

Influences on music genre