Planning My Second Shoot

I've planned a shoot for this Saturday coming up, from 10.00 till finished!
I've have chosen to keep my former actor, Robyn Gravestock in the Music Video because I already have a previous shoot where she modeled, which I can potentially use in my final piece, and she knows the song, as well as being a great actor... although unfortunately on occasion can become rather giggly!

I also have asked a male actor, named Reece Gardner to model in my film. Both Robyn and Reece know each other well so there will be little tension/ embarrassment between them while filming the Music Video. Reece is taller than Robyn, connoting the stereotypical boyfriend and girlfriend look. This will also make it easier to carry out a few shots. For instance, I have planned for Reece to pick Robyn up and spin her around. If Reece were not taller/ well built he might struggle which would create an awkward and forced shot.

Inspiration Found From: The A Team - Ed Sheeran

My group and I really like this music video it tells a powerful story to the viewer. Through the use of camera angles, it is a very fast moving, and busy video, focusing on one girl as she struggles with life. The use of the black and white effect create alot of contrast in the video, and making the white lights stand out against the dark background, captivating the audience.

Roland Barthes 5 Narratives Codes

In our groups we were asked to research a music video that featured Roland Barthes 5 narrative codes. We decided to look at the music video 'A Team' by new artist Ed Sheeran. This was a previous music video we had gain inspiration from and felt it was good to work with as it a low budget video that is something we as a group could easily match and produce.

Inspiration Found From: Ordinary People by John Legend

Another Music Video we have found inspiration in is 'John Legend - Ordinary People'. This Music Video is very similar to our Music Video ideas, as we have decided to focus on capturing different couples and focusing on the up's and down's of relationships. Similarly this Music Video focuses on different couples and scenes in between the artist singing. We also want to aim to use lip syncing once again as it proves to be very appealing to the audience, and after researching A2 Music Video's online, we have found that it can be done very successfully.

Get Ahead OCR Media Studies

In lesson, our Media Studie teacher showed us a very helpful website called: 'Get Ahead OCR Media Studies'. The Website features lots of inner questions being answered, for example: 'Theory for the A2 Exam' and also lots of very successful Music Video's also from A2 Media Studies students.

'The Vixens', scoring full marks for their A2 Music Video was shown to us, and gave us a run of ideas, and alot of confidence, as we were shown how to do it properly. Some of the ideas we had were thinking about adding lip syncing to our Music Video, reenforcing the fact that it is a Music Video, not a short story. Also, we found that video blogs were an exciting and unique way to update our blogs, and will definately research this in the days to come.

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