Group 4 - Alex, Narishma, Sam, Jess R

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Weekly Plan (31st Oct - 4th Nov)

This is a list of things we need to get done in the coming week so that we are fully prepared for our shoot and for our auxillary tasks:

Make sure everything is planned for our shoot on Sunday 6th - confirm actors, location, props etc.
Finish the dance routine for the panda - make sure our actor can perform it successfully
Start working on the website/Album Cover - this isn't a priority but it's something we can start thinking about and come up with ideas for
Book a slot for our studio shots - confirm/decide on a girl to be our artist who is willing to play a strong female character
Finish our rough edit from the footage we filmed in half term so that we can see which shots we want to use in our proper shoot

Artist Identity Update

After reviewing our plan for artist identity we decided to change our artist from a male duo, to a female solo DJ. We feel this idea is more original as there are far fewer female DJ's in the music industry and it would make our artist more unique allowing us to fill a gap in the market. The lack of female DJ's was recently brought up in an article by the Guardian:

This is a quote from the article:

Clicking through DJ Mag's newly published list of top 100 DJs, it's easy to spot the one thing missing: women. Revered in the clubbing industry as the "black book" for DJs, producers and promoters, the list is voted for by the public every year. Between 2007 and 2011 just one girl, Claudia Cazacu, scraped on to the list, charting at number 93 in 2010. Not even Annie Mac – who hosts three shows on Radio 1, DJs regularly at Fabric and whose Annie Mac Presents mixtape is No 1 in the electronic charts – gets a look in.

Our artist will be young, edgy and fresh and although the artist is female, she will have a strong personality and will be really confident. We were thinking about having her wear black (perhaps with gold in places).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/oct/28/female-dj-mag-top-100?newsfeed=true

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Shot Lists

Below are several shot lists for the different sections of the video

Group 4 Shot List for Opening Narrative

Group 4 Shot List for Closing Narrative

Location Research - Grovelands Park

We are most likely going to use Grovelands Park as the setting for the majority of our music video.

Below are the main entrances, which we'd use for the first few shots plus two photos of the park itself:

Another option for our location is Alexandra Park. Although it is slightly further from our houses there is a larger flat plane of grass which would be useful for shooting our video. However, on Saturday afternoons there are football matches being played so it would restrict our shooting time.

Storyboarding Session

Here are some pictures of our storyboarding session:

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Location Research

Below is a possible alternate location that we could shoot at.

It's a two minute walk from my house and there are lots of paths/path varieties which could make interesting shots:

Monday, October 17, 2011

Mascot Research

As a group we have delved through various websites in order to find the best prices/possible alternatives to a Panda Suit (which is proving difficult/expensive).

Here are the options:

In The UK (panda suits)

Panda Mascot Deluxe Unisex Fancy Dress Costume

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panda-Mascot-Deluxe-Unisex-Fancy-Dress-Costume-One-Size-/270748642420?pt=Adult_Fancy_Dress_UK&hash=item3f09e06c74