Location - Fewston Reservoir

I've been to Fewston reservoir to check if there would be shots that would fit with the plot of the music video. For example i needed a shot of a road and a waterfront. I took the shots on my phone and this is one of 4 locations i will be visiting in the process.

This picture was taken on the way to Fewston reservoir. The road will not be able to be used for my protagonist to be in the middle due to the fact that the cars along this road going over 30MPH.

 

 Whilst taking this low shot picture; this is an idea of the angles of camera whilst the protagonist is in the middle and a car behind lighting her up.However this road will not be accessible due to me nearly getting hit by a car just taking this picture. However i have found a similar road next to Fewston reservoir that i will be able to use safely. 

This is the road that i will now be able to use. This road is right next to the reservoir therefore giving me the ability to take shots of the reservoir throughout the video. The reservoir being next to the road gives me the ability to take transition shots. The trees will also shoe a good effect when the lighting is darker; this photo was taken at 3pm however i will be going to film at 4pm therefore the sun will be setting. I doesn't matter to my filming whether it is cloudy or darker.

I will also be filming next to the reservoir in between the trees. Here i will be doing stop start motion and the lighting will be extremely dark. Therefore i will be filming at 5pm on the same day of the filming in the road. With the water in the background there will be the effect of the threat of water and the low wide shots; we will be able to see the background and the silhouette of her dancing in between the trees as well as the stop start motion of her jumping around the area.

 

This is some of the footage that the audience may denote in the music video; however they will see the protagonist in the footage instead of just the reservoir. The footage will not be as varied and will only last a few seconds. This is an extended version of what wlil be in the music video.

  

This is another sample video - i used my iphone to put slow motion on the video. This is me walkign down the road in which i will use to film.

Screenplay

Visuals Wide shot of trees over a lake in the dark or at sunrise Spinning camera – slow motion - establishing See the protagonist walking in the distance – long shot Starts dancing in the sunrise Panning shot of the train station	Audio Sounds of trees in the wind – intro 0:18 Guitar solo enters 0:19 ‘Lonely’ lyrics enter 0:28 Electronic sound effects 0:35 Drums and the lyrics ‘Lonely’ 0:40 ‘Got my high heels on’ 1:00
Tracking shot of protagonist walking around the abandoned buildings Turns to camera looking down and stands in the middle of the room Road in the night – lit by car lights – protagonist is almost a silhouette - dances Dances Calms down – goes to abandoned building – tracking shot	‘And my lipstick got my velvet dress in the closet and my phone on vibrate’ 1:17 ‘All I do is wait’ 1:20 Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 1:22 ‘My night drive loneliness’ 1:35 Lyrical 1:47
Quick extreme close shot of the lips – flash editing Road in the night – lit by car lights – protagonist is a silhouette – dances Fighting with herself – medium shot facing the camera – hands on the head shaking	Lyrics begin again 2:02 ‘Of all the things that I’ve said there’s one thing that I regret’ 2:12 Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 2:25 Lyrical - 2:48
Black screen Long low shot – protagonist up on a hill – sunset – walking slowly looking into the sky Flashing editing – stop start motion in a large abandoned ally way – spotting around the room Road in the night – lit by car lights – silhouette dancing	Music stops 3:08 Acapella 3:09 ‘Over and over’ – music begins again 3:29 Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 3:50
Using footage from earlier in the video – quick editing Close shot of protagonist losing it – shaking head	‘My night drive loneliness’ 4:02 Lyrical – 4:33
Dancing on the train tracks – night time Flash editing – gradually getting closer to the camera –finally looks at the camera and fades	‘Oh well oh well oh well’ – lyrical 5:08 Music fades 5:17-5:25

Audience Research

Primary audience - male aged 35+

What genre of music were you into in the 90's?

This pie chart states that my primary audience listened to a variety go genres in the 90's when they were teenagers. the majority of my primary audience stated that they listened to Grunge music. This connects to the majority of my primary audience having heard of the band Garbage and having listened to them in the 90's. The next highest stat of genre was hip hop in the 90's.

What genre of music are you interested in now?

What are your top three favourite bands?

• Foo Fighters
• First aid kit
• Clash 
• Queens of the stone age 
• Black Keys
• Beach Boys
• The killers
• Gorillas 

How often do you watch music video's a month?

• Once a month
• Once per day
• Twice a week

Secondary Audience - Female and Male 18-25

What genre of music are you into now?

What are your top three favourite bands?

• Bring me the Horizon 
• The 1975
• Craig David 
• One Direction 
• Olly Murs
• Taylor Swift
• Gatlantis 
• Vigi Land
• Samir and Viktor
• Kanye 
• Chance the rapper
• Beachhouse

How often do you watch music videos a month?

• Once
• Couple of times 
• Once a week
• Never 

Both

Garbage:

What platform do you watch music videos on?

• Youtube = 74%
• TV = 26%

Feedback

18/10/16

From the feedback i will be;

•  Writing more blog posts about genres of music
•  Making a questionnaire for my audience to take part in to see what music they are interested in
•  I will also be making posters and the CD cover for my single before i make the music video

Genre practice exam question

Genre helps the producers of films to create a template for what they are making. Genre also can also help the distributor and promoters to market the film to specific audiences. For example in ‘Neighbours’ (my film opening coursework for AS) my genre was teen thriller; which can also be classified as a hybrid genre. My film opening can be classified as teen thriller because the audience are able to connote the common conventions that they infer to be from a thriller genre. The teen genre also comes from the fact that there are teens in the film opening; therefore the audience can also relate to the characters in the film. My film was about a girl who was getting revenge on her previous friend; and she ends up killing the friendship group off one by one. The audience denotes the antagonist following the ‘popular girl group’ and killing them off one by one. Within the first two minutes the audience are able to connote. Neale (1990) says that genres are both important to be similar and different. For example films in specific genres have to have some of the typical conventions and then also have to be different to keep the audience interested. More repetition wouldn’t attract the audience. For example in thrillers like mine, they follow similar conventions in that most thrillers involve either a chase scene or some violence. Whereas comparing the film the film Heathers and abduction. Both are classified under the genre of thriller. However Heathers is also a teen thriller due to the fact there isn’t any guns or typical violence; but there is murders. Whereas in abduction there is guns and chase scenes. Both are thrillers but they are very different therefore they both attract similar but different audiences. Neale also stated that audiences bring their pre-determined knowledge to films and this helps them pre-determined what they are going to see. If audience members had previous knowledge of the film Heathers; they would have pre-determined knowledge and understand the film more. Having pre-determined knowledge enables audiences to understand the films more and they get what they are expecting from a teen thriller.

 In my film opening I made my semantics and syntactic elements specific to the teen the thriller genre enabling the audience to connote the teen thriller genre. For my semantic elements I gave the antagonist wear darker clothing and I specifically gave the role of the antagonist, to the female with darker hair. This will enable the audience to infer that she is the antagonist. I also used darker lighting and due to the fact that I was filming in the months of November and December I was able to take advantage of the dark night lighting. Also in the editing process I used split screen and I used fast pace editing; this follows the typical conventions of a thriller. The fast pace editing implies that there will be a lot going on in the film. I also used syntactic elements to enable the audience to define my film to one genre. Some syntactic elements such as; the antagonist following the protagonist in the opening and the narrative enigma throughout the opening. The narrative enigma being the fact that the audience know that the antagonist and the protagonist know each other but the audience are unaware of why. This follows how Rick Altman stated that genres are usually defined in terms of media language such as the synaptic and syntactic codes. Another theorist stated that ‘satisfaction comes with what is expected from genre’. Therefore using a sematic code of the location being set in a school for a teen thriller. The audience will get what they are expecting and will be able identify with the location and the characters in the film. I also used teens in the teen thriller; this also  

 John Fisk talks about sub-genre and genre being difficult to define. Due to the fact that my AS coursework was a maximum of two minutes long; it was difficult to apply the dark comedy to the film to the beginning when there was no dialect. However if the film were to continue the audience would be able to connote the dark comedy. However based on the opening to minutes I would classify my film to be a teen thriller. Making my film a genre hybrid film it will attract a wider audience. The mis-en-scene in the music video challenges the genre characteristics of a thriller. Typical mis-en-scene conventions of a thriller include a male protagonist and props such as; guns and bombs. Other typical mis-en-scene conventions would be that costume is generally dark clothing throughout and the male protagonist either wears a leather jacket or a suit. In ‘Neighbours’ (my AS film opening) the main protagonist is a female and the audience does not denote any guns or a male protagonist. However the audience does see a chase scene and this does follow the typical conventions of a thriller.

My film will appeal to audiences because if they do bring their pre-determined film knowledge they will know what to expect when they come to a teen thriller such as ‘Neighbours’. In the first few minutes of the opening the audience is able to denote that the film is set in a school and the characters are all teens. Therefore the audience will be able to identify and be able to understand the film that they are coming to see.  My film follows some but not all generic conventions of the thriller genre. This applies to the theorist Neale in which a film has to be the same but also different to be able to fit into a specific genre category.

Questionnaire

Target audience 

1. What genre of music were you interested in, in the 90's

2. What genre of music are you interested in now?

3. What are your top 3 favourite bands?

4. How often do you watch music videos a month? 

5. Have you ever heard of the band called Garbage? 

6. If you have, do you like the band Garbage? 

7. Would you watch Garbage's new video?

8. In the music videos you have seen what sticks out in the music video for you? 

9. Is there a specific music video that comes to mind when someone asks you about a music video?

10. What platform of technology do you watch music videos on? 

Pitch number two

This is presentation for the pitch. It involves my initial planning for times, location and what my primary and secondary audience is based on research about garbage. I will be presenting this on monday the 10th of October.