Website Research

Research

For this task we underwent in researching websites for our band Vanilla. we looked at numerous websites of well known artist but particularly looked at girl groups and country themed artist to inspire us for our website.

The websites we looked at are:
http://www.little-mix.com/gb/home
http://www.maddieandtae.com
https://dollyparton.com
https://www.mileycyrus.com

Research we found from the websites we looked at is we will use one prominent colour throughout the website as the background with the text being all one colour which will match the synergy of our website and also as it will be the same for each page with not much change with the font, text colour and background colour. We also found that we will use an a photo of the band to be the background for the homepage which will show off the band to users of the website and so our image as a band can be sown from the outset of the website and users know what kind of group we are. 

This is an example of Little Mix's website as this is the home page which is a photo of the group as the background which we will try to achieve for our website.








This is an example of Maddie & Tae's website which shows a clear colour for each page background which is white which we will use as we want a one colour scheme throughout the website to go with the synergy of the band. We are unsure of the final colour but have been looking at shades of pink for our background colour.

Digipak Research

Digipak

Album Covers

firstly, as we were performing and creating the video in the style of country music we went about researching different country albums so we found a variety of different country albums and a few other as well to get a range and make sure we had enough research to get our own digipak to a high quality. These are the different ideas we had.

Outfit Ideas

OUTFIT IDEAS

RENAE

OUTFIT 1- Check Shirt and Jeans (Dead Straight)

OUTFIT 2- Blue Denim Jacket, Pink Vest, White Jeans, Plaited/Straight Hair

OUTFIT 3- White top, Blue denim skirt and jacket, Trainers

 PIP

OUTFIT 1- Check Shirt and Jeans (Afro)

OUTFIT 2- Blue Denim Jeans and Jacket, Black Vest, Low Ponytail

OUTFIT 3-  White long sleeve tee, Black skirt, Boots

SOPHIE

OUTFIT 1- Check Shirt and Jeans (Braids)

OUTFIT 2- Black Denim Jacket, Jeans and Vest, Sraight Hair

OUTFIT 3- Stripy shirt with belt, Jeans and Boots

Song Lyrics

Song Lyric

This is the breakdown of the song 'I Wont' by little mix that we have decided to produce a music video for. To make sure we all know our lines this is what parts of the song each of us will be singing...

Red = Pip

Green = Renae

Blue = Sophie

I got my pride, my self-respect
Need nothing more, want nothing less
'Cause all that I got should be enough to make it work
'Cause all that I want is to love and just be loved

I'll never let it go 'cause we can do this on our own
I'll never let it go, we have too much to let it fall
I'll never let it go 'cause we can do this on our own
I'll never let it go, we have too much to let it fall

And I won't let anybody tell me no
I won't take anything for granted
'Cause I know that nothing good comes easy
If it did, I wouldn't be me, let it go and let me do it 'cause
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't

I got my heart, my head up high
I will be strong, I will survive
'Cause all of the hurt will wash away with the rain
And all that we've learned will be enough to shine again

I'll never let it go 'cause we can do this on our own
I'll never let it go, we have too much to let it fall
I'll never let it go 'cause we can do this on our own
I'll never let it go, we have too much to let it fall

And I won't let anybody tell me no
I won't take anything for granted
'Cause I know that nothing good comes easy
If it did, I wouldn't be me, let it go and let me do it 'cause
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't

Hold you head up,(hold you head up) see the daylight
Hold your head up (hold your heard up) 'cause your future's looking bright
Hold your head up, see the daylight
Hold your head up 'cause your future's looking bright (wooooo)

These stones and sticks are what makes me
These stones and sticks are all I need
These stones and sticks are what makes me
These stones and sticks are all I need

And I won't let anybody tell me no
I won't take anything for granted
'Cause I know that nothing good comes easy
If it did, I wouldn't be me, let it go and let me do it 'cause
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't
I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't…

Lip Sync Task

Lip sync Task

Group Availability Table

Group Availability

Below is an image that shows the times of which members within our group are free. From this information, we will use this to decide when we are all free too film specific shots and when and where we will film in our chosen locations. For example, we will need a whole morning or afternoon to film at marsh farm and have a secure idea of what shots and camera angles we would like to do for our video with the location of marsh farm. In addition, we know that we would like to film with the tractors, some animal enclosures, as well as film in some of the barns and where there is hay. 

Group Pitch Ideas

Group Pitch



Feedback from Classmates...Andra Day - Rearview 
Class Response:

• Too sad which would mean the audience wouldn't engage
• Slow 
• Has a boring tune, meaning it would be had to produce an interesting music video 

Bea Miller - Buy Me Diamonds
Class Response:

• Already has a music video therefore doesn't fit our brief 
• But the song would have been perfect otherwise

Neon Jungle - Fool Me
Class Response:

• Needed to be more upbeat 
• The pitch doesn't change and has a constant/repetitive rhythm 
• No one could visualise creative ideas 

Camera Ideas for the whole video: 

• Driving through the country side
• Being moody and angrily singing close up to the camera  
• Focused on a country hat, the girls would throw the hat into the air with the camera following, then the hat would land in a different location which makes up one of the transitions
• Flip between various locations quickly

Evidence

Individual song suggestions

Song suggestions

 

 

gigantic by pixies was my first suggestion. This is because it is a rock song which would be the genre I would want to and produce a music video of it. As 3 of the 4 members of my media group are girls this song would be a good fit as it is a song sung by Kim Deal from the Pixies so therefore the girls could be apart of this song and as a rock band which is mainly girls and as it is unusual to produce a song for a girl rock band and is very different to what other groups would do which is a pop song.

 



 

 

 

My second choice was Head Over Feet by Alanis Morissette. I chose this song as it is also a rock/alternate song so would be different from what other groups would do and it is a unique women voice so would fit with the group I have and is more slower so would be a different video to first choice.

Production diary

Production Diary

18/09/17
Today is the first day Sophie, Ale, Renae and Pip all sat down together and discussed what song we would like to do and what themes we would like to portray within the music video. We first came up with the idea of having one person act as the artist and be the focus of the video, however we found multiple songs such as "i won't" by little mix, of which all three girl would participate in the music video to make a girl group. We thought this to be the best idea, as our thoughts all linked together and we thought this would be a good idea for the whole of the music video. 
19/09/17
Today we were making our presentation that we have to present to the class tomorrow. Within this presentation we have to include what music videos have given us ideas for our music video. We have also included songs which we have considered and then also the two songs that we have narrowed our choices down to. Also in the presentation we have spoke about the props we hope to use in our video, the settings we hope to film in and also the costumes we will wear. We have also discussed a few band names and are hoping to come up with a few more tomorrow so that we have a wide range that our peers can choose from to help us decide.
20/09/17
During today's lesson we all sat down and analysed student music videos and decided what level we would put the video into. For example, we looked at ex-student videos from our school that made their music videos last year as well as from other schools such as Hertwood House and Latima. In addition to this, we got set a separate task where we had to find 5 other student videos and list the positives and negatives of each of the video and decide what level they would be. 
21/09/17
We have finally finished our group pitch videos and we are now ready to present. Within the lesson today, we pitched our ideas to the rest of our class and received feedback from our class mates of which they enhanced our ideas as well as gave us suggestions that we have considered but may not incorporate. 
22/09/17
Today we all sat down together and recapped on what we have to do according to our lap charts, for example, checking all of the blog posts that are there have been completed. In addition to this we have all gone over our timetables and decided which days we can all shoot and meet up and we have dedicated every lesson as well as frees to film this music video. We have also decided on who will do which job, for example with Ale being the director and filming the whole music video, he is also going to do the research and analysis into the website and digipaks. However, we have also separated all of the other tasks between Pip, Renae and Sophie. 
25/09/17
Today Sophie started the Stealomatic Task which is an ongoing task which will take around a week to complete. Pip was filmed by Renae, doing the Lip sync task which each of us will have to do it as well. Then she started to edit it to have the song played along side it to see how well her lip syncing was. Ale was getting up to date with his blog and also completed the days production diary.
26/09/17
Today Renae, Sophie and Ale completed their lip sync for the lip sync task while Pip filmed it and then when finished edited the lip sync task into a video to upload on our blogs. Sophie then carried on with the Stealomatic Task and then Ale and Renae completed blog work.
28/09/17
Today we focused on planning who was going to sing each shot in the video, we created a presentation on this with many different slides deciding how many shots we were going to have throughout the whole video. We know that this will be a big help when filming our music video because it means that we will be prepared for every shot. 
29/09/17
Today we planned which of us girls was going to sing each part of the song, this is a vital part of our planning because before we start filming we have to make sure we know who is lip syncing which part of the song so we can prepare correctly. 
02/10/17
Today Ale is doing research for our digipak and the website, Pip is continuing with the lyric breakdown to ensure we know exactly what parts of the song each of us are singing. Sophie is researching into the artist of our chosen song (Little Mix) and into similar genre websites and CD covers. Pip also completed the shooting schedule ready for us to start filming next Monday.
5/10/17
During today's session Pip started the storyboard for which we will use whilst we are filming to give us guidance. This storyboard including the actions for which we will carry out throughout each lyric and how long each act would last for. This consisted of us understanding who will sing what bit.
6/10/17
In addition to individual work for the band, our teacher introduced us to the software 'screencastify' of which we looked at a variety of artists websites. Our teacher showed us how we should use this software in analyzing the website. We was told to have a look at what type of websites inspire us so that we could get some ideas for our own creation when we make it on wix. In addition we all made our own scripts so that this can be spoken whilst we talk over the website. Renae analysed little mix, Pip analysed Fifth Harmony's, Sophie analysed Rihanna's and Ale analysed Oasis. 
9/10/17
Today is our first day of filming, pip drove us all to hylands park where we filmed in a variety of locations around the park. For example we all individually sung the song against a wooden wall, then we all performed together and tried to do a lot of camera shots such as pans, tracking, low and high angles. We all had similar looks within our checkered shirts, jeans and boots, of which we all had signature hairstyles as we wanted to look different but within a country location. We got enough footage, as well as this, we took a lot of photos in order for us to build our website, magazine, Twitter/Instagram pages and digipak. 
10/10/17
Tuesday's lesson consisted of us analysing the footage that we had recorded on Monday, and we did import some of this footage onto our editing software Premiere Pro. This was so we could get an idea of what the footage looks like along with the audio from the song we chose. In addition, Ale made a start on the digipak by going through the images we took and he selected our strongest one from that day to make a start on. 
12/10/17
We have now got a rough idea of the other locations we would like to film in, for example setting up a set within our school in our drama studio with a plain background and fairy lights, we are also waiting for a response from Marsh Farm and we would also like to film at a golf club that is based in a country area, a long with being a barn. We also came up with a range of names for our band with out teacher and we had the people around us vote for the ones they liked the most. The contenders now are Trinity, Blue Moon and French Vanillas. 
16/10/17
Today was spent planning for our next shooting trip to marsh farm. This included gathering information about how we would get there, what specific locations we wanted to use and what outfits and props we needed to bring with us. Ale and Sophie also focused on producing out social media accounts so that we could publicize the making of our music video.
17/10/17
The Marsh Farm Shoot was booked for today so all four of us went. We spent the whole day filming and had perfect lighting just before the sun started to set while we were filming in the corn field, giving us amazing lighting and superb shots to include in out video. We filmed in various locations such as in the barn with the animals such as the pigs and the horses. We also filmed within the Maize Maze where we managed to film from a variety of angles and shots. 
18/10/17
From returning from Marsh Farm yesterday, we had a lesson where our teacher spoke to us about Cross Media and Synergy and how this should be used within our planning and work for the video. We analysed Daft Punk from their album covers to their teaser video and official videos. From this we learnt that we need to incorporate the same colours, costumes and themes throughout all of our work in our digipak, website, and promotion for our band. We also went through all the footage and images from yesterday. Ale has also made a start on our website. 
19/10/17
Ale wasn't in today's lesson therefore it was only the girls. Renae and pip made a start with the editing of the first draft of the music video, and Sophie finished the cross media task, edited the vlog from the Marsh Farm shoot day, and also edited the photos of the outfits we wore at Marsh Farm. Pip also continued with the plan of the lyric breakdown which helped Renae with what shot to put where within the video. 
20/10/17
Today, Pip is carrying on with adding some more footage onto Premiere. Ale is doing website research in order to make our website the best matched to our band. Sophie has been working on making the magazine so she has been doing some magazine research to ensure we have  included all of the right things. I have been analysing the photos that we are planning on using for our digipak. 
30/10/17
We have now returned back to school from our half term holiday, of which we have undertook various tasks individually. In addition, pip was absent today however Ale, Sophie and Renae did work within the class. Our teacher caught us up on work that we needed to finish before deadlines such as the halfway evaluation on Friday.
31/10/17
Sophie continued with the editing of the music video today to ensure that there is a first draft done for the halfway evaluation. Pip has finished the storyboard images and is now taking photos of it ready for it to be filmed. Renae has continued with other work such as presentations. Ale has also carried on with the website and has made a large progress with focusing on the tour and biography page.
02/11/17
We finally decided we wanted to go back to hylands to gain some more footage, such as long shots and establishing shots. We wanted to shoot these as a chance to build up our music video and add in an opening to make the video look more put together. Renae, Pip and Ale all went to hylands, whilst Sophie stayed editing the music video and finishing off extra pieces of work. Pip also started on the editing of the storyboard and Ale progressed with the digipak designs.  
03/11/17
Today Sophie is editing and adding in more footage onto the music video, we are trying to get as much as we can done with the video in order for the halfway evaluation deadline. Ale is finishing of the album cover today and also working on the website. Renae has been working on the halfway evaluation Prezi, it is important to do this as it allows us to see where we are as a group and whether or not we are on target to finish on time.
06/11/17
Today we presented our halfway evaluation prezi to the class, this was a grat task because it meant that we gained feedback from our classmates on what we needed to work on and also what they thought was good. 
08/11/17
Today Sophie is editing more of our music video, Pip is finishing off the storyboard, Ale and Renae are working on the digipak and planning when we can have our photoshoot for this.
13/11/17
Pip finished the feedback and published it on the blog. Ale looked an improving the website from the new feedback we were given. Sophie added to the editing and then moved on to add her improvements to the magazine cover. Leaving Renae to cack on with the digipak.  
14/11/17
After analysing the video thoroughly and making a decision yesterday, we have decided we need to undertake a photoshoot for our digipak. We have decided that we want to be dressed in simplistic outfits so that one of the girls in the band do not stand out in contrast to another member. We all want to look equal. We have decided to do this photoshoot at Hylands Park again, our original shooting location. 
15/11/17
Today we did not have a lesson however as a group we undertook tasks individually such as adding to the website, editing, magazine research and editing the digipak. 
16/11/17
After our reshoot of the 14th we decided to analyse all the footage as a group and decide which clips we should use in the music video. Ale has almost finished off the website with all the merchandise finalised, Renae has made a lot of progress with the digipak, Pip and Sophie edited the music video in turn, with Pip doing extra research and Sophie almost finishing the magazine cover. 
17/11/17
Today Renae continued with the digipak, she printed it off in order to receive feedback from our teachers and our classmates to see if it needs any improvements. Pip continued with editing the music video, Sophie continued with creating the magazine and Ale finished off the website and published it. 
20/11/17
Today Sophie continued editing, Pip and Renae through the digipak feedback and discussed what needed to be tweaked and added, Ale worked on Photoshop to create some better photos for the digipak .
21/11/17
Today Pip is editing the video, Sophie is finishing off the magazine to be able to print it off to hand out to our class mates to gain feedback, Renae is working on the digipak and Ale is ensuring that all of his blog posts are up to date.

Banana Phone

Banana Phone

 

For this task we were given six different shots to produce for the song banana phone. my first shot was the cloning shot where it was 3 different shots cloned together to look like i am featuring three times in the same shot. this worked to extent as i am clearly seen 'cloned' within the shot, however, the lighting of the background and the sky in the background is different for each shot which can be clearly seen so therefore is not 100% accurate and therefore is an issue and somewhere i could improve on which is choosing a still image background which will work better. Also the camera work could be improved as it is seen to be moving and a little shaky so a tripod should be used to make sure the camera is perfectly still. The Lego animation shot worked well as it can be seen to flow and look like a continuous video , however as before , the same problem occurred as I used my mobile phone so therefore did not have a tripod or anything to hold the phone still so the background can be seen to slightly moved on each picture so this can show a weakness in the overall Lego animation shot.
The last shot worked well as the size between myself in the video and the lego figure we used as a small object was the same size to start off with which was the main objective to achieve in this shot so this shot was a success.
The shot of me walking backwards could have been improved as the camera did not follow like a tracking shot but stood still and just the camera rotated to follow the walking which did not work as well and This is the one shot that could have been improved the most.