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Magazine Research

Miley Cyrus within her billboard shoot inspires us as a group as this shoot revolved around the countryside with being in a wheat field and with her guitar. This magazine especially focuses on Miley's country era due to the location, also the colours of the text used also relates back to Miley because this colour is used a lot with her music.  










Shawn Mendes' shoot for billboard we like the idea of as the location is quite rustic and has an autumnal vibe. In addition the outfit that is worn is similar to the outfit Sophie wore for her first outfit at marsh farm. This magazine cover draws us the most with the initial focus on the artist, however the text is quite muted which is the approach we like. 











This magazine that has Haim as the front cover inspires us as a band of three members. The intimacy portrayed within the photo we like due to the band looking as though they are connecting with their audience/readers. From this image, we also like the idea of having the V which could be an idea of the magazine representing our logo as a band named "Vanilla".  
We also like the idea of the black and white as it looks stripped down and basic, however it still intrigues an audience. 

Shooting Schedule for Vanilla

Vanilla Logo Ideas

This is the first logo that has been edited for our band 'Vanilla'. We like this style of writing with it being bold but also feel as though with the stripping detail it links well with the guitar image, also linking with the theme of wooden planks that we have in various locations within our video. As a country band, we wanted to incorporate a guitar in somewhere as we felt this would be a good representation of our genre, therefore editing in a blank guitar we feel works quite well as a symbol instead of the 'I'. 

The Font is called Phosphate. 

Album Name and Song Titles

Album Name: Vanilla 
Songs:

1. On Our Own
2. Countryside
3. Rough and Tough
4. Lovers
5. Explosion
6. Road to follow
7. Admiration
8. Sight on you
9. 3X3
10. Backseat Passenger

Above shows the name of our album and all of the songs that we would like to use for its release. We chose the name vanilla for our album as we are an upcoming band that is new and needs to create a brand image. We thought name Vanilla which matches our band name would be a good idea as this make a bold statement for our band, also with the need to intrigue a new audience having the album and band name the same, the band would be easily recognisable by anyone who saw us or listened to our music. 

We thought of all of these song titles in addition to the album as we wanted an album that would be relatable to many, along with being relatable to our target audience. 

Shot List

Establishing shot – showing the audience where you are 

·           Wide shot at marsh farm showing where we are and what we all look like

 Medium shot – seeing what the audience sees

·         Against a plain wall highlighting the performer

·         With all three girls in the shot, showing them as a band

Close up/Extreme close up – a type of shot which tightly frames a person or an object

·         Showing one of us being happy, zooming in on them smiling

·         Including it with a focus pull, with a specific object

 High angle shot – looking down on the performer

·         Making contact with the camera

·         Including a point of view shot with another person looking down at the other

Low angle shot – looking up at the performer

·         Someone singing into the camera (lower down- from far away)

·         Then walking forward depth of field

 Dolly zoom – the camera following the actor’s movements smoothly

·         Coming in from an angle towards a performer

·         Them keeping the camera/eye contact as the camera finds them from a distance

Long take – walking towards the camera (down a corridor etc)

·         Walking through an ally at Hylands

·         All three of us singing

·         Engaging with the camera

Cloning Practice

This is an example of a practice of cloning to be used within the music video. We decided to have a grid of four which would only fit two of us into the frame. Pip and Sophie are shown lip syncing within these shots. We like this editing technique and are looking to use it throughout within the music video as we believe it will give it an extra touch rather than just being basic single shots throughout. Another reason we wanted to use this technique is because we have a variety of shots we would like to pair together when there is more than one of us singing at the same time, this will allow us to have two people singing in the video. 

Our teacher analysed this video and suggested that we add in Renae also as we are a band of three, which we intend to do so. If we do not use this shot we will use this technique with different footage inserted. 

Marsh Farm filming evidence

Marsh Farm Filming Outfits

This is the first of our looks for our shooting day at Marsh Farm. We wanted to have a link between all of our outfits throughout the video, such as when we filmed at Hylands we all wore checkered shirts, for this outfit we all wore double denim and our last outfit was linked through our hats, as Renae and Pip both wore denim skirts, and Sophie wore jeans, as shown below. 



This is the second outfit that we changed into where we filmed within the maize maze. We wanted to wear the hats within this location as we thought this would suit it best, with us looking like farmer girls, which is the approach we was trying to do.

Lyric Breakdown

Social Media

When our group name Vanilla was finally agreed on and chosen we created Social Media for the group. We created an Instagram and Twitter account which has launched today and will publicise the group.

 
 

Weather for Schedule 17.10.17

This is the weather forecast for the week we are deciding to film at Marsh Farm.

We decided to therefore film at Marsh Farm on Tuesday as there was minimal chance of rain and that there would be moments of sunshine which meant the lighting will be good for filming on this day.

Survey Monkey for band names

From the shot list we gathered after asking students at Great Baddow High School we produced a Survey Monkey to see which name the public thought would fit best with our image.

After sending it of to the whole of our school we gathered the results together and found that 'Vanilla' was the most popular. Therefore we have decided that Vanilla will be the name of our girl band...

Outfits

Evidence of filming

These images show evidence of us filming, these particular images are for the first day of filming.

Marsh Farm Email Evidence

When planning where we were going to shoot our music video we thought Marsh farm would be a great setting and would fit perfectly with our genre. Therefore I sent an email to the manager of marsh farm to ask for his permission to film and when would be the best time or us to come. My mum had connections with his friends and gave me his direct email so that I could get in touch and get a response as soon as possible. 

Lyric Breakdown

Lyric breakdown from englefieldf11

This lyric breakdown is for us as a group to decide what type of shot/location/camera angle we would like to add into the video according to what is being sung. In addition, this allows us to look at how long each lyric lasts for and how long we will be signing, therefore we can decide what type of visuals we want to incorporate within the video.

Locations

Location

1. Hylands Park -

This park contains loads of open space and has woodland areas as well. these places would look great with our country theme as they are rustic and out in the open. because they are out in the open they also provide great natural lighting which will make our music video appear professional.

2. Marsh Farm - 

As hinted in the name Marsh Farm has many cute little animals which with their permission we will be able to video. This encompasses the farm girl/country type look we were going for and adds a variety of locations to our video.

On Location - 3

This is a short shot of what it looked like in the corn field at marsh farm, which was our third location in the music video.

On Location - 2

This is us getting to know the horses in the stables, we wanted to make sure the animals felt safe and comfortable before we started any filming. It also meant that we could get some great footage of us getting involved with the animals. 

Here we are filming the barrel scene, this shows Sophie in the shot. 

This is a shot of the field where the Alpaca's are kept. it is one of the many fields they had at marsh farm. 

Here we are at the entrance of the location... 

Stealomatic

Stealomatic

We took a range of artists videos to create our visuals against our song "I Wont". We used a variety of old and new videos, with one inspiring us from a pop genre where as the rest are based around the theme of country; our main focus.  

Above shows a sequence that has been put together which gives an idea of as a group, the type of visuals we would like to include within the music video. For example it starts with a pan over the artists boots as she is walking. We would like to do this when the video opens to welcome in the music video to the audience. In addition, we would like to also involve a variety of shots such as close ups, mid shots, pans, zooming in and out, as well as incorporating a range of different props that help us with transitions and acting within the video; such as using a hat to throw whilst using this as a transition from one shot to another.

As for the basis of the music video, as shown in the visuals above, throughout the video we would like to film within country genre themed locations such as fields, barns as well as making our own set up to film. So as a group, we could use school facilities such as the drama studio, and we could also use props in making a set like the ones in the above video. For example, we would like to get a plain black background whilst incorporating fairy lights, studio lights and this would count as one of the locations where we interact with the audience by lip syncing the song and singing to the camera. We could also use guitars and hats within this setting.

Storyboard

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

The shooting schedule is for us to make note of when we are available and what shots we need to get. it means we are able to keep track of the shots we have and the shots we need, helping us to keep on track with our music video.

  

 

Name ideas

Band Names

We have carried out a task of research of which we have came up with a variety of names for our girl group. We have been inspired by groups like TLC and The Dixie Chicks. 

1. Trinity
2. Azure
3. Lollies
4. Trinity
5. Dawes
6. Hallucination
7. Frozen Custard
8. Sizzling Brownies
9. Lallies
10. Blue Moon
11. French Vanillas
12. Pistachio
13. Indigo

As a result of this research task that we undertook from a group of around 30, there was 7 votes for Trinity, 1 for Hallucination, 1 for Frozen Custard, 1 for Lallies, 6 for Blue Moon, 1 French Vanillas, 2 for Pistachio, 2 for Indigo. As a group, our favourites are Trinity, Blue Moon and French Vanillas.