Risk assessment

There could be many risks during the process of making our music video. This risk assessment will make us aware of the possible risks and how they can be avoided.

1. Tripping over objects at location?
 Answer: Yes
Likelihood: Medium
Severity: Medium
Persons at risk: All members of crew(2), actors(20) and band memebers(2).
Precautions: Minimise the risks by briefing all members of cast and crew before the filming takes place in order to prevent any accidents. Make sure wires from microphones, keyboards or lights are not in the way of people.


2. Camera and equipment getting damaged?
Answer: Yes
Likelihood: Medium/high
Severity: Medium
Persons at risk: All actors(20) and crew(2). Equipment.
Precautions: Take care when handling the cameras and other equipment when moving around the location to film. When filming has finished put the camera back in it's leather case each time to avoid any damage.

3. Special effects?
Answer: Yes
Likelihood: High
Severity: Medium
Persons at risk: Members of crew(2) and band(2).
Precautions: We might be using a smoke machine in our music video, therefore crew or cast members with allergies or asthma would be told before the filming takes place that they might be at risk and then given the option as to whether they would like to carry on with the filming. Strobe lights might also be used when filming; any member of the cast or crew would also need to be briefed about the possible dangers especially if they might suffer from epilepsy.

4. Temporary structures?
Answer: Yes
Likelihood: Low
Severity: High/ Medium
Persons at risk: All actors(20) and crew(2). Equipment
Precautions: To prevent any major/minor injuries to the crew, band members or actors temporary structures such as a the flood light/strobe light and possibly a ladder would have to be fixed correctly using a screwdriver or appropriate stand and someone must be holding the ladder safely. Temporary structures like the DJ set would also need to set up properly to prevent harm to the DJ, surrounding people or equipment.

5. Vehicles? 
Answer: No, we will not use or be around any vehicles when filming.
Likelihood: low
severity: medium
Persons at risk: -
Precautions: -

6. Weapons?
Answer: No
Likelihood: low
Severity: low
People at risk: -
precautions : -

The band

This is the two piece band that we have chosen to feature in the video.

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theorists

Theorys
The Musical Synaesthesia- in our music video features in the song will determine when length and style of shots. The upbeat sound in our song 'heads will roll' will determine the mood in the video and the way we have chosen to put it together, for example the DJ sounds in the track we will be using a party scene to reflect these sounds, and will be filming a DJ also.

Conventions of the band performance- a degree of authenticity, the artist will be lip-syncing close-up, The Dj in action, repetition of chorus shots to enhance ‘repeatability’ for example an image of the artist holding her head is repeated 10 times to create a sense of chaos, unusual camerashots and angles.

Representation in our music video

Representation in our music video... Who? our band includes one female singer (Chloe Morgan Webster) and one male producer/DJ (Joe Cooper). The video will follow a group of young teenagers at a party. The video will predominantly be representing young people aged 17-25. However our target audience is people aged between 16 and 30. We want to create a real representation of young people in this video. What? Our video will include a performance from Chloe (lead singer) as she is amongst the party. It will also feature Joe (male band member) with DJ decks. We will be focussing mostly on the lead female singer as she makes her way through the party and finds herself walking through a house. This video will fall into the amplification genre, there is no real story/narrative but some shots will be amplified to match the music. Where? We have chosen a simple location for our video. Most of the filming will take place inside my (Mattie's) house along with the extras (party people). There will be a few external shots in the back garden too. One of our concerns with shooting outside was the lighting, however we have a flood light that can be used to light up the people outside.During the video the female singer will be walking through the house. Bedrooms, Hallways and bathrooms may be used. Why? The reason we have chosen to carry out most of the filming in these location is because a party situation would be in this sort of house and we want everything to be as realistic as possible. in the main room we are filming in there is a projector and screen on the wall this can add to the effect of the party because images can be shown on the screen or music can be played. How? Before filming we have created a storyboard timeline to the music we are using to check the shots fit with the theme, we have mind mapped ideas on what props we need and the costumes that need to be involved.

Storyboard on paper

This is the storyboard we have created on paper, this storyboard shows each stage of filming so we can clearly see what shots we need to consider when filming for our music video, from this we have been able to consider appropriate locations and props we need to include and it has given us a clear idea of how many shots we need to use.

Storyboarding and Animatic

We have created a rough idea of what our video will look like with this storyboard. The storyboard was created on IMovie which we found easy to use.
The timing however is not matched perfectly with the music, and the lyrics need to be matched better to the action of the female artist. We are aware that the cuts/camera shots are probably too long for this 'dance' video so they need to be modified so they fit with the music. This is something we need to consider and put right before the filming takes place.
Each Post it pad is numbered so the order of each cut is clear and when it comes to filming we will be able to have our numbered storyboard in-front of us and refer to the shot we want via the number on the post it.

Where we will be filming

 This is where most of the outside filming will take place. We will be using artificial lighting because the filming will take place at night.  

  This is the room where most of the 'daning' shots will take place. We will also set up the Dj and have the party people in this room.

Schedule list

What needs to be done before and during the filming process.

1. hire camera and tripod from library to film with.
2. get images of chloe and joe (female and male artists in band) - for twitter& cd cover.
3. Finalise a date for filming and make sure everyone can make it.
4. get chloe's single shots on plain background (lip syncing)
5. get Joe's single dj shots on plain background
6. (Buy props if necessary)
7. collect all equipment such as lights, camera's and tripods in order to film.
8. gather appropriate props for party scenes
9. get everyone in the location and film party and outside scenes at night
10. edit and post progression as we go along.

More inspiration

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pitch feedback

One of the main concerns with our media video was the lighting. Some of our shots will take place in the dark therefore we will need to use artificial lighting. To solve the lighting issue we have a flood light that we can use for the exterior shots as well as disco lights for the interior shots of the party.

Another issue raised during our pitch was the concern that we will need a lot of people to make our ‘Project x’ Party scene look realistic. We will aim to resolve this problem by having approximately twenty people organised in a small area to create the illusion that there are 100+ people there. 

Before filming, we also have to think about the props we use e.g dj mixing board. As well as this the style of the band is crucial and so is the style of the people in the party. We want them to represent our target audience/ audience profile.

FInal Pitch

Moodboard

New song idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAL-6-j1Ew&feature=related

 

This song was originally by 'Yeah yeah yeah's' and was remixed for the film 'Project X'. Although this song does not have a video, we think the song could work well with our ideas of a 'party' featuring young people. The only concern we have with our song choices is whether they are too mainstream/well known.  

Audience Profile

Our music video would be watched by someone such as...

Name: Sarah Brown
Age: 19
City: London
Occupation: Shop floor worker in popular highstreet store.
Education: Currently studying Fashion buying at London College of Fashion.

Bio: When sarah isn't working or studying she likes to go out in London with her friends at the weeekend and listen to songs that are in the charts so she can sing along. Sarah is open minded about fashion and music, she'll often be listening to her music on the tube to zone out from the busy city atmosphere. Sarah shares a flat with her 3 friends.

Music Taste: Florence and The Machine, Calvin Harris, Rudimental, Niki Minaj, Plan B, Rita Ora, Rihanna, The xx, Redlight, Two Door Cinema Club.

our song

research

two groups that the music of our band would fall into are TOWNIES and RAVERS

Twitter

INTOXICATED TWITTER FEED
https://twitter.com/intoxicated0

band profile

Band name: intoxicated

Band members: male (Joe cooper) female (Chloe morgan webster)

Genre: dance/ chart music

Roles in the band: Joe= DJ Chloe= the voice

Bio: Two friends aged between 17-20 who enjoy making music in Leicester.

Song ideas

Here there are some examples of bands/Artists that would match what we are trying to create. Such as The Ting Tings who are a duo (one female one male) band. We like the idea of having a 'party' tune that would match the audience of 16-30 year olds we are aiming the video at. Some of these video's have an interesting story such as the SBTRKT track that has given us a few ideas.

Band name ideas

NAME IDEAS

• The remedy
• XY
• Tribute 
• Dream catchers
• 2TONE
• 2TEMPO 
• intoxicated

Inspiration

Even though this video is actually a trailer for a film called 'project x' we really like the youthful, party theme of this video. It would fall into the illustration genre, although it doesn’t really have much of a narrative story to it. We want our video to attract young people therefore this video is ideal because it gives an insight into the lives of teenagers and the over-exaggerated view of the parties and activities the get up to.

Genre of the band/music

Decisions made so far for the music video

I will be working with Mattie White to produce a band profile and music video,

The genre of the band and music we have decided on is Dance music.

We have decided we are using 2 band members a female and a male.

Schedule

A2 Media Studies Schedule 2012-13 Lutterworth College