A2 Media Studies- Concept for Theme

Concept for my Music Video

After much thought and deliberation i have come up with a set theme for my music video to give it more of an edge.

Due to my location being at Bournemouth beach i wanted to tie this in with the theme of the over all music video. I wanted the sea (water) and the sand (land) to tie into what i was portraying within my music video.

Therefore i have decided to represent the characters in my music video Francesca and Fin as the land and water. 

I have decided to do this because water and land work together as one, who are at peace with each other. However, at other times they are at war with each other and fighting. This happens in relations, sometimes they are really good and other times they fight.

I want to show Francesca being the one try to restore the peace and giving a symbol which is a white rose representing the earth.... 

And fin placing into a glass of water showing that the earth and water are reuninted and are at peace with eachother. This relfelcting the characters and how they do love each others and there are small guestures that make all the fighting and upset just become yeaterdays news.

The image below show the water and a piece of the earth together.....

Hope you have a better idea of my concept for my theme and it is interesting to you :)

A2 Media Studies- Story Boarding

Story Boarding

For my production i need to have an overall idea of what shots I'm going to do and what clips i want to include in certain orders, that's why i have created a story board. It's almost like a shot list, however i don't think i will be following this exactly its just an overview so i know what to include and what shots are essential for me to get. 

Its a nice overview for during production, below are pictures i have taken of my drawn story board...

This fist image is the first half of my story board.

This second image is the second half of my story board. 

A2 Media Studies- Can't Copy Right Songs

A2 Media Studies- Asking Permission

Due to the Song 'Give Your Heart A Break' by Demi Lovato is a song that has copy right protection there i need to ask for permission to be able to use this song in my music video for A2 Media Studies. Therefore I sent this message to Demi Lovato fan page and now I'm just waiting on a response from Demi Lovato 

This is showing you guys that i have defiantly sent an email to Demi Lovato and I'm just waiting on a reply :D 

A2 Media Studies- Styles

Styles

Since I'm using the song 'Give your Heart a Break' by Demi Lovato i wanted to give the characters a mature and grown up sense of style which includes hair and make up. I wanted the characters to look both natural and mature making them more relateable to a more mature teenage audience.

For Francesca my female character i wanted a natural smokey eye with soft waves......something like this for make up...

And a natural wavy hair, which looks a bit like this.....

For my male character Fin I wanted him to be up to date in style and also stylish and relateable, even though i cant put make up on Fin i want to give him a swept over hair style a little like the picture below....

Hope you enjoy the styles i have chosen and they are relateable to you as the audience any comments let me know below and i hope you enjoyed my post.

A2 Media Studies- Casting

A2 Media Studies- Casting

These are the final people i chose to star within my music video...

Francesca Montanino

This is my close friend Francesca Montanino, she is a performing arts student at A level and she has many talents. Francesca can sing, dance and act and she is available to come to my location when i need her. I thought this was a perfect choice and to make this music video my own I am thinking about  recording Francesca singing the song and put that on the track instead of the Hollywood version of the song.

The next bit was the tricky bit because we needed to find a male character As soon as possible to get some shots to get a rough idea of what type if music video i wanted and what scenes i wanted i=to incorporate.

After much thought and deliberation, i decided to use Fin Mckenna to come and perform in my music video, this is Fin.....

I choose Fin for many reasons: he lives in bournemouth so it is easy access for me and my cast, he is very natural in front of the camera therefore i can make the emotions feel more real to the audience making them engage more within the music video. Finally Francesca and Fin work well as a pair and they have been family friends since they were little babies therefore i knew they would work well with one another.

Hope you have enjoyed my post and have a good understanding of my characters, why I picked them and also i hope you like the look of them :) 

A2 Media Studies- Research into Costume

Research into Costume

When it comes to the costume for my music video, i want it to be extremely casual, but at the same time modern and relatable to people who are within my target audience so this is females from the ages of 13-20+.

When it comes to the female clothing i wanted something formal as well as casual! below are some of the ideas i was think of the female to wear...

 I was thinking jeans for the female character for some of the shots because they are casual, modern and everyone wears jeans so non of my audience will be put off by the jeans that they are wearing. Furthermore due to the song being natural and casual i believe jeans will let off that type of vibe.

 Also i was thinking a plane, dark coloured top as it is simple and not distracting from the female character who is singing within the music video.

 

 

I was also think about the female character and how she would try and impress her partner or boyfriend if she felt like something was on the edge or something therefore i went with a casual short fun dress and a maxi dress. Both these dresses extremely fun and beautiful but yet again I went with Black as it is not distracting from the character and the audience is more focused on the song and the singing to the outfits the characters are wearing. 

On the other hand we have the male character, this is what I think the male character should be wearing...

 I think the male should be casual and normal to give the audience a sense in reality within the song, this making the audience more emotionally drawn and attracted to the characters and the meaning within the song. That's why i want the male character to be wearing skinny or slim fit jeans to show the casual environment and not distracting from the scene to much.                   
Going for the basic jumper is the some reason for the jeans, they may not necessarily be black however they will be simple to not distract from the scene and allowing the song have their moment to shine and not let the clothes take their place :)

Hope you enjoyed my post!

Research Into Location

Research Into Location

My Ideal place to film my music video would be somewhere magical, somewhere that is breath taking and out of this world such as the Bahamas....

This would be my idea place to film because you would have a wide stretch of sea and land to work with and its such a fun and different place to be.

However i have come to the realisation that filming in the Bahamas is only a dream, due to cost, time and it would be a big inconvenience. Therefore the place that is second best and the location i will be filming is Bournemouth Beach In Dorset



Bournemouth Beach is a brilliant location for me, i was down in Bournemouth last weekend with my two actor's one who lives there and we got some really good footage of the sceneary. This has made me extremely confidant in the loaction i have chosen and i'm extremely pleased with using Bournemouth as my location.

I wont be just using the beach, I will also be using other loactions around Bournemouth. Bournemouth is like a second home for me and it is really easy to get my actors, props and equipment there to film so i believe this is an ideal location for me to film in.

When i was in Bournemouth I took a few shots of the beach, take a look below:

This is what Bournemouth Beach looked like on the 22nd of September 2012......Stunning.

This is one of my actors or shall i say actresses 'Francesca Montanino' who is the lead singer within my music Video. Here is a shot i took whilst filming scenes and Bournemouth Beach, it was a spectacular day which was perfect to film in.



A2 Media Studies-Cating

Casting Actors

It is important that as i director that i auditioned possible candidates to star within my music video 'Give your heart a break' by Demi Lovato. I considered a cast list and sent emails to those people who i thought would be most appropriate, and asked them to send some information on themselves and a head shot which i can use to my advantage within the audition to really see who will fit within the role. 

I received replay's from 4 females and 3 males sending me their head shot and below are the comments i made on them during the audition:

Females:

Francesca Montanino-  Francesca is an extremely confident person she knows what she is doing and it seems to come natural when acting out a scene, she is available on the dates i need to be at my location at bournemouth beach. She is extremely co-operative and i believe i can work well with her as an actor. There is no negative comments that i have to say about Francesca.  

Jackie Hibberd- Jackie was another confident candidate, she was natural and relaxed. However jackie seemed slightly confrontation something that can be difficult to work with, and we have conflicting schedules which means i cant film when it is best for me. 

Simone Mayer- Simone is an extremely beautiful, smart actor, she knew her lines and read them well. However she was extremely nervous and it didn't seem natural.













Rebecca Underwood- She knew all her lines and read them well, however yet again it seem rehearsed and i need a more natural actor to make the emotions more really in my music video.











Males:

Finian Mckenna- He was very natural and he seemed to know what he was doing, he made me believe the emotion of the text and i was impressed on his effort. He was free to film on all the dates and he was an extremely good candidate.

 

                                          

Luke Sulley- Luke was a very nice candidate and he seemed excited and ready to audition, however he wasn't a natural actor even though he knew his lines they weren't delivered naturally.

Jake Wood- Jake was very interesting, he seemed to take a different stance on the text and make into a comedy instead of a romantic piece. However he tries hard and impressed us with his adaption to the text.
















After much deliberation i came to a firm conclusion that i wanted Francesca Montanino and Finian Mckenna to be the main characters in my music video.  

  

A2 Media Studies- Results from Poll's

Results from Poll's 

The winner's of my poll's are....... 

Music Video

Ans the song i will be using for my music Video is.......

Demi Lovato- 'Give your heart a break' 

Now i know what type of brief I'm doing and the song i can start to cast people and start thinking more about everything that will be included into my music video :)

Here is the video to recap the song and also a picture of Demi Lovato :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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