Gaining Permission to Film

As our music video required that we film in a location out side of school, it was inevitable that we would have to find and organise a day that was best for all group members and actors to be available on. This meant that our group would have to be absent from school for a day to film. We discussed with each other and teachers and decided that the day when we had a double media lesson would be most appropriate, as we would only be missing one or two other lessons. My teacher asked for us to contact her with the details of teachers whose lessons we would miss so that she could organise with them our absence.

Below are print screen copies of the emails I sent to our teacher when organising our filming:

In this email I explain to her the situation -what we have to film, our schedule and our target date to start filming and have the footage by.

Above are copies of the emails I later sent to my teacher with the details of which lessons (besides media) each individual group member would be missing on our planned day of filming so that my teacher would be able to contact them and gain permission from them for us to complete the necessary filming.

I am unable to include copies of any replies from my teacher about the filming as she did not reply to me via email, but instead organised the day of filming with our other teachers and spoke with the group in class.

Locations and Actors

Location:

Actors:

Cameron Skinner- The Boy:

We chose this actor to play the role of the main character in our production as he fitted our requirements to create a character that will appeal and attract out target audience. He is 19 years old, therefore of a similar age to our intended audience. This will attract audiences as they will feel they are equal to him and can relate to him. He is what most would consider physically attractive, and his attributes suit the Indie/Alternative fashion style, culminating in a suitable, 'trendy' image that will appeal to both boys and girls within our target audience -boys will derive fashion inspiration from him and will aim to be like him/girls will find him attractive and aim to be with him.

Kay Seary- The Girl:

We chose this actress to take on the role of the boys lost love, seen in his flash backs and memories as, similarly to the male actor, she suits the requirements of the target audience. She is aged 19, she is physically attractive and her fashion correlates with the Indie/Alternative style. Yet again, girls will find attraction to her style and want to be like her and boys will find attraction to her and want to be with her.

Another factor we took into consideration when choosing these actors was that they are involved in a relationship with each other in reality. We felt that this would be beneficial when we came to film as their portrayal of a couple on screen would be realistic and more emotion provoking.

Emily Girdler- Mistaken Girl:

We chose this actress to be used at the girl that the boy mistakes walking along the front for his lost love as many of her physical attributes are similiar to that of the actress playing the girl (lost love) making it easy to film our scene whereby the boy confuses her with his ex. It was also to our benefit to use this actress as she was also a member in our group and was therefore always available to film and a reliable actress.

The Band

Anthony- The Lead Singer

We chose this actor as our lead singer as he is charismatic when performing and we knew he was a capable actor when learning the words and miming to songs form his previous experience. It was also important that he be of an age that would appeal to our target audience and have a look that was of the Indie genre -his slender frame, long curly hair and fashion sense in general fitted this and it was to our benefit to use him within our video.

Alice- The Keyboardist

We chose Alice to be the keyboard artist in our band as we felt she had a quirky look that would fit the Indie/Alternative genre well and audiences would find appealing. We also decided to include a female member to the band, although in the real band there is not one, as we wanted to broaden our audience and we felt that by including a female artist in the band we would do this as women/girls would want to be her and look up to her, and men/boys would find her attractive and want to be with her. She was also of a relevant age group.

Charlie- The Drummer

We decided to use this actor as our drummer as much like the others his attributes fit our requirements -he fit the age group (between 17-19), his look would appeal to indie audiences and he was a dedicated and charismatic actor who was available to film at last minute organised shoots.

Ryan- The Guitarist (Below)

We chose to use Ryan as our guitarist as not only did he meet our age and look requirements, but he is also a guitarist in real life and was therefore able to learn the riffs and make our footage seem altogether more realistic. I felt that it was because of Ryan's guitar skills that the performance was pulled together and it made it less obvious that not all of the actors could play the instruments they were allocated.

Filming Schedule

Filming Schedule

Storyboard

Script

Script

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Risk Assesment

Risk Assessment

Roles of Responsibility

Ancillary task;

Photographer- Emily

Responsibility for digitally manipulating images+ creating record label logo, band name, album name, graphics etc- Hannah

Organiser- equipment, shooting schedule etc- Jemima

Layout designer- All

Overall;

Script-writer- Emily

Story boarder- Hannah

Organiser- Jemima

Editor- All when available

Treatment

We follow the journey of a young man, as he travels away from his past and towards a new beginning, leaving behind the life and love he once had. As his journey advances we begin to understand the significance of this change in direction, both physically and mentally. We witness numerous flashbacks of happier times he shared with his love, as he wrestles to leave the past behind him. The nostalgia is amplified as he travels through places recognized from the flashbacks. The entire atmosphere of this video is one of great sadness, loss and longing for what once was. The past is symbolized in black and white, with high key lighting in order to create a dream-like or fantasy sequence, contrasting with the present, which is shown in colour, representing reality. His love, the girl, is shown throughout only in the black and white shots, this is to identify her as his past and not part of his present life. The storyline is left vague and ambiguous so that audiences will be able to interpret and relate to the video as they wish. The last we see of the young man is as he walks away from the camera and his past, but before the screen fades to black, he looks over his shoulder, just once to show the anguish he feels at moving on.

Moodboard

Mooooooodboard

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Artist Permission

In order to secure permission from the artists so that we can use our chosen song in our coursework I messaged the lead singer of the band with the following:

He replied with the following:

Our Song

Song Lyrics:

Alarms-

I long what summer brings

Sunlight through open windows

Highlighting a lack of need for any kind of worry

I watched the time expire

Remove the carpet from my feet

On my living room

And with it all I want to keep the safety of my youth

I don’t want to go

When I hear that bell

Signal fire in my head

From out of this perfect slumber comes crystalline fear

The ring pulses in my ear

Hot blood pumping through my brain

Flash grenades remove my senses

I know I’m never going to hear the laughter from these streets

I don’t want to go

And evening’s on the wind

Morning content to close its eyes

I catch a fleeting glance of someone I recognise

But cannot apprehend the lies a decade in our eyes

An eminence of faith

Of prospects unbeknown to me

He lights a cigarette

The glinting die is cast at noon

A child is left

A man is held in one resounding need

A signal fire in my head…

A signal fire in my head…

And with it all I want to keep the safety of my youth

I don’t want to go