Wednesday, 15 September 2010

The Five Stages Of Production



1.Research and Development



This would include looking at the possible target audience and possible treatments for our song.

We would look at what song to choose and what kind of audience this would be targeted at i.e age and gender. And the possible treatment for the music video i.e what the theme and video is going to be / based on. And also pitching our own ideas for the song.
With develpoment we would look at similar or competing song or videos to see what else was in the industry and why they did peaked or failed. We would also look at the main conventions of pop videos and write a timeline of the progession that we have made. Another aspectthatwe would have to develop is to look at the cast and see if they 'look good' on camera . And finally write a storyboard og the music video.


2. Pre-Production,

In pre production everything is got ready. The final product is a call sheet which carries all the information that is vital on the day off the shoot. so during this stage we prepare the casting, costumes, locations,make-up, props and anything and everything else for the day of the shoot. Also lookign at the lighting and studio design is vital for spacial issuesa and so that the band can be seen clearly.

3. Production -

This is the day of the shoot. This is when everything is filmed although there maybe pick ups later if they are needed.

4. post production-

This is editing and after effects and can take up to a year on big movies. we would use a progamme called final cut pro to edit the video, and add any effects needed.

5. Distribution and Exhibition-

This is the stage when movies are sold to television or placed in cinemas, and arranging where the products want to go.

Thursday, 9 September 2010

Pop Video And Marketing Campaign A2

The Brief -

Your task is to create :
  • Three Multi Media Products
  • Aimed at a specific target audience or audiences
  • To establish the image and brand of your singer or group and
  • Help sell the song, their first single from their first album
  • As part of a multi media marketing campaign.

The group or singer must be a NEW group (even if they are doing a copy of an existign song)

The song is a SINGLE from their FIRST ALBUM

The actual products to be produced are

  • THE POP VIDEO
  • A DIGIPAK for the ALBUM
  • A MAGAZING ADVERT for the ALBUM

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

PERMISSION LETTER

The Toy Hearts Band
Birmingham

07/09/10


Dear Sir or Madam

We are a group of A Level students working on an A Level project for a qualification in Media Studies. We are writing to request permission to use the following track as part of this project:

’This Little Kitty’ by ‘The Toy Hearts’

With your permission, the track would be used as the accompaniment to a short form video that is made purely for assessment purposes and will have no commercial usage. The video will be viewed only by members of the school community and the assessor of the examination board.

The artist and the copyright holder will of course be fully recognised in the pre-production and evaluation material that accompanies the project. We can also include a full copyright notice if required both in the planning material and on the video itself.

Yours sincerely


Storm Clarke-Webster
Hurtwood House School