Kirsty's Link

Here is the link to Kirsty Addae's own blog page:

http://latymermusicvideokirsty.blogspot.com/

Posted by Kirsty

Group Storyboard: Kirsty

Here is my contribution to our group storboard.
I did shots 9-12...



Posted By Kirsty!!

Finsihed Music Video - YouTube

Here is the link to our video on Youtube



Enjoy

Initial Ideas

Posted By Rachel and Emma x

Audience Feedback

We categorised our results into age groups to allow us to analyse our questionnaire results in greater detail and see if any trends or patterns were present. The age categories were 15-20 years old, 21-25 years old and 26-35 years old.
15 - 20 year olds Category

• Generally, the younger category agreed that the genre of our music video was of the 'indie' type and that te visual style fo the video and the actors was similar to that of rock videos.
• A majority of the category however found it hard to establish that the singer was the girl's gaurdian angel and some were confused byt he fact that he was the sinsger and an actor in the video.
• Overall, they enjoyed the video and though that it get better at the end, whereas in the earlier scenes it was almost 'cheesy'.

21-25 year olds Category

• Thsi category was hugely similar to the younget category, establishing the video as "soft rock" and "indie".
• The majority of the group found that the piccadilly circus scene was their favourite sequence with the use of colour and the atmosphere of the lively city and speeding traffic. Howvere found that the ending sequence was perhaps slightly random and didin't fir in with the rest of the music video.
• The main problem with our music video was the lip syncing, some of the viewers noticed scenes in which the performance shots were not quite in sync with the lyrics.

26-35 year olds Category

• This category differed the most out of the groups as it established the genre as more of a punk/pop/rock genre.
• the major problem that the group had with the music video was the understanding of the narrative and the undersatnding the rwson behind the girl's suicide. Many of the viewers did not understand that her boyfriend had been killed in war and that she was committing suicide rather than live without him. They were also confused by the reason for the faded character/gaurdain angel as he wasnt in shot all of the time.

Posted by Rachel and Emma x

Questionnaire Questions

Question 1. How old are you?
Question 2. Are you male or female?
Question 3. What genre of music is our music video?
Question 4. Is our music viedo niche or mainstream?
Question 5. What did you understand of the narrative of our music video?
Question 6. What techniques work well in the video?
Question 7. What was your facourite shot/scene? That stood out most to you.
Qyestion 8. Would you buy our artist's album in the future?
Question 9. What do you think of the visual style in our music video?
Question 10. Do you think the narrative of our music video represents the lyrics?
Question 11. What doesn't work in the video?
Question 12. How could we improve if we were to do this project again?

Posted by Rachel and Emma x

Overall Shooting Schedule

Overall Shooting Schedule

Saturday 22nd September : Test Shoot

Time : 3:00pm -8:00pm
Location : 38 Buxton Road
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : All
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Dolly, Admin

Sunday 23rd September : Test Shoot

Time 5:00pm -9:00pm
Location: Millenium Bridge, Piccadily Circus, Bank
Actors: Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : All
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Dolly, Admin

Tuesday 25th September : Re-shoot

Time : 4:00pm -9:00pm
Location : Connaught Waters, 38 Buxton Road
Actors : Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Emma and Rachel
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Thursday 27th September : Real Shoot

Time : 10:00am -8:00pm
Location : Connaught Waters, 38 Buxton Road, Jubilee Bridge
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : All
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Sunday 30th September : Real Shoot

Time : 3:00pm -10:00pm
Location : Jubilee Bridge, Piccadily Circus, Bank
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : All
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Tuesday 2nd October : Real Shoot

Time : 5:00pm -11:00pm
Location : Southend-on-Sea
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Emma and Rachel
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin, Towels

Saturday 6th October : Re-shoot

Time : 5:00pm -7:30pm
Location : Jubille Bridge, Embankment
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Emma and Rachel
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Sunday 7th October : Real shoot

Time : 3:00pm -10:00pm
Location : Jubilee Bridge, Trafalger Square, Leister Square
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Emma, Rchel and Kirsty
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Tuesday 9th October : Re-shoot

Time : 4:00pm -7:00pm
Location : 38 Buxton Road
Actors : Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Emma, Rachel, Kirsty
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Thursday 11th October : Real Shoot

Time : 5:00pm -6:30pm
Location : Southgate Station
Actors : Kamil and Caoimhlin
Group Members Attending : Rachel and Kirsty
Equipment Needed : Camera, Tripod, Costumes, Admin

Posted By Emma and Rachel

Summary of Artist and Audience Identity

Summary of Artist and Audience Identity

Artist Identity

The image that we want to portray to our target audience is that HeadKandi is a querky, individual, orginal band. They fit into the pop/punk/powerpunk genre of music. The type of style they conform to are skinny jeans, tight skirts, skinny ties, jackets, flap-top hats and plimsole shoes.

Audeince Identity

Our target audeince are male and females from the ages of around 15 to 35, who are interested in indie/alternative music.

Posted By Emma and Rachel

Timeline for Music Video

Instrumental 0-22 seconds

Bedroom scene

• Girl sitting and reading the the Telegram to tell her that her boyfriend is dead.
• Gets memory box out
• Reads second letter - from her boyfriend
• Flashback of argument
• Back to her looking to pictures and holding letters
• Flahback of him leaving for the Army.
• Girl smashed mirror or another object and leaves the house.

Verse 1 22-33 seconds

Lyrics - "Pretty girl is suffering, while he confesses everything,

Pretty soon she'll figure out what his intentions were about."

• Underground scene
• Girl leaving and her house and travelling to central london on the underground.
• Girl passing the gaurdian angel's path.
• Performance of singer at beginning of verse.

Verse 2 33-44 seconds

Lyrics - "That's what you get for falling again

You can never get him out of your head."

• Girl walking up through thr streets of the bridge.
• Both passing eachothers path as the girl sits on a bench looking out on the water.
• Performance of singer on "You can never get him out of your head."

Chorus 1 - 44-56 seconds

Lyrics - "It's the way

That he makes you feel

It's the way

That he kisses you

It's the way

That he makes you fall in love."

• Girl steps up onto the ledge of the bridge.
• Looks as if she is about to kill herself.
• Performance of the singer - shows more emotion as the narrative tension builds.
• Gaurdian Angel stops her from committing suicide.

Instrumental 56-1.07 seconds

• Girl slumping down against a wall in a dingey alleyway with spotlight from the streetlamp.
• Performance of singer trying to help her.
• Girl looking at picture and letter.
• Flashbacks of the thre couple happy.

Verse 3 - 1.07- 1.18 seconds

Lyrics - "She's beautiful as usual with bruises on her ego

Her killer insticnt tells her to beaware of evil

And that's what you get for falling again."

• The girl travelling by bus or cab.
• Her walking up the streets of London - crowds, high-rise buildings.
• More perforamance from the singer on lyrics, " She's beautiful as usual..."
• See singer following her
• See path's cross again.

Verse 4 - 1.18-1.29 seconds

Lyrics - "You can never get 'em out of your head

And that's what you get for falling again

You can never get him out of your head."

• Perforance of the singer on lyrics, "You can never get him out of your head."
• Girl looking at her reflection in a shop window, singer appears next to her.
• Singer tries to helo her.
• More shots showing her isolation by use fo the high-rise buildings.

Chorus x 2 - 1.29- 1.55 seconds

(repeated lyrics from Chorus 1)

• Girl is at piccadilly circus.
• Slo-mo traffic shots and fast shots.
• Shots of her isolation in the lights.
• Performance of singer on lyrics, "It's the way..."
• Girl attempts to committ suicide by killing herself by running into the traffic.

Instrumental - 1.55-2.06 seconds

• Flshback of a fight betweent the couple.
• Performance of singer trying to help her.
• Girl looking at pictures and letters again.

Repetition of Verse 1 - 2.o6 - 2.29 seconds

(Same lyrics as verse 1)

• Performance of singer on lyrics, "Pretty girl is suffering..."
• Girl back on the underground travelling to next location.
• Arrives at the entrance of a park.

Chorus (version 2) - 2.29- 2.40 seconds

Lyrics - "It's the way

That he makes you cry

It's the way

That he's in your mind

It's the way

That he makes you fall in love."

• Girl in park - Hamstead Heath
• Looks over to the lake an at her reflection.
• Performance of singer

Repition of Chorus 1 - 2.40 - 2.55 seconds

• Girl travels by over groundon her way to the sea.
• Singer trying to help her but can't.
• She arrives at southend.

Instrumental - 2.55-3.28 seconds

• Girl walks down in to the sea and committs suicide by drowning herself.
• Singer dies as well as he fades out completely.
• Fade to black as song finishes.

Posted By Rache and Emma x

Prop List

Prop List

Treasure Box
Army Suit
Letters
Pictures of couple
Memory sentiments
Bag/Suitcase
Costumes -Black tie, braces, white shirt, skinny jeans, shoes, hat, white dress, flip-flops
Telegram
Necklace

Posted By Rachel and Emma

Visual Styler of our music video

The visual style that our group unanymously visualised for our music video was;

• Metallic colours/silvers/blacks for the costumes in particular.
• Location beginning in a girlies bedroom, frilly/bright.
• Icons e.g. Locket/ring, secrets box, wilting rose, letter.
• Lighting - nightime, twilight/dim
• The idea of the singer being a gaurdian angel and crossing paths with the feamle actor.
• London Location - high rise buildings
• Iconic locations - Hyde Park/ Oxford Circus/ Trocadero - escalators.
• Singer = Gaurdian Angel - like Bruce Willis' character in 'Sixth Sense' - thinks that he is alive but is actually dead.

Posted By Rachel and Emma x

Money Money Money

Hey Team! :)
We need to get our account sorted out so if we can all blog the money that we've spent and what we've spent it on then we can ask the department for it back...
Ive thought of these expenses, but add anything that I may have forgotten
Media Account Requests

Costume Money:-
£10 for Boy’s shoes.
£5 x 2 à The 2 shirts, one for acting and one for performance.
£30 for the total cost of petrol money spent on the transport of the project, mainly the trip to South end.
Individual Transport ticket money.

Thankyouu
Posted by Skipper x

Chingford To Floriiiida

Hi Emma....

Well seeing asno one has left you a comment I thought I would lol....umm well we didnt manage to decide anyhing for the press release on the friday as we were tied up with sorting out thefinished video...so we havent got anything to tell you really :S soo you could either crack on with something you think is good, and then send it to us and we can finish it/adapt it....or you could do nothin...or you could come up with some ideas for the type of band we wnted to portray....so its kinda up to you as us lot havent come up with the goods for you :S
&& as fr the video being on youtube...as far as i know i thought mr brock was putting it up there....but obviously he hasnt...so im not sure what i can suggest...??
ms b. has a facebook which you could talk to her on??
anyway, hope your having a really god time, && hope you dont come back darker than me :)
Love you
Kirsty Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Earth to england

Hey Guys,

You said you lot would do serveral things but i havent recieved anything n nothing has been posted on the blog. Please could u help coz otherwise i cant do the press release n also i need the video to be put on youtube so i can access it to do my essay...

Love Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Note From Florida

Hey Guys,

Just a quick hello and seeing how all my lovely fellow group members are?? How is the lovely project going?? This is the first day i have had internet so couldnt contact you all before. Let me know if there is anything i can do and i shall start work on the press release when you guys tell me how ou would like to market it etc.

Love You All
XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX
(p.s it is over 90 degrees here just to rub it in abit hahahahahahahaha)

p.p.s Write a post back to let me know whats happening and what you would like in the press release n keep checking this as i will keep posting to keep in contact MWAH!

Jerome's Blogging

10/10/07

Bedroom shots re-done, southend sequence finished, bridge sequence almost done, performance shots have to be put in.

- One more re-shoot left (Underground sequence)
- Deadline Friday/Monday?

Here are some pictures which I felt represented the themes and emotions of our music video narrative.

Posted By Skipparrr

Here are some pictures that represent the emotions that we are trying to convey in our music video.

Posted by Skip Skip Skip to the Hop

Weekend Shoot

The weekend shoot went really well; Saturday shoot was really good - we got all the shots that we wanted, however were delayed and had to start later than planned as there were problems on the tube.

Sunday shoot was productive aswell, we got Kamil's performance shots, linking shots, bridge shots and also the Piccadilly Circus shots.

Still to do: We still need to do the shots at Rachel's house with Keevlin and the underground shots with both Kamil and Keevlin.

Posted By Kirsty X

Jerome's Blogging

Weekend Schedule sorted (Friday shoot still needs to be arranged)
All footage shot so far has been edited

What needs to be done

Re-shoot x 43543676