Initial Ideas continued...

Since myself and Ellie discussed our initial ideas for the first time, a few things have changed. We heard back from Raw Kadence who have confirmed and are happy to help. They would love us to make a music video for them, either for one of their original songs or a cover. We thought that the genre for our music video would most likely be pop but from speaking to the band we have realised it would be better to stick to acoustic. We have thought up a few ideas for our video which include the setting and pace. We have decided that when we record the band it will most likely be in the music/drama hall against a dark background with some extra shots in different locations such as in a field. Our video will include different shot types, such as close ups and long shots and either short or long ASL depending on the song. It will also include shots of objects to link back to the lyrics like its telling a story. 

Update - Our Potential Artist!

Myself and Ellie have not heard back from 'The Sherlocks' but have heard back from 'Raw Kadence' who were very interested and have said will be back in contact to confirm as they have a busy schedule with their own music commitments but they said that they would like to help us make our video. The band are acoustic and produce their own songs but also do covers of pop songs. They are going to send us copies of tracks and lyrics anyway so we can have a listen and see what we think of their songs.

This is the band singing a cover of 'Don't you worry child' by Swedish House Mafia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QGMBoO3izk

This an original song of the bands, 'Firefly'

https://m.soundcloud.com/rawkadenceofficialmusic/firefly

Digital Technology Skills

At the start of A2, I had no idea how to use Final Cut Pro X but now I have gained some new skills. One of the skills I have learnt to do is add effects and transitions onto a video, this makes the video flow better and look more professional. Some of the effects and transitions we used were 'curtains' , 'cross dissolve' and 'simple blur'. Another skill is how to detach audio and replace it with a soundtrack from iTunes. To do this you click on the music note below the event browser, choose a song from the iTunes library and drag it underneath the film. Ellie and I decided to use 'It's My Birthday' by Will.I.Am and Cody Wise. We then watched the video and changed the length of the song to fit the length of the video.

History of Music Videos

This is a slideshow that I have made using the programme 'Slide share'. It is about how music has changed over the years.

http://www.slideshare.net/beckalauren/the-history-of-music-videos-36571997

Brief and Initial Response

G324 Advanced Portfolio in Media

A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two ancillary tasks: digipak for the album's release  & a magazine advertisement for the digipak.

Initial Ideas

My initial idea for this task is to join Ellie and work as a pair. We have been looking into contacting local bands and singers to feature in our video. We have recently contacted two bands, 'The Sherlocks' from Barnsley and 'Raw Kadence' from Barnetby, we are awaiting replies from both. Ellie has seen The Sherlocks several times live and I have seen Raw Kadence, both have good stage presence and would suit the genres that we think we are going to use, Pop, Acoustic and Alternative. As well as these two bands, we have also looked a solo artists such as Jay Tyrer. The music video would not only benefit us because the artist/s could use it to promote themselves if they wanted to. We would not need copyright because the artists we have in mind all are singer-songwriters unless we decide that they will perform a cover instead of an original.

Music Genre

Although we haven't decided fully on what genre the music video would be, we think we are going to use Pop and Alternative. The artists that we have in mind would fit this genre. 

Creativity



I will build on my skills from AS by using new programmes such as Final Cut Pro X. In this programme I will learn how to upload videos and edit them professionally, along with adding in effects and transitions. 

Influences
Right now I don't really have any influences but Im sure as I research more into music videos and progress my knowledge I will.