Costume

 H) What kind of clothes does each character wear and what do the clothes tell us?

The character of the boy will be wearing a formal black suit, as he is still studying at sixth form. This gives him a look of importance and an overall image of an educated individual. In addition the suit image fits within the Indie genre and this is the most important thing to achieve.

I also think that the character of the boy should wear a hat like the boy on the right is wearing, because this reminds me of a classic boy from the 1800's (lol). This revival of fashion is something that is common to the indie genre and vintage clothing is something that is quite popular.

The girl will be stereotypically dressed as an innocent female, with dresses and pretty delicate clothing. This will make her seem vulnerable like Red Riding hood and the big bad wolf which is an Inter-textual reference. However I think it will be a little impossible to have her running through a forest in white constantly, so we may have her dressed in Indie clothing. Jeans, leather and interesting jewellery and general interesting clothing should be used, if we cannot get white clothing.
The images above and below are the type of ideal clothing we would use, but if this is not possible, we will improvise. 

Props

F) Props- These are the collection of props will we be using; they are all relevant in creating an atmosphere that will allow our music video to look successful.

·         Car

·         Picnic basket

·         ‘Enduring Love’ book in boot of car

·         Red Rose

·         Note pad, and paper

·         Photographs in bedroom

·         Invitations to party

·         Computer

·         Gun (Fake)

·         Scissors

·         Handkerchief

·         Wedding ring

·         Wallet

·         Duct tape

A collection of pre-production questions & answers

5.A) What is the video’s theme?

The narrative of the video is about yearning for love, an obsession, a desire for a girl’s heart who is unaware of his existence.

The insecurity of a young boy and the correspondence of the music with his feelings of a broken heart after being rejected by his love.

The lyrics of the song reiterate how he feels for the girl, and how he just wants to be happy, i.e. a reference to the title of the song ‘Blue Skies’. The blue skies represent a new chapter after coming out of dark challenging times.

B) What are the mood progressions?

The audience is shown the ending from the beginning. We feel this will be a great twist, because it's unusual and it (we hope) will intrigue the audience as to why and what happened that led to this event.

The mood progressions from the characters-

The girl-

Unknowing and innocent, the audience is aware of her soon to be fate. But for now she is affected by the ‘stalker’. Later as the video progresses, we see the transformation of this character into a scared and vulnerable girl, with increasing stress over her situation.

The boy-

His imagination gets the better of him, as he wonders in a state of illusion, involving his ‘crush/obsession’ at these points he’s generally cheerful, which flows with the music well. These are also mostly in his flash backs, or fantasies.

However the mood quickly changes to chaotic, adrenalin filled frenzy at the kidnapping stage, which continues throughout until the climax.

C/D The location

Most of the scenes can develop in a local park, which is great for natural lighting and bringing a sense of purity and contrast to the progression of the storyline. We can also use a school classroom, common room, and a street close to the school for additional scenes.  This enables the storyline a legitimate connection with the school student storyline. Another scene will take place in a stationary car; however this is more of a prop rather than a location, although the car park will be a location.

E) The lighting is extremely important; visually we would like to create a naturally lit setting, to reinforce an ordinary environment.

Roles & Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities are allocated as followed; (however most responsibilities will be shared between the group, as it will allow more creativity to flow.

Director-Marissa- The director's role is to ensure the sets are right and establish the camera angles, as well as controlling the lighting and editing.

Cinematographer-Radhika/Marissa-
This is the person responsible for determining how shots will be captured on film.

Videographer-Radhika

Scriptwriter- Hannah - The script writer is basically what it says on the tin, this role will provide the foundation for the film.

Prop/costume management- Hannah- The prop/costume manager is responsible for the creativity of clothing and extra material needed for the overall effect of the music video.

Location manager-Mark- In charge of the locations needed to film in, timing schedules and general locating of areas.



Casting director-Mark- The casting directors responsibility will be to find a cast that is avalible on the times needed to shoot. They also need to fit with the indie genre image, as well as being relativly good at acting.

We-Media

We-Media looks at how audiences will shape the future of journalism.

Apparently we are at the beginning of a Golden Age of journalism; however it is not journalism as we have known it. Media futurists have predicted that by 2021, "citizens will produce 50% of the news peer-to-peer." Although, mainstream news media have yet to meaningfully adopt or experiment with these new forms.

In the future journalism will depend not on only how well they inform, but how well they encourage and enable conversations with citizens. That is the challenge.

The Internet has caused significant changes to journalism. It remains to be see exactly how those changes will manifest themselves and how much of a change we will see. The creation of the Internet as we know it helped create media-centric lives. It has changed the dynamic of news and turned the customer into a contributor. A prime example of peer-to-peer news at its best is Facebook; this social network keeps friends and family in touch and lets them discuss news significant in their lives. The spread of news amongst citizens’ during the London Riots this August (2011), is another illustration, of the vast impact the Internet has had on creating and spreading current news, which is created by the audience.  

Park Snaps

These are a few snaps of my local park,
where we’re thinking about doing some of the filming.

I thought the vast open spaces of my park, would be the ideal place to shoot some scenes, if we decide to continue down the initial concept we have devised. I liked the thought of there being some stalker elements. I know this is dark and sinister but it will be used to show obsession, which can be linked to the song. This can link with the lyrics, 'This is a song for anyone who can't get out of bed', 'This is a song for anyone with a broken heart' because the boy will find it hard to do anything because he is in love with a girl, who doesn't even know he exists.


The park will hold a significant place within the music video because the boy can try to convince his obsession, to maybe go on a romantic date to the park with him. He will be dressed to impresses, along with his picnic. But we're not sure whether she'll go with him, so there may be some kind of kidnapping.

Finally it's not uncommon for an indie music video to be filmed around nature, take for example Florence + the Machines- Heavy in your arms- during this she is dragged by the legs across the leafy surface of a park/woods. In addition Birdy uses a park for the majority of her music video, Shelter, and Noah + the Whale also centre the original Blue Skies song around a lake, and woodlands.