Oliver Turner A2 Media Studies

For the first time this year, we filmed parts of our a2 media coursework. We went to two primary locations that we are going to be using in our music video: Thetford Forest park and a view over Norwich city. On a crisp late November day, I managed to obtain some photos whilst we were filming. Enjoy!

Here are our overall storyboards for the linear narrative that we will use for our A2 media coursework. 

Before designing the Digi pack I have undertaken some additional research to help with our own design style. This is a design publication called "Little White Lies" which gives monthly information about artistic films and anything else film related.  I really like this graphic style and is something we would like to incorporate into the CD case as well as the poster. One thing I noticed in the design of the publication was the bright colours and impacting typography that was used. This really helps the audience engage with the design and would ultimately increase the chance of them listening and purchasing the music. The magazine also has very few adverts used throughout it as well as very high quality, artsy photographs which have been used to great effect. We can imagine that this magazine costs much more than typical magazines and would most likely have been printed using high quality printing presses such as lithographic or Rotogravure.



Each page is completely different and utilizes a range of colours and textures to help compose each scene. Another thing I noticed was how the designer had thought about how the scene would have an impact on the viewer in terms of both pages working together. So for example, in the image below we see the camera projector which is shining light on the woman on the opposite page. This only adds to the continuity of the design but this ultimately makes it more professional and striking as each double page is another piece

Here is our audience research podcast, thank you to all that gave their feedback!  

As we are in the process of both completing filming and ancillary tasks, we have had to produce some rough drafts of both the ancillary tasks. These rough drafts will be done in significant stages. Here are some of the brainstormed ideas that we have composed:

• a room
• a single mattress
• bed
• photos of couple together
• guitar
• guitar amp
• posters

• DSLR filming camera - we will use this camera because it can film in a high quality (1080p) as opposed to some of the hand held cameras that we have used previously in our work. 
• Tripod- We will use the tripod for almost every shot to ensure the stability of the camera. This is essential as it will help us create smoother pans. The tripod also includes a spirit level so we can keep the angle of the camera completely flat as we film.  
• Secondary DSLR camera- This camera will be used for taking the photographs of each scene to help us film and for the blog. We also will bring it just in case our primary filming camera stops working for some reason.
• Mic- This will be used for recording the audio of the footage, getting our actors to speak into the mic as Diegetic sound. 
• 50mm lens - This will help us achieve a cinematic look as will hopefully be able to use a pull focus technique as well as background blur.

 

Name: Boy (Unnamed)       Age: 20
Gender: Male
Role: Main character who the story is based around
Played by: Harry Buxton
Justification for casting: we decided that we where going to use harry for this role because he has experience acting having doe drama at GCSE as well as being in a band performing on stage he has no problem being in front of camera and is quite natural and calm. We also decided to go with sherry because he is regularly available which is useful because of the large number of locations that we have as well as the need to film over many days.

Name: Girl (Unnamed)    
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Role: female role within the memories of the narrative
Played by: Meghan Kelly
Justification for casting: we decided to use Meghan as she has acted in plays and performed since she was very young, and is currently taking A-level Drama.We also decided to use Meghan because she looks quite innocent which is important for this role as you aren't supposed to sympathise with our male role. As with harry Meghan is regularly available for filming which is useful for the amount we will need to .

Costume

Boy - for the make role in the memories we are going to have him dressed very clean and proper as someone would if they where on a date this means that we are going to have shirts jeans and smart shoes for our character, we are going to source these from ourselves using personal items that we own as well as some that our actor owner, this is so that they don't look out of place on Harry and fit in with his style so the film looks more natural. However in the main bit of the filming in the room we are going to have him dressed in a very sloppy fashion in tracks dirty t shirts to reinforce the idea of the drugs and nit caring anymore losing his appearance that he once had, hopefully the two costume types should contrast each other and add to the narrative.

Girl - For our female character we are going to have her looking very effeminate and lady like in the begging to represent the start of their relationship and towards the end of the memories we are going to have her more casual so jeans t shirts to show they are getting comfortable with each other. we are going to get these from friends but mainly from Meghan herself so she can make them fit in with her and to make sure she's comfortable in what she's wearing.

For our music video, we have had to create a script. In this script however, there is no dialogue due to the nature of a music video. We as a result have contained stage directions and dialogue within this script. It is also a rough idea, meaning that we have made it basic so that we can edit and add to the script at a later date when we are more certain of our ideas.