Questionnaire Results

I handed out 30 questionnaires to people that fitted my target audience. I have now received all of them back, and the outcomes were close to the results that would work and fitted my idea of my music video.

The main two that were the highest results where travelling and happy. These will be the two main themes and features in my video, along with upset seeing as it was the next one. Thankfully people chose the three that works with the storyline of my music video.

The audience felt that I should include an artist(s) in my video, which i agree with, I feel that without an artist the video would be missing a huge feel and theme to it.

 

Most people expect to 1-2 artists in my music video, I think this will work well with my video, as I have my main character Georgia, and I might have a second artist.

The three main locations the audience would like to see are, Scenic shots, indoors and outdoors. This is good as I'm mainly filming travelling shots which will work with my audiences choices of scenic and outdoor shots.

My target audience have mainly said 'Yes' to the question whether they'd want special effects in the video. I will do this by adding transitions and video effects, to please my target audience.

 

My target audience watch music videos mainly daily or a couple of times a week, which means they know what a good music video looks like and how it should be edited and presented.

The three main shots my target audience are looking for are the 'panning shot', 'long shot' and 'high angle shot'. These shots would work well in the video I am trying to create, as the represent the story well.

Youtube is the main place that my target audience watch music videos. I will be posting my shots I have taken, my music video in stages and the final version of my music video onto youtube; as I feel it is easier to be able to get online and watch.

My target audience believe that the music video is just as important as the song; and I agree with that as I feel the music video can tell the storyline better and also if the music video is really good it will make the song stay in the audiences head longer. It will also bring the audience to watch the video more and listen more if they enjoy the video.

After getting my tagret audience to listen to the song, I asked what storyline they'd feel would fit the song best. The audience thought a happy storlyine is more likely for the song, then a sad story line, then a party one and then a love sotryline.

Lyrics

These lyrics are from the original song, as I am using a remix version there are no lyrics posted and lyrics are rarely used throughout the song. Although I still felt that posting the original lyrics would be a good idea as through the remix it includes lyrics.

I’ll be giving up, oh
Home is where the heart is,
And I gave it to you in a paper bag
Even though it’s tarnished
You told me it’s the best you ever had
You got my secret combination
And I don’t be giving that out easily
With my deepest dedication
You can tell that you were brought the same for me

Chorus:
So please don’t let go, cause you know exactly what we found
So please don’t let go my darling
You keep me locked up underground
It’s gonna be you and me
It’s gonna be everything you’ve ever dreamed
It’s gonna be who and me
It’s gonna be everything and everything, we’re meant to be
We’re meant to be

Verse 2:
Rolling with the punches
So they won’t get inside our happiness
Love is always hunted,
But your arrows are soaring through my chest
Cause you know you give me something
Yeah you give me exactly what I need
Got my blood pumping
You know you always draw more blood, I bleed

Chorus:
So please don’t let go, cause you know exactly what we found
So please don’t let go my darling
You keep me locked up underground
It’s gonna be you and me
It’s gonna be everything you’ve ever dreamed
It’s gonna be who and me
It’s gonna be everything and everything, we’re meant to be

In you’re big house on the hills
Where you keeṗ your dollar bills
And you stashed my heart
Somewhere in the dark
Keep it safe I know you will
Know you will, know you will
Know you will
I know you will

Questionaire

After listening to the song of my choice and having a few rough ideas, and a moodboard to support my ideas, I have decided to create a questionnaire to hand out to my target audience, to see what they agree with and disagree.

Asking Permition for use of the song

As the song I am using for my music video is a remix of the original song 'You and Me' by Disclosure, I am emailing the company that published the original song, as they are the rightful owner of that song.
In order to find the publishers of the original song 'You and Me' by Disclosure, I went onto the website ASCAP to find all the information. The print screen belown shows the information that the website gave to me; it included the four writers of the song, the two publishers and the performers 'Disclosure'.

As I was unable to find 'Salli Isaak Music Publishing' email address, as they do not own a website and no other details other than their location, I have only emailed 'Universal Music Publishing'. In the print screen below it shows what I emailed Universal Msic Pblishing to ask for permition for use of their song.

 

 

 



Change of Mind

Originally the storyline of my music video was going to be that; the girl went on holiday without her boyfriend, and missed him. I thought this was a stereotypical storyline, and didn't like the idea of how plain and simple it was. So after thinking of the idea that the girlfriend and boyfriend broke up, then she went on holiday, I changed it. I did this because I thought it would work better with the style of music video I have envisioned in my mind.

The fact that the girl will be constantly battling herself on whether to get in contact with him or not, I personally think would work well, as I will be able to capture that sense of desperate and depressed emotions through filming with certain lighting, locations and mise en scene.

Actor and Locations

Actor

For my main actress I will be using Georgia Dalton as my main character. I find that she suites the character role well, as she has long brown hair, green eyes, and pale but tanned skinned body; this shows that she can tan well in the sun but has a pale skin complexion.
Other characters will be people around the background, it will be people that have been in the shot of the video.

This is a picture of my model, Georgia.

Location

The locations of this video will be in Texas, South Carolina Hilton Head, Tennessee, Mississippi and England. I have chosen these places as Georgia and I will be doing a road trip around America and these are the states that we will be going. So I thought these would show a good sense of travelling. The shots in England will be done outside on the street and in a house.

This is one of the locations I will film in. This dock is in South Carolina, Hilton Head and every Friday night in summer the display a large show of fireworks. I am planning to film the fireworks show to add to the music video.

 

 

This will be the view from our balcony at the hotel in South Carolina, Hilton Head. I am planning to take scenery shots here and also shots of my model with the view in the background.

Ancillary Task 2 - Magazine Advertisement

This magazine advert is for the debut album of Jessie J titled 'Who You Are'. Already just from looking we are introduced to Jessie J as she is placed at the centre of the advert in a sort of medium, close up shot, this is effective as it tells the audience straight away who she is and people will begin to recognise her which will help boost her popularity and sales of the album. Already there is continuity between the magazine advert and the album cover which both use the same image, which as I mentioned before allows her audience to familiarise themselves with her. As it is her debut this being recognisable is key. The way the she is posed seems like she is opening curtains or a window, this could connote that she is coming out into the world and she is ready to rise and become famous. The way she is dressed not only makes her look classy but at the same time blends in with the colour scheme of the advert which denotes her style and the album being unique and personal to her. She looks directly at the audience which allows a connection with her fans. The font of the magazine advert is also reflecting on how she herself is dressed in a sophisticated, elegant way while also including a hand written title below her name, the style of the write could connote that her target audience is mainly female based, or that could simple be something that presents her to her audience. The mentioning of the 1 international smash 'Price Tag' brings the reader/audience to realise that a song that they might have enjoyed is featured and can grab their interest even if they have not heard it, because of it is a 1 smash worldwide it would bring them to want to listen and find out if her other songs are just as good, also mentioning the feature of an already famous artist will bring a variety of audience, and this is important for her as a debut artist to be able to draw in the fans.  

Gwen Stefani 'Love Music Baby' we see the continuity again which is something all musicians have between their magazine adverts and album cover. We see Gwen's magazine ad and album cover (bottom left) are identical this makes it more recognisable. The colour scheme is another factor that will allow the work to be more recognisable as it is bright but still does it in a way in which Gwen stands out more so the reader is easily drawn to her face and will instantly know this is Gwen Stefani as she at this time she is very famous so a lot of people already know her or of her whether they have heard her music or not. The colour scheme also gives the image a sense of royalty as the colour gold is used a lot which we associate with money and royalty, connoting she might take herself as the queen of music, and this links into the fact that she is sitting on a throne and holding a crown again giving the image of high status. The font is consistent throughout only changing in size, but her name is the biggest font on the advert which again will grab the readers attention straight away as it is in gold and is big, this allows familiarisation again. Her facial expression seems seductive and she looks straight at the reader trying to draw them in to pay more attention and at the same time appeal to  her male audience and female audience a like as she is of an older age but still looks and carries herself as if she was young. 

Straight away audience members who are familiar with Wretch 32' will notice the clever play on word he had used for his album title, making it more noticeable and appreciated which still being easy to say. Similar to Gwen Stefani's magazine advert we see continuity between the magazine advert and album cover as shown in the same bottom left hand corner, this makes the album recognisable, allowing the target audience to find it more easily whether they search online or in stores. The advert is given an urban vibe with the spray paint like effects to depict the flats in the background and the sky being made up of different shades of blue stripes also adds to the urban feel. The artist himself has the same type of spray paint on him connoting that he is of this urban environment and the way he is dressed also ties in. The artist doesn't look directly at the camera as to say that he doesn't want to connect with his audience as he is serious about his music, looking at the camera would require a facial expression which may make him look less serious about his music meaning he wouldn't be taken as seriously. The magazine mentioning who is featuring in the album will attract audience members who listen to there particular artists in order to see if they enjoy the music and this could lead to people enjoying Wretch 32 himself as an artist and because of this his audience will grow along with his popularity. And lastly it is mentioned where the album can be bought which would be helpful to his target audience as they would know where to search when the album us released.