When: Next Lesson we are going to start filming all the white room scenes, due to it being in college and most convenient. All the rest of the shots in Mel house will be done on Friday 3rd as the group all finish early! This will enable us to get all the footage out of the way for mels house. Where: We will be filming at Mel's house for the fans and the newsreader. We will also use her house/car for the paparazzi scene of where she will be stepping out of the car. We will also be trying the tunnel scene in mels underground building.
This is the poster we will be using in our video. For when the fan will rip it off the wall in anger! We did this in photoshop again and simply added a name on the side to make it look more realistic.
This is our final image of the billboard, we are using this after her hate is portrayed in the press, this image is to help viewers understand that she is no longer wanted in the public eye and has ruined her career. This will help us as we can then follow up by the insane side of her!
This is the next billboard that will be shown. This image is to show the sold our world tour, we are using this so viewers see how famous she is, and that she is a big star and not just an every day performer but a singing sensation!
This will be our first billboard shown in our music video, it clearly states a world tour therefore the viewers start to understand through words and not just movement or action making sure they know she is a famous singer.
This is our final background for the billboard as it looks a lot more effective by just cutting the photo down and adding a simple subtle affect. Again we did this by using photoshop.
This was a test photo of Mel that we wanted to use for the photo on the background of the billboard. The original photo had a details background in which we wanted to cut out therefore we put onto photoshop and edited it. This caused problems due to the small details that we needed to go around. This made the final one look unrealistic and like mel was just stuck there. We also changed the background colour making it have a gradient to make it more intersting. However this is not the one we are going to be using and are going to try again with a different photo as it may be easier and look more effective.
All of these album covers are inspiration for our billboard background promoting the world tour. These are some of the locations etc that we could use on our billboard!
This is how we intend to represent the white room within our music video. WE will also have a white costume, in order to really exaggerate her face and the expressions and worries on it. The white room is being used to show the mental state of mind, as most people associate white rooms with insane illnesses. This image is to highlight the use of a fans room, the fans room will have plenty of poster covering the wall. This will help to highlight the characters obsession with the star and to show that she is world wide and well known. This image is how we intend to make our billboard look. We have already tried out test footage and edited pictures and we hope to recreate one similar to this. This image is how we intend to show the news, as the star does something wrong. The newsreader will be talking but you wont be able to hear what shes says so headlines will be going across the bottom of the screen. This is to how the newspaper cutting, when the star does something wrong there will be lots of newspapers scattered around and all these headlines will jump out to the audience in bold writting. This image is how we intend to represent the sold out tour, in big bold writting.
This is our test footage for our billboard. We took some test footage of random boards around college and uploaded it. we then added a photo of mel on top and cropped it to fit the board. we also added text. This has worked really well however we will need to make it more realistic when we do the real one.
From doing our story board and animatic we as a group believe that our sequence fits in very well with the song and works well as a whole however we have realised that when the girl is in the room we are needed to vary the shots to in order to keep the audience interested as otherwise the shot may get very borning. We also need to ensure that the girl is making the shot interesting with her movement and signing. making sure all eyes are on her. Overall the animatic has showed us clearly the timings we have in order to shoot each shot and how long it will be. This was a successful task.
this is just an example of how a band has used the star going crazy in their video. i think this video shows the success of how it should come across without offending anybody. it also can give good pointers to our group.
this advert backs up our idea of the paparazzi photographing our main character. it also helps with the idea of bulk as we can shoot different people to bulk up and give an apperance of lots of photographers when possibly there isnt.
White Room: White basic clothing and red lipstick Fan 1&2: Jeans and T-shirt day to day clothes / PJs Walking down the street: Sunglasses, Hat, High heels, Big Bag, Skinny jeans, top, jacket/coat News Reporter: Smart Jacket,Trousers and mic
Photo of Mel for billboard Poster Tickets Newspapers Art work on arm to show cuts etc. Camera's Video cameras etc
The next section will be the press hating her as a star. This will be shown by them taking photos and shouting at her (looking angry). Then it will go into a news report and at the bottom of the screen a newspaper headline and pictures showing of the bill board of her canceled tour.
I could blame it on you I could blame it on my instincts I could blame it on the train to the plane The boat to the shore So tell me what's the answer
The fan watching the news seeing the tour has been canceled. Fan holding tickets in hand. Rips them up and walks out.
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen
Shaking loads, looking up confused at the camera, pushing it away, really paranoid. Gets up trying to get out of the white room, but door slams shut on her, panicking kicking walls, screaming, slides down wall crying.
You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen
The door opens when she's sitting on floor, still shaking, starts to get up and walk through door, which takes her straight into a dark tunnel where she starts to run.
I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
In a white room, sitting on the floor looking down. Then start singing towards the camera. It doesn't feel right The lights are too bright I'm feeling uptight in my sensual world
The next scene is of a fan, running into her room, slamming the door and ripping down the poster of the celebrity. I need to be you I need to breathe too I need to see through life
Then back to the celebrity on the floor before the start of the chorus, "With these sensitive words"
Then we will show flashing images of the paparazzi. I could blame it on you I could blame it on my instincts
Then back to the white room start at a distance angle then zoom in towards her arms, with all the bruises and cuts, as she holds her arm whilst a tear drops onto her arm. As she shakes from withdrawal symptoms. I could blame it on the train to the plane The boat to the shore So tell me what's the answer
The next part will be of a bill board with the celebrity's face on stating when her world tour starts, and how its coming soon. No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice
Then we will be back in the white room where she is starting to go crazy and holds her ears to stop the noises. I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Then we will show her fame of her walking down the street being chased by the paparazzi and showing that she loves it, All happy and over the top. No air around me I need to feel free I'm private property In my sensual world
The next section will be of newspaper cuttings of Breaking news, showing that she has done something wrong! No indecisions I have a vision There's no collision there With these sensitive words
We pitched three ideas, firstly the one on the multiple personality disorder, then we picthed an idea about a Celebrity. In this pitch we explain the story of how she was a famous singer, loved the the public. Until one day it all goes wrong when the genral public turn against her and she is hated. This ruins her life and she falls apart. Our third pitch was based around a girl losing someone close to her. Through this story she wouldnt be able to cope with the loss and starts to go crazy.
Nicolas gave us good feedback an dhelped us to determine in our peice that we will incorporate all three or possible just two of the pitches. Nicolas was not to keen on the idea of a dead person within the video. Therefore at this moment in time we are planning to work on a story based around a famous singer who has everything until it all goes wrong and then you see the insane side of her come out! This way all ideas have been used and make a realistic and interesting story. Its realistic due to the likes of Amy Winehouse and Britany Spears!
This is an image that we got from the Bridget Jones Video as this is the sort of thing we want in the happy scene where the girls are having a night in.
This was another idea for our video, as we liked the idea of drowning in the bath and the blood on the hand. This could be used in our video for the sane/insane person.
Disturbia By Rhianna and Fighter by Christina Aguilaria
Both of these videos have gave us inspiration/ ideas for our own video. Both of them have a sense of anger in them in which we thought worked well and wanted to use within our own video. However after re listening to our song we realised that the Rhianna song 'Disturbia' we thought it was a bit too much for our video, as the song isnt as up beat as disturbia. Although the Christina Aguiliara song fitted very well not to heavy.
from looking at last years music videos, this video stood out to us as we like the effect of the split screen, its makes it look very professional and different. we may not use this idea but we like the idea.
We are four A2 media students at long road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. As part of our course we are making a music video, for this we have chosen one of Texas’s songs – ‘tell me the answer.’ Although we are aware that you are no longer a band, we would still like to do this song, we chose this song because we enjoyed the lyrics and tune.
We have a few initial ideas for this song that may or may not develop, but we are wondering if you could tell us the inspiration and story behind this song to give us an idea on how to betray this song.
Split screen of a multiple personality disorder. The girl will be displayed as sane (happy), sketchy sane/insane, and then totally insane.
Story of sane person: All loved up, constantly happy, Girly night in showing her outgoing side all in there pj's, slightly in the style of Bridget Jones. Phone rings (Boyfriend) all girls joke and get excited about it.
Story of Sketchy person: Starts to constantly ring boyfriend, check his phone and then follows his every move to check up on him. Boyfriend catches her stalking him and gets angry then she chucks things everywhere and breaks down crying against the wall. Then he finish's with her...
Insane: inspiration from Disturbia by Rhianna, Set in a dark place, full of knifes, razors, a mirror and torches. She will be banging against the wall and confused by what the camera is in the style of Christina Aguilaria in Fighter. Show some scars across her body showing a totally insane person.
These are songs by Texas which we will use as inspiration, Called 'You can say what you want', 'Halo' 'when we are together' and 'you can say what you want (rare version)'
I'm a new soul I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take. But since I came here Felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
I'm a young soul in this very strange world Hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake. But why all this hate? Try to communicate Finding trust and love is not always easy to make.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
This is a happy end Cause' you don't understand Everything you have done Why's everything so wrong
This is a happy end Come and give me your hand I'll take your far away.
I'm a new soul I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take But since I came here Felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake
Lyrics and Live performance of Texas - Tell me the answer
"Tell Me The Answer"
I doesn't feel right The lights are too bright I'm feeling uptight in my sensual world I need to be you I need to breathe too I need to see through life With these sensitive words
I could blame it on you I could blame it on my instincts I could blame it on the train to the plane The boat to the shore So tell me what's the answer
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
No air around me I need to feel free I'm private property In my sensual world No indecisions I have a vision There's no collision there With these sensitive words
I could blame it on you I could blame it on my instincts I could blame it on the train to the plane The boat to the shore So tell me what's the answer
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
No trouble in my face There's not one anxious voice You know I can't listen I can't listen You say that you are everything Do you taste good So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
All from too much choice yeh yeh
I could blame it on the train to the plane The boat to the shore So tell me what's the answer
For this project we have to choose one song from a list 13 randomly chosen. This songs include:
1. I live for - Johnny Panic 2. 101 Pianos (I've put out the lights) - Lewis Parker 3. Way back into love - Hayley Bennett 4. Lies are much more fun - The Grates 5. On love, in sadness - Jason Mraz 6. Another Saturday in a lonely town - Sparehed 3 7. New soul - Yael Naim 8. Areoplanes and Neon Lights - Kid Harppon 9. White Russian Galaxy - The crimea 10. The pony song - Au Rivoir Simone 11. Please, Please, Please - Shout out louds 12. Rock and Roll - The Redwalls 13. Tell me the answer - Texas
From this list of songs we have chosen Texas - Tell me the answer as we believed it was the best set of lyrics, we thought we could do something really creative with this song. Texas was also the only one with an up beat, women performer where as the other women performers were quite depressing songs. Although we do have a backup song which is New Soul by Yael Naim this our second choice as it had just a women performer and also had an ok beat in the background but we were not so keen on the lyrics as they didnt really make sense and had no structure.
The reason we needed to have just a women singing was because as you can see the group is all girls and we thought it would be complicated if we had to rely on a boy that we had never worked with before.
We have worked together last year for both our Kids TV and Thriller and therefore we share the different skills to do with shooting and editing a short film/music video however some of us have a specific skills in certain areas.
Rosie and Lauren work well as a team when it comes to shooting the footage but also enjoy editing and therefore share the tasks.
Naomi also likes to edit and shot and again helps out with both, but she also likes to be in front of the camera showing off her talent of performing.
Mel likes to be creative with the music along with Rosie and again helps out with the editing, she also likes to perform in front of the camera being the main performer in the footage.
As a group we take part in everything especially when it comes to ideas for the video.
