Main task

ancillary task 1

ancillary task 2

Question 1

http://www.binary10.co.uk/question%201%20Tiffany%20Stapleton.m4a

This is my response to question 1 as a podcast.

Question 2

http://www.binary10.co.uk/question%202%20Tiffany%20Stapleton.m4a

This is my response to question 2 as a podcast.

Question 3

http://www.slideshare.net/tiffanystapleton/question-3-12941066
This is my response to question 3.

Question 4

http://www.slideshare.net/tiffanystapleton/question-4-12941107

This is my response to question 4.

digi-pack ideas.

Rihanna uses roses as imagery of love, also, due to her being alone in the nature everything is loud to her, this goes very well with the on-going colour and flower theme through-out her Album.

The script use a different approach which inspired me, they have used a strong image of hands touching and then clasping, the effect of the picture inspired me, it is simple yet powerful. Also using earthy colours such as a desert brown and sand

my final draft of my digi-pack I have used a flowing picture of the beach with the waves carrying into the front image and washing away the heart

style model -inspiration for reverse effect

Jason Derulo-  the reverse effect inspired my media music promo, it shows the change of the relationship due to a tragedy.  I though this was unique and interesting and broke the conventions of normal music videos, that is the reason it captivated me.

reverse and colour change

audience feed-back

I decided the quick and easiest way to get results and feed-back would be to use a social networking site, facebook allowed  me to upload and receive feed-back fast. I had much positive feed-back, although the one thing constructive criticism was to change the barcode to a more authentic barcode.
Other than that, the feed-back was positive.

original ideas for digi-pack

this was my initial idea, based around flowers, due to flowers growing and dying, nature always changing.
But this was harder than i thought, therefore I changed to the beach idea, also having petal prints on the inside still giving the effect of the dead leaves wasted.

ancillary tasks 'magazine advertisement'

I used 'kerrang' as my style model for my ancillary task to make a magazine advertisement.

This includes a picture, the price of the album and the name.

This is my magazine advertisement, i used this magazine due to the music genres it caters for and found my music would fit perfectly to the audience of magazine targets.

  This is my style model, I have using minimal alterations, such as the slogan above the advertisement, I had cropped the excess pages out to make it look smarter. 

DIGI-PACK

I decided the theme of my music promo is about change and nature, therefore I have involved nature into the digi-pack, the style model i used for this was 'the scripts' digi-pack, the use of 2 images changing, not including any faces. Also, as the music video is about love ending, I decided having the waves washing the heart away is a great front cover. 


All the digi-packs i looked at had some sort of message to their fans, therefore I decided to add a thank you message with a quote. 

original thoughts on the digi-pack images. style models and changes to the final piece

original digi-pack image, although this image was creative i found that using original images from the actual music video would be more creative, also when people think of the beach they will think of my front cover. So it stays in their mind. Also the it didn't fit with the theme of the new music video as much as the heart being washed away. The heart is more clear to my audience as to what the music video is about, rather this people thought it was about nature instead of love. There was no style model for this, basically an idea i made from the top of my head, which i did not end up using.

this is a draft of my next idea on the digi-pack. Which again i did not end up using, instead I used one of my original images and ran with the theme of nature and sea.

style model for original idea.

Yet i was completely determined to use some sort of flower petals/leaves on my product, I manages to create these images by changing the opacity to almost transparent therefore this gives this amazing effect.

running order of slides.

 I'm using this effect to captivate the audience, make them feel involved and to make them think.

style model for promo video

I used the conventions of the text at the beginning by asking my audience questions, also, I have used this convention of adding a 'pre-order' slide and  added this at the end of my promo video.

I made my own one on photo shop.

ready to film!

Since I decided to change the opening of my music promo, I have been to the front looking at the Liverpool skyline,  at early hours observing the sunrise to see when would be the right time to film, when the Skyline looks its best.

My filming schedule is complete, all my planning is complete, working with Rebecca and Tom is difficult because they Rebecca is in the school play therefore having to work around her studies and rehearsals could be tricky. Tom has his own filming to do as well. So I developed a filming schedule.

The only aspect of the filming I am waiting for is the weather, although this would not be a problem to film in, I need 'summery' weather. And blossoming, full trees. The bits I can/have filmed in this weather, are the Liverpool skyline and the fight/break-up scene

The change of the filming

Whilst the process of editing the music promo, I found that I wanted to do something unique and simple yet very symbolic and to make a strong impression on people.  I came across the idea whilst browsing YouTube, to reverse the filming at an appropriate time during the music, to show change, also by changing the colour of the film to grey to show dullness, in contrast to the bright summer day. The style-model that inspired this idea is Jason Derulo-What If. I found this effect, unique and exactly what I want for my music promo.

I am also using an outdoor location a lot, this is symbolic in it’s self due to the fact that the outdoor is full of natural surroundings and this is compared with ‘LOVE’ being a natural event in life and very much like nature love is forever changing.

I have included promotional text during the music video, as this is a promotional video for  the song, this is a sequence of news paper quotes and the number of hits sold.

I removed the cheating scene and the fighting scene and replaced it with the reversing of the filming. 

changing ideas for opening scene.

what I want to achieve  ^

The opening scene was going to be a Bushy, blossoming tree. With depth of field for the 'it's way to clear for me' then the tree would turn into a dead, old and weak tree. This symbolises the lyrics 'don't like reality, it's way to clear for me' Also, I thought trees symbolise life, a new start and death. But when I planned to film this, I realised that it would be hard to film the trees, considering I would have to film in 2 different seasons of the year (winter, summer) so, I let my mind run lose and decided I would use the Liverpool skyline and the mersey river, the symbolism will be shown through the calm waves and the sun rise, as the new beginning, and the dark unsettled waves as the ending. I think this will be

FILM PLANNING

Terms: 

Description	WHEN	WHERE	WHO
tree scene (in my own time) summer & now		outside	becky
Rebecca and Tom scene (depending on weather, need to be sunny)		Field, Newbrighton	Becky and Tom
candle scene, fight scene (my own time at home)		in a small dark room.	becky and Tom
The break up, becky finds out tom has ben unfaithful.		in a small dark room.	becky and Tom

Nelly Furtado -good things shortened version for music promotion version.

length: 38 seconds long.

[Honestly, what will become of me?

I don't like reality

It's way too clear to me 

-(here i want the camera to be blury at beginning then when it says clear, to focus.)

But really life is dandy 

We are what we don't see

We miss everything daydreaming

-(this part I want a couple sitting on a field surrounded by dandys, then I want them hugging and kissing and laughing, and walking around hand in hand, looking like they’re in love and bestfriends.)

Flames to dust

Lovers to friends

Why do all good things come to an end?]

-(this scene will be of a dark room and a red candle with a flame, then next to it there will be a picture of the couple left next to the candle and then a gust of wind whilst the candle flame blows out and the camera gets closer to the smoke off the flame, whilst this is happening clips of the transformation of the relationship will be playing.)

'love song'

To be able to write/create a song about 'love' you need to have at least some experience with it, this can affect how your song will perceive love. You can have a very negative relationship therefore the song will be negative. Usually love songs are about the deterioration of a relationship. This can relate to many people, therefore it sells. I find that if the song has a video that relates to the emotions it is more likely to be watched. Whereas Nelly Furtados 'all good things' video doesn't relate to the lyrics that much, that's why I decided to remake it. 'Love' is something everyone can relate to no matter what age, 'Love' is not a roller coaster it doesn't have an age restriction. All songs are there to be sold, to make money.. so love songs are becoming for commercial as the days go on, but whilst they still can be related to, they will continue to sell. Music is a key aspect in peoples lives, it can depress people, suppress peoples feelings and make them happy. It's all about making a song which can make people 'feel'.

Symbolism in my music video.

Sunrise - Sunrise is the light at the end of the tunnel. Night is dark and can seem to be endless as the minutes tick slowly by. We always know that the sun will rise and shoo away the darkness and a new day will be given to us. Sunrise symbolises hope, new beginnings. 


Sunset - One of the most common symbolic meaning of a sunset is its representation of the coming darkness, the ending of the light. Darkness, loneliness. Night seems to come around quick and last for along time, whereas the light seems to come about quite slowly and leave fast. 


How i'm going to use it - as the lyrics are about endings, I want to use the sunset and sunrise as an ending too. Also, I want this as my opening scene as the lyrics are 'i dont like reality, it's way to clear for me' I am going to open my piece with the beautiful sunrise, which represents hope and new beginnings, which will be in depth of field, quite blury, then it will go into the dark which is the 'it's way too clear for me' this shows that she hopes, dreams and longs for the light, but reality is the dark and  endless.




The field scene


In the parable of the weeds and wheat(Matt 13:24-30; 36-43), Jesus explains that a field is a representation of the world.

this will be tom and rebecca before the ending, happiness having the world in their hands, together. 


The lift - this represents the relationship, it shows Tom is always in control, his feet remain firmly on the floor, whilst he lifts Rebecca in the air, so her heads seems almost in the clouds, this shows Rebecca is completely head over heels in love, this is everything to her, whereas the feeling is not mutual with Tom as he is found out a cheat later on. The way I will show this is, a worms eye view of Tom lifting Rebecca so it almost looks like her head is actually in the clouds. 


The running through the field - this shows freedom, joy, love and care free. Their love is as natural as their surroundings, they're surrounded by blossoming flowers and nature. They are alone. This will show them as the modern, contemporary Adam and Eve. The world is in their hands. 

Music promo. And Camera shots.

The close up shots of Nelly furtado are similar to the ones I want to use for my music promo, to show the artist on demand. Which is Rebecca Hulse.


I will be doing a similar sort of music promo like the ones used by X-FACTOR for artists. Such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Jessi J. But, I will be challenging the conventions of a music promo by only using one song. Not a college of many different songs.

original song and video

Nelly Furtado- All good things.

I think this music video is a bit vague, when I first watched it, I thought the narrative needed to be a bit clearer and the lyrics had so much potential to make an amazing video. Therefore I wanted to do this. Also, it's a very iconic Nelly Furtado song along with 'like a bird'. Also, Nelly Furtado hasn't really had any recent music, so I thought it would be different to chose an artist like Nelly rather than the more popular, Rihanna, Beyonce and Jessi J. I hope my finished product does justice to the lyrics and shows makes the narrative a lot clearer.

DRAFT scene from music video, style models for this scene and symbolism in scene.

This is a draft scene for my music promo video. This scene is a couple in love, running through a field full of flowers. To this lyric 'but honestly, life is dandy' the final product will be in a field.. not a classroom. But I just wanted to test out different camera angles that i'm going to use. My style models for this scene are 'that's what I go to school for' Busted. The clip of the field scene in this is only about 1 second.

 Taylor Swifts song 'Tim Mcgraw' which is  a 'love song' about a couple splitting upAnd most of the video is showing flashbacks of their relationship. Which are in the field. This is my main style model.
Also, another T.Swift love song called 'love story' is a style model for this scene. This song is about a couple like romeo and juliet who find love. A classical fairytale.

I will involve symbolism in every scene, I want the male actor in my film to lift his girlfriend in the air, this shows his feet are firmly on the ground whereas she's got her head in the clouds. This shows she's the one who's madly in love, although he deceives her, but she doesn't realise at the time because she's away in her dreams. 'We are what we don't see, we miss everything , day dreaming.' This will symbolise this lyric. Also, in this scene, they will be cuddling on the field and when the girl is day dreaming the boy will be texting a different girl. Symbolises the girl missing the truth because she's too busy with her head in the clouds over this boy.