Question 4

Question 3

For evidence we interviewed two year 12 students, asking them about what they thought of our video saying the pros and cons. This was helpful for us as we knew what we could improve on future projects.

Question 2

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Q1 media evaluation. from lois woodward

Final CD ancillaries.

This video shows my final CD cover, insert and back cover.

Final Video

Official Website

http://controlhalsey.weebly.com/

This is the official website for my music video. It includes tour dates, merchandise, photos from the video shoot and the final video, which is available on YouTube and on my blog.

CD Cover

This is my front cover for my CD. I have chosen to have the two faces to show the two sides of her personality. I have chosen to have one face in natural colouring to show how she is seen as a normal girl, and I have chosen to have the other face in black & white to represent how her mind is in her mind.

I have chosen to have this picture as the back cover because I feel like it represents the dark feel of the music video. I wanted to cover her eyes with a different colour as well as the word 'control' to show that she is controlled by her inner demons. It also shows the songs list as well as the artist and the record company.

The CD insert contains extra pictures from the filming shoot and also the words to songs, so people who buy the CD digipak get the lyrics to sing along. There is also information on the artist.

These are just drafts so far, my final product will be posted soon.

Preparing to film.

With filming a music video, comes a responsibility. Organisation is key, making sure all your dates are marked down, and the actors know when the filming is being done. Also exaggerate your time, if you think it will take two hours of your time, say it might take two and half or three hours, then they can work their day around that time.
Make sure you have all the equipment you need: Camera(s), Tripod(s), lights, set and actors. Be sure to double check everything you need is working and take an extra battery or a charger in case your camera dies.
Have everything planned out, have your storyboard on hand, even if you stray from it slightly, keep it for your structure. Film the scenes in order, it will make editing much easier.

Make sure your actors know what they're doing. Give them the lyrics/script in advance so they can learn the words. Let them know if they need to do anything that they might never have done before (dancing, acting). Make sure they know where they are supposed to be on the day of filming, and what they are going to be wearing (hair, makeup ect...) this will take the pressure off you if they already know what they are doing.

Make sure you have booked anything to you need, for example for my music video I wanted a plain white background that was large enough for me to walk around in, so we could get full body shots. In order for us to do that we had to search local places that will let us use a space like that. My filming partner, Rachael rang up different studio to enquire about using their space. We managed to book a studio in Barlow, just outside our local town.
Being organised and making sure things like this are booked in advance is vital, especially if you have a deadline.

Storyboarding

This is our storyboard for our music video which will be being filmed in a few weeks.

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