Shot List and Shooting Schedule

For our shooting schedule, we had to take into consideration the availability of our performers, so many of the dates are when we had frees from school. This meant that we had very little time to film, so our settings had to be near/quite local so that we could get there in time to film.

Timeline

Character Profiles

•Performer 1: Frontman- The main singer of the band, aged 19-23, looks a bit 'rugged' and a bit 'edgy'. Conforms to Hebdige's youth culture theory of young people being represented as 'fun' or 'trouble' as he will be a bit of a 'badboy'. He will be of working class, and will be inspired by the social realism movement. He will have 'bad' habbits, such as smoking and occasional drug taking. He will have occasional mood swings where he will go from being quite moody to really funand being up for a good time, however he is always dedicated to the band and spends hours alone writing lyrics which mean something to him. He doesn't conform to mainstream ideas and attitudes and goes out of his way to express his 'individuality'. He will be of white ethnicity, but will challenge Gramsci's theory by not being dominant or superior over any other ethnicity.    

•Performer 2: Drums- This performer will again be in the age brackets of 19-23 and will have more of a 'rough' 'rugged' look to him with visable tattoos covering his arms. Like the frontman, the drummer will be of working class, and will have an array of 'dirty' habbits such as smoking and drinking. The drummers personality won't be as dominant and 'in your face' as the frontmans- he will be a little quieter and laidback, and will be the 'good' conscience of the band. Again like he forntma, the drumer will be of white ethnicity, but again will challenge Gramsci's theory by not having dominance over any other ethnicity.

•Performer 3: Guitar- The guitarist and back up vocals of the band will be the youngest of the three, with an age range of 18-21, and will be the the most boisterous and and troublesome member of the band. He will be the little brother of the frontman, so will also be working class, and of white ethnicity. Like the other members, he will smoke and drink and will also occasioanlly abuse drugs. He will conform the most to Hebdige's youth culture theory as being 'fun' and 'trouble'    as he will be the one who always comes up with 'fun' ideas for them to do which usually ends up with them getting in trouble. 

I put together a series of black and white setting which reflect the sort of places that our artists would visit. The images have quite a gritty feel and this is a main theme that we wish to convey throughout our music video.

final idea

Initial ideas

Independent Records Labels and Our Label of Choice

A bit about Music Videos

From this task, we were able to see that the genres which dominated music televison were mainstream music and charts, closely followed by pop music and RnB. We also looked at the role music videos play in establishing an artist and promoting them effectively, as the music video that we will be creating will be a visual representation of our artist. We found that music videos have become vital in the success of a song, as they give meanig to a song, and helps an audience to understand what it's actually about, making them easier to relate to.

Today, music videos have become nearly as important as songs themselves, and have played a key part in the success and profits many artists receive.