Sunday, 27 October 2013

Blog Reflection 8

What have you been doing this week ?

This week we was adding the last pieces of work which is involved in the pre-production stage of the advanced portfolio, throughout this week me and my partner had collaborated to finish the work.
My role in this week, according to the job roles, was to produce a shot list,  production schedule and the recci shots.
These two documents are vital to our filming, because it is what we are filming as well as where we are filming.
And then towards the latter stages of the week my partner had produced a Digipak flat plan and Magazine advert flat plan.


What were your main decisions and revisions you have made ?

The main decisions which we had to make this week was during the process of making our shot list and production schedule. This is because it would be based on what will be actually our music video shots, therefore we had to put a lot of thought process into it. Also our production schedule was crucial to get the dates right because time is not on our side to produce a music video and we felt we needed to be very realistic and focus on the filming dates. As well as these two pieces of work, all the other work produced this week such as the recci shots, Digipak and Magazine advert flat plan are also very crucial. The flat plans being important because this is what our product will look like, and the key decisions we made are all embedded in our final product, such as colour theme etc.

Digipak Flatpan


Magazine Advertisement Flatplan


Friday, 25 October 2013

Shot List

Production Schedule


Thursday, 24 October 2013

Recci Shots

Recci Shots


Here are some idea's for locations to use for our music video, and some finalised ideas which we will definitely be using in our music video. Of course the locations need to be suitable and easily accessible therefore our choices have been based on these factors. Of course being a gym song, a prime location which we will have to use is of course a gym. There are many gyms which are accessible to us. We have chosen three Gym's in fact, because of various reasons. One of the reasons is that the facilities at each gym are very different, for example one of our gyms is purely a kick boxing and boxing gym. Here is an in depth picture of our choices for the gym scenes:

Lions Den Gym:

This is the first location we will be using, this gym is not a very expensive or updated gym with the newest equipment. However this is the image which we wish to conduct because I believe the song is of weightlifting and that these locations are shown in a more male orientated gym which is more likely to be very jam packed with weights. I have used this location before in another assessment and it had gone very well and smooth with no complications. Also this is my local gym which I have a membership for therefore it will be easily accessible. 








Seven Kings Gurdwara Gym:

This is the second location which we have chosen, mainly because it relates to the target audience of our product. Our artists originally are Asian, and getting some footage in a Sikh gym will identify the right target market. Also we can use many aspects of this for humour, as one of us is a member of the Sikh community and know a lot of people from the Gurdwara therefore they can be used for our acting. Meaning that this location is very easily accessible for us due to the ties we have with the Sikh community.



School Gym (Chadwell Heath):
Finally for our final gym location, is our very local school gym. Of course the accessibility will definitely not be a problem for us as we attend school everyday and have access to the gym in most days. But another reason behind choosing this location is that I believe the equipment is better than the other gyms for some scenery, therefore we have chosen this. If it had been far and very hard to gain access then this location would not have been chosen, however because it is so close and will look better I believe we have chosen the right decision in choosing three different locations.

Goodmayes Park:
We have chosen an outdoor venue to use for some scenes. A park is very often seen in many motivational music videos, we wish to show our character running in this setting. The park is not very far and is open at respectable hours, of course shut when it does get dark. Also we will not need any permission to film at all therefore I believe this will be a good setting for our outdoor scenery.

House:
The locations I will be using in my house would be my living room. This is to get access to my TV and computer which are both needed for some specific shots. Of course it being my home it will be very easy to access it and for my partner it Is not far from school at all therefore for both of us it is very easy to access and can be accessed at almost any time.  The living room will not be too flashy because  UK rap videos arn't associated to having videos which showboat very big and flashy houses, in fact it is the opposite. 

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Blog Reflection 7

What have you been doing this week ?

This week we completed our final treatment, this is a document of all our final ideas after mending from feedback we received and also taking time to think of some more ideas.
The feedback we received was from our focus group which we also conducted in the same week in order to get a better view on who our audience is etc.
We played the focus group the song at first, and asked them their thoughts on the song. We then asked the audience in more depth about the song, whether they like it and who the ideal audience would be etc. The feedback had really helped us and our treatment is all carved in a way which meats all aspects of the feedback received from our focus group.

What key concept have you been focusing on ?

Our focus group was mainly to get a better view of the audience concept of our song. We wanted them to define the perfect audience, so that we could then match the characteristics they associate with the song to the audience we are aiming for in our treatment.