Possible Music Video Locations

Here is an image of a beach in the West Witterings, East Sussex.

Here is an image of a local park which could be a possible choice for a scene in the music video, however I believe that there are other options which would be more effective such as the beach. 

Researching Music Companies & Skills Audit

Production Diary #2

Throughout this week I started to complete the research portion of my coursework, starting with the task where I had to research into existing music labels. This was quite an interesting task to complete as prior to this I had not realised that there was one large conglomerate which had many subsidaries which made up that company. For example, the Universal Music Group is a media conglomerate which owns smaller, well known subsidaries such as The Island Def Jam and Capital Records. Even though I have come up with some good locations for my music video, I have not decided on a certain song yet so have decided that it would be best to stay away from the planning tasks until I feel a bit more confident with my decision. At the moment, I am currently researching into the history of music videos and hopefully that will give me a good insight into what my music video should be like and give me a few more ideas.

By the lesson on Tuesday I hope to get the post on the history of music videos uploaded on to my blog and to have started looking into the conventions of a music video. From looking at the various research tasks that have been set, I believe that this will help with the decisions I need to make to create my music video.

Skills Audit:
When considering what skills I can utilise in this project there are a few such as being dedicated to my work and working hard. I have also found that through subjects at GCSE such as ICT and Media, and also through completing my coursework at AS, I've been able to develop on skills such as creativity in order to boost my grade through the use of various software's such as InDesign and multiple hardware's such as the Canon 550d camera that I used to take the photos for my media coursework in both Years 11 and 12.

I am hoping that as for many years I have taken to watching various music videos that have been produced by different artists who perform different genres of music, I will have the ability to come up with some good and creative ideas that will benefit my coursework.

I have always been a very organised person and I am very good with managing my time and tasks efficiently this was shown through meeting various deadlines over the period of creating my AS coursework and through meeting simple tasks set for homework throughout my school career. It has also always been very important to me that the work that I produce is always to its highest standard, meaning that if there is something that I believe is not up to the standard that I hope for, I am happy to receive criticism from others which will help me make the necessary improvements.

Research into Music Labels

By carrying out research into various music labels that currently exist, but also have been shut down, benefits me when it comes to carrying out the research and staging processes of my coursework as I have found it interesting how the workings of the different companies differs, for example, The Universal Music Group features more of the rock artists such as Maroon 5 and Bastille, therefore producing edgier music videos and songs which have a strong tempo featured throughout, whereas Sony Music have more pop artists such as Justin Bieber and One Direction therefore the music videos have more typical pop video conventions such as brighter colours and more structured and routine heavy videos. This has helped me develop ideas from both genres that could potentially influence the style of my video.

Music Videos

Recently, I have been watching some music videos to gather some ideas from various artists and see how they have been put together. Some artists also have uploaded a 'behind the scenes' which have been quite interesting and informative to watch.

Introduction

Production Diary #1

This year, the coursework tasks are completely different to those I have completed at AS and GCSE. With a choice of either filming and making either a short film or a music video, I chose to create a music video. This year I believe the work load will increase massively but also enlighten me to a new set of skills that I will have to utilise such as learning how to use the cameras to produce high quality footage.

This week I started looking at possible ideas I could use for my music video. With there being so much choice as to finding a song, whether to not use the original or the style of video, I have found it hard to choose a particular song, however I have decided that I wish to have a music video with an open narrative - open for interpretation. When watching music videos on YouTube I have always found myself drawn to those which have a storyline rather than live performances because you gain an understanding of what the song is about but still allows the audience to interpret their own meanings of the song.

When it has come to thinking possible song ideas, I want to go for something quite simple and slow as I feel it fits the style I can see myself creating. To fit the slow song, I believe that the use of slow motion and a portion of travel and journey will work well to highlight the progression of the song to the audience.

In the process of deciding on what my music video will look like I felt it would be a good idea to think of possible locations that I would be able to use. I believed that this would have been a good area to start with as there is no point in picking a song but having no where to film it. Possible locations that I have chosen that are outside of school are:
- West Witterings, Sussex
- The Rose Garden, Hyde Park
- Diana Memorial, Hyde Park
- Ruislip Woods

Even though the west Witterings is a little bit out of the way compared to the other locations, my mum has said that she will drive me to the location and my mums friend has a small cottage located near the beach front and I think that this would be a great location for a slower song.

At the moment, some songs that I have been considering are:
- When you're gone, Avril lavigne
- beating heart, Ellie goulding
- tee shirt, birdy
- not about angels, birdy
- heart by heart, Demi lovato
- I don't want to miss a thing, Aerosmith