This is an arial shot of Danson park that i got from google Earth, this is where our main location will be and where the powder fight will take place.

We will want to do this in an open grassy area.

We will be filming in busy areas such as Bexleyheath Broadway and London. These two locations can represent the different class in our characters, Bexleyheath will be where the common people will be filmed and London will be for the higher class people who want to be like common people.

Production Plan

Props:

Powder paint: eBay, Brian Clegg website (under £5)
Glass of coke: free
Instruments and microphone: free
Cigarettes: if we make them it's free
Scissors: free
Pool table: free
Paper: free
Plastic bugs: Ask around or buy cheap ones
Trolley: Borrow and use at a supermarket


Costumes:
Suits
'Common people' outfits
May have to buy a few plain white t-shirts from Primark to show the powder clearly


Locations:
Supermarket
London/other urban area
Danson Park
Bexleyheath High Street
Elsa road/Berwick road


People:
A Band from the music department have agreed to be our band
We need a lot of different people to sing the lines of the song
Many people have already said they want to take part in the powder fight - but we will need to advertise this

Here are some designs I made of a possible logo for my digi pack. I want an effect like the text is being eroded away so it looks messy. I want the theme of the music video in my logo so i will want it to be colourful but i could also have a logo that has the effect but is red.

Today I have been looking at the main props that we will need to include in our music video. The main one will be the coloured powder which will be thrown between the two gangs. The powder we will use is Holi Coloured Powder which is used in an Indian festival where they celebrate colour.



We will buy this online where we found a useful website that sells it a a good price.We get a pack of 7 differnt coloured powders for £4.99


For costumes we will need a group of people to be dressed buisness like and smart and another group to be wearing casual clothes/ school uniform/ builders outfit. We will ask the 'common' group of people to bring clothes they dont mind getting dirty and the people wearing the smart dress will take their clothes off and be wearing white underneath so the powder will show because we dont want their cothes to get ruined. Some of them will tie their ties around their heads to show they are ready for the powder fight.

Band logos

Here are some band logos. They are all quite simple and easy to read. They are mainly in two colours, black and white apart from One Direction's logo which has a bit of read. One Direction's logo had the number '1' and the letter 'D'. The red in this logo stands out the most. theres an arrow in the middle of the 'D' to show the direction.

The two door cinema club logo is simple with the two colours. They have made it look interesting with the curvy letters such as 'O' and 'C' are in a skinnier font to the rest of the letters. The letters are all in capitals and each word is placed on top of each other.

The Wombats logo is also in black and white the word 'The' is smaller that 'Wombats' to show that Wombats it the more important word that we should be focused on. The font looks like a marker pen and had been hand written. The word 'Wombats' is also in capitals.

The muse logo is the simplest one out of all of them, again it is black and white. There are two horizontal white lines outlining the word to make it look more important.

This logo by Pulp is nice because it looks slightly 3D with the black shadowing on the white. It looks smooth and shiney. It has a curvy border going around the outside of the word 'Pulp' with the same effect as the letters which are also in capitals.

Common people lyrics

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge,
she studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College,
that's where I,
caught her eye.
She told me that her Dad was loaded,
I said "In that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola."
She said "Fine."
and in thirty seconds time she said,

"I want to live like common people,
I want to do whatever common people do,
I want to sleep with common people,
I want to sleep with common people,
like you."

Well what else could I do -
I said "I'll see what I can do."
I took her to a supermarket,
I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere,
so it started there.
I said pretend you've got no money,
she just laughed and said,
"Oh you're so funny."
I said "yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here.
Are you sure you want to live like common people,
you want to see whatever common people see,
you want to sleep with common people,
you want to sleep with common people,
like me."
But she didn't understand,
she just smiled and held my hand.
Rent a flat above a shop,
cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool,
pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right,
cos when you're laid in bed at night,
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you call your Dad he could stop it all.

You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.

Sing along with the common people,
sing along and it might just get you through,
laugh along with the common people,
laugh along even though they're laughing at you,
and the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.

I want to live with common people,
I want to live with common people

Questionnair awnswers

We varied the age of our target audience and here you can see the different age groups we asked.



From this we can tell that our target audience mostly like a narrative in a music video.


Everyone we asked like our idea and thinks it is appropriate.


Only 10% was unsure about our music video being appropriate for the genre.


Our target audience was varied between the genre of music they like but 30% like alternative music.


This piece chart shows how many males an females we asked and the majority was male.



Our target audience thought that there should be an appearance of our band in the music video.

Questionnaire

These are the questions we plan on asking people. We want to ask mainly males as we feel that they are more of our target audience but we will also ask females.


Song: Common People

Idea: We want to keep the music video fun and uplifting. We want the concept to be a group of rich ‘uncommon’ people each singing a line of the song and slowly making their way to a public place (a park) where they will have like a powder/paint fight with a large group of ‘common’ people. They all walk away at the end of the fight as if nothing happened. Then we would like to shoot a scene after the song has finished of someone sitting at a desk and they turn around on their phone and their face is covered in the powder/paint. We will also include scenes of the band recording the song in a studio.

How old are you?


Which genre of music do you like the most? (Please circle)


Britpop
Pop
Indie
Rock
Alternative
Other

Who is your favourite band?


If you have one, what is your favourite music video?


Do you think that our idea for our music video is appropriate for the song?

Do you think that our idea for our music video is appropriate for the genre of the song?


Do you think that it is necessary/essential for the band to have an appearance in the music video?


Do you like the idea of having a narrative music video that relate to the lyrics?

Do you have any ideas that we could include in our music video?

Crimson Audience Profile

Crimson on Prezi

Feed Back

In todays lesson we had a crit and had to talk about our ideas to the class and what our music video may look like. We got positive feedback and everyone seemed to like our ideas. We got a few new ideas on a possible ending. Instead of the two leaders of each group shaking hands to say they are equals, we will have a common person going back to their work office and film them still with a bit of the powder on their face. A bit like a scene in a film called Step up 2 the streets, where one of the dance crew is dressed in a suit going up the esculators and has paint on his hand where he has sprayed a graffiti tag.

Digipak

This is the back of the digipack it has all the codes and conventions for example copyright information, bar code and the name of the songs that are on the CD. It looks the names of the songs are on the side of the large Gothic door. There are representations of light and dark it looks like it is night time but there is also the moonlight coming from the top right corner with dark black clouds surrounding it creating a moody dark feeling. The names of the songs have been positioned like a scroll with old traditional typograpghy being held in place by a curving line.

This front cover has a very Gothic and dark feeling which represents the type of music Evanescence plays. The left side of the cover is light where there is a lady standing in a large doorway looking over her shoulder at the viewer as if to say 'goodbye' or 'follow me' because she is about to walk through it. The light could represent happiness and the future. The dark side of the cover could represent her past that she is trying to get away from. The image and name of the album are very clear and relate to make it easy to under stand 'The open door'. She is wearing a white long dress which looks like a wedding dress, but white represents innocence, purity and peace.
The typography is also Gothic with a nice decorative pattern surrounding it, the writing has been placed on the right with a dark background to highlight and make the name of the album and artist noticeable.




Again on the inside cover the typography is Gothic but a lot larger and is the main focus. There is a lot of empathise on the 'O' and the shape around the writing which is also a circle that links in with the moon. There is a moth like insect which could represent something that's not wanted and quite creepy, by this i mean insects such a moths and spiders can creep people out and make them feel itchy and uncomfortable. There are sharp looking vines swirling their way around the writing witch look like they are growing over it. In the corners are four decorative dark spaces.

Advanced Portfolio- Digipak

In today's lesson we started to look at digipaks. I will have to make my own individual digipak for my band and music video. A digipak is a promotion package for the release of a album to include a music video promo, a cover for its release as part of a digipak and a magazine advertisement for the digipak.

what is a digipak? A digipak contains a CD and booklet in a cardboard casing with a booklet of songs. Why would a record label choose to release a digipak rather than a CD in a jewel case? Because a jewel case is made of plastic and therefor can crack and get damaged. The are also more interesting the way you can unfold the pack and is more interactive, also it make the person feel like there is more inside. What are the codes and conventions? Front cover, back cover, spine,institution logo, name of the artist or band, names of songs.