Using the green screen

As part of our music video my group decided to use a green screen. We got the green screen through our own sources and we used it to put the main character into a different location e.g Ironbridge.

These are some of the images of us on the day of filming with the green screen.

Digipak

A digi-paks main purpose is to promote a band or artist. The main features that make a successful dig-pak include; a recognisable logo for both the band and title of the digi-pak. When looking at The Scripts albums for inspiration for our own cover, we noticed that both album covers have a theme of hands and we have incorporated this into ours.




Below are the rough drafts of our digi-pak and magazine advert for our music video of "The Man Who Can't Be Moved".




Here are some of my media group editing our digipak/magazine advert and researching for our music video.






This is the second draft of our digipak and magazine advert.



These are our own images that we included in our digipak.



This is our final digipak, as we had to change the picture of the original boat for our own picture.

Production Schedule

Here is our original production schedule, our group decided to produce this because we were doing our own research into music videos, analysing cd and dvd covers, aswell as planning as a group and we thought it would be better to plan our time as a group.



This our final production schedule as we didn't feel as though our first one was detailed enough.

Prop List

Camera- To film the music video.

Tripod- We needed this to steady the camera when we need to get different camera shots at certain angles.

Pocket Watch- This was needed for our digipak cover and music advertisement.

Tape- without this we would have been unable to make the music video.

Magazine Advertisement

Our group decided to take pictures of the main character to put on our magazine advertisement as we thought that because it was an advertisement the band would be an important feature on it. However we have since decided to go with an image that it included on the digipak so that the theme continues throughout.
Here are some of the pictures we took







Also here is a video of our group working and taking the pictures.

Storyboard

Here is the first draft of the storyboard for my group's music video.

Questionnaire

The Script

The Script are an alternative pop/rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are currently based in London after signing to Song Label Group. The band released their self-entitled debut album in August 2008 and their music has been featured on popular teen programmes such as 90210, The Hills and Waterloo Road.
The target audience quite a wide range. Both men and women like to enjoy The Script's music. However, I feel that the main target are a younger audience as they often appear in the charts and that is mainly followed by a younger audience. Also, I think younger people could relate to the lyrics of the songs as the main theme is love and life.
The Script market themselves through interviews in both magazines and through television. They also use advertising, music videos, their own website, touring, festivals and itunes to market themselves.
When using The Script as inspiration for our own digi-pak, we noticed that they nearly always use certain images such as the houses. Most of the CD covers by them are very arty and are almost collages of images, thrown together to give an insight as to what the CD and songs are about. All of there CD covers are very unique to them, this may be part of their brand identity.

Genre Research- Alternative Rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that has emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various sub-genres that that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as grunge, Britpop, gothic rock and indie pop.
Many alternative rock artists during the 1980s were cult acts that recorded on independent labels and received their exposure through college radio airplay and word-of-mouth. With the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became commercially successful. Nowadays, many bands are labelled and alternaive band but many feel that it is now actually a term of describing popular music.

Artists in recent years that are alternative rock include; Paramore, Kids in Glass Houses, The Script and You Me At Six.

Location Report

We chose Ironbridge, Shropshire for our music video. The reason we chose this location is because it is scenic and has so many places we could film. We thought it would be good for our music video because we are choosing to do a narrative and we thought that Ironbridge seemed quite a romantic place due to the amount of scenic views. One of the other reasons we chose the location is because it is local and is an easy place for us to access whenever we wanted, if we we need to get some extra footage for the music video.