Initial Make-Up

 This is the make up that we used.

 This is the before shot.

This is the after shot.

This is the first scene we shot, this is for the white background scene that appears through the music video throughout. The first picture is the makeup we chose to use on me for this scene, we chose this makeup because where there is a white background we wanted her to stand out so thought to have big red lips. We wanted her to look girlie so that is why we decided to have the fake eyelashes also. We noticed when looking at 80's video that the females would wear their hair to the side so thought to do this.We decided to not have any clothes on show because in the other scenes we are going to be having a mixture of bright clothing and for this scene we wanted it to be abit more simple just about her and the singing.

Diary of a Day's of Shooting (Scene Two)

On Novemer 12th, Me, Amber and Ellie filmed part of our music video. This time we filmed at my house. My room was used for the first scene where the main character was filmed waking up in bed and getting ready to go out and meet her friend (me). In this shooting day we met loads of targets to be done in a few hours and we got loads of footage.

In my house we used a lot of places to film. As you can see from the pictures that was taken, there were three significant locations in my house. The photo of the garden shows Ambers' view from the door. This was what she was looking out on in an over shoulder shot. The photo of my bed is where Amber was pictured waking up and going back to sleep after the long day. The final picture shows Amber in the wardrobe. I believe this is a very good place to shoot as it really fits in with the theme of "Material Girl" because she should be surrounded by gadgets and clothing items.

This day we also filmed on a bridge near my house. It crosses above a motorway and added to our list of locations. This is where Amber and her friend (me) meet up and start our day out.

Diary of a Day's Shooting (Scene One)

On the 23rd October we completed our first day of filming. We decided to film the "white background" shot, which is the main shot that requires the most precise lip syncing.

 

We chose a white background because we wanted the attention to be entirely on our main character. When it comes to editing this shot, we will make the backgorund brighter, in order to keep the attention focussed on Amber and also make the quality of the video better.

This is a shot of Amber miming the song. We decided to take two long shots, where we just played the song the whole way through whilst Amber mimed all the lyrics, and three other shots of just the chorus and one main verse. By having a wide range of shots, we have enough footage to complie our video and extra in case we need.

This shot of me filming the scene also shows Amber's costume. She wore a vest top with no sleeves yet we only filmed the top half of her body, so only her shoulders and face are visible. We decided on this to add voyerism to the video, as this was one of the main aspects of the codes and conventions of a pop video. In terms of shooting, we had Amber look straight at the camera to empasise the voyerism aspect of the scene.

Initial Filming Schedule

80's Mood Board

Mood Board

By doing this mood board we have a better idea as to what costumes to use in our video. There seems to be bold colours with bright clothing specific for 80's e.g. neon weg warmers. We will keep this in mind and also there is a 'fun' feel to the images, for instance, there is a photo if roller blades. 
Although this mood board was originally for our first chosen song, we still find it useful as we are able to look at the main purpose of the mood board, which was to see what costume choices we will have. And as the two songs are from the same decade, we can.  

Initial Intended Audience

Here is the first "Intended Audience" post we created. As we now have a change of song, we changed this post to relate to our new song. Although they are quite similar, we are able to show our progression through the course as we have developed our ability to choose the most important target audience.

Intended audience.docx

What is an Audience?

What is an Audience?

Why is a Target Audience Important?

Initial Main Character Influence

Character Influence

Initial Location Ideas

We decided to chose fun and unique locations for our video. We understand that we must have more locations than in our previous thriller videos. Therefore, we finally decided on a bedroom, a bridge, a high street, changing rooms of a clothing shop, an arcade and a bowling alley. These locations are in keeping with the codes and conventions of a pop video, as they are exciting and enjoyable, emotions which we want our audience to feel when watching our video.  

Initial Make Up Ideas

 This is a short and brief video of our make up ideas. Colour is a main theme in the 80's fashion so we will need to make sure we use bright and bold colours on our actors in order to achieve the full effect.

Prelim / First Practise

This was initially a vine video of Amber practising the chorus of our first chosen song, "Material Girl". By practising early on in the process, we have a better chance of making the editing process of our video much smoother. If our main character knows the lyrics to the song and what lip syncing movements are needed, we will be able to finish the filming process earlier and spend time in more depth throughout editing.

Although we have now changed our song, this prelim is still relevant as we can look back upon how we have developed the "Star Image" quality in our video by highlighting the main actor to make sure that she has precisely mimed the correct lyric of the song.   

Basic Storyboard

Madonna Material Girl Lyrics

Material Girl Lyrics

The song below shows the lyrics that Amber has to learn in order to film our music video. These lyrics will be mimed by Amber when she is in front of the white background and the camera is just on her face and shoulders.