Planning

Before starting the design process of my plemininary tasks and main task I had to make story boards and written plans . This made it easier for me to create my poster, CD cover and music video as i was able to follow them and gave me an outline of how I planned each task to look.


Poster Plan

For the poster plan I made a written plan of what features i was going to include on the poster and where i was going to put them. I annotated the plan to show why i had chosen these features and also a detailed description of what colours, fonts and pictures i will be using.

CD Cover Plan

The CD cover plan has also been written and annotated. I created the CD plan from the research i did earlier and tried to use typical forms and features that a professional CD Album would have on. I made a detailed description of each feature i was going to add explaining what colours, fonts and pictures i was going to use and why.

About The Song

For my music video i decided to use Taylor Swift - Fifteen. I chose this song as it definitely targets young teenage girls as it is about being a  fifteen year old girl in an American high school. I have created a storyline to go with the lyrics

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first dayAnd you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of every body's way

It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
"You know, I haven't seen you around before"

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
Fifteen

You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
We'll be outta here as soon as we can

And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen

Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors

The song lyrics tell a story about a fifteen year old girl experiencing her first year as a fresher at an American high school. It tells a story about her finding her best friend and her first boyfriend. It also tells a story about how she was heartbroken. The song is telling someone else what to expect from there first year at high school.

Music Video Story Board

Before starting to film my music video I created a detailed story board. I planned out what shots i would film, how long the shots were going to be and what type of shots they would be. I drawn out each shot and wrote a short description about each shot including the different times and lengths of each shot. This made it easier to film the video as i could follow the storyboard.

When creating the storyboard I went thought up ideas that i thought would be a good for the video. I then went through the rejection process in which I erased bits of the storyboard that I did not like and wouldn't have been a typical convention of a music video or wouldn't have targeted the right audience. I new from my research typical conventions of music videos such as the average number of shots found in music videos and most shots were no longer than 5 - 8 seconds I used this information to go through selection and rejection of my storyboard.

Props, Actors and Locations

Now that I have created my story board I can plan what props, locations and how many actors I will need. By planning this it will enable me to make sure that i have the props ready in time to film the video so that I finish filming at particular times.

For my music video I will need 3 main actors, 2 girls and 1 boy which will be Emily's love interest. The main actor will be played by the artist as she will be singing the song while also acting out her experience at high school.

Emily  - This is the main Actress for my music video. I have used this person as she is youthful and pretty which is a typical convention of many young teen pop videos. she also looks young enough to go to aT school. She is the artist of the and will sing the song. Emily will be wearing casual clothes as this is what younger people would be wearing at an American high school.

Mat - This will be Emily's love interest in the music video. Because Emily is a youthful and pretty girl  I have chosen a young, good looking lad to be Emily's love interest as this will draw in teenage girls into watching the video and give the impression of the 'perfect couple' shown in many other teen pop music videos. He will also be wearing casual but fashionable clothes as this will again target teenage girls.

Abigail -  Abigail is Emily's new best friend at school. She is also youthful and pretty which is a typical convention of many music videos as a lot of teens are drawn to looking at pictures and videos of pretty and youthful people.  

Extras - I have also chosen extras to be in the video to make the scene look natural.

I will also need to find suitable locations to film in. I have chosen locations that would b a typical convention a a pop music video and have chosen the most modern and suitable location I can find to film.

Because the song  I am using is the artist telling a story i am going to use a green screen for many parts with the artist singing parts of the story. Unfortunately I had to set-up a small green screen as a larger one wasn't available. I set this up in a small class-room and used camera lighting to make sure that there was enough light on the artist and to make sure there were no shadows cast behind on the green screen as the background is supposed to be completely white. 

This is the entrance of the school that Emily will be attending in the video. I have used our own schools front entrance. I have chosen the front entrance as it is a modern part of the school and modern features would be a typical convention of many pop music videos. This location is also going to be used for when Emily goes in on her first day as it clearly shows it is the front of a school and not another building such as her house.

This is the school corridor. I have chosen this part of the school to film as it is a typical convention in pop videos set in school for the actors to be talking and hanging out in the school corridor. I am going to use the most modern part of the school to film my music video.

I have chosen this seating area in the school to film part of my video. I have chosen this as i will easily be able to get a wide shot filming here as a lot of other places in the school wouldn't be suitable.

 

Props were also an important part of the music video, such as a video camera, a camera tripod, the green screen and lighting. there were also props such as a school bag to show that the actors were at school and a ring.

 

After I had sorted out actors, locations and props that I would need I made a timing plan so that I could make sure my actors were free to be filmed making sure i had the right props and was also filming in the right location.

Now I have everything planned I can now start constructing both my plemininary tasks and main music video