Costume

Must compliment the image and set the tone.

•Jeans

•Checkered Shirt

•Grey Hoody

•Converse

Nothing that stands out, and it must fit in with rural background. Stereotyping is crucial! 

Costumes - three different outfits

This is the first outfit that I thought about for Kendal - chilled surfer shirt with cargo shorts and a pair of vans. This look was chilled, but possibly more for the beach than fields in the country. 

Checked shirt and Cargo shorts, outfit 2. I felt this didn't compliment Kendall and just wasn't the right look that I wanted to create. 

Outfit 2, smarter option, jumper and jeans. This I really liked but isn't suitable to be sat on a trailer in the middle of no where. I feel it is more a gig outfit, rather than sitting on a trailer. 

Perfect outfit - Really chilled casual look. I feel the checked shirt makes Kendall fit into the back ground image well, being in the country side, checked shirts often represent farm boys traditionally. The jeans are appropriate for the weather and help create the relaxed look, but keep a contrast in colours between the straw, trailer and back drop etc.

The Pitch

Presentation 1 by Clare Miller

The Artists Profile

Kendall Williams

Age 18
Brown Hair
Lives in Woodstock
Born in Oxfordshire
Unique and Individual
Loves Music - especially Guitar

Ideal Location

My ideal Location would be on the top of a mountain, with one form of transport (Quadbike/trailer) - very simple with not much in the scene other than wants in the distance. I want to get the emotions across that there is a sense of freedom and deep thought - but also power as Kendall is looking off the mountain, as if he is on top of the world. It is a quirky original idea, and not something i have seen done before. However, it would help portray the emotions i wish to create to entice the audience in. 

Inspiration - Boyce Avenue

Boyce Avenue - Bush Cover

This performance based music video was inspiring for my music video, and it has the same genre to the song 'Person inside'. The simplicity of the surroundings allowed you to focus on the singer and the instrument. This was effective as it showed Gavin Rossdale's emotions and passion behind the song. I think it's good to emphasis the artists thoughts behind their lyrics as it entices the audience in and shares emotions. 

STAR IMAGE

Ideally if I could design the image of the person to perform in my music video it would be Enrique Iglesias.

I feel this artist would suit the image of the song, even though his music would not. The video idea is quirky and original - and I feel his look would portray this well.

Enrique is tanned with dark brown hair and stubble, he stereotypically comes across as a guitar player, and seems gentle and a bit of a legend, (from his appearance in images).

THE Location choice

    

 THE Location..
 - Large scope of vision
- Single Track Road
- Fields either side
- Private road, so quiet enough to film.
- Opportunity to have the Landrover disappearing at the end into the distance.
- Variety of colours (grass, mud, road, etc.)

Location Option 1

Single track road, fields either side..

Significance of location: shows Kendall can only go in one direction, and he has control/freedom.

Location Options

There were three locations of which I thought about:

This is a balcony of a mannor house, which looks out over a rural area (fields, forestry etc.) I felt this would create a personal feel, but still involve open space and freedom. I could get a wide variety of shots using the different levels that this would offer me: e.g. stood on the wall, from below the balcony, looking down on the balcony from the upstairs windows etc. The trees that surround the area could represent the obstacles and challenges that Kendall faces before being able to break through..

Weaknesses - The balcony was big, and made Kendall look a bit insignificant.. It would therefore be hard to show him breaking through towards the end of the song.. 

This is a Ski Resort in Austria -
The reason I felt this could be a potential location spot - was because it has a large depth of field, and this would help me to show Kendall's deep thought and confusion between his heart and his mind. A weakness of this location is that it is such a beautiful place and this may take away the focus on Kendall and make the music video seem to happy rather than showing thought.

Fields with a single track road though the middle -

There are many locations around Oxfordshire where I could have a location simular to this one. I think this would be effective because:

• I can get a large depth of field, showing the whole world is at his feet. 
• The single track road is significant as it represents a one way direction - Kendall can only make one decision and go in one direction. 
• The fields represent freedom, and this is significant as it shows he is in control of his own decisions.
• It's slightly quirky and random, which goes with Kendall's independent style. This will create a stronger impact on the audience as the imagery and vocals will compliment each other and work together. I think this is significant because it will make the music video more powerful as the imagery will make vocals stronger and exaggerated, which will create more of an impact to the audience and allow them to relate to the song.  
• It will create thought and emphasise emotions within the frame, which will draw the audience in. 

After analysing three very different location spots, it has become very clear to me that I will find a location with a single track road and fields either side. I feel this is the most appropriate location style for the music video 'person inside'.

Third idea - Lead singer.

The third idea is based around Kendall the lead singer.

The song chosen is person inside

The music Video is going to be performance based. Kendall will do a performance in the middle of no where - urban surroundings - of where he will appear on a trailer performing the track. There will be a range of different shots, focusing on Kendall him self and the instruments being used. The final shot will be him disappearing into the distance as he continues playing..

2nd idea for Offshore break..

The second idea is based on a song called 'person inside' - which could be linked to a love story.

The idea was to have Kendall playing in the band - and then having him in a field on a walk, thinking about life, and then clips of a girl in her room writing songs and doing her own thing. From this i wanted to portray him as a happy person, enjoying being with his friends in a band - but show how there is only one thing on his mind, a girl.

Shots simular to this image, however the characters would be in two separate locations to show thought rather than an argument.







I'd like to try and pull on peoples emotions and attract them in - showing that love is a sensitive area.

Lyrics Annotation

Lyrics Annotation allowed me to identify the meaning behind the song and get a feel for the emotion at different stages within. This was important before creating a storyboard and filming, as it allowed me to get a feel for the emotions and the journey that the song lyrics go through.

The lyrics start with Kendall's mind/heart being stuck in the middle 'so within reach but then so far out', then he identifies that 'only good things can come', Verse 3 is when everything starts to change, and then the bridge verse is when he is coming through and his thoughts have come to a conclusion (no longer stuck in the middle).

Throughout the song it is in first person, which is why  I think Kendall needs to be the performer in my music video so that I can really capture the emotions behind all the lyrics.

The Song

The song chosen is Person Inside.

This was the first song that Kendall wrote, and the one he feels most strongly about. This is important as it will allow me to capture the true emotions behind the song, which will consequently help create more emotions for the audience watching.


http://offshorebreak.wix.com/home#!music
Website link of the bands page, including a recording of Person Inside

Idea For Offshore Break

The first idea for Offshore break in a music video is based on a song called 'hello again'

The idea was to have two parallel scenes - shots of them as a group performing, and then have them on an airstrip.

On the Airstrip:

- Four different forms of transport:

- Having a race on an airstrip, in beat with the song 'hello again'

- Different shots, creating a comedy effect. 

(The song lyrics will be posted - however there is a bit where different band members, rather than the lead guy shout 'hey', so the plan was to have close ups of the individuals. 

This idea would be fun and quirky - alternative music video, and would be a mix between performance and concept based. 

Production Plan

I must stick to this Production Plan implicitly, due to changing my idea, their is much less time. This gives me less freedom and means that I must get tasks done on these given dates inorder to meet deadlines. 

Record Label Permission

Kendall Williams wrote and sang the song, and has given me permission to use it within the production. He is also going to be appearing in the music video itself. 

Kendall has given me permission to use the music and filming for my A2 music Production and put it on my blogger. 

Production Meeting

On the 1st December, 

I met up with Kendall Williams to talk through doing a Music Video. The enthusiasm was Fantastic, and we brainstormed a number of different ideas with the band and with just him. The ideas will follow in a further blog post. 

We have arranged to meet on the 5th, to conclude decision so i can plan and check he is happy with the idea to go forward.

Props:
NOTEPAD.

Changing Direction..

After working on my music video choice and starting to film for 'beside the sea', I came across many factors of which got in the way of it progressing.

- The weather at this time of the year was proven difficult - as rainy grey days did not show well on the camera, even if i tried to portray 'british weather at the seaside'. 
- It was difficult to get to the seaside, being the furthest county away from the coast - making the amount of shots i could get difficult.  

There were also many other issues that lead to me re-thinking my idea. I thought about altering it slightly, reminiscing of the seaside, rather than actually needing to be there. However I couldn't get the right tempo with  the song, and one of the singers who I thought might be able to do it was unable to give the time to sing it again with a change of lyrics and slower - (Understandably at this time of year). 

This has lead to a very different new idea... 

I have now decided to do a music video with a group of friends who are in a band called 'offshore break'. 

Interview

Song Cover option

Beside the sea - Cover by Imogen Rogers

Song Cover Option

A Kind man that i found singing the song on youtube, replied to my comment and confirmed he'd be happy to be used as a sample, to cover the song for my music video. 

Confirmation email

This man had a very north London Accent, he was jolly, and his voice was much like the original artist 'Mark Sheridan'. 

The Artists Profile

Artist Research 

The song was written in 1907 by John A. Glover-Kind and was made famous by music hall singer Mark Sheridan who first recorded it in 1909. It speaks of the singer's love for the seaside, and his wish to return there for his summer holidays each year. It was composed at a time when the yearly visits of the British working-class to the seaside were booming. It can be heard at the end of the Queen song, "Seven Seas of Rhye" as it fades out.

(Click on the blue link to find out more information on wikipedia)


Artist Profile: Mark Sheridan 
Born in 1864

He was a popular comedian and able singer of lusty seaside songs. "With his eccentric appearance, comic- patter, and delightful dancing and singing, he was undoubtedly one of the most original turns  the halls had ever seen or heard"

He died in January 1918, aged 53. 
Original name is Fred Shaw 
He performed for over 30 years
Married too Ethel Maude Davenport

Benny Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPJFS26gckk

Benny hill did videos in 1978, they were very comical and this is a video of one of his scenes at the beach. This was popular in it's time and inspired me with the 'typical' seaside humour which will influence my music video.

Trip to Devon

On my trip to Devon I visited a number of different seaside locations including:

• Croyde
• Woolcombe
• Saunton Sands
• Bude
• Widemouth Bay

The reasons I visited these beaches in particular, is because they are all popular surfing and holidays spots. I felt they were beaches that were popular for the seaside activities; shrimping, surfing, bodyboarding, dog walking, buckets and spades, ball games, kites etc.


The shots I completed were:

• The close-up on different shoes at the beach. 
• A medium close-up of children playing with their buckets. 
• Medium Close-up of teenagers shrimping
• Medium shot of surfers in the sea
• Establishing shot of different beaches
• Tester close-up shot of writing in the sand
• Medium shot of children playing with a kite
• Medium shot of a dad and his son playing with a ball. 

These were all tester shots, and I will need to re-do many of them for my final shooting.


This post has allowed me to see what filming I have got done, and what i need to do next. I need to continue gaining more shots from my storyboard, so i can meet my rough edit version by Christmas. 

Camera shots

Here is an example of a medium-close up shot and a close-up shot, we were experimenting with the camera and doing different shots before we started our preliminary task. 

Story Board draft 1

This is Draft 1 of my Storyboard. I used pictures, as I felt this was the best way I could portray the story and show the order of activities I would like the music video to follow. Now that i have decided the storyline, I must go on and identify the specific shots that I will use in the final filming.

Brief summary of what is happening on the storyboard: 

• Packing everything but the kitchen sink
• Trying on different summery items
• Leaving for the summer holiday with a car full to the brim. 
• Busy traffic as everyone heads to the beach.
• Getting everything ready to walk down to the seaside. 
• Setting up camp for the day at the beach
• Heading in the sea
• Writing in the sand 'oh how i do love to be beside the sea'.
• Beach activities, comparing old to new (the history of the seaside). 
• Popular beach locations and how they've moved on. 

Genre

The genre of 'oh i do like to be beside the seaside' is humorous seasonal. 


Simular songs in this genre category:

• Merry Christmas from the Family - Robert Earl
• We're all going on a, summer holiday - Cliff Richard
• Congratulations - Cliff Richard 

Typical Conventions:

 - Traditional music - been around for a long time. 
 - Seasonal/celebrations 
 - Often have digitally produced video, e.g. cartoon images. 
 - Often have a ______ accent 
 - Humorous vocabulary within the lyrics 

History of the Seaside

The seaside holiday is a great British tradition dating back to the 1700s. 


In the 1700's was when people started to believe that perhaps the 'seawater' was good medicine, they got this idea from the spa baths in places like Bath. 

In the 1800's trains arrived, and in the norfolk coast there was efficient travel. This meant that rather than having to go by boat/horse and carriage, people could finally go by train cheaply for the day or for a holiday. 

In the 1900's, campingin tents/caravans became a new popular accommodation, which has only got more popular since the first opening of a site in 1904.  

In the 1950/60's activities were being introduced at the seaside. Punch and Judy, Buckets and spades, going in the sea etc. were finally becoming popular seaside activities. 

In the 1970's was when more people started going abroad, however, the seaside still remains to be a very popular place for all. The coast line remains as beautiful as ever, and still attracts people for days out and holidays with the family. 

British Seaside History - Victorian

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/seaside_01.shtml

Here is an inspiring article from BBC that includes a wide range of history about British Seaside Holidays. 


Sneak Preview of a few key issues from the article itself:

Victorian traditions - Childish innocence (buckets, spades and sandcastles), nature (starfish, rock-pools and gulls as well as the power and tranquillity of the sea itself), simple 'old-fashioned' fun (donkeys, roundabouts, Punch and Judy, boat trips, beach entertainers), and tasty, informal seaside food: fattening, glutinous and eaten out of the bag while on the move, in defiance of conventional table manners (fish and chips, ice cream, candy-floss, cockles and whelks) 


Different Seaside Towns: Different overlapping versions of seaside destinations remind us that there were (and are) many versions of the British seaside. Little informal villages where fishing and farming predominated and visitors entertained themselves and each other, up to big purpose-built holiday towns with the full paraphernalia of commercial entertainment and huge crowds of visitors who needed policing as well as pleasing


This information is critical in helping me show a historical side to my music video. It provides me with information to show where it all came from by exploring traditional seaside holidays.

Theorist - Andrew Goodwin's key conventions

There are certain theories/conventions that'll help the production of my music video. 

The theorist I explored was Andrew Goodwin and the key aspects/conventions he believes to be critical are:

• Thought Beats - seeing the sound in your head
• Narrative and Performance
• Star Image
• Relation of visuals to the song
• Technical aspects of the music video. 

This means to me I need to:

• Create a relationship between lyrics and visuals - form the story. 
• Create a relationship between the music and the visuals. Involve the artist within the music video, linking will keep the audience intrigued. 
• Create images that will attract the audience and create a memory. 
• Illustrate, Amplify, Disjuncture - Promote the song through the video. 
• Portray technical aspects; 

Think carefully about: shots, speeds, movement, angles, special effects, mise-en-scene, and beats and cuts. 

Prop List - First experimental shots

Preparing for my trip to Devon and Weston-Super-Mare in a couple of weeks, 30th October. 

Prop list

• Camera
• Tripod
• Flip Flops
• Flippers
• Crocks
• Jelly shoes
• Sun hats
• Buckets/Spades
• Wet suit
• Volley Ball

Song Cover samples

I decided, due to popularity, that i wanted to do a cover of the song i'm doing for my music video. I have asked one boy band and three other female artists (Kendal and his band, Darcy, Imo, and Sonja) - whether they would be interested in doing a cover for the song. The letter i sent to them was as so:

Hello,

For my A2 Media Project this year I am creating a music video for the song 'oh how i do like to be beside the sea'. I would like to do a cover for this song, and i wondered whether you would be interested in doing a recording for me? I will be asking a number of people for a sample of the song, audition, and then decide on the most appropriate version to match my video idea.  

Really don't worry if not, just thought it was worth asking just incase. 

Thanks, 

Clare

I have had three positive replies and hope to upload a sample of the recordings in the next couple of weeks. 

Song Lyrics

1st song lyrics - Basil Rathbone

Everyone delights to spend their summer's holiday
Down beside the side of the silvery sea
I'm no exception to the rule
In fact, if I'd my way
I'd reside by the side of the silvery sea.
But when you're just the common or garden Smith or Jones or Brown
At bus'ness up in town
You've got to settle down.
You save up all the money you can till summer comes around
Then away you go
To a spot you know
Where the cockle shells are found.

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play:
"Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls beside,
I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside!
Beside the sea!

Timothy went to Blackpool for a day last Eastertide
to see what he could see beside the sea
as soon as he reached the station there the first thing he espied
was a wine lodge doors stood open invitingly.
To quench his thirst he toddled inside
and called out for a wine which grew to eight or nine
till his nose began to shine! said he what people see in the sea I plainly fail to see,
so he caught the train back home again and to his wife said he.

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play:
"Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls beside,
I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside!
Beside the sea!

2nd Song Lyrics - Traditional Childrens 

Oh I do like to bebeside the seasideI do like to bebeside the sea

Oh I do like to stroll alongthe prom, prom, promwhere the brassbands play'Tiddly om pom pom'

So just let me bebeside the seasideI'll be besidemyself with glee

And there's lots ofgirls besideI should like to be besidebeside the seasidebeside the sea

Humour version of the song

This is another alternative of the music video, and it shows how the images in the frame and the way it is sang can create a very different feeling to the song. This focuses on the humour of the song, and shows some traditional cartoon storyboarding images with seaside quotes and sayings. 


"Upbeat to the usual way it was sang when I was a kid also a seaside organ playing it in the middle all accompanied by a few saucy post cards of the type that were always found down Southend , Clacton or most places on the coast. They always had a double meaning and where quite risqué in the 50s and 60s. When I was a kid I used to have a gander at these but the joke usually went right over me head. Saying that, though some of the cards look 40s,50s and 60s ish there are some that are of this century eg The Eden Project one and The Wind Generator farm one."

Traditional Brighton Seaside

This Video Portrays Brighton in the more traditional times, and gives me a good indication of the key changes that seaside holidays have had. The way that this song was sang was significant, it was an older mans voice and it was very jolly. This suited the picture that was being shown within the frame and identified that there is an older market audience for this song. 

Talk Talk x-Factor Adverts

This is the new talk talk adverts, sponsoring the X-factor. It allows people to get interactive and have their own faces appear in the TV's. 

This inspired me, as i felt it would be a quirky idea to include in my music video. I could have the back ground on the beach, with the 'singers' face in the TV. I think this would be effective due to the creativity and originality of it. 

Information about the sponsorship:

"Fans will be directed to the online studio that will utilise motion tracking and an interactive augmented-reality technology, which enable users to brighten up their video.

They can then further edit and personalise their video by adding fun, professional-style music video effects. It can then be shared with friends via email, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and as video ringtones."]

Production Plan

This is my production plan, up to my first filming in 13 weeks - i will update this and show the dates i actually get each task completed, as i go along. 

Music Video Conventions

http://www.scribd.com/doc/108047172/conventionsofmusicvideos-100117120731-phpapp02-2

• This is a document i found on SlideShare, I felt that they gave a good overview of the conventions found in a music video. I am posting it on my blod to help with my research for A2 Production. 

http://www.slideshare.net/JakeWilliams/key-music-video-conventions-9846317

• This is another document i found, which i felt was interesting and useful for when I do my Music Video. It outlines key aspects such as; Artists Performance, Lip syncing, Visualising the Lyrics, Pace of editing, Mise-en-scene. 

The Bridge Video

The bridge video – Moral/social rights and responsibilities

(golden gate bridge suicide)

Should he or shouldn’t he have stopped the suicide?

Questionnaire - Primary Research

To help gather primary research i sent out two questionnaire. I used survey monkey and then put the link on Facebook and Twitter, which will allow me to get a wide variety of responses. 

Using Twitter to gather Primary Research

Using Facebook to gather Primary Research.

Questionnaire number 1 - Seaside Information

Questionnaire 2 - Consumer Habits - Consumption+Distribution