Meeting

Today we came into our media class and were going to continue on our music video treatment however two out of the three members of the group needed to continue with both their star image collage and AS Media coursework retake. We then planned to continue this treatment at a slightly later date.

Lip Syncing Exercise

Before we continue with the production of our music video, we completed a lip syncing task which enabled us to gain skills in the following:

• Confidence when performing in front of the camera
• Performance skills which allowed the singing to look realistic and believable
• To be confident with the words and timing of the song which we will be performing
• Using a range of long, mid and close-up shots

After filming, we used the software Final Cut Express to edit and create a finished product to show for our lip syncing task. Final Cut Express will be the program we shall use to edit our final video, through this task we gained skills and knowledge about this software for example:

• How to put in fades and transitions
• Editing on the beat
• Placing text over the video
• Cutting clips of film
• Syncing the video with the music
• How to import video from the camera to the program

All of what we gained from this task we can use when producing our final production.

This is our lip syncing task, we performed the Glee cover of 'Don't Stop Believing', as it is a fun, fast tempo song which allowed us to succeed and achieve skills in this process. Enjoy!

Meeting

Our first meeting took place on a Saturday at Jamie's house. We wanted to focus on choosing a genre and a target audience and we believe the meeting was very successful. 

• What genre of music we all enjoy: Instruments, current artists, current music videos, codes and conventions of this genre
• What genre we would all be happy to produce a music video in
• Target Audience

What genre of music do we all enjoy?

Jamie: The genre of music I enjoy the most is Indie, as I think it is a very interesting genre and we could produce a really good video for it. We can also look at some very current, relevant artists for inspiration and ideas. The target audience I believe would be most suitable for this genre would be 16-20 year olds.

Faye: I enjoy listening to a wide range of different music genres, as on my i-pod  I could be listening to a musical soundtrack, then pop and then to Rock. However my favourite genres are Rock and Indie. By listening to a wide range of music I am happy to work with any genre when producing our video.

Elliot: I would say that my favourite genre of music is a Metal sub-genre known as post-hardcore. However I also enjoy a large variety of Indie, Pop/Punk and even Dubstep. I'm happy to work with most genre's of music, but am a little opposed to Mainstream Pop. 

Who do you think our Target Audience should be?

Jamie: Well guys, like I said earlier I believe that an ideal target audience would be 16-20 years olds, I believe this age group will be best as we will be producing a music video for people of our own age, therefore we will be able to know our self whether or not we have produced a successful music video.

Faye: I think that it would be best to have a target audience that we will be able to relate to. Therefore I think our music video should be targeted at an audience aged between 16-20.

Elliot: I think because we are all around 16 to 17 years old, we would relate best to an age group similar to our own. I think we all have a good understanding of our favourite genre's so I'd agree with a 16-20 year old target audience as mentioned earlier. 

Meeting

Today we decided to meet up to discuss what would be the next stage to take in our journey towards creating our own music video. We had already researched ideas and genres so decided to do some further research on an artist or star image of our choice. We then thought of how this research will be best displayed and came to the conclusion of creating a 'Star Image Collage'.