Yesterday me and Abbey went through the final footage putting in lots of transitions and changing the colour balance to make it look more professional. We made the performance shots have a more autumnal look and the narrative have a dreamy appeal. Then Joe tweaked everything we had checking for syncing and mistakes. Today we showed our final video Ms Johnson and we were ready to save it as the final piece and is ready to be uploaded onto Youtube.

We captured our final location shots and started to choose the best footage and edit into what we already had. We then spent the last week lipsinking, adding in zooms and so on. We then had to delete certain shots and get more close up shots of the band members to keep within the conventions. We captured the bits of footage we re-filmed or needed and again started lipsinking ect. Then today in a free period Joe contiued working on the footage we had. Later today i spent a free and some time after school to finish editing. After I finished editing all of the footage i got feedback on our final rough cut. Tomorrow we need to add in more fades and dissolves ect to tweak up what we have and then our video will be completed.

Second day of filming (Abbey C)

We organised our final day of filming throughout the school week and scheduled it for saturday 9th febuary. We met early in the day to catch the sunlight and brightness. We revisited one of our locations (Otford Hills) in order to perfect a shot that we liked, but wasnt happy with. The shot went well and we are now able to use it. We then spent a few hours at Bradbourne lakes and completed the rest of the filming. We followed our plan and storyboard but also found extra, attractive surroundings. We were very lucky with the weather as it did not rain at all.
Today (12th feb) we decided our video was lacking some extreme close-ups and aranged to film a couple more in a siutable location just outside of school. Refered to as 'meat' shots they are important in offering the audience a detailed, intimate shot of the 'voice'.

This week we have been editing the footage we got last week, we selected the best and most interesting shots we captured. We have then been adding in transitions between shots including fades aswell as dips to black which stick to boyband conventions. We have changed the colour balance on the love scenes to create a warmer, romantic feel aswell as a hyper reality effect. Tomorrow (Saturday 9th Feb) we are filming our final locations, which deliver most visual impact and are more conventional with a more professional look. Then in the following week we will be capturing in the final shots and editing them aswell as tweaking the final footage.

Reccie. By Abbey C

We took a digital camera to all three of our filming locations. We proceeded to take pictures of the outside of the cabin, the lakes (a bridge and pleasant scenery) and the Otford hills. Once taken we printed the pictures off a private home printer, ready to present to the class. We discussed these locations with other classmembers and pitched our ideas. We were offered constructive criticism which we took on board.

Filming

Saturday the 26th of January we went to two of our locations and we filmed several scenes from our storyboards. We moved our indside cabin scene to Abbey's bedroom and dressed it accordingly using candle light and plush cushions to create the romantic mood of the song. The props included the characters wearing fashionable winter clothes, lots of candles, cushions and an 'engagment ring'. These shots were narrative based. We then filmed outside of the cabin using band shots of them performing the boys wore similar clothing to fit in with the boyband stereotype and sang into the camera all performing on different levels. We also walked up to Otford hills to show our out-door winter theme, the boys wore smart coats some wearing scarves. We shot them singing at the camera each memeber having at least one close up or opportunity to sing fitting in with the conventions. We re-filmed scenes and got alot of footage so that we had a range of choice for our final video. We also shot them from different angles and on different levels to see which techniques we could fit in and which would look the best. We still have another location to film and we need to re-film some shots but we have started to edit some of what we have.

You Tube Anamatic

http://www.youtube.com/user/twgsbgroup12

Progress of Animatic

After having drawn out our story board planning all the shots and cuts for our whole video, we have started to film the story board using a video camera and putting it onto the computer to create an animatic. The animatic is done to plan the whole video shoot and to get the length of the shots to fit in time with the song.
So far in our group (12) we have nearly finished all of the storyboarding and started to edit and play with the film on the editing program. We still need to add our track and start syncing our drawings with the song.

Final song choice

Backstreet boys 'I'll be the one'

Song idea 1

The Holloways 'Generator' (2006)
stop animation

Audience research- DRAFT questionaire

Audience research- Music Video

1. Have you heard a track called ‘The One’ by The Backstreet boys before? No Yes

2a. If so which genre of music comes to mind when you hear it?
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2b. Are there any images or colours that you imagine whilst listening to the track?
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3. Have you heard any other of The Backstreet Boys music before? If so please describe it in a few words.
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4. What aspects of a music video give it the repeatability factor. i.e. what makes you able to watch it over and over?
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5. What do you prefer:

Narrative based (Storyline)

Conceptual (abstract or random)

Performance (singing or playing instruments)

Other………………………………………………………………………………….

6. What do you understand by a boy band?
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7. What are your expectations of a boy band video?
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Audience research

To collect information from our audience we will be asking a focus group questions aswell as recieving feedback through mood boards on our song choice.

Technical Analysis

Five - Keep on moving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbcWEd4opkI

00:02 - Camer zooms in from a long shot to a close up on a TV for a voyerism shot of the group, set in a club situaion split into many levels and rooms.

00:05 - a series of fast cuts showing the setting looking through the TV.

00:09 - A panning shot across the room establishing the first group member walking aroung the room.

00:12 - Camera pans downwards into the next room introducing the second band member and continues panning down until all group members have been introduced to the aducience through the visuals.

00:22 - Camer cuts to a shot of the band member when the lyrics start, in a well light room with a blurred background so that the audience focuses on the artist.

00:25 - Cut to the member walking through doors entering another room.

00:28 - Cuts to a meat shot of the member walking towards the camera.

00:33 - Goes to a long shot of member being lifted up by a platform.

00:34 - Birds eye shot of member moving up on the platform looking at the camera.

00:35 - Use of two qick cuts to move the member back and forth in a quick motion, as he is walking forwards into a bright room. the birght room allows use to focus on the two artis together, make an emphasise on them.

00:37 - Cut to second member entering room use of a meat cut again to introduce the new member.

00:38 - Panning shot as second memebr meets first member both in the same room.

00:40 - Long shot of both band members in the room together singing.

Technical analysis

Westlife 'flying without wings'
01- A bright light slowly fades away, pan up to a close up shot of a young girl
03- A bright light like an explosion goes down a long tunnel on a dolly-cam
04- we can see the five figures of westlife at the end of the tunnel in a long, wide shot.
06- The light creeps away from the boys until it reaches the camera and has lit up the tunnel, with a still frame, wide, long shot.
07- The camera pans up to a close up of blacked out figure
09- Flashes accompany dismemebred close up shots of the groups' bodies
011- Quick cuts used by flahses of bright spotlights zoom out from a close up of the group to a long shot
016- The camera remains still as the group walk towards it and more dismembered close up shots are used on the boys
021- The boys are wearing similar clothing and are all in just black, some are wearing revealing clothes and they are walking simultaneously in a long, wide shot of them all
026- The camera goes to a close up of one members face then flahses to a close up of the girl to show a relationship and back to a mid-shot of another memeber.
028- The camera cuts back to a mid-shot of the boys walking towards a steadi-cam using hand gestures whilst singing, un-naturally bright light puts the background out of focus while the boys are in focus.
The camera time is dispatched equally between all the memebers with close ups of each group member and long, wide shots so all boys are on camera at once. The camera shots and editing are slow to symbolise the ballad that they are performing.
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Product analysis 2

Britney Spears 'My prerogative' 2004
It is mostly narrative based with some performance.
The video is meta-narrative, the lyrics describing her own feelings.
The opening sequence has quick edgy cuts that go to the beat of the music. The lighting is very dark and the shots are very dismembered.
She is extremley objectified as she sits on the car in very seductive positions soaking wet and she uses femine touch alot which is one of her star motifs. The close ups of her face allow her to sing directly to the audience.
She looks up at the high angle shots in a sultry fashion touching her body along with dismembered shots of her body.
Her clothing and makeup is very dark like the lighting which connotates vampism and femme fatal characters.
She suggestivly touches herself and others.
The imagery is very sexual and she dances whilst watching herself on a projector going back to the idea of looking.
She is the center of attention but this appears to be because of her lack of clothing and this objectifies her greatly. People seem to be surrounding her doing things for her.
She is very plastic with platinum blonde hair her fake breasts on show and her flawless makeup. There are lots of close ups of her glossy lips as she sings.
Scenes flash from one to the other showing her different personas, she is lying in a bed at certain points crawling along (ritualisation of subordination).
She looks very confidently and seductivley at the camera as if seducing the camera and dancing for the audience in her underwear, this relates to her lyrics 'without all of the things people say' it is like she is rebelling in the video saying 'i'll act how i want to'.
During the club scene she is surrounded by people to make her look popular and desirable which is a star motif she has.
As she talks about 'why can't I live my life' there is a marriage scene between her and her boyfriend Kevin Federline which was a major speculation in the media at the time.

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Product analysis 1

N-Sync 'Tearing up my heart' (1998)


This video is both performance and narrative based.


All of the memebers are wearing extremley similar clothing, their costumes are all matching in colour which is a very typical motif of a boyband.
Their image is also similar, same hair style and body.
There are alot of high angle shots some of the members are lying on the floor with a birdseye view shot making them look inferior to the audience like they are below their female audience and as though he is in pain becuase this woman is 'tearing up' his heart. This also emphasizes the 'love sick' narrative of the music.
They're are lots of meat shots of each band memeber and they all use similar hand gestures which relate to the lyrics like on 'i feel it too' they clutch their chests. They have a choreographed dance routine and they are in perfect time with one another which is a theme in their videos.
They are represented as fun loving lads who are very tight with each other, leaning on them like best friends. Spotlights are used alot, aswell as big empty spaces like unused car parks, it has no natural light it is fake and very Hollywood. This is another boyband motif and typical of N-Sync's style.
They each have equal close ups of their faces with a 'puppy dog' expression whilst singing about 'no matter what' they do they feel love sick.
The colouring in particular scenes is quite washed out like black and white which gives a nostalgic and romantisized feel.
In the opening sequence there are flashes of light on the faces of the band, this gives the idea of a modern up to date boyband along with an edgy look.
There are lots of quick cuts to different locations where the group are performing the very same routine.

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Product Analysis

Westlife - You Raise Me Up (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OKhMSauxD4

Westlife are one of the biggest boy bands around, they have had numerous number one hits. Westlife are an Irish pop group that formed in July 1998. They were signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh. In recent years, Westlife's sounds has changed from a boy band "teen pop" into a more adult contempary music.

• The whole film is shot in black and white. This is done to give the video a dark, mellow and souly feel. The washed out black and white colour gives the video alot more feel and turns the whole turn down.
• The video uses alot of meat cuts on the group and mid range shots of the familys and couples in the video.
• At the start of the video the camera is focused on a single band member with the others in the background but blurred and slowly through the video they are revealed.
• The use of the piano gives the song a soft, sexy, elegant tone.
• The video uses alot of fades fromthe band members to actors in the video and to show relationships between the groups.
• The video is narrative based, and the lyrics have no relationship to the location/setting of the video.

Product Analysis

N-sync - Girlfriend (2002)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBQwHd_1Vo

N-sync were a very popular boy band, selling millions of record and had a lot of top ten singles. The group is has now split but solo artists have formed out of the group the most well known being Justin Timberlake.

• The whole video is set out doors, the group is shot as if they are leading a normal evening, this relatees to the lryics and how the song is about and every day situation that we can all relate to.
• The use of the fire and flames is to represent love and passion. It also has vampish connoations. The cars are also used for the sexy and vamp side of things.
• Lots of close ups especially at start when the wrods being said are very soft, the close up is on the lips, to show passion and the sensitive side of the group.
• There are some shots which show a relationship between the visuals and the lyrics, the main chorus the word 'girlfriend' is always said when one group member is in a romantic situation with one of the girls in the video. (Goodwin)
• There is alot of voyeuristic treatments of the female body. We are shown this the women wearing tight clothing and dancing in a very sexual nature, griding one an other and also the group members. The sexualised 'gaze' is encouraged throught the mise-en-scene (the location, costume and lighting).
• The vidoe contains alot of meat shots, this may be down to the demands of the record label, the artists naby develop motifs which recur across their work. (Goodwin)
• Use of sun light in shots to give a blurred effect for the background so that the audiences attention is focused on the star in the foreground.
• The connotations of the cheographed routine are juxtasposed with lyrics suggesting the groups masculinity and senitivity, with the mix of masculine dance moves which are stiff and straight, against the slow movements when dancing with the 'girlfriend'.

Technical analysis

N sync- Drive myself crazy

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TzTEsS7Qzq8&feature=related

0:00- Slow motion of a woman walking towards the camera. She has a quizzical look upon her face. The woman is attractive and is wearing lab clothes. This I believe is for the male audience as she is a sexual character.
0:06- The camera zooms in on a window. in the window are the boyband, position so they can all be seen, some sitting, some standing. The mise-en-scene (in the window) is a padded cell.This is an example of voyeurism.
0:12- A second shot of the woman, this time outside the window of the cell looking in. The camera zooms out.
0:17- A member of the band looks into the camera (at the woman)
0:18- The camera moves around and towards a differnet member sitting/lounging on the floor. The blank, blue background allows us to focus entirely on the singer.
0:21- Cut to MS, member looking downcast and sad.
0:23-Low angle moving across grass, sideways as a man walks off away from it. (diff location-start of narrative).
0:25- Pan across past tree to follow man (now recognised as member that was singing previously in cell). He grets a woman, sits down to join her at what seems to be a picnic. Enigma- is she his girlfriend? the reason he is sad?
0:26- Member in cell again in the corner looking distant.
0:28- New location in a room (connected to padded cell- may be a hospital ward). Member singing, sat on bed.
0:30- Dissolve to group in cell.

I think the video is creating a narrative that they have been heartbroken and perhaps they are in padded cell to communicate that lack of love has drove them mad. The atmosphere in the cell is dismal. A blueish tint is used that we associate with sadness and coldness. When we see shots with the woman there is a high contrast and many bright colours are shown. The sun is shining and the members are smiling. The juxtaposition of shots go with the narrative; this video is purely narrative based.

Production analysis

Britney Spears-Lucky

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlw9jqyZ4c&feature=user

This video is Britney singing about a sad, female star, which is also Britney. This is a strong meta-narrative.

• The video begins with Britney inviting us to listen- this grabs our attention.
• The second shot zooms in on Britney's face singing. This is a meat shot that allows us to 'see' the voice.
• The visuals have much connection to the lyrics (goodwin). For example Britney sings 'early morning she wakes up' we are taken to 'Star' Britney rising from her bed.
• The are huge amounts of voyeurism in this video. We are invited to look at Britney, Britney looks at herself (her second persona, the 'star') and the 'star' examines herself in the mirror.
• There are also aspects of performance as we see Britney singing in a seperate location from her 'story'.
• The voyeurism is excentuated when there are several identical Britney's all watching the 'star' Britney in a concerned way. This almost communicates that Britney is worried about herself and her situation. seconds later the 'star' britney looks at herself in TWO mirrors.
• The mise-en-scene is lavish. There are rich colours and luxury items such as big beds, loungers, flowers. It promotes the idea that money doesnt buy you happiness as this young star is obviously unhappy (she later is shot crying).
• The 'star' is at an awards ceremony. There are flashing cameras many people. This creates confusion and allows us to identify with the real Britney's life.
• The video ends with a mixture of shots between the 'star' crying, make-up smudged and Britney singing and touching her face. The connection is definetly emphasised and made more dramatic.