Meetings & Discussions

It is important to meet regularly with your group so you can discuss and share ideas as well as making sure that every member understands the aims and how everybody in the group is going to achieve them. My group organised our time to fit around lesson times. Each lesson we would discuss our music video, what we had to redo and film next.

Date	Action	To be done by	By whom	Discussions
15.09.14	To decide on an artist and a song	15.09.14	All group members	Various ideas were discussed and a mindmap was created by the group. Eventually we decided on creating a music video by Gabrielle Aplinand the song panic cord
16/09/14	Applying for music copyrights	16/09/14	By All group members	We were asked to find out the contact details of our artists record label and email them asking for permission to use the song in our music video to prevent us breaching the copyright act
22/09/14	Lyric Analysis	22/09/14	All group members	We were asked to analyse the lyrics of the song we are using ‘panic cord’ and incorporate it into the video we are using, this allowed us to have ideas that related to the lyrics and truly understand what the artist meant by the song
23/09/14	Planning Mise-en-Scene	23/09/14	All group members	For this lesson we was made to plan the mise en scene we was going to use in our video (eg. Character positioning, camera shots, setting, costume, facial expression/body language) this allowed us to plan for our video and make sure we do not miss out planning any key details.
25/09/14	Planning Cinematography	25/09/14	All group members	For this we decided which camera shots we would use, for example we will use lots of close ups to show off the artist and help the audience memorise her face and therefore help her create a relationship with her audience. We will also use long shots to show what is happening in the scene and show the surroundings of her, showing she has nothing to hide.
29/09/14	Planning Artist Image	29/09/14	All group members	We want our artist to be represented in a way which will make her seem more down to earth and likeable to our audience, this will help her create a relationship with them, this will be based off artists like Nina Nesbitt and Gabrielle Aplin
30/09/14	Planning editing Styles	30/09/14	All group members	For editing styles we decided that we would use fast editing for filler shots when the speed of the music increases, these intrigues the audience and keeps them engaged due to the change in tempo, exciting the audience as they are used to the slow tempo of the song. Also we will use shot reverse shot when the boyfriend and artist are talking to each other, this allows the audience to see the artist and boyfriends emotions during the scenes, allowing the audience to see what the mood of the scene is and be able to relate to the artist as they feel they know her better due to being able to tell what she is feeling without her speaking
13/10/14	Group Storyboards	13/10/14	All group members	For the storyboard we all got together and discussed how long each shot would be, the editing style and camera shot that would be used and drew a rough image of it, this allowed us to all understand what we needed to do for filming and help us all know what is next to film and make the video feel more professional as it was sorted what was coming after what, helping us know what needed as a group
14/10/14	Filming Schedule	14/10/14	All group members	The filming schedule allowed us to know what days were being used to film what and who would be able to make it, by doing this we was able to keep certain days free and make the filming more efficient and organised between us
16/10/14	Risk Assessment	16/10/14	All group members	We got together and created a risk assessment to make sure that the public and filming crew were all safe from harm, we covered all possible risks, from low impact to high, allowing us to prepare for our video and film in a safe environment where we knew what to do to prevent possible injuries
28/09/14-17/10/14	Filming Music Video	17/10/14	All group members	Our group filmed different scenes for our music video to edit in lesson, we tried filming mostly in rural locations although we did mix it up and do shots in London as well, preventing the audience from getting too bored of the same setting constantly.
11/11/14	Photoshoot	11/11/14	All group members	The photoshoot was used to get photos for our digipak, we done this by going to a field and taking different shots from different angles and areas, allowing us to get multiple pictures for our digipak.
15/12/14	Music Video Rough Cut	15/12/14	All group members	The rough cut was made to help us briefly understand what was needed within our music video and if we needed anymore shots to help it be more conventional to the indie genre and therefore appeal more to our target audience

I believe that my group did work well together because we all contributed different ideas and played different roles in filming and editing. It was beneficial to keep track of what was discussed at each meeting because it prevented us from forgetting any ideas and allowed us to plan what to work on next.