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Narrative Lyrics Analysis/Process The second draft begins with Jordan playing the guitar whilst singing the song in front of a DIY backdrop. This begins the video with live performance which is a commonly reoccurring theme throughout the song. This, along with the back drop, highlights the idea that he is a growing artist in contrast to an already established one. This is a common convention of indie music videos. Mia and Jordan are then seen in bed. Jordan appears to be sleeping whilst Mia reads a magazine and drinks wine. A chihuahua can be seen on the bed. This gives context to the video and establishes the idea that the two characters are in a relationship. Mia is reading a weight loss magazine whilst drinking wine. This creates the image of her being quite high maintenance. The room they are in is decorated with pink decor which highlights her feminine characterisms, later to contrast with Claudia's blue and green room decor. Mia is seen shopping in a make u...

The weather whilst filming the dog scenes was really good. Although it was cold, the sky was fairly clear and the sun going down created a nice effect. The ground was not wet which was important because if the dogs had got muddy it may have disrupted the flow of the scene.

Our fourth day of filming was to film the dog walking scenes. The scenes were overall successful, with the sunset creating a soft effect on the scene. The shots, therefore, are very aesthetic and create a 'romantic' atmosphere. However, some of the issues we had were with the dogs. They didn't always cooperate with what we wanted them to do There was also the issue that boxers, as a breed, head wrestle when they play. This therefore looks quite aggressive in the footage as the dogs are supposed to have just met each other. On the other hand, in some cases the fact the dogs wanted to play was successful. In the final scene where they re-meet, we planned to have Jordan and Peggy running towards Claudia and Suzie. Due to Peggy's want to be with Suzie, we were able portray the scene as if Peggy had spotted them and lead Jordan over. Overall, the shots we got were successful and usable in our final product.

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Our third filming day was again, at Claudia's house. We began by setting up a back drop for Jordan to perform in front of, the pattern of this back drop will then be used to create synergy throughout our digipak, video and tour poster. The back drop was successful and reacted very nicely with the changing colours of the light we used. We then began to film Jordan lip syncing our song. The idea is that it looks as if he is filming it for a YouTube video but we still have shot some slight angle variations to make it look more professional. Although his lip syncing is not perfect, I believe it to be of satisfactory standard for our video. We had also planned to film some party scenes on this day but were unable to get enough actors to make this look realistic. Therefore, we will need to brain storm some different narrative ideas that we will be able to film.

Our second filming day was at Claudia's house where we filmed an array of scenes. The first scene we filmed was the indie girl's wake up scene which consists of the character in various positions on a bed, followed by her walking to a mirror and then a shot that shows our artist playing on a YouTube channel. The shots in bed were extremely successful and I think they will work well when it comes to editing . However, our plan to green screen the laptop may be harder to edit because we discovered that the wallpaper in the background also features the same shade of green which may result in us needing to refilm. We then filmed shots where the other female character throws clothes out a window onto our artist in order to create the implications that they are breaking up. We got many angles and variations of these shots because the weather was good for filming these shots. If we were to find we needed to refilm these, we would have to wait for another dry day. We then got som...

I have designed Alex's social media to be quite 'down to earth' as this resembles the type of pages an up and coming artist. As our artist would not have a massive following, his posts would consist of mostly personal updates with only occasional promotional ones.

I, ____________________________ (name), grant permission for use of my voice, likeness, and appearance in the music video for She Moves in Her Own Way , for any promotion, production, and exhibition of the Video. I understand that nothing requires the Production Company (CMC Music) to use me in the video I understand also that any and all proceeds from the video are the property of CMC Music I also understand that my physical safety and personal property are my responsibility, and I will not hold liable CMC Music for any injury or loss. I agree that the name signed is the name to be used in the video's credits. I agree that I understand the terms in the document. Signed, (DATE) ____________________________________ (Print Name) _____________________________________ (Signature) _______________________________________ Address____________________________                ...

 Lead Male Character - Jordan Diver Female 1 - Mia O'Brien Female 2 - Claudia Messenger

Before choosing which editing software we will use for our final production, we thought it would be a good idea to try using a few options. This was our attempt on Premiere Pro. It look us quite some time to get used to the layout of the software. However, as we are familiar with Final Cut Pro we were able to transfer our skills from onto this software. Overall, our practice product is not the best. With obvious green screening to shadows creating a glaring effect, there would be a lot of improvement and practice needed if we were to use this software. It also took us a very long time to finish which would be very impractical when it comes to editing our final piece. On the other hand, this software allowed for us to have access to a much wider range of effects and transitions than softwares we have previously used did.

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Wake Up Scenes in Houses Westfield