Initial response to the brief

My initial thoughts?
After viewing the brief for the first time i am excited about the upcoming project. My original thought was that I had so many ideas and just could not wait to get them down onto paper and start creating the music video. On reflection I realised that my original ideas majority would not be possible and was just ideas in the excitement of the task ahead.  Which skills do you need to develop?
Throughout the creation of my music magazine the part I struggled with the most was gathering my original ideas on what to put on my magazine and how to create synergy throughout my pages. The skills I need to develop most for the creation of our music video is creating ideas that are useful and also achievable. However I believe creating ideas for the music video will be easier then it was for the music magazine even though we need more ideas but due to working in a group of three we have each other to bounce off and can share ideas with each other and expand them together as a group which will be very useful if we get stuck. Others skills that we be used a lot during the process of creating this coursework is time management. Due to having to create a whole music video time and use of time is going to be key, although I believe that I don't need to worry as much on time management due to being quite and organised person so I can make sure the rest of the group are sticking to timings that we shall predetermine before production begins. 

What are you looking forward to the most?
The part of creating my music video that i am most looking forward to it actually creating/ filming the video. I feel this will be a great experience and will be really interesting to understand the actual stages throughout the production.

What worries you the most?
My biggest worry is about creating enough ideas for the video so that it is interesting and attracts the target audience. Another worry i have is that the music video will look to much like the official music video as I have seen what they have done and sometimes when you have something like a song in your head the only thing you can picture with it is the official music video and photography used for that, which worries me as our music video has to be entirely our work with only the use of somebody else's song.  Is there a particular genre or type of music that you like? 
The genre of music that I am particularly interested in is pop music by artists such as Ed Sheeran and Adele. I prefer the slower songs as I feel the message behind the song is understood more clearly due to being slower making it easier to understand. I have a particular interest in music by Ed Sheeran as I think his music is inspirational as the songs he writes are based on things and events which he has experienced during his life so he performs them with lots of genuine emotion. Similarly with Adele she explains her own life experiences through her music which she does so by portraying her true thoughts and feeling into her music which really allows her audience to understand her situations. I am very keen to use one of these amazing artists for my music video as I think their music is inspirational and would be very easy to create a storyline to fit around the lyrics without copying the official music video by portraying it in our own way using my own experiences.  Who are you going to work with? How well do you think you will work together? 
For the music video I am going to work with Amy Jacklin and Morgan Bullock. I believe we will work well together due to being good friends. Also all three of us in the group have a similar target grades which helps as we all have similar skills to offer. Although all three of us have strengths in different area's which will be useful throughout the production of our music video.

Amy Jacklin can bring to the group her artistic skills as she studied and achieved a very high grade at GCSE for her art and has a very creative mind. Her creativity will be very useful for the planning stage.Morgan Bullock has a very crucial role in our group as he has an eye for perfection, he likes everything to be perfect which will be very useful for making sure that everything is in time throughout the making of the video and during the editing stage. My role in the team is to drive to the other two members and to make sure that everyone is sharing the work load equally and to make sure that everything is done to the best of our abilities to achieve the best possible grade for our music video.