Locations Research

There is three locations we plan on using for our music video.
1) At the start of our video Sophie will be shown leaving the house, so for this shot we will be using a door. We have planned to shoot her on the 26th of October.

2) We have requested permission to film at Normanby Hall, this is a beautiful location with a beautiful house will large stone pillars outside which we are planning on using. Also Normanby Hall has lots of land and woods which will be good as we can use that in our video. We have planned to shoot her on the 27th of October.

3) The third location we have chosen is a local abandoned farm, this location will be really appropriate for our video has it will help the mood of the piece throughout. Also this location is very local to us so access will be easy for us. We have planned to shoot here on the 26th of October.

Researching establishing shots.

Paloma Faith- '30 Minute Love affair'. This is an extreme longshot as the whole of their bodies can be seen. I like the use of black and white as it makes the scene look mysterious. This is an establishing shot we could recreate for our video do to being an extreme longshot in an alleyway. Her costume is vintage which is reflective of her genre.

Paloma Faith- 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This'. This establishing shot is similar to the previous one by Paloma Faith. This is another extreme longshot as her whole body is on display. This shot would be harder for us to recreate as its raining which is something we wouldn't be able to do unless it was raining on our filming day.

Ella Henderson- 'Yours'.  I am influenced by this establishing shot as it is a reflection of a building through a puddle. I am really interested by the use of a shot through the reflection of a mirror or  puddle as I think it looks really effective. There is also the use of black and white which creates and emotional feel for the video.

Jess Glynne- 'Take Me Home' This is a side angle shot, the artist is in the centre of the frame. During this whole video Jess is naked which is showing her to be natural and vulnerable not like other females in the media. This song was released for children in need. The shot is dark creating an aery atmosphere over what is to come in the video. This is a shot we could recreate but its one that I think would not fit our genre.

Beyonce- 'Hold Up' I really like this establishing shot as I believe it is very abstract looking and is intriguing to why she is under.The artist is centre of the frame which I am finding quite conventional of a music video. However this shot will of taken alot of planning for health and safety reasons so this is something that we would not be able to create for our video, although this wouldn't fit our genre anyway.

Beyonce- 'Pretty Hurts' This is an establishing shot that I really like due to using a mirror for a reflection. The artist is to the right of the frame and is a close up/ head shot of Beyonce. This is an establishing shot we could recreate.

TA Research 1

Today we had a focus group with three boys and three girls. The focus group was really useful as we found out what other people thought about our ideas and if they thought our idea of domestic abuse would work or whether is would be un-tasteful or would offend people. Most people approved of our ideas but the only change we got was that they wanted to see more of the male in the video and showing more of the reasons that it was a domestic relationship. It was clear to me from the focus group that everybody in the group supported our idea however they were concerned about making sure we made it look although there is a reason for the male character to turn abusive which is something that we need to consider before our planning goes any further. David Morley's audience theory questions whether you get a prefer reading an oppositional reading or a negotiated reading, from our research I believe we got a negotiate reading to the our focus group finding our idea's extremely interesting however they wanted to make sure we made it look although there was a reason behind the abuse. During the focus group we negotiated lots of idea's to how we could create the video by portraying a reason for the male to turn abusive. Following our research I feel we need to sit down as a group and ensure we assess all of the idea's discussed in the focus group. 

How this has influenced our planning:

• We had positive feedback on our video, people like the idea of domestic abuse.This was something that when we planned and thought of the idea concerned us due to some people maybe finding it offensive due to the very strong nature of the storyline. However from our research it became clear that they thought it would be a good idea as long as it was shown tastefully without being too offensive. 
• We learnt that people wanted us to show some of the male side of the relationship
• Make sure we have a clear story line to what is happening to make it easy to understand.

Group Post: Research Soundcloud

Soundcloud from IndyaConway

Spotify Research

I believe Spotify is a great way to get new music heard, and would be a great way to launch a star. Due to Spotify randomly playing songs of the same genre if you are not on Spotify premium which the majority of people aren't, this is a great way for the song to be heard by the correct genre audience. A downside to Spotify is that is doesn't show music video's which is the main promotional device we are using to launch our star, so I believe Spotify will not be the most effective way to launch our star, however will be a useful tool to use to help the song get heard.

Introducing our actress, Sophie Scutt.

This is Sophie Scutt, and she is a seventeen year old student from Brigg. She is currently studying for her A-levels at Brigg Sixth Form. Sophie is very photogenic and also has a great passion for singing and acting, and has drama as one of her A-level courses.

Sophie has always had an interest in music and

preforming ever since a young age. She has 

taken part in many productions including being

the narrator in Joseph And His Technicolored 

Dream Coat, Cage-birds to Aldo Annie in 

Oklahoma.

When we asked Sophie to be our performer for the music video she was over the moon and could not wait for the project to start. I believe working with Sophie will be a very easy experience as with her having experience from doing shows before she can take direction really well and will listen and take on board the instructions we ask her to do.

Another good quality about Sophie is that she has a great visual appearance for our genre of indie pop. She has also agreed to help as much as she can for the preparation of her costume and to help us find things that will be perfect for the music video.




For Sophie we are going to create a star image of a young girl who has a passion for music. Her image is going to be reflective of the indie pop genre so she will be dressed to reflect this genre. After speaking to Sophie she is willing to help us create an image for her that she is also happy with. Some of Sophie's everyday clothing will be able to be used for the video as she has a very individual clothing selection that she likes, but also makes her stand out among other people for dressing a little different.

Change in group members.

After our AS results day Amy Jacklin decided she was dropping media. She felt that she would benefit more from continuing a different subject as it will benefit her more when she goes to University. Following this we gained another group member, Indya has joined media and has joined our group. Indya is going to be an asset to our group due to taking part in her friends music video last year so she will be very useful in helping us conduct our planning and production for our music video.