Storyboard For Our Main Task

I have sketched a storyboard for our Main Task. I have then scanned my work onto the computer and uploaded it to blogger.

In the image above, you can see we have repeated the same shots we have used at the beginning of our music video (of her asleep then waking up). This relates to the narrative theory of Todorov, indicating that there is now a resolution.

At shot 7 and 12, we originally wanted to use a dressing table with a mirror at the point where she pushes the items away. What we did in the music video was use a window, taking advantage of the natural lighting from the sun.

A short summary of our narrative:

1. She is sleeping
2. She has a dream of her being inspired to be who she really is. 
3. In the dream, she plays around, messes about and could be metaphorically searching for herself in the sense that she's walking around our chosen locations--town and Donnington Bridge.
4. She leaves her personal belongings in these different locations because she doesn't want them to be a part of her.
5. i.e. marble/ pebble symbolising a (green) filtered reflection of herself at the Bridge, rose portraying good vs. evil with the petals and the thorn, the ball (representing life as it rolls it is increasing in speed or age) at steps of the Ashmolean.
6. By doing this, we understand that she wants to strip away the bond between her and these objects to see if she has a real identity without them. 
7. At the end, she wakes up and we see her grab her bag and look inside it, and we see it's empty or we see her push the items away.

Shot List

I have created a shot list for our main task, which includes camera angles, composition, locations and props. I have designed this in order for me and my partner to be certain of each shot that we need. Making this plan will help us saving time of thinking on the spot.

1. Low angle shot of sun in the sky at south park (focus in and out)
2. Mid shot of protagonist laying on the grass (upside down)
3. Side mid-shot of protagonist lying on the grass in south park (closed eyes)
4. Close-up of protagonist opening her eyes
5. Mid shot of protagonists bag on the grass at south park
6. Extreme close up of the protagonists hand holding the bag
7. Close up of the protagonist fiddling with the grass
8. Close up pan shot of protagonist's shoes walking on logs at south park
9. Long shot of protagonist walking along the logs in south park
10. Long shot of protagonist standing with her hands out with her back facing the camera
11. Pan shot of her view looking around the park
12. Long shot of her jumping off the log in south park
13. Long shot of her spinning around and shot of protagonist holding the camera and spinning around
14. Long shot of donnington bridge
15. Mid shot of protagonist cutting corner into donnington bridge
16. Protagonist's back facing the camera walking over donnington bridge
17. Long shot of protagonist facing the camera walking over donnington bridge and touching her hair
18. Close up of protagonist holding the bridge's rail
19. Side mid shot of protagonist looking down into the river
20. Low angle shot of protagonist looking down
21. Mid shot of her looking in the bag
22. Shot of her taking an item out of her bag
23. Close up of item in her hand
24. Slow motion shot of the item falling out of her hand into the river
25. Low angle shot of item dropped in the river (splash)
26. Floor shot of her shoes walking, including the cars (back, front and side) 
27. High angle of protagonist walking into town from westgate back entrance
28. High angle of protagonist walking through donnington bridge pathway
29. Protagonist walks with bag facing camera looking around, bottom of westgate entrance towards town, long shot and pan
30. Back facing the camera, mid shot, walking in the street with ashmolean 
31. Long shot of protagonist crossing the road, looking for cars, pulling her bag up 
32. Close up of girl walking up, blurring shot 
33. Shot of protagonist walking up the steps and Protagonist swings her bag at her side, low angle shot 
34. Low angle shot of girl sat on the stairs opening her bag and looking into it
35. Closer shot of girl taking out the ball in foil and letting it bounce
36. Camera following the ball that bounces down
37. Walking around in town starting from st giles, different shots
38. Her walking up castle street high angle
39. She kneels down, front on shot of protagonist taking out rose 
40. Close up shot of her smelling the rose 
41. Then slow motion of her dropping the rose
42. Extreme close up of her (red lipstick?) lips of lip synching to the lyric ‘don’t be a b****’ when it comes up in the song
43. Slight low angle of her taking her sunglasses off to look at something in the distance

Codes and Convetions Of the Dream Pop Genre

I have created a Prezi Presentation about the Codes and Conventions of the Dream Pop Genre.

New Genre Of Music

Dream Pop

"Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love"

Conventions of Dream Pop Music 

• Artists in Dream Pop music videos are normally dressed in fashionable, stylish and mainstream outfits. 

• Artist are portrayed as happy, enjoying and content with life. 

• The lyrics are usually based around freedom, choice and youth

• The Dream Pop music genre is normally conveyed through mis en scene, props and costume 

• Dream Pop music videos are often themed with bright and bold colors which are normally associated with positive vibe . 

• Dream Pop songs are usually between 3-5 minutes long with a set structure and a consistent beat.

• Another convention of Dream Pop music is that within the music industry it tends to follow current trends rather than being independent and making something new, unique and different to hear. 

• The form the song normally follows a verse-chorus-verse structure and uses hook lines which are catchy therefore stays in the audiences mind.

• Dream Pop music promotion is via radio stations and magazines. In the UK Dream Pop songs are guaranteed to be heard everyday on well known radio stations.

Permission to use Iiris- Tigerhead for Main Task

Before we actually finish editing and publish our music video on Youtube, we thought to email the people responsible for the song Tigerhead by Iiris. We started researching and found the website: www.iirismusic.com

Before we actually finish editing and publish our music video on Youtube, we thought to email the people responsible for the song Tigerhead by Iiris. We started researching and found the website: www.iirismusic.com

By contacting the general manager via email, we received a direct reply regarding the song.

This is the email we sent.

The general manager replied with questions about our project.

We then provided links to our blogs to provide a better understanding for the manager, Toomas on what we are hoping to do with the song.

This last email is of Toomas approving of our request and thus we gained his permission to use Tigerhead by Iiris.

New Group and Ideas

We now have two members in our group instead of four. Because of this we now have to choose a new  song to remake a video. Below I will be explaining our new idea of what we have planned to do.

New Music Video

This is the new song we have decided to remake. "Tigerhead, Iiris’s most recent release, is the kind of record that an artist can only make when she is given her own space, maybe after watching Japanese anime DVDs, or listening to vintage Britney Spears, the Cocteau Twins, and a little 'Hounds of Love'-era Kate Bush. It’s a primary-coloured, perkily-produced juggernaut of a pop tune, and unlike, for example, many of Cristina Aguilera’s recent tracks, it’s not ’too much’, but rather ’just enough’. The lyrics, sung breathily in English to begin with, but with increasing power, bring another dimension to a song that reveals something new on each repeat listen. Indeed, because it is not immediately obvious what the song refers to, it adds an air of mystique."

We researched into this song carefully and came up with a decent storyline that would match this song. After analyising the lyrics of this song, we chose a narrative of a young girl constantly searching for her true identity, to be herself and live the life she wants. One of the lines in the song inspired us for this, 'Keep real, You will not fade away'. And, as this lyric is in the chorus, we can say that it is repeated numerous times to remind our audience what our narrative is about.

New Idea and Changes

We now have two members in our group instead of four. Because of this we now have to choose a new  song to remake a video. Below I will be explaining our new idea of what we have planned to do.

New Music Video

This is the new song we have decided to remake. "Tigerhead, Iiris’s most recent release, is the kind of record that an artist can only make when she is given her own space, maybe after watching Japanese anime DVDs, or listening to vintage Britney Spears, the Cocteau Twins, and a little 'Hounds of Love'-era Kate Bush. It’s a primary-coloured, perkily-produced juggernaut of a pop tune, and unlike, for example, many of Cristina Aguilera’s recent tracks, it’s not ’too much’, but rather ’just enough’. The lyrics, sung breathily in English to begin with, but with increasing power, bring another dimension to a song that reveals something new on each repeat listen. Indeed, because it is not immediately obvious what the song refers to, it adds an air of mystique."

We researched into this song carefully and came up with a decent storyline that would match this song. After analyising the lyrics of this song, we chose a narrative of a young girl constantly searching for her true identity, to be herself and live the life she wants. One of the lines in the song inspired us for this, 'Keep real, You will not fade away'. And, as this lyric is in the chorus, we can say that it is repeated numerous times to remind our audience what our narrative is about.