CHANGES IN THE CAST.

Due to some organising and timing problems, I have had to change some of the cast. 
Rob Luke and Alvaro Sanchez are still the main characters involved, but the girls have all changed. Now I want to focus everything on just two of them, gthe first and main one is Georgina Irvine, and the second one I havent quite yet decided. Most likely to still be Lella Soper.

FINAL PROPS AND COSTUMES.

I have now decided what I want me cast to wear in my video. However, I need to make sure they all own or are able to borrow and wear these when filming.

playing with the effects

I am really behind with my filming, because whenever I need to film, my cast is doing something else, but I am experimenting with all the effects which will make things quicker when I actually edit the whole video!!!

I have also done tittles which will show the two main characters in the video : Robert Luke playing Marc Anthony, and Alvaro Sanchez playing Pitbull.  This will also show the name of the song which I think might be part of the promotion of the video because it is letting everyone know what the video is, and the name of the song.  Not any official videos show the name of the song and the name of the artistis which I think doesnt help while making the decision of whether to watch it or not. As done in my research, the artist play a very important part in the decisions, different artists attract different audiences.

STARTED MY EDITING

RISK ASSESMENT FORM.

AREA / ACTIVITY ASSESSED                                                                                                  DATE ASSESSED

What are the hazards?	Who might be harmed?	How severe could the harm be? A	What controls are in place?	How likely is an accident? B	Risk Rating A x B	What extra controls are needed?	Who will action the extra controls?	When will they be in place?	Initial when complete. New Risk Rating?
Slips / trips / falls Fire Manual handling Working at heights Noise Chemicals Vehicles Electricity Dust / fumes Stress Etc.	Staff Students Contractors Visitors Etc.	Major              3 Death / major injury. Serious  2 More than 3 days off. Slight              1 All other injuries	Housekeeping Guarding Training Safe systems Ventilation PAT Information Etc.	High            3 Certain or very likely. Med.            2 Likely Low            1 Unlikely	6-9 STOP 3-4 REVIEW 1-2 OK	Eliminate Substitute Barriers Procedures Warnings PPE
Weather conditions such as storms, snow, rain, etc. Actors might slip if the ground’s too icy. Anyone involved in the movie could have a panic attac or might just be too stressed which can cause them to faint.	The person filming(me in this case) All the students involved(Rob, Alvaro,Emily,Lella,Kaylin,Georgia) Anyone helping me or just being around me.	2	Making sure the weather forecast has been checked before filming. Always having someone around incase something happens. Having bright lights when filming at dark outside.	1	2	Wearing extra cklothing as winter is on its way already. Being with at least 3 people(including myself) Make sure we all havephones with battery incase of emergency. Always tell a teacher where you’re going to film.	I will do it myself, but I will elt Mrs Black everything I am doing, where when and how.	While I am filming my video.

WEATHER FORECAST

As I want a particullar lighting in my filming when filming outside which is most of it, I had to check the BBC Weather Forecast website for the rest of this week.
The picture attached shows the predictions for the weather, and as you can see, it doesnt look like it will be to bright and sunny apart from today(Thursday) and Saturday.
This means that I am either gonna have to film loads on Saturday, or I might have to wait until next week to film aswell.
I need to talk to the cast and see what is convinience for them aswell.

SHOOTING LIST

I have made the shooting list I am going to follow when filming my music video. I am aware that changes might happen during the time I film all of it, so with this list I have a very clear idea of what to film and what I need to get done. I think it is very important that I have this list done properly as most of my shots will be taken from here.
Here are the scanned version of my list.

STORY ARC.

I want my vieo to be based on love and passion between boys and girls, I want this because the reputation of the original characters can be seen as the one of players.
I am going to start my video with a long shot and stablishin shot of one of the male main part(Rob Luke) in a room with a girl(Emily Harbinson), the girls should be "playing hard to get". In this part, it is Rob singing by himself.
After the first few seconds, there will be a high angled extreme long shot of the other male main part(Alvaro Sanchez) signing outside, the location for this will be South Lawn. This will bring passion and interest to the video as Pitbull relates everything to do with his lyrics to girls, no matter how much of a player he is. Then another girl(Georgia Patterson) will be involved in the next few shots which will be close ups of her face and her walking down Silent walk(picture of it on locations). This will give my video a better feeling of passion-her walking away from him.
As all I want is passion in the video, I will try to make the video as exciting as I can by playing with different shots and having loads of effects such a colour wash, black and white, etc.
When Rob Luke sings, I would like it to mainly be close ups of his face because he has strong facial expressions. I will have various shots of the characters inside, such as in Ghosue having a "drink", or dancing with a different background.
I would also like to use some stop motion techniques such as when the two male parts sing
together.
When I film the school grounds with no characters in I would like it to be with bright lighting.
By the end of my music video I would like the girls to realise what Pitbull(Alvaro) is actually like.
The girls whould pretend that they are inlove" with the boys, so it gives passion to the video, but what the boys don't know is that they are all concerned of them.
Quick short shots editted together can always make videos more interesting and more exciting.
I have also given thought to giving completely different effects to the shots such as colour wash or making them brighter or dimmer.
They story line isnt too clear oir easy to understand because I didnt really want a proper story line to my video, I wanted it to seem like it was a "normal" day/phase for them to be playing girls around.

With these pictures I am trying to show the story line I would like to base my video on, the passion and the games the boys play with with girls.

ANIMATIC STORY.

PROPS AND COSTUMES.

 I have attached the kind of clothes I would like my characters to wear, they arent the definate ones, but they will be very similar.

The boys will be wearing very simple outfits, but they will look casual in them, jeans and shirts. And as said before, I didnt really want the girls to wear many clothes, but I haven't just used the ideas from the original music video, the style and clothes I chose will be quite diffferent but inspired in it.

CASTING.

-Pitbull will be Alvaro Sanchez because Pitbull sings some of the lyrics in Spanish, and Alvaro Sanchez is Spanish so obviously speaks the language. This will make the video look more real and more exciting. I have already spoken to him about it and he agrees with me, and as he is another Media Studies student he can help me through out the course.


-Marc Anthony will be Rob Luke, a guy in my year who takes Drama and Media, and has taken dance lessons before. He is also in the school choir which will make the filming easier as he wont be embarrassed or nervus to do it. I have chosen him because he could also help me make desicions for my video as he's quite expirienced. 



-Girl walking away will be Georgia Patterson because the brown hair makes them look quite similar and as she takes Drama as ALevel, I suppose she will be a great "actress"





-Girl with snake, I think this character could be Lella Soper, she is a good looking girl(key part of a music video) and she will be more than happy to do it.

-Girl in the black and white dress will be Imogen Ross, this is because they part these girls play in the video really match her personality. I think this is a good advantage I should take for my video. Not having to act so much can always help. 








-Girl in the pool will be Kaylin Cowie, but as we're in Scotland and the weather is too cold, I will not be taking any shots with girls in a pool. I believe Kaylin will be good na will meet people's expectations of having good looking characters in the video.





-Girl playing with Pitbull will be Emily Harbinson because the character matches her personality and that will make the filming easier. She's also a Media Studies student and could help when decision making and could let me know her opinion  while filming.

STORY BOARD.

I have made a story board of drawings with the main shots i would like to use in my video. I will of course change some of them when it comes to filming, or maybe the order, but this is just an important idea of my planning. 

KEY ELEMENTS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED.

Every music video has its main elements which describe it and make it unique, which I think I should include in my research. The genre of my music video is pop and after looking at different videos of the same style of music, songs by the same artist, or just similar songs, I have realised and seen what main elements are included in most of them and what the most common thing is.
The elements I must include are:

• Relatively good looking people: this is because I live around teenagers(my target audience) and I know this is quite important and off putting of videos if they're not too good looking. However, not in all videos.
• Girls dressed quite "easy"(not many clothes): In music videos of my genre, the girls are dressed to look like they are easy girls, or girls who don't really care. These girls don't normally seem too wealthy but again, not all videos include this. I want this included in my video because one of the girls I am using as a main character is complete the opposite to what I expect from her. I want my video to be really unexpected.
• Cocky boys: Boys like this really catch people's attention, mainly girl's attention, which I think couldbe one of the main key elements I should include in my video.
• Beautiful location: I personally think that where you locate your video is actually one of the most improtant things related to a music video because the things around the main characters can catch people's attention. Location should also be very unique, as this will lead to a better review of my music video.

Every pop music video is normally expected to have loads of different shots all put together, and they are normally filmed inside a club, maybe somewhere inside, however, as said above, I don't want my video to be "normal" I want it to be unique and different from all the videos already watched. This could be a good things if people like it, but could also be a bad thing if people don't like it. What I expect my video to be like is filmed in my school campus(beatiful locations), with people who can have fun doing it, and all the key elements said above.

CREATIVE TASK

Here is my creative task, after doing this "fun" activity, I have realsied that all this course should be more based in fun things, and should try to enjoy and make it fun for everyone. This is why I have decided to use this in my final music video, or another one I can make in a while. I could also edit this one and put a sound track in the background or maybe just make it longer.

PLANNING MY LOCATION.

As I have to film and make my video in school grounds, I have thought about filming most of it outside as we have such a beautiful campus, however, the weather has to be looked at really carefully so I can plan my final filming.

These locations are the ones I have thought about so far..

-The silent walk, for the girl to walk away and towards the guy.

-Side of the lake, for the two guys singing alone, no girls involved here, plus Pitbull and colour wash effets.

  

-South Lawn, Pitbull singing by himself at the beginning.

-Sixth form Centre to have the girls and boys "dirty" dancing, and talking. More privacy.

-Bar in Ghouse, when they're "letting go" and having fun with drinks.

These are most of my main locations, but of course, plan always change and I might and its most likely I will change my mind about some of them and will probably add new ones.

SPECIFIC SHOTS.(points 14 and 15)

-This are the main shots I would like to have in my video, however, plans can change and vary the whole shot order. 
Also, there are some bits where I am not too sure what shots I would like to have, so I have decided to wait a few days and think about it just because I want to be 100% sure about these main shots.


[Marc Anthony]   -    
Girl my body don’t lie-   (mid shot of one boy  and girl in the same room)
I’m outta my mind    -     (close up of his face)
Let it rain over me    -     (close up of his face-diff colour
I’m rising so high      -     (low angle shot of boy)
Out of my mind         -      (shot of campus-probably south lawn)
So let it rain over me   -  (mid shot of girl "dirty" dancing with the boy
Ay ay ay                            -   (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me       -  (close up of his face diff colour
Ay ay ay                           -    (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me      -    (close up of his face in diff colour
[Pitbull]
Always a new million   -  (Long shot of him around campus)
Always a new vodka      - (mid shot of him and a girl sitting down with a drink)
Forty is the new 30        - (shot of campus)
Baby you’re a rockstar     -( long shot of one girl on a white wall)
Dale veterana, que tu sabe    -(Close up of Pitbull's face in blue)
Mas de la cuenta, no te hagas -(extreme close up of his mouth in black and white)
Teach me or better yet,         -     (girl walking towards him)
Freak me baby, yes, yes       -   (close up of his face quickly looking at girl)
I’m freaky, i’mma make sure that your peach feels peachy baby
No bullshit rods, I like my women sexy classy sassy
Powerful yes, they love to get the middle, nasty ow
This ain’t a game you’ll see, you can put the blame on me
Dale munequita ahora ahi, and let it rain over me
[Marc Anthony]
Girl my body don’t lie-   (mid shot of one boy  and girl in the same room)
I’m outta my mind    -     (close up of his face)
Let it rain over me    -     (close up of his face-diff colour
I’m rising so high      -     (low angle shot of boy)
Out of my mind         -      (shot of campus-probably south lawn)
So let it rain over me   -  (mid shot of girl "dirty" dancing with the boy
Ay ay ay                            -   (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me       -  (close up of his face diff colour
Ay ay ay                           -    (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me      -    (close up of his face in diff colour      
[Pitbull]
Always a new million   -  (Long shot of him around campus)
Always a new vodka      - (mid shot of him and a girl sitting down with a drink)Always 
Light is the new majority, ya tu sabe
Next step la casa blance
No hay carro, no vamo en balsa
Mami you know the drill, they will know what I got ’til they read the will
I ain’t try, I ain’t trying to keep it real
I’m trying to keep wealthy that’s for real
Pero mira que tu estas buena, y mira que tu estas dura
Baby no me hables mas, y tiramelo mami chula
No games you’ll see, you can put the blame on me
Dale munequita ahora ahi, and let it rain over me

Girl my body don’t lie-   (mid shot of one boy  and girl in the same room)
I’m outta my mind    -     (close up of his face)
Let it rain over me    -     (close up of his face-diff colour
I’m rising so high      -     (low angle shot of boy)
Out of my mind         -      (shot of campus-probably south lawn)
So let it rain over me   -  (mid shot of girl "dirty" dancing with the boy
Ay ay ay                            -   (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me       -  (close up of his face diff colour
Ay ay ay                           -    (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me      -    (close up of his face in diff colour

[Bridge]
Mr worldwide, Marc Anthony, tu sabe
I was playing with her, she was playing with me
Next thing you know, we were playing with three
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I was playing with her, she was playing with me
Next thing you know, we were playing with three
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Rain over me

Girl my body don’t lie-   (mid shot of one boy  and girl in the same room)
I’m outta my mind    -     (close up of his face)
Let it rain over me    -     (close up of his face-diff colour
I’m rising so high      -     (low angle shot of boy)
Out of my mind         -      (shot of campus-probably south lawn)
So let it rain over me   -  (mid shot of girl "dirty" dancing with the boy
Ay ay ay                            -   (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me       -  (close up of his face diff colour
Ay ay ay                           -    (a girl walking away)
Let it rain over me      -    (close up of his face in diff colour

QUESTIONS ABOUT VIDEOS.

SECONDARY AUDIENCE RESEARCH.

After looking at various already existing music channels, I decided to focus my research on this one, as their target audience for their adverts  is the most similar to mine. People aged between 16-24 and mostly females. I think I could apply this research to my music video because the music they play is very similar to the genre of mine. 

INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT PRODUCE, DSTRIBUTE OR EXHIBIT MY VIDEO

Itunes(apple) could distribute and exhibit my video, but not produce it as it is not a production company.

Youtube is a website which can exhibit videos, but not produce them or distribute them. People can ilegally download music videos from Youtube, which might be why I would avoid using this. However, as it exhibits videos, it is another form of "promotion".

Doing some research on the internet, I found this video production company which is for artist with their own style of music videos. I thought this was good, as this is what I am expecting my video to be like when I finish it!