Idea Three - Fairground location

Our third location idea is to film at a fairground, we thought a fairground would be a good idea as the setting relates to younger generations and revolves around enjoyment which is the vibe we want to give out with our track. We found two different music videos which have previously been set at fairs one being JoJo's Baby It's You and the other being Shapeshifters Lola's Theme. Although both of these are slightly different because of genres; Jojo is pop and Shapeshifters although 'chart music' is more dance. Therefore we are more inspired by Jojo's video out of the two.

We were looking at various locations and decided we liked Mablethorpe as it is a grounded fairground and will be easier to do any extra filming if we needed to. However after our pitch we received some audience feedback about a closer and possibly more attractive fairground in Skegness. After some consideration and research Beth and I decided that the Skegness location would be more practical to use due to the travelling distance.

Jojo's video also had some shots which we thought could be suitable in our video. We like the idea of the male winning toys or a game of some kind for her, we also liked it being set at night time as it seems more atmospheric for the theme and directed age group. Beth and I also thought that a couple of shots could be of the girl eating pop-corn or candy floss or some kind of fairground food whilst walking around the fairground or during singular singing shots.

Ideas for Costumes and Make up

Our Pitch Notes/ Script

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Riley Biederer is a 17 year old female singer from Atlanta, America. The student began writing her own songs with the help of Garage Band on her neighbours laptop. Riley was recently houndered by the GA music hall of fame in 2012, this gives recognition to young performing artists for their outstanding achievements and talents. Out of her 5 written and produced songs, we decided to choose ‘Daylight.’

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We chose to use riley and this particular song as we felt her music sounded very professional and could be seen in the charts against other pop artists, we also felt that this track was exactly what we set out to find -In the back of our heads we knew we wanted to go with the pop genre but we specifically wanted it to be upbeat.  

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Our first impressions when listening to this track was that it was a happy, upbeat song which younger generations would listen to we therefore it felt necessary that this came across in our music video, so we took a look at what is currently in the charts like riley biederer and came up with this mood board for our initial thoughts, ideas and inspiration for ‘daylight’.

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We believe the general story line within the music video should relate to the lyrics and emotions received from the song. For example, the lyrics have the common theme of nature/weather running through them which means we could have some interesting location choices to amplify this. Furthermore as stated earlier this song is aimed at a young generation, because of this we want to revolve the music promo around teenage actors, getting up to what they stereotypically do and falling in love/having a crush.

We felt personally that this promo needed to include partly singing and partly storyline/narrative. We didn't want to use band or instrument shots within this music video as through our research, pop promos conventionally tend not to include this.

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Our first idea of a location was the beach. We came up with two separate beach locations with the first one being Wells in Norfolk. We like this location as It’s very scenic and also versatile, before reaching the beach there is also a woods in which we could also film in and include within the music video, this beach also tends to be quite quiet, especially on weekdays when we plan to film and the impression of a desolate beach will make the video look more private and ‘high end’.

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Our second location choice is also in Norfolk at Cromer. This location stood out to us for different reasons. Cromer beach is framed by cliffs and unlike wells, also has a pier which we could imagine being a good scenic view as part of our promo. Both of these destinations are within a two hour drive which makes them easy to get to and not to far away if worst came to worst and we had to re shoot some footage for example.

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Our Second location idea is a woodland area. Our two choices are Sherwood Forrest in Nottingham, and Sandringham Forrest in Norfolk we both agreed that these were equally aesthetically pleasing and although in different directions to one another exactly the same distance away from Bourne -both being just under an hour and a half away making them reasonable destinations.

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Our Third and final location idea is to film at a Fairground. We have found a stable fairground in Mablethorpe which is 1 hour and 33minutes away so it is affordably reachable. We decided this might be the most appropriate fairground as other fairgrounds which would be on are travelling so may not be as easy to film especially  if we have to go back for a second day of filming. We thought a Fairground would be appropriate for this song as a fairground is for young people and it’s quite different to the usual pop video locations.

 

Meeting

09/10/2013

• Film Planning:

Thursday to do single shots of just the girl on the beach and pier as well as the deserted beach section, beach/ casual wear

Friday would be to involve the guy and perhaps the group of people, beach/casual wear. As well as shooting at night the Fairground.

Saturday any extra shots needed, pier and beach shots

• We have also discussed the hair make-up to look natural with the summer time beach effect.

• Single shot types, overlapping two images, focusing and unfocusing from lights similar to Caggie Dunlops video.

Location Idea 2

Location Idea 2

Our second location idea is a woodland setting this idea originally came from watching Carly Rae Jepson's music video feating Owl City for 'Good Time'.

Mood board for woodland location/theme

Sherwood Forrest
Sherwood Forrest in Nottingham is one of our first choice locations, Beth and I both agree that this location is asthetically pleasing, being home to one of the oldest oaks (major oak) in brittian, making it a landmark place, and also for being an easy to get to destination.

Location Idea 1

Location Idea 1

Our first idea for a Location was the beach, this was inspired by Taylor Swifts music promo for 22. In which we see a young group of friends enjoying themselves (feeling 22) talking about the ups and downs of being young girl and the cliche concerns young people have.

"It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters

And make fun of our exes, uh uh uh uh

It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight

To fall in love with strangers uh uh uh uh

Yeah

We're happy free confused and lonely at the same time

It's miserable and magical oh yeah

Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines, it's time uh oh

I don't know about you but I'm feeling 22

Everything will be alright, if you keep me next to you

You don't know about me, but I bet you want to

Everything will be alright, if we just keep dancing like we're 22, 22"

Mood board for beach location/theme

Wells

We like the idea of using Wells, Norfolk as our location as it's a very pretty setting, its also a very versatile setting, as it also includes a woods, which we could possible include within our video. Moreover its accessible to us, meaning we'll be able to drive there with no fuss. Beth & I also think this setting would work for our music video as in the weekdays (when we would film) the beach has very little in the way of tourism, making it look desolate and therefore more effective in a promo.

Cromer

Our second choice of beach locations is also in Norfolk at Cromer. This location stood out to us as its almost an opposite of wells next to the sea, Cromer beach is framed by cliffs which we think aesthetically would make our music video look more high budget and grand, Cromer also has a Pier unlike our other setting which we both can imagine being an effective part of our narrative. This location is also in reach, being a 2 hour drive.

Pembrokeshire
Our Final idea of a beach location is Pembrokeshire, Wales. We felt that Pembrokeshire would have been a perfect setting for our music video as it's scenery is beautiful yet varied for us to create a vast shot list yet all flow. Furthermore it is also deserted, again making for what would feel like a more private, high budget promo rather than tourists possibly getting in the way of filming. Our downfall though is that this destination is a five hour drive away from us, making it incredibly hard to travel there and also very pricey in fuel. moreover if it was the case that we needed to get a few extra shots it would be a mammoth task to travel back, whereas our other location ideas are more realistic.

Initial Idea For Music Promo

Initial Ideas For Music Promo

When we first listened to our chosen track Beth & I both agreed that this was a very upbeat, happy, youthful song which we felt necessary to show throughout the music video. We researched what was already in the pop charts for what had the same appeal and took inspiration from their music promos, here's the first moodboard for our very first ideas of what we imagine to see alongside Riley Beiderers Daylight.

We felt that this song should include the general gist of groups of young people, acting like a stereotypical teenagers and enjoying themselves, furthermore we wanted the video to relate to the lyrics of the song, the lyrics have the common theme of nature/weather running through them which we felt would be perfect for location choices. Furthermore we felt that the promo needed to include the actor partly singing and partly included in the storyline/narrative although we didn't want to use band shots as conventionally pop promos tend not to film musicians with a band and all the separate instruments. We also had the idea when it comes to editing the footage to put a gentle filter over the clips, to make them look slightly different like Carly Rae Jepson has in her song 'Good Time'.

Our tryout/example:

We also took inspiration from Ariana Grande's music video for Baby I, as we wanted to include glares from the sun within our music promo as our song is called Daylight we felt this would be quite fitting and also looks aesthetically pleasing.