Track permission Email

Here is my email which i sent to Ministry Of Sounds asking to use Wretch 32 song Dont be afraid in our video. I stated that using the song will be for educational reasons only and not for money. Hopefully they will allow us to use this video and help us to continue with our video.

Track permission form

This letter is for the record company of the song we are using. We are asking for their permission to use the video and state that it is for educational purposes only. We also stated that we will not profit from this at all. We are hoping to get a reply soon, hopefully agreeing that it is okay to use this as this song is very important for our media work and without permission we wont be able to use it.

Email for location permission

This is our location permission letter. With this permission it allows us to film where we wanted to without being told not to. We contacted the council on which South Bank walk is owned by and am awaiting confirmation. We added that it will only be a small crew and very little equipment and shouldn't disrupt anyone or make any of the public feel uncomfortable.

Talent release form

This is our talent release form. We handed this out to the potential members who are casting in our film. This form agrees that the casting members are allowing us to use them in our film and accept that it may be shown to an audience and put up on YouTube. This is a good way to organise our film and cast without arguments or disruptions. We are now just waiting for the cast to get back to us with the signed form and then our filming can hopefully begin

Storyboard and Animatic

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This is our animatic and storyboard. Our storyboard is very detailed and understandable. Jordan drew out the storyboard as he is a very good drawer and then we all shared and helped add detail to it. It was a very well organised group effort and will show through our final piece. We all helped do the animatic, myself taking the pictures, others uploading and editing it, and someone putting the music on it and finishing it off. I believe the animatic is a very close comparison on what our music video will be like and we are aiming to follow the storyboard as much as possible and hopefully have no problems

Image annotation

This person represents what we are trying to aim for in our video. Subtle but suitable clothing and accessories for a hip hop video. The chain, hat and watch represent everything hip hop stands for and is what we are trying to reinforce through our video. Using jewellry and dark coloured clothing will ensure our video keeps to the hip hop conventions.

This female reflects what we are trying to impose through our video. The female in our video hasnt got to have as many conventions as the male as it seems to always be the male who needs the power and material things and the female stereotypically always seems to be a materialistic thing to the male therefore the female can be casually dressed with little or no jewellry and items such as watches and hats probably wont be needed.

Jay-z is showing conventions of a hip hop artist. The glasses, chain and casual hip hop wear show his power and status. Although he hasnt got all of the conventions of a hip hop artist he shows it in a subtle way through his clothing and style

Lyric annotation

This is our lyric annotation. We read through the lyrics many times and all added and suggested what would look good within these lyrics. We came up with ideas were both characters were together singing and other effects like fire in the background. These all prove effective and are great ideas which will only be beneficial towards our video and allows us to experiment with different techniques and effects. We also came up on locations on where to film certain scenes and decided on lighting, gestures and props in each part.

Concepts

These are 2 sketches which Jordan drew out. They show both female and male characters, labelled and analysed. We decided on these outfits as it shows a hip-hop kind of culture with the correct and suitable dress sense. 

For the female character we decided to dress her natural and and suitable for a hip hop video. We decided to dress her in a black jacket and jeans with a blue t-shirt. This is fairly simple but the concept of filming in London with a lot of lighting and different colours, we needed to keep her costume simple but fitting the part. As a lot of the filming will be when it is darker, having these colours will be suitable as the lighting will expose the costume more.

For the male costume we decided in the group to keep it simple yet showing the conventions of a hip hop genre therefore we decided to dress him in dark close, chinos or jeans to keep it casual, a t-shirt and a trench coat or jacket. Similarly to the female costume we tried to keep it casual and suitable without changing too much between them and again as the lighting plays a bit part, the colours will suit well, and having bright, bold colours will deter the hip hop conventions.

Female and Male in recording studio

The female and male artists are working together in the recording studio. They have a close friendship and are helping each other. This clip shows their close bond and friendship.

   

Male and Female working together, smiling, very close bond

Female singing in studio

This shot is showing the female singing in the studio. The shots will interchange from south bank to the recording studio.

Both singers close and affectionate

Female in a crowd of people, linked with album name
face in the crowd.

Digipack and Album Cover PhotoShop Tutorial

 

 

Our Chosen Song

This is our chosen song for our music video. We decided to use this video as it hasnt had a video mde for it yet and also the song fits very comfortably with the Hip Hop genre were doing. It is quite a normal paced song and believe wretch 32 is a good artist and has a lot of meaning in his videos. Our ideas and locations suit the video well and have a very positive attitude towards it. We believe that this task will go very well as it is a great song and goes well with our ideas.

Assessment 10/10/11 TME

Check the Written Assessment Feedback sheet which was given to you.

Technical Tutorial- Final Cut

This is a video of me and a few others going through final cut and how to use it. By talking it through whilst doing it we understood more on how to use final cut and experienced editing in a different software rather that imovie. I felt that I learnt a fair bit through this and found out very useful ways to edit and incorporate music into a video. I think my knowledge of final cut has developed further and believe that when it comes to editing I will know what to do.