Lighting desighn feeback

Today we dissucesd the lighting plan for our set. We talked about the paracticallity of our set and how the lights would effect it. We wre adived to use a mixture of lighting technequies and style throughout. This should be fairley efficant as we are shooting the entire productionj in a single studio.

For the first section we are planning to use naturlistic lighting relative to a familly sitting room. This would be standard house lighting for example lamps.

Later on in the video as the production moves on so does the lighting and the mood moves into a more exsiting and less naturalist feel.

This is a strobe light. It will create a more party atmospher. This can be fairley risky to use as videos must be screaned for strobe warning as it can send certaain people into fits.

Thease are UV lights, thease can be used to exspose Uv paint.

We also also considering useing back lighting behind the set walls and create slits or wholes to create an abstract lighting effect.

Animatic

                 

This animatic was produced by my group useing Final Cut Pro in the school edit suite. On apple mac computers.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68790517@N06/sets/72157627791205317/

Cast list

This is the Cast list we submitted to our teacher. Who will choose who we will get tackeing into condiaration are reasoningings for each cast member.

 Main Guy - Tom Simpson, Jack Barton, Ed Nightingale,
• Singer/Guitarist - Tom Barnet, Jack Barton, Bobby
• ʻElectric Girlʼ - Jess Adam, Ella,
• Bass/Background Singer - Tom Barnet
• Synth/Drums - Philip,
Dancers
• Bethany
• + 4 more

Crowd - Whoever is in PS or wants a bit role on the day.

Reasons for casting
Ed: Even though he is an A2 student, from past experience we know that he can act and
would fit the role exactly. From seeing him in drama productions last year, we know that he
can act well. Also he very much fits the look of the character that our group had in mind.

Ella: Was our second choice for the 'Electric Girl', and we chose her in the end because
our first choice looked to similar to the main character we were casting and we need
contrast between the two. She also does drama, which is why we chose her over our first
choice.

Philip: We chose him as the synth and drum machine player for the band, as he DJ's
professionally at home in Germany, this meens it would look after more realistic and natural. And will have benefits in trying too shoot him as he will know what he is doing. He also looks suitably 'indie' and
from a performance back at the boarding house, we know that he will look fine on camera.
Our other cast members have not been solidly decided, but we have the following
down as prospectives:

Tom B: Can play both bass and guitar to an acceptable standard, and is an option for
either the guitar or bass player. He can also sing, and has had much praise from his music
teachers. At the moment our only proposition for a bass player

Bobby: Is an incredible singer and guitar player, and has a quite mysterious look about
him. He would fit the desired image of the bandʼs frontman perfectly. He is our first choice
for the frontman, but we still need to ask him.

Jack: Does theatre, can act well and can sing acceptably. He is our backup man in case
the above two are unavailable for some reason.

Tom S: Our backup in case for some reason Ed is unavailable or taken ill on the shoot day.
Jess: Initially our first choice as the 'Electric girl', she has become our backup as her facial
features are too similar to Ed's, and in case Ella is missing on shoot day

Prop List

This is a copy of the prop list I submitted to my teacher

Two microphones with stands

Bass guitar- provided by student

Guitar- provided by students

Synth-

Drum machine

Beer Keg- ask Hurtwood inn

Cigarettes- provided by students

Led lights

Throwies lights

Stack amps

House standing lamps

Red plastic beer cups

Stroke lights

Uv lights

Costume- Indie alternative clothing (Skinny jeans, baggy t shirts,…)

Indian head dress

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AcuvPz7iPH4JZGZwM3EzanRfMTE5OHBxcGs2Y24&hl=en_US

Feedback

Your response is sound and you have been creative with your blogs, I particularly like the use of layout and design.  You have a sound knowledge and understanding of who you want your artist to be signed to; perhaps you could link this further by stressing the advantages that your artist has signed to the particular record label.  Your clearly identify your target audience and have profiled them - this coul;d be linked to VALS.  Good research into CD covers and you have a wide range of examples, and this would be developed further if you can link the real product to how it will influence your own designs, by annotating the design.

Digipak covers research

These are the digipak covers of other similar artist with the same alternative image. These varies from Radio to Foals. You can see the similarity between them are that don't feature the artist on the front and are usually quite random. This makes that the artist seem more interested in there music and talent rather then there image they are giving off.

I took a lot of influence from these to produce two ideas for my artist. I took influence because these are various respected musicians who have all received commercial or critical success. This means they give a good idea of what artist will be influenced by. As you can see theres limited reprentaion and foreced star image but that in its self produces a star image of a unique band that is not pushing towards mainstream music and not comerical sucsess but critical sucsee to there fans. This is why there band or artists is not in any of the examples of the influence above that is why I have not included them below.

Below is the digipak template I found on the internet.



My artist

The record company my artist is attached to is EMI.  "EMI Music provides EMI’s roster of artists – as well as independent labels and artists – with a global menu of commercial services and seamless access to an expanding range of revenue streams and business models, including digital and physical distribution, sales, press and promotion, marketing, licensing, synch, brand partnerships, live recordings and merchandising."
- The website

This Record company is a global company so will have reach to to the USA and across Europe but they also accommodate to less mainstream and more niche market artists. Our artist does not completely appeal to the mainstream audience nor is it completely niche. That is why I think EMI will be good for our artist because of there slightly alternative look and sound. They also specialize in British music and seeing as our artist are British it would make a good fit.

There range accommodates artists from rap (snoop dog) to metal(Iron maiden) to pop(Katy Perry)


Target audience-
15-25 years old
Male and femail
Would probely appeal to B,C,D social class
(B- middle manegment, C-supervisory,skilled manual, D-Semi and unskilled mannual)
Tend to have a risk takeing life style
Trendies(Crave attention from peers)
Innovators(Wish to make ther mark)]#
Rebels(Remake the world in their own image)
groupies(Just want to be accepted)



Link to EMI

http://www.emimusic.com/

Feedback

This is a concise and creative blog - the creativity and design is good. 

You have produced some concise work with your blog entries.  In order to develop the detail to your work you need to revise your class notes and add some detail to the comments you make, for example, look at the work on Dyer and Stars, Negus and the video as a promotional tool.  The detail in your written work will heklp  you reach a high notional grade for your research and planning - the concept is clearly there!

In the lesoon today

We analysed the lyrics to the song and have annotated them with what we could then in the song. This is a picture of our annotations.

Set backing for the artist performance

I have resherched into haveing a colourful backing made out of lights, for when the artist is playing into the camera.