20.Equipment

Tripod:
                                

A key piece of equipment we will use will be a tripod. The tripod will allow use to create more stable shots and therefore resulting in a more professional looking shot rather than a messy and very shaking shot that can be seen when not using a tripod. The tripod will also allow use to produce much smoother pan and tilt shots as well as producing some stable long, medium and close up shots when needed and also allow us to produce some stable zoom shots if necessary.

Nikon D3100:
                                   
This is a key piece of equipment for our music video as without this there would be no music video. Furthermore having this type of camera would mean the quality of the footage would be of high standard therefore making our video look more professional

19.Costumes

Plain Tee Shirt:
                                
Jeans (Mens):
                                               

Trainers:

                                             

The costume seen above for a male is quite a conventional outfit as this type of costume can been seen in many house videos, for example singer like Calvin Harris. Furthermore, this outfit is also quite a fashionable costume as this is the current trend with teenagers and young outfits therefore choosing this outfit would allow the viewers to relate to the main character. 

Women Top:

            

Jeans (Women):

                                           

Sandals (Women):

                           

The costume seen above for a female is quite a conventional outfit as this type of costume can been seen by many females during the summer because it is quite a summer outfit. Furthermore, any females that view this video could relate to do the outfit worn by our female actress.

18.Props

Phone:

                                  

I have chosen to use an iPhone in our music video, this is because an iPhone is a very popular and desirable phone and many viewers who view our video will be able to relate, furthermore it is important that the actors use this phone as it is up to date with the current trend and does not make them look old fashioned. The phone will used as a music player for the couple when they are listening to music together and will also be used when they are taking selfies. 

Earphones:

                                                  

The earphones will be used for the narrative when the couple and sitting together enjoying some music. By doing this it can project an image of togetherness as they are sitting next to each other enjoying the same music where by many viewers can relate to the same situation seen in our music video.

Beach Towel:

This prop was used to make the scene look realistic. When at the beach someone tends to bring a beach towel with them to lie on and therefore this is why we decided to use a beach towel, so that our scene looked realistic

Microphone:

This is another prop which we used to make the scene look realistic and this was also used because it is a conventional piece of equipment in a music studio. This prop will be used within our lip syncing scene.

Headphones:

                                         

This prop is another conventional piece of equipment found in a music studio and is another piece of equipment which we have decided to use within the lip syncing scene because it will enable the scene to look more realistic.

17.Locations

Brighton

Beach:

We chose the beach as one of our locations because we felt it linked with the song title, 'Waves'. We also felt the beach was the best location as it fitted in well with the narrative and the whole idea behind the story, an idea of a couple having fun and then contrasted by them arguing.

                      

Brighton Pier:

This was used to continue the narrative on as we filmed scenes of the couple having fun as the pier was filled with many different rides that can be used to have fun, for example we used wooden cut out boards as an example in our video and we also filmed the couple on dodgems having fun.

                        

Royal Pavilion:

The royal pavilion was another area which we used to continue our narrative as the area was filled with many tourists therefore indicated that it was a highly visited place in Brighton and therefore showed us that this would be a very good spot to film. 

In conclusion, due to the choice of genre, our music video did not require specific locations therefore this gave us a chance to explore and use many different areas of Brighton to film and make our music video the best possible. The three chosen location are all areas of Brighton that are visited the most and therefore film in these areas would provide our video with life.

16.Casting/Actors

Littorio Luongo:

A key convention within house/dance music videos is that the  main actor tends to quite buff and good looking and therefore by choosing Littorio Luongo to be our main actor we have been able to stick by this convention that can be seen in other house/dance music videos.

Millie Colletta:
                                     

A convention of many dance/house music videos is good looking female actresses and by choosing Millie to act in our music we have fulfilled this convention. Another key reason we have chosen Millie to feature in our video is because our narrative is based around a couple and therefore we need a actress to be able to complete the duo as we had already decided who our male actor would be.

15. Shooting Schedule

23/08/2014:
Shot 1:
Location: Train Station
Characters: Littorio & Millie
Shot Length: Long Shot

Shot 2:
Location: Inside the train
Characters: Littorio & Millie
Shot Length: Tilted medium shot

Shot 3,4,5,6,7:
Location: Beach
Characters: Littorio & Millie and two scenes with Littorio on his own.
Shot Length: Long shot

Shot 8,9:
Location: Brighton Pier
Characters: Littorio & Millie
Shot Length: Long Shot

Shot 10,11:
Location: Brighton Pavilion
Characters: Littorio & Millie
Shot Length: Long Shot

Shot 12:
Location: Train Station
Characters: Littorio
Shot Length: Tracking long shot with a zoom towards end of shot

22/09/2014 (Lip-syncing):
Shot 1,2,3,4:
Location: Music Studio
Characters: Kyle
Shot Length: Close up, Low angle close angle, High angle close up and Ariel view shot

14. Storyboard

13.Magazine Advert Planning

12.Digipack Planning

 Digipack 1

Digipack 2

11. Similar Videos/Text

Reflection:

By completing this task, I have been able to review different media products that have influenced my production through different media text. I have been influenced by the locations I filmed in by looking at similar music videos and their mise en scene as well as looking at the cinematography. Looking at the mise en scene of the music analysed above has allowed me to understand some conventions of house/dance and allowed me to implement them in my work. Furthermore, looking at celebrity culture has allowed me to get ideas of how to display my artist in my music video.