Risk Assessment

This is a risk assessment which I have undertaken for the production of my music video. This is to highlight any potential issues which may occur during filming, which vary from health and safety to damage to equipment. I have analysed how I could minimise these risks so that the chance of a potential issue could be less likely.  I have had to consider who could be at risk. This includes my actors and anyone else who would be involved in my music video. Due to the fact I am filming in a public place, I also have to consider those who may be seen within my footage and issues that could occur. Any high risks may have to be eliminated and re thought about completely. An example of this would be smashing the bottle for the photoshoot. If I am not able to get the right safety equipment then I should not go ahead with this due to the high risks associated with broken glass. 

Conventions of Music Videos

Music video conventions are everything that is used or done within a music video. This includes lighting , mise en scene,editing and more.  I have done some research on the conventions of music videos. This is to help me understand what I should include to make a good and realistic music video. I can now use this research to make my own music video better. As well as looking at my own genre of music video conventions, being indie, I decided to research hip hop and pop so that I can get a good comparison of what other videos may use. This has widend my knowledge and has been very beneficial.

Audience feedback about video idea

I decided to get some audience feedback about my music video idea before I decided to film so that I would be able to alter any scenes or ideas that my audience may not like. This has helped me re think about a few ideas for my music video, as my audience said, they think that even though a split screen is a good idea, they think it could be over complicated and may make the narratives hard to understand. I think I have a variety of ideas for my video, I have just decided to film everything I can and experiement with what storylines and narratives work well and how they can be represented on screen. Now that I have some audience feedback, I am going to continue planning and finalizing my planning so that I can begin to film.  Overall, I have considered what my audience has said, and I have taken into consideration the advice they gave me and I am relatively happy that the like my song choice and basic idea.

Research into a director

This is  a video based on my research of two music video directors. This helped me to see into the real world about the people who make music videos, and how they use different methods of creating videos. Including using different shots, costumes, mise en scene and narratives.  Now that I have looked at two directors, it is clear to see that many directors have different ideas and styles, and that particualr music artists chose directors due to the fact they like the particular style that they use. 

Production Log 11

I have now completed my first ideas and draft for my magazine advert and digipak for my album. The next stage from here is to take a photo shoot for pictures to replace the images I used on the digipak and advert. This is because I took those images from the internet to use them for a template, and also to generate some photo ideas for my own pictures.  I think that due to high safety reasons with smashing a bottle, it may be difficult to take photos of a smashing bottle, so I may have to rethink what image I can create instead of this. I think the best idea would be to experiement with some images and see what works best.

In terms of planning, I have started to think about beginning to film, but I think that getting some audience feedback about my ideas will be best first so that I can be sure that my idea is going to be liked by audiences. This will allow me to replan any scenes that my audience might think won't work and this will make filming more successful. I am also going to start planning more so that I can prepare to film, such as creating a health and risk assessment after choosing my locations.

Digipack Draft

 

 

This is the first draft for my digipak. I have used images from the internet to create a template for where my own images will be after I have taken them. However i have chosen images that I like and I am going to use these to help with my own photoshoot, so I have gained some inspiration from them. I have decided that I want my digipak to be in black and white so that it can relate to the song as the song isn't very cheerful or happy, therefore colours wouldn't really be seen as appropriate to the song. I might add another page/sqaure to the digipak depending on how many photos I like from my photoshoot. However so far I have included the main information needed on a digipak. This includes the bands name, the albums name, the songs on the album and important copyright information and a barcode.