Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Biographical Information - Tich

Real Name - Rachel Clare Furner 
Birthday - 1 July 1991
Age - 24 
Place of Birth - Northampton
Music Genre - Pop and Dance Music 
Job - Singer/Songwriter
Label -
Rachel Furner - Originally signed to Mercury Records for 2 and half hers but never released any music. 
As Tich - Released EP 1 under Gravity then signed to All Around The World and released 3 singles and another EP. 


Single - Dumb - Reached Number 23 in the UK chart. 
Single - Obsession - Peaked at number 56. 
Her third single - Breathe in Breathe Out - never reached the chart 
Both of her EP's didn't reach the chart. 

Her Single 'Breathe In Breathe Out' was co-written by Nick Jonas.
She has been on 2 tours 
What I Meant To Say Tour - October 2013 
No One But Us - February 2014 




She was a support act for JLS in 2012 and Olly Murs in 2013. 


Monday, 28 September 2015

Questionnaire - Music Video Habits


Results From Questionnaire


Question 1


This pie chart shows that I collected an equal amount of data between both genders and I feel that this will give me an equal and clear amount of data as equal on both sides to make sure that my music videos appeals to both males and females. 

Question 2 

This data shows that I was able to collect a variety of ages meaning that I can understand what is appealing to a variety of people who are all different ages and this might help me make the music video appealing to a large variety of different people. 

Question 3 

This bar graph allows me to see where most people watch music videos and allows me to understand where I should market the music video and where it should be played. This also gives me a good idea of where  I should place adverts and pop ups. 

Question 4

This Pie Chart allows me to see how many music videos people watch and the kind of numbers I would be competing with in order to get my music video played at watched. This pie chart is the most useful because it tell me the kind 

Question 5

This pie chart shows me the different genres that are popular among the people in my target audience. This shows me that there are many different genres popular with my target audience meaning that there are many different types of music videos I could create to engage my target audience. The most popular genres amongst the participants were pop, R&B, Rap and Hip Hop. This shows the kind of ideas that I could make that would appeal to my target audience.

Question 6 


This pie chart show me that there are mainly two types of music videos that appeal to people these are concept and narrative music videos, this suggests to me that if I were to create on of these it would appeal to most people. The only type of music videos I would defiantly not do it a performance music video as it is clear from the pie chart that it is not popular among people in my target audience and it is not a good idea to use this type as it would probably mean that the music video would not get watched. 


Question 7 
Favourite Music Video and why?




By collecting these results it means I can understand reasons why popular music videos are so popular and the features that make them memorable and popular. I can understand what things to include in order to create a music video that will be popular among people that are within my target audience. This also allows me to see the types of songs that are popular among people within my target audience.

Question 8

Least Favourite Music Video and why? 

By collecting this data it shows me the types of things participants don't like within a music video and the types of things not to include within a music video in order to make it appealing. I also collected this data in order to understand the types of songs that people don't like. This data will help me to understand how to make my video appealing to the people in my target audience. 

Question 9 

This pie chart helps me to understand that more people feel that it is important for the music video to have a clear story line and relates to the theme of the music video. This pie chart has helped me to understand that more people in my target audience will watch the music video if it has a narrative and the narrative clearly links to the lyrics and theme of the song.

Timeline for Music Videos

1929-  The first example of a music video is shown in a cinema. Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a short film called St. Louis Blues featuring a performance of a hit song. During this time many musicians appeared in short films including music. 


1940 - Disney released Fanatasia which featured many animated videos that were all featured around different pieces of classical music. Fanatasia is basically a whole film of music videos. Below is one of the pieces that featured in the original fantasia. 


1970's - British TV show Top of the Pops began playing music videos in the late 70's however the BBC placed a limit on the outsourced music videos that could be shown. A good music video could increase the songs sales as listeners would want to hear the song again after seeing it on TV. 



1981-  MTV was launched and this was the beginning of music being played around the world on a daily basis. The first song to be played on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggle. The Video was aired 12:01 am on August 1st. 


1983 - Thriller by Michael Jackson was relaeased along with the most influential and iconic music videos of all time. The video was nearly 14 minutes long and cost around $800,000. This music video is one of the most well know music videos in existence. Thriller set higher standards for music videos and the music industry. 


1995-  Mark Romanek diffracted the most expensive music video ever. He directed Michael Jackson's Scream music video with a budget of $7 million.  The video is set on board a computer generated white spaceship, which used up a large amount of the budget, this was followed by extensive special effects and lighting which contributed to using up a lot of the budget. It was one of the first music videos for Michael Jackson where he hadn't been involved in creating the concept for the music video.  The music video also includes his sister Janet Jackson.


2005- On February 14th Youtube was launched. This became a completely new way in which to watch music videos as videos could now be watched when ever they wanted to be meaning that more music videos where being created meaning that to be a successful music video then it would have to stand out against the many different music videos now being produced. 

2009 - The launch of Vevo. Vevo is a multinational video hosting sight, that is used on Youtube to show music videos make the watching of music videos easier.  Vevo also has its own website where music videos can be viewed for free. 


2013 - One Direction break Vevo's Most Views in 24 Hours. One Direction Fans broke vevo and Youtube that day by viewing the video over 10.9 million imps within 24 hours. However this record was then broken in 2015 by Taylor Swift's Bad Blood Music Video. 
Below are both theses Music videos are below 
Best Song Ever currently has - 377,970,395 views 
Bad Blood currently has - 546,753,739 views 

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Types of Music Videos

                             

                                  

Monday, 21 September 2015

Production Log

Week
Tasks Completed
14/9
This week I picked my Exam Topic and looked at initial songs that I could use for my music video
21/9
This week I looked at the different types of music videos and began to create a timeline for music videos
28/9
This week I finished my timeline and l got my friends to complete a survey and then I looked at the biographical information for my artist.
5/10
This Week I completed 2 out of my 3 timed analysis
12/10
This week  I finished my 3rd timed analysis and completed a detailed research and a codal analysis
19/10
This week I completed my Secondary Research and began my research for shoots
26/10
I completed my research for shoots and began to create my ancillary timeline
2/11
I completed my ancillary timeline
9/11
I completed my Textual Research and began my Research for shoots
16/11
I looked at the target audience for my artists and existing products and completed my research for shoots
23/11
I created my company logo and Annotated Lyrics
30/11
I worked on my location and talent release forms and my Risk Assessment sheet in order to fill them out
7/12
I filmed a test lip sync to see if it will work and then edited it together and began my plans for shoots
14/12
I completed my plans for shoots and completed my site plans and my call sheet
4/1
I completed my storyboard and began working on my shoot list
11/1
I finished my shoot list and prepared to being filming
18/1
I film all of my video and began working on my edit decision list
25/1
I completed my edit decision list
1/2
I began to come up with my digpak title and completed my skeleton designs for both my Digipak and my Webpage. I also  conducted a questionnaire into the colour scheme for my website and digipak 
8/2
I continued to edit my video and began creating my webpage and Digipak
15/2
22/2
I came up with ideas for my Digipak cover ideas photographed for both of these tasks
29/2
I continued to edit all three of my tasks
7/3
14/3
21/3
28/3
4/4
11/4
18/4
I finished editing my video and I finished making my Website
25/4
I finished creating my Digipak and began working on my evaluation questions
2/5
I completed my evaluation questions


Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Initial Ideas




Link to Survey which is no longer active

Survey Results 


From the survey I will create a music video for When it was so beautiful by Tich as this was the most popular among my target audience. 

Below is a mind map of the songs that weren't chosen and other reasons why i didn't pick them. 

Mind Map created by grace.faygate with GoConqr

Mind Map to Help decide which coursework option to choose

Monday, 14 September 2015

Analysing A Film Trailer



Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens

Genre- Sci-fi 
Type- Teaser 
Where will it be shown - Youtube, Cinema, Conventions, Social Media
Target Audience- Fans of the original films, and new younger audiences
Key Genre Elements- Space, Aliens, Spaceships, Robots, Props. 
USP - Characters from the original series, the use of the iconic props such as Darth Vader's Mask and R2D2. 
Does the trailer establish genre, mood and expectations of the film? - It establishes expectations by bringing back characters from the original series and it gives the fans the tone of the film they are expecting. 


Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Production Schedule



 
Week Beginning
Tasks
14 September
Choose an exam topic and begin initial ideas.
21st September
Look at Types of music Videos
28th September
Look at biographical info and timeline of music videos and complete a questionnaire
5th October
Timed Analysis
12th October
Detailed Research and Codal Analysis
19th October
Secondary Research
26th October
Research for Shoots
2nd November
Ancillary Timeline
9th November
Textual Research
16th November
Target Audience for Artist and Existing Products and Research for Shoots
23rd November
Work on a company logo and Annotated Lyrics
30th November
Location and Talent Release Forms and Risk Assessment Sheet
7th December
Do a Test Lip Sync
14th December
Site Plans and Call Sheet and Plans For Shoot
4th January
Work on a Storyboard
11th January
Complete a Shot List and fill out relevant paperwork
18th January
Shoot Footage
25th January
Edit Decision List
1st February
Digipak Title Ideas and Skeleton Designs
8th February
Editing
15th February
Editing
22nd February
Create digipak cover ideas
29th February
Editing Main and Ancillary Tasks
7th March
14th March
21st March
28th March
4th April
11th April
18th April
Upload Video and Complete Website
25th April
Digipak Completed
2nd May
Evaluation Completed