Meeting 5/11/2013

Today we discussed the location, evaluation of our practice filming and updating our blogs with more gadgets/widgets to provide viewers with more satisfaction of our blogs.

Having already created a Twitter account for the media group, we were able to provide our blogs with a Twitter widget which updates and presents any tweets that have been made such as, about the progress of our music videos, and any inspirational tweets that we may re tweet or comments we have made. On Twitter we have followed some artists that we think can relate to our chosen singer/songwriter, various artists include; Jason Mraz, Ben Howard, Ed Sheeran, John Mayer. Another few accounts that we think were worth following were Radio 1's Twitter profile and various DJs that are involved in that area. This gives us updates on our Twitter Feed of any new and upcoming music that we may be interested in and relate to Mike Dignam. In relation to Mike, we have followed him on Twitter which allows us to become updated on tour dates and any comments, personal updates from him that could link to our music video narrative.

In the lesson today, we also talked about the final location dates as all members of the media group were in the lesson. Locations finalised included, a Train Station (perhaps situated in Newport, Essex), a photo booth (although this could be known as a prop), a calm and collected forest type scene (perhaps a Bluebell woods or something similar). I think all these locations would be great when filming as they will give us some fantastic shots, also filming in Cambridge would be a good idea as it will give some great shots of the Urban environment in comparison to the natural/rural scenes of a forest.

Meeting and Early Planning of Music Video

In our most recent video out Group Brainstormed and deliberated on our Music Video; we came up with the conclusion that we need to deliver 360 Degree Branding. Thanks to technical and media convergence 'stars' and Artists need to work harder than ever to advertise their image and represent themselves.
This means being consistent across a range or all media platforms.
We started thinking about- How are we going to 'market' our Product? and What 'overall' appeals are we going to have?

We started by Brainstorming and Initially getting an idea of our music video, how our Artist wants to be seen, and what conventions will be used.

This is our Brainstorming Board-

Meeting 13/09/2013

In the lesson today we discussed  one of the songs that we are considering for our music video. One of the music videos we are considering is I'll Lie Here by Mike Dignam which presents an indie acoustic style. Mike Dignam is an English male artist who is known for his upbeat tunes and attraction to girls that are fond of the typical songs about love.

We think by choosing this song we can create a good music video that will involve many techniques.

Our ideas include:

- A narrative throughout the video

- Some lip syncing to the camera which will draw the female listeners in

- Narrative featuring a love story which corresponds to the lyrics of the song

- Natural environment with some picturesque and urban locations

- Guitar as one of the main features of the video