Location Research

Dockside - 

The reason we chose Dockside as one of our locations was because it is very convenient to us as a group as it is quite close by and we all are able to travel there, which means that we can go after school as we may not be able to go on weekends due to peoples work. Also, we chose Dockside as the theme there goes with our video and other locations as we want to have a variety of locations and with the range of attractions at Dockside we will be able to get a lot of different shots of the area.

Riverside - 

We wanted to use riverside as one of or first locations to film at as it is easily accessible and open, but also as it is close to all of us. We wanted to have an outdoors location that wasn't industrial as a lot of our other locations we have chosen are and this would give us a starting point. This will be the only location that is a natural location and will be easy to film at as we are less likely to have interruptions from our surroundings. We don't plan to do a lot of filming here but we still wanted to incorporate it as we believe that it will appeal to our target audience and will fit with the rest of the video as it adds a contrast to some of the other places.

Camden - 

Camden is one our locations as it is a rather vibrant and lively location which will be great for our video as it will give another location that very different from a few of the others, also i know the area well so although it is quite a long way away we'll know our way around the area. Camden has a lot of varied locations so this will give us a lot shots that we could use as its not just one built up area.

School Green Screen - 

We decided that we wanted to use the school green screen as we then have the option to choose from a range of backgrounds and lighting. We may use this to show the characters from our video going to even more places that we wouldn't be physically able to visit.

We were also considering using powder paint for the chorus of the song and the green screen would allow us to use any background we chose.

Soho -

We are going to use soho as one of our last locations in our video so we will be travelling their at late evening. We found that soho is prettier at night and is more alive so this would be the best time to film there.  Also from our research of the area we found that it would appeal to our target audience as it has a pop genre feel to it and is quite brightly coloured which will also fit with the consistent theme of our music video.

Chinatown - 

Throughout our locations we have chosen very colourful places that fit our pop genre and that will appeal to our target audience. From the other places we are going to in London Chinatown will be easy to travel to, as one of the main reason we chose it was out of convenience and because it adds another area that is different and has a different culture to it contrasting with our locations. Also because of the close distance we will spend less time travelling and more time filming in each location. 

Winter Wonderland - 

Our last location is Winter Wonderland as night it is absolutely stunning and will continue our theme of brightly coloured locations we feel as a group this is one of the main places that will give us a lot of filming opportunities as there is a lot to see. This is a place one would typically go with friends and family and will give us a chance to get shots of all of us at this location and we are planning for one or two of us to go onto the Ferris Wheel so that we can film from the top and get an over view of the whole of Hyde Park. 

Travel - Train and tube

We will be using trains and tubes for the majority of our traveling as it is the easiest and the cheapest form of travel as none of us drive, and we all have easy access to a train station so is one of the easiest places to meet before traveling to each of our locations. 

Symphony Storyboards

For our story board, as a group we all contributed our ideas to complete it, although at times we didn't agree on some of the shots so we decided to put both shots in our storyboard so that when we film we can see which one fits our music video better or if both would fit well but just in different places in the video. 

Shot 2 after the establishing shot we thought that it would be good to have a long shot tracking as way make our way down the path to look out at the river. This will immediately give us two very different shots to start off with and will be a quick change in-between them. Here the music will still only be instrumental. 

Between shot 4 and 5 you have a two person shot that goes to a three person shot this will give us an opportunity to link the two shots as this will make the shots flow together with the third person walking into the shot. It will also go well with our storyline of 3 friends together.
From Shot 10 to 14 we will be in a restaurant where we have used a variety of different shots so that we can show our menu, food and then it will pan down to one of the characters feet to then pan back up again where they will be in a different location to help transition the characters from one place to another.
This next location is Camden where their will be a range of shots and areas that are located in Camden as it is quite a large location and will show different areas and cultures throughout. Also in shot 18 it is a wide shot of the Tube sign showing where we are and that we will be moving to a different location. We decided that we will do a montage of different tube stages to show the different locations and the passing of time as the characters travel from one place to another.
From here we will move to Riverside as our next scene where we will be showing the three characters looking out towards the river to give a content feel to the scene and then them walking down the paths as a group.
We chose to do three short clips of each one of use throwing and getting covered in powder paint as we thought that it work really well with the chorus and is will bring something different to the video and we will be able to show our filming and editing skills as a group.
We move on to another location where you have a close up of the characters and then have a close of their food to dhow that they are in a sushi bar. As this will only be a short scene we decided to cut back to another montage of tube stations showing the signs from a long shot that also gives our audience a view of the tube station.
As we change locations through our story board we have made a big theme of colour as each place is very colourful and alive. This will appeal to our target audience and work with the pop genre. We have also tried to incorporate a large range of shots and locations to show the passing fo time and the 3 friends going out from different angles and to show the areas they are visiting.

Auditions for our music video

Symphony - Clean Bandit ft. Lara Larsson

Advertising auditions

My group and I created this advert for our music video to attract the actresses we were looking for as it says in our description and to inform them of what they were signing up to and what they would be doing. We put the sheet up at school so that we would be able to contact the people interested in the roles to arrange auditions and times. This was beneficial to us as a group and for our music video as it gave us the opportunity to get a range of actresses and meant we were able to get some experience in advertising. We also advertised this in our school newsletter to help inform more people if the auditions. Also by putting an advert up around the school and putting in the News letter that is also online this would give us a larger range of people that may be interested in auditioning for the positions.

Initial ideas

As a group we discussed what we would like to change our song to and came down to a choice selection of songs that run a long the same sort of lines and would be interesting to use. These are the songs we looked into:

• Bad love by Hasley
• What about us by Pink
• Symphony by Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson
• New Rules by Dua Lipa

We sat down as a group for about half an hour on Youtube to have a look at lots of different of songs by different artists to see what kind of song we were looking at to do and to get some ideas of how we could change what we were going to do originally. We mainly looked at female artists as we found that it would be a little strange if we were lip-syncing to a song by a man with all female actresses, as it could be perceived as unprofessional, as if we hadn't looked into how other will people will see the video. Once we narrowed the songs down to the choice few we then looked into the lyrics of all of the songs and looked how they would fit into our video and what we would be able to do with each song. This list of song then came down to two songs which were: What about us by Pink and Symphony by Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson.

After we had chosen these two out of the songs that we were looking at we then talked as a group to which one we preferred overall and which we thought would be best. This lead us to our final decision which was Symphony, as we found that although the lyrics of both songs were very similar however Symphony was more upbeat and was a little faster as it doesn't stay at one speed continuously throughout the song which we found was the case with What about us. 

Serious Black Concert

https://myglobalmind.com/2017/09/25/serious-black-herman-frank-ghost-live-underworld-london-12th-september-2017/

On the 12th September this year a family friend of mine allowed me to go with him to see Serious Black in concert however to do so I took pictures and write a review to go up on My Global Minds website. Before the concert I was lucky enough to be present whilst Adrian interviewed Urban and Herman Frank. These are some of the pictures I took at the concert:

It was an amazing experience and before the concert I had never used my camera in this way to take pictures and it taught me how to use more of the settings on my camera. However for the next gig I'll be investing in a new camera with a better sense as I found that the camera wasn't of the best quality for the type of pictures we were taking.

Clean bandit and Zara Larsson autobiography

Clean Bandit are British electronic music band that was formed in Cambridge in 2008, which consists of Grace Chatto and brothers Jack and Luke Patterson. Their 2011 single "Mozart's House" reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart when re-released in 2013. In 2014 scored their first UK chart topping single with "Rather be", a collaboration with Jess Glynne. In 2015 "Rather Be" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. After they then went on to release their single "Rockabye", became their second number one hit in the UK and featured rapper Sean Paul and singer Anne-Marie, the song also became the Christmas number one for 2016 in its seventh consecutive week at number one. Clean Bandit have now sold over 13 million singles and 1.6 million albums Worldwide. 

Zara Larsson is a 20 year old Swedish singer and songwriter. Larsson was born in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden and she stated in an interview that she was actually born dead due to the lack of oxygen to her Nuchal Cord. She has a younger sister, Hanna, that is also a singer and a member a band called Hanna & Andrea.

She first gained national fame for winning 2008 season of the talent show Talang, the Swedish version of Got Talent at the age of 10. Larsson signed with a record label TEN Music Group in 2012 and released her debut album "Introducing" in January 2013. The single "Uncover" topped the charts in . Sweden, Denmark and Norway. By February 2013 "Uncover" was certified platinum by Universal Music Sweden. Larsson also signed a 3 year contract with Epic records in the US is April 2013. She performed at the opening and closing ceremonies in France for UEFA Euro 2016. 

Larsson's debut international album, "So Good" was released on 17 March 2017 and debuted at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart. It produced eight singled, including "Lush Life", "Never Forget You", "Ain't My Fault", I Would Like" and "Symphony". Almost all of these songs reached the top 15 in the UK charts, and "Symphony" was her first UK number 1. 

Why we changed song?

As a group we found that after we had done our story board to do Mrs. Potato head we decided that it wasn't the song for us and that it was actually quite depressing and that from our perspective to do the song it may not have been able to get us the grade we are looking for and we wouldn't have many different locations. We have now changed our song to Symphony by Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson.

Looking at the original video is wasn't something I personally expected however when you listen more closely the heartbreaking story that they put with the song does fit. However, as a group we are going to change the video completely and take the song from our perspective and break down the lyrics until we find our own story line. There is a lot that we can do with this song as it is rather versatile, and we can really apply our own spin to how we interpret the lyrics to the song. I think the song will be a better choice as it will be a little more upbeat and we will be able to use more locations, as for the Mrs potato head it would have been difficult to film if different places as it was all mainly based on behind the scenes so would have been more in our houses and only a small proportion of the music video would be outside.
However, we will be keeping the same people to act in the video and will carry out similar roles to be 3 teenage girls but instead of them being individuals that have various stories they will be 3 girls going out to several places having fun and making the most of the time they have together before going off to university.

Symphony Lyrics:

I've been hearing symphonies
Before all I heard was silence
A rhapsody for you and me
And every melody is timeless
Life was stringing me along
Then you came and you cut me loose
Was solo singing on my own
Now I can't find the key without you

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?

I'm sorry if it's all too much
Every day you're here, I'm healing
And I was runnin' out of luck
I never thought I'd find this feeling
'Cause I've been hearing symphonies
Before all I heard was silence
A rhapsody for you and me
(A rhapsody for you and me)
And every melody is timeless

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?