Style Sheet

Here is some typography that is typically used for bands found by Nick:

The list of band names that were playing at Reading Festival. This is a festival where 'Indie' music is popular so this helps in terms of research. The font used for 'Muse' is a sans serif font in bold also there is also a bold line above and below the band name. This helps for the band name to stand out from all the other band names. This font style is iconic to the band as it is used on all their albums , magazine advertisements, badges and clothing.




From this research our group have managed to list some different font styles that will be a usedthroughout the ancillary tasks and promtional package. Here are the font styles:

You La Tengo Font

Getting Up Font

PKco Font - Preferred Font style








The font style preferred by the target audience and by the group was the 'PKco Font'. This font style is going to be the fixed font that will be used throughout the ancillary task and  with the media products etc.

Font colour – Main Headers:

Black –  Album cover - size 100

Black – Website – size 130

Other font colours:

White

Band pictures:

Exterior or Interior location

Exterior:

Urban location

Grassland area

Interior:

  Studio shots – Black drop or white drop

Progression of Task

The group started filming on the 30th November. Before we began filming we talked about the locations we were going would be filming in. Me and Antalia looked at the school stage as a possible location for a band shot, this way  we could portray the band as if they were playing a concert or performing. However after feedback from Mr Palmer we decided not to as it would look too much like it had been filmed in school. Following this constructive critisim we decided to change the location to somewhere that reflected the mise-en-scene better.

 Here are a list of locations that we were going to use:

• A recording studio
• A woods
• An estate

We decided from this list that we would start to record the music video in a recording studio this would show the conventional aspects of the band making and producing music. In the recording studio we set up a tracking system. We were trying to give the illusion that the camera was passing through the wall of the recording studio into the booth where the artist is singing.


The problems we faced when filming:

• Lack of space to set up and use the tracking system.
• The difficulty of making the camera look as if it is passing through the wall.

Images will soon be added to document this day

Music Video Progression and Filming Schedule

The group has had another meeting, during this meeting we talked about  the recording of our music video. In the meeting we also had a chance to sort out the cast of our music video.
For our narrative we have decided to go with these people:

• Main character of narrative: Charlie Morgan
• Love interest of the main character : Louise Salter
• Other boy/ rival of  the main character in narrative: Charlie Hayford

Band members:

• Lead Singer of Band: Charlie Morgan
• Gutarist or Drummer of band: Paul Healey
• Gutarist or Drummer of band: Nicholas Bereen

In order to choose our cast we had to look at people who fit the 'Indie' genre for example by the way they dress (e.g. skinny jeans, boots) as we wanted it to look a convincing as possible , also it would appeal to our target audience.  We also took into consideration people who had natural chemistry, this was again as we wanted it to look as convincing and natural as possible, also it would avoid  disgreements and arguements during filming. The reason for choosing the Band members was because they also dress in the iconic fashion of the genre (e.g. skinny jeans) as well as being able to play instruments, this was an important feature as we want to capture a natural mime allowing the instruments to sync well with the music.


Although we have made this decision for our cast members this may change over the course of filming.


The group will begin location scouting on the 14th November, Hopefully filming should begin  the music video on the 21st. The first shots that we film will be band shots, these should be taken in the recording studio or the school stage. We will then move onto exterior narrative shot for the narrative and then last of all interior shots again narrative. The reason for this is we will get the easier shots first.