Storyboarding

Congratulations to everyone for presenting outstanding treatment pitches!

Your task for the next two weeks is to plan and script your storyboard

Remind yourselves of the mark scheme to ensure you cover the construction brief requirements...

Creating a Band Brand

This week's task is to create a BAND BRAND

• Think of a BAND NAME: evaluate your decision processes as well as your final choice
• Create a wordle for your brand image

http://www.wordle.net/

• Under your 'band brand' label, consider your INSPIRATION for your music video
• Perhaps it's linked to your LYRICS?
• Perhaps you have a THEME for your music video?
• Find images/YouTube clips of celebs / style icons to upload: clothes, make-up, style
• Link your brand to your genre - and your research of bands in your genre

Be prepared to present your treatment in Friday's lesson

Tasks this week are to work on your TREATMENT PITCH

Your presentation date is Friday 8th October

You will present your treatment to the class who will provide AUDIENCE FEEDBACK for your proposal. This will be a PROFESSIONAL PITCH for your music video concept. You will be filmed, so dress appropriately.

Your treatment needs to INCLUDE
• Background on song
• What is the basic narrative or concept of your video? Are you creating a performance, narrative or concept and why? Link this to your lyrics
• What ‘feel’ do you want to provide for your audience?
• How will you achieve this?
• What are the codes and conventions of your genre?
• In what ways are you conforming to or subverting them?
• What themes do you have running through your video?
• How will you use costume and make up to convey your messages?
• Where is your location and why?
• Have you obtained the band’s permission?


You can present your treatment in any format EG word doc / PPoint / video…but you MUST have something to upload onto your blog

Also bear in mind that you will be presenting your treatment in the lesson – so your audience may need some VISUALS

ALSO also...bear in mind the examiner favours CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE media students: make your presentation INTERESTING, RELEVANT and EXCITING
EG You could show a YouTube clip of a video in your genre and explain how it’s inspired you/ how you plan to conform to or challenge conventions

Adding me as a member of your blog

Hi all,

You have a lot to work to get on with this week but there's some fantastic evidence of creativity on your blogs so far - well done!

Please ensure you add me as a member of your blog so I can provide individual feedback on your progress. If you've forgotten how to do this from last year, instructions can be found here... http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?answer=41440

Also, ensure you enable comments to be posted; instructions can be found here...
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?answer=41443

Email Request

How to Structure your Copyright Email Request

Dear…

My name is…

I am studying… (explain the course)

Explain what this project involves

Request to use their song

You have no intent to sell your video

Assure won’t be copyright issues as it will solely be used for an educational purpose

Song Choice and Lyrics

You have FOUR TASKS to cover this week

TASK ONE
Explain why you have chosen your song (what decisions have made and why?)
NB You must also write about songs you have discarded

TASK TWO
Upload your song’s lyrics
NB add if you have any particular ideas for scripting particular words

TASK THREE
Contact the music producers for your song: write an email asking permission to use their song

TASK FOUR
Have a group meeting to discuss your ideas and add minutes to your meeting log

Useful videos for intertextuality: