Audience Task - BEKTAS [Planning]

This is an collage of images which would represent our target audience.

Final Song Choice - BEKTAS [Planning]

'Run' by Snow Patrol already has a music video attached, so we have to be careful not to imitate the original artists' video. The original video does not follow the lyrics of the video to an extent (disjuncture), therefore the group decided to follow the lyrics in our project and provide an illustrated video. Our video will be representative of the indie-rock genre, but not of the existing video.

Our artist will stick to some of the conventions of an indie rock video, such as the costumes. Most artists' in indie rock videos have a very distinctive costume set up, casual clothes also sometimes a slightly rugged look is achieved. Dark or natural lighted places will also be used, as they are in most indie rock videos and also the cuts/editing will be slow paced and many extreme/close ups will be used of our artist. I believe all of these overall will contribute to a very good music video which will give out an very indie rock feel.

[Task 9] Final choice: Snow Patrol, Run - Mehmet Tarhan

                        

This is our groups final choice for the our A2 coursework. It is called Run, created by Snow Patrol. We aim to make our video more distinctive and distinguished from the one posted above. In my opinion, considering Goodwins theory, this version of the music video is somewhat illustrative. Where the lyrics and visuals have a similar link and meaning. Our groups aim is turn this video into an amplification type music video, which I believe is more than doable. Our video will be set in the day time, have scenes filmed in the canal (Regents Canal) and a park (Barnard Park). But by far the biggest difference is that we show the woman the lead singer is talking about, but keep her mysterious and unidentified. The song talks about the singer having to leave, make a journey, and that their relationship would not work out anymore. In our version, it will be the woman he is talking about leaving, and another key difference is that we will film footage with her inside a London Black Cab, which to me, sends out iconography of a journey, and the colour black itself, brings conclusions that the topic is bleak and that the future does not look bright. 

[Task 10] A Profile of the Audience We Aim to Market to - Mehmet Tarhan

This is a brief picture summary of our audience, it shows some of the things they like to eat, where they shop, what they read, what gadgets they use, the things they watch, and how the social networking sites they are in to. I think it shows the personality of the audience, it shows they are in to music, they watch Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and go to Orange Rockcorps concerts, as well as reading Q Magazine to stay up to the latest trends in music, as well as the use of social networking to keep them informed. 

Letter Requesting © Clearance [Planning]

UPDATE 8/11/10 - No confirmation revieved, we will continue the project.
UPDATE 1/11/10 - We have yet to receive a reply.
UPDATE 20/10/10 - We have yet to receive a reply.
UPDATE 13/10/10 - Email sent to Fiction Records.

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CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGE (Media Dep)

283-209 Goswell  Road

London 

 EC1V 7LA

FICTION RECORDS

364-366 Kensington High Street
LONDON
W14 8NS

Request for copyright © permission to use SNOW PATROL's - 'RUN'.

I am a student and as a part of my portfolio I will be working in a small group to produce a promotional package for the release of a 'new' track. I would like to request permission to use the above track for this project.

The finished project will not be available publicly, will not be purchasable, or be distributed in any way and be used solely for examination purposes. The © holder will be fully acknowledged in the finished project. 

If you do not hold the rights for the song mentioned above I would grateful if you could email me appropriate details of the holder or forward this letter to the correct person.

Much Thanks,

Bektas Ozer, Tanzila Huda, Mehmet Tarhan & Thahid Ali

Short-list of Potential Songs [Planning]

Lip synch tutorial

I had a lesson on how to lip synch videos and i found it really useful because i learnt how to be extra accurate in editing the video on final cut.
The most challenging thing was getting the lip synch right because it had to go in time with the song i found it quite tricky at first but once you get the hang of it its quite simple.
In final cut pro i learnt how to use the razor blade tool where you can cut out bits of the video.

compared to editing in thrillers music videos seems harder because it has to be accurate and any mistakes will show wheras in our thriller you could get away with minor mistakes