YONKERS - FINAL VERSION (DRAFT)

This is the final version of our music video - All that will be done now is post effects and syncing of clips to audio

Magazine Advert Final

Front Album Cover

This is the front cover for the album

Behind the CD -Draft

Draft for CD cover.

Pros and Cons of song choices

These are the 3 songs that we chose when thinking what song to do for our A Level music video.

When looking at these songs, we all liked them but had to only do one and understood that there could be some problems when coming to film some of them so here are our pros and cons for the 3 songs that we chose.

Chance the rapper-Angles

PROS

• It is an upbeat song that many people would enjoy and like to listen to.
• Respected rapper that many people know 
• Isn't signed to a label.

CONS

• We Realised that after watching the video that he did himself, it was going to be pretty hard to beat as it was so good.
• not everyone in our group thought that the song was that good to do.

Tyler the Creator-Bastard

PROS

• Very good song that people don't know much about
• the lyrics are worded very well
• hes a lyrical genius

CONS

• Has some very rude words in the song 
• He is signed to a label but also to himself.
• Its hard to get an idea of how to film the video because he hasn't released one himself.

Tyler the creator-Yonkers 

PROS

• We all liked the song 
• We all had good ideas of how we could film the video
• Good beat to it
• We had the right props and people for the video to make it look legit.

CONS

• Has a lot of swearing in the song
• May have to sensor some of the words 
• People who don't get the meaning of the song may think its awful

Audience Research

The feedback for our draft was positive.
However, there are some points we could improve on such as a variety of shot types an more distance when filming.
They also said that there needs to be more props being used because we haven't used many yet.
Lastly. they want to see more flashes of colour.

Initial Ideas for Magazine Ad

These are the typical conventions we would see in advertisement for an album and we will be using these conventions as well.

• Title
• Name of band
• Picture of Artist / Band
• Album design
• Release Date
• Website
• Reviews
• Record label

Our initial ideas for our album our; 

• Dark colours
• Personalised 
• Contrasting colours
• Alter ego personality 

Magazine Research

YONKERS - VERSE 1 & 2 DRAFT (UPDATED)

Album Design Ideas

WILL DO (Digipak Research)

Ancillary products research

Audience expectations through social media

This screenshot shows two people commenting on our song and telling us what they think about it and how we can do better.

https://www.facebook.com/therecordlable/posts/361184457563385?comment_id=369519486729882&notif_t=share_comment&notif_id=1480604333655493

Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/therecordlable/

Analysing a music video-Lil Uzi Vert

Health & Safety Planning

Health & Safety Planning

Health & Safety is extremely important to ensure that all members of the team are safe when filming in locations which may be deemed as dangerous. Our video doesn’t require any locations which will put any team member in danger, however we can still prevent possible injury and making sure we are all safe by following a few rules:

·        Camera strap is around neck at all times

·        Each member knows their role and what they are doing properly

·        Get granted permission to film in the locations we need to use

·        Make sure the costume fits properly and is safe

·        Any props used are toy props. Anything that could be seen as a weapon is handled with extra pre caution

·        All members of the team are well and aware of what they are doing

·        Filming area is clear and safe for the rapper

 

 

Our music video doesn’t require much health and safety planning due to the simplicity of it. However we still need to follow these crucial rules to make sure that when we do film we prevent any injury from happening and that each member of the group is safe.

Animatic

This is a video of our animatic which shows the storyboard to our music video. It represents what is going to happen on every single lyric in the song. This will play a vital part in the process of making the music video. This is because it lets us know what locations, props and costumes to use in the video. A storyboard is very effective because it helps us plan out everything we are aiming to achieve instead of thinking of something random which isn't appropriate. It will also make filming less time consuming as the director will know what to do with every shot.

Raw Footage (Music Video)

Here is some of the raw footage from the first shoot of our music video. In these segments you can see that we filmed Kelechi rapping in front of a black curtain. In the process of editing, we increased the contrast to ensure that the curtains are not visible, giving the effect that the rapper is segregated from the real world. In the second verse, the music video is going to open up and a costume change will come into effect.

Yonkers - Verse 1 DRAFT (Video)

VERSE 1 - DRAFT

Draft edit for the 1st verse for the music video - The lip syncing is very slightly off and some of the transitions aren't complete. The final product should look similar to the draft here.