Media Proposal

Out of my two options of 'Alright' by Supergrass and 'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones, I decided to choose 'Teenage Kicks' for my song, as their music video is them performing on stage, unlike 'Alright' that has a narrative story line. I feel using 'Teenage Kicks' gives me more freedom with my ideas.

Performers - My video features a band and a girl. There is going to be three people in the band, and I'm filming the band performing and lip synching, and also acting out a storyline. This doesn't necessarily challenge convention, however it stops the video being repetitive and boring.

Costume - The performers are not wearing specific costumes, just the clothes they normally wear, as they are portraying teenage boys. The girl can wear something girly.

Locations - I plan to film in a park for when I'm shooting the story line. I also will shoot parts inside a house for the story line too. When the band are performing, they will ne playing on a white background so they are the main focus.

Narrative Ideas - I will have the and playing their instruments, which will be edited in, but I also would like there to be a story line. The lead singer is in love with the girl and is trying to get her.

Camera Angles - When the band are performing, I would like to use close up's of their faces, and also of their hands playing the instruments. I will also film them at a higher angle so the viewer is slightly looking down on them. For the narrative parts, I will use wide shots to get all the performers in, as well as scenery. I will use mid shots of the performers faces, and I plan to film parts with different levels of zoom that I can use in my split screen. The part 'every time she walks down the street' is going to be filmed with the camera on the floor, so you just get the view of the feet and legs walking towards the camera.

Editing Styles - I would like to feature split screens like in the video 'Alors on Danse' by Stromae ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHoT4N43jK8 ). I would like them both horizontally and vertically split, for example, I would like a split screen  featuring the performers eyes and the girl walking past. I would also like one of her, but different parts of her body and different levels of zoom in each screen. In one part I would like to make the editing obvious and jerky to show time passing. I feel this is not often used and may challenge convention. I may speed the footage up in parts to also show time passing. An example of this is in the video 'A-Punk' by Vampire Weekend ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ ).

Style - My chosen song is a 70's punk song. The theme and style of my song is not going to be of that theme, but moreso an indie theme.

Digi-Pak Analysis 2

Below is my second analysis on a digi-pak. I analysed Paloma Faith's album 'Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'

Digi-Pak Analysis 1.

Before I started to create an design my digi-pak, I analysed some existing albums to see what layout, font style, and other aspects contribute to the overall look of a digi-pak. I looked on the internet and found two examples. For my first analysis, I looked at Pink's greatest hits album.

Email to The Undertones.

Below is a print screen of the email I sent to The Undertones asking for their permission to use the song. Unfortunately I have not received a reply.