Progress

I have completed all the tasks in accordance to my time management plan. I have also undertook some more research, specifically into what folk artists tend to wear in their music videos, which helped to influence my costume planning.

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Movements/blocking

I had a cast meeting with Nicola (the main performer). I showed her my storyboard and shotlists, then we discussed how she is going to be moving around in the shots, for example when she is walking down the path. Nicola was comfortable with what I was asking her to do, and happy.

Casting

I am going to use my friend Nicola as the main role in the video. I have chosen her as I know she is very reliable. I also think that she will fit the part well, and can play guitar, so it will look more realistic than someone pretending to play the guitar.

Storyboard

Shotlist

1) Pick up guitar
2) tapping foot
3) close up of hand playing guitar
4) mid close ups of face, singing first verse
5) hand playing guitar
6) cut between until chorus
7) person walking alone along path
8) cut to two people in field
9) cut back to face for chorus
10) cut between close up and playing guitar throughout chorus
11) cut between different shots in field and close ups of face
12) walking along path
13) close up of face singing final lines
14) cut to walking, final shot mid close up as person turns around


Shooting schedule


I am going to film shots in the same setting all at the same time. This will save lots of time and enable me to film better quality material.
I am going to film shots 1,2,3,4,5,9,and 13 together, then 7,12 and 14 together, and finally 8, 10, and 11 together.

Progress

I have completed my time plan, taking into consideration how long certain tasks will take.
I have started an audience profile, but will be completing a mood board to accompany it tomorrow.



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Audience Theories

Effects theory - how does the media influence audiences?


During the 1960s, psychologists came up with the theory that the media had a direct effect on children. The used the Bobo Doll Experiment to try and prove this.
During this experiment, children would watch a video of adults hitting a doll. They were then let into the room, to see what would happen, if they would begin to attack the doll also.
However, there were a few flaws with the experiment:

• children could pick these things up from anywhere, for example, they knew what a gun looks like, this could be picked up from watching Western films, which were very popular at the time
• the doll invites the children to play with it; they would want to push it around to see how it moves
• the child knows that it is a doll, an inanimate object, just because they would be violent to the doll, it doesn't mean that they would be violent towards a person

The cultural studies approach perspective - how the audiences read the media

This theory suggests that audiences take different texts in different ways, according to what is expressed with the text. The different readings are:

• Preferred - the audience agrees with the values, and accepts them
• Negotiated - the audience understands the point being made, however they neither agree or disagree, they just go along with what is being said
• Oppositional - the audience don't agree with the values, they are not how they see the world, it is not relevant to them
• Aberrant - the audience doesn't understand the text, they don't get it and misunderstand it