Feedback from our animatic

After completing our animatic, we displayed this to Mrs Allison. We received both positive and negative feedback which was extremely helpful as we were able to adapt and improve our current ideas for our music video. Although our animatic did not give a clear example of what shots we intended to film and how we wanted to develop them, we spoke throughout the animatic to Mrs Allison to allow her to understand the full concept of our ideas.

• Mrs Allison suggested that we did not use silence throughout the opening of our music video. Instead of introducing the music straight away we decided to take on her advice and use strong effective sounds such as the suitcase rolling along the floor and car slams. These noises we will film separately.
• As in our animatic we showed both Emily and Joe in one shot, we decided that it would be better if we filmed shot reverse shot to allow us to experiment when editing.
• Mrs Allison thought our idea to include action shots was very good, she suggested we used more, especially at the beginning of the music video these would create a dramatic effect. These action shots will include facial reactions, the movement of the suitcase wheels and Emily’s lower body.
• It was also suggested that we use a point of view shot such as a hand opening the door, this would create a dramatic and unusual shot to the opening to our music video.
• Originally we were going to include only natural sounds at the beginning of the music video, after speaking to Mrs Allison we discussed that it would be a better idea if we purposely included these sounds to create affect, we would include these separately.
• We also thought it would be a good idea if we thought about shots including Emily and Joe which would reflect on how they are both feeling. One of the shots we discussed was to have one of the actors in the back and one in front. We could then use the effects on the camera to focus on one why the other is blurred, this would make the actor blurred seem insignificant. We decided we will film this both ways so we could decide witch looked better.
• Another effective shot we as a group could include would be to have Emily and Joe back to back or even better create a split screen effect. These shots could include the actors back to back or at either end of a setting such as the dining table.
• As we did not show clearly in our animatic the effects we are planning to use, Mrs Allison suggested we think about all effects possible include overlaying and blurring shots to create the look of movement.
• As we plan to film flashbacks of Emily and Joe in black and white, we suggested it would be more efficient if we filmed in colour, this way the effects can be changed around when editing but we would have a basic shot to work with.
• Another fantastic idea we all came up with was reverse play. We have now decided that we will use this effect near the end of the video when displaying shots of Emily and Joe. A great example would be reversing a hug, this would also give the audience a clear point of view that the relationship is coming apart as well as relating the actions to our lyrics.

Animatic of Missing you

Feedback -

1. During our opening sequence we have to include which sounds will be playing in the background, for example; (The suitcase rolling along the floor and the door opening)

2. In Emily and Joes sequence instead of using a double shot we should think about using shot reverse shot, not only would this make it more interesting but would show our camera work skills.

3. Add more dramatic shots and cut each shot down to a minimum.

4. Shoot from different angles as well as low angle shots.

5. Make sure we have a variety of different shots to use for our flashbacks to create more drama.

Costume and prop Ideas:

add electronic props and equipment

The Crew and team roles

The group made up of Laura Pinkney, Sophie Legge, Jodie Bucther and myself will be sharing all team roles equally. We will all film, edit and act.

The Actors and Performers:

Laura will be playing Vanessa

Sophie will be playing Mollie

Jodie will be playing Rochelle

And I will be playing Frankie

Although there is another singer in The Saturdays, no one will be playing Una because she has no singing part throughout the song 'Missing you'.

We have two extra actors, Emily Campbell and Joseph Saggese. Emily will be playing the girlfriend in our story line and Joseph the boyfriend.

Deciding on outfits while researching The Saturday's style.

We are imitating The Saturday's so it is important to study their visual outlook.
It is obvious that the individuals in the Saturdays are all very fashionable, but when coming together as a group they proved even more iconic than normal.
The girl group have chosen outfits that match with different colours in the past, whether it was at an award or for picture purposes.





The Saturdays outfits seem to appear similar in other situations for example, when performing and on the front cover of magazines/digipacks.





As you can see, The Saturdays also like to portray an attractive look, this is so both male and female audiences can be aimed at. Still matching, they portray a glamorous look. I have chosen to look at the outfits The Saturdays wear so I can get a better idea of the sort of outfits we as a group will need to wear when either filming or producing our digipack and magazine cover. I will also be following up the type of information that is used when The Saturdays are featured in a magazine spread, this will help when completing Ancillary Task 2.

During our music video, we want to portray the sophisticated, classy look of The Saturdays, but also the casual the display when at home. I looked at what sort of casual outfits the group wears and have uploaded a picture of both Mollie and Frankie from the group which shows their casual but highly fashionable look. When filming in Epping Forest we will use the casual look that The Saturdays portray which is also the style used in their orginal video of 'Missing You.'





When filming, we will adapt the casual look but with a very fashionable outlook. The most casual outfits that we wear will be when we are filming flash backs including our extra actor, Joe.

The more sexy and sophisticated look, will also be used but more to the end of our video during the location of the barn house. When filming together, we will wear either black dresses with different colour accessories or be in different colour outfits completely. This will interpret The Saturdays look but with our own twisted edge.

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