Costumes

We have finally decided on our costumes for our entire cast. Here are the outfits:

Dancers

Darina

Meeting about our Props and Set Designs

We had a meeting for the media team and a set designer. This was to discuss our ideas and the 5 strands we have; to see if they are possible but also if it works out. We presented each of our scenes along with the required props. We discussed lighting and logistics along with what props we have to source and which they already have. This proved to be a more important meeting that I though as I managed to find out the logistic part of it and finding our new ideas what we could do with the scenes. The media guys overall seemed very positive about our music video.

We had to make a very detailed list of what we needed for each scene. This involved from the props; to the colour of the floors and walls. After brainstorming, we emailed the media team with everything we wanted and telling them what we are going to source. 

By doing this list as a group, it made me realize what we actually needed instead of just a vague idea of what we wanted. We now feel more prepared and organized. 

Our Cast

Fatima 

Fatima will be our artist who we will

promote and will be the vocalist of the video. 

Darina

Darina will be a second element to the video
she is the person who fatima will show her
dominance over.

Dayo & Etian

Dayo and Etian will be our dancers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email asking for Permission to use track

This is the email that we sent to the record company that the artist of the track is signed to in order to ask for permission to use the track and avoid copyright infringement.

Props & Costumes List

           1^st Scene

Material (Silk&Black)

Smoke Machine

Wind Machine

Costumes

Black Body

Safety Pins

 

              2^nd Scene

Glossy Floor

Sand

Feathers

Materials (Black)

Wind Machine

Ropes

Water

              3^rd Scene

Lycra Wall

Long Silver Dress

              4^th Scene

Tin Foil

Black Materials

Flour

2 Costumes for the Dancers + Fatima’s Black Outfit

               5^th Scene

Stones

Smoke Machine

Elastics

Costumes for the main protagonists

Structure for pebbles

 

 

 

 

 

Music Video Timeline

Timeline from hurtwoodhousemedia5

Visiting Lecture from Polydor Records

Last week, we had a guest coming in to talk to us about the inside world of the music industry, specifically about music videos and the route you have to take in order to succeed. The procedure that Emma presented to us started with a treatment which is basically the concept of the music video (that most of the time comes from the artists directly)that has to include ideas, inspirations, references, costumes, appearances, etc. This document then has to go to different directors, that 'filtrate' the concept and turns it into a 'ready to shot' video. It takes up to 6 weeks for the whole process to get completed so that the music video can go up on the internet, Vevo for example.

As Emma gave us an update on the music industry nowadays, she also mentioned about the decreasing budgets they have to deal today. A normal music video would approximately cost around 5000 £ - 10 000 £ due to their last projects. Therefore the advice that she gave us was that basically 'Less is More' because it is the safe path to a positive feedback and it will always look good.

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

She spoke about Ellie Goulding which I personally don't admire because she is way too commercial, stereotypical, fake; and this other not very well known artist that appealed to be much more interesting and original in terms of he's music video. Emma and them worked together in order to create the products.

I believe the talk was a very good example of how the real industry works, and gave as the opportunity to actually step inside their world for an hour and see the way they work in, see the amount of effort put in for all this to happen.