Chapter 17: Cast

When it came to casting, I found it difficult to get three females that suited the specification precisely and so I had to settle with three girls that were the closest to the spec. Even after narrowing the field down massively, I still struggled to find three girls that fit the spec, until I stumble across three girls who was exactly what I needed for my video.

Sian Scott:

Daisy Kelly-Fletcher:

Tamaryn Smith:

These three girls are currently staying at the Boarding House at Thomas Adams College while they are studying their A- Levels. This tiny bit of information about the girls indicates that these girls are about 17 years of age, this is the precise age that I was wanting. The reason I was wanting my actresses to be this particular age is so my music video would target the younger audience and attracting a larger audience.

When it came to the appearance of the three girls, there were a few complications, as they didn't fit the specification for each of the characters but after spending three days with them, I quickly decided that their individual personalities made up it.

Tamaryn Smith is known to be the more educational one and is always found reading books or doing coursework, while Daisy is the more outgoing one of the three, she is seen running around and always chatting to people. Sian on the other hand is known to be a quiet person but when she is with her closest of friends, she becomes a giggly and funny character. These points alone was the reason why I chose the personality over the looks.

Spending several days with these girls before recording has made me begin to think about certain aspects of my music video. I also began to think of the narrative of my music video and decided that I am going to make my video more of a general view on friendship.

Chapter 16: Digipak Design - Planning

At the moment, the Temper Trap have three album covers that I will be considering to manipulate into my Digipak design. These album covers are shown below. Each of the albums are very dissimilar to one another and have very distinctive images that portray the style of the band.

I have become very attracted to the first album cover and so what I intend to do is incorporate the pixelated effect and the title and the way it has been presented. As the band are very indie and down to earth I will use a photograph that I have taken that will portray the band and their music. I will be creating a 3 panel digipak that will portray The Temper Trap's individuality.

Chapter 15: Shooting Schedule

Above is a very brief guideline on what I will be aiming for each week. I am hoping that the the filming may only take one week but i have spread it out to two weeks just incase it takes longer to film certain scenes, (as some of my scenes depend on the weather). I aim to edit my music video through the duration of two weeks, ( depending on how long the filming takes, so it may turn out to be three). I will need to have the basic layout of the music video before I add the graphics and special effects. After completing the final music video I will then need to introduce my final designs for the Digipak and the Magazine Advert. Once these are all up the blog I will then evaluate and get feedback from fellow students and teachers from the college before touching up on any other blog entries that may need tweaking. I aim to get this all done by the second week in December and so I am rapidly working towards this aim.

Chapter 14: Risk Assesment

Chapter 13: Animatic for Final Music Video

Chapter 12: StoryBoard for Final Music Video

Chapter 11: Plans for My Music Video

As you can see below, I have added my basic notes for my Final Video and the plans I have for it. I wanted to keep it as natural and casual looking as possible but have a slight difference using graphics like the ones we see in the Maccabees music video. The shots I am planning on using create a mixture of professional camerawork and amateur camerawork to create contrast and also to support the natural and casual theme to the video. The use of amateur camerawork and deep focus will create a more point of view styled approach.

My basic story line is 'three friends and their weekend'. My video will show the three friends and their casual get together on the weekend and their bond with each other. It wont be very straight forward as I am planning to jump in between locations to make a more abstract theme. I am aiming to make the video like a reel of memories showing different memories in random order as if to be shown in our mind.

The mise en scene for my video will be all over the place, literally. I wanted to add to the casual theme for the video so i will be using locations such as town center, train station, college and 'home'. These type of areas are places that young adults are familiar with and will be able to relate to. A lot of natural light will be used in my video and the colour scheme will be very vibrant. I also want to incorporate some black and white shots to the video also to support sense of a memory or flashback. Some of the black and white shots will have one colour that will stand out while others will just be black and white. The three main characters in the video will have very natural make up and will have a very indie rock style when it comes to clothing. Although the three girls will be slightly dissimilar when it comes to personality, but will each have a bracelet that symbolises their friendship. this will be shown in close ups and the deep focus shots.

All three characters will have three changes of outfits throughout the music video, this may change when it comes to the story board process. For the first character I wanted three very casual outfits to portray a more laid back female who was the more relaxed of the three friends. When it came to looks I wanted to have a long brunette with a slim figure and a natural tan. My aim was to create a naturally pretty girl and to show this by adding the casual clothes to support the natural beauty that isn't bothered about her looks and what other people think.

The second character will be similar to the first but with some slight changes. I also wanted to give this character a more casual look and a very outgoing personality so when it came to the outfits I went for a more skater boyish style yet portraying a more indie look with it. This character would also be slightly tanned and would have naturally blonde hair. This is going to create a huge contrast stereotypically; many blonde hair, blue eyed women are known to be very feminine and girly. In this case, we are going to change it by giving her an Indie rock look and give her a very outgoing and wild personality.

The third character will be the more timid of the three and I am aiming to portray this attitude in through her personality and not through her outfits. The contrast between her outfits and her personality will be refreshing and will support the Indie Rock style as we find that Indie rock always has something new to offer. Her style will be very neutral indie and will be very girly. She wont be as thin as the other two girls but will have the same complexion and her hair will be shoulder length giving her a very innocent look.

I may be changing the outfits along the way depending on the filming conditions but i will stick to the styles and the personalities that I have chosen for each character.