Costumes:

For this video costumes will play a huge part, and we needed to find a really good suplier. We want everything to look authentic so that it doesn't just look like a fancydress party. the costumes need to be instantly recognisable by the audience so they which character is which. We have taken inspiration for the costumes from the "Fallen Princesses" photography. We want the characters to not look too perfect and slightly desheviled so will with smudge makeup and mess up hair to create this look. Unfortunately we arn't allowed to rip and dirty the costumes as we are hiring them. We have found some suitable costumes hires locally which stock the costumes we need. The rest we can probably source from the Hurtwood Costume department.

http://www.fairygodmother.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=85_87


http://www.thedressingupshop.com/index.php?id=3


http://www.thejokeshop.co.uk/entered.php

Location:

Originally we wanted to shoot everything inside "Leith Hill" which is a National Trust own empty house as it would be the perfect backdrop. But we soon ran into problems as we would have to book the venue and there is no furniture and everything would have to be brought in (which would be very complicated). So we decided to shoot everything at Courtney's house as it's a very big house with a spiral staircase which was perfect! Aswell as multiple bedrooms to choose from and approprate furniture for the video. We can also dress up the house and make it appear very theatrical and atmospheric. We have total control over the location which makes it perfect to shoot in.

Asking for Copyright Permission:

To:  VAGRANT RECORDS

We are a group of A Level students working on an A Level project for a qualification in Media Studies. We are writing to request permission to use the following track as part of this project:
EELS - FLYSWATTER

With your permission the track would be used as the accompaniment to a short form video that is made purely for assessment purposes and will have no commercial usage. The video will be viewed only by members of the school community and the assessor of the examination board.


The artist and the copyright holder will of course be fully recognised in the pre-production and evaluation material that accompanies the project. We can also include a full copyright notice if required both in the planning material and on the video itself.


Yours sincerely

 SABRINA SALMON, COURTNEY MADINCEA AND SARAH WICHALL
Hurtwood House School

Album cover:

The album cover for our band really needs to reflect the image of the band and their style, so audiences immediately know what kind of music they are. The image of our band is alternative indie, so i researched the album covers of similar bands for inspiration, such as "Panic at the Disco" and "My Chemical Romance" who both have quirky off beat album covers that attract their target audience. Our cover needs to be captivating and eye catching to engage our audiences and make them pick up the CD!

Institutional Context

Our band (not yet named) draws paralells to Panic! At The Disco so I looked up what record label they were signed to and saw to my satasfaction that they are signed with an independent pop record label.

Fueled By Ramen

Fueled By Ramen was started as a label by Less Than Jake guitarist Vinnie Fiorello and John Janick in 1996. The label is a key player in the development of Punk Pop and released early recordings by Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World and Yellowcard. Among the key artists currently on the label are:

- Panic! At The Disco
- Less Than Jake


Very non-mainstream record label that originates from New York City and is a subsiduary of Warner Music Group.

www.fueledbyramen.com

Feedback

You have made a good attempt to catch up on the work missing from last week, but once again there are gaps remaining in your blog from this week's work - institutional context and the research into album artwork.  The timeline is competent and will form the basis of your work on storyboarding but it is vital that you are putting in some hours outside of class to keep your research and planning portfolio as complete as possible.

James

Timeline of Video

Pre - Roll:

Little girl skipping down a path towards house, humming chorus of "Flyswatter" - with a box of cookies in her hands. Comes to the door -
Girl - "Knock knock" (Mad Hatter opens the door) "Excuse me sir, would you like to buy some cookies?"
M.H - " Why some cookies would be wonderful! I'm having a tea party, won't you come in?"

00.02 - Mad Hatter puts his hand out
00.07 - Girl takes hand and walks into dark house (Door closes behinds her)
00.09 - Lights come on!
00.09 - 00.17 - tracking shot of overall of choas
00.17 - 00.21 - Cards falling from the ceiling, pigs running through ect.
21.00 - 00.25 - Pushed into tv lounge
00.25 - M.H singing
00.30 - sleeping beauty passed out of couch
00.33 - princesses fighting over tiara
00.40 - band preforming in bare room
00.45 - close up of mad hatter singing
00.53 - girl runs up stairs
00.57 - walking through dark creepy hallway
1:00 - Girl walks into bedroom and see little red riding hood and wolf in bed
1:04 - Red riding hood and wolf sit suddenly on the gutair riff
1:05 - Girl covers her eyes and runs away to bathroom and slams door
1:08 - turns around to see Captain hook in the bath playing with toy boats
1:16 - Girl runs out and down stairs
1:20 - Close ups on band preforming
1:32 - Girl wanders into tea party
1:43 - M.H stands on table singing
1:50 - March hare pours the tea and she drinks
2:00 - shots of characters around the room
2:04 - Girl eats a piece of cake with a toothpick that says "Eat me" on it
2:09 - 2:20 - Flashbacks of all the characters around the house
2:24 - Girls faints and lands in the cake
2:32 - Girls is shown under a tree clutching a book of fairytales and covered in cookie crumbs
2:42 - Girl wakes up confused
2:50 - Bunny hops past her
2:55 - Girl skips away...
Track ends - 3:03


This is only a possible ending as there are many other options we could have and we have not decided yet.