Narrative Filming Shot List.

Shot Number	Description	Additional Detail.
1	Over-The-Shoulder shot of a girl flicking through a box of records.	Old fashioned non diegetic sound in the background.
2	Over-The-Shoulder/ High Angle of a girl brushing a girls hair infront of a mirror.
3	Cut to a three shot of the girls.
4	Close up of the radio.
5	Cut back to three shot of the girls.	Excitement grows as the radio announcer says that the Harmonettes are up next.
6	Cut to close up of the radio	Girl is seen turning the dial to increase the volume.
7	Cut to music video.	COLOUR
8	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.	Using bedroom props as a microphone.
9	Cut to Performance.
10	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
11	Cut to Performance.
12	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
13	Close up of one of the girls doing the actions.
14	Cut to Performance.
15	Cut to mid shot of two of the girls dancing.
16	Cut to Performance.
17	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
18	Cut to Performance.
19	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
20	Cut to Performance.
21	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
22	Cut to Performance.
23	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
24	Cut to Performance.
25	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
26	Cut to Performance.
27	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
28	Cut to Performance.
29	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
30	Cut to Performance.
31	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
32	Cut to Performance.
33	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
34	Cut to Performance.
35	Cut to long shot of the three girls singing and dancing and doing actions.
36	Cut to Performance.
37	Two girls singing and dancing along to the track on the radio.
38	Cut to Performance.

It must be noted that where this shot list cuts to performance it does not include the cuts and shots that were made in the original schedule. 

The DVD.

For an added extra task we made a sticker to put on our DVD. Again we have taken inspiration from the film Dreamgirls where some stills taken from the film are shot from behind the three girls with lights above and infront flaring into the lens of the camera. We used a photo taken by Chelsea on the day of filming but there were certain things that i wanted to have adjusted to the image to better suit our other media products and achieve some intertextuality. I wanted to darken the whole background of the image because you could see the school tables, fire exit signs and by darkening the image it just simply made the image look much more cleaner and less cluttered. Also i wanted more lights above the singers which was something Chelsea knew how to do. On the original photo there was only 4 lights but Chelsea photoshopped in four more and a lens flare in the middle.

I am pleased with what we achieved because although it isn't as aesthetically bright and beautiful as the dreamgirls image it covers it in a much more simplistic way.  Ours is alot duller but our background wasn't nice to look at so in my opinion it had to be taken out which is different from the original as theres is much brighter but it appears as though they had far many more lights at their disposal. Similarly they both have a glow around the artists which is one thing we strived to make right, so therefore based on these positives about the sticker it is one of the production items i am most happy with. 

Girls Aloud. The Promise.

When thinking about the music video and whether to use black and white to encompass the notion of it being a 50/60's Motown music video. For a modern band like our own we found the Girls Aloud, The Promise video for some inspiration. I think it is good because it has both colour and black and white. We knew we were going to be filming at the school stage but we had some difficulty deciding on a suitable backdrop. I noticed this video and how clear it was whilst being black and white. I like how the lights surround the band like a frame which is something we considered to do but couldn't source the resources. We also discussed about using sparkly dresses to reflect the lights but due them being costly and again difficult to come by due them being somewhat out of fashion. This video is also where i got the idea for the pan across the singers as i thought it worked well to represent the three singers as a band and also to add some movement to the video and not letting it be completely static. Using both elements form this video and Chers original for "The Shoop Shoop Song" and other texts i believe that we can successfully achieve a good video.

Cher Star Profile.

Cher, Cherilyn Sarkisian, was born on May 20th 1946 in California, USA. Cher began her rise to fame as a session singer in 1963 after building a close relationship with Sonny Bono who worked under music producer Phil Spector in Hollywood. She sang back-up on many records before becomming an established solo artists such as The Ronnettes "Be my Baby". She then went on to release two solo singles in 1964 under different pseudonyms Cherilyn and Bonnie Jo Mason. The signles did not have any severe impact on the record industry and did not at this stage thrust her into the limelight.

Before being known now as the world famous "Sonny and Cher" the pair were called Ceasar and Cleo. At just 19 Sonny and Cher released their first album in 1965 which contained the smash hit "I got you Babe". The duo then went on to release strings of singles that charted reasonably respectuflly and returned to the Billboard top ten with their song, The Beat Goes On. In the 60's the pair featured on many American TV shows to promote themselves and their music. Later in 1965 Cher released her first solo album and two more in consecutive years. They were reasonably well recieved in both sides of the Atlantic and were frequently produced by her friend and eventual lover Sonny Bono. Riding on the success of Chers solo ventures and the duos success, Sonny arranged for Cher to be in a few fimls but unfortunately bombed at the box office.

In the first half of the 70's, Sonny and Cher appeared in a range of own branded television shows on CBS. One of their shows "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" was extremely popular and achieved 15 Emmy nominations across its run. In 1971 at age 25 Cher released another solo album entitled Gypsies, Tramps and Theives and a single of the same name reached number one on the Billboard 100 chart in America. Her next solo album Half Breed released in 1973 which certified Gold and also garnered another number one single. In 1974 she realesed another solo album called Dark Lady which was also the name of her thrid solo number one single. Cher then went on to win a Golden Globe for her performance in The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour but what followed was a bitter public divorce from Sonny Bono and their partnership both privately and professionally  ended. Cher and Sonny went their seperate ways in the television industry but did reunite for their acclaimed comedy show but due to Cher's pregnancy she pulled the plug. Cher then later went on the marry musician Gregg Allman.

From the late 70's untill the 80's Cher relesed many solo attempts but they were misses in the music industry. Throughout the 80's Cher reinvented herself as a serious actress and went on to star in many films and television series. For her performance in the 1987 film Moonstruck she won herself the Academy Award For Best actress, Golden Globe and Peoples choice award. She aslo had many other nominations for her performances in Mask and Silkwood. In her return to music after 5 years towards the end of the 80's she made three highly successful rock albums which showed her diversity as an artists. Her biggest hit of this period was "If I Could Turn Back Time" which charted successfully in many countries across the world.

In 1990 Cher starred in the film Mermaids which she also sung the son "The Shoop Shoop Song" for its soundtrack. She also released an album named Love Hurts which had more success in Europe than American with it being number one in the UK for 6 consecutive weeks. A cover album was released in the late 90's titled Love Can Build a Bridge which contained the Euopean hits "Walking in Memphis" and One by One. She again starred in numerous films and television but was struck with the death of Sonny Bono her ex husband in 1998.

From then on Cher relased her popular and critically successful album Believe which she won a grammy for and which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In 2000 Cher was awarded a Life Long contribution to music award from the World Music Awards embarked on her farewll tour and signed on to a residency in Las Vegas where she performed 200 shows over 3 years. Recently she has just finished her residency and starred in the film Burlesque and is planning an album comback.

Day Of FIlming.

It was decided that we were going to film the narrative for our music video on Friday 25 March. Chelsea and myself spoke about adding a narrative after talking to Miss Smith during our free time and also from the audience feedback given to us in class. Due to the two of us going forward with this independently and after making the preparations for the shoot it was found out that not all four members of the team could make the shoot. Molly and Zoe were all notified of the shoot but could not make which is understandable due to the short notice so we carried on. We called on three of our friends to be in the video. The location was in Chelsea's bedroom and i sourced some props in the form of vinyls, an authentic 60's radio and some original 60's books just to use in the background. We followed Chelsea in two cars as her house is not local to us to make it to the shoot together and successfully. Upon receiving the production schedule for the shoot the times, location and props and costume for the cast were all there in writing. As mentioned in an earlier post i took inspiration from OutKasts "Hey Ya" video and the film "Hairspray" for the narrative. I liked in these how the cast and/or viewer were watching the music video or television programme that was featured in the music video. I initially wanted to do this also but couldn't source a 60's television so instead opted for a radio. This worked quite well i think as we set the narrative as a girls pyjama party where the three girls were getting all dressed up listening to the radio and vinyls, having a good time. Also there is three young girls in the narrative and three lead adult females in the band which worked well for continuity and a sort of link between the two. Although when we reached the shoot we fell behind schedule a little because we found ourselves having a lengthy discussion over some food and drink. Although we quickly got ourselves together and Chelsea and I prepared the room the girls got into costume and did their hair. After the room was complete, Chelsea helped with the hair. When we began filing i took the role as director and Chelsea was in charge of the camera although we talked to each other about appropriate positions to film the shots we had discussed and drawn up. Overall i think it went well because we achieved our goal of filming our narrative and it looks like we have filmed some good footage from viewing the clips back on the camera. As the deadline is nearing Chelsea had said she would take on the editing as she also has Adobe Premier at home.

Making The Team Aware of The Narrative Shoot.

Here are stills taken from my phone and Facebook showing the details that were given to people taking part in the shoot and information for members of the team.

     

Week 12

As we continue to finalise the edit it became apparent that a few shots were not as steady as we once thought. I'm not quite sure how this happened as the tripod was placed on a flat surface away from where anyone was standing. There was one particular pan across the singers which was really shaky and not acceptable to be submitted. The pan shot was difficult to achieve on the day of filming anyway due to lack of space on the stage and no dolly and track. Although these would have been advantageous in getting a more successful shot we improvised by walking across in font of the singers trying our best to keep a still wrist. So to overcome this i took the clip home on a memory stick to edit at home. I converted the file into MP4 and uploaded it into iMovie, i know a simple software but it had what i needed. The software has a button which allows iMovie to analyse the clip and stabilise the video. I did this and although it made some difference it wasn't extensive but still it has made the overall aesthetics of the video better. Aswell as doing this we continued to work on the DVD cover and magazine advert.

The red squiggly line shows what parts of the clip have been stabilised.