Setting up the green screen for filming

Location and Costume pictures

Group member Georgia created 2 Polyvore collages to show what costumes the actresses were wearing.

Embedded below are the Polyvore collages of final costume ideas for our music video, each collage representing each member. Faye created Jade and Jesy's collages and I created Perrie and Leigh-Anne's collages.

Perrie Edwards:

For Perrie, we aimed for pastel colours and prints such as floral and spotty, to reflect her girly persona and closely adhere to the common outfits Perrie would normally wear. She wears a lot of floral print and so we aim to have her in florals. For the bedroom scene, Perrie will wear a light green/blue skater skirt and a black crop top. In the party scene, she will wear a collared playsuit and black and blue converse, and in the green screen scene she will wear pink jeans with a floral top and converse.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock:

Leigh-Anne normally wears a lot of aztec print and bright colours, and so we want the actress who portrays Leigh-Anne to be as close to the style of Leigh-Anne as possible. For the bedroom scene we went for a pale blue top with short black shorts, a casual outfit for her, and for the party scene and green screen scenes we will have her in aztec print tops and dresses and converse of bright colours.

Group member Faye then created the other two polyvore collages for the last two actresses

Created on polyvore , below we have created the costumes our actors will be wearing for our music video. All the outfits have been created in the style of the character they will be playing. These outfits have been created on polyvore. I created the costumes for Jade and Jesy while Georgia Pearce created the costumes for Perrie and Leigh-ann.

Jade Thirlwall 

Through prior research we are aware of Jade's certain style and clothing choices. She wears a lot of dresses and has a very cute style. We incorporated this through having her wear two dresses and then wearing a skirt. To keep to her style motif we included a lot of accessories and colours whenever we can. The outfit on the far left will be worn at the party , the one in the middle will be used during the individual green screen and lastly the one on the right will be worn during the bedroom.

Jesy Nelson 

Our costume choices for jesy is very dark and includes a lot of red and tartan. This is very typical of jesy as shown in a previous post, she also tends to be more covered up compared to the other members of little mix. Due to this we had her wear quite a lot of trousers and big shirts. The one the left will be worn at the party , the one in the middle will be worn on the individual green screen then finally the one of the right will be worn in the bedroom scene.

Then embedded below , Faye created a slideshow on Animoto which includes all our location image and the costumes for the group scene and the digipak photos.

Little Mix location and Costume images

Health and safety risk assessment

Before filming we have to establish an dangers that we may encounter while filming and make sure we have quick affective solutions to deal with an problems which may a rise. Faye then went on the fill out our risk assessment grid which is pasted below.

HAZARD	RISK	WHO IS AT RISK	CONTROL MEASURES	COMMENTS /ACTIONS	RISK RATING 1 HIGH 2 MEDIUM 3 LOW	TICK IF ALL IN PLACE
Lights	Very bright Get very hot Wires	Actors	·       Try not to look at the lights to avoid any damage to the eyes ·       Take breaks and drink water due to heat ·       Be carful where you are walking		3	ü
Green screen	May trip on the fabric	Actors	·    Move carefully when using the green screen to avoid tripping on the fabric		3	ü
Asthma	Group member having asthma	Actor	·    Make sure they carry their inhaler with them at all times during filming.		2	ü

Filming schedule

Filming Schedule

Below Faye created a film schedule , it entails what shots we are going to film , where we are going to film, what characters will be required, how long it will take to film and what props will be needed. This is key resource to use throughout filming as it will help us organise our time more efficiently and  make sure we film every shot needed.

Shot Number	Description	Characters/Actors	Location	Time to film	Props and Kit
1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 14, 18, 22, 24, 28, 30, 32, 37, 41, 46, 49, 51, 59, 67, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 85, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94	Individual green screens	Kala/Leigh-anne Georgia/ Perrie Chloe/ Jesy Ishpreet/ jade	School location – Oracy	1 hr	Camera Tripod Green screen Lights
8, 10,12, 15, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 33, 35	Bedroom scene	Kala/Leigh-anne Georgia/ Perrie Chloe/ Jesy Ishpreet/ jade	House scene- Bedroom	1 ½ hrs	Camera Tripod
6, 9, 13, 16, 21, 23, 29, 31, 34, 45, 47, 52, 55, 57, 60, 65, 75, 80, 82, 86, 89, 92, 96	Group room	Kala/Leigh-anne Georgia/ Perrie Chloe/ Jesy Ishpreet/ Jade	School location – Oracy	1 hr	Camera Tripod Lights
7, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 81, 84, 87, 95	Party scene	Kala/Leigh-anne Georgia/ Perrie Chloe/ Jesy Ishpreet/ Jade 10 extras	House scene- Living room	1 hr	Camera Tripod

Shot list

Below Faye embedded our 19 page shot list for our music video which Faye personally created. A shot list is an important tool to have as at certain points the story board lacks detail so the shot list adds more clarity to what needs to be in the shot and the general actions.

Storyboard

Embedded below is our storyboard created by Georgia and Faye and preented on Imgur.

Additional Research

I gathered together information about the typical conventions of the pop music genre.

Genre Research

The general conventions
Pop music videos are all about the artist selling their music to their audience. Typical eliminates in a pop music video include; Lots of bright colours, dancing, make-up, vibrant outfits and props. Many artists in this industry such as Rihanna and Beyonce are sex symbols as well as a product to help promote their music to the public.
Mise-en-scene typically consists of Bright colours, lots of make-up and fashion accessories.
Editing typically consists of Tints and filters to enhance colours and photoshopped artists so they look perfect.
Camera work typically consists of Many close-ups of artist faces and long shots of dancing and partying.

Narrative
In pop music videos a narrative is not the most common theme they usually go with a performance based theme as this attracts the audience, however if a narrative is used in a pop music video then it is usually based upon parties or relationships/breakups. Such as Little Mix "DNA" the narrative behind that is all these girls obsesing over a guy, this is typical for pop music videos.

Performance
Pop music videos are almost completely focused on the artist and no one else. If there is a dance routine in the music video then then the artists will always be the main front dancers, or if they have a narrative then the artists will play the main charecters. Pop artists always perform in a sexual manner or a cute way to attract the biggest audience base they can.

Group member Georgia created a biography about Little Mix

Biography

Artist Biography (Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mix)

Little Mix are a British four member girl band formed in 2011, members including Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall.

They were put together on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 after originally auditioning as solo artists, becoming the first ever group to win the competition. 

After the show, they signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records and releasing their winners single, a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball".

Their debut album DNA was released on 19 November 2012, and their second album, Salute, was released on 11 November 2013 in the UK and was released on 4 February 2014 in the US. As of October 2013, Little Mix have sold over 4 million singles and over 2.5 million albums worldwide.

Perrie Edwards:

Born 10 July 1993 (age 20), Perrie was born and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear to parents Alexander Edwards and Deborah Duffy, with an older brother named Jonnie. Her first audition was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette. She has been engaged to One Direction member Zayn Malik since August 2013.

Perrie's First Audition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCpNTsiokg&list=PL493AEEC6EE4D2249






Leigh-Anne Pinnock:

Leigh-Anne was born 4 October 1991 (age 22), and was raised in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire along with her two sisters, Sarah and Sian-Louise. She is of Barbadian/Jamaican ancestry. Before joining Little Mix, she worked as a waitress in Pizza Hut. Her first audition was "Only Girl (in the World)" by Rihanna. She's currently in a relationship with Jordan Kiffin.

Leigh-Anne's First Audition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqXUTyCDfs

Jade Thirlwall:

Jade Thirlwall was born 26 December 1992 (age 21), and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. She previously auditioned for The X Factor during series 5 (2008) and series 7 (2010). Her first audition song in 2011 was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. Her musical influences are Diana Ross and Cheryl Cole. She's currently in a relationship with Diversity's Sam Craske.

Jade's First Audition (2011):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Kf_A0Pmws

Jesy Nelson:

Jesy was born 14 June 1991 (age 22), and raised in Romford, London to parents John Nelson and Janice White. She has an older sister Jade and two brothers, Joseph and Jonathan. Her first audition was "Bust Your Windows" by Jazmine Sullivan. Since joining Little Mix, she has faced cyber-bullying and struggled to cope during her time on The X Factor. Prior to the show, Jesy worked as a barmaid. She's currently in a relationship with Diversity's Jordan Banjo.

Jesy's First Audition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuJip8PbTzQ

Group member Faye gathered together the information viewing a theory.

Theory Laura Mulvey

The next task is a research task into how women are represented into the media ,e.g. the male gaze.

After researching we will then decide if in our music video we will conform to these ideas of subvert them.

'Film studies: The essential resource - Peter Bennett, Andrew Hickman and Peter Wall'

Laura Mulvey - "In cinema pleasure is related to issues of sexual difference and sexual politics".

The media is mediated by the ways in which male characters look at female characters. A female is identified as an object of desire, she is defined as a passive sexual spectacle. Cinema centres ideas around pleasuring a male heterosexual desire and defines the female as the passive object of male desire.

The term voyeurism refers to a distortion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of other or witnessing others sexual behaviour. Linking this to Mulvey's ideas as men gain pleasure by looking at women's bodies. 

Group member Georgia gathered together information about Little Mix to create a biography.