Practice Shots

In order for us to get our filming right we have decided to split up the shots into groups so that each member of the group can have practice shots of what we would need on the day of filming.
Firstly, we asked Sath and Prince to work with a male to shoot medium close ups and side way shots as well as moving shots to show how the male lead would capture the video.
Here is a video with what they had come up with:

This would not be the male lead we would be using however, he shows some of the ways our male lead would be filmed.

Shot Analysis

This is the analysis of the shots used in the music video for 'Adorn'

Cast - The People that will feature our Music Video

Cast

In the music video there will be one main male artist and two female artists/dancers.

This is one of the two female artists/dancers. Shanike is going to be our main girl. Sarah will only be used during the performance scenes

This is the main male artist. The reason why he was chosen was because he is able to look the part for the video and he can also act for the music video.

Album Digipak Research

An album digipak is a form of packaging often used for album cover and in recent years its contents. It has been patented by the company AGI - Shorewood, a holdings company.

All about Digipaks
An album digipak would consist of the features such as:

Have a type of thick paperboard or card which would have been folded into a book style

Card outer binding, to bring the lyric sideline book together.

Two or more side trays which are capable of holding the CD to the case

Has a protective UV coating on the paper to ensure longevity and durability

The teeth of the packaging are brittle to allow the digipak to remain light.

In the diagram above, it shows the different sides of an album digipak and how it would fit around a CD.
The two end sides show where the CD would be placed and the little details such as the teeth and ridges that would be holding it in place.
These places would be see through as it would allow the accompanying leaflet to slot inside.
The accompanying leaflet would often consist of:
Notes of how the album first came together
A note from the artist themselves, often addressing their fans
The album track list
Lyrics to the singles that will be released
Contact details such as phone number, management, record company etc.
Sometimes it might be a photoshoot of the artist in the background of these spreads.

Some have even tried to make them recyclable by having them made out of renewable materials such as sugar cane and made ridges with the back packaging to get rid of the use of teeth.

Here some examples of digipaks that have become iconic to both the masses and in R&B.

Auteur Research

Fir our video we were asked to do an auteur research. An auteur is a french word originated from author. It is filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style. This can be also referred to the star image of a music director.

in a music video this is sometimes used to give a new artist a boost in the industry when they are seen to work with a well known music director or music producer.

This is a video hosted by David of The Savage Experience that gives you a detailed insight into the term 'Auteur' and explains its french roots.

From this video we can take the idea and apply it to music video and the narratives within that often constitutes a storyline, plot or scenario seen in modern life.

The would be needed for our music video as we have a narrative combined with the performance. for example personal style would have to be injected into our video to show the style of genre as well as the audience we would want to attract and watch it.

As you can see his name as been altered during that editing of his video by the director to kind of give him an edge and for him have have a recognisable image that people relate to as he is a new artist.

This was later used y the record company to mould his image for others to recognise.

Music Video Director Research

A music video director is someone who would direct a music video just as a film director would direct a film. Their job is to come up with an idea for the music video, along with input from the artist and the co directors and shoot the video, edit and then put it into production.

A common trait of a music director would be similar to that of a film director; they would usually have their own individual style and would mostly stick to a genre of music e.g. R&B.

Colin Tiliey

                                                                  This is a video of behind the scenes footage of Colin Tiliey
                                                     video directing for Nicki Minaj.

Tulisa:

• "Live It Up" featuring Tyga

Conor Maynard:

• "Turn Around" featuring Ne-Yo

Justin Bieber:

• "Never Let You Go"
• "U Smile"
• "Fa La La" featuring Boyz II Men

Nicki Minaj

• "I Am Your Leader" featuring Cam'ron & Rick Ross
• "The Boys" featuring Cassie
• "Freedom"

Rick Ross:

• "Bag of Money" featuring Wale, T-Pain & Meek Mill

Tyga:

• "I'm Gone" featuring Big Sean
• "Faded" featuring Lil Wayne
• "I'm on It" featuring Lil Wayne
• "My Glory"
• "Make It Nasty"

J. Cole:

• "Nobody's Perfect" featuring Missy Elliott

50 Cent:

• "Girls Go Wild" featuring Jeremih

DJ Khaled:

• "Take It to the Head" featuring Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & lil Wayne

French Montana:

• "Shot Caller" (Remix) featuring Diddy, Rick Ross and Charlie Rock

Chris Brown:

• "I Can Only Imagine (ft. David Guetta and Lil Wayne)
• "Next 2 You" featuring Justin Bieber
• "She Ain't You"
• "Look at Me Now" featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
• "Yeah 3x"
• "No Bullshit"
• "Deuces" featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall
• "Strip" featuring Kevin K-Mac McCall
• "The Matrix"
• "Don't Wake Me Up"
• "Don't Judge Me"

Mary J. Blige:

• "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" featuring Lil' Wayne & Diddy
• "Why" featuring Rick Ross

Young Jeezy:

• "Ballin'" featuring Lil Wayne

Keri Hilson:

• "One Night Stand" featuring Chris Brown
• "Lose Control" featuring Nelly

Diddy – Dirty Money:

• "Ass on the Floor" featuring Swizz Beatz
• "Yesterday" featuring Chris Brown
• "Your Love" featuring Rick Ross & Trey Songz
• "Looking for Love" featuring Usher

New Boyz:

• "Better with the Lights Off" featuring Chris Brown

Ciara:

• "Speechless"

Melanie Fiona:

• "Gone and Never Coming Back"
• "4AM"

 This is specially helpful as this is the video we are trying to recreate with our own ideas.

Chipmunk:

• "In the Air" featuring Keri Hilson
• "Champion" featuring Chris Brown

Jeremih:

• "Down on Me" featuring 50 Cent

Lil Wayne:

• "John" featuring Rick Ross
• "No Worries" featuring Detail

JLS:

• "She Makes Me Wanna" featuring Dev

Soulja Boy:

• "Mean Mug" featuring 50 Cent

Wiz Khalifa:

• "No Sleep"

FreeSol:

• "Fascinated" featuring Justin Timberlake

Katy B:

• "Witches Brew"

Jason Derülo:

• "It Girl"
• "Breathing"

Lil B:

• "We Can Go Down"

Tinie Tempah:

• Invincible feat. Kelly Rowland

Red Café:

• Fly Together feat. Ryan Leslie & Rick Ross

Fat Joe:

• Another Round feat. Chris Brown

Dappy:

• Rockstar feat. Brian May
• Good Intentions

Bow Wow :

• "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" featuring Chris Brown

Six D:

• "Best Damn Night"

Labrinth:

• Last Time

Hugo:

• "99 Problems"

Sean Garrett:

• "In Da Box" featuring Rick Ross

Tank:

• "Sex Music"

Lloyd:

• "Let's Get It In" featuring 50 Cent

Jawan Harris:

• "Another Planet" featuring Chris Brown

Shontelle:

• Perfect Nightmare

Jessie and The Toy Boys

• "Let's Get Naughty