Artist profile and research

This lesson i am looking at researching an artist and their profile. I have decided to research Rihanna as she is the artist to our chosen song and also fits into our genre.

Rihanna is a 23 year old singer, songwriter and producer born on february 20th 1988. She was signed to Def Jam Recordings after audiotioning for then label head, Jay Z. She was born in Saint Michael, Barbados and moved to the United States at the age of 16 to persue her recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. Her music falls into the genre of RnB, Hip Hop, Reggae, Pop and Dance. She has created five albums throughout her six active years in the music indsutry , with her sixth album called "talk that talk" due to be released In November 21st 2011. After looking at a range of her music vdeos, from really old ones to more recent videos, I have realized that her type of clothing and costumes she wears within her vidoes has stayed the same. She tends to wear very revealing clothing, showing a lot of skin which normally consists of short dresses.

Performance Styles

Our performance style will be extremely subtle with no dance routine and no major performance production. I have decided this after looking at a variety of genres music videos. From looking at a variety of music videos it showed me that up beat pop songs always include a dance routine and major performance production throughout their videos. Where as slower sad songs with alot of emotion don't include performances due to the fact the focus is on the meaning of the lyrics instead of the focus being on the artist.

So here is a screen shot taken from 'Lady Gaga - Bad Romance' with a big production and dance routine. Which is a very up beat song.

Then you have a song from 'Adele - Someone like you'. So from this song you can see that the colours are much darker wtih no music production.







So from this you can tell that from a slower song with alot of emotion in. you don't need a major production due to the focus being on the lyrics.

Call Sheet

The  call sheet is a filmmaking term for a sheet of paper given to the cast and crew of a film production, created by an assistant director, informing them where and when they should report for a particular day of shooting. Call sheets also include other useful information such as contact information (e.g. phone numbers of crew members and other contacts), the schedule for the day, which scenes and script pages are being shot, and the address of the shoot location. Call sheets may also provide logistical information regarding the location. It is common to find weather information, sunrise/sunset times, local hospitals, restaurants, and hardware stores. Call sheets have information about cast transportation arrangements, parking instructions and safety notes.

We all have each others numbers so that we are able to contact each other and arrange meetings and filming times etc.

The entire group will be aware of this date for filming.

Thursday during lesson 06/10/11 We will complete the lip syncing and shots of Abi for our video in today’s lesson after going to the media office to get a camera. This will be shot on the college site.

Wednesday 12^th – Thursday 13^th October- Nicola will collect the camera and film the scenes which include the couple. This will be filmed in Isleham in Nicola’s house and around the village.

Tuesday 18/10/11 - Today Nicola will film the remainder of the scenes which include the couple if needed. This will be filmed in Isleham in Nicola’s house and around the village. Also filmed on site in college for some scenes.

Timeline Of Song

I have listened to the track and broke down how long each verse lasts and also how much each line lasts. This will help us when filming because it will show us how long each line of footage needs to be.

Verse One will consist of both the artist and the acting.

'The steps on the stairs aren't really there, feel like someone's watching me' this lasts 8 seconds and will consist of the couple on the stairs. It then goes on to the 3rd and fourth line being 'shadows on the wall, whispers down the hall, when i look there's nothing to see' this will last 11 seconds and will be of the artist.

'You say that you let her go, Turn the page and close the door' so this will be for 7 seconds and consist of the couple again. It then goes on to the remaining lines of the verse and it will last 8 seconds.

'I cant compete with a memory how can I fight with someone I cant see' will be for 7 seconds and consist of the couple with the remaining lines being for 8 seconds. The group in the forest.

The chorus lasts 12 seconds and will be a montage of the couple.

After this will be 'you say that shes gone that you've moved on' the first two lines will be for seven seconds. And will consist of the guy walking past the old form room of the girls'. The final 2 lines will be close ups of the artists silhouette. In total this must last for 16 seconds.

Then the verse will be 'Sometimes when you look past me' this will consist of the girl and boy in the forest which will last 7 seconds and then have a shot of the artist then go back to the couple with the guy not there for the remaining 6 seconds of the 9.

The next verse is the 'I cant compete with a memory' this will consist of the guy looking through old cards and letters. And then shoot back for the remaining seconds to the artist. This will last 17 seconds in total.

The chorus is 12 seconds again and will be a montage of the couple.

'wish i could cast a spell to make her spirit leave' this will consist of the artist lip syncing... This will last 35 seconds but this includes the instrumental section too which will be a montage.

'I cant compete with a memory' will go back to the guy reading through letters and cards. This has to last 16 seconds.

'Boy you're everything I wanted' is the chorus again so will be the artist lip syncing which is for 12 seconds.

And then the remaining two verses will have the couple on the bench and then the guy exiting at the end. which is 24 seconds.

Test Footage for Lip Syncing

We decided to do some test footage before finally lip syncing to see if the location works well with the emotion of the song.

Also we wanted to see if the simple costume of the black from the artist allows to portray the sad meaning of this song.

We think overall the location works well as it means that you focus more on the song, this is the same as the costume means you focus on the lyrics instead of focusing on the artist.

Costume Ideas

Due to our song being so emotional and having such strong and meaningful lyrics we have decided to have very simply and casual costumes.

Our artist will be dressed in a black top and zip up jacket with jeans on. This is so that the focus of the song will be reflected in the dark colours of the outfit. Also it means that the focus won't be on the artist as much it will be on the meaning behind the lyrics.

The couple again will be dressed in very casual clothes to ensure that the video looks realistic and shows the meaning of the lyrics again instead of fancy outfits.

Location Report

Our first location will be at Long Road Sixth Form College. I have chosen this location as it is easily accesible so therefore it is very convienient. As well as this there is a variety of areas around college which will look really good when shooting. To the left is a picture of our main area of the college which we will use as there is a lovely grass area which is very spacious so we can get a variety of footage here. From lip syncing to re-creating memories of the couple.


Here is a screen shot from Google Maps to show the location of the college.

Our second location will be at Isleham Marina as it is within the village that I live in, and also you can capture some beauty landscape shots within the frame of the couples memories here, so I feel as if this location will be in strong usage in the scenes which include the couple.

The last location will be my house as this will make the video seem more realistic as this is where the couple would have been.