Planning: Shooting Schedule

DAY / TIME	LOCATON	SHOT DESCRIPTION	PEOPLE NEEDED
26th June 2014	My house	Camera will be set up for a close up head shot	Callum Hill James Stephenson
28th June 2014	My house	I will set up the camera so that the actors head and upper torso is in the shot, also, I will zoom in to get a close up for part of the rap.	Callum Hill James Stephenson
3rd July 2014	Tracks near my house	The camera man will take multiple recordings of the actor walking down the tracks from different angles and different movements.	James Stephenson Jacob Harper

Planning: Storyboard

This is the storyboard I have created for my music video. I will try and follow this all the way through the music video.

Planning: Software Used

The pieces of software which I will use for my music video for things such as editing and creating a storyboard are:

• Photoshop CS6
• Fireworks CS6
• Adobe Premiere Elements 12

Research: Representation in Music Videos

Research: Digipak Analysis 3 - Collision Course

The album 'Collision Course' is a collaboration album between rapper Jay-Z and punk band Linkin Park and the digipak reflects this through its artwork and theme. The use of graffiti styled prints and stencils shows the street based style of the music. the cover of the digipak (top right) is very busy, showing graffiti of things such as microphones and speakers, which can be seen to be linked with the hip-hop theme of the album represented by JayZ. There is also a punk type look to the cover, with the style of writing and background being very busy and straight edged.

The back of the digipak is of similar background to the cover, but just a stencil so that the songs on the album can easily be read. Aswell as this, there is the barcode and legal advisory on the back. The middle of the digipak shows similar images of graffiti and sharp text, further showing the mash up of the hip-hop/and punk music. the design of the CD is normal and does not challenge or confirm any of the conventions for this type of album.

Research: Digipak Analysis 2 - Watch the Throne

 

This is the digipak for Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne'. From the top part of the image we can see that the digipak does correspond with the title of the album, this is because when you think of a throne you think of gold and carvings, which is represented by the top part of the image which is the outside of the digipak. The inside of the digipak shows an American flag, 2 images of Jay-Z and Kanye West merged with an animal which is also seen to be used by the illuminati, and the other image is of angels. This could show their interest in the illuminati as they have been believed to be followers of it. This digipak does not follow the conventions of a typical rap digipak.

Research: Digipak Analysis 1 - Yeezus

The images we see on the digipak are relevant to the digipak as Kanye West is a believer of Christianity, hence the title of the album 'Yeezus', which is a mix of Kanyes nickname (Yeezy) and the lord of Christianity (Jesus). On all of the images you can see that the eyes of the people have had something put over them, this could be to show that the religion has turned a blind eye or not seen how bad racism can be, and since the album is mainly about racism and sending out a political message and also about Kanye's faith, this is relevant to the digipak. This digipka does not follow the typical conventions of a rap digipak.