Album cover

We Decided to go with the silhouette look because we didn't want to copy Ed Sheeran completely and we thought this was an effective way for our CD cover to stand out and get people to look up Nicholas Alexander as he isn't on the front cover. We went with bright colours to stand out and to show that the music is light hearted and not dark music. The 'N A' stands for Nicholas Alexander and also for the album name Non Applicable which is also shown by N/A

Other media school's music videos.

i liked this music video because it had a lot of narrative and performance. The performance and acting of both of them went well with the song that they had chosen. The flashback at the beginning of the music video showed good understanding of how the relationship started. The editing throughout the video was done really well, with the different colours, different shots in one. The lip synching was very easy to understand. The different shots that were acted throughout the video made it look realistic.

This was also a good video. All the performance and narrative was done well to fit into the lyrics of the song. The acting throughout the video looked like it was done professionally. The different shots that were done throughout the video made it look more realistic about being in a relationship. The lip synching was done really well especially when trying to be serious whilst in company with other people. The lip synching done with the performance was done well.

similar genre album covers

After looking through a wide variety of singer-songwriter album covers, we deduced that for a debut album an image of the artists face is necessary at it gives them a recognisable identity. This picture of the the artist is ususally either a close up or medium shot, so that is most likely what we will use when designing our album cover. The backdrop (if there is one at all) is usually very plain and most likely one colour. For example the Sam Smith backdrop is a simple matte grey background, while the James Blunt one is the sky. Regarding the font, there is now discernible constant font used, so we are free to choose the right font for us and not be influenced by existing covers regarding this aspect. 

Often the artist is facing the camera but looking away a little. This is definitel something we will take into account (and perhaps replicate) during the creation of our album cover. Not looking at the camera presents the illusion of the artist not caring how they look on camera, perhaps making them cooler towards the audience.

lip synching task.

When doing our lip synching task, we decided that nick was going to be the main star in the music video. we used the song that we chose to do our finished music video on to practice the lip synching. we need to work on knowing the lyrics off by heart, and to stop closing eyes, otherwise you lose viewers attention. Without them few faults the lip synching task went well and will be the same for the real music video.

similar genre videos - inspiration.

Ed Sheeran - SingAs our artist is Ed Sheeran, obviously some of his existing videos will serve as inspiration for us but not to the point where we will be outright copying his style

The video of Sing provides a mixture of both performance and narrative which is the type of style we want to emulate in our video. In Sing the narrative is by far the more dominant aspect of the video as there are only a few performance shots, while we are aiming for a more equal divide between the two aspects. A lot of Ed Sheeran's songs are also about love, so some of the imagery and shots that his videos contain could also be replicate somewhat, but not to the extent where it becomes copying or cliché. Overall Sheeran will most likely end up being one of biggest influences in regards to the finished product, simply because it is his song we are doing.

Green Day - Wake Me Up When Septembers Ends

Though Green Day are a different genre to the song in which we are doing, Wake Me Up When Semptember Ends presents the theme of eternal love in the video, much similar to the lyrics in Thinking Out Loud.

The level of narrative in this video is something we want to be able to achieve in ours. Although the video doesn't totally relate to the lyrics, the song and the video contrast eachother well. This proves that we have a bit of room regarding the connection between lyrics and video when we finally make our video. It also contains small performance pieces throughout the video, which again is something we want to replicate in our video as it can provide an all-rounded video which is something we really want to produce. The small snippets of performance that Green Day use however, like Sheeran, are not the exact method we want to use. As said earlier, a 50/50 split regarding performance and narrative is our goal.

 

The Killers - Mr Brightside

The reason we chose Mr Brightside as the final video is because of the way the video masterfully intertwines performance and narrative. The performance, instead of the narrative, dominates this video but it still manages to tell a story despite how Flowers is almost always singing. This level of mixture is the level that we want in our video, as it would make it look extremely professional and well done. Again it is also somewhat about love, so again many shots and imagery that is present in the video could easily be utilised in our video.

Production diary

4.9.14 - Today we got put into groups to then find different songs that we could use for our music videos, we chose 3 different songs with 3 different artists. we then had to find out about the videos and the artists that we chose.

5.9.14 - Today we had to make a PowerPoint on the artist and songs that we had chose to do our music videos on. In the PowerPoint we had to show our influences as to why we chose these songs. we had to listen to all the songs that we had chose and make sure they didn't have a music video already. 

9.9.14-  Today we had to show our presentations to the rest of the class to present to everyone the artists and songs that we had chosen to make a music video on. Whilst we were presenting this the rest of the class were making notes and once we had finished our presentation the rest of the class gave us feedback about the songs that we have chose this made it easier to make a decision. When getting back the feedback we changed a few of the songs to something completely different, Eg we changed Eminem to a band called NDubz as one our choice. We then changed Ed Sheeren song but kept the idea of the artist and this was our final choice.

10.9.14 - Today we finalised our music video, and started to come up with ideas among the group of what we could put into our music video, we also had to think of costume, props, and the main singer in the group.

11.9.14 - Today we started to do a lot of tasks to do with our music video, charlie got the lyrics from the Ed Sheeren song, thinking out loud and made a annotated timeline to see how long aline of lyrics went on for. This made it easier for when we are making the video and also the lip synching task, charlie also make a timeline for when everyone in the group was free and had the time to be able to work on the video. Nick done the task of finding inspiration and influences from other songs that mad  us want to chose the song that we did. Jack did the task of looking for CD covers and websites that were similar to the artist that we have chose, the Jack went onto making our CD cover.

12.9.14 - Today we had to do out lip synching task. We had to find a good location to be able to film this. Nick also had to start learning the lyrics to the song that we had chosen, then we tried our first shot of lip synching.

15.9.14 - Today we carried on with the lip synching task and finished it. we had to re do some parts of the lip synching task and then this was put onto the computer to edit the song. This was then uploaded onto youtube when finished the lip synching task. 

16.9.14 - Today we uploaded the lip synching task onto youtube. Charlie then started to make the website for our music artst. Nick and Jack started to film the interview. 

17.9.14 - Pictures started to be taken to be able to upload to the website, the pictures would show the artist. 

18.9.14 - The interview was still being filmed and more questions were being asked  by jack as he was filming the interview of the music artist. 

19.9.14 - The interview had to be done again as it didnt look the best the first time round. More questions were asked to make the interview sounds more professional. 

22.9.14 - Today we decided on the shots for our music video. The storyboard was made and more pictures were taken of nick who is the main actor in the music video to be added to the website.

23.9.14 - The website had carried on being made by Charlie as she added more of the pictures into the gallery and text about the artist. Jack was working on the CD covers and nick carried on with the story board.

24.9.14 - More of the interview had to be filmed again. This had to be done again as the interview before was done in a set that didn't look for an interview room.

25.9.14 - The idea for the story board was put into paper and made so that we knew what we were filming when we needed it. Also more pictures were taken for the gallery page on the website.

26.9.14 - The website was still being worked on to add more information about the artist. Jack carried on with the album cover and nick was thinking of shots and locations we could use before the ideas change again.

29.9.14 - The interview was finished and edited so that it could be uploaded onto youtube. When the edited it also added on the background as the interview was done on the green screen.

30.9.14 - The website was finished off and small parts were added on more pictures of the artist. The interview was added onto the website so that fans could see how the artist started off in the music industry.

2.10.14 - New ideas were made for the music video. Locations and more shots had to be agreed within the group to make sure that it was alright with everyone in the group.

3.10.14 - The new thought of our shots were put into a storyboard and that locations that we had chosen were agreed within the group. Jack made a power point about the artist.

6.10.14 - Today we finished our story board to be ready to do a voice over on them ready to be uploaded. we also started to make a presentation about our music artist that are going to be presented to the class. the presentation includes, the audience we are trying to attract with our music artist, our brand image, interview we have been in, storyboard of our music planning.

7.10.14 - Today we videoed the storyboard as a voice over for it then to be uploaded to our presentation to show the class. it will also be uploaded to the blog so that everyone can see what is happening in our music video. The presentation had more work done to it, more about the audience and what we are going to do to attract the audience. This is going to be shown in lesson to the class.

8.10.14 - Today we had a class lesson of showing all our PowerPoint to the class about our music artists. We then got feedback from everyone that was watching our presentation and uploaded the feedback.

9.10.14 - Charlie carried on with the website by adding more information about the music arists and more pictures were uploaded. Nick and Jack carried on with blog posts.

10.10.13 - Today we had a talk with Pete Fraser. He showed use other music videos that had been done in the post. He also gave us advice on what to film in our music videos,and what was best not to put into them.

13.10.14 - After having the talk with Pete Fraser on Friday we all took on board the advice that we had been given. we were told to aim for 100 blog posts. This means we needed to put everything we had done or searched onto the blog so that we achieved this amount of posts.

14.10.14 - Today Nick and jack started to film the performance base for our music video.They chose their location and met there after school. The costume was changed so that it looked more like an artist in the music video. All the performance were filmed there and it took 3 hours for the bouts to get each shot.

15.10.14 - The shots that were filmed yesterday at the location of the performance base were downloaded onto the computer so that it could start to be edited. The shots we had films went onto the software premiere. Jack and Nick then added the shots and put them together with the songs that we had chosen. Most of the shots were to fit in well with the songs and worked well with the rest of the shots, however some of the shots weren't the best quality and these would have to be filmed again.

16.10.14 - a lot of things were finished today so that we could add them to the blog. The was so that people could see what we were doing with our music video. We added inspiration onto the blog posts. we also posted videos of previous music videos that we had been made and explained what we liked about the video and what could have been better.

17.10.14 - Today Nick and Jack had to go back tot he location where they filmed the performance so that they could re film a couple of shots that weren't good quality once we had added them into the music video.

19.10.14 - Today we spent our Sunday morning at Tenpin bowling in Chelmsford, we filmed the narrative for our music video here. We went into tenpin before open. We was allowed to do this as one of the group members works there. We had to go in before due to not filming other customers around us. We filmed us playing bowling for a few shots and then again when we were sitting down.

20.10.14 - Today Nick & Jack added in the shots that we had filmed whilst at the bowling alley. They were then edited to fit into the rest of the video. Charlie started to find music videos that were similar to our own to then start to make the steal o matic.

21.10.14 - Today Nick started a lot of blog posts so that that blogs were up to date with everything that we had done. Whilst he was doing this jack carried on with editing of the music video with the new shots and put them all together with the shots from performance and narrative to see what they were look like together with the song.

22.10.14 - Nick and Jack carried on with the editing of the music video, and each done a lot of blogging. Charlie finished the steal o matic and exported it to youtube to then put it on the blog. More pictures were added to the website gallery page from the performance filming was being done, Jack Nick and Charlie all updated their blogs added more posts to update people on what they had been doing with the music video lately.

23.10.14 - The music video was being edited more and at the same time more of the digipak was being made. Charlie carried on blog posting.

24.10.14 - Today we planned the filming we were going to do over the half term, we had to plan the locations, costumes and props.

3.11.14  - After the half term had been we had gathered all the work we had done over the half term, such as the filming locations we had been too and the props were going to use for the next bit of filming.

4.11.14 - More blogpost were uploaded by us all to be up to date with everything that we had done. Pictures were taken to update the website.

5.11.14 - Today we found out that the digipak Charlie had done for the music video had been taking off of YouTube. we then found out why this way. The song that we had chosen 'thinking out loud' by Ed Sheeren was very popular and number 1 in the charts because of this being so popular we had to change our song because we could no longer go onto film the rest of the thinking out loud video.

6.11.14 - The song that we had come up with when changed was 'i'm no superman' By Lazlo Bane. This song wasnt a popular as the ed sheeren video and also didn't have a music video to it.

7.11.14 - Today we decided on the narrative and performance of the new songs. The locations that we chosen the costume and the props that were going to be used.

10.11.14 - Today Nick and Jack went to film the start of the new song that we had chosen for the music video they went to a location in whitham and used props such as their bikes to film. whilst they were filming Charlie carried on with new songs for the steal o matic that needed to be created due to the other one being deleted.

11.11.14 - Today Nick and jack come back the footage they had filmed yesterday when they went out. With the filming that they had done they started to download onto the software premiere and started to edit the footage.

12.11.14 - Today Nick carried on editing the footage that was filmed  on Monday, Whilst this was done Charlie carried on with the steal o matic and finished this to upload it to youtube and then put the newly updated steal o matic onto the blog.

13.11.14 - Today more blog posts were done with everyone in the group. Nick, and Charlie carried on with blog posts to make sure we had done everything and we were up to date. Jack carried on with the digipak.

14.11.14 - Today Nick and Jack carried on filming the rest of the shots that we needed to fill in for to be able to complete the music video. They went back to the location that we started at and carried on with the same shots.

17.11.14 - Today the shots that were re done and new shots that were filmed on Friday were put onto the computer to be able to edit and give us idea of how many more shots we need before completion.

18.11.14 - More editing was done by both Jack and Nick. Charlie carried on blogging.

19.11.14 - A lot of blog posts were done today to make sure we had everything done in time. Everything was up to date and anything that needed to be added was done in time.

20.11.14 - Today we had the task of adding more posts to our blog to reach our aim of 100 posts, everyone in the group added to their posts.

21.11.14 - Today we carried on with blog posts and started to talk about pictures that were going to be done for the Photoshoot, such as the location and the clothing.

24.11.14 - Today more pictures were taken for our Photoshoot they were added so that we had better pictures that looks more professional, then they could be added to our Digipak and Website.

25.11.14 - Today all the pictures that were done for the Photoshoot were uploaded so that we could add them to our website to make sure they looked better then the other pictures that we had.

26.11.14 - Today Jack carried on editing on the music video and added more shots that were done before, Nick carried on with the website, he added more pictures and updated the tour dates.

27.11.14 - Today Nick carried on editing the website, Jack carried on with the editing of the music artist, and Charlie made a tour date poster for the music artist which was then going to be added onto the website and to the blogs.

28.11.14 - Today we carried on blogging so that we were all at the same stage, Tour posters were edited and Music artist posters were made.

1.12.14 - Today all the group went through the first draft to decide what we can do to improve the video for the final piece, we went through all the edits we could use and different shots that we could add into the video, also shots that we could take out that didn't go as well as we thought.

2.12.14 - Today we started to edit the first draft with the ideas we come up with when talking about it. Other advice was given to us to help us be able to use it within our final piece, Whilst that was being done charlie and nick carried on with blog posts making sure everything was  up to date.

3.12.14 - Today Charlie, Jack and Nick all carried on with updating the blog and website, Charlie and jack carried on with the blog posts to make sure everything was up to date. Nick updated the Music artist website with more merchandise and pictures.

4.12.14 - Today all the changes were made from our first draft, the feedback that we got we helped us change our music video so it looked better, we used the feedback from the rest of our class mates, and our teacher.

5.12.14. - More edits were done to make the second draft better before handing in our final music video.

8.12.14 - All the edits were made to the music video ready for our final music video to have small changes put into them.

9.12.14 - We received feedback from our teacher and our peers to be able to changed the last few little bits for our final draft ready to be handed in.

10.12.14 - Now that we had finished making and editing our music video we were left with a few more details on the digipak and website to update, this is what the group done for the next 2 days.

11.12.14 - The group carried on updating the digipak  and website to make sure all the information that we needed was on their and all the photos that we used were professional.

12.12.14 - All the digipak was done and we handed in everything that we had completed so that we would then know if there was anything to change to make it better before the deadline.

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18.12.14 - Today all the edits and changes were made so that it was done in time to hand in for our final draft of the music video.

19.12.14 - Today our final draft had to be handed in. Our video was now all done and all edits and replacements were put into the video to try and make it the best that we could.

5.01.15 - Today we started our evaluation, and decided within the group who was going to do what question. we looked at A grade evaluation to try and get advice on how to make our evaluation to the best standard that we can.

 

timeline of annotated lyrics

Ed Sheeren - Thinking out loud.

0 to 6 seconds. When your legs don't work like they used to before -
6 to 12 seconds. And I can't sweep you off of your feet
12 to 18 seconds. Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
18 to 22 seconds. Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?
12 to 35 seconds. And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70
35 to 45 seconds. And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
45 to 1 minute. And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
45 to 1 minute.Well, me—I fall in love with you every single day
1 minute to 1 minute 11- And I just wanna tell you I am -
1 minute to 11 minute 16. So honey now
1 minute 11 to 16 minute 22.Take me into your loving arms
1 minute 22 to 1 minute 28. Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
1 minute 28 to 1 minute 33.Place your head on my beating heart
1 minute 33 to 1 minute 35.I'm thinking out loud -
1 minute 35 to 1 minute 43. That maybe we found love right where we are
1 minute 43 to 1 minute 49. When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades -
1 minute 49 to 1 minute 56. And the crowds don't remember my name
1 minute 56 to 2 minute 1.When my hands don't play the strings the same way
2 minute 1 to 2 minutes 5. I know you will still love me the same
2 minutes 5 to 2 minutes 18. 'Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen
2 minutes 18 to 2 minutes 28.And, baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory
2 minutes 28 to 2 minutes 37.I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
2 minutes 37 to 2 minutes 43.Maybe it's all part of a plan
2 minutes 43 to 2 minutes 49.Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
2 minutes 49 to 2 minutes 54.Hoping that you'll understand
2 minutes 54 to 2 minutes 59. But, baby, now -
2 minutes 59 to 3 minutes 5.Take me into your loving arms
3 minutes 5 to 3 minutes 11.Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
3 minutes 11 to 3 minutes 15.Place your head on my beating heart
3 minutes 15 to 3 minutes 19.Thinking out loud
3 minutes 19 to 3 minutes 26.That maybe we found love right where we are
(instrumental from 3 minutes 26 to 3 minutes 49)
3 minutes 49 to 3 minutes 54.So, baby, now
3 minutes 54 to 4 minutes. Take me into your loving arms
4 minutes to 4 minutes 5. Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
4 minutes 5 to 4 minutes 11. Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
4 minutes 11 to 4 minutes 13. I'm thinking out loud
4 minutes 13 to 4 minutes 19. That maybe we found love right where we are
4 minutes 19 to 4 minutes 26. Oh, baby, we found love right where we are
4 minutes 26 to 4 minutes 35. And we found love right where we are

a2 music video ideas.

When thinking about the music ideas for our group, we had to make sure we thought of 3 different videos that were a lot different from each other. when we were looking at videos we had to make sure that we found a song that didn't have a video, this way we could use the song to make a video, the 3 songs that we thought of were drake-Brand new, Ed sheeren - thinking out loud, & N dubz - Secrets. All 3 songs that we chose are different in a lot of ways, one being a band and two being solo singers.

our overall song choice was ed sheeren - thinking out loud this is because it was a slower song aswel as going up beat throughout the song. this makes it better to be able to lip synch and act at the same time.