Ancillary text ideas and research

Existing Album artworks;

Initial Ideas;

Colour scheme ideas; For my ancillary texts I've chosen to keep the neutral colours of browns/beige's/reds to keep the continuity throughout my work.

Codes and Conventions;

Magazine advert-

Smaller magazine advert (half page/quarter page)-

Drawing/Animation Ideas

For my music video I would like to incorporate a small element of animation, this would include hand drawn drawings in my video and making them move. Below is a range of drawings I have drawn and scanned into the computer I would like to include in my video as I feel like these fit perfectly with the theme and atmosphere of my chosen song.

Making these move will be a bit of a challenge and would be very time consuming however I will go about this by converting them into png files like I have done with the lyrics and like I have done on my ancillary texts. I will make them move by changing their position every frame so they are on a continuous loop of moving. I would like to make the arrow move around the screen and make things like the hearts beat, the stars twinkle, and the broken heart break and split even more, and the rain fall. 

Existing videos which include elements of animation like these are listed below;

Justin Bieber - Where are U Now 

Bring Me The Horizon - True Friends 

Audience Feedback

Below is a prezi presentation of my audience feedback and how I will use this to improve.

My First Draft

For my first draft I decided to experiment with the lyrics and how they would be displayed therefore there are a range of ideas shown within this and I will be obtaining audience feedback. There are also some shots which are incomplete due to me planning on filming in new york and over the christmas holidays, however I am happy with this first draft.

Lyric Style Influences and My Handwritten Lyrics

Anastasia Tasou

As I will be writing the lyrics of the song over the top of my footage I have decided to write them in a similar style to 22 year old UK freelance artist Anastasia Tasou. Tasou creates art which links to her thoughts and feelings therefore I would like to incorporate this within my video to link with the personal and emotional feel and themes within my video. I would also like to do little doodles over my footage (such as the photo series I created for my song) much like in the style of Tasou.

Work by Tasou;

My handrawn lyrics for my video;

Health and Safety Assessment

Casting, Mise-en-scene, Props, Location, Costumes, Cast List

Costumes & makeup

As I have decided to be in my own music video I created some time lapse videos showing costume ideas for my music video.

For casting I decided to be in my own music video as I am the look I would like for my video.

Costume idea 1;

Influences- 

Front women of indie rock bands such as Jenna Mcdougall of Tonight Alive, Hayley Williams of Paramore and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless have inspired my first costume idea greatly due to the flannel shirts, denim shorts, dark makeup and hairstyles.

Costume idea 2;

Influences- 

Women in the rock music industry such as Ashley Costello of New Years day and Taylor Momsen and The Pretty Reckless have influenced this costume idea due to the dark makeup, stand out hair and outfit choices

Mise-en-scene, Location ideas;

I took a trip to lord line and documented my visit in a video to show my footage of where I would like to film.

Documented footage of my trip to Hull Marina