Mollie Fox A2

For our contemporary dance footage, we used the MEC at school. It was a perfect location as it had a variety of lights to choose from, black out blinds, and a spring floor. We thought about using the coloured lights to create a vibrant feel and a feast for the eyes. We realised that the spotlight though was much more simple and effective. It reflected the tone of the song too as it created the sense of the dancer being melancholy and wistful. Whereas the tone of the coloured lights would not reflect this, instead it would have done the complete opposite and suggest she was happy.

Now we have changed our song, we think some of the locations we were planning to shoot at will not be as effective as the ones we have decided to use now. We are going to focus on 3 main locations. Forest/Park, Studio for dancing, and a Train Station. These locations will allow us to tell the story of the song 'Lost Without You'. We will be able to get a range of shots which will show the main character as isolated and heartbroken, representing the message of the song well.

We made this shot list so we know what footage we need from each location. This means filming will be more efficient as we will be able to go to the location, knowing exactly what we need to film there. If we didn't make this, it could mean that we don't the correct footage from each location, making editing difficult and having to waste time returning to the location to re film.

While planning our production for our Sia music video, we realised there were a few issues that came up and that the ideas we were having may work better for a different song. The issues we had came from the ideas about colour, as the practical side of it was very complicated and the equipment we have would not be able to capture the detail we would need for it to be effective and look good. Also while Lauren was trying to choreograph the dance, she was finding it difficult to do contemporary dancing though-out due to the change in tempo, and emotions. Due to this we found that searching for a slower, more emotive song may be a good idea as the dance would flow better, making the video more effective. We now have reevaluated the ideas we had and how we can apply them to a different song in order for our planning to not go to waste, and for our final piece to be improved by the song. The song we have chosen  is  called 'Lost Without You' by Freya Ridings; it is a slow, emoti...

For our media product we're planning to to use 4 locations: a studio, forest, beach and train station platform. This will provide our media product with depth and intrigue the audience. We are planning to use a forest in Bladon as it is accessible bus also appears in recording as if it is very isolated. We are planning to go to Bournemouth to get our beach shots as it has the view we want for our media product. We will use the Oxford train station, as some platforms are busy, but in contrast some can be out of use, therefore meaning we can get both hectic and calm shots