Digipak

 Front Cover

Spine

Inside Cover

CD

Back Cover

Park footage #2 (Raw Footage)

Street #1 (Raw Footage)

Scenes In House #2 (Raw Footage)

Scenes Shot In Park #1 (Raw Footage)

Scenes Shot In House #1 (Raw Footage)

All footage from music video shoot

This is all the footage I recorded between the dates of the, 22th, 28th and 29th

 of October, each of the videos is an individual shot. Day one was recording Ally, who was playing Teenager B, because she was sadly not free on the same dates as everyone else, and, at first, I thought it wouldn't work out. However, we had a body double stand in for Teenager A. On the Day Two, all of Child B's solo scenes were filmed, and on the final day, Teenager A and Child A's scenes were recorded, along with Teenager A's fill in scenes for Ally's scene from the 15th. Also, I also recorded scenes with Child A and Child B. 

Risk Assessment

Risk	How to overcome it
Warley Woods Bad Weather Equipment being damaged by outside influence Injury to actor(s) Equipment being stolen	Bad Weather: Check forecast of the planned day of the shooting and take an umbrella to protect the camera from destruction. Equipment being damaged by outside influence: Make sure one or more people are with the equipment at all times. Injury to actor(s:) Make sure that the actors are comfortable with the location; the two children actors must stay close to their Mother, who will be attending to watch over them. Equipment being stolen: Make sure one or more people are with the equipment at all times.
House #1 Injury to camera/lighting. Injury to actor	Injury to camera: Make sure one or more people are with the equipment at all times. Injury to actor: Make sure they know where they are acting, so they don’t accidently trip over or injure themselves.
House #2 Injury to camera/lighting. Injury to actor	Injury to camera: Make sure one or more people are with the equipment at all times. Injury to actor: Make sure they know where they are acting, so they don’t accidently trip over or injure themselves; as in house #2, Child B will be acting, so I will make sure his Mother is always around for safeguarding reasons.

Production Schedule

Project: Music Video

Director: Liberty Richardson

Camera operators: Liberty Richardson, Justine Richardson, Tasmin Barron-Richardson

Date: 22nd October 2017

Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Location: House #1

Filming:

• Teenager B walking in the front door, finding a note in the kitchen from her family.

Who:

• Camera operator:Liberty Richardson
• Camera operator: Tasmin Barron-Richardson
• Actor: Ally Barnes (Teenager B)

Date: 22nd October 2017

Time: 11:00 - 14:00

Location: Warley Woods

Filming:

• Teenager B arrives at Warley Woods,  she then goes onto her instagram, a picture of teenager A on show, showing the audience that they were friends. She dances and finds a missing poster of “Teenager A and Child A,” with a letter attached, (flashback to vocalist places the letter on the poster) Teenager B opens the letter and runs backwards, where she is reunited with Teenager A.

Who:

• Camera operator/Vocalist:Liberty Richardson
• Camera operator: Justine Richardson
• Camera operator: Tasmin Barron-Richardson
• Actor: Ally Barnes (Teenager B)
• Actor: Teenager A

Date: 23rd October 2017

Time: 11:00  - 15:00

Location: House #2

Filming:

• Child B wakes up, he is on his phone and it getting mean texts from his classmates. He is next seen walking home from school, he finds a missing poster of Child A and Teenager A. he storms into his bedroom. He returns, looking at a picture of him and Child B. He then hears a letter come through the front door, he runs and gets it, opening it.

Who:

• Camera operator: Liberty Richardson
• Actor: Child B

Date: 26th October 2017

Time: 11:00  - 14:00

Location: Warley Woods

Filming:

• Child B running through the forests.
• Child A and Teenager A walk through the car park; they sit on a set of swings, they sit on a sleeping bag. Teenager A finds the missing poster of her and her brother, she then takes Child A to the park, she walks back and finds a letter, she then rushes to her brother. They run off onto the main field. Child A and Child B reunite.

Who:

• Camera operator: Liberty Richardson
• Camera operator: Justine Richardson
• Camera operator: Tasmin Barron-Richardson
• Actor: Teenager B
• Actor: Child A
• Actor: Child B

Storyboard

Poster Mock Up

Black and white moodboard

Reunion Moodboard

Moodboard of reunion scenes from TV shows and Movies that my target audience told me that they were interested in. This scenes could inspire how I will convey my reunion scenes throughout my music video.

Reunions

A common occurrence in my music video plan is reunions. The reunion between Child A and Child B, and between Teenager A and B. This because reunion scenes are placed in films or shows to get an emotional response from the audience, if the characters haven't seen each other in a long time having a reunion scene can be tear-jerking for an audience and something they have been waiting for, for a long time. After talking to my target audience about their favourite music videos and TV shows it is blatantly obvious that my target audience are in YA (Young Adult) style TV shows which are full of emotional reunion scenes as they are usually set in a post-apocalyptic or supernatural world where characters are likely to be separated because of confrontation. Even though my music video will not have a post-apocalyptic or supernatural theme, having two emotional reunion scenes when the colour fades back into the frame will hopefully admit an emotional response from my audience.

Digipak Mock Up

Child B’s Story

Child B’s Story

Child B is introduced as he wakes up, he is on his phone and it getting mean texts from his classmates. He sits on the side of his bed, reading through the messages. He is next seen walking home from school, he finds a missing poster of Child A and Teenager A. he storms into his bedroom. He walks down the stairs,  looking at a picture of him and Child B on the wall. He then hears a letter come through the front door, he runs and gets it, opening it. He charges down his road, into the “battlefield,” and reunites with Child A. 

Teenager B’s (Ally) Story

Teenager B’s Story

Teenager B (a girl) arrives home, her house is huge, but nobody's in. She is alone. She paces into the kitchen, a note of the side from her Mother, there is no kisses or “love,” and it implies an estranged relationship between them. The next time we will see her she goes on her phone looks through photos, it stumbles across one of Teenager A, showing their link. She starts to dance, showing that she takes out her emotional pain through this medium - this will start when the music picks up in pace, to convey her anger. On the tree of the forest is a missing poster for Child A and Teenager A; a letter attached, she rips it off, opening it and running back, finding Teenager A, they hug and reunite.

Child A and Teenager A’s Story

Child A and Teenager A’s Story

Child A (a boy) and Teenager A (a girl) are siblings. Throughout the video, they will always be seen together and never apart. At the start of the music video, they will walk across an abandoned car park; messy hair and old clothes; they sit on a swing set, talking to one another. At one point, when the vocalist becomes angrier and more distressed. Teenager A finds a poster on a tree with their picture labelled, “missing,” and she knows it is time for them to try and get home. She drops her brother off in a park nearby and finds a letter on their sleeping bag, she opens it and runs for her brother. They rush off, reuniting with their friends on the “battlefield.” 

Vocalist In The Music Video

Vocalist/ Singer

The singer does not belong with any of the narratives of the music video, however she does link them all together. Throughout the music video, she will be seen singing in different locations. At some points, she will be seen holding a handful of letters, three to be exact, written on the front of each other them is, “Meet Me On The Battlefield.” Near the end, when the music calms down, she hands these letters to the main character within this video; to Teenager A and Child A, Teenager B and Child A, which brings them all the “battlefield.” She is the key to bringing every one together.

Further Analysis Of Song And Chosen Story

Meet Me On The Battlefield - Music Video Plan

Initially, Meet Me On The Battlefield, is a song about a war or a end of the world situation; it denotes both feelings of sadness and anger throughout, because the singer starts off soft and sombre, but after the first chorus, she starts to sing louder and in a different tone, which conveys anger with the situation she is stuck in. At the first listen, images of a battlefield, the loss of loved ones and fights come into mind, considering the title of the song and lyrics like, “tired soldiers in this war,” and “echoes and the shots ring out, we may be the first to fall,” support this initial imagery. The song starts off slow, violins playing and an already sad feeling settles in, then 20 seconds in the music shifts into the lyrics, she starts of slow and quiet, showing the vocalist tiredness of the war she seems to be stuck in; the instrumental stays the same, with only a violin and piano, when it build up to the chorus it gets faster,changing the songs tempo, but is still soft and gentle and this remains in the chorus. However, when the second verse starts, the music picks up in pace; drums are added to give more a kick when she sings, her singing becomes louder and at some points it even sounds like she is shouting certain lines, conveying her anger. By the time the chorus plays for a second time, she sounds slightly distressed, angry and sad, it calms down once more after this and builds up to an even more powerful performance of the chorus; the changes in mood could suggest a soldier's tiredness of war, how at first they are sad, but anger seems to replace this.

Juxtaposed to this, at second glance, the lyrics could also mean something entirely different; which is how the singer wanted them to be heard. Meet Me On The Battlefield was written about a fractured relationship(s,) it was never said that it was a romantic relationship, but SVRCINA has said that the song is about trying to patch up a relationship or relationships with loss loves that drifted away from her over time. The “Battlefield,” is a metaphor for the broken relationship/relationships left behind and the reasons SVRCINA starts somber and sad is because she clearly misses the loved ones that she has lost contact in and the anger implies her need to have them back in her life. Evidently, Meet Me On The Battlefield is about some trying to repair a relationship with a loved one.

My idea for my music videos links to SVRCINA idea behind the song. I want to have three different narratives going on at the same time; story one is about Child A and Teenager B who was homeless, they are looking for a way back home; story two about Child B, who child who is bullied at school and online, he is looking for a friend. Finally, Teenager B who is lonely, all she wants is her family and friends. Meet Me On The Battlefield is about a loved ones trying to come together. In the end, to join all the narratives together, the audience find out that Child A was Child B’s best friend and Teenager A was teenager B’s best friend; the were actually looking for each other.

Music Video Final Idea

I used my research from my target audience to come up with for my final music video final idea. 

Music Videos Ideas From Audience

I asked a group of fifteen audiences members aged between 15 - 20 to listen to "Meet Me On The Battlefield," and write down the first idea that came to mind.

I then asked the same group of people which ideas they found most uninteresting and cliché. Non-surprisingly, they removed "a couple who have been separated," and "broken up couple." I knew that these ideas would be the least favourite because in my prior research people in the age range of 15 -20 are tired of romance based music videos and stories.

My Target Audience - Gender

This is the chosen gender of my target audience, which will help me when it comes to making my digipak, poster and music video.

Inspiration for my chosen Colour Scheme - Other music artists

I was heavily inspired by Adele's 21 and Johnny's Cash's album for my chosen colour scheme. Both covers achieve what my digipak should when it is complete, it connotes their heartbreak and the loss in their lives. Both artists also have their eyes closed to show that they are too afraid to look into the eyes of their audience which connotes that they are afraid of their limelight. By having Adele not look at the camera could be suggesting the mystery around her album because her first one was a hit, and she does not know if the second time around she will be as lucky as the first, the album will also draw in the same audience who loved her first one, who will be attracted to mystery surrounding it, and she will be attracting a new audience who will also be attracted to it for the same reason. Johnny Cash had been around longer than Adele has, and his album connotes tiredness, but that he was ready to show a darker side to himself, and his music. All the connotations of both these album covers have inspired by digipak, poster and even the choices I will be making on my music video.

Colour Scheme

I have decided to have black and white as my main two colours on every single one of my products. The reasoning behind this is that black and white connotes sadness, loneliness and loss. It is not just the black and white itself, but the lack of colour is an extremely important factor in why I have made this decision to use black and white, the lack of colour represents that something is missing. It is evident that my artist has been through tough times, and this will be connoted through the message I will be leaving from the artist on the inside cover of my digipak, "Writing music is an escape for me. Always has been. Always will be. For years that's all music was to me. That was, until you came along. You give me the hope to carry on writing and I value every single one of you. I'd not be here without you," this backs up the idea that the artist has been missing something from her life, and her audience are what is returning the colour to her which is why my digipak will have elements of red on to illuminate her love for her fans, and the colour they bring to her life, but also the danger she is putting herself in by pursuing a career in music which is a hard task to achieve.

My music video will be black and white to show how the characters within the story are all missing something that makes them whole. The artist, however, will be in colour to represent that she is the catalyst for bringing everyone back together. In the music video, the artist is representing her audience, and the characters are representing her because her audience helped return colour to her life, and the artist will help return colour to my character's lives.