Colour Schemes!

From previous research it has become increasingly noticeable that Bruno Mars' promotional packages all stick to the same 'house' colours - Yellow and cream. 


To design our logo's we have to have our house colours. As a group we each suggested two colours;


Nick: Black and white
Priya: Gold and white
Me: Red and white


It can be seen in my 'logo's' blog that we created a logo using each of these colour groups and also used our imagination as to how and what one will look the most professional, thus black and white was chosen. 

Priya's Revelation!

VALENTINES DAY!


 Our group had a touch of 'writers block', however, this was soon counteracted by a phone call from Priya who had just watched Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend'. Throughout this video a 'filler' has been used, using a photo booth as the location. This filler was used when there was no lyrics and during the chorus.


As a group we have decided to go ahead with this plan and create a home made photo booth with photos appearing to have been taking. To reinforce the genre of the song and the theme of romance the actors will do what is normally considered of couple - laugh, kiss, smile, pulling faces etc. 

These images clearly depict the romance between the two characters, something that we hope our photo booth will help create for the purpose of our video.

Filming.

The first section of our filming took place in Abbey Ruins. As it is a wide open space we believed it would be a prime location to begin filming. The majority of the location gives the appearance of a park, however further down among the photos the 'ruin's' have been captured with the actors being directed. I believe that this particular setting fits the mise-en-scene requires of the video as the grand old stairs along with the picturesque scenery behind helps to create the ambience needed for the video.

Image showing an alternative location with Abbey Ruins. 

The setting of this next shot I believe to be very romantic and extremely fitting of the genre. The lyrics of the song talk of a 'chapel' for them to get married in. Obviously, this is not a chapel but the archway gives the idea of an outdoor themed wedding. Therefore imagine the two actors, another actor being the priest and guests huddled round, something that to me, suggests a wedding. 

Drafts

DRAFTS:

As a group we designed these two drafts, with each of us having our own input. Both of these drafts are DVD templates. To me, I believe that both drafts have both their good and bad elements. For example, the first draft, I believe, has a back page that is designed logistically well as, if it was made it would have a lot of information on it yet it doesn't appear too crowded and there is still some dead space to complement each section of the draft.

However, the front cover of this first draft is far too simplistic for my liking with just one image in a box as well as the 'Marry You' being far too small. Yet, the front cover on the second draft advertises the band and the song better than the first.

Further idea: To take the back page from draft one and the front page from draft two and combine them.


UPDATE:

As a group, we have all decided that making a video for the Glee version of 'Marry You' will be to hard of a task to complete within the time frame that we have been given, Therefore we will use the original Bruno Mars version.

Production schedule

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE:

To ensure that our group has allowed time for everything and so not to forget anything we have produced a production schedule. As you can see our pitches and research have been completed on time, something that shows a very promising start to the whole production. 


As the final production completion date is the 16th March our group (if everything goes to plan!) will have a week to make extra finishing touches and will also be able to receive critical feedback from both our teachers and peers allowing us to improve even further.  

Narrative theory!

Narrative theory refers to the structure of a film/video and how it affects our perception or it.


As a group, we hope to achieve an extremely clear narrative, due to the fact that we are adding our own theme into the video; the struggle between the bride and her parents. Throughout our planning we have discussed how we can make this as clear as possible and came to the conclusion that when the couple are together they are in a state of romantic bliss, however when they are apart this is when the struggles are evident. 


UPDATE:


In our peer feedback it was clear that they all understood what the narrative was and was also something that was commented on with good favour. Our narrative theory worked!

Genre theory has played an important part in the discussions of the making of the video. Fiske says that genres are “attempts to structure some order into the wide range of texts” thus codes and conventions come in, something that is shown visually and aurally. Our video, ‘Marry You’ has the genre of hip-hop but is also balanced with romance, something that will aid us in coming up with a variation of ideas and will be shown clearly throughout our music video and ancillary tasks.

The iconography within this video will be clear so that the audience knows what to expect. As the song is about marriage and a wedding we will do our best to add what is normally considered as iconographic of a wedding day; dresses, confetti, flowers and wedding cars and to also aid in showing the chemistry between the two actors. 

There are two main themes within our video; the evident love between the couple and the struggles between the bride and her family. Both of these themes will run parallel throughout the video. These scenes will be easily recognised as the male actor will not be present during the difficult scenes between her and her family. However, contrastingly their true love will be shown when they have been apart and have come together.

The genre will also be established with the help of locations. Throughout our research into Bruno Mars and his videos it is evident that many of his romantic songs are set in outside, spacious locations, something that we will also do.