Weather for Wednesday and Friday

This is what Laura found for what the weather is going to be like for our film days.

Wednesday

Friday

Laura print screened these shot of the outlook of the weather on the day that we are going to be shooting the music video.

This will be important especially on Friday because that is the day when we are shooting mainly outside in the woods.

Overall, the outlook is looking fine for now but lets jut hope that it isn't typical English weather and just rains randomly because this could ruin the effect of the video. If on Friday, it spits with rain then we could perhaps get away with it because you are trying to get across the view of freedom within the music video. However, if the weather is really bad then it could make the audience see a different perspective to the video. This is because rain doesn't demonstrate freedom and liberated, it suggests being distraught and unhappy with themselves or other people.

Plan for Wednesday

1. Set up at 2.30pm
2. 3.15 onwards do the performance shots

Checklist for Wednesday 6th November

- Guitars
- Microphones and stands
- Camera
- Tripod
- People
- Black shirts

Laura's firework videos November 1st

http://lauracuthbertsonadvancedproduction.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/fireworks-from-november-1st.html

Mise - en - scene

ISL 8 - Strong images

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter,simply known as Beyoncé (/biˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say; born September 4, 1981), is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Knowles' debut album Dangerously in Love (2003), which established her as a viable solo artist worldwide; it sold 11 million copies, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the Billboard number one singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy".

Born	Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (1981-09-04) September 4, 1981 (age 32) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Sasha Fierce, Third Ward Trill
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, actress
Years active	1997–present
Net worth	US$ 450 million; US$ 1 billion (combined with Jay Z) (2013)[3]
Spouse(s)	Jay Z (m. 2008)
Children	Blue Ivy Carter (2012)
Signature
Musical career
Genres	R&B, pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Columbia
Associated acts	Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, Solange Knowles

She is a strong image for many reasons, from her image to her personality to her powerful music. Above is one of her well known songs. It really shows her as an amazing singer but the main thing is the powerful lyrics which have inspired many people to become singers but also it appeals to so many people and gives them a sense of acknowledgment from someone like Beyonce. She has been an icon for many singers these days and her songs are always sung. Even when she was in the film 'Dream girls' it really made her image have a greater impact on the younger generation. 

Her image is one of the things that makes her a strong image. 

 The picture above show the many different things about Beyonce that put together creates the strong image. You can see in the pictures she is seen as an artist, someone used in adverts, a mom, a model and an overall naturally beautiful person. Because of these different sides of her, people can relate to her from all different ages. 

ISL 7 - The impact of 'stardom'

http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/Music/music.php?pageID=popstar

Stars as Constructions

Stars are constructed, artificial images, even if they are represented as being "real people", experiencing real emotions etc. It helps if their image contains a USP — they can be copied and/or parodied because of it. Their representation may be metonymic — Madonna's conical bra in the early 1990s, Bono's 'Fly' sunglasses, Britney's belly, Justin Bieber's bangs. Pop stars have the advantage over film stars in that their constructed image may be much more consistent over a period of time, and is not dependent on the creative input of others.

Ideology & Culture

Stars represent shared cultural values and attitudes, and promote a certain ideology. Audience interest in these values enhances their 'star quality', and it is through conveying beliefs ideas and opinions outside music that performers help create their star persona. A star may initiate a fashion trend, with legions of fans copying their hairstyle and clothing. Stars initiate or benefit from cultural discourse (e.g. via their Twitter feed), and create an ongoing critical commentary. Now more than ever before, social networks give pop stars the opportunity to establish their own values outside their music. Lady Gaga tweets frequently about LGBT issues, and expects her Little Monsters to engage with that discourse just as much as she expects them to listen to her music.
Stardom, and star worship in general is a cultural value in itself. Ideologies drawn upon include materialism and sexuality. Whole sites of institutional support (eg radio & TV shows, magazines, websites) are devoted to star scrutiny, and it seems we can never get enough information. Stars also provide us with a focal point for our own cultural thinking — particularly to do with Youth & Sexuality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industry and Audience

Stars are manufactured by the music industry to serve a purpose — to make money out of audiences, who respond to various elements of a star persona by buying records and becoming fans. Stars are the cogs around which a plethora of record company gears find themselves turning. Record companies nurture and shape their stars — as the TV talent show processes have shown us. They tend to manufacture what they think audiences want, hence the 'photocopied' nature of many boy bands, teen bands etc.However, there are whole markets out there who are not convinced by the hype and don't want to spend their money on blandness.The record industry also has a duty to provide bands/artists who are perceived as 'real' (for 'real, maybe read 'ugly' or unpolished) for these audiences.Stars can also be created by this route. Pop stars, whatever their nature, are quite clearly the product of their record company — and they must be sold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Character & Personality

A star begins as a "real" human, possessing gender & race characteristics, and existing against a socio-historic background. The star transformation process turns them into a construct, but the construct has a foundation in the real.We tend to read them as not-entirely-fictional, as being are very much of their time and culture, the product of a particular generation. Stars provide audiences with a focus for ideas of 'what people are supposed to be like' (eg for women, thin/beautiful) - they may support hegemony by conforming to it (thin/beautiful) or providing difference (fat/still lovable).Much of the discussion of stars in celebrity magazines is about how stars compare to the current hegemonic ideal, and how we compare to the stars.